Chapter 134 - About the past (1/2)
It was close to midnight; Sarah could not sleep. The bed in VIP room of Franciscan Medical Center is spacious, but she is not able to get comfortable enough to sleep off.
”Can you stop squirming so much?”, Aiden asked her.
”But I can't sleep after a whole day in bed. I'm not tired.”, Sarah complained.
”That is fine. You need to rest, even if you don't sleep.”
Sarah shifted her body again, and Aiden moved to the side. As she moved around her bottom rubbed against him, and his body reacted. He reminded himself repeatedly that Sarah is in the hospital for observation, and he should keep his hands to himself.
Sarah looked at Aiden suspiciously, ”Did you just move away from me?”
He cleared his throat, ”Be good... How about we talk... tell me something I don't know.”
Sarah was confused with his sudden change in topic but decided to go along with it. ”About?”
”Something about yourself that I don't know.”
”OK...”, Sarah thought for a minute. ”My Uncle Owen is not my uncle.”
Aiden's face showed confusion.
Sarah explained. ”When my mom came to US, he helped her out. It was before she met my dad. I never found out the details, but my mom feels indebted to him... they call each other brother and sister, while we call him Uncle. You can say he is adopted.”, Sarah laughed.
”Doesn't he have his family?”
Sarah shook her head, ”None that he speaks of.”
”What do Stella's parents say about him?”
”My grandparents...” Sarah paused before continuing, ”they are in Eastern Europe. How much I know; they never came to US. My mom said that we visited them when I was small, but I don't remember. We are out of touch. It's safe to say that they don't know about my 'Uncle'.”
”You don't want to visit them?”
Sarah sighed, ”Earlier, we brought the topic with mom, more than once, but she made it clear that we should not look for them. She didn't give us the reason, but I trust my mom. If she says we should not go, then it's better that we don't. I don't remember how they look like; they were never part of my life. I don't miss seeing them... As much as my immediate family is tight, the rest are almost strangers. Even with my other grandparents, I'm not close. Every few years they move to a different country. At this time, they live in India. Decades ago, they decided to experience different cultures by immersing themselves in them, and somewhere down the way, they drifted apart from their son and his family. We call each other for birthdays and that is about it.”
Sarah turned and looked at Aiden. ”I spoke a lot... it's your turn to share something.”
Aiden tapped his forehead while thinking what to talk about. ”I have one grandfather and one grandmother; they are on East Coast. Ever since my teen years I spent most of my holidays and vacations with them.”