155 Devastating (1/2)

”I-” Probably she wanted to request or ask again but she gave up.

Zain could say she was giving up having any expectations for everyone and stopped hoping for a good but he didn't agree, ”If you come with us, you will repeatedly think of your parents.” He was actually glad thinking she didn't love Vance Hays and she wasn't affected by him but her parents.

”You can keep yourself busy with work and unload from Dax too. I will keep calling you, alright?” He expected a few words but all he got was a response of bobbling of her head side to side in acceptance.

He didn't allow her to drop him off at the airport either and it became the last words of hers. Then he flew away to grab the chance to save his mother a little longer.

He had gotten her to call, too many times but he was in the hospital, it was late into the night so the mobile was in silent mode and missed all her calls.

By the time he got to know, she was missing over a night and half a day. He left his mother under the care of a nurse and booked the earliest flight but he got to know Mocon is locked down due to terrorism and all the flights were canceled.

He was delayed by two days and when he returned, he got nothing.

--- Dax ---

Skylar was too new to the business and each day was too crucial. Due to the wedding, Ava was working day and night managing everything so Dax voluntarily chose to meet clients forcing her to do office work.

Unquestioningly, he didn't want her to have a loveless marriage. However seeing happy yammering her parents were happy, he or Shawn had no voice but sigh and support her unwillingly.

Dax was meeting many clients or other company heads who are from rich, strong family backgrounds. Some mocked him for having high dreams, some laughed at him but Shawn and Ava were there to keep him strong.

It is an unsaid truth that people don't believe or accept just a 'Nobody' could become big in the business and Dax was from a common background with no prominent family name.

Even though he was positive, encouraged by his friends, he always had uncertainty and fear that he might pull down the future of Skylar due to his identity as no one special.

He was looked down on to the extent he wanted to give up and become a normal employee and send Ava ahead and make her the face of Skylar.

It wasn't a problem at all, Ava was confident, beautiful, and from the rich family background. Importantly she was also ready to do his part of the work but she didn't.

She wasn't afraid nor wanted to hide, Ava and Shawn encouraged him, pushed up, lifted him each time saying let's prove family name is nothing but a useless adornment to our name.

'Would I have a better future if he too had an influential renowned family name?' He always thought after hearing them.

During a struggle with himself, Ava's wedding approached and he heard Shawn's sister met with an accident. He had been to the hospital to be a moral support to Shawn but they heard Ariel Rivas was brain dead.

Having no heart to disturb Ava's mood during the wedding, they hid it from her and Shawn gave a reason as he is busy whenever she asked.

On the day of the wedding, Shawn lied as he was ill and asked his mother to lie to her so that she doesn't run to him leaving the wedding.

Without Shawn, Dax couldn't go to his Dum Dum when other girls surrounded her. If he alone dawdled around the bride, it would spoil her name through the filthy mouths so he just stayed in the wedding hall to wait for the wedding ceremony but got the news of 'The groom isn't coming.'

Why? What? He had many more questions but didn't have an answer.

That's the day he had witnessed the real environment Ava grew up in and why she always asked them to teach every simple thing including cycling. To be fact, he had thought her parents never let her work hard treating her like a fragile delicate girl.

The happy, innocent Dum Dum of his had too much pain which she always hid and lied to them as her parents were busy with the business.

He understood pompous family names and richness doesn't bring happiness. He was glad to realize he had loving parents without ostentation. Now he wanted to prove that a person, his talents, and determination are needed for a successful life.

During his insecurity and urge to prove himself, a big project client came forward to sign with them, even though it was manageable by Skylar, Ava didn't like to invest in the project.