chapter 7

5 YEARS LATER

Yanna's POV

Few years have past and everything went well with me and my son... in our 5 years here in Paris I have reached my dream

I'm an Architech, and currently working at my dad's company, The Garcia Architectural Firm ... after Jaren turned 2 years old I took my bar exam to be a legal Architect, I also had my Work License .... Jaren is already studying, at the age of 5 he is in grade 1

I choose to give him advance learning, when he started to speak I taught him to count and later write, so at a young age he is in grade 1 ..... most of people here in Paris admire my son so much

Jaren's hobby is reading so wherever he goes he must have books with him, well he's a book worm indeed, he really got that from his father.... during our college days, Jared always had books with him because it likes to read

all in all Jaren is really a Carbon Copy of his Father Jared, from head to toe even in his hobbies and behavior...... my son rarely speaks because he is always silent, he is also cold when he speaks, and there is nothing left to say emotions, Jaren inherited all of that from Jared

sometimes I envy him because all his features were gotten by Jaren while I brought him 9 months and he didn't inherit anything........

I'm here now in my office, I'm doing the blue print of a Mansion Project that Mr. Agreste, a french business Tycoon in Paris and father's business partner ..... Jaren is in his school

when I finished I printed it, it's really hard to be an Architect but its in my passion so I enjoy doing it

im about to fix all my papers when my phone rang ....... theres an unknown number appeared in my screen so i answered it

"Hello" I asked

" is this Ms Garcia ? " asked a female voice on the other line

"yes why"

"this is the Dean of Kingsworth Bilingual Primary School, we called you for an Incident happen a while ago, your son was involved here so may you have your time here at school, we'll discuss this with other parents of other involved students" The Dean's statement made me nervous especially when he mentioned my son

I immediately grabbed my bag and walked out of my office

"thank you for informing, I'll be there in any minute" then I hung up the call

I got off the building then went to the parking lot and drove to school..... as soon as I arrived there I ran towards the Deans office and there I saw my son Sitting, but what worried me more was the bruise on the side of the lip he

when he saw me, he immediately ran closer so I met him, I reached him and caressed his face.... his bruise was sore, it was as if I was the one who was hurting for him

" its good thing that you're here maam .....take a seat " so I asked Jaren to sit down

in front of us were the three students with bruises on their cheeks, forehead, and hands..next to them were their parents

"comme nous pouvons tous le voir, vos enfants ont des ecchymoses sur le visage ........ il y a quelque temps, il y a eu une agitation entre eux, et vous savez que cette école est vraiment loin de la violence." ... comme ce que j'ai dit Je ne veux pas que cela se produise car cela peut être un mauvais dossier de cette école, alors s'il vous plaît parlez à vos enfants et je ne veux pas que cela se reproduise " said of the dean

translation : as we all can see, your childrens have bruises on their face ........ a while ago there was a commotion happened between them , and you know this school is really far from violence .... as what I said I don't want this to happen because it can be a bad record of this school, so please talk to your children, I don't want this to happen again

after the dean said that it was only us parents who asked for patience for what our children did

I took Jaren home first, after entering the mansion he went upstairs so I followed him.... I caught him changing and sitting while reading...

"what really happened Ren" I asked him, he stopped and gazed at me then he bowed

"Ren" I said with a threat, when he looked up I was shocked because he was in tears while his face showed no sign of emotion.

this is the first time I've seen him cry, except when he was a child ...............

"hey why are you crying" I said worriedly, later I heard him hiccups and continued to cry ..... I cant stand seeing my son cry so I hugged him

"tell me what really happened" I said, he faced me and wiped away his tears... even though he was cold to deal with sometimes, he also had emotions

"I was reading at my chair then my three classmates came and poured some water on my book, they even pushed me so landed on the floor, they kicked and punched me on my face" he told me, I completely burst into tears, as a I am the mother who is hurt more by what they did, I raised my child so well not to be hurt

"they even destroyed this" and he showed the necklace I gave him when he was three years old.......the lace of the necklace was cut but the pendant was still there

that necklace was Jared's gift to me on our 1st anniversary, I kept it very carefully and then I gave it to Jaren, those are the only memories I have left of his father

Jaren kept crying so I hugged him

"they even bullied me how many times because I dont have a father" I was completely hurt and cried because of what he said

my son is too young to experience this, is this really what I'm worried about, to insult him because he didn't have a father, if only he was here and with my son and me

Jaren fell asleep from crying, I was right next to him and stroking his hair while staring at him and crying

"I'm sorry baby if I didn't give you a complete and happy family" I whispered

I sat down and wiped my tears and went out, I called my assistant that I won't come in today and he will take care of everything, it's around two o'clock here in Paris,

I went downstairs to make snacks, while I was eating ice cream someone forwarded me an email

from: @Samantha_Mae

CA NOTICE - Cordova Academy has planned a year reunion for all strands of batch 20**-20** , it will be held at the school on the date of April 14 20** , all students of the batch are invited and free to come .... see you soon

Samantha also sent me the link of the names, and I was there too, I don't know if I can still go especially since I'm busy....-The Party will be held after a month

I just sighed and then went up to check on Jaren.......... I was about to go in when someone called so I answered

"Hello Brother" I said

"where are you?" he asked

"I'm home why"

"You have to go to the Philippines tomorrow to handle the company there, dad got a big problem at the Furniture Company in Spain, you will take care of that first, I would have gone but I also have many things to do here" he explained.. ................ deep inside of me I feel excitement but I'm also nervous at the same time

I have no choice but to go, I cant let our company lose... I know theres a possibility that we will meet but I will do everything I can so that our paths don't cross.

"okay bro, what will be the time of our flight" i asked

" by 4 pm you'll leave together with Jaren so you can arrive in the morning ..... and oh before I forgot they were given a project earlier, it's also in the Philippines so you might as well handle it, its a resort actually .. .. someone had interest in your works so they hired you ...." brother said

"okay I'll take note of that" I said

"take care okay" and I ended up the call.... I entered the room and saw my son sleeping, I also started packing our things

I called my assistant to take care of Jared's papers first so that I can transfer him to the Philippines and study there

after I'm done packing I lay down beside him, I wondered what happened when I came back, maybe they are married to Kandice and they have a child

later I woke up Jaren and told him that we are going home to the Philippines tomorrow, he even got exited to go there because it's his first time, he didn't even see his grandfather and grandmother so he was excited to see them

after we ate our dinner we watched his favorite movie then we slept ......... I'm sure a lot has changed in the Philippines, I just hope our stay there will be okay