Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 154

Ethan’s P.O.V.

“Just because you are scared that she will sign the adoption papers, you took a risk on her life? How could you do this to her?” I yelled at Mrs. Westfield at the top of my lungs when she told us why she wanted to have a conversation with Violet today. “Ethan…. manners,” dad scolded me in a stern voice, but I kept on glaring at Mrs. Westfield in disbelief. “What he said is not wrong, Alex. The doctor asked us not to do anything that can trigger her emotions. She was there when the doctor gave us the instructions. Still she opened her mouth when she clearly knew that it would trigger her,” my mother said, supporting me in a stern voice while glaring at Mrs. Westfield.

“I asked you to keep your mouth shut, Nat. Why… why did you do that?” Mr. Westfield also scolded his wife angrily. Violet was now sleeping peacefully in her room. Kyle was there with her. He wanted to confront Mrs. Westfield too, but I asked him to stay with her. He was so angry that I was afraid it would worsen the situation than it was already. “Henry? You too?” Mrs. Westfield asked her husband while widening her eyes in shock. I scoffed and looked in the other direction. “Yes, Nat… me too. She…. She agreed to spend her vacations with us to bond with Liam… you… you,” he tried to say something further but sighed aloud in agitation. One thing that I knew now was that I would never let Violet go to their place. If she wants to bond with Liam, her half-brother… he is welcome to come here… at our place any time.

“Now I understand what you want?” I spoke again with the same aggression that I was feeling toward her right now. Noah was with me, holding me by putting his hand on my chest. “You want to kill her so that she can’t sign the papers and you remain her mother forever,” I yelled in the end. Noah held me tightly by my torso when I my trembled hard in anger. “Ethan…. Calm down, son,” my father once again asked me in a stern tone and I scoffed while looking in the other direction. “Calm down, Ethan…. Hear them first,” Noah asked me in whispers, making me close my eyes. Mom told me how Violet confronted her mother, but she was still too weak to take the pressure off her brain.

“I don’t think that I will be comfortable sending her to your place in the future, Henry. Please understand my concern,” dad said to Mr. Westfield in a calm but firm tone. Mr. Westfield nodded but didn’t say anything. I sighed in relief this time. “No… don’t do this, please,” Violet’s mother cried this time. “Please Mrs. Westfield, don’t make things hard for me. I don’t know about you, but the happiness of my children is everything to me. This is clear to all of us: nothing will change between you and Violet. She is not the kind of girl who holds grudges, but she can’t forgive you,” dad answered her in a gentle but firm tone, and I slowly opened my eyes. I was really relieved and satisfied with my father’s answer.

She sobbed aloud and put her hands on her mouth to muffle her voice. She was sitting alone on a single seat. Mr. Westfield was sitting with my father, while my mother was standing beside me on the other side. “The guests will start coming in a few hours. We better hurry to finish the preparations,” Noah whispered, and I sighed while hanging my head low. I forgot about her birthday party. “Yeah… you are right, Noah. This is her big day, and I won’t let anyone ruin this day for her. She already has so many worse days in her life,” my mother muttered, still in an angry tone. “Daddy,” suddenly Liam entered the room and looked for his father.

He smiled when he noticed me. I sighed and signaled for Noah to release me from his embrace. Liam was a sweet kid. I didn’t want to say but he resembled Violet so much. “Ethan,” he shrieked and ran towards me. I smiled weakly and walked towards him. “Easy, tiger… you can fall down,” I asked her while taking him in my embrace. He laughed while wrapping his hands around my neck. His laughter brought a smile to my lips too. “Where is Violet? She said that she would play with me, but she didn’t come,” he asked me while pouting, just like Violet sometimes pouted. “She is resting, honey. She… she has a headache again,” I told him, not giving him any information about what happened to her.

“Is she okay?” he asked me in a worried tone and I felt a pang of pain in my chest. He was only six years old. Still, he was concerned about his half-sister. “Yeah, honey… she is okay… but we have to hurry now. You know today is her birthday, and there will be a party here tonight. We are going to celebrate her birthday,” I answered him and tried to distract him by bringing up the topic of the party. “Yaye… yaye… we will have a party tonight,” he did a happy dance in my embrace while raising his hands in the air. I smiled and looked at Noah who also had a smile on his lips. “Yeah, champ…we will have a party tonight,” Noah said to him and Liam chirped again. How beautiful your childhood can be if you have loving parents? I truly felt sorry for Violet but I was sure that my parents would fill that void in her life and I would give her my whole love as a brother. She would never lack love in her life again.

Kyle’s P.O.V.

“What are you thinking so hard?” Dustin asked me in a curious tone. “Nothing,” I answered him without lifting my eyes from Violet. “Nothing? You have been staring at her for the last ten minutes without blinking. Still nothing?” Justin exclaimed this time. “Yeah… nothing,” I answered him in the same cold tone. Both of them scoffed, but it didn’t bother me. I was thinking about what we talked about back then in Ethan’s room. They were right. Violet was not ready for a big change in her life. I knew that she will sign the adoption paper tonight. This will not change much in her life as she was already living with Parkers, and they already accepted her as their daughter. Still, it would be a big change in her life.

“Are you still thinking about your plan?” Dustin asked me after some time. I shook my head negatively this time, still having my eyes on Violet. “No… I think you guys are right. This will be too much for her right now,” I replied to him in a calm tone this time. There was silence in the room for some time. I welcomed this silence because I wanted to think about what to give her as a birthday gift tonight. “I think you should give her the same pendant that you gave her as your first gift to her,” I looked at Dustin this time when he suggested something. “Hey… what about a pendant with both of your initials, huh?” Justin suggested, and I narrowed my eyes while thinking about their suggestion.

“I think that is not a bad idea,” I said and they both grinned from ear to ear. She asked me if she could get that pendant back, but that was not possible as that pendant was evidence right now. I took my phone from the bed and opened Google to search for a perfect design consisting of our initials. “What was the name of the script?” I asked while searching for the same design that the first pendant had. “Uhhhh… I.. I think that was Gothic,” Dustin answered me, but I could say that he was not sure. “Gothic,” I murmured and tried to find a suitable design, but I frowned when I didn’t find anything suitable for her. I sighed and changed my search from a style to a pendant design.

There were so many designs online, but none of them caught my attention. “Let us help you too,” Dustin said, and I just nodded to him while looking for the perfect design. “Here… what do you think about this?” I looked up at Justin when he came to me with his phone in his hands. I looked at the screen and smiled. “Thanks, Justin… forward this to me,” I said to him and stood up from the bed where I was sitting beside her. She was still sleeping soundly, and it was a good relief for all of us. “I need to make a call. I will be back soon,” I said to Justin while dialing my mother’s number in my phone.

I closed the door behind me gently and waited for my mother to pick up the call while putting the phone on my ear. “Hey, mom… can you give me the number of your jeweler?” I asked her in a gentle tone when she picked up the call. “Yeah… of course… but… can you tell me what you want to prepare for her?” she asked me in a light tone, making me smile. “I want to give her a pendant, and I have already selected the design, but I have no time to find someone. I need it in the next four or five hours,” I told her truthfully. “This is a difficult task, Kyle, but I can give it a try. Send me the design and let me talk to him first. I will call you back in five?” she answered me and I took a deep breath.

“Okay, mom….yeah.. one more thing,” I was about to hang up when I remembered something. “What is it, honey?” she asked me in a light tone. “I will pay for this with my own money,” I answered her in a firm tone. “Kyle,” she said but I interrupted her. “I will pay for this, mom. Do you know why she wanted that pendant back?” I said to her in the same tone. “Why?” she asked me in a low tone this time. “I bought that pendant with my first earnings. I still remember that smile on her lips when I told her that it was from my first earning. She never took off that pendant. I want to see that same smile on her lips again,” I explained the reason why I was insisting.

I heard her taking a deep breath. “Okay, son… whatever you want. I just want to see you happy,” she answered me and I smiled widely this time. “Okay, mom… I will wait for your call and I am sending you the design,” I replied to her, and we both hung up. I forwarded the design that Justin had already sent me to her. After that, I put my phone in my pocket and was about to move toward the room when I saw Ethan and Noah coming toward me. Ethan had Liam in his embrace. “Kyle,” Liam chirped and raised his hands toward me with a sweet and innocent smile on his face. I smiled and walked towards them.

“Hey, champ…. Where were you when I came here?” I asked him while taking him in my embrace from Ethan. “I was in my room, playing with my toys. Mom said that I have to stay in the room as something very (he made a serious face while closing his eyes) important is going on here,” he told me and opened his eyes again. I smiled and kissed him on his cheek. “But I got bored there,” he complained and pouted innocently. “You should have come earlier. I have been here since morning,” I told him in a serious tone, and he looked at me with a surprised gaze. His eyes were the same as Violet’s.

“Where is Violet? Did she go back to the hospital?” he asked me, and I shook my head negatively. “No.. she is sleeping in her room,” I answered him and glanced at Ethan. He was looking calm, but I could sense agitation in his body. “Can I see her?” Liam asked me in a low tone, looking at me expectantly. “Of course,” I answered him in a light tone. “Let’s go,” I said, and he immediately smiled widely. “Are they staying for her birthday party?” I asked Ethan while walking towards Violet’s room. “Yeah… they will go back tomorrow,” he answered me in a low tone. Liam was looking at us with his innocent eyes.

Ethan slowly opened the door and we entered the room. “She is still sleeping,” Liam whispered to me, and I nodded while pursing my lips. “Hey, Liam,” Dustin greeted him while waving his hand to him. “Ssshhhhh…. She is sleeping… don’t speak so loud,” Liam immediately shushed Dustin while putting his finger on his lips, signaling Dustin to be quiet. Dustin also put a finger on his lips. I smiled and slowly put Liam down on the bed near her feet. “Kyle, Ethan,” Justin called us in a hushed tone, and we both looked at him. “You should see this,” he said in a serious tone and raised Violet’s phone towards us.

“What are you doing with her phone?” Ethan asked him annoyingly in a low tone (Liam glared at him for being noisy), and I took the phone from his hand. Justin came closer to us and looked at Liam at first. “Her phone beeps twice, indicating that someone has sent her a message. I saw an unknown number on her screen. I thought that … that it could be a message from a marketing team. So, I opened her phone to delete that message. But,” he paused, and now I raised my brows. “You should read the message,” he urged, and I looked at Ethan, who had also narrowed his eyes. “Open the message, Kyle,” Ethan said to me in a low, calm tone.

I decided to change the passcode of her phone later so that no one could open her phone again. This was a matter of her privacy, and I didn’t want any of us to be nosy here. I narrowed my eyes when I felt that I had seen that string of numbers somewhere but I didn’t remember where I had seen that number. “Why is this so familiar?” Ethan asked me while scratching his cheek, but I didn’t answer him. I clenched my jaw when I read the message. “What the hell?” Ethan yelled and I tightened my grip on the phone while staring at the message.