WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 31 – The End
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CHAPTER 32
“I’ll explain….”
“Well go on” I used her.
She made me sit on the floor and she sat beside me.
“Your father knew a lot of secrets about the government, so when he didn’t go back to the military, they felt like he will spill the things he knows, so they came after him, they attempted to kill him several times but he managed to slip away.
They thought he told me something so they tried to kill me but your father saved me, they thought they could use you to get to him, they planned to kidnap you, t®rture you and send the videos to your dad to make him surrender.
But your dad always know every step they take, so he took us to his safe house, when he realized they found the safe house, he took us out of there but as we were running, they set the house on fire, that was how your father got the scar on his back, it’s healed now but you would notice it if he remove his shirt” she sobbed, I unconsciously cleaned her tears. This is unbelievable.
“Dad went through all this?” I cried out and she nodded. “Was that why he pushed me away at the mall that day?” I asked her.
“They were watching him, he already told them that he Doesn’t care about us anymore, so if they take us, he won’t surrender, so it’s best they leave us alone, if he had hugged you, his plan would have failed, they will know he was lying to them and they will come for us”
“Oh my God, I endangered our lives that day” I sobbed as I thought about what would have happened. “And dad’s wife and son, how did they come into the picture?” I asked.
“Dad’s ‘wife’ was a CIA agent who offered to help him get out of the situation in one piece, the CIA promised to change his identity for a few years if only he can stay away from his family completely, also they helped him only on one condition, that he would tell them the secret he knows, he did and as they promised, they gave him a new identity and he stayed away from us just to keep us safe”
“What about the son?” I asked.
“The son was a decoy, just to sell his story and make the bad people believe him. He was brought from an orphanage, his compensation was to get him adopted by a good family and train him to any level of education he wants to get to, he just got into college recently” mum stated.
“Wow” I exclaimed and began to laugh, mum joined me, we laughed so loudly that everyone began to stare at us including dad, this is so crazy and freaking funny. “Y’all played a ping-pong game on me, how could you” i asked while laughing.
“We are sorry” mum whispered, I nodded. “So now you know, daddy never left his munchkin intentionally” she added.
I turned to dad, he was staring at us with a confused smile, he had no idea what we were talking about, Salvador collected the sword from him and started cutting, they haven’t gone that far with the cutting though.
Dad walked to us probably to ask what we were talking about or why we were staring at him. “Hey” he called out when he got closer, I stood up and ran to him, I jumped into his arms and he staggered back a little before his feet balanced well.
“Why didn’t you tell me” I breathed into his ears.
He drew back and looked into me eyes, he turned to mum and she shrugged indicating that she told me everything.
“I’m so sorry, I just wanted to keep you safe” he cried. I cleaned his face with a satisfied smile.
“Its OK, I love you dad” I hugged him again. “My daddy didn’t leave me” I cried.
“I love you too munchkin” I closed my eyes to let that word sink in. When we disengaged, he sat me down beside my mum and sat by my left. They both held me.
“So how did you come back?” I asked dad.
“The fake identity CIA gave me has expired, also they had settled the issue with the military and the government, so I’m a free man now” he explained. I smiled and hugged him.
“Finally” I heard Kira scream out.
“Seriously, about time” Michael added, I knew they were talking about us, so I raised my head and smiled at them.
“Umh, I believe you also owe me an apology, you know, considering the fact that I’m also your daughter, and you left me as well” Bathny complained with a fake frowning face.
“Oh, my second munchkin, I’m sorry I left you too” dad stood up and hugged her, my mum and I dramatically clapped for them, everyone laughed.
“Also Mari’s mum can you come and make the fire, I have no idea what I’m doing here” Kira complained as she tried to gather the flowers in one piece and light fire but she ended up scattering the flowers completely.
“Kira” Kiwi exclaimed.
“What? You should accolade me for trying while you just sat there and the two other girls are reconciling with their lost and found father” Kira whined, we laughed at her puppy eyes, crazy girl.
“Ok girls, let’s go make some camp fire” mum said as she stood up and walked back to the rest, Bathny followed.
“That’s it, camp fire” my dad and I said at the same time.
“I’m not understanding what you two are talking about” mum asked us.
“This is a flower” dad said.
“We know that” Ruby snapped.
“It’s very obvious” Dave backed up.
“Your point is” Kiwi asked.
“Let’s burn it” I stated.
“Oh my gosh it’s true” Kira backed up.
“That is what we would have done since” David added.
“Marichuiy And Mari’s dad, you guys are geniuses” Kiwi whined.
“Here, take a match box” Kira threw a match box to me, I gave it to dad, he asked Salvador and Ricky to step away from the bush, they did.
Dad lighted a match stick and threw it into the bush, the bush caught fire, raging with flames.
“Everybody step back, this might take a while” dad informed us. We stepped back a little. “Keep going, the heat and the smoke is harmful to the body system” he instructed.
We moved back 20 yards away from the burning fire Towards the cold region, but the heat from the fire was helping to keep us warm.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 31 – The End
We waited for about three hours for the bush to burn out and for the fire to cool off. It finally did.
“Let’s go” Salvador instructed, we got up and followed him, when we got to that spot, we realized that the burnt flowers were rising from the ashes and trying to weave back into another thick bushes.
“Hurry!! The flowers are coming back to life” dad screamed at us as we continued running through the ashes.
“Ahhhh, my leg, it caught my leg” Henry screamed, Dave stopped and ran back to them.
“Help” Bathny screamed as she and Dave tried to free Henry, one of the flowers tied his left leg.
“Dad!!! Help!!!” I screamed at him, he ran back. “I’ll cut it, the rest of you keep running” he yelled at us, David and Bathny began to run, when they got to me, David dragged my hand and ran off.
I kept turning back to know if dad and Henry made it, I smiled lightly when I saw them running fast towards us.
I looked forward and saw mum and Kira trying to untie Ricky. Kiwi ran back to them with Ruby behind her, I guess she went to call him to help, he brought out the broken bottle and cut off the flower on Ricky’s leg.
“Go go go, it’s getting worst” dad screamed when they got close to us.
Mum helped Ricky up, we all continued running. I looked back and saw how fast the flowers were weaving together.
“Don’t look back munchkin, just keep running” dad screamed at me. I looked forward and didn’t see mum and the rest, of course she’s a good runner, very athletic.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 31 – The End
We finally got out of the forest, Salvador And his men were already lying on the floor panting as if they ran a marathon, actually it felt like a marathon. Lol.
“So it’s funny to you right?” David asked me as he was trying to catch his breath like everyone else, I didn’t realize I was smiling.
“It is kinda funny” I winked at him and laughed. He smiled and sat down, I sat beside him and began to laugh again, he joined me.
“What’s making you guys laugh” Michael asked them.
“We just ran out of death sentence and you guys think it’s funny” Kira backed up as she laid comfortably on Michael’s body.
“It is kinda funny, especially when Henry was crying for his leg” dad said and we laughed including Henry.
“I swear I thought that flower was gonna strangle me” Henry laughed out.
“Me too” Ricky complained.
“I would have actually celebrated your death” dad snapped at him.
“You never actually liked me” Ricky complained.
“I’m glad you noticed, I don’t have to waste time telling you about it” dad stated.
“Boys come on” mum called them to order.
“I feel like you are enjoying this” Kira asked her with an amused smile.
“It’s so fun when boys fight over you trust me” mum blurted out, damn, so she knows, this woman is crazy. Lol.
“Bad a$$” Henry whispered, mum giggled.
“I swear I have so much to learn from you” Kira cooed and mum laughed.
“I bet you were popular in high school” Kiwi stated, mum shrugged, it felt as if they were chatting with a college student. All I could do was just smile sheepishly.
“It’s getting late, we need to move” Salvador brought us back to reality. It is really getting late, if I’m not mistaken, it would be about 6pm.
“The last path is the left one, I guess that’s the real one, so let’s go” dad stated and walked out, we followed him.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 31 – The End
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