章 12: You are my everything

Its been 5 months since the little boy was born. They are living in the main house now. The child had a fair complexion, beautiful black eyes but red hair as his mother. Everyone in the house made him laugh all the time.

The house revolved around the little one, Charles Gregario now. His giggles filled the entire house.

Vin came from his work as usual. He went directly to meet his wife. Their bedroom was empty, he went to the garden where she spend more time sketching. She was not there either. He looked at all the places, she would frequent. He couldn't find her even after he searched the whole manor.

Ronnie and Vanessa was playing with Charles in Ronnie's room. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He thought, 'She wont leave me now, atleast not without telling me'. He has two more rooms to visit. One is the little one's room and the other is art room.

She had an art room, in the lake house. After child birth, Vin shifted everything here. He kept his full hopes on art room as the little one is with Ronnie. He strolled to the room nervously when he opened the room, his face fell to the bottom of the sea.

The room was always messy, with paint smell, brushes and papers scattered over here and there. The room was clean, drawing board was empty and everything was in its place. It looked like no one came here before. He felt more anxious and then he ran the little one's room.

There was two boxes near the little one's cradle. With a A3 paper over it. The paper was folded into two. Vin opened the paper, there was a man sleeping in the bed with blanket upto his hips laying one side. It was drawn from her point of view.

The drawing highlighted his toned muscles, his thick eye lashes, his eyes closed while his hair over one of his eye. His lips had light curl with his chiseled nose looking majestic. The background showed their bedroom in the lake house. She saw him this way after their first night together.

At the end of the drawing, there was four words, "You are my everything". He stood their without moving or blinking while looking at the picture. After some time he finally realised that she left. He was so confused, he only saw her in the morning. She didn't show any signs of leaving.

He ran around the house asked his parents, Vanessa, servants. But no one knew when she left. He shouted at everyone, "There are this many people in this house, but no one saw my Scarlett leaving!"

When he checked the surveillance, he saw her leave during time while everyone was having lunch. Before she left the gate she looked at the camera with a smile.She waved her hand and left with tears. Vin's heart shattered into small pieces implicating a lot of pain.

He called lots of people, hired many investigators and searched for her. He never went home for a week. His son came down with a high fever, that is when he went to home. He loved his son next to scarlett. His hair reminded him of her.

"Charles feels the absence of his mother, that is the main reason for his fever. Vinson should spend more time with child as his mother is not here now", the doctor said to Ronnie. Vin exactly heard his words when he entered the room.

Ronnie and Robert looked at Vin worriedly, he nodded at them and decided to stay beside his son for the next few days until he recovers. The little one couldn't sleep well, so the fever is not dissipating at all. Scarlett used to sing the little one to sleep. 'He misses his mother's voice', Vin thought.

Somehow Vin coaxed Charles to sleep after great struggle. Vin's smell gave the little one some security.

Suddenly he remembered two boxes in the little one's room.

He walked to the little one's room carrying him. It was not near the cradle like last time. He looked around to find it in the loft. He moved those to the ground with the help of a chair as Charles lay on the cradle. He called servants to carry those two boxes to his bedroom.

One box had a name, Vinson and other one, little hal.

He opened the box with his name, the surface was full of his portraits. Both in colour and pencil sketches. It also had some portrait of Vin and Scarlett together like looking at the mirror while she had baby bump and Vin hugging her from behind .

It had some dairies at the end, he opened it to find her handwriting. She had written what she felt when she was with him. How much she loved him, how much she enjoyed being with him.

There were also some pendrives, he opened those in his laptop. It had their selfies, the videos she took when they took walks in the garden. She always take pictures and video when they were together he understood now why she did it. She wanted to create memories.

He mumbled when tears rolled down his cheeks, "What is the use of creating memories, when you leave everything. Damn it!"

He was brought back to reality when his son started to cry. He coaxed the little one but Charles didn't stop his weeping. Vin looked through the little one's box. Likewise, there were portraits of the little one, some diaries, some envelopes with year mentioned. There was an envelope named "VG".

Vin opened it, then found a letter and an ipod. The letter stated, "If little hal cries, play the first track." Vin connected the ipod to a headphone and he heard it first. The first track was a lullaby sung by her and second track was her voice talking to the little one with full of love.

He stood up and connected the ipod to speakers and put the first track in repeat mode. It showed great results, not only the little one even the big one slept like there was no tomorrow.

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Five and half years went by in a flash.....

The whole main house was preparing for their little master's sixth birthday party. Vin has ordered chocolates and many gifts from around the world for his son. The son and father spend most of their time together.

Scarlett's lullaby plays in their room evey night. Both the father and son have their own copies of it. Whenever Charles thinks of his mother he will hear her words, it starts with words overflowing with love, "Little hal, my sweetheart...."

Charles is studying in the Elite Academia in

F country in 5th grade. He took a leave from school for his birthday party. Apart from the party, they are donating lots of money to various charities in the name of Charles.

The little one was excited for one special birthday present which was given to him every year from his special someone, whom he had never got the chance to meet.