Epilogue Two


    "Mum!"


    "Dad!"


    "Wake up!"


    A soft but firm voice kept screaming, matching the knocks vibrating on the door. Loney woke


    unexpectedly, followed by Danica as the sound grew louder. They didn''t have to guess who it was.


    They slipped into their robe and picked their scattered clothes on the floor, dropping them into aundry


    basket before Loney headed to the door.


    His eyes glistened with tears as he eagerly unlocked the door. Two small hands wrapped around his


    legs tightly. "Dad! You are back!"


    Loney knelt to meet his form, pulling him into his arms. Thest time he held his son was five years ago


    when he was just a month old. He had grown. It felt good seeing him physically and not through video


    calls. He had his mother''s brte hair but his father''s facial features. Same grey eyes and thin lips.


    "I missed you, Lord."


    "I missed you too, Dad. Will you leave again? I don''t want you to go. All the kids at school have their


    dadse to drop and pick them. They help them with sports too." The young man rattled. Only if he


    knew how his innocent words inmed his father''s guilt.


    "I''m not leaving again son, I will help you with everything and even more."


    "Forgot your mum so soon?" Danica couldn''t help being pushed out of the happy moment.


    "Mum! Come and see. I have a surprise for Daddy." The little man went to hug his mum, dragging her


    from the bed.


    They followed him, casting lustful nces at each other when he wasn''t watching. He led them to the


    dining room, pulling chairs for them. Loney watched in awe, his eyes ssy with tears as his son ran


    off to the kitchen and brought out arge cake that made him stumble and almost fall if Loney hadn''t


    reached him in time to help. Then his eyes caught the writing, ''Wee Home Dad!''


    "How did you know I''ll be here?"


    "Uncle Jones told me. He also said you-"


    "I think you should save the rest forter, don''t you think?" Loney winked.


    The little man, as smart as his dad, understood quite perfectly. "Of course." He made a sign, showing


    his lips were sealed.


    Nheless, Danica caught their exchanges. "What are you two hiding?"


    "Lord, where did you get this enormous cake?" Loney ignored her question, a smirk appearing in the


    corner of his lips.


    "I made it myself. I''ve been helping mummy in the kitchen a lot."


    Loney could still not believe he actually made that cake. "Lord, are you sure grandma Mabel didn''t help


    you?"


    "No, I didn''t. Except for the oven, I never did anything else for him," Mabel chipped in from the kitchen


    before making her way to the dining room. "Wee home, Master."


    "Thank you, Mabel. How have you been?"


    "Very well, master. We hope to see more of you."


    "Well, you will be seeing me every day."


    The middle-aged woman looked ted. At longst, Danica would be happy again and the family


    would beplete. "I will prepare everything we need for church." She left the dining room.


    "Thank you," Loney yelled after her.


    "Wait, you areing with us?" Danica didntprehend himing with them to church.


    "Why not?" His response sounded casual.


    He tasted the cake with a fork, ignoring her O shaped mouth. "This is delicious. Are you sure you didn''t


    order this Lord?"


    "No. I made it. I had it recorded because I had a feeling you won''t believe me." The young man


    reached for the camera he set in the kitchen.


    "I think he might be a chef like his mum." Loney acknowledged, as he intently watched the video. The


    young man was like a junior chef in the kitchen.


    "I''ll be right back." Lord ran up the stairs. He returns shortly with a model. Loney''s eyes widened.


    "Where did you get that?"


    "I made it." His response was curt and proud. "What do you think Dad?"


    "Do you want to be an engineer, astronaut?"


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    "I don''t know yet. The idea only came to mind. I want to build a house in space and I''m still working on


    the model. It''s not finished anyway," he shrugged.


    Loney couldn''t help by wonder, theplicated gifts their son harnessed.


    "Perhaps, he''s taking after his dad instead." Danica thought loudly, not understanding the model Loney


    was keenly admiring with their son.


    "Let''s hurry up. Uncle Paul said I was going to preach at the children''s service and little Martina will be


    there. I have to impress," the little man lifted his chin and strengthened his pyjamas.


    Loney and Danica stared at each other. Their eyes were wide. Martina was Paul and Herty''s three-


    year-old daughter. Lord had found an extraordinary liking to her since she was born. Yes, Paul and


    Herty got married four years ago. Two yearster, Paul went into full-time ministry but he learnt from his


    father''s mistakes. He never neglected his family, always making time for them.


    One hourter.


    "Loney, that''s not the route to church."


    "It is mum?" Lord grinned.


    Danica was confused. "No, it''s not."


    "Let''s wait and see. Perhaps I developed a new route. Who knows?" Loney shrugged.


    Danica scanned on as Loney drove to a huge ultra-modern church building. "This is not the church. I


    told you. Now we will be runningte." She was upset. She hated beingte to church.


    "It''s a surprise. Come and see!" Lord yanked his mother to the auditorium.


    Danica''s mouth opened in a quake when she entered the multiplex. Everyone she knew at church was


    there and the music exhumed the atmosphere. She could hear Jones leading the worship session and


    Danie was sitting on her wheelchair in front, her eyes glowing with joy and satisfaction as she sang


    along. Banners and decorations were showing the building was new and yet to be dedicated.


    From the pulpit, Jones'' eyes locked with Loney''s. He held the microphone and continued singing, while


    he matched towards thetter. Just as he finished thest line of the song, he embraced Loney without


    permission.


    Loney frowned, ufortable with the gazes around him. He tightened the embrace and whispered.


    "If you dare mention my name Jones, I swear by this building, I''ll kill you."


    Jone''s lips stretched as he went back to the podium. Loney lowered himself beside Danica. It was his


    first time being in church but he feltfortable. Lord had left to the children''s service, supervised by


    Herty. He couldn''t wait to see Martina. Paul took over the podium and gave the sermon. When he was


    done, he took the time to thank the mysterious donor who had blessed the church with this enormous


    building worth billions. But he also said there was more.


    A few meters from the church building was a new home. It stood on a fifty-acre ofnd. It was a home


    for the homeless. It was designed with the most expensive and luxurious furniture. Loney thought that


    no one should be called less privileged because they lost a family. The church should be able to cater


    for such. The building had the capacity of holding at least five thousand children at a  time.


    He might not know much about the things of God but he saw God in everything around him; his wife,


    his child, Paul, Jones, Herty, Pastor Lawson and even Danie. If someone like Danie could change


    so much, then there was hope for the future. Even for the likes of Ray who was currently serving a jail


    term of 25 years.


    Danie got married to Jones six months after the incident. It was a big luxurious wedding. They also


    adopted five orphans. Ricardo, Manuel, Fernando, Josephina and Patricia who loved her


    unconditionally and yes, she learnt to love unconditionally too. She no longer felt envy for her sister


    because she understood that everyone''s destiny was different.


    Loney cancelled the signed bond between him and Jones after two years when he saw the change in


    Danie but Jones had no intention of leaving Hubert Engineering anyway. However, when Loney said


    he was going to beg him, this was the project he talked about. Jones brought the design ording to


    the needs of the homeless and Loney remodelled it and made every fund avable.


    He returned earlier but stayed away from his family toplete this project. Now that it was done, he


    could breathe in satisfaction.


    At the moment, everyone working full time at the children''s home was his responsibility. This was his


    gift to the church, moved by his experience of having a tough childhood.


    When Danica went to see the children''s home, she didn''t need anyone to tell her. The church building


    and children''s home were donated by Loney. Tears welled up in her eyes, she thought she had lost her


    voice till after the dedication.


    "You did this." It wasn''t a question. It was a confirmation. Her voice sounded hoarse from crying happy


    tears.


    "You inspired me." Was Loney''s casual response.


    "I love you so much," she said with teary eyes as she stered her lips on his. She didn''t care


    anymore that their marriage was secret. Eyes widened except for those who knew the pair had been


    married five years ago at the hospital.


    Loney was unpredictable. His ways might remain mysterious and no one knows what he might do next


    but he would always remain to her, the only man, whose presence and appearance, made her heart


    thump.


    They must have met at the wrong time, in the wrong ces but love bound them together. It was love


    from the beginning, and Love in...


    THE END.


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