Oliver let the way to the library. He took his seat behind the desk and Sara and Nyssa sat at the sofa. They were looking at each other like two horny teenagers and Oliver felt very bad about all this.
''What will we do now?''
''What do you mean?''
''Well, you are alive and two of us have a family…''
Sara ignored her husband…
''Where are you staying?''
''Probably at the apartment where I usually stayed. But I am not sure if my dad will let me…''
''Stay with us… I can't let you go now…''
Oliver felt cornered. He had to say yes because in case of saying no, he was sure Sara would leave him in a heartbeat…
''She can go to the guest house. I think you would be comfortable there.''
Sara smiled.
''Yes, we can go and get you tomorrow everything you need and get it decorated. It will be so much fun. Oliver and John are going to the ranch and we can stay here with Nyssy and get the house done.''
Oliver was not happy with his wife's change of planes.
''But we were all going to the ranch. Your parents would not be happy about this and you know how much John loves trick or treating there…''
''But we need to settle her in…''
''She can also come and we can do that after we come back.''
Sara looked at Nyssa who nodded and smiled…
''Fine… Now, it's time to go back to the celebration.''
She turned towards Nyssa…
''Tell Hasan to bring your things and we can get you settled here in one of the guest rooms until the house is ready…''
Nyssa smiled and nodded…
''I think we should be talking about something important here. What is going to happen now? She is alive Sara and we have two children and maybe third on the way….''
Nyssa also wanted to know this… She wanted to know what will happen now that she is back and apparently her Canary continued with her life.
''I don't know… I care about you Oliver. Before everything we were friends and even after we saw each other again we were friends and lovers again… But… She… You know that there was not a day I didn't want her back… I love her Olly. I loved her even when I believed she was dead. I can't bare to be away from her now that she is alive….''
Nyssa lowered her gaze. Yes, she loved Sara more than anything, but she respected the commitment she made to someone else.
''I will leave and not bother you…''
Oliver was the one to stop her. He knew that Sara would leave after Nyssa…
''No, you stay and we will figure it out…''
They turned towards Oliver and looked at him with surprised faces.
''I am not your biggest fan and you feel the same about me, but… I know she would leave after you or stay and be miserable… So, you stay… You have your thing…but…just don't leave my children without their mother…''
''I would not leave them Oliver…''
Oliver started shouting at Sara. He had enough of lies and tiptoeing around their issues…
''You went pregnant to save her… And after she died or you believed she died you locked yourself in the room and barely ate or did anything but plot revenge…. Three days after the labor you started working out so you could sneak in the middle of the night to find people who tortured her and killed her… So, don't start me with the bullshit of you not leaving us. You left us many times Sara. You never cared about John as a baby. After few months when I caught you preparing to leave and revenge her and we had the talk you changed a bit and I started believing we could make it. You started to notice us, you were mother to our son and you started being a wife and then the second baby happened to us. We were happy to have it and even you showed some enthusiasm for the pregnancy and the baby and then things changed again. That night when our daughter was born, I lost my wife again. ''
''What?!''
''As soon as you saw the baby you choose to name her Nyssa and I had to beg for my mom's name to be her second name….''
''And you asked me how to name our son?''
''I am surprised you knew we had a baby at that time! You were so consumed with hate and revenge that I am surprised you remember any of us…''
''WHAT!''
''You only thought about her and how to avenge her death… You know, for the first time in my life you got me to wander if I ever really knew you….''
''What are you talking about?''
''You never loved me Sara, and I learned to live with it… But what I couldn't understand is how could someone put a lover above a child?! I never understood that…''
''I owed her my life… Twice… or even more than that….''
Oliver faced Nyssa…
''Now you have her… She stands in front of you… Ask her Sara! Ask her if she would like to be avenged by a pregnant woman or a mother with a baby! Ask her if she would like to see you dead?! You have her here… Your warrior with different principles than me… Ask Nyssa what does she think about the things you wanted to do…''
Nyssa put her hands on Sara's cheeks…
'' Ta-er Al-Sahfer, I willingly gave my life to save you and the child you were having… Regardless of my feelings for Mr. Queen, he was offering you something I never could. No matter how big our love was and is right now, I could have never given you a child. And even warriors and assassins, like me…like you were value lives of mothers and children… I would do the same thing in a heartbeat beloved to save you and your baby. I wanted you to live and continue your life… I wanted you happy, not living in bitterness… The child inside of you should have given to you all the strength to go on…''
''I couldn't… I never wanted to give it up… I never did….''
Oliver faced his wife and looked at confused Nyssa…
''I might not be the one to hunt them down, but I was the one to kill every last one of them…''
Oliver looked at his wife in surprise.
''What?''
''Hassan caught them…and kept them hidden in the storage unit on the boat… A week after Nyssa was born…he called me and told me he has something for me… I got to the boat and saw them on their knees and tied… Ready…''
Sara was crying now…
''With the baby tied to my chest, I killed them…''
Then she turned towards Oliver…
''And that is when I found my peace and continued to live my life… I avenged my beloved and they were dead…''
''You had a child on you when you killed ten men…?''
''Yes, she was securely tied to me… I learned that when we lived in…''
''You KILLED people with a CHILD on you?''
''Yes…''
Oliver was out of him mind mad at his wife… He had few choice words for her but he didn't get the chance to use them. Sara's mother got into the room.
''I am sorry to interrupt, but some guests are leaving…''
''We will be there in a minute…''
Sara wiped her eyes and left the room with Oliver. Nyssa got to the window and watched the garden. All children were playing, but the birthday girl. She was walking towards the tree. She got out to the garden and went to the birthday girl. She set in the grass next to her and Nyssy lifted her gaze.
''Why are you alone?''
''I don't like other kids and they don't like me either…''
''Why is that?''
''They call me smarty-pants… John told them too… It's not my fault he is stupid boy…''
''Why do you say that?''
''His teacher sent notes to mom and dad saying he can't read and write properly…''
''And you can?''
''Yes… I can read English and mom is teaching me Arabic…''
''Nice…''
''I will need it one day…''
''Why?''
''When I start traveling the world…''
''What for?''
''Mom told me that magic princess lives in the dark cave and watches the world… I want to go and tell her I will help her…She doesn't have to do it alone…''
Nyssa wiped a tear…
''You are special girl Nyssa…''
She smiled to the older woman…
''So is the princess…. Mom told me that…''
Their conversation was interrupted by Sara's mother.
''Love, it's time to get inside. It's getting cold and your parents said you can open the presents.''
They got off the grass and started walking towards the house. Nyssy run into it to open her presents and Mrs. Lance looked at Nyssa with disapproval.
''Don't ruin her life.''