Chapter 35

Family at least

Sinbad was completely enchanted by Sibel as continued holding her till reach her house and furthermore he send to her room. Mert and Carla help him to place her safely unharmed over the mattress.

Just, as soon as he left her she woke up and was obviously written on her face the disappointment of not being anymore carried around in his arms.

"Hey precious, how are you feeling now?" Mert came near asking her as Sinbad moved some steps staring at the pitch dark of eternal sky from the window.

Sibel followed his movement kinly.

"Better aşkım!" She responded by cupping his cheek but her eyes were somewhere else or better over someone.

"I love you mom but dad loves you more." Mert said just to provoke them and worked, in the moment he turned and their eyes  met each other.

Dark versus darker, sins versus punishment, past versus future. Wondering who may let go, or who may fight before the end touches their lives.

"Of course he will love me more, he is twice your size. You don't see how big your dad is. Did you grow more all these years Sinbad, cause definitely I don't remember you like this. " She playfully used her words to prohibit them to understand that she was becoming jelly as staring at him. Not understanding why her body suddenly decided to comport like this.

If she was jelly then he has become a marshmallow under flames of fire.  Wasn't a single cell in his body that wasn't screaming, claiming her as his. The master of disguise covered well with simply a smile and some words.

"I haven't measured myself since the time of the military." He joked as approached near.

"Army, huh! Did you tell him how I came to your room when you were about to change clothes. Ohhh boy that time I was only 15." She talks so innocently not knowing that reviving the past was creating a tornado of emotion and memories on his body.

"Nope, he escaped so much from you both cause prefer to tell you that you are a mythical creature that comes once on a blue moon."

"He isn't all wrong my name is mythical though, right Sinbad?!" She squeezes his hand, electrifying his being. He kissed her backhand and there came the third tinkle.

"Mom, tell me that story." Mert took her attention again and she let go of the tinkle on her belly.

As she told the story Mert couldn't avoid watching how His father's face went paler. He didn't like that story cause he did the opposite, he forced her likewise destroying everything when he got the chance to have her near him.

Sibel hand never let his hand as all he was doing was drowning the invisible circle on her back hand. Circles that were amplifying tinkles on her stomach. A tear or two left his eyes as he quickly averted his face to not let them see but Sibel saw them and something stirred her heart.

The conversation come to present as Mert was saying

"I will not go anywhere mom. I will take care of you just like you always took care for me whenever I was ill."

"But Mert, you have school tomorrow and your friends are waiting for you."

"I will meet them occasionally after all dad sent me here to be with you. Right dad?"

"You want to take my job, Signore (mister)?!" Carla complained as entered in the room holding some packages and behind her was Andrea helping her.

"Andrea" she exclaimed, letting Sinbad's hand. The sparkle on her eyes was worse than death for Sinbad that till now has seen it Many times.

Sinbad left her side and Mert joined him as glared like to burn the smirking face of Andrea.

"Dad, stay here in another room."

"Mert I need to go , but I will come later." Sinbad left fast cause didn't want his boy to see him broken.

Was 3 am, Sinbad and the moon were face to face on his flat that was just  across the street near the Colosseum.  Both their flats were divided by the entrance of the Colosseum. He has an observatory to look at her but right now he doesn't want to see her and him together.

Cried as the moon got hidden behind clouds that decided to join his redemption tears.

Morning comes fast. Sinbad was ready even without sleeping a single minute. He looked charming in the grandiose mirror but inside was like the burning Rome millennium ago.

His phone rang.

"Dad, he is gone."  Was the message that Mert sent it. He took wings to fly to her, but didn't forget to take some goodies on his way.

As soon as he left the package over the table, he went towards her room. To be precise his heart wasn't at ease without seeing her.

A monitor that showed her Heart beats was placed on her left as the IV stand was on her right. The room suddenly looks like the mirror of the hospital room she was in before coming here.

His feet moved by themselves toward her.

She looked like an angel with those white hair floating over the pillow, that was  yet another mystery to be discovered. Her sunny face that now was similar to the moon face. All  he wanted was to be the robe  she was wearing to be on her skin likewise he will be in peace.

"I didn't let them stay alone for a second dad. Whatever has been your past you deserve her second chance." Mert said, touching his father's arm.

"I brought your favorite croissant." Sinbad diverted the conversation that he knows well isn't in Mert's hands.

"Did I hear right?! You brought croissant Sinbad?" Sibel woke up as soon heard croissants.

"Freshen from the oven." Said Carla as was munching a croissant with all the delicacy that she could.

When she got all eyes on herself felt a bit ashamed.

"Sorry sir, I couldn't resist them. They have been my weakness since childhood. I just took one." She said, lowering her head.

"You are family now. Don't worry and please don't be sad Sinbad can buy more of them each morning. Right!" She looked at him smiling and he was ready to buy the world if she requested. He stood there with lips locked, his mouth got dried, couldn't form a word, just looked at her astonished by her words.

"Indeed these are the best croissants I ever tasted although we always bought theirs, mom. " Mert came holding a plate when he had put some croissant, as in his mouth was already half of what was standing on his right hand.

She forehead the hand to take one but the pain makes her drawback.

Before she could say anything a tray was placed before her over the plate with croissant.

"Don't eat yet!" He ordered in a smooth tone. She made a sad emoji face pouting her lips out like a little girl. With that image Sinbad went out just to come back with a wet towel and a glass of cold water.

"Sorry sir! I should have thought about it but I forgot, from the croissant scent." Carla hit her head and moved side to side in annoying way with herself.

"If you do all Carla then what will my father do?! Come let's eat the rest of the croissant as the lovely Dove couple eat." Mert said as dragged the nurse away but not before he heard his father scolding him just by taking his name.

"Mert"

" You two are always like this?" Sibel asked as he give the wet towel to clean her hands.

"Yeah, but he will be more bold because he wants us together although I  have already told the truth and what stops us," He said with a pung in his heart.

"So don't mind his words or get affected by them. From six months now I know that i lost the chance I was hanging on." Sinbad tongue got released and was the first time she was listening without hatred.

"Eat slowly, you still are in recovery." He added and she unfold piece by piece the croissant devouring each part of it. Her moans were seriously making him feel discomfort on those jeans, he closed his eyes and started breathing heavily.

"Have one." Her voice came like a calming breeze. He opened his eyes to see her adorable face contemplating the croissant on her hand.

He took one and bites half of it, the creme brulee painted his lips and stuck on the corner of his lips.

He was munching delightful when her hand came closer to his face ,her thumb went to the corner of his lips and removed the creme brulee from there.

His heart stopped, his breath was on his lungs not knowing what to do, his mind freezing, capturing her so close.

"I bet you will desire it if i could take that creme brulee with my lips using my tongue too." She said looking at him without bashing her eyelashes for once.

"You are being evil, Sibel"

"Well I was the wife of the devil once!" She retorted, not looking away.

He couldn't understand it was hate or she just flirted with him.

Staring at each other made her cough as a tiny piece of croissant went to her respiratory road.

He got alerted, quickly he removed the tray and gave a back massage then gave the water to calm down.

"Look up!" His worried voice came together with his tears. She looked at him till calm down.

"I am okay now." She said and the monitor said the same as her heart beat were again normal.

"I am sorry. Please forgive me." He desperately said as kissed her front crying without shame before her.

"Hey, it's a normal thing. I always get things like this. Isn't your fault Sinbad." She moved away his tears with her fingers but deep down she knew that he was asking forgiveness for his passed sins.

Sinbad took her hand and shower with kisses.

"I don't care who you gonna put on your bed on which arms you gonna wake up as long as you breathe Sibel. You just breathe."

'How was possible a selfless love like this ' she thought as an unpredictable desire took hold of her being and wanted to hug him. To remove the worries,the pain. But as she was thinking her boy had another idea.

"This time I will send the pictures to Hakan uncle." Mert said as click some pictures which clearly showed Sinbad crying.

"Mert what you mean?" Sibel asked as felt the cold on her hands after Sinbad left her side to clean up his mess face.

" Oh this is gonna be a great meme! Old man, you have no idea how rich I will be thanks to this." Mert exclaimed as was editing on his phone.

"For sure you will not be able to touch any of that money as it belongs to me. After all i am the star and if you don't want me to sue you for the unproven video shooting you will handle me all your profit."

"That's not fair. Mum can you intervene"

"Your mom will work as a witness on the court and she will confess the truth in my favor." Sinbad crossed arm staring at his boy who was getting confused.

" No mom will testify in my favor. She will approve of you giving me the right to film."

"Sibel Kara never told a lie in her life so don't think she will keep your back on this occasion either."

" Mom, are you gonna just stay there as dad threatens me with court?"

"I can't do anything, my boy, my hands are tied up. Your father is right. I can't lie."

Mert frowned, shrugged and defeated, he deleted the video. Handle the phone to his father for verification.

"Good, my cub!" Sinbad shuffles his hair then drags him in a bear hug.

Carla wasn't in the room as she left family alone as was reporting to hospital.

Mert saw from behind the hug his mum crying. Immediately let his father and went to her.

"What happened mum?"

"I have missed so many things from you." She said and her tears rolled down without caring for the men's hearts that were hurt.

"Don't worry Hayatım. I have recorded everything that our boy did."

"Dad, you have told me that you delete those."

"I am not Sibel Kara. I am Sinbad Melekoglu and only angelic is my last name, not me."he winked at him

"If one of them ends up on the web, prepare for law enforcement dad."

"The cub threatened the Lion. Great try my boy." Sinbad's laugh didn't go unnoticed by her. For the first time he was so careless, so free. She stared at him, stupefied. Sibel didn't move her eyes from him even when he looked back at her. Mert took his father's phone and played the video of himself when was young.

They watched those videos laugh and tears accompanied them. Carla joined them as from the start Sibel wanted she to be comfortable but latter the video and the stories took her attention too. Somewhere their hands tangled and she squeezed every now and then.

Could be the middle of the day when She saw Andrea again standing in front of them. Sinbad followed her glare that was looking surprised. Finding Andrea  there, he understood that it was time to go away.

He let go of her hand and moved away followed by Mert that didn't share a glance towards Andrea that went to her side. Sinbad couldn't avoid staring at the key chain that Andre  was holding in his hands. That meant he had a free pass on her flat.

Before Sibel shared this flat with Livia but since she started dating Andrea a couple months ago things have changed. Livia moved out to let her have more intimacy with Andrea. As the last one  passed more time at Sibel's home she gave him a key copy.

Andrea knocked several times when no one came he got worried and use the key only to feel betrayed seeing her so close to him and smiling.

He knows that she is doing all this for her son but still only the idea that can loose her to him and this time losing her heart too was abhorrent.

"I will call you when he goes away, dad." Mert said as was accompanying Sinbad to the door.

Sinbad didn't want to go but he couldn't stay either.

Went to his flat.

Recalled all what happened and his heart was jolting inside his chest. She was so close, she was so empathy towards his suffering. Her every gesture was making it difficult to hold his poor heart inside his rib cage as wanted to go to stay with her. That is why he was holding his chest with his hand to avoid the escapade of his heart.

He took a nap only to calm down his heart but didn't last long as Mert called him to announce that he was gone.

"Did you eat lunch?"

"Not yet, dad! Mum has nothing in her fridge as she always had fuel when I came…" Mert pauses as Sinbad  his tumuriol.

"What do you want to eat?"

"You know dad, what I crave most."

"I got it, my cub!" Sinbad smiled as turned off the phone. He went to the nearby organic shop. He found everything that needs for his special dish.

Happy he goes to Sibel's home when Mert opens the door. Carla is with Sibel doing the routine check.

Sinbad has bought everything and more like this  the fridge get full.

"Hey little cub, will you give me a hand as old time or still you are mad with me." Sinbad teased Mert as was playing with his phone after helping him put the groceries inside the fridge.

"I will always be mad, but I will help you cause you are getting old and maybe can't do everything like before." Mert taunt came near to the dishwasher where Sinbad was too.

"Good that you put music on" Sinbad said as was drying his hands and Mert was washing his.

The boy nodded and avoided seeing him so close alone. In his mind he has sworn to never see his father after what he did to his mom but things have taken an U turn just like that. He was left with no option when called him to come and now was cheering for him and his mom to be together.

With his mind busy he find himself engulfed in the safest arm and his back neck felt a sharp pain.

"Daaad"  he protest and his neck got free.

"Why you did that?!"

" Cause you are my cub, and as lion father I am, I have All the right to do it. " Sinbad rest his head over his boy's head.

"But dad, will leave mark and you hadn't done it…" Mert stopped as Sinbad did this every now and then when was a child to play with him as they watched Lion king or Madagascar movie. But also was a sign that he did it every time he send him away. And last time they were separated, a bit cold with the idea to never see each other again. His fingertips were still on Mert cheek as they had taken shade of dark.

"Mert you and your mom are my everything. I died inside when she left me but when i send you away this time, I understand my life was over. I don't want to do emotional blackmail to you, okay but the truth is what I said. And i Am sorry for that." Sinbad point his cheek mark.

"I am not blaming you for that dad, i deserve it worse. I should have trust you and not her words. I said some indecent word's that now that I recall I feel like beating myself up more." 

Sinbad couldn't see his son's tears so he quickly remove them and engulfed in breath taking hug.

" Will you be again little boy so i can held you in my arms and cook like i did back than?!"

"Nope I waited this moment to grow up so you will stopped with sloppy Kiss and neck bites but who i was kidding. You and mom just can't resist to cover me with kisses. I wonder what would be your reaction if instead of me you would have a girl?"

Mert question wasn't something he didn't asked himself all this year especially when Hakan little fairy was born. He had seen Hakan loosing his head for her. Was the first time he had seen him crying and repented for being part of underworld. Something so incredible happened to him too when the little girl smile at him when he first saw it.

Since then he knew if in place of Mert would be a girl he would go all mad for her and what others suggested didn't come as crazy anymore. He will force her to stay with him at any cost. But to say this to Mert didn't feel right so he was pleading for something to happen.

"For sure you would force me to stay with you using everything you could find to black mail me." Come Sibel's voice making their face melt in the sight.

As Carla was taking her vitals the music picked up her curiosity. She require  to go and see what was going on.

She saw how their bond was and couldn't avoid feeling jealous and blaming her thick head for being stubborn before that event took over.

Never had seen such a bond between father and son. Her father was sweet and caring only with her and sometimes with Peri too but never with her brothers.

"So if what you are saying is true than in which year will I come to life?" Mert's question made their eyes met.

" As soon as I would be able to drank myself out and he would be a bit tipsy as well." Sibel's eyes didn't let his eyes as spoke, raising his heartbeat. Was away too much for him as his all body got in flame only imagine her body next to him with her volunteer. As master of disguise he is  he deverted his mind to ugly memories to cool himself down.

"Now that we have audience let's get our show running my boy." Sinbad cut their eye contact.

He took the chicken and washed well peeling every feather that had left. He cut at the wings the extra part of it as did the same with the legs removing the yellow like skin at the end of legs. Took of the chicken tail just like he had seen his mom doing so centuries ago . After he was sure that the chicken was well clean up start cutting off. He did it impeccable way. Meanwhile Mert had washed and clean the vegetable and also had started to cut them too.

" I didn't know you had or not a mud tray so I bought it one." He explains as was washing the tray after he had left chicken pieces get marinade with salt, pepper and vegetable oil.

After he washed and rinsed well he dry the water droplets and placed chicken parts as mert was done with cutting.

"Vivo per Lei" by Andrea Bocelli filled the area and Mert hurried up, cleaned his hand and dried them to his father's back as went and knelt before his mom.

"Hey beautiful, I have been watching you for a while that you don't take your eyes of me. Will you give me the immense pleasure to have this dance with you."

Sibel went emotional and nodded with his help she stood up and the boy put her hands on his chest as took hold of her waist. Sinbad put the last touch over the dish and put it inside preheated oven. Mert sang along with Andrea Bocelli as did small steps around the living room.

Sinbad took time to prepare some sandwiches as they waited for the dinner as the chicken needed time to be ready.

He took the bread and coated it with Philadelphia cheese than put double slice of chicken breast bacon and sandwiches cheese. Made enough for everyone. Also did a quick Greek salad.

Washed his hand as the song was switched on "Conte partirò".  Yeah he is fast cooker.

Con te partirò

Paesi che non ho mai

Veduto e vissuto con te

Adesso si li vivrò

Con te partirò

Su navi per mari

Che io lo so

No no non esistono più

Con te io li rivivrò.

Con te partirò

Mert angelic voice enchanted his mother that could stay for hours listening him but also Clara that was looking them with adoration.  From his arm She saw him that didn't hide his tears looking at them.

"I am sorry my boy for everything." She whispered.

"Don't say it anymore mum, i have nothing to forgive you." He kissed over her hair inhaling his favorite scent

" Hmm! You smell so good like home." He whispered.

She felt dizzy as was still fragile. Was looking around when felt his presence behind as her spine went cold. She turn her head moving from Mert chest.

Saw his eyes that hadn't a glimpse of hate or pure Lust like used to years ago.

Her feet give up and she  slide away from her son's arms directly to his  colosseum  arms.

" I got you Hayatım" he whispered as took her on his arms carefully and move towards her room.

"Don't worry she is fine Mert" Carla said to calm down his worried face.

Sibel clutch his shirt and climb on his neck giving him liberty to inhale her dark rose scent that he wasn't sure was her or a parfüme she had it.

Sinbad was in trance as inhaled her delicate aroma that had become his favorite drug. Don't get wrong ideas he never used that devil invention neither he sold it. I can't say anything about Hakan.

Putting Mert as excuse he always make her bring more scarfs and shirt that holding her alluring scent.

Gently he placed under the duvet and there was a solitary moment when She opened her eyes to meet his.

"You couldn't make this trip more longer." She said smiling at how long it needed to come to her room.

" For me i will make it an eternity" he retorted as come near fixing her pillow.

They were so close everyone could mistake and say they were kissing each other.

"Sinbad… I…. Him… we….

"Shhhh! I will never pass the limit with you unless you requested." He sadly said as put distance between them.

"Thank you!"

"No need to thank me, I am doing only my duty Karagülım."

His epithets make her face always smile not knowing that he had noticed this now and due to this his heart is dancing inside. Unawear was he about her tinkles inside her stomach whenever he was so near her.

"Sinbad between you and me…"

"Sibel, I am not asking anything. I can't stop myself from loving you but maybe if i see you are happy with someone else I may move on too."

She got sad all sudden pretend to sleep like this he left her side.

Sibel didn't understand what happened.

Meanwhile Mert and Carla were enjoying the sandwiches and the salad when He came all sad crying and went toward the balcony.

Carla asked Mert for his condition as she has notice his love for her.

"Why are they separated?"

"His head did it and our hearts suffered his wrong deeds" Mert said quietly as left the sandwich and went toward him. Not saying anything he hugged his father. Let whatever be Sinbad was his father the best he could have had.

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