Chapter 196: The Cake
"Happy birthday to you..."
Leander heard her voice. His heart jumped inside the chest cavity out of excitement. And slowly the ball of warm light got closer to him. What was under the candle was dark. But maybe he didn’t care what was under the candle.
It probably was a cake she ordered for him.
His eyes ended up on the angelic face that was glowing in the warm candlelight as she walked closer to him singing the song of angels. Or it was just the generic happy birthday song. But she did sound like an angel. Not that he had heard an angel sing.
But she is an angel. And she is his wife. And she is currently singing him a birthday song. And also she has a cake on her hand.
"Happy birthday to dear Leander..."
He followed her with his eyes. He wanted to get up but he couldn’t move. He was frozen because of happiness.
When was the last time someone celebrated his birthday at midnight with a cake and a candle? Well, that was the wrong question, right? He should ask when was the first time.
It’s the first time! This is the first time someone celebrates his birthday at midnight in his home.
Lionel would go to the extent of harassing him to spend time with their friends on his birthday. But he never wanted to go out. His brother treated his birthday as non-existing if anything. His mother would seem like she was mourning rather than being happy.
His grandfather would be the only one who celebrated his birthday. He wouldn’t celebrate his birthday with a cake and candles though. He would give him gifts.
But this year, everything was different. His mother came to his home even though she didn’t have any good intentions. His brother and he had a nice talk probably for the first time in their life.