Chapter 139: Everything Will Be Alright
Xander and Yera sat in the car and headed back to the City. Xander kept sighing, showing his disappointment, while driving. Yera looked at him and said, "Stop that darling."
Xander sighed again in frustration and mumbled, "It’s because I feel sad about leaving so early from here, it would be nice if we could spend more time here together. I understand though, we both have a lot of pending things back in the City. So let’s come back here as soon as everything is settled, and stay for at least a few weeks."
Then Xander remembered something, looked at Yera and grabbed her hand, holding it lovingly in his palm. "Are you sure you’ll be fine travelling down the same road where that accident happened? We will reach that turn in an hour at most darling." Reminded Xander. He had suggested that they should leave in the evening, when it would be dark, like how Yera got to the villa in the first place but Yera insisted on going in the daylight.
Yera smiled at Xander and nodded assuring him about herself. She long wanted to overcome the trauma and was quite confident she would be fine as long as Xander was with him.
After about an hour, the car started going down the slopes and they came along that familiar place, those slopes and those familiar lush green trees on the roadside..."Stop the car," Yera whispered.
Xander stopped at the side of the road, they stepped out and walked to the exact spot where Bernard’s car got hit and flew in the air. Xander remembered the exact spot because he took care of everything after the accident and he was also there when Bernard’s car was removed from the spot of accident.
Apparently the driver of the truck was drunk and he drove out of his side that caused the collision and that tragic accident.
Yera stood rooted at the side of that place on the road where her life took another steep turn. A fleeting memory of those moments filled her entire mind. She halted and closed her eyes. All she could remember was Bernard’s smiling face as he whispered to her the word ’I love you’.
Bernard would always have that special spot in her heart. He was the person who loved her without knowing anything about her. The person who stood by her side in times when she herself did not even know who she was. She was like a stray cat who found her home through Bernard.