AZIZE

Chapter 31

"Sweet divine, a heavy truth."

Kartal's POV

I've never heard such a ridiculous joke. I'm trying to comprehend what I've just heard but the more I try to understand the more my brain get paralyzed.

How?

How all I've ever known is such a terrific and ugly joke? How am I supposed to tolerate this?

I knew there was a thing about Aunt Tuna and Adnan, something that changed that lady forever and got the worst out of her, but I've never knew that "something" is someone else's life.

And not anyone, it's Kuzey.

My ray of hope, the one I consider my closest friend, younger brother and my son as I often call him.

"I don't understand, I can't believe-" I know that I'm one minute away of revealing the worst version of myself, and he knows this too.

"I will explain everything to you.."

I glared at him because he can't be serious, explain what?

"I only learned this recently, I didn't know that Tuna can't be that merciless on me! She left everything behind and ran away with my own child. Try to understand me Kartal, what would you do if you found a son after eighteen years and yet you can't hold him in your arms?!" He started to break down before me and I had no bit of emotion or sympathy inside. I thought that at some point Melek reset me and brought some emotions to my system, but no, I still am a hopeless case.

He doesn't know what this can lead to. I can't even imagine how the circle of Tuna, Kuzey, Yildiz, Balkan, Selin, and Barbaros will turn this place into hell.

"Bring me my son, please!" He pleaded.

"Are you all insane?!" I shouted. "Do you think that I'm a some type of a fairy that can bring your son back? And not any son we are talking about Kuzey, who is the same person that Balkan thinks that he is his son, and Barbaros thinks that he is his grandson! Wake the hell up!"

"You were just asking me to take Barbaros down."

"And you've just said something that will take us all down."

He started to realize how insane this is, but as realization hit him he started to act desperately too. "I will take my son even if it costs my own life."

"Unfortunately it doesn't cost your life only, it might cost his life too." I had to say this out loud. Non-calculated steps aren't what we exactly need now.

"Why would Yildiz do such a thing? Why would she help my aunt in such a way?" I asked him.

"To lessen her visits to Balkan back then." He answered shortly, uninterested in who is in this, and I know him, all what he cares about now is his son.

A few moments of silence started to pass between us, only the sound of shattering-glass brought us back to reality.

"God damn it!" I hissed when I realized that the shattered glass was the consequence of me squeezing my coffee mug to the maximum, causing it to break inside the palm of my hand which is covered in glass and blood now.

"You won't say or do anything until we prepare a plan, stay away from Kuzey as long as I say so, do you understand me?" I said standing up, obviously having nothing to offer now.

"Just promise me that I won't die before calling him my son for once." He said with silent tears falling off his face, and it stopped me, after all he is my lifetime friend, it will take time and effort to correct everything or actually to end everything, but still he deserves a gathering with his son.