Fragile Heart Chapter 15 - Going Home

Chapter 15 – Going Home

“CIAN!!!!”
Cian woke instantly as he heard ‘his’ shout, and got down right away.
Nicky heard the shout, but his back hurt so much, he couldn’t move and he couldn’t stop Cian answering the shout.
For a minute Nicky held the pain and tried to get up, but soon he heard the belts cracked into something. “Cian!”
With an effort Nicky got down, and watched the horror sight. ‘He’ was belting Cian’s back bare. Cian was holding the wall and didn’t make a sound.
“Stoop!!” Nicky shouted panicking. “Papa, don’t beat him!”
But he didn’t listen and kept beat him.
“No…please…don’t beat him …,” Nicky pleaded, his tears ran down. “NO!!!!!”
“Nicky, wake up love, Nicky,” somebody tried to wake him up.
“WHOAH!!!” finally Nicky opened his eyes and stopping his bad dream.
He looked to Kate on his side stared him with worried eyes
“It just a bead dreams, love,” she tried to calmed him.
Nicky nodded and controlled his breath.
“Cian again?”
Nicky just nodded.
“You still couldn’t forget him?”
‘God, I still couldn’t forget him. It has been 12 years!’
“I’m sorry, Kate, I couldn’t forget him. Since ‘he’ died, I’m getting more often dreamt about him. Same dream!”
“That’s because you missed him.”
Nicky bit his lips. ‘Yea, I missed him so much. I missed him everyday!’
“Yes, I missed him,” then rose from his bed and washed his face. “I really missed him.”
Kate didn’t replay, she knew his husband feelings. Who wouldn’t miss to a brother who had not seen him for 12 years? Everybody did.
Kate rose up from bed and went to Cian’s room
A sweet little baby on his box had wake up already, expecting his mommy to come.
She picked him up, “Good morning, sweety,” she Kissed him and took him out.
“Hello, Cian,” Nicky looked fresher than when he woke up. He cheered his little man and picked him up from Kate as she started to do her morning chores.
Little Cian was on his father’s lap. Nicky looked his son’s face. So likely Cian, that’s why he named him Cian. And that made him always remember to Cian. He didn’t know how Cian now, as Nicky has stopped sending his letter three years ago. He was only know, Cian had released his third book. The proud and the missed even bigger. He could only keep his wish to see Cian again on his heart. He didn’t know when he will see his brother again.
*


Meanwhile at the same time in different place,

“Now I pronounced you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride,” the pastor finished his job.
William Sullivan looked amazed the beautiful girl right in his eyes who now had legally become his wife. The girl showed the same. They were totally happy. William finally married with his beloved girlfriend Sarah Gilmour. He then kissed her deeply to shown their happiness.
I smiled happily as their guest, as also as Cian who becomes William’s best man. I could see the tears happiness in his eyes as he looked at me with smiling. I smiled back made him blushed.
I rose from my sit as the bride walked out trough the red carpet, and walked with Cian just behind them. We smiled happily.

The party was held on Sullivan’s Estate. It was great party. Everybody was happy, especially Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan who had marrying their last son. William and Sarah was a perfect couple, they were meant together.

“Do you want us to be like them?” I asked Cian as we look the happy couple.
Cian blushed, “We are like them.”
“But not openly.”
“We don’t need to be open. Our families have now about us, and no one against us, they even supporting us. I think that enough.
I nodded, ‘Yeah, he’s right, that’s have enough.’
“Cian!!” a happy shout was coming from the groom. He grinned happily.
William hugged Cian tightly, and me.
“Thank you very much, Ci, thank you for being my bestman.”
Cian smiled, “It’s my honored to be your bestman.”
William just smiled happily.

As the party over, Cian was even glad. There was something he had wait after William’s marriage. Something he had waiting so long.

The Sullivan’s knew what that is, and they only could support, as they were always supported the entire things Cian do. They just a bit worried of Cian’s feeling and his emotion. And I was on his back 100% percent; I would accompany him as I promised him before.

“Do you still want to go, son?” Mae ensured his baby boy once again, before he excused.
“Yes, mother. I have to go. Nicky has waited for me.”
“And do you plan to stay there?”
“I don’t know, mother. I don’t’ even know what will happen when we got there. Will we meet Nicky again? We have lost contact for three years. He never replayed my letters. But if we couldn’t meet him, I promised we will come back here.”
Mae smiled in relieved.
“Take Anto with you,” she offered.
“There’s no necessary, mother. Daniel will accompany me. Beside, I believed Mr. Byrne had something important to do than go with me. Don’t worries, Daniel will take care of me,” he gave her a comforting smile.
“I just worried about you, son.”
“Don’t worry, mother, I’ll be fine.”
Mae just nodded.
“When you will leave?”
“In a few days.”
Yeah, in a few day we were going to Ireland, back to Ireland.
Emotionally Cian hugged his mother.
“Thank you for everything, mother, thank you very much.”
Mae hugged him tightly, “I love you, Cian.”
“I love you too, mother.”
I could see how hard Mrs. Sullivan letting Cian go. He had been like her own son. She treated him like a baby, fragile, and need supported. And now, look at him, Cian has grown up.
*

“You ready, Ci?” gently I asked him as we were ready to leave.
He took a deep breath and smiling. He nodded, ensuring me he couldn’t wait to get home.
“We leave now?”
He nodded again. He braced his book. The book he will present to Nicky. The one he never published.


At the port.

“Take care, son. And send me a letter when you’ve arrived or when you meet your brother. Send our love, we missed him so much.”
“Yes, mother.”
Mae sighed heavily, as hard as Nicky decided to stay.
Cian hugged his mother tightly, as well as his father.
“Daniel, take care Cian for me,” Mr. Sullivan pointed
“Will I do, Sir,” I nodded.
Till we heard the whistle, signed the ship was ready to sail. Me and Cian got up to the ship and felt the ship was moving abroad.
Right, Ci, we were going to Ireland. We were going home!!!

TBC