Chapter 67 - Those Decisions Shaped Our Destinies

Houlson let the woman free just when he heard this woman meant no danger but the woman stared right into his eyes as if she wanted to kill him right there. 

" Hello, I am Eliza and this is my elder sister, Kiara. Actually, I'm sorry, before thanking you properly I behaved inappropriately." 

"Thank you so much for saving our lives, we cannot think of what would have happened if you didn't save us today. "

Leon couldn't help but to notice this woman's beautiful lips, he never felt these feelings before. Even if occasionally he flirts but never had a woman made his heart fluttered. While the woman was busy thanking him, he was concentrating over her pink lips.

" It must be really soft…. Hmm, I mean don't be bothered to say thanks. By the way, who were those ladies? I thought they were goons at first look, but must say, you two found big trouble."

Eliza blushed when Leon smiled at her whereas her sister, Kiara rolled her eyes seeing her little sister's behaviour. Although this was the first time, her sister was getting interested in the opposite sex, still, Kiara didn't put her guard down in front of their saviours.

" To tell you the truth, we are orphans and our house got robbed by thieves two days before..So we came to look for a place to stay and in the town, it will be much easier to find some jobs to earn money. However, after reaching here only, we came to see the evil faces of humanity. Those dirty women wanted my sister and me to serve their guests. At first, we thought it might be the job as maids but later by evening only we came to know what it meant to serve guests."

" In the ordeal of escaping, we hid inside the wine cellar throughout the night but while at dawn break when we tried to escape, those women found us."

Listening to the story of these sisters, Leon wanted to take them with him to the inn where the sisters would be safe. Houlson could read his brother's expression and he pulled his innocent brother towards the other side of the tree.

" Hey, don't you dare to have any ideas about that woman, those two are creatures of this world so we cannot trust them. What is with you today? usually, you are not clumsy over your actions or is it this time, my brother fell for that woman just by sitting over the branches of the pine tree?'

Leon could feel although his brother was making sarcastic comments, indirectly he was saying a big 'NO' to his idea.

"Brother, I feel pity over them. Just think what would have happened with them if we didn't come across here and…. I don't know how to explain it but yes, there is some kind of ecstasy when I see Eliza. "

This time Houlson got really furious and he rejected his brother's idea. Leon was disheartened by his brother's firmness but still, he valued his brother more than anything else in this world. Then Leon stepped towards the sisters to say goodbye.

" It was nice meeting you two. We must take our leave. Be safe and do not accept jobs easily."

Leon could not meet Eliza's eyes. Even while he was talking, he stammered. But before he could turn away, Eliza caught his hands.

" I'm sorry but please help me for once… We just want a shelter for a few days in this town. I can feel that you both are upright men and could you just show us a place where it is safe for women? "

Leon once again looked at his brother who shook his head notifying his rejection again. Before he could reply to Eliza, she added more to her plea.

" Look I understand, saving two women who are totally strangers to you is a big thing but please just this one request, please…. my sister who is mute cannot even scream if she is met with dangers, I beg you.

" Just follow us, we will show you a place where both of you can be safe."

Leon raised his eyebrows at his brother who suddenly became an angel and offered the sisters their place to stay. Asking the ladies to go in the front, Leon stopped his brother. 

" Brother, now who fell for a woman just like that? You were rejecting them till now, what made you change the decision all of a sudden?"

Houlson smiled at his brother, without replying he walked forward. While walking he remembered what his father made him promise to do, "Houlson, my child, forgive me if your father had crossed the limit but my friend was on his verge of death trying to save your father's life. He just asked me to betroth my son to his daughter. She is mute by birth. I promised him that she will be my eldest daughter-in-law. Go to the shaft, there you can see the child and her mother."

When Houlson reached the shaft, he could see lots of blood and soaked in it was a small doll which had two braids. He took the doll with him and kept it as a memory of his unseen wife. He never had disclosed this promise to anyone. Every day he would talk to the doll as if it was his wife's toy. Also, he found pity towards children who were born deaf or mute by birth. In his heart, that little girl, alive or dead, was his wife forever.

Meanwhile, Kiara was a little disturbed thinking about the man who vanquished her before. From her childhood, she was trained in combat and had a good amount of strength which she only showcased under emergency conditions. But that man could easily defeat her every move. Seeing her sister with an angry face, Eliza held Kiara's arms.

" Sister, I know you are truly mad at me but think, our ancestors made those decisions which shaped our destinies. Now we need to fulfil the promise we had made. Trust me, these guys are perfect gentlemen, they won't harm us at any cost. Believe me, my intuitions are never wrong. "

These four would never believe that fate gave them a chance to do something impossible in the near future and at that time, they would see that the different goals they had in life, reached to the same point.