Chapter 5
"Its already 9 pm and mom is still sleeping??" said Sigal, "how can it be? She never sleeps at this time, I am sure she must be very tired" said Moti.
Just then they heard Velga calling Sigal's name,
David said - "Sigal , I think mom is awake now, go and help her in cooking:"
Sigal said - "okay bro"
Sigal went out, closed the door after her and replied her mom, "yes mom I m coming" she went to the kitchen and started helping her mom in cutting the vegetables.
Sigal - "mom, hello good evening , I was going to wake you up"
Velga - " I saw you kids busy so went in and got fresh, just came in here to cook dinner for us, how was your day sweety?"
Sigal - "mom, it was so cool, I enjoyed it allot"
Velga - "good, did you both finish your homework?"
Sigal -"yes mom, we did it, bro helped us and we had good time" , "mom how was your trip? I came and saw you were sleeping that's why we did not disturb you"
Velga - "yeah it was a long day and I was tired, by the way did your dad call ?"
Sigal - "no"
Just then they heard the knock on the door,
Moti went to open the door and saw his dad, he hugged him and said "hey dad how are you, I missed you today", Eli hugged him back, he saw Velga coming out of the kitchen and ignored her, he was walking inside the kids room and sigal followed him, "hey daddy" she hugged him and all 3 went inside the room.
Velga stood there, staring after them; few seconds later she realized her food is burning so went inside the kitchen to check it.
David saw his dad coming, he said nothing but his eyes could simply tell he had allot of questions, both behaved like nothing happened and spent the time with the kids.
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At Aharon House:
Tanya came back from work, Daniel and Sima already at home, Mor went out to spend the evening with her friends, Mike had some work to do so he spent the evening alone in his room.
Tanya entered her parents room and said.
Tanya - "Mom, what's going on, I spoke to mike this evening and he told me , that woman..." She was about to continue and Daniel interrupted her...
Daniel - "Tanya, I can guess Mike told you everything so chill, it happens, we are rich people and such rumors are not to be trusted so don't trust those words okay, just relax"
Tanya -"But dad"
Daniel - "Ssshh,, Listen, I don't know who come up with such story, I do not believe it, you too should not believe it, if you'll believe it, what will mike think tell me ?"
Sima - "Dani, we cannot sit back and wait for it to be solved, we must do something,"
Daniel - "Don't worry, I m not sleeping in my duty, I said wait one week, Let that woman deal with her mother loss and then we will go and meet her so we can deal with the issue of our son,"
Sima - "Oh, you were thinking that, "
Daniel - "Yes, I was thinking to go meet that woman, so we can start from the bottom of this issue, we cannot sit back and blame each other for nothing."
Tanya - "alright dad, when you go, I'll come with you"
Daniel - "No Tanya, I can deal with that issue, for now I guess you all should relax, look at your brother and sister, both are ignoring those things so we too should be relaxed but don't worry I'm handling it okay"
Sima - "I guess he is rite"
Daniel - "Well, listen, you two have your dinner, I have to go to the club, my friends are waiting for me, Tanya , you too go out and chill out a lil"
Sima - "Okay, I guess ill have dinner alone tonight"
Daniel- "why alone, Mike is there, you can have a nice time with him"
Sima - "I wonder why every Sunday you spend your time with your friends, I feel alone here, don't you know that?"
Daniel - "ofo, don't be a baby now, I m sure you will have a nice time spend time with Mike"
Daniel went to get ready to go out, Tanya said "Yeah mom, I wanted to cancel my friends meeting tonight but I think now I feel much better so ill go out okay, hope you'll have a great time with mike"
Both Daniel and Tanya went out, Sima remained alone with Mike, she went to his room to call him for dinner,
Sima - "Hey mike, Are you busy ?"
Mike - "Oh no mom, I was just surfing the net, come inside, told you don't ask permission to come in my room"
Sima - "well your dad and both your sisters are out and I was wondering if u join me for dinner"
Mike - "Oh no mom, my friend will come any time, ill have my dinner with him, I have ordered pizza , if u want you can have some, "
Sima - "No, then its fine,ill eat in my room, you carry on"
Mike - "Mom, he will come in 1 hour, you can sit here and talk to me, Actually that thing about my being switched in my childhood is irritating me, I was searching people's stories over the net who got switched in their childhood, but mom, most of them discovered by their parents, I mean, some were not look alike their parents, and some parents realized that child is not their , you know , that clears all my doubts, because I look alike daddy and you guys never felt I was stranger,"
Sima - "yeah that's so true, I spoke to your dad earlier and he said that it can be someone who wants to take advantage on us and just because we are rich, may be... you know.."
Mike - "Yeah mom, actually that woman, I mean that who claims to be my mother, I doubt her motives, may b she is lying, I mean think of it, her husband was there he knew nothing, he did not move, you did not move, but her reaction that day made me feel like... Yeah maybe it's the biggest lie, but mom, why would a dying woman say such a lie ?"
Sima - "yeah I had the same question son, but your dad say that people at times can do anything for money, just ignore it and live your life" the Knock on the door interrupted their talk, sima said -"One hour already passed, how the time passed, I did not realize"
Mike said - "yeah so true, mom, you should come here sit with me, we can spend hours in talking"
Sima - "yeah so true, Oh go and open the door, we cannot make the guest wait outside the house."
Mike went to open the door, Sima left the room, she had to spend the evening alone,After dinner she went to her room, sat with her self-thinking about the things.
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At goenka's
The dinner was over, kids in their room, Velga and Eli in their room,
In velga's room-
Velga - "what are you doing , where are you going eli>?"
Eli -"listen, I have nothing to talk to you , just let me be okay"
Velga - "this is not done, you ignored me all evening, what's wrong with you>?"
Eli - "What's wrong with me, Do you have any shame velga??"
Velga- "what are you saying, I thought you forgave me"
Eli - "really, I forgave you,?", At times Velga, you cross your limits and your know you did the wrong thing, You switched the kids, hide this truth and now, you have no shame , rite , you think like I m gonna sleep near you and move on like nothing happened, really ?"
Velga - "then why didn't you yell at me when I opened up in front of you when we were outside near the car:"
Eli - :"oh you expected me to shout, to yell at you to show all the neighbors that we have an issue, it was our family issue and I don't want to make it a drama to all people, got it?"
Velga - "I m so sorry, I had to do it."
Eli - "really you had to do it, fine, you did what you did, now let me do what I do, I have nothing else to say, no more excuses because I was alive I was there for you for our baby but what you did??????????"
Velga with tears in her eyes said - "Eli, I m really sorry, I was silly I was idiot, I shouldn't do that but what can be done now please forgive me"
Eli -:"wow Velga, I cannot believe you, you make mistakes, I always forgive you and we move on, but this this, this is not a mistake velga, this is crime, R you getting it?? It's a crime, you switched the baby, you switch the baby whom you gave birth without thinking how will they raise him, what kind of parents they would be and worse than that you dared to make me be a part of your sick thing, you wanted me to hide this from David, tomorrow when he will come to ask me, how would I face him, you made me look very bad in front of my son, a son I raised, a son I teach to walk to write to eat to do every single thing. No Velga I will not forgive you, you have hurt my feelings, my emotions and now by locking my mouth , sorry sorry really sorry Velga but you have hurt me allot, I love you and always will do but No ...GO and seek forgiveness from our son, oh sorry, their son, I m going to sleep in other room, you always think you are smart, you do things your way only so deal with it.
He was about to leave the room and says - "Listen, I want you to keep it hidden from Sigal and Moti, they are innocent, this will destroy their life, thinking that David is not their brother, They would not know how to deal with it, so keep your mouth shut and don't expect me to forgive you, !!"
Eli left the room, David heard his parents voices, he came out and saw his daddy walking out of their room, his dad had no more words, David realized it was not the right time to speak to his dad, who always used to be calm, looked so upset so mad, Eli touched david's head and went inside the other room, David walked back to his room , trying to live with the new facts, "he was not their son, why, why it happened to him?"
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