Chapter 994 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“We were only looking out for him…”

“That is still not the point! You are missing the point. Right now, it doesn’t matter why grandfather did what he did. The point right now is that you made everything worse. I came back home to see Benne enjoying dinner with Celsie. They both looked happy until you called Benne and ruined his evening. You ruined the evening for all of us, not just for Benne. Why couldn’t you have just called to apologize?” Jade enquired impatiently.

“I wasn’t thinking straight. I was upset because your father got mad,” She said as she sobbed softly.

It wasn’t every day one received a scolding from her husband and all her kids in one evening.

“It’s okay. I’m sure Dad will let it go after he cools off. He never stays mad at you…”

“No, Jade. He’s really mad this time. I’ve never seen him so angry. He raised his voice, and he has locked himself up in the guest room. He had never done that before,” Evelyn cried, and Jade sighed.

“Don’t you think instead of making things worse, you should be doing all you can to resolve things so he can stop being mad? How do you think he is going to feel when he finds out you are blaming Celsie instead of taking responsibility for your action?” Jade asked, and Evelyn’s lips wobbled.

“What should I do? Benne turned off his phone already,” Evelyn said, and Jade shook her head.

It was funny that the only time their mother acted like a clueless child was whenever something involved her husband.

“I’m sure Celsie’s phone is on. You should call her and apologize to her directly. That way, she can calm Benne on your behalf, and they both can calm Dad on your behalf,” Jade suggested.

“Apologize to her? She knows I blamed her?” Evelyn asked, feeling a surge of shame at her action.

“Of course, she does. She was pretty upset earlier and even yelled at Bryan and I when we asked her about not wanting to get married to Benne…”

“Bryan told her I told him about it?” Evelyn asked in alarm.

“Of course. If you didn’t want him to say it, why did you tell him?” Jade asked and then winced when she remembered what Harry had said about Benne and Celsie keeping things from her so it wouldn’t become public knowledge.

“I was wrong. I made everything worse,” Evelyn said, and Jade smiled.

“Yes, mom. You were wrong. That’s why Dad always says we are bound to make mistakes whenever we react emotionally to things instead of logically,” Jade said, and Evelyn sighed.

“Thanks, Jade. I will call her now. I hope she doesn’t reject my call,” Evelyn said before hanging up.

As Celsie walked out of the bedroom, she decided to stop by Jade’s room first since there was every possibility that Jade might not want to speak with her or come out to join them after she had yelled at her that way earlier. She needed to clear the air with Jade.

She knew that there would be no problem with getting Candace to come out since that was the reason she was here, and she was also sure that Sonia wouldn’t mind them going ahead with their plan for the evening since it was for her after all.

She knocked on Jade’s bedroom door, and Jade, who had just ended her phone call with her mother, opened the door and was a bit taken aback to see Celsie standing there.

After what had happened earlier, Celsie was the last person she had been expecting to see at her door. Not because she was mad at Celsie but because she thought Celsie was still very mad.

She knew they shouldn’t have confronted Celsie the way they did. If anything, they should have asked Benne who was their brother instead of asking Celsie about it that way and putting her on the spot.

“Celsie?” Jade asked, unsure of what to expect from her.

Was she here to yell some more? Jade mused.

“I was hoping we could talk. Can I come in?” Celsie asked uncertainly since she wasn’t sure Jade would want to talk to her.

“Sure! Come in,” Jade said as she made way for Celsie and shut the door behind Celsie after she walked in.

“Before you say anything, I want you to know that I’m sorry about what happened earlier. You were right and had every reason to be mad. Bryan and I had no right to put you on the spot that way,” Jade rushed to say the moment she had shut the door, and Celsie looked at her, slightly taken aback by the apology.

“I didn’t think you would apologize,” Celsie said honestly.

“What? Why not? I was wrong. I know how to take responsibility and apologize when I’m wrong,” Jade said, and Celsie sighed as she sat on the edge of Jade’s bed.

“I knew you and Bryan were going to eventually find out about it. I just didn’t expect it to come out like that at that moment. I’m sorry, I yelled. I could have made my point without yelling at you both that way,” Celsie said, and Jade nodded.

“Can you forgive my mom? She isn’t usually like this. She is just…”

“You don’t have to make any excuses for her, Jade. And there is no reason for me not to forgive her either, as long as she learns from this. All I want is for everyone to stop meddling. Meddling creates more problems than it solves,” Celsie said, and Jade nodded.

“Yeah. I get your point,” Jade said as she sat down.

“Will you consider it meddling if I ask why you don’t want to marry Benne?” Jade asked hopefully.

“That is a personal matter between me and Benne,” Celsie said with a small smile, and Jade sighed.

“Fine. I don’t want to know,” Jade said, making Celsie’s lips twitch since she knew that Jade was dying to know.

“I’m seeing a therapist,” Celsie told Jade, wanting to at least share something personal with her. She wanted them to be friends, and she wanted to make an effort, no matter how little it was.

“Seeing as in dating? Or seeing as in receiving therapy?” Jade asked with a raised brow, making Celsie giggle.

“How can you ask me that?” Celsie asked, and Jade shrugged.

“I asked why you didn’t want to marry Benne, and you said that out of the blue. So, I’m trying to connect both. Maybe you don’t want to marry him because you are dating a therapist,” Jade said with a silly smile that made Celsie laugh.

“I meant to say I’m receiving therapy.”

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