Chapter 98 Echoes Of The Forgotten

• Five years passed, with both Sophia and Edward living a good and happy life, alongside their 5 years old son. Edward still hadn’t recovered his memories and they seemed not to be coming back anytime soon. Both Allison and Daniel kept on looking for their other son, Richard, but they couldn’t get a hold of his whereabout. Allison was becoming worried as Edward and Sophia had become quite close since the accident that happened 6 years ago, making her worried that her efforts to make everything that belonged to Daniel, hers and Richard’s would go to waste. She noticed Sophia had forgotten about Richard and had focus only Edward. She also got to know that, Sophia had been trying her possible best, to make Edward climb up the ladder to the top. Sophia didn’t really care about Richard’s disappearance, as she was more than satisfied to have Edward and their son by her side. Their son, Austin, looked so much like Edward, which got both Allison and Daniel thinking, as to how Richard’s son, could look so much like Edward. They all knew Sophia was impregnated by Richard and not Edward, the fact which Edward wasn’t aware of, as he had lost his memory. Both Allison and Daniel concluded that, the resemblance could be as a result of Richard and Edward being siblings.
• Sophia’s mother, Stephanie, who knew her daughter had a miscarriage six years back, wondered how she could have given birth to a child who looked exactly like Edward. Edward still wasn’t aware of the fact that he and Richard were siblings, as his father had pleaded with Allison to keep the truth from him, so as not to be a threat to his health and trigger his memory. Everything was gong perfectly well for everyone but that changed on the 5th birthday anniversary of Austin. The unexpected happened that day and that day, served as the turning point in lives of so many people, especially Edward.
• Austin was his grandfather’s favorite as Daniel loved him so much. Due to the love he had for Austin, Daniel decided to throw a banquet in celebration of his grandson’s 5th birthday, in his huge mansion. Every important personalities graced the event, including the Oswell family. The celebration was going on smoothly and both the mother and father of the celebrant, dressed elegantly. Clinton Oswell, hadn’t set his eyes on Edward since the day of his father’s company collaboration with the Lions. He had since that day, held a grudge against Edward for humiliating him and snatching the woman he loved away from him. He heard what happened to Ellie and how both she and her child passed away during childbirth, which made him devastated. He was in doubt truly in love with Ellie. He held his glass of wine as he stood in a corner of the event hall and watched as Edward and Sophia engaged in a Public Display of Affection. He couldn’t believe the scene he was seeing in front of him, as he was finding it hard to believe a man who had publicly announced his love for a woman he claimed he loved, would be there in front of him, head over heels in love with another woman. He had seen Edward and Sophia on the news so many times, gracing events, barely a month after Ellie died, which showed he was not even affected by the death of Ellie and their child. This got him angry and he clenched his fist. When he couldn’t stand the sight of them anymore, he moved in the direction of where Sophia and Edward were.