Third person pov:It was raining like cats and dogs. Steward Garner came out when he heard the knock at the wooden door and found a beautiful young woman outside his house. Her clothes were drenched, and her teeth were chattering in cold.“Ash… Ashton. I am looking for Ashton… s… sir.” Several creases appeared on his forehead.“Are you looking for Ashton Garner?” he asked her kindly.She raised her index finger and asked him to wait. Fishing in her bag, she took out the photo that looked more crumbled by now with water traces on it.“Th…this man!” she gave it to him. He took it near his eyes and gave her a sheepish smile.“My eyesight won’t allow me to have a good look at it. Why don’t you come inside? My son is outside and might reach here any minute. You can meet him once he is here.” She was about to set her foot inside when he said, “he is out with his family. His wife is expecting, and she wanted to spend some time outside the home.”That made her go still in her tracks.“Then …

Ashley Walters pov“She made me promise that I will find you one day. I have been looking for you since I was sixteen, Ashley.” Marwick told me softly. There was a strange calmness in the room. Only Sarah was the one beside me whose soft weeping sounds could be heard in the room.And me? Ashley Walters? I was dry-eyed.“Does this mean…” Justin spoke for the first time, “that her birthday is not fake. According to orphanage rules her date of birth is not the one when they found the baby.”“Yeah, that’s what they told me.” Marwick spoke, “Sister Mary Ann told me everything. When I met Ashley in Arguli and came to know that she was Justin’s wife and came from an orphanage, since then I hired another detective to look for clues. My one detective had already been working on the trails of Leigh Walters. Unfortunately, there was another Ashley who had left for Ghana. So, our attention was diverted for a while. My detective started keeping tabs on her. A few months back we were back on track.

Ashley Walters pov “I don’t understand, little one. Why did you call me here?” Marwick asked me while Keith was busy buttering a slice of bread for Sarah. No, I mean he was literally buttering, “Whoever this dude is, he deserves a kick somewhere special. Do you want me to do the honors?” Oh, Marwick! My brother was violent. Aniya and Eve were done with breakfast early morning and had already left for work. While we, the late risers were having our late breakfasts. “No. I can take care of that part, Marwick. Don’t worry.” My tongue slipped making the people around me horrified by the notion. Justin looked funniest with his partially opened mouth in amazement. Man! My husband had got such kissable lips. “No, Come on, people! I didn’t mean that! Urgh!” I rolled my eyes and was about to rise to my feet when Justin made me sit back. “Ok. So, what do you propose?” Justin asked me, moving my hair back from my shoulders, “Technically when we got married you were not even a student.” “I

Ashley Walters pov “I love you!” these were the first words I heard from his mouth when I woke up from my sleep, feeling his lips on my neck and then down. However, he had to stop this delicious torture when his phone started ringing with that annoying tone. I saw him with half-opened eyes when he didn’t take the call and got busy scrolling his phone. “Umm. Justin!” I called him sleepily, “Come here!” I outstretched my arms and kept them like this until he joined me back under the sheets. “I can’t get enough of you.” He whispered in my ear and started chewing the ear lobe making me laugh. “Stop it! You have gone crazy!” “Yes, I am crazy! For you, my love!” I felt his nose tip poking my cheek. Turning to him, I, at last, opened my eyes to look at his face. I could feel this strange kind of closeness between us ever since I expressed my love to him, last night. “Stay close to me!” I said while yawning, and closed my eyes, inhaling his sweet scent. “You will always find me near y

Ashley Walters pov“I have never helped anyone in delivering a baby! I mean … I have no idea...” I told Keith who was busy applying sanitizer to his hands.“Yeah. And I have been doing it since childhood!” Keith said with a not-so-sarcastic smirk. Sarah had requested me, to accompany her along with Keith to the labor room.“Love!” I spun around when I heard a familiar voice behind me and lunged at him.“Oh, Justin. Where were you? I missed you so much!” I not only held him by his shoulders but also kissed him hard, right on his lips.His arms at once wrapped around me, “When I got the call, I straightaway came here.” He said squeezing me into his chest, “So you are going inside?”“Yeah. I know nothing about childbirth, Justin!” I pouted before the only man who could listen to my whining, without a complaint.“Neither does Keith! But he is there for his wife,” he rubbed his knuckle against my cheek and all I wanted to do was lean to his touch.“Tonight, you will be there for your siste