Chapter 270
Jonathan’s POV
Rollings Mansion
I was still here and felt odd as I slept in the guest room.
“Dad!” Joshua came running in.
Then stopped.
“What’s the matter?” I asked him, smiling.
“Sorry, mom said, you don’t remember so p>
“You’re my son p>
“Of course I remember you, bud p>
“Dad!” Joshua jumped into my arms.
“Mom said breakfast is ready p>
“Then let’s go p>
As I came down, she was serving the pancakes.
Joshua ran off to play as soon as he finished his breakfast.
“Did you have the dream again p>
I looked up as she asked me.
“Yes,” I said in a frank voice.
“Honestly, there’s not a night I don’t get the dream p>
“Tonight it was different p>
“She was standing beside me p>
“I still couldn’t see her face, but each time I feel closer to her than anyone p>
“And honestly, I have been feeling more unsettled since I came here p>
“I haven’t told anyone as I didn’t recognize the place p>
“But after coming here p>
I pointed towards the fireplace in the hall.
“That’s where I saw the woman standing in my dream p>
Veronica’s hand froze on hearing me.
Suddenly a sharp pain hit my head as I grabbed my head.
“Johnny! What’s the matter p>
“I’m getting flashes p>
“The woman p>
“Wedding…this home…Janet and Joshua p>
Veronica again froze.
“Again blank p>
“I feel frightened by my own memory p>
“One side Imelda says she’s my fiancée p>
I glanced at the ring on my wedding finger.
“Then there’s the woman in my dream p>
I noticed Veronica also touched her wedding ring.
Later that night, I screamed out p>
“Don’t go p>
Veronica came running inside.
“Are you alright p>
“I got the dream again p>
“I tried to see her face, but couldn’t p>
“But today for the first time, I saw her walking away from me p>
“I called out…then I woke up p>
“It’s only a dream, don’t let it get to you p>
“I’m sure whoever you marry, will never leave you p>
In the morning as I was getting ready, I noticed my arm.
“This is another fact I need to clarify p>
“Veronica,” I said as I came down.
“I’m going over to Harmon Mansion p>
“I may not be back tonight p>
“But I will come back tomorrow p>
“Sure,” she said with a smile.
I took my leave.
Harmon Designs
“Jonathan!” Imelda came over to hug me but I walked past.
“How did I get this burn p>
I asked as I showed her my burn marks.
“Didn’t Veronica tell you p>
“I didn’t ask her as whatever I ask, she says to ask you p>
“Oh, I thought she may have spinned a lie web to get your attention p>
“Looks like she still has some morals p>
She exhaled.
“They are a symbol of our love p>
“Of how you didn’t care about your life over me p>
“A fire broke out at your office and I was trapped near the stairs at the entrance p>
“You risked your life to save me p>
“A wallpaper fell on your arm p>
She tried to touch my arm, but I stood up.
“I saved you and got burnt by a wallpaper p>
“Are you sure you’re telling the real facts p>
“Jonathan, you protected me and that’s how you got injured p>
“You always cared about me p>
“That’s why I’ve always felt guilty about Veronica’s death p>
“If you hadn’t saved me, she wouldn’t have fallen off p>
I kept listening as she spoke in between sobs.
“Somehow your words don’t match with what I heard p>
“Heard??” Imelda said shocked.
“From who p>
“The staff, they said p>
“How do they know what happened?” Imelda cut my words midway.
“It was a Sunday p>
“Sunday p>
“Where are you going?” Imelda called out as I picked my keys.
“Work.” Was all I said.
“Jonathan,” she called out as I reached for the door knob.
“The woman in your dream, how close is she to me p>
“Nothing,” I said in a frank voice.
“One thing I can tell is…she’s definitely not you p>
“And I had another dream, the reason I asked about the burn marks p>
“I dreamed I was in a fire and carrying a woman in my arms, and a burning section of the drawer fell on my arm p>
“No it’s only a dream, what I said is the truth p>
“You claim to be my fiancée p>
“Yet I have dreams of another woman in a wedding dress p>
“To be honest, I feel more emotional and close to her than you p>
“Enough Jonathan!” Imelda retorted.
“How dare you speak of another woman in front of me, and that too a woman in your dream p>
“What am I to you? I fought with Veronica while she was alive, and now I’m fighting with a dream p>
“Do you think you’re being fair to me p>
“You’re the one who said, you’re my fiancée, no one else did or agree p>
“According to you, I’ve been with you for nineteen years, have a son, Adrian, yet I feel nothing for you p>
“Actually, I feel more safe and relaxed when I’m with Veronica, whom I don’t remember p>
“Veronica?” she said.
“Jonathan, you can’t believe a word of what she says p>
“She just wants to take you from me p>
“And she’s a measly server p>
“She’s not a server, she’s the President of Harmon Designs p>
“And wasn’t my wife the server at your parties p>
“Didn’t she die from falling off the cliff p>
“And isn’t it odd, both my wife and she share the same name…Veronica p>
“That’s a mere coincidence p>
“Just the same as Jonathan isn’t only your name p>
“It isn’t, but how many Jonathan’s are in mine or your life p>
“She and I are also collaborators on a project between Rollings and Harmon Designs p>
“The designs we made, suggest a very close relationship p>
“Somehow more closer than what we have p>
“The reason your story just doesn’t sum up p>
“What and why are you hiding p>
“Are you taking advantage of the fact, I don’t remember p>
“Veronica’s name is everywhere in the last twelve years p>
“The last your name was with mine is in those seven years that I remember p>
“And the collaboration you speak about, it far more significant than just two partners who just happen to have the same surname p>
“So her father is also a Rollings p>
“Correct that, her father’s surname is Harmon p>
“Vance told me about her mother and Fredrick and why you can’t use the Harmon name anymore p>
“Her husband’s surname is Rollings, the reason her name is Veronica Harmon Rollings p>
“Why won’t you believe me?” she became defensive.
“You remember me because you love me p>
“You didn’t forget your wife, Veronica p>
“You remember she died p>
“Veronica Harmon Rollings…she has a connection to me, doesn’t she p>
“I know Janet and Joshua are my children from Veronica p>
“From Veronica Harmon Rollings p>
“Why are you making me believe you’re my fiancée p>
“If you are, why are we still engaged after nineteen years p>
“Adrian is my son from you, so you tell p>
“Yet he’s Adrian Staf, Daniel’s son p>
“Why is what you’re telling me totally different from what the world is showing me p>
“I may have forgotten, but she’s still in my dreams p>
“Only…I can’t see her face, when I do p>
“How can you chase a dream over me, a living person p>
“I knew that Veronica won’t let you go p>
“She’s brainwashing you all over again p>
“She knows the doctor said what you remember now, will be your future p>
“She is making your future, hers p>
“I may not remember everything…but I know you’re not telling me the truth p>