Amanda looked at the person who spoke a little longer before nodding her head.
“Yes, Alex. You used to sneak me out every time I cried and took me to the ice cream parlor near our home,” she said with a smile.
“I… I never thought that you would remember that especially when Ariana said that you didn’t remember us,” Alex said with a smile on his face as he tried his best not to cry.
“Whoa… whoa.. how can you remember them and can’t remember me? Is that fair?” the guy who spoke before Alex said, making Amanda chuckle.
“Ace,” she said but Ace did not respond to her as if he was waiting for her to say more.
“Sorry to disappoint you but I am sure she only knows you know because her crazy best friend has posters of you everywhere in her room and all kinds of pictures in her phone,” Ariana said, making everyone laugh at him but Ace's eyes dimmed a little.
Amanda noticed this because all her attention had been on him since he spoke like she was trying to see through him.
“What’s there to be angry and sad about, huh? Every time Adrian took away my toys as a punishment, you always came to my room and started dancing in some creepy moves and singing in that voice. Now remembering it, I still wonder how you became a musician in the entertainment industry but acting, yeah, that’s really yours,” Amanda said, making everyone laugh as they were reminded of Ace's voice when they were young.
Seeing the scenes in their mind, they had to agree with Amanda; it was still a mystery how he made it.
“I made it for you, pumpkin. I always thought that if I get into that industry and do some crazy moves I used to do when we were kids, you would remember where you come from and come back to us,” Ace said seriously.
Hearing this, Amanda remembered some weird videos Elsa had shown her. She used to just shake her head and wonder why Elsa was so smitten by the guy who didn’t know how to dance but now? She felt touched.
She started laughing out loud when she remembered a certain video where Ace was in a pink dress, white heels and had applied makeup and he was doing some stuff kids used to do. She remembered that every time she didn’t have toys to play with when they were taken, she would go to his room with some of her clothes. Drag him from what he was doing and start playing the stylist role. To make her feel pleased with herself and also laugh, Ace always tried to dance in the outfit making some weird moves.
They all looked at her and wondered what she was thinking about.
“Now that I am back, every time I am sad…”
“Hell no! You can’t do that to me,” Ace shouted interrupting her from completing her sentence making her even laugh out loud.
The others had smiles on their faces as her laugh was contagious.
Amanda ran towards Ace and held his arm tightly and intimately before saying as she pretended to love, “Brother, don’t you love me anymore?”
Ace was sad and worried and thus had a panic expression on his face.
“What are you talking about? Of course I love you. You are my only little sister and the last born in the family. How can I not love you?” Ace asked.
“Then do you think that I don’t know how to style that’s where you are refusing what I want?” she asked as she pouted.
When they heard those words, they had the urge to laugh out loud but did their best to avoid it escaping as they had already gotten an idea of where Amanda was laughing so much.
“No. No. You are the best stylist in the whole universe,” Ace said immediately.
“Then can I?” she asked as she blinked her eyes.
Ace wanted to say no but he was afraid that she would start crying or even think he didn’t love her anymore.
“Okay,” he said as he let out a sigh of desperation.
“Hurray! Brother Luke, go take your camera quickly,” Amanda said, making everyone stay quiet.
“You remember me?” a voice asked with no emotions evident in his tone.
Amanda turned and looked at the man before nodding vigorously and saying, “How can I forget you when you were always my photographer? Always carry a camera with you in case I want to take some pictures. Because of that, you were always my partner in crime every time you were free.”
“Guess she can’t remember me but I really can’t blame her since I never had a close relationship with her,” he said and everyone in the room nodded their heads making him speechless.
“Pfft. You always fought with me for food every time I wanted to taste Aunty’s food when she was cooking. Seriously, Marco, I am surprised that you lost a lot of weight. You are the slimmest person in this room. Or you used to be fat 'cause of always eating when I am eating?” Amanda asked, making him embarrassed.
Seeing that she remembered everyone and had talked to them, Amanda walked towards her parents.
“Mom, hope you still gifted me jewels designed by you personally,” she said as she stood in front of her mom making the woman cry.
“You have grown up my baby,” her mom said as she hugged her and started crying.
After some minutes, she let go and walked towards her father.
“Dad,” she said and threw herself in his arms.
Her father had always been her support system since she was a baby. Every time she saw him walk in after coming from work, she would go, sit on his lap, and refuse to let go no matter what. Even when he worked in the study, most of the time he worked with her in his arms.
He looked at her and frowned.
“Since you walked in, you only paid attention to your brothers and forgot about me. I remember you used to ignore them every time you saw me,” he said as he wiped the tears on her cheek.
“As they saw the last is the best,” she said as she stuck her tongue out making the old man laugh and the others frown.
“Does that mean I am the worst of all? Adrian asked and everyone laughed at him but Amanda shook her head.
“When I walked in, from that age, I knew who mom and dad were but when I looked at you, I found myself calling out your name,” she said but instantly felt a wave of pain hitting her.
“Your face is pale and why are you holding your head?”