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Zoya and I ate in silence still wondering whither or not Humna was going to come downstairs for breakfast. 

Instead, Mother showed up with a smile on her face like she hadn't forgotten her daughter's birthday. "Good morning my loves, How are we today?" Zoya and I stared at each other and then continued to ignore Mother. 

Mother chuckled a little nervously "What are we on our period today?" Zoya clenched her knife and continued cutting into her pancakes. I silently ate mine while hoping Zoya wouldn't explode. 

Mother cleared her throat and then poured herself a cup of coffee, she was wearing her sports bra and leggings prepared to go on her morning jog. 

That is, if she even goes jogging. 

"Alright well...It's time for my morning jog and don't you ladies forget that you, Zoya, and Humna all have to go to Simon's birthday party as a surprise guest alright?" I nodded and continued eating. 

Simon was a kid on one of mother's friends. He's turning 6 today and my mother had promised that we would all appear as surprises because apparently, Simon was a huge fan of ours. 

Mother left without another word and then silently, Humna walked in. Me and Zoya got up immediately and started asking her if she needed anything. "I'm fine you guys. This isn't the first time I've been ignored so just chill."

Humna didn't seem mad but knowing her, she could be very soon. 

Me and Zoya apologized profusely and when Humna reassured us that she wasn't mad we all sat down and started discussing mother and the weird guy she was with. 

"Well, we know clearly that Mother has been having an affair with this guy while being married to father." Zoya started "And whoever this man is, we've never seen him before right?" Humna asked. 

"We couldn't see his face so we have no clue if we know him or not." To be fair Mother didn't have any specific friends that were boys, nor do we have many maids or servants that are boys so there might be a high chance that we don't know this guy. 

"You think he will show up at Simon's birthday party?" Zoya asked which fairly was a good question. Even though Mother never specified which friend is the mother of Simon, there is no doubt that they are famous. Which means if they can book us, they can book other celebrities. 

"But...what is this man isn't famous? I doubt Simon's mother will invite over some random person on the street just because he talks to Mother." that was also true. "Look, the point is we go there and we find out guy no matter what." 

Zoya hummed "Okay..but we don't know what he looks like so..." God damn it this was difficult. Humna snapped her fingers "We look at all the men and if any are looking a lot at Mother then that's our guy." 

We all nodded and agreed that we would look out for this mysterious man. 

"Well, this wasn't planned was it?" Zoya said fixing her strap's on her dress. Turns out, Simon's parents are very rich, so rich in fact that half of Hollywood was here. And the party was being held in a huge mansion that had 11 floors at least. 

"What does Simon's parents do for a living?" Humna yelled out to no one. "Geez, there probably part of the mafia." Zoya angrily said staring at the huge mansion.

How the fuck were we going to find our guy here? 

"Okay, let's just go inside were the guests of honour right? Which means we should be allowed on the stage." Humna said thoughtfully. With a nod, me and Zoya followed behind Humna who excused herself through everyone. 

When we finally made it to the stage, loads of people took out there phones and started taking pictures and videos of us. Of course, we all smiled and waved and took tons of pictures also keeping an eye out for the man but so far nothing. 

Mother had walked in before us and we could see her but she was too busy talking to some little kid. After the last picture was taken, we sat down already tired. 

"God damn who is this kid and his parents?" Zoya said taking a sip from the punch a waiter had brought us. We shrugged and continued to drink when Mother walked up to us with a fake smile. "Girls, what the hell are you slouching for?" She gritted between her teeth. 

We all sat up straight immediately, a habit really otherwise we would have flipped her off. She nodded at us in approval which made me scoff but I quickly hid it by taking a sip of my punch which tasted...okay. 

"Mother who is this kids parents?" Mother was about to open her mouth when suddenly horns started blaring from every which way. "What the fuck?" Humna said out loud which made parents glare at us. 

Humna apologized and we watched as a stage light beamed onto of one of the many stairs. Suddenly, a little boy wearing a suit and tie walked in with a genuine smile. By the looks of it, he was Simon. 

And then walked in a man who looked to be about 50 and more tired then me, Humna, and Zoya. The boy's hair was neat and groomed to perfection which made him look like a wax figure. 

Zoya stared at her watch and tipped it towards us "Kid is half an hour late to his own party." She snorted which made Mother glare at her. 

The man and kid walked down incredibly slowly and then the man yelled out that the party could start. 

Humna raised an eyebrow "Wait, the party hadn't started yet?" Mother hushed her as the man walked up to her. He smiled and gently kissed Mother's hand which set off red alarms in my head. 

Was he our guy? 

The man turned to us and smiled wider "Thank you ladies so much for coming to my Son's birthday!" He seemed genuine but then again the whole industry is good at lying. 

Zoya smiled and shook the man's hand "Of course sir, we have heard wonders about Simon." Well really as much information Mother could fill us in one day. 

We only knew his last name, his likes and dislikes, and his favourite colour which is everything you need to know about a person but what about Simon's personality?

 Was he nice? Was he a slob? 

"I'm glad, Simon has been a fan of you girls since well forever!" Forever meaning 6 years. 

We all smiled and then he turned to Mother "Now Aya, don't tell me you forgot to tell them my name?" Mother made a gasping sound "Oh my goodness silly me!" She awkwardly chuckled and then turned to us. 

"Girls this is Augustas Monfai." We all said ahh and continued talking but something about him made me uneasy. Where had I heard that last name? 

Suddenly, It clicked. "Wait Monfai? You're related to Genevive Monfai?" Humna and Zoya stared at him in recognition at the mention of the actress who had been attacked a few days ago. 

Augustas nodded "Yes, that would be my wife." My eyes bugged out. Genevieve was his wife? But wasn't she about 22 years old? Why the hell was she married to a 50 year old? I said "oh" and we all continued out conversation while I wondered what the hell was happening. 

But then again, this is the Hollywood industry. I looked at Simon, Genevive's son who was talking to some kids and drinking his punch. It was bothering me, that is Simon was 6 now and Genevive was 22 that meant that she had gotten pregnant at the age of 16 which is very young. 

And no one had mentioned the marriage which is even more bizarre. I headed to Simon once he was done talking to his friends and smiled at him. He smiled back "Thank you Ms. Martin for showing up." 

I wanted to say that little old me coming to a party with half of Hollywood wasn't a huge deal but something in me stopped and I instead said "Please, Call me Zaara birthday boy." He nodded and we both sat there in silence. 

"So..where is your mother?" Simon pointed upstairs "She's not feeling well." I raised my eyebrow at that "Really? Can I see her?" Simon tensed beside me and quickly shrugged it off as if hoping I hadn't noticed. 

"Father says I'm not allowed to go into Mother's room while she is sleeping or not feeling well." I hummed feeling something off "And..how long does your Mother stay sick or sleep in?" Simon thought about it and opened his mouth but then stopped himself. 

He took in a sharp breath before saying "I can't say." And that was all I needed to know. I nodded and gently put a hand on Simon's shoulder. 

"You're 6 now, and 6 is a big number Simon. You are a tough and smart boy and if you want to help you're mother, I think you know what to do." Simon stiffly nodded pretending not to hear me but I could tell he was about to cry. 

"You can contact me anytime you need help okay Simon?" Simon nodded and after talking to him and his friends for a few more minutes I got up and left to go back to the stage but I suddenly felt stuffy and decided to head outside. 

The Monfai's had a maze that looked fun so I decided to try it out for the sake of boredom. But after about...I don't even know I got lost and my phone was on the verge of dying. "Great." I muttered as I tried texting and calling both Zoya and Humna but none of them were answering. 

It was cold and I was starting to shiver, I needed to go someplace warm. I decided to try Mother but then suddenly I heard hushed voices. 

I froze afraid of it being Augustas or someone even worse but one of the voices I recognized. 

Mother?

I inched closer towards one of the walls where the voices were coming from and peeked around the corner to see Mother and a man. 

I lightly gasped, our mystery man! 

I pulled my phone out and started recording for Zoya and Humna 

"I'm telling you, they know about us!" 

The man scratched his head, his back was turned to me and he looked tensed. 

"I don't know Aya, I think we should tell them." He had a deep voice, and a Canadian accent which meant he was either from here, or lived here for most of his life. 

Or just really good at doing a Canadian accent. 

"Are you crazy? Dabir is still around! Until our divorce papers are finaled you will stay in hiding Zayan!" 

And thats when I dropped my phone and gasped loudly. 

Mother turned around with a horrid expression on her face while the man on the video turned around as well, but instead he looked relieved to see me. 

It was Zayan

Our old gardener

Aka mine and Humna's father.