Neda made a room, next to her own bedroom for Aria. She painted the room herself and tried her skill of painting with different shade of blue. She made one wall like a jungle with trees and animals. No one could believe that she could paint and do it this skillfully. She said to them: "If I wasn't a poet, I would be a painter!"
All the furniture she bought for Aria's room were in same kind of blue shades. She made a short fence in one corner of his room, shaped like a little square room with door and every indication that it was a separate room. This was Aria's play room inside his room where she placed all his toys. The fence she had made was with different color thick and heavy ropes. She made them in a way that they had a diamond shape. Her companions were surprised to see her other talents. She spent more time to fix Aria's room than the entire house.
The master bedroom was next to Aria's room. It was big enough for her to have a work area. The third bedroom, she called it guest room, was mostly where Kasra slept at night, unless Maryam and Sohrab were staying, then Kasra would either go home, or slept on the coach. There was a little addition to the living room, almost like a separate room, that she arranged it for her secretary, Goly. She bought a new desk, a cabinet, and some other item for her, so she can have her own little place, being her secretary. She used her old furniture for the entire house. The only furniture she bought was for Aria's room and a desk for Goly, her secretary.
Her bedroom had two windows. She fell in love with this house mostly because of these two windows in master bed; one of the window was on the north side and the other one was on east side of the room. One opened into the yard, the other into the alley. She loved the morning sun to pour in from east window and showering her room with sun rays.
Aria's room became more like his play room. Anytime he spent the time with his aunt, and stayed over night, he slept with Neda, Everybody said that he loved Neda more than his own mother. Fortunately Maryam was not a jealous type. She was grateful to have so much love for her son from all over since Kasra and Goly loved him and spoiled him, too. What a Lucky boy! Neda bought him any toy he wanted. Almost every day that his parents worked, Aria was in Neda's home. He had not yet once spent in a baby sitter, or in one of the grandmas'. Neda had help; Kasra, and Goly were not only her editor and secretary, they did baby sitting if She was not home, they shopped, cooked, and...
Neda bought him a swing set with slide and with Kasra's help insulted in the back yard. When summer came, she bought a very big plastic pool. She went inside the pool with all her clothes on to play with him. She taught him then how to splash water. But never once any harm was done to this little boy, who had become the joy of every one's life. The little Shih Tzue was smart and loving. She gave them such an unconditional love that Neda was happy to find out there are all kinds of different love on earth than she had prior imagined. It took them a long time to train her not to empty herself in the house. The cat, on the other hand, was cunning, yet very smart. No wonder they called Simeeze the second smartest house cat. Some days he would disappear, and would show up late at night to eat and sleep. However he never slept outside of the house. Neda's bed was crowded with the cat, dog, and Aria.. The dog's name stayed "Doggy" That was how Aria began calling her, and that is how it was. The cat, however had a name. His beauty was so overwhelming that they called him "Ziba" (beautiful); even though it was a girl name.
One weekend when Maryam and Sohrab wanted to take Aria home, he hanged to Neda's neck and cried his little heart out. He did not want to go; so they decided after Neda's insistence to stay there themselves. If he cried, Neda cried, too. She had practically replaced Aria with her lost Ariana. All knew that; and no one could do anything about it. Sohrab was kind of angry; but it was Maryam, who told her husband:
"If your sister loves our son and he loves her, too, what is wrong with it? Don't be worry. There is no harm. The more people love him, the better off he is! He knows we love him. He knows we are his parents. I would not harm Neda."
To Be Continued
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