Serkan seems to want to give up Kiraz, but Aydan, with the help of Engin, tries to change his son’s mind, making him fond of the child. While his plan to bring father and daughter together is underway, Aydan calls Kemal to help him secure custody of the child.
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While preparations are underway for Kiraz’s birthday party, led by Ayfer, and, alternatively hostile, by Aydan, Eda successfully delivers a presentation, encouraged by Serkan, which however remains in her position of refusal regarding Kiraz, except later. regret it after talking to Engin, his doctor and Eda herself. In reality, as he tells the girl, he did not want to recognize Kiraz as he understood from the doctor’s speeches that he was at risk of cancer recurrence; therefore, not wanting to subject both Eda and Kiraz to the trauma of his disappearance, he preferred to depart from his role as father and husband. But then the same doctor reassured him: the disease, five years after its end, would not recur.
Love is in the air: Serkan finally agrees to be Kiraz’s father!
Serkan, reviewing the whole story through Eda’s videos, begins to think about how to recover his relationship with her and her daughter. And perhaps the occasion will be the mysterious disappearance of Kiraz on his birthday. Serkan rushes to participate in the search and Eda, desperate, hugs him and puts her trust in him. Meanwhile, Piril and Engin’s signs of letting up in their role as parents and evidence of a sentimental approach between Pina and Kerem and between Melek and Burak. Everyone is worried that Kiraz is missing. Serkan, thanks to Can’s help, finds the little girl, intent on flying a balloon with a note attached that reads “Dad, today is my birthday”. Back at the hotel, Kiraz claims she doesn’t want to blow out the candles until her father arrives. It is then that Serkan appears, dressed as an astronaut, with Kiraz’s balloon in his hand. The little girl is happy to learn the identity of her father.
Aydan wants to secure Kiraz’s custody and has Serkan sign the custody request, pretending it is her daughter’s declaration of recognition. Once the signature is obtained, Aydan asks Kemal to start legal proceedings. The following night, Serkan works on building a log cabin for Kiraz. Later, Eda sees someone in the garden and, believing it to be an attacker, turns on the sprinklers and goes out to hit him with a toy bat. It is actually Serkan, who came to wake up his daughter as promised. The two, completely wet, go back into the house.
The day begins by “exposing” the strong attraction, and consequently the discomfort, between Eda and Serkan. The latter decides to spend the day with Kiraz to consolidate the father-daughter relationship, but the challenge turns out to be tougher than expected. After unsuccessfully turning to his friend Engin, Serkan contacts Hulya, a successful pedagogist from whom he gets advice on how to raise his daughter. Eda doesn’t trust her ex’s paternal instinct, so she decides to follow him and initially misunderstands the role of the pedagogist.
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