"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣.
𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙢."
Not even the owner of the heart.
Except, for one.
And so, Lina Williams didn't know what her heart held. Nor was she aware of t...
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Living in the mountains for almost ten years, had turned silence into a companion for her.
When Lina started school with so many children around her, even then, it was solitude that became her friend. And so, when the world became too loud for a quite soul like her. Lina's immediate response was to retreat. She just wanted to runaway and hide.
Except, she couldn't find herself to do that right now. Especially when Ayaan had instructed her to stay where she was while he attended a call.
Lina's eyes wandered around the shopping mall. The deafening shriek's of the younger children. The faint chatters of various groups who were scattered everywhere. The loud music. All of them had caused a small wave of anxiety in her chest.
Everything was in complete contrast of the silence that had taken over in the car. “It's so crowded,” Lina whispered to herself.
She was standing near the glass railing waiting for her brother to come back. They had arrived at the city centre of Cape Town half and hour ago. Before they had parted ways Haris had shot a meaningful look at her youngest older brother-as if telling him to be careful- and then shifted his attention towards her. “Lina, stay close to your brother okay?” It was probably the first time since her arrival that Haris had spoken to Lina in a such a tone.
For a moment, she had wondered why he was being so serious but the second she stepped inside the mall she understood why.
The mall was crowded.
Well, for anyone who had been living in the city for years— it would have been a normal occurring. But since Lina had lived in the mountains, where the population was usually small, to her it seemed as if the mall was crowded.
“I want that!”
Lina's attention shifted towards a little girl. Tears had flooded her doe eyes and her lips were curled into a pout. “I want that!” The little girl pointed towards a shop. Lina's eyes followed where the little girl was pointing. Her eyes then landed on a toy shop and she finally understood why the girl had been crying.
“Jenny, it's enough! We're going home alright? You've got plenty of toys at home.”
“But I don't have that one!” The little girl hiccuped. “Mummy please!”
“Jenny, I said no! Come on now.” The little girl's mother dragged her away from the shop as she started screaming. “I want that! I waaaaant that!” Some of the passerby stopped and turned around to witness the little girl's screams that seemed to get louder as each second passed. The mother hurried down the escalator. It was clear from her expression that she was quite embarrassed.
Lina felt pity for the mother. At the same time she couldn't help but feel sorry for the little girl. Her eyes drifted towards the toy shop again.
The little one had a long way to go before she learnt to accept that sometimes, in life, you don't get whatever you want.
