Mansi

Mary's Daughters

"Mary!!!" i cried as Dad stormed in.

"What broke?" He saw the phone and went crazy!

I slowly pointed to Mary and he turned to her.

'Mary, why did you break her phone?" He asked trying to be calm.

"How can you buy a 9 year old girl a phone? For what purpose?" Mary yelled.

"I Do not want her trouble of asking me her assignments and we need to provide entertainment for her." He said.

"ENTERTAINMENT? LIKE PORN?"

"PORN? Or Corn?" I was surprised.

"NOT CORN, PORNOGRAPHY! SO YOU WANT MANSI TO WATCH THAT?"

"I trust my daughter, she cant watch that nonsense!" Dad was getting angry. I got up from the bed, it was late in the night, till they stopped yelling at each other. This brought tears to my eyes. Dad and Mum distanced and soon, it was my birthday.

I knew dad was gonna throw a big party for me so i wore the American gown he had chosen. As i went downstairs, the place was all decorated for me. A cake was placed on the table and i couldn't stop looking. All my friends were invited. Just then, i heard Mary's car honking. I ran out to see her and just then, i was shocked to see two little girls in white dresses with Mary. They had Mary's blonde hair and shiny blue eyes. They were hiding behind Mary when they saw me and Mary gently carried them both inside. I followed Mary in. The Party was going well, but i still wanted to know about those girls. I was so glad my new best friend Priya was invited.

As she held her present, she sang a birthday song with a beautiful voice......IN Hindi, English, and Chinese.

aapako janmadin kee shubhakaamanaen

aapako janmadin kee shubhakaamenaen

janmadin mubaarak ho priy Mansi

aapako janmadin kee shubhakaamenaen

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday Dear Mansi,

Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè

Shēngrì kuàilè qīn'ài de màn xī

Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè


As everybody clapped out loud, suddenly one of the girls in white came and smashed cake on my face. People found it fun and clapped. I also smiled. But Dad went bonkers!

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I BOUGHT AND ORDERED THIS CAKE FOR MY DAUGHTER MANSI? HOW DARE YOU LITTLE ANT!" He screamed as the girl cried.

"Am sorry Daddy" She said and i was horrified.

DADDY?!

"Dont you ever call me your Daddy! And Mary, get these girls outta here! why did they come to Mansi's birthday?" He asked.

"They didnt come to Mansi's birthday, they came home!" Mary looked annoyed.

"This is not their home! Return them back to their father!" He screamed.

"Dad, who are these girls?"

"Mary's gonna answer that question!" He barked. Mary turned to look at me in tears. She slapped me hard before i knew it. All the guests were staring.

"Why did you slap me?" I asked her. Dad gave her this hot look and stormed out.

"Dad....where are you........" He just took his briefcase from the table and left.

             Mary, Dad and the mysterious looking girls ruined my birthday. I was so angry. I went to Dad's study and used a laptop to send him a message. He later replied he was in Paris on a business trip. I didnt see Mary and her girls. I locked myself in the study the whole weekend. And the worst part, i found out sooner someone was with me!

She was making noises. I went to the corner of the study and saw one of girls there. She looked very small and she was reading Harry Potter.

"You are too small to read that, you know" I walked towards her.

"I've been reading this since Friday and it sounds cool, but what is this word?" She showed me. I was surprised. She has been reading this since Friday and she was in Page 1?

"Uh....Quidditch. i replied.

"Have any clue what it means?"

"I heard witches and wizards ride broomsticks"

"Ohhhh, sounds creepy. Lets pick another book." She sounded uninterested so i picked Faithful Dog. It was a short story and it had a dog as its cover. She looked like she was about to cry.

"So what?' i asked her. She gazed at the dog for seconds and soon she was trembling.
SCARED OF A DOG IN A BOOK?

Never heard that!

I moved near her to calm her down. She was crying.

"Am sorry"

"i hate dogs....i have Cynophobia"

"Cyno what?" i was amazed.

"A bad feeling about dogs."

"what about your twin." I asked.

"Oh....Shes aquaphobic"

"Aqua what? Water....fear of water?" I guessed.

"Exactly. We are bad people; because of these phobia. We have been trying our best to overcome but we never had anybody's love. Not even our dad's"