Scars

24

                                        Aaradhya

Happiness.

A state of well-being and contentment.

An emotion I hadn’t experienced from a long time.

But today I feel it.

I feel super happy today.

Because today one project will make my company a global brand.

We decided go with the launch first in India and then in New York.

And so today is the most important day of my life.

Today is the main event.

I don’t care about anyone else except the main event and him.

Hredhaan.

The shock and grief of losing my sister lasted shorter than I expected.

He made me realize how she used me.

I knew she was wrong but I never realized she used me all the years.

I don’t understand how she herself being a victim of abuse and trauma could not bear an ounce of sympathy for me all these years.

How could she hate me when she knows I am a victim of circumstances too?

But it’s okay.

I don’t expect anything from her.

All because of him.

I lo- like him.

Yes.

I like him.

I feel more than liking towards him.

I have started developing feelings for him.

And I am going to confess my feelings to him today.

I will tell him that I want to make us official in front of everyone today at the event.

I don’t even need to decide an outfit for today as Hannah already gifted me one of our own made designer piece which I am supposed to wear at the event.

It’s an off shoulder shimmery silver outfit that has slits on either sides of the ends.

It takes me almost an hour to get ready for the event. I had beauticians ready to doll me up but I feared I would end up looking like a clown since I have experience how they did too much of it on my face the last time I had booked them and so I had the hairstyle and the base make up done by them and the rest done by me.

Clad in a silver outfit in the mist of night made me feel like a star covered by my scars.

Wow that rhymed.

Ready to celebrate my success I make my way out of my room towards the hallway. I reach there only to be stopped at the sight of Sasha. Seeing her brought all memories of the day that I had been constantly brooding over. I asked her to get out insolently. She didn’t leave even after that which made me morose.

“I am sorry I am so sorry aaru” she said looking at me with moist eyes.

“Aaradhya” I correct her.

“At least here me out” she makes her way towards me trying to touch me.

“Oh my god what happened to you?” she gets startled seeing the injury on my left hand.

Her gaze draws towards my injury that I got in morning when I tripped in my room while taking a file out from the upper cup board.

“Please stop acting solicitous when you aren’t and don’t care about me at all” I state with certainty.