28. Alana

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I was force fed the sandwiches and mila helps me change my clothes. Everything seems empty, i don't even know how i feel. Everything seems like a haze.
"Now what?".
"Now what?". 

Mila says sadness will pass with time. The wounds heal with time. No they don't they leave a scar to remind you of it. My life has no purpose whatsoever. Am i to spend my whole life locked up here?. I'm not even living, I'm just existing. I let the gloom swallow me up.

It's been a week, i haven't moved from my bed unless necessary. Mila tries her best to cheer me up. I am so thankful to her for checking up on me and even talking when i don't utter a word. He too visits occasionally, although not a word is exchanged between us. I don't t even spare him a glance . But i feel his eyes on me. They always blanket me with warmth. Today mila is sick, and yet she took time to check up on me. I feel so bad. So i quickly take a shower, put on some loose tshirt and jeans  and go down to the kitchen. I don't find her in the kitchen. I look out of the window and find her hunched over the plants coughing intensely in garden.

 I look out of the window and find her hunched over the plants coughing intensely in garden

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I quickly hurry to her side with a glass of water. She looks so pale. "Careful there, what are you doing being unwell." I say. She gives me a weak smile accepting the water and she sips it. And says "if you don't take care of them, they die, darling."

"First take care of yourself, Mila, what about yoru health?". Her smiles widens as she says "the same could be said for you darling". "I'll get this done, so you take rest" i offer distracting. "No darling, I'm alright and its almost done". "No mila, I'm not allowing you to do this in this state. You take rest or I'll stop talking with you" i threaten. It's cheap of me to do so, but she is adamant and finally goes inside after my threats got dire. I see she has been watering the plants and weeding them out so i pull the sleeves of my tshirt till elbows and hunch over and start working. It's exhausting but it's keeping my mind calm and i am genuinely feeling peace looking at these plants. So i push myself and tend to them.

I suddenly hear a pot of plant being knocked out and i jolt up the movement making me stumble and fall on my ass. And look at where the noise came from and find tiny moment there. I get up dust my clothes and  slowly near to the broken pot and see a small black fluff ball playing with the mud there.

It's a kitten.

It's a cute lil kitten and my heart just melts right away, looking at the small creature playing

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It's a cute lil kitten and my heart just melts right away, looking at the small creature playing. I gently scoop it in my arms making sure not to scare it as i get back inside and most of stuff has been done. So i walk inside the house covered in mud and dirt along with my new friend. As i climb on the stairs i stop mid way seeing damien. I haven't seen him in so long. "How have you been lil one ?" He asks and I don't know why seeing him makes my heart swells up and i don't think before running to him and giving him a side hug making sure to not squish the cute lil guy. He opens his arms and welcomes the hug, patting my head. He feels like a friend, more like a big brother.  He lets me go and i step back thats when he sees the kitten in my hand and says, "now who's that?"

"My new friend"  i smile. He smiles back. "You actually smiled?" I ask. I am asking you the same he counters. I roll my eyes at him and  ask "how have you been?". He gives me a nod. And says "Take care" before disappearing down the stairs and i continue my journey to my room. And head up straight to the bath. I clean the kitten and take a shower myslef.

This little creature is lonely, without her family, just like me.

We could become each others family

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We could become each others family. That thought actually makes me smile as i embrace it and hug it close to my chest.

I keep playing with it as the door opens and i see a lady walking in she is as tall as me and has hazel brown eyes and blond hair her hair is cut till her shoulders. She's pretty. She walks in and smiles at me. I stand there craddling the kitten to my chest and look at her.

She walks over to me and says "hi, I'm sofia. I wanted to meet you." I give her an awkward smile and say "I'm alana"

"I know." She continues "you know my dad, right?" She asks, i shake my head and she keeps her finger on her chin and the other hand folded on her chest and says, "that's quite impossible, he's always with your husband like his shadow though and with his bulk, i doubt you don't know him. That's when i observe she looks familiar, especially her eyes.  But i don't tell her that, she continues "Damien is my dad".

That's when i actually find the similarities between them the eye color and the dimple in the chin. I smile at her and say " hi, I didn't know he had a pretty daughter". She reflects my smile and says "thats flattering, thank you. But you're so beautiful yourself". Nobody has ever called me beautiful in so many days that feels nice even if I don't believe her. I know i look good and have decent features but being beautiful to somebody is entirely a different thing. My smile reaches my ears as i say "Thank you".  She looks at the kitten in my hand and goes "she's so cute, what's her name". I look at the cuteness and say "I don't know i just found him in the garden". "It's a boy" she exclaims. "Is that a problem ?" I ask. "No, not really i heard the male cats steal the heart of beautiful ladies". She mock whispers keeping a hand to her mouth like shes actually telling a secret. I laugh and say "that might actually be true."

We talk a lot and it feels easy to talk with her. I asked her about her age she's just a year younger than me. We took a lot of pictures on her mobile with our new friend.

When alexei left a phone for me I barely used it to surf through the web or watch any videos from the internet, I didn't have much use because I didn't have anybody to comtact to

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When alexei left a phone for me I barely used it to surf through the web or watch any videos from the internet, I didn't have much use because I didn't have anybody to comtact to.  So it was of no use until now. We exchanged our phone numbers and she sent me all of our pictures that we clicked prior today. She feels like a friend it feels good to talk with her. She told me about many things, about her uni, her degree, her friends, her father, how much she loves him. I can imagine Damien being the most protective father. I learned that her mom passed away from cancer when she was 12, it must have been so hard for her. She said her father never let her feel alone or neglected. I'm glad she had him. She's currently laying beside me sleeping cuddled with coco. She named him coco and i think the name suits him. I'm more tired myself so i join them in their slumber.

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