his eyes were worth a million stars and his smile was splendid. I've never seen such smile. It was different. He looked as he's desperate to live a long life. He was full of life.
I came back from my mind and stepped aside and started watching him. He took 2 or 3 pictures of the scene and then looked at me. He said thank you in gesture. I couldn't reply anything. He went away. at that time was heart was beating as if it would come out
I stared walking home with heavy legs. When I came home, my father sat me down
"lyra you have cancer and it's been more than 1 year, it has spread already too much that's it's almost terminal. They offer a surgery but that surgery gives no guarantee", my dad said while looking at me.
I looked down and said "h-how much t-time do I have?".
He looked down and after a minute said,"6 months almost",listen lyra we cannot afford that surgury but we surely going to do whatever treatment we can afford. Just hang in there child", he kissed my head.
When I looked at him, He had tears in his eyes. I stood up and quitely went in my room.
Again I'm a burden to my parents, I said to myself. I layed down and started crying
I cried a lot that night. I'm not afraid to death then what is this feeling? I was so confused. I kept crying and slept
Next morning my father woke me up. It was the first time after my mother's death that he woke me up himself.
my mother had died two years ago in a car accident, somehow my father was saved. My father remarried after 5 months and I hated him for that. We almost didn't talked for half year. Our new mother really hated me. She never saw me as a daughter....
"Come on kid wake up", my dad said in a voice he used when my mother was there. I stood up and smiled at him and went to bathroom.
When I came down, they were sitting on the table having breakfast. My step brother was also sitting. I never bothered him. I quietly went and sit down.
After some minutes of silence. My mother asked me,"lyra dear, what about that poetry contest, I invested too much money for you in that you know". Again her money talk
"I couldn't make it. I fainted before even staring it", I replied while eating.
she sighed and said,"you are never going to make it anyway".
My dad quickly said me,"Lyra today I'm going to take you to hospital".
I looked at him surprisingly, "what do you mean, I am fine". I stood up and almost screamed, "Oh so now you want to even throw me out of this house because ofcourse you have a family, your wife and your son".
"lyra you are over reacting. Sit down and behave. You are terminally ill. You need to be in supervision of doctors 24 hours", He said while absorbing his anger,
"This is bullshi-", wtf the next moment every thing went black and I fell down. I could feel myself on floor.
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SPRING IN FALL
Short Story"When life hangs by a thread, love becomes the ultimate rebirth." Lyra Frost's world is crumbling. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, she's confronted with the bleak reality of her own mortality. With time slipping away, Lyra feels hopeless, trapped...
