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Shattered.

I was forcing my eyes at the verge to pop out. But what I saw was real. It definitely was!

There was a man with black pants and white shirt tugged in his pants . This made my mind more clear to think that the man was nobody else but a policeman.

What was a policeman doing at our doorsteps ? What did he want from Harper?
Why was Harper so scared?

To know about the matter I ran towards her and pulled her dress .

I asked Harper ,"what is a policeman doing in our house?

What is he asking you ?"

Harper got scared as she saw me in front of her .

She thought that I had overheard her conversation with the policeman.Which I did not.

Harper making herself to her conscious told me," Kiara nothing has happened. Will you do me a favor, can you please wake Jesse up and tell him to come down here?"

I knew something was really wrong but I still did what Harper asked me to do.

I went up in my brother's room and I found that he was already awake.
"Kia what is going on down there ? I heard Harper talking to someone. Are they mom and dad to whom she is talking to?"

" No Jess ! Harper is not talking to mom and dad. There is a policeman downstairs , please go down? I think Harper needs your help in some work!"

Without even saying a word Jess went down!
Harper took Jess aside and told him everything. I could see Jess being worried over something.

I made my way to stand beside my brother. I tried to pile up the courage to ask him what Harper told him. "You okay Jess? Is there something wrong? Tell me! why are you being so quite?"

Jess hold my shoulders, as if what he was about to tell me was going to break my heart. His grip was not too tight though.

"Kia.. There was a car accident..."

Interrupting my brother i asked him," SO? Why are you so upset over that?"

" It was mom and dad's car."

What? I just could not believe to the words that my brother just filled me up with.

"Kia! They are DEAD!

I could not think of anything. But the tears which had already started to flow down my cheeks said everything.

Jess took me closer and hugged me tight. I don't know whether this hug was going to take all my pain away but it felt good.

"Excuse me Miss, you will have to come with me in order to identify the bodies. Only then we will be able to give you the bodies." Policeman said looking at Harper .

"Take Kiara inside Jesse , I will be back soon."

As Soon as Harper told my brother this, she went out shutting the door.

Harper knew Jess could take care of me and himself even at this hour . So.. she did not worry about us , but she was too heart broken . After all Harper was the only maid in our family. She was family.

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After a week:

20th July 2000,

Everyone came to the Funeral.

These days after the accident , they were very hard to pass by .

Jess locked himself for two days after the funeral. He was devastated.

Soon after getting the news , Aunt Grace came and took hold of everything.

The last time as far as I know Aunt Grace had visited us a year ago and after that mom used to talk to her every single morning .

I must say that , the very first thing that mom used to begin her day with was to talk to Aunt Grace.

Every single person who knew mom and dad came for the funeral and said the usual things that every person says when someone dies.

"Sorry for the loss", "They were good hearted people". These words did not help in making our pain become any less. As we knew our parents were never going to come back again.

While some were, "How did this happen?","Was James drunk when he was driving?"
I mean, asking such questions to kids who barely are able to handle themselves what were these people thinking.

Well.. this was the normal drama which had to happen.

You all will be thinking nothing happened to Kiara? why is she not reacting over this ?

To talk about me , the only thing that I was thinking or I must say was acting , was to act to be brave. Well at this time how can anyone be brave ?

I was shattered!

I didn't knew what to do and what to say after that horrifying night.That night was a serious page of my life. The page on which I never wanted to come!

I could only remember the last words that dad spoke to me, " Be my Brave Girl."

To say , I was just fulfilling the order that my dad gave me!

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What do you think of Kiara and Jesse?

How will they manage to live?

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-by S.U.
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