The sun shined bright in the sky and the ground smelled as if it has just rained. Meera loved the view of nature, but she wanted to see more of it. In Meera's house, there was just one window which was open, just for her to see. Meera would sit there for the whole morning and either sketch or read and would wonder how the other side of the world looks like.
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Meera had never gone out of her house, her parents never let her. But she was 14 years and had requested her parents to take her out of the house even if it is for 1 day. Her parents were inside their room discussing about the request she asked. Instead of eavesdropping what her parents where discussing, she decided to come her, to find her peace.
At that moment she felt a lot of different emotions. Somewhere she felt bad to ask her parents to take her to see the world saying that she didn't respect their decision. But she had always listened to them and she just asked only for one thing.
She could hear her parent's footsteps, they had made their decision. She sat up straight and saw as her mother took a deep breath.
"Meera, me and your mother has discussed and we think that we will take you outside to see the world." her father said crossing his hands
"But remember Meera, we'll only go for one week." Her mother said while she sat next to Meera.
Meera looked in her mother's eyes and instead of saying thank you, she replied with "Where will we be going to?"
"We'll start with Bombay" replied her mother with a smile
"Also known as Mumbai, Sonali" said her father
Meera remember Mumbai, the city of dreams. Her mother grew up there and told many stories about it to Meera when she was a child.
"Mum, Dad I can't thank you enough for what you are doing for me"
"It's okay Meera, now go and pack your bag, we will leave tomorrow"
Meera loved Mumbai. She loved the way the train moved and how it looked like the trees were running. The scenic beauty of Mumbai was beautiful.
It was 9pm when she and her parents were returning to their hotel. Her parents were holding their hands and her mother's head was on her father's shoulder. She loved her small life even though she was always in a house.
Suddenly she started to hear some noises, her parents stopped in front of her causing Meera to fall. While Meera was getting up, she saw her father remove a sword like thing. It was hard for Meera to tell what it was because her mother had taken her hand and took her to one corner.
"Mum, what's going on?" Meera said while holding her mother's hand
"Meera you stay here, DO NOT MOVE!" her mom replied and went
Meera stayed there as her mother ordered her, but then she heard her mother screaming and she couldn't resist herself and went there. Meera saw her lifeless parents lying in the street, covered with blood. Meera fell to the ground. She was there, in Bombay, sitting there with her parents on the ground and she couldn't to anything. That was the day she saw the dark side of the world
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