A Complicated Family Drama

Will they be able to survive??

In Loving Memory Of Deanna Bala
(This happened five years ago...)

"Mummy.. mummy!!! Don't go!!!" Shouted Nina the only daughter of the family.

   As tears started to roll down the cheeks of the three children. And the husband, Kenneth  stayed strong for the kids. While watching the coffin of their beloved mother go into the burning flames. The youngest boy of the family,Nikki, was too young to understand what was going on. The eldest son Nathan, hugged his father and the tears kept rolling down his cheeks. "Its going to be alright son.." says the father.

Nina was curious about the afterlife, she asked her father "where will mummy be going to? Will she ever come back for us? Or can we go find her?"

Her father smiled at her and replied,"Nina, your mummy is going to a place where there is no more pain and suffering. We can't visit her but we can only remember that she is watching us from where she is. And we can only pray and hope for the best."

After everything was over, Kenneth and his three children, went home. As they were on their way home, they bumped into their mother's best friend who had just returned from Australia. "AUNTY ANANYA!!!" they shouted as they ran towards her and give her a big hug.
     Kenneth and Ananya were not close at all. So with a little smirk, he said "hi.." 
Ananya was a friendly person, so she responded, "hello Kenneth I'm sorry for your loss. Deanna wants me to pass this disk to you and she wants you to watch it with me and your kids."

So when Kenneth reached home with his children and Ananya, they started up the VCD player right away and they watched the video that Deanna had recorded of herself before she passed away. Kenneth reminded the kids that he will always be there for them no matter the situation. Ananya was crying in the kitchen as she was a really close friend of Deanna, Kenneth took up the courage and gave her a gentle pat on her back and said that everything is going to be fine. "Daddy.. why not aunty Ananya be our mummy?" Asked Nikki. And Kenneth scolded Nikki for asking such a question. Ananya said
" Kenneth, calm down. He's just a little boy."

Soon it was night time, and Ananya had to leave to go home.

"Aunty Ananya, please don't go. Please don't go.." shouted Nikki with beads of perspiration rolling down his forehead.  So Ananya went to check on Nikki and found out that he was running a very high fever of 39 degrees.
So Ananya and Kenneth rushed Nikki down to Good Faith Park Hospital, one of the most trusted hospitals in the area. Leaving Nathan at home to look after his sister, Nina.

Kenneth was really grateful that Ananya was there otherwise he wouldnt have known what to do because usually his wife, Deanna, would do everything while Kenneth was the bread winner of the family.

Nikki was in a deep sleep, it was so deep that Kenneth and Ananya thought that he was in a coma. When Nikki woke up he told Kenneth  and Ananya that he saw Deanna, his mother. And she was saying "tell aunty Ananya that she is your new mummy. I am going somewhere for a while. I won't be back any time soon. I love you my son."

But Kenneth and Ananya were very unsure about this. Kenneth went to the washroom and took out a picture of Deanna and asked her "so you really want me to be with Ananya? Are you sure? If you dont reply i wont marry her.." while  he was waiting for a reply, a man in the cubicle said "Yes. I am sure!" So Kenneth, with the picture still in his hand, said "ok. I will be with her and i will tell the kids that Ananya is their new mother. Thank you Dee"

When Kenneth broke the news to Ananya, she was shocked. "Whaaat?!! You want me to be their mother? Impossible .." Kenneth passed the photo of Deanna to Ananya and told her to take this to the washroom and ask Deanna if she really meant what she said. So being the obedient lady she is, Ananya did what she was told to do. So she went to the washroom and asked Deanna's photo, "you really want me to be the mother of your children?.." soon Ananya heard a voice "yes please. Stop asking me." Ananya quickly ran out of the washroom as she was shocked

So Ananya obeyed the voice and got together with Kenneth. She announced the news to the kids and they were overjoyed.