Ethereal

Part-12

Life lessons I learnt from my father:

"You can walk out of anyone's life anytime you want and come in again, anytime you want because some people are foolish like that. They love you no matter what. Doesn't matter how much you break their heart, they will still have room for you in there life."

It was a rainy evening. You screamed. Mother cried. I was watching it all, holding my 4 year old sister. We were supressing our tears because we were scared we would get trashed if we made a sound. You screamed at my mother for I don't know how long but to me it felt like an eternity. Finally, you stopped and then chugged a tall glass of water. You always did that. Drank water like a thristy crow on a sunny day after every fight with mother. Then you threw the glass on the ground. It smashed and broke into a million pieces. Shards of glass covered the floor. Mother rushed to pick it up, fearing we would prick ourselves on them.
Then the front door slammed. You were gone. You left. Just like that. You didn't come home for about 20 days. You disappeared.
After those long, sad 20 days you came back. We were so worried we would never see you again. So when we saw you again, we were overjoyed. My sister hugged you and I was relieved. You were back. You aren't dead like I had thought. Everything went back to normal. Atleast for a while.
However, after a few days you would again disappear and then appear back again. In and out of our life. We were stupid like that because we loved you. You were horrid like that because you knew we loved you.