DQ#1 Thousand Reasons Why

A Kind Gesture

Aradhya's POV

I was sitting in the class but my mind was absent from the class. I wasn't able to concentrate on my studies. Because, I was very worried about the current situation of ours. How are we going to handle this mess?! How are we going to face this problem now?!! It was a big crisis for us.

" Hey, you!!! New girl, stand up!!!" Suddenly I heard the teacher Mrs. Greene saying. I looked around and found some of the students looking at me weirdly. I stood up at once. I don't want to be a joker here.

" Yes, Mrs. Greene." I said to her.

" Where are you lost?! I have called you thousands of times. Are you even in the class or not?" She asked me and I sighed deeply.

I don't know why I felt like she was a bit overreacting. May be she doesn't like brown people. There are people who does that which creates a discrimination. I hate those people who judges people with their skin tone. That's a completely horrible thing to do.

" I am sorry, Mrs. Greene." I said to her.

" Stay in class if you want to attend the class. Mentally and physically." She warned me and I nodded.

" I will." I said to her and she started to discuss the topic once again.

I wasn't able to concentrate on my studies. I sighed inwardly. How will mom handle things now?! I wish I could help her!!! I just wish I could. If there were any way to help Mom to get out of this situation I would. I hate my fate. I hate it with all my heart. Can't we be a happy family?!! I sometimes think about the whole incident happened in my life when I was only 6 and I am 15 now. Last 9 years was a big challenge for me and my mother to come out of that shock. We had a fresh astart but now fate is troubling us once again. What is actually going on with us??!

I kept looking at the smiling faces of the students. I don't have any idea if they are happy for real or they are just acting to be happy. May be they are happy with a lovely family or may be not. Whatever it is they are used to it. I mean they have seen a lot of such cases of the parents getting divorced and leaving the kids behind. But for me it's unusual. I was born and brought up in a completely different culture where parents getting divorced is almost rare. Here there is no blaming on anyone if they wants to get separated but there people keep blaming a woman for the separation.

I was only 6 to understand the fact and the situation they my mother went through when my parents got divorced. I still remember the day my father left us I was crying hard and requesting my father not to leave us but he didn't pay heed to me. He left us behind. We were in a helpless situation. My mother had to face a lot. People started to taunt my mom. Life of an young beautiful divorcee is not that easy. My mother was married when she was only 18 and got divorced at the age of 26. I have seen how evil people can be. Men will always be men. I have seen how they kept troubling my mother. They made her life miserable. She was so broken when my aunt manged a job for my mom in Dubai. I was in my aunt's house for an year without my mother which was the hardest time of my life. The next year Mom took me to her. From then we had to fight. Struggling with the cursed fate. I don't know when is this coming to an end.

Even after 9 years of that incident I still have a question. Why had my father left us??! For the woman Sargun??! Is she more beautiful than my mother?!! I don't think so. My mother is an inexpressible beauty. That can't be a reason for which my father has left. Never ever.

" Ms. Roy!!!" I heard Mrs. Greene.

" Yes, Mrs. Greene?" I asked her.

" You can go out and check what is out of the window. I think that is better for you cause you don't have to be bothered by the lectures then." She said and I sighed deeply.

"Yes, Mrs. Greene." I said and took my bag before walking out of there but I stopped before leaving and turned to see Mrs. Greene. " Mrs. Greene, is it should be don't judge someone by skin tone instead don't judge a book by it's cover?" I asked her and she kept looking at me weirdly.

" What?! What do you mean?" She asked me and I chuckled.

" Nothing, Mrs. Greene. Have a nice day." I said and walked out of there. I didn't want to talk to her now at all.

I decided not to attend classes anymore today. So,I walked out of there and was going back. I regret not bringing phooljhari with me today. I have to walk back home. I sighed deeply when I found someone laying on the ground and I ran there. What happened there??!

I found it was girl of my own age who was not in her sense. I checked her pulse. She must be unconscious for some reason. I searched for her phone to contact her family. Her phone was locked but luckily her fingerprint was on there. I pressed her finger on there and it was opened. I called her family and in awhile her family reached there. They must be very worried. I helped them to take her to the hospital. I stayed there until the doctor assured that the girl was put of danger.

" You are the girl who called me, right?" The lady who supposed to be the girl's mother asked me.

" Yes, ma'am." I said to her and she smiled softly.

" I am Ally Martin. She is my daughter Jenifa Martin. My daughter is a not mentally stable. She left home this morning without informing anyone. We should have been more careful. Thank you so much for helping us." She said and I smiled a bit.

" You don't have to thank me, ma'am. It was my responsibility." I said to her.

" Tell me what do you need. If that's in my reach I will definitely help you." She said and I smiled.

" I don't need anything. Just take care of your daughter, ma'am." I said.

" This is my card. Call me if you need my help." She said and I took that card smilingly.

" I better go now, ma'am." I said to her.

" Thank you once again." She said and I nodded.

I smiled as I came out of there. I felt peace of mind which I got from a little help to someone unknown. A kind gesture brings immeasurable peace of mind.