DESTINY|✔

chapter 21

"PAST"☠
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I took a deep breath and made a eye contact with lily , her eyes were glowing with curiosity so I couldn't keep mum anymore. "So here we go 10 years back ." I said and sat beside her looking at the almighty I started speaking.

"I was a normal girl living a normal life , My dad was a small business man and mom was a house wife . Me and my brother had small fights but we loved each other but happy days don't last . Business collapsed and due to financial crisis we shifted from Toronto to new York. " as I said lily got up and said " you lived in , Toronto Canada?!!" I nodded in agreement and resumed . "My dad started a new company here slowly things came back on track and I remember that was 12th of November, my exams were just finished and I was in a vacation mood but Me and my brother were forced to go to a business  party , basically it was for the celebration of their partnership success. There I met Mr.Roberts he was my dad's partner , our families liked each other . We had sunday dinners together , his son my one and only friend." "Hey I am your friend to !!" Lily got up and gaved me a annoying look . " you wanna hear or should we head home ?" I said getting up . She pulled me down and made me sit.

"His name is Drew Roberts." I said . " you mean THE DREW ROBERTS ?" lily said in clear shock. I nodded in agreement, lily stood up and started jumping. "Omg!! I can't believe this , I read about him in magazines and also saw him on the TV. Are you crazy? He is the richest entrepreneur of London!" Lily said still jumping. " you sound like a 18 year old girl ." I said rolling my eyes . Lily came and sat next to me so I proceeded " my brother was quiet famous at school but i was shy types so he was my only friend, I enjoyed my life to the fullest at that period of ttime.But happiness doesn't last forever. Everything was fine till then , I and Drew came back home and saw ton of reporters outside, there were ambulances and police van parked outside. We were just 8 year old kiddos . We freezed there and then itself. After few minutes, Mr and mrs Roberts came out but not on their legs . They were lying on the stretcher wrapped in white clothes, before I could realize anything Drew went to them with watery eyes and started shaking them but they didn't moved . I was still standing there like a statue, I heard a lots of cameras flashes.  I turned to look and my dad came out with hand cuffs surrounded by police men , drew went into the ambulance with his parents and that was the last time I saw him . "

Lily took her hanky and wiped my face I was so into the past memories I didn't realized that tears had already escaped my eyes . " I went inside the house and my mom was crying near the telephone I tried to shake her up but she didn't responded, I looked around My brother was sitting on the couch. I got seated beside him and heard the news  Flashing on the TV screen , it said that mr and mrs Roberts were murdered and prime suspect in the case was my dad . From that day I experienced real struggles of life , my dad was in custody , my mom went in depression . We sometimes think that we are the only one facing problems and only our situations are worst but that day when I went to school other day I felt that I was blessed being ignored earlier. Media is the real judge in our society and it had declared my dad as the murderer, students bullied,teased and taunted me but  the worst part was some even hited me. It was hard for me to go through but it was impossible for my brother to go through. I was so embarrassed and felt harrassed so I ran out of the school but I forgot about my brother and got home early, soon the phone ranged I picked it up and my heart sank , it was my principal she said that my brother died in a accident . Mom was shocked with the news and went in her depression again I was to small and couldn't take the situation so I left my mom at home and went to school. When I reached there my brother was already sent to the hospital, principal took me to the hospital. I loved my brother and when I saw him I bursted into tears ."

"I kept crying and crying soon he was shifted to the morgue and principal maam dropped me home , mom was still lying on the floor sobbing. The next day my dad had a hearing at the high court all our money drowned due to sudden collapse in business as soon as the investors got the news of murder they withdrawed all their support and my family was breaking. I cried all day and night I broked my TV because I was fed up with all those allegations. My mom went to the hospital next day and then to the court . I kept crying and crying inside my locked room , my mom and dad came home but my cheerfull parents had no soul now it felt like they were walking dead bodies. The court didn't found any stiff proofs against my dad and he was discharged now but all the media and the country men still harassed us in those headlines and news.

It was the day of my brother's funeral when I stepped out of my room , I was still crying and kept on crying after all the rituals we went home and I again went upstairs and started crying. My face was all pale with swollen eyes and huge dark circles. I automatically slept when I closed my eyes and I regret that I closed them because when I opened them it was 3 in the night and everything around me was burning , the bright red flames surrounded me from everywhere my door was already burnt and the fire was spreading like air. The next moment I could feel my whole body hot and I felt burning sensations everywhere. We frequently get a question that if our house was set on fire what would we probably take with us , but at that time all I did was get up and jumped out of the window. Usually in Hollywood movies me keep falling down and never reach the end but I felt a strong breeze blowing everywhere around my body and I landed on the ground and my eyes closed ."

"I opened my eyes and I was in hospital all my hands and legs were covered with bandages my left leg was plastered and the small TV in their flashed the headline MR AND MRS THOMAS'S HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE LAST NIGHT THIER DAUGHTER EVELYN THOMAS IS IN HOSPITAL I nearly felt like even with the oxygen mask on I could feel my tears running down and soaking my garments all wet , I couldn't do thier funeral because I was in the hospital for 6 months all my expenses were paid by the government. "

"I was alive and that became a new spice to all those media reporters out there , my brothers sudden accident , my dad's involvement in the murder case and finally death of my parents attracted a lot of media attention  and the case was handled to CBI they found out that there was a mafia involvement in Mr.Roberts murder but couldn't find the murderer , they found that my house windows were washed with glycerin and someone splashed potassium permanganate on them at night witch resulted in fire but that only burnt the ground floor so somebody sprayed kerosene all around the house to increase the fire but they couldn't find any suspect and the case was closed after some time and did I tell you lily , they even found out that my brothers autopsy report said that he died out of brain hemorrhage and not due to a accident but that case was also closed with the label of hit and run case . "

"The media kept the topic going on for 1 year and then nobody noticed me that I was still alive, at first I was shifted to a orphanage but due to my baground i was illtreated specially I couldn't blend in so they sent me to the station again now the rented a small house for me , I was 10 years old by then and i could make a meal that was just 2 min cup noodles and then 1st may came and i found the black bag out there I denied but it came again and again so I eventually accepted. How can I sum up my 10 years of life to you lily ? I don't know what to say ." I said wiping all my tears .
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