Family's laugh

Ruchi and Regan decided to stay with Tal, while they sent back Anthea and Bronson after a long argument. Honestly Anthea gave up only because she thought she should rather cook something delicious for Tal, and that's why she went back to home.

In the early morning when Ruchi woke up, she examined the room to search for Tal but she didn't find. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and went to knock the bathroom, thinking Tal would be there, and when she got no response she was so scared and tried to open the door knob only to find an empty bathroom.

she went to Regan who was sleeping uncomfortably on the extra couch provided by the hospital. She shook his whole body and said "Regan wake up! wake up Regan!!!!"

"what happened Ruchi?" Regan groaned

"Regan Tal isn't in the room" Ruchi said in an anxious tond.

"Did you search in the bathroom?" Regan asked as now he is fully awaken.

"Yeah, I searched and she is not even there in the bathroom" Ruchi said.

Ruchi and Regan ran out and started searching for Tal in every single corner of the corridor. And when they entered the cafeteria they have finally seen Tal drinking her coffee, they finally took breath and released a sigh of relief. When Tal saw their anxious faces covered with sweat, she smiled and said "Seriously did you really think I would repeat my mistake?" Tal asked amused by the faces.

When their heads bent down with a slight guilt, Tal sighed and said "Guys I have learnt my lesson already, I will not commit suicide again. Ruchi and Regan hugged her, tearing up at the memory.

....

3 years ago

When Tal was raped by Amber for the first time, she was so depressed. It was really hard for her. she wanted to give first kiss to her someone special, but here Amber even took her first time..

Plus the fact that her family was scared to talk freely... Her world turned upside and she didn't even know how to deal with things, she started acting happier. Everyone thought that she was fine.

And one day when Everyone were busy with their works, Tal was left alone. But her thoughts were killing her, so she tried to distract her mind and when nothing is working, she settled upon the couch and turned on the TV. But who knew that it would stop her world...

In the TV, Amber was having a press conference. And he said that "Everyone Tal was raped by someone anonymous and here is the proof". He showed Tal's medical reports to the media, "I feel so sorry for her. But though she was a..abused", Amber tried to break his voice to get the sympathy of the reporters, and continued saying " I still love her and will always do, so I hope she will give me a chance!" Amber finished, successfully getting a favour from the reporters.

But then the whole world stopped working for Tal. Her phone was continuously ringing and she thought that now people are calling her after the news. She thought about people's judgmental looks, their fake sympathy and their disgusted looks. Everything seemed like it was the end.

She went to her room, and locked herself in the bathroom. She sat on the floor hugging her knees. After few minutes, she stood up and looked herself in the mirror, there her face was mocking her for all the bruises on her body.

It was as if someone was shouting 'You are slut, you are just a bitch'. she closed her eyes and started crying. She wasn't able to breathe properly, so she calmed herself down and washed her face with the cold water. After washing her face, she again lost herself in the battle when she looked at her face in the mirror. And this time, she stood on her toes and reached the shelf which was above the mirror, and when she opened the shelf door she found a pair of scissors.

she took them in her hand, she was nervous and was ready to step back from doing anything foolish but when her memories rewind, she stabbed hard on the left hand, right through the nerves connection. The pain was so intense that she tried to grab the shelf door or the wash basin or something else that came into her hand but she failed to hold anything and fell hard on the floor. When she was on the floor she started crying as she finally regretted cutting her hand, when she remembered her family's laugh.

She started missing them and wanted to live again but her body felt so weak to even move. She smiled through her pain and gave up the hope thinking that everything was fate. As the time passed, everything started becoming faded and she slowly drifted into unconscious.