Chapter 14

AZALEA

I gestured the guards to close the main gate after waving at Ethan one last time. He is such a decent guy I thought to myself. Sighing, I walked inside to meet Dad and Mom's worried faces. I smiled sheepishly to them waving a "Hi" with it.

"Azealea! where were you?"

"And where is your phone?"

"uhh..I was nearby and my phones battery died" I lied.

Mom eye rolled to that and left. Dad gave me a warm hug though he was angry. I hugged him back, tightly. A tear rolled down my cheeks as I tightened my hug.

'I am sorry dad' I whispered.

"Its okay dear. Just be careful" He patted on my head and then returned to his study. I went upstairs and threw myself on the bed. Staring at the ceiling, I sighed. when I was about to drift away, my phone rang. I slid my hand on the bed and took hold of my phone. It was an unknown number . I tried re-reading it but couldn't guess so I just accepted it. I waited but there was no response from the other side .

"hello?"

...

"anyone there?"

Again no response so I ended it. But again it rang, and was the same number. I sighed and picked it up once again.

"Hello??

...If you think this is funny then let me tell you that you are wrong. I am hanging up and if you call again, that would be no time good for you kid!" so I hung up.

Again!!

I declined it this time. I stood to freshen up a bit. As I had to study too, I have a bunch of assignments waiting for me. I changed into my pajamas after a warm shower, Luckily my phone didn't ring after that. As I was busy drying my hair, Sophia entered pushing the tray inwards. And the next moment my stomach growled loudly. I actually didn't eat anything the whole day.

" I thought you must be hungry so..."

" awww thank you sophiaa"

Sophia works here from a very long time. I was almost 14 and she was somewhat 12 when she first arrived. Yes, she is younger than me. Me and Mia used to get along with her so well that now she feels like a younger sister to us-... me. She studies too and I sometimes help her in her studies. Soon she is going to graduate her high school, this makes me so proud of her. She is all grown up now. She has no family, unfortunately her parents died in some incident back then and it was somewhat related to Dad so he brought her home after knowing that her parents died and his only brother was missing. They tried looking for him but unluckily no one could find him so in the end dad declared him as dead too. She went through a lot.

Life teaches lessons in every phase of life and these phases are like levels which keep on progressing at every point of life. I don't know how will I pass this level of my life and furthermore there will be no Mia in the next phases of my life. My heart aches so much.

I slowed down while eating the food so Sophia asked if I was okay and I nodded.

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I knocked on the door and when I heard 'come in' I swung the handle. He was busy working on his laptop with his spectacles on, which he removed as long as he saw me. Standing up he gestured me to sit. I smiled lightly while sitting in front of his desk.

"uhh...How are you feeling?" he asked while rubbing his forehead, somewhat confused.

"fine" I answered playing with my ring. I was embarrassed of how I had left his office yesterday so I planned to make things clear to him.

"ohkay! good" he said with his eyebrows up. I cleared my throat thinking to say what I had been thinking.

"Officer Noah? Yeah so the thing is-uhh" I swallowed again trying hard to get the words out of my mouth.

He swayed his head slightly to the right, confused but gesturing me to go on. I sighed, clenching my fingers hard for relaxing myself. But before I could say anything he started speaking.

''Look Miss Azalea. I...I know.. Its.. a very sorrowful moment of your life, talking about your best friend.. whom you have imagined to be right besides you in every aspect of your life and then the next moment you see them leaving." I swallowed hard, hearing what he had to say. I felt his muscles tightened as he continued to speak.

" No ones ready for this but it just happens. Whatever has to happen...Just happens. You have no grip over time, not even a second waits for you but just passes by. And with every second a minute passes and then hours and hours only to see how many days pass by. But If you keep on standing where you were, you would be there standing forever... only if you don't will to move along with those seconds." He sighs and folds his arms around him.

" I hope you are getti-" And I couldn't control myself anymore. I begun weeping.

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