Soulsister

"So, what are you upto these days?"

"You mean what's keeping me alive these days Jia?"

"Whatever you take it as"

"Ariket is keeping quite well these days thanks to Anaya and her father"

"That bitch Anaya you told me about? how are you thankful to her? You've to keep fill me up on so many things already"

"Who told you to go on a century long internship"

"It's difficult for me Nuri, I have to manage my expenses so what was better than having a $100 internship in hand?"

"You know what? you never told me about your family I mean in brief... why were you not willing to help me? I mean why you never allowed me to consult your father or brother"?

"We already had a huge fight in regard with that.. let's not talk about it and discuss something about that bitch"

"No, not today, today you've to explain each and everything to me, come sit here"

"Nuri, please i can't do this at the moment"

"But why, tell me why, you have to tell me why right now"

"It's because they're dead Nuri, they're dead"

"De... dea..... dead?No, no no it can't be true.. no no no"

"It's true Nuri, it's true"

"I me... I mean when? How? And why didn't you tell me ever?"

"I thought it wasn't important to share my sufferings with anyone whose life has become more of a hell on the first day itself, I didn't want to stress you Nuri,I am really very sorry" she sobbed.

"No need to feel sorry Jia, but you should've told me it would have lessen the burden"

"I just didn't trust anyone Nuri, the whole life my mother and I have been listening to the taunts of the relatives, they believed that we were the reason my father and brother died in a road accident... it was two years back when they were travelling to the other town to perform a surgery, they performed the surgery successfully but the return was not in their favour...it was early in the morning, when my brother who was driving felt a slight chance of sleep and boom all gone! they crashed into a truck... my father Nuri, he died on the spot, couldn't handle it Nuri, my brother he couldn't handle it and yet he was alive. They took him to a hospital where he immediately responded to my blood, inspite of being severely injured I don't know if that was a miracle, he survived on the driver's seat but my father couldn't. He began to heal after few days and my heart pains to tell you this but Nuri he had no desire to live I don't know who was that guardian angel protecting him, might be my father but he cried for days, calling his death, he cried and cried"

"Then what happened if he was still alive?"

"He was discharged, he remained joy spirited for few days after my father's funeral or I can say he was just pretending to be so, relatives came and paid their respects to my father and thanked God for keeping my brother alive, they came and they went but one day, the second most dreadful day of my life, which I blame myself for I was stuck at school because of some strikes so my mother came to get me.when we returned, all we could see that my brother was hanging to that ceiling fan, that scene dreads me to this day,I couldn't sleep for months, he left us a note telling us how great we were and what a coward he was... the guilt he had Nuri, he blamed himself for my father's death and said he couldn't live with that guilt anymore, he didn't feel lucky to escape death one time but he did feel lucky to perform our father's funeral, to be a part of the funeral and that he survived funeral because our father wanted him to"

"I am so sorry for your loss, I just I just have no words to express how sorry I am feeling Jia"

"You don't have to feel sorry, he's gone but he's watching me and mom somewhere and he doesn't want my mom to be alone and that's the reason I came here... I have to bring her here Nuri... I have to bring her here"

"and that's the reason you've been working tirelessly?"

"I blamed myself for days for his death, the same way he blamed himself for my father's death but he was a coward I was not, I fought my anxieties because my mother had no one to live for then, I was never willing to apply for Harvard but she motivated me because she believed I had something in me, a desire to live, a desire to achieve something and that's why I am here in front of you"

"Oh my god, I am just out of words... inspite of the whole blunder, you're here in front of me all jolly natured and a kind, truthful soul... you're a great friend Jia and yeah you're an amazing daughter too"

"Thank you so much Nuri, now keeping all the guilt and tears aside, update me on that bitch"

"Don't call her that"

"So that means you're a bitch too now"

"I hate you for that come on give me a hug and I'll fill you up with the details"