Misjudgement

“Next day, after all the tests had been done and I was waiting for the reports, Swara suddenly asked me why Minnie had not been coming to visit her or even not talking to her on the phone. The best explanation she could come up with was that Manya was upset that she hadn't taken her shopping yet. After all her perfectionist niece's birthday was approaching and Swara had always taken Manya shopping for dresses right before, they had even planned to buy matching dresses, so they would have been twinning at the party.”

“I felt like Swara's words had pierced my heart with spears, what was I supposed to tell her? At that moment I felt really selfish, because I thought that it was actually a blessing in disguise that she had forgotten about her daughter and husband- otherwise it would have been very difficult to explain all of that to her at the moment. I was not thinking about how heartbroken Sia had been feeling, I am really the worst aunt.”