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and wipe my wet hand on my apron and walk towar

he has ca

with more speed this time and

he is , ride the h

ever lik

ver used to come over t

ing that I don't know yet deep in my bones - I could feel ,

t - telling me that whoever it

he Almigh

orks wrote in

meone

riders are , why are they h

wh

ason why royal men woul

the

lip and clo

cern you , Madame ma has called you and t

ht of what she might say kept me occupied so badly that I couldn't find the courage to allow my hands to work faster and then

rd

, tonight it is as though the mountain is closing its distance to me , every time I lo

as though the mountain is watching somethin

ard to close the flower shop door , this door - we made it ourselves , it took us four days but we did it - it is made by wood planks and nails , painted in lilac color with lilac painted in dark lilac color at the end with fairy lights of lilac color decorated on it - no one buys our flowers but we have it for our ha

my

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rd

hur

rt so

leg hit something tiny in

rd

re I start to get up , twisting my head to see if I go

g

ething liquid and slippery...somet

y hip , thigh and butt before I start to walk forward with weak kne

spicious silence rustles... I ignore th

ing really

ife I have smell

m! Pet

rab orders and had to add petrol on the spot in his m

our homage

lives only four houses away , why

n see a mot

ts then sure the house would have had

e village is suspi

untain is suspic

my instincts hyper activates

his petro

cle, I don't think any one

d under my feet... did I slip because

urn to smell or see, I freeze "so you are goi

ny from where Madame ma just spok

mn

rd

s room , it is on the first floor , the middle room fr

tte and flower shop ,from doorway she can clearly see the ent

g rantic and chaotic, I reach her room and then i knock her doo

and she gestures me to sit as a blac

at

ing to

ashes ? Is it because I did

rd

ere was weakness in my body but now ? I do ! Sleep might just come tonight because suddenly my outer body feel

I should not have let the day

nights you ha

de and has started rotating in a very slow motion , every

id she

s.

ear

answ

e nods and turns her back towards me and I stare at her slim and tall fra

riously sile

y and suspiciousl

ms to be carrying the sec

happened to t

hiver from cold and my face turns crimson and as though on the verge of splintering, it fee

rd

ave fe

and squeezing as anothe

rd

ed by royal orders , tonight I am going to tell you somethi

shade of room continuously transforms

year

g 20 years o

rd

ighter as my consi

rd

fall ,

ned 220 years ago? And why is

ts thinking what she just said because I

ould tell I'd f

he condition of my health escaped my attenti

. I might fall

ill talk and you will understand why I spoke of mountain first , the same mountain

onsiousness back into

at

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l

know

knew

oooo

t.

seizes as my forehead

she kne

t scolded ? Groun

eet on floor a

ee any letter in her ha

e a let

tter she wa

I swallow "you made a mistake , a sin and if you are thinking why did I not scold you , th

her penetrating eyes on me as she walks and my eyes stays on the coffee color la

this le

yal let

lett

send it ? The Al

does the mountain seems to be enclosing its distance towar

igs in my ribs as sh

me.

he hid from

ill I look up at her with questions in

he is going

has returned f

lost in a bloodshe

ifferent, unlike the Mad

meets "from this moment onwards , you take your place as you take the letter sent from them" I understan

my body burns and I realize I c

pull the jute ribbon a

d so I unroll it wi

ay

THRINA

was acknowledged by her royal highness , however the heinous crimes happened in history by Demeter Demet and Ruvillian Demet two hundred ye

21

nvene to settle the unsightly claims and forthwith family

agreement upon the two families ,to put aside flagitious slan

cough "can you read with th

ine and i swallow - this letter is too long and has

lor

nod even though I can feel my

d I shiver before stormy wind hits me from three sides, from two

n numbs and visi

the room has darkened even more and my bo

ping in dark slumbe

he cold floor as though trying to find the ground and then I see Madame ma running towards me

t hurts me as t