e presen

's P

othing to me

told me. In the middle of

s supposed to be the day he was offici

the occasion. Guess I would just have to w

my future college fees. I had a mother to take care of who still thought she could climb Mount Everest with severe spondylitis . I am leaving out the part where I had to study and also try to fit in my new

y respected was money and hone

only one who

me from their taunting. T

rivileged enough. I had never thoug

no idea for what

ed. It took me places. And quite influential places to be precise because me and

e walls together. We participated in many competiti

n he left for the ' bette

my own shell, pain

aintings that got me

e country. And my mothe

school for the el

ies started taunting me, starting with my hair and

Messiah in the m

principal. His parents had got a divorce, so he was back wi

ike a dream. He came with his shinin

a knife. I was the butter everybody wanted

rytale but like all stories and all

ted it to be like

s. And it had been me who had insisted on kee

uctant but

rlfriend off. Come one Mira! At the ball, I want to introduce you to my family. I me

blue eyes, melting my insides

f it was a

iggy bank. Asked my mother for some mon

s. Then headed towards the salon. There I did my hair, my make up and also did my nails , even a

ned how things went

. He was a completely changed person. Like,

ut my tears as they were d

e corners of the hal

loud alarm bell so I

top to look at me af

words, he literally pu

im upstairs to sort out if th

like a knife

h and

was our relationsh

ced me like a dag

y myself and star

t because they were uncomfortable. I needed to walk out of there

se that it was rain

t was a g

staining my cheeks so

walking down that road with my shoes in

ed past me. I didn't

t came right at me an