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Seasonz Chapter 1- Happiness and beyond (Part 2)
Being the only child for quite a few years, I had enjoyed all the goodies that my parents vested upon me, however that was not for a long time. It was a warm day at Coimbatore, the Manchester of South India, a city known for its perfect blend of weather and natural resource. My mother was at operation theater and I was scaling the hospital along with my cousin not knowing how to pass off the time.
As I was a kid, I
wasn’t aware of the pain that my mother would be undergoing during the
operation. After a while, my relatives had all gathered together and were exclaiming
in joy and exchanging happy message. Not knowing the exact reason for the
sudden outburst, I rushed forward making my way through the crowd. Through the crowd
I could see the happy face of my father while he was holding a small package on
his hand.
I slowly came close
to him and he bent down to show me what he was holding. Draped in soft towels was
my sister, pinkish in complexion and sleeping so adorably. Her hands were so
soft just like a feather and all on a suddenly she stroked with her little
fingers onto my cheeks. I couldn’t control the joy. Taking a step back I
started running madly around the hospital shouting “I got a baby sister”. Right from the
day she arrived at our house, I crossed all borders to take good care of her
and even at that age I took the vow within myself that “I will love her with all my
heart & soul and would do anything for her”.
If it was to put
her in the cradle or dress her up or play with her, I would be standing well
ahead of my parents. Though being very small, she used to easily identify me
from others and naturally our bonding started strengthening up. Very soon the
naming ceremony was held, and the beautiful princess of our family was named Ankitha.
Ankitha started
growing up and so was the amount of bonding between us. She always held my hand
everywhere we go and even slept in my room leaving her room empty, almost every
single night. Days passed swiftly and as my father was a government employee, we had the privilege of travelling the length and breadth of the
country. The fun just didn’t stop with the travel but rather staying
there, knowing the people, their customs & tradition and growing up there. For
us, our friends were diverse and so was the schools too. Days passed, months
flew, years crossed and Ankitha turned out to be an intelligent, sweet, adorable,
understanding & a beautiful young lady. A short smile from her
is enough to uplift & wade off your bad mood.
With the sight of
her smile flashing through me, I returned to my senses. The park was in front
of me and kids had slowly started moving out, as it was getting late. I resumed
on with the drive towards my home. As I approached the apartment gate, two hot
girls highly glamorous in their ultra-modern outfit and with the latest gadgets
in their hands were eagerly looking out for someone waiting at the entrance.
Being a guy, it is a tendency to look at girls, as I had mentioned before, and none
would go without noticing them.
Looking at them even
more closely. I instantly recognized them to be my neighbor. I greeted them
with a small smile, but they just turned off their heads, as if they didn’t
notice me at all. Ignoring the incident, I drove straight to my parking spot, killed
the engine, took off my backpack and walked in the direction of my home, when
suddenly a loud screeching noise filled the zone.
I rushed forward to
check out what had caused the sudden commotion out there. Closing the spot,
nothing was visible except for a dense layer of dust storm that had dominated
the place. As the dust settled in after a few minutes and when couple of people
had all gathered hearing the sound, we saw, at a distance high end modified car,
gleaming and shining in the moon’s bright light. A sudden reminiscence event
flashed right before my eye.
This was the same
Audi with which I had a close encounter minute back. It posed an intimidate
look. Within minutes few guys stepped out and went straight ahead to give a
nice hug to the waiting girls and drove them off. Anyone who had noticed those
guys could have easily predicted that they were the spoilt brats of any cash
strapped family, wherein “money” is after all a common term and that had no big
value to it. With nothing much to do there,
I cursed myself for walking down to check what had happened and made my way
towards my home thinking how money plays a different role with each class of people.
To be continued…
