One day, Sabrina left home, leaving her family with just a letter. She didn't know where she was going but she left New York with the money she had saved. The money was not enough for her to survive but it was enough for her to leave the country. Before leaving, she registered in a police station that she was leaving home because of her own will and she was not getting kidnapped. She did so that her father would not file a police complain and try to look for her. Seeing the way the police officer treated her in the police station, with great nonchalance, she realised that it was not the first time a girl came to him with this request. However, it was the start to her era of self discovery and healing. And lord knew how badly she needed healing of all kind. She reached China and from there, she tried to heal herself by joining a monastery but it didn't work out as the lord himself had no wish to give her peace. She had watched a lot of shows where people found peace in religious p
“What do you want?” Sabrina asked him. She was getting frustrated. Now she doesn't even have a house.“Nothing!” he shrugged. He suddenly commented, “You have grown up, Sabrina.”She gave him a dirty look. Did she ask him? He just chuckled. His laugh was attractive. Ugh. She hated him. He probably knew what was going on inside her mind. She did not want him to think that she liked anything about him, even if it was a tiny bit. She hated him. It was as simple as that.She reached her house, and he was walking alongside her. She did not want him around. However, since she was ignoring him once again, he just kept following her. She wanted to tell him not to come with her, but deep inside she was scared to walk home alone. Her house was not in a good neighborhood. Thus, she usually avoided going home late at night. When he was walking alongside her, it gave her a little assurance and security that she would be fine. She didn't want to get mugged again.Daily, they heard stories about gir
Things began getting stressed in Sabrina's life again and he was the only source of joy. And one day, that source of joy was snatched from her. “What's wrong?” Nathaniel asked in worry. Lately, she had been getting sick for a long time. He has been asking her to visit a doctor but she would always decline. He could not see her worried or sick. He could not bear to see her even in a tiny pain. It pierce his heart to even see a crease on her face. Oftentimes, he would do things out of his way to make her feel better. Now that she had been getting sick lately, he wanted to take her to the doctor. How could she ignore her health? He could not see her doing it. Today, he had enough of it. He did not like to force her into doing something. But he could not see her in pain either. If he had to force her into doing something today, he would! He told her, “We are going to the doctor! Now! I don't wanna listen to you! In a week, you lost so much weight. I cannot see you like this.”“Nate!” S
One night, he said, “I know things are hard but we will manage, okay?”“I don't think I can be in a relationship ever in my life.” She said, her eyes blank as she was staring out of the window. This home was once colorful and a sign of happiness but now it was just a place that was keeping her caged. She felt suffocated here. His heart broke hearing it but he just smiled at her as if understanding her. He understood the crisis and wanted to help her. Sadly, there was nothing that could make him happy. Nathaniel said, “No problem. I just want you to be happy.”As her pregnancy proceeded she began hating everything about her. From the way she looked to how she felt, she felt like a corpse. One day, she couldn't bear anything. She broke down in the middle of the road while he was waiting for her at home. She dialed a number and begged for help. Sabrina was crying and begging on the phone, “Bella, please help me! Please come and take me from here. I cannot do anything. I will kill myse
Nicholas had no words to say after hearing Sabrina. All the events that happened in her story were actual, but he didn't know why but that's how she had interpreted them. He didn't blame her for feeling this way because life was not more accessible for any of them, and he had interpreted the events his way too. After all, everyone had the right to interpret life their way. “Was it true that you never loved me?” Sabrina asked, tears streaming down her face. Nicholas whispered, “I'm sorry, Sabrina. When you said we should break up, I was disturbed, but when I went home and thought about it, I realised that you were right. I didn't even give you time. You were never my priority while I was yours. I felt that I had been taking advantage of you all the while. I realised that break up was the best thing for us.”“Why didn't you communicate?” She asked sadly. So many things could have been avoided if they had communicated with each other appropriately. Nicholas began narrating the story f
“Are you fine?” Nicholas asked Roseanne who sat on the chair in a thud. She held up her hand indicating that she needed time to process things. Her face was not looking fine. It was as if she might vomit the facts that she just swallowed. Some indigestible facts of life! He sat on the chair next to her and began rubbing her back. She had put her head on the table and was trying to accept what he had told her. She could not believe that Nathaniel and Sabrina had a history together. And she heard it from Nicholas, it was unbelievable enough for her. Nicholas came back home early this morning. As he landed in New York, all he wanted was to run to her and tell her the truth. He had made her a promise that he would not hide anything from her. Thus, he fulfilled the promise that he made her and told her the truth that nobody on earth except for a very few knew about. Roseanne was unable to deal with the burden of this truth. She was uncomfortable and unready for this burden to be discha
Nicholas and Roseanne went to Coco's room who were playing alone. They decided to talk to her as they realized that keeping secrets from the children was not healthy for their family. They said, “Coco, sweetheart, we came to talk to you.”Coco blinked her eyes and stared at them for a while. It reminded her of the day when she was told about her daddy. Horror filled her heart. As if the two adults in the room could sense what she was feeling, they said, “Baby, it's not bad news. Everyone is fine.”It was only after hearing the assurance she breathed. They made her sit on the bed and both of them sat by her sides. Roseanne began to say, “Sweetheart, we noticed that there are a lot of secrets in our family which makes you very confused at times. We decided that we will not keep any secret from our children if it is related to them.”Coco nodded her head. She liked what her mommy was talking about. She also wanted the same. Because of the weird dynamics of their family, they were more s
“Is she going to be okay?” Nicholas asked Roseanne as they were standing far from Coco who was playing outside with Leon. After crying for sometime, she was now playing with Leon. “I think so, ”Roseanne sighed. “I think she will be fine.” She took a little pause and then murmured, “I envy Coco.”Nicholas looked at her and asked, “Why?”He didn't see anything in Coco that could be envied. Instead, all he saw were the things that could be pitied. Her mother left her when she was young. Her father died when she was just five. She was living with her stepmother and brother in a house where nobody knew her identity. “I know that she had a very pitiful life,”Roseanne said. “I used to feel that she and I had a very similar life. We never had biological mothers. We relied on our fathers. Our father was our entire world. But now Coco has a birth mother. A woman who is very much alive and around her. Coco knows who her birth mother is. And I have no clue about it.”Nicholas rubbed her back in