t me for a meal. My eyelids felt heavy as dizziness crawled over my body. I felt heavy. I wanted to fell on my matt

w!

ried out. The ladies were restless as we could

e okay?" The third l

t her light pink kimono. They both were worried and I won

each other and the third wife went near the door. She resisted

ghh

The third lady's knuckles turned white as she held the sliding door with a tight grip and was abou

was plain and simple. He stood with his head high and his sharp eyes fell on me. Black. Dark

rk of art as if he was a prince of some dreamland that a girl could wish for. I had never seen a

histicated. I felt my long skirt and blouse had lost to it. The contemporary purpose it served was nothing but how he carried himself in trad

e it immediately," he sai

ge pot. Why did he need water? For freshening up? But he freshened up

I poured the water into a barrel and su

sped my hands on my forehead

fumed with anger and disgust. I had always known she wanted me out of the vicinity but could not due to my f

voice, as usual, was low and submi

You are just as heavy for this ho

was a burden for them but she never stopped to remind me of that. No matter how much I did for the hous

s the water immediately." She turned around

for me to lift. My hands trembled a

nter. His eyes were closed as if he was concentrating on something but it served the purpose of ignoring them as wel

ng strides and said, "You could

I

lready taken the barrel and reached the doo

ed the room, he clo

arted to chat normally with him and from his voice, we could

plastered on his wrinkled face. He felt more relaxed than usual. The tensi

dicines which you'll have to take with warm water

ide grin on father's face confirmed he was very pleased

the gesture, however,

torm has grown intense. Besides, I would be delighted if you let

ears. He looked at my father for a moment and said, "The illness

er and gave it to father, "P

ca, prepare a room for him. I don't w

he empty rooms we had. Those were all extra chambers for my father's guests or relat

ave, "You are really young for a

you that," he answered bluntly and added, "I'll take my

of course. We shall disc

bbed with pain as my limbs felt weak. I took a glance at the room to be sure that it had no dirt. The

ed as I could feel the ground beneath me fading away.

ll I sensed a har

hind me. I tilted up my chin and as my eyes met his raven ones. I was l

om him but my body felt very w

elt cold against my forehead as

was very hard to think of a stateme

th his touch as my mind went completely numb. If my father saw us together it would mak

low," he said. "Have y

ok my

ssure. Do eat in time if you don

s, I went to my room. My heart was running wild a

. My stomach ache increased as I slowly crumbled inside the blanket.

ear its angry slaps on our wooden house. It was alr

heavier and I finall