The Anonymous Devil

Pure love

I like it when you smile but I specially like it when I make you smile

~Unknown

Zaniah is a girl who lives in Oakland, America. She was the only daughter of her mother.

Due to complications in her mother's first pregnancy, she couldn't carry a child again, her mother's world was limited to Zaniah.

She also loved her mother immensely and it is true that their love for each other was great and pure. She used to be very happy in her life with her mother Mrs. Amina and her father Mr. Osman, her world was limited to her parents.

One evening, Zaniah was sitting with her parents to drink tea. There was some snacks on the dining table. Zaniah said, "Dear mom, you have made very good tea, I like the tea you make."

Her mother accepted this complement with a heartfelt smile.

After drinking tea Zaniah came to the room and started painting as usual.

She loved to paint, she used to do it after completing all of her work.

She was sitting on the carpet and was busy in painting. A cold breeze was blowing from the window of her room, she was busy in her work that she didn't realize when evening turned into night.

Mrs. Amina opened the door and entered her room Zaniah looked at her.

Mrs. Amina smiled and said, "Stop painting, you have been doing it since evening".

Zaniah said, "Mom, you know how much I Iike to paint."

Mrs. Amina said, "Come down for dinner when you finish this, we are waiting for you" and left.

When Zaniah came down, her father was sitting on the chair of dining table and was busy in his phone, her mother was in the kitchen. She sat on the chair next to her father.

Her father said, "Ask your mother if she will give food today or intends to starve us."She started smiling and went to her mother in the kitchen. Seeing her mother working, she felt an uncontrollable love for her, she hugged her mother and said, "l love you, May you live long."

Tears formed in her mother's eyes after hearing this then her father called out to bring food.

They ate together. They were just getting up after eating when Mrs. Amina suddenly fainted. Seeing this, Zaniah's father and she tried to pick her up.

They splashed water drops on her face but she did not return to consciousness. Zaniah was very nervous, she quickly called the doctor.

The doctor checked Mrs. Amina, he informed the family that she has fainted due to stress. "I have given medicine and she will recover soon." Said the doctor.

That night her father went to sleep in another room as if he had no worries but Zaniah stayed with her mother all night. She was so worried about her mother's health that she didn't even notice her father's behavior.

She layed down with her mother on her bed and kissed her mother's hand. She stayed awake for so long, as soon as she started to close her eyes a sudden thought disrupted it, the thing that bothered her was that 'what was my mother stressing about?'

Her mother was her idol, she wanted to be exactly like her mother, gentle, loving and understanding.

"Why are you overacting so much? " Mr. Osman asked angrily.

"You know that yesterday night you fainted, then the doctor said infront of Zaniah that you are under stress. Why are you doing this? Just get out of my life" Mr. Osman shouted at his sick wife.

"Osman, you are my husband and I love you so much. Why are you doing this to me!?" Mrs. Amina asked in a broken voice.

"Just shut up Amina! there is no need for you to interfere in my life anymore. It's better to mind your own business" he shouted angrily.

At 8 o'clock morning, the sunlight was coming through her window which woke Zaniah up. She was feeling a slight headache.

Seeing that her mother was not present, got her up from the bed, she went to her room and thought that first she would freshen up then ask her why she was under stress yesterday night.

When she came down after freshing up, her mother was sitting on the chair with a mug of tea. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Zaniah's arrival.

She sat on the chair next to her mother and put her hand on her mother's hand and said, "Mom, I love you very much, you are my life and I can't see you upset in any situation, tell me what's wrong with you? You are very upset from the last few days."

Hearing this, tears came to Amina's eyes but she quickly hid them and said, "There is no such thing, just because of weakness my health is not good, don't you worry and enjoy your life."