under the wraps

HOW HOPE CHANGES IT ALL

" When you think this all ends, believe me, it will take a new turn'

She stopped her car in front of an NGO which was for specially-abled people and its name was " hope" which was written over an old board and there was a huge banner on the NGO with the 25th anniversary engraved on it.

she walked inside the NGO and spot a lady walking in her carrying a huge smile on her face, her name was miss lisa and she threw a smile at her, she was wearing a quaint skirt with a polka dot loose blouse with her shoulder-length curly hair, the cross locket was swinging in her neck with every step she was taking

miss Lisa : so you are finally here, for once i thought that you are not gonna make it on time

she starts speaking skeptically as soon as she finishes her little journey toward vera

vera: how is that possible , miss lisa btw long time no see

she replied and Miss Lisa takes her to a huge auditorium which was way too crowded. it was a two-story auditorium with a sloped floor and level terrace for viewers to clearly hear and enjoy the show. it was efficiently separating space for specially abled people and guests

miss lisa showed vera her seat which was reserved especially for vera as her name was shinning on a white tag on a bright red color velvet seat and when she was about to walk away after being sure that she was settled at her seat properly, vera wrap her hands around her wrist to keep her still in her position and stop her from moving any further and asked in a calm tone

vera: Miss Lisa, where is baba?

miss lisa: oh i will send him to you

she replied with a smile and then she soon disappeared somewhere in a crowd, to avoid boredom Vera started scrolling her phone, she was going through her emails when she felt tapping on her shoulder only to raise her head and found an old man around his mid 50's standing there, holding calmest expressions and the harmless smile which makes her eyes lighten up and her lips curved in a smile with her teeth slightly visible

vera: baba( with excitement dropping from her voice)

she gets up from her chair and hugs him lightly

her baba: how are you princess?

vera: for time being angry with you

she lament and made a pout

her baba: what i have done so wrong to make you angry to this point?

he played along and asked in a confusion

vera: i got an invitation so late that any guest could expect for 25th anniversary

her baba giggle at this and crosses his arms around his chest while mimicking her pout in a most intrinsical way

baba: do someone need invitation to visit his own house, but tell me what it will take to reconcile my this lovely daughter, however i have already make one arrangement

vera: And what's that?

she deceives her anger and curiosity now dominate her face

baba: your favorite comic "true beauty" 's parcel just arrived today and is waiting to hug you in my room, but seems like you are way too angry to check it out

which makes vera smiled at him and she said

vera: you know how to stole my heart everytime, your little efforts are something i will always be grateful for , i love you so much baba

and they both start laughing and once again hug each other lightly

baba: btw why are you so late?

he sat on a seat beside her and question her while his eyes were roaming the decoration of the ceremony

vera: nothing, just an important case came up , and commissioner sir wanted me to inspect it personally, however when the function is going to start i need to go back soon so..

she answers with a question

baba: just a minute, we were just waiting for you, just 5 minutes more and it will start don't you worry

he answered her with a smile and after scanning all the decorations with his eyes he took a leave from her as he had another thing to check before starting a function

and after 10 minutes the function finally started with her baba's speech and he tell people few things about his NGO and then he invited vera on stage and introduced her as one of their biggest supporter and charity donor and requested her to share few words

vera: good afternoon everyone, first of all, i want to congratulate everyone on 25th anniversary of " hope" this place is not merely an NGO but is a home to many people to whom world differentiate from rest of us and to whom world didn't accept as a part of them but my baba accept them like he did to me , ahh it was almost 12 years ago when this word hope changes my life it was almost 12 years ago when for first time i met baba or what you call him " MR SHIV RATHORE" i still remember that day

12 years ago

a 15 year old girl was standing in a bridge soaking in a heavy rain getting all wet in a school uniform and it seems like she was about to jump from that bridge, she was crying so hard and wiping her tears with the sleeves of her wet sweater

she was vera

vera: (to herself)it's ok it will be ok, once i'll jump from here it'll be ok, once i'll jump from her all of my pain will end

when she was about to jump she hears a loud voice of someone screaming " stop" she shifted her gaze in the direction of voice

a man in his mid 40s was standing there (her baba) he run towards her but she yelled at him

vera: stop there or i will jump from here

he stops there

shiv rathore: ok i will not step forward but can you please tell me what force you into this

vera: because it's so hard to live

she almost scream