Eclipse
433 Words
Three days passed and my heart was still in disbelief about what happened. It still hoped that my father would come back and say "little princess it was just a prank, daddy is back now". But how to make my heart belive that it will never happen.
After coming back to my senses, I realised I never asked how it happened. I clearly remember my father dropping me to school, he was fine, how could he leave me all of sudden. So I went and asked my mother.
Your father came back after dropping you at school and went to sleep as he was a bit tired. Later on during lunch he again had seizures so we took him to hospital. After an hour he slipped into coma and slowly his heart stopped beating. He died with heart attack.
Alcohol addiction damaged my father's liver, kidneys, brain and finally it took my dad from me. Just in the matter of few hours my whole life flipped and threw me aside so bad that I could not get up.
My father outrun me this time with his surprise. No it was not surprised, it is shock. The biggest shock that shook my roots.
On the 13th day we were ready to leave and packed our belongings. Got into the car and started off. Few years ago when we left this colony my father was with me and now while leaving this place again my dad left me alone in this cruel world.
We reached our home, but everything seemed new, strange as if I was new to the place. It is true because I need to get accostomed to my father's absence which was impossible.
My father used to return home from office between six to six thirty in the evening, and while parking his bike he used to honk the horn. Whenever someone used to honk, automatically like a robot I used to go out to see my father and later came back to reality saying to heart, daddy is not gonna come back now.
I was around fourteen my father left me. My father pampered me to the core so much I was spoiled by his love. He was my best friend, my support system who guarded me from every harm. But now he was no more, I need to fight my own. Unknowingly a new Sia gave gave rise and the older one became dormant. Now the Sia how is cheerful, smiling, and joyful was not there anymore. I became arrogant, tough and not someone to mess with.
* To be Continued *
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