At the Cemetery,
Ira cried "It is all my fault . . . If I had supported Ash . . . . . If I had not been so harsh with him . . . If we were closer as siblings should be . . . . . If I had not called dad . . . Mom, he was driving a car . . . I called him from the hospital . . . . . and he came to know about Ash's death . He had an accident . He crashed into the divider . "
"It is all my fault . "
There was a severe pain in her heart . Recalling her brother's words in the suicide note .
It broke her .
Mom hugged her tightly said "Not your fault . Your brother's life was written short . "
Both cried for what felt like an eternity .
That day was the worst memory of . She was felt isolated and helpless, but she didn't know what to do .
She lost her dad, her support . Her hero . With him behind she would fight even a lion, without him she feared the world .
Her brother, he was like a part of herself she lost . Younger than 7 years to her, he was like a baby to her . He was mischevious but only listened to her . She remembered the time the kid would jump to hug her . At times he only ate from her hands, Ate whatever she fed, even the spicy and sour .
She followed him with a video cam everywhere . Made him wear her frock and makeup .
He came to her whenever he needed money . Even when dad limited his pocket money, he pleaded her .
She was a mother, teacher and a friend to him .
Where did that bond go?
How can a sister not know that her brother was depressed?
She sat alone looking at the two headstones by sides, having familiar names .
The rain still was not stopped . Her clothes were thin and she was soaked . She was cold but this coldness was giving her solace and comfort . She returned home but could not enter it . No one there in this big house . Until the middle of the night, she sat on the ground with little strength . Not having eaten anything in days . She cried on the steps at the door of her house . It was so painful that she couldn't breathe . Tears flow down .
Next day her company, her house all were auctioned . This result is inevitable . They lost everything . Ira finally gave up! They had no money . The house was sold . They rented a small apartment .
James came to them to help . Having been betrayed once she would be a fool to believe him again .
She guessed he had something to gain in return of helping them but what she found out was so repulsive, she never imagined .
He was not just a cold calculative and manipulative .
James was rotten to bones .
A disgusting man .
Ira thought that at least Clara loved Ash . Just after a month of his death, she remarried .
A woman who was hysterically crying for her lost husband was now happily married .
The shock was hard to digest .
Chapter end
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