96 The Past

'We did not talk for weeks it was mainly my pride that did not let me. But Isa is not like me. She behaved normally there was not much of a change in her behavior. In fact, I found that she was more at ease. It looked like venting all of that gave her relief.'

'I have long discovered that I was wrong that what I did was wrong. I should not have done that. Isa and I talked about it sometimes and she would ask me to set my pride aside and talk to Dean but I never listened to her on this.'

'A few years passed by and then I saw it in news, he got married. The last hope that I had in my heart all these years thinking that he would return was extinguished. When I reached home I found my wife was crying. She was upset that she could not even bless the couple. She did not blame me, she never did. But she could not have stopped me from blaming myself. That day my pride was shattered to pieces.'