Silence...it's scary...

My sudden voice attracted everyone's attention towards us, "Ash!!" Mother cried as she ran towards him.

"What's wrong with him?" Mother asked as she took him in her arms.

I looked at Mother but I wasn't able to utter a single word, I don't know what to say.

"Tch..what a mess!" said grandaunt as she left just like that....she didn't even take a single glance at Ash...

I looked towards father who stood there with a stunned expression...I guess he already knows that we have heard everything they were talking about.

"Take him to his room first!" Father said as he approached Ash. before he could touch Ash, I took mother's hand and went towards Ash room.

Mom gently laid him down on the bed and after some minutes a physician came to check him.

"What's wrong with him!" Mother asked in a worried tone.

"Don't worry everything is fine." The physician said.

"If he is fine then why did he collapse suddenly?" Mother asked as she sat beside Ash.

"Maybe he went through some kind of shock that he wasn't able to handle, which is why he collapsed." The physician said.

"Shock..." Mother said as she looked towards Ash. She must have understood the situation too.

Slowly mother and father left the room and no one of us uttered even a single word, I went near Ash and sat beside him, as I held his hand gently.

My mind has been blank cuz now I don't understand anything it feels as if my whole existence has been a joke.

At one moment my heart is saying to have faith in Dad, leave killing one person he can't even think of harming someone....but at the same time Dad's silence makes me scared.....and it makes me compelled to believe that whatever grandaunt said is true...

I looked at Ash, if I having this much difficulty how much pain must be feeling right now.

"Brother sleep nicely!" I said as I gently stroked his hair and exited his room.

Outside the room I saw mother and father standing beside the door, Maybe they are waiting for me.

"Irene can we talk," Mother asked as she held my hands, I just nodded and followed them towards the drawing-room.

The drawing room is our most favourite place in the whole villa, with walls painted in creamy white colour, It was decorated with different types of flowers and structures, and on the centre of the wall was our family portrait, where Mom and Dad sat in a red velvet belgere sofa with Ash in between them and as for me I stood behind them, it was made just before Ash 5th birthday.

We looked so happy in that portrait and this room is where we have our family time after the end of the day we always gather here and have a chit chat about this and that.

This is the only place that made us feel like a normal family but now this place is only bringing suffocation to me.

In that room 1 sofa and 2 chairs were located, usually, we would sit together on that sofa but today I don't have the guts to sit there, so I sat at the chair which was located at their opposite side.

Mother and Father looked dejected by my behaviour....but what could I do.....it's hurting me too...

"Irene....you heard all that right.." Mother asked in a gentle voice but I could feel her anxiety in it. I didn't reply nor did I look into their eyes.

"I guess you did....please don't think much about it okay..." Mother said those words aren't what I want to hear right now...

"Why are you telling me to ignore it..." I said keeping my head low. "That's because you are a kid...you don't need to worry about adults problems." Mother said calmly.

"Are you going to take age as an excuse now..." I said as I felt dang in my heart it's painful.

"Irene why are talking like that..." Mother said in a worried tone.

"Then why aren't you telling me the truth...." I said as I looked towards them "....leave truth...Daddy why aren't you even trying to explain..." I said and

I could feel tears flowing down my chin, my heart feels as if has been stabbed thousands of times.

"Irene..." Mother said looking at me with teary eyes.

"You don't want to explain anything and instead want me to ignore it....what do you think all these actions of yours must be making me think like?" I said as I rose from my seat.

I looked at father but he didn't dare look at me,

"Daddy....why aren't you saying anything....this silence of yours....is making me scared now..." I said.

But even after that father didn't utter a single word he just kept his head downward as I ran outside the room.

I closed my door and sat down on the floor, I can't even explain what's going inside me now.

Is this why I was reincarnated inside this novel to be broken once again...

That once happy family of mine...was that all an illusion...

That night I cried and cried and cried, after that, I didn't leave my room for almost a week, mom would sometimes call for me but I wouldn't answer her.

The maids would bring me food and whisper behind my back I could feel their pitiful eyes toward me but I would just stay there emotionless without paying any attention to them.

As for Ash is too stuck in his room, he would come into my room sometimes but none of us would talk instead, we would just sit together silently.

Right now I am sitting on the sofa located on the balcony and looking at the letters which came for me during the last 1 week.

One was from Violet who apologized for the commotion that happened at her tea party, the other one was from the grey family apologizing on behalf of Laney,

and the last one was from Molly who wrote that she was impressed by my conduct at the tea party and said that she would like to hang out with me on xx day if possible.

Molly...hang out...should I accept it...I thought as I looked towards my room which looked like a haunted house now.

Maybe I should....who knows a change in the surroundings may make my mood better.

So I responded to Molly and accepted her invitation.

But this wasn't what I was accepting...another chaos....*sigh*