1. a beginning to end.
Jihha
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"Tumour.....your aunt have brain tumour ….Jihha….it began a while ago. I have no idea why she never told you but, she is going to her afterlife journey soon."
We always walk by the roads, streets or buildings no matter how hard our day was, but we never show it clearly to a stranger on the same path as ours because who knows what they are going through or what chaos they have caused...but without any expression of thoughts, we just go our own way because we know that our day and misery is coming towards its ending.
Sitting there in silence as the only noise I was able to hear is the footsteps of people in the lobby of my office. I can hear that noise faintly in the background, but those horrifying words about my aunt's diagnoses still lingers in my head as if someone is repeating them on a phone call. I never knew that just because of my own life, my aunt would hide such a significant matter from me. I was her sunshine and she....she hid that from me. Her reason was that she did not want to disturb me or my life! I mean, how was she able to come to that conclusion? Lost in my thoughts, sorrows and pain I did not even feel the ringtone of my phone going crazy and the tears running down my face. That cannot be happening right? I cannot give up on my only family…that thought lingers in my head all the way as I came back to my reality. The enormous room, for the first time, looked as if it may swallow me. Owning a company was always something that brought me happiness and yet my career became the reason why I was kept in the dark. I quickly wiped away my own tears and check the caller ID, it was my lawyer, Craise. I cleared my throat and grabbed my hair catcher so that I can tie my hair properly and then attended the call.
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on the phone
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"Jihha Lusik, speaking. Mister Craise! How may I help? All good?"
"Ms. Lusik, This is Craise Delford speaking and I- Well....." I picked up the hesitation ad panic in Delford's voice. He rarely calls like this and by his tone, I am sure that something must have been going quite wrong.
"Is everything all right? Mr. Craise I-"
"It is better if you come to the central detention center as soon as possible! And please my child, do not get worked up!" Delford cut in between my sentence. He was panicking and his voice carried a hint of pithiness. Without any further questions, I cut the call and made my way out the door after informing my assistant.
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Here I was, in the middle of the busiest day of the week and I found myself sprinting in full speed towards the gate of the detention center. I barged inside and searched around for my lawyer. The main guard immediately caught onto to who I may be looking for and pointed me in the correct direction. I spotted dark grey haired man with an average height and I knew who it was. I was out of breath when I finally reached him. Before I could have been able to make my presence known, everyone in the room got attentive and some greeted me. A successful company owner and being one of the most aspiring females in the world, sometimes earns you respect and fame more than one can ever imagine.
Delford quickly picked up his stance turned around to face me. His expression held a look of anxiety and worriedness. "W-what happened? Why did you call me here?". He looked down and then nodded towards the gate in front of us. Just then, on the cue, a middle aged woman came outside, wearing the jail uniform, without any handcuffs but guards had her under their surveillance. Her features were worn out due to the harshness of time. Wrinkles were laced on her face and sins swirled in her expression while she had no ounce of guilt visible in her gait, instead she walked as if she owned the place. She passed by me by giving me a sinful and disgusting smirk while having her head high. No, no, no, no, NO! This is not real! This cannot be true! She was supposed to be locked up! She is a monster! Why is she smiling in victory? what has happened that-
"I....got a call this morning, apparently her case was reopened months ago as she requested a re-trial and....she was proven innocent." Craise said in a whispering tone and I lost my sense of composure. I looked back at the woman and she still had her gaze on me before she moved inside a room. I was trembling and thought that I may be crying but my reflection showed that I had not a single drop of tear in my eyes. But then, if that was happening then why my inner world did was shattering?
"Jihha?"
"Craise...we did our best. But if the law was unable to see the monster that woman is...then, what can I say?" I whispered before looking at the man beside me. He held a look a pity and worry but then he said, "Jihha, I am so sorry that they cannot properly punish your mother and-"
"Do Not Call Her My Mother! Just because she gave me birth does not mean that SHE was my mother! You know who actually my mother IS so p-please, I..." I diverted my gaze and just to avoid any other sharing of words regarding Trecia, I moved outside. …are we humans that miserable that we can't control a single thing?
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I have had no idea that what happened but I was home now, feeling numb and lifeless. The darkness of the night has fallen and I have an untouched plate of food in front me. Tears have stained my face and I knew that my face was swollen a bit. I chuckled to myself before putting the food in the fridge and made my way towards the roof. "Ah finally this day of nightmares ended….now what?" I asked from myself …the best companion in hard times is you. Only you are the one who can save you!
All of a sudden my concentration went on this one point that, what is this strange faint sound am I hearing? "Go on…..wish for what you seek"…..…and it stopped…wish…what I seek?
"What I seek? Ha! I SEEK THE END OF EVERY SINGLE BEGINNING!!!!!" I laughed in pain and shouted on top of my lungs. "THAT is what I seek…"
"People like you pleases me"....it's the same voice
"Huh it's not like I can get what I seek" I was about to get up with the thought that all of THAT was just my tired thoughts… but that is also when I saw …him.
A tall man with a broad frame, he had pale skin and jet black hair with the same colored piercing eyes that were behind a pair of glasses that suited his face. Sharp eyes, long lashes, full lips, sharp jawline, high cheekbones, perfect nose ratio and overall perfection...damn... "Yeah none human can provide what you seek! But lucky for you I am not even near to being a human!"...who is he? His voice is so melodically deep.
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"Ending…I am the ending of it all, Angel of Obliteration; I am something and someone that you seek!"