You are Mia's father?

Danish pov:

I look at her with guilt in my eyes.

I didn't know what to do when she told me she had pain.

I asked myself why my mom would do that.

After looking at me, she closes the gap between us and puts me in another hug.

I was shocked at first, but I regained myself and hugged her back.

After a while, I feel her weigh on me and guess that she is already sleeping.

I wanted to pick her up to let her sleep on the mattress, but I felt something wet on some parts of the blanket and saw that it was blood.

I look terrified at the blood.

I think the wounds are infected by now.

Not knowing what to do, I pick Mia up and then put her on the mattress first and think about what I should do to help her clean the wounds.

I can't do it myself because that is inappropriate, and she probably won't like it either.

The only person I can think of is Ava, our older sister. She is better than Ilham.

She always looks at Mia like she regrets how our parents act but never says anything about it.

No matter what they would do to her, she would walk away and goes to her room.

Understanding how she felt, I ran to our house and went straight to her room.

She looks at me.

"Why didn't you knock on the door before coming in?" she asks.

Not caring about the question she just asked, I walked to her.

Can you do me a favour?

"What?" she asks me.

Come with me. I say.

She looks hesitant at first but goes with me anyways.

I bring her to Mia, and when she looks at her, she immediately stops in her place and looks shocked at the scene.

After a while, she looks at me.

"Did mom do this to her?"

Yes, mom did this. I say.

She slowly goes to her and starts crying.

"I knew mom hates her, but not to the extent that she would do this.

She looks so pale and in pain."

I go to her.

I don't know why she would do this either, but she needs our help now, so please, can you help her. I ask her.

"Of course, I will do that," she says, and I sigh in relief.

She tells me to go out.

Do you know what to do? I ask her.

"Do you think I am stupid, Danish?" I smile at her and go out.

After all, we were all studying for medicine.

Ava's pov:

I look at Mia, and all I see is a girl.

Alone in the dark. In pain. Craving for love, Begging for love, Begging for understanding and care.

I pity her, but I know that is not what she needs right now.

I go to her and get the blanket off her. I touch her head and feel that she has a high fever.

I look at her wounds and see that they are still open.

I pick up her head and put it on my leg.

First, I started to clean her wounds.

I try to be as gentle as I can be.

When I finish cleaning her wounds, I see that her clothes are full of blood, and I know she only has two pairs of clothes, so I call Danish and tell him to get some of my clothes and a pill for her headache.

After a while, he comes back, and gives me only a shirt, sweater, pants and the pill.

I look at him.

"Where is the UN..?"

I wasn't finished with my question when he said, " I thought it was inappropriate," while touching the back of his head with embarrassment on his face.

Danish!! Is that what you think about right now?? I say.

You know that I can't leave her alone now, so please go back and get it.

I have new ones in the last cupboard next to my bed so go and get them.

When I looked at the door, I saw he was still standing there hesitating, so I said, " GO NOW," he looked at me and went.

He comes back and throws them at me while closing the door.

I give her the pill and put the clothes on her.

After that, I fell asleep while I had a towel on her head that Danish had brought.

*6 hours later:

I lose my balance, and my arm falls on her head.

I panic a little.

I hear her laughing when I do that, so I look at her with embarrassment, and after a few seconds, I see myself laughing with her.

Sorry, I woke you up, I say with guilt.

"It is fine. I could not sleep because of the pain anyway," She says.

How are you feeling now?? I say.

"Much better than before. It just feels like I can not feel my body anymore because of the pain, but what are you doing here??" she asks me.

Oh, I just came by. I say

"What is the time?"

I look at my watch.

It is already 2pm.

I look her in the eyes and say that I am sorry for everything.

With everything, I meant the horrible things my parents did and my sister.

I could have talked, but I didn't for so many years.

The fact that I ignored you and made you feel like you are not worth anything. I say with guilt in my eyes.

That is all I could do, saying sorry because I didn't know what else I could do.

"It is fine. It is not like you could do anything anyways. The best thing you could have done for me was not to act like our parents and sister, and that is what you did, and I can't thank you enough for that."

I cry my eyes out and say that I am sorry once again.

She hugs me and tells me that she appreciates the fact that I have asked her for forgiveness.

She looked at the clothes that I threw aside because they were covered in blood and looked confused at the clothes that she was wearing.

She looks at me and asks me if she is wearing my clothes.

Yes, you are. I say.

"Oh, did Danish tell you to give me your clothes? If that is so, I can put them off right now."

No, No, please don't put them off. It was my idea.

She looks shocked at me for a second and blinks her eyes.

"Thanks. I just thought Danish forced you."

Don't worry about it. No one can force me to give my clothes to someone else. I say with a smile to calm Mia down.

Let's go. I say.

"But where are we going??"

To the kitchen, to eat something. I answer

"But if mom sees us together, she will kill you."

It is fine. I think.

She must be gone right now.

"But what if she is there? What are you going to do?"

We will see then, and before she could say anything else, I already went out to go into the house.

After a few seconds, I hear her walking after me, and I smile.

Never could I think I would be helping her or even talk to her.

I am happy my brother called me yesterday night to help, or I think I will die with guilt every day.

We are by the door, and I look back to see if she is after me.

When I see that she is right behind me, I open the door, but she half screams, telling me not to open the door.

What! Why not! I whisper, shout at her.

"I think I hear mom talking."

I thought she was joking, but after a few seconds, I heard her too.

But I thought she was gone, I say to myself.

Mia hears me and says 'sssshh' with her wise finger on her lips, "or she will hear us."

We stood at the door and waited till she was gone, but then we heard her saying, "Who is this? What! You are Mia's father, but I thought you went to England?"

"What! You want her back, but why now?" After that, we couldn't hear her anymore.

I look at Mia and see that she is in shock. I see tears in her eyes, as well.

I go to her and give her a hug. That's all I could do for her, nothing more.

"So I am not her real daughter? So she was lying to me all this time? Is that why she was acting different with me? Did I ever deserve this?" She bombers me with questions, but I really didn't know how to answer them.

Nor did I know how to comfort her because this was new for me.

How could mom lie about this? I needed answers, as well.

I feel that Mia's body is getting heavier, and she falls to the ground.

I think it is because of the shock.

I looked at her and called her name, but she didn't respond to me.

I shake her, but she still isn't saying anything.

I panic and don't know what to do.

If Danish could be here, he would have done so much better. I say to myself.

Shall I call him? Ugg, I don't know. He must be in class now.

Not knowing what do to, I pick her up with struggle and bring her back.

I put her on the mattress and looked around for the bottle with water.

I saw the one that Danish brought last night.

I stand up and get the water bottle.

I gently grab her head and first spray water on her head.

I feel that she is moving a little bit, so I give her some water, and she drinks it.

After drinking the water, she sits down.

"I am sorry. I must have fainted because of the shock."

No, no, don't apologise. It is not your fault.

You didn't do anything wrong.

She looks at me and hugs me.

I hug her back, but then we hear footsteps.

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He evilly laughs out loud and says, "go send a man to tell him about this little surprise." When he hears it, he will be in shock.

They all look at me.

Why are you still here? Didn't I give you orders?

"Yes, sir, I just called to tell them about it, and they told you not to worry. They will handle everything."

I do not want him to notice anything suspicious. Do you understand?

I want this little surprise to shock him and see what he will do.

Knowing he is not weak, I suppose he will send people to check for her.

He laughs again and says, "let's see how this one will end when he gets to know who I am. He says with a wicked look on his face.

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