3 years later..

Time skip, 3 years..

"Mommy,look I can write new words and also the meaning of them." 3years old baby Mira spoke joyfully while shaking her notebook to her mother.

Looking at those lady Asan smiled at her child happily.

Mira is always a fast learner,she stood up on her feet in 4 months and afterwards she learned to walk at nearly 6 months time after her birth.Mira started to speak after a year.

Also, she have a never ending curiosity, anything new she sees, she asks her mother or a neighbor uncle of her's to tell her what's that, what's the use for that...etc.Mira can write and was able to understand and spell new words before the age of 3.

She's a wonder kid.

At first, Mira's mother was shocked to see this,but afterwards she accepted her genius child, expecting if her child can grow at this rate, Mrs.Asan won't have any anxiety about her baby girl's life.

She tried to fulfill her every curiosity and needs.She does many crafty jobs at home to earn moneys and help her child.

Thus,she bought many nursery books, notebooks,pencils...etc.for Mira. She even started nurturing domestic pets, such as,chickens, ducks for their meat and eggs for food.

She also took an area to plant many edible vegetables.

"oh... wow Mira, you did it again.

my baby girl is a genius.

Let's read the new poem book that I bought for you yesterday..." Mrs.Asan took her baby girl into her arms and hugged her.

Then took a poem book, that was on drawer and started to help her child for reading.

" Mommy.. mommy, when will daddy come home? I wanted to let daddy see me reading and writing new things." Mira exclaimed excitedly to her mother while shaking her Mather's arm.

She's very happy, thus she want to share everything with her parents.

"....Mira, your father will come home late,he have to work...

Don't worry, he'll come soon." Mrs.Asan coxed her baby,after rubbing Mira's head, "..then let's start your poem reading,after memorising it, when your father comes, you can be able to chant a poem to him...."

"Okay, okay, mommy, I'll make father proud," baby Mira happily agreed nodding her little head and took the book from her mother and started to speak the words.

Mother Asan swallowed her saliva very painfully while looking at her happy child whenever she tries to do anything for her father, she works very diligently.Seeing this mother Asan sighed with sorrow.

Mr.Asan is busy with her business works, his business works aren't going well from past 2 years.It stabilized for a year, but again going ups&down.That is also why he comes home either very late or many times don't go.He also doesn't like to confront Mira.

You can say, Mrs.Asan is the one who is managing the household all by herself.

Thus their life is going like this for years now.

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That very night..

Living Room:

"Mira, sleep now baby, it's almost 12 a.m.. your daddy will come home late, he needed to work," mother Asan sighed hundredth times from two hours to coax her child to sleep, who doesn't want to sleep if her daddy didn't come home.

"No no no... I'll not sleep, I recited and memorized the poem that I'll be dedicating to my daddy, you told me, that's why I worked very hard, how can I sleep before recited the poem to him first," Shaking her head Mira sat on the sofa in the living room while looking at the main door of the house.

"...Okay," Looking at her child Mrs.Asan gave up,but hoped her husband will appreciate their baby's efforts and not get angry.

After seeing this Mira beamed and happily smiled,waiting for her father to come.

**Ding-dong**

" yeahhhhh, mommy hurry up open the door, daddy came home.." Mira excitedly jumped up the sofa and told her mother to hurry and quickly open the door.

"Uh... calm down, don't jump around," Mother Asan calmed her child down and went to open the door while sighing...

Opposite the door an irritated Mr.Asan is standing with a gloomy expression.

When the door opened he came rushing in the living room while scolding his wife, "why you being so late when you have to open a simple door?"

He started to remove his coat and bag while asking his wife irritated.

"Daddy daddy, do you know today I read a poem and memorized it for the first time? I'll recite it for you", Mira chimed infront of her daddy and asked him happily.

Looking at this scene mother Asan got horrified, she's now very anxious for her child after seeing her husband in a bad mood.

She couldn't risk it, if her baby girl got hit by her husband, thus she jumped in and took her child in her arms,wanted to go to their room.

"Noooooooo... mommy let me down, I wanted daddy to hear my poem," Baby Mira started to struggle in her mommy's embrace and wanted to go to her daddy.

Seeing this scene Mr.Asan got more irritated and asked, "why didn't you let that girl of yours to sleep? why's she still awake?"

Baby Mira quickly freed herself from her mother's arm and went to her daddy and said, " daddy, I wanted you to hear my poem, that's why I didn't wanted to sleep." she exclaimed this joyfully, "I'll recite it for you.."

Mother Asan is now totally petrified to see this,her baby girl is in front of her daddy, trying to recite the poem she learned.

She saw her husband raised his hand and tried to slap the child.

She doesn't know what to do,her body unconsciously moved and she took the hit from her husband while hugging Mira.

**PA**

She got the hit on her back.Looking at these Mr.Asan shouted, "You two, I'll kick you two out of my house if I see these things again.Working from morning to night,after I came from work,I couldn't even rest. Get out from my face..." Mr.Asan pushed his wife and daughter away from him and went to the room while murmuring 'useless bitch.'

Mother Asan tolerated every hit and pain while hugging her child,trying very hard not to let a tear fall down from her eye.

Looking at these,Mira lowered her head and shut her mouth.

She knew from a very early age that her father don't like her, doesn't want her, she couldn't understand why, but she tries her very best to prove that she can do everything and won't let her become a burden on her parents when she grows up.But however she tried, her daddy don't want to even look at her.Sometimes her daddy talk to her, but just half-heartedly, most of the time her daddy calls her a misfortune, ill-omen.

She couldn't understand the words, even her mother won't tell her.

However, she'll still try her best to be their model child, she won't let her mother be a sandbag again...

She vowed herself in her mind.