Find Your True Self

Heemani and Ezra finished their meals, she pack their plate to the kitchen to do the dishes.

"Ezra, come over here, I have something to say to you and Heemani," Grandma said. Ezra stand up from the small wooden dining, he went to the sitting room to sit with her.

"Heemani joins us in the sitting room, grandma has something to say" Ezra shouted.

Heemani left the kitchen as soon as she was done.

"I hope I am safe" she joked around.

"Of course, you are my dear, come sit down" Grandma Bhumi offers her a sit beside her.

"What the wrong granny?" she asked.

"Nothing much my dear, you guys are old enough to take care of yourselves you are big babies," she smiled.

Heemani didn't get what Grandma Bhumi was trying to say "I don't get you, grandma," she said with a confused expression,

Ezra nodded in approval "I also don't get".

Grandma Bhumi holds Heemani's hand "I want the two of you to go outside the world and find your true self, staying here will keep you in darkness forever," she said.

Heemani remove her hands from Grandma Bhumi's hand "Are you sending us away?" Her voice cracked as she speaks.

"Grandma, why are you saying all this?" Ezra asked. Grandma Bhumi stands up from her seat "Your father was accused and your mother was killed" she spills out the secret she had held in her heart for the past 10 years.

Heemani's heartbeat was faster than normal "Grandma I don't understand what you just said" Heemani said.

"Grandma, what are you saying?" Ezra cried out.

"I guess what I just said will give the two of you enough reason to leave," she said coldly.

Grandma Bhumi has never acted this way before it surprises them to see her talk like she doesn't care about them.

Tears gushed down unstoppable from Heemani's eyes "Grandma, you are never like this, you cared for us and showed us, love, why are you behaving like this" she cried out.

Ezra kneels before Grandma Bhumi "What are you hiding from us?" he questioned her. "What did you mean by our mother was killed? she died right in front of my eyes, what did you mean by our father was framed?" he asked.

Grandma Bhumi's heartache "I don't want to send the two of you away, but if I don't you will never be able to get what is yours" Tears formed in the old woman's eyes. "Did you trust me?" she asked them.

"We trust you more than our lives" Ezra speaks.

"If you do so, you will have to leave this house tonight, they will kill the two of you if you don't leave tonight" she explained.

"Who will kill us," they asked in unison.

"There is no time to explain anything, you have to learn the whole truth yourself," she said.

"Let all leave here together," Heemani said.

"Silly girl, I have helped you guys pack your bags, go bring it now" she ordered Heemani.

"No Grandma" she cried. Grandma signals Ezra to talk to Heemani

"Go bring the bags," Ezra told her,

Heemani left the sitting room. "Ezra, take care of your sister, the traitor was your father's assistant Williams, he worked with your father's enemies, I don't know who the enemies are" she explained.

"Come with us, Grandma," he said.

"No Ezra, it's too late, some strange men came before you guys arrived, they injected me with something, I know it poisons, I heard them talking about blowing this house up by midnight" tears rolled down her wrinkled cheeks even though what she said was a lie.

"No grandma" Ezra cried.

"To fight with someone with power, you need power, I don't know how you will do it but you have to get power, promise me you will?" she asked.

"I will, I promise," he said in a teary voice.

"I am old enough to die, I want to rest," grandma said

Heemani eavesdrop on their discussion, and she arrives with the two boxes.

"Heemani let's leave now," Ezra said and cleaned his tears.

Heemani hugged Grandma Bhumi "I will get enough power to revenge" she whispered to grandma's ears. Grandma Bhumi released herself from Heemani's embrace and smile at her "Go now before it is too late and make sure you keep the necklace your mother gave you on your 10th birthday, Ezra is your half brother, you have a lot to find out" she whispered to Heemani in a low voice. There is no time for Heemani to react to what she just heard.

Heemani and Ezra left the house filled with memories, they didn't have any idea where to go, why this is happening to them, a lot of mystery that they had no answers to, and how will they live their life now without their beloved Grandma.

They were far away from the house but they could still see the house, as they were walking they heard a disturbing noise.

'BOOM'

They both turned back, the house they ate dinner at had already exploded with their grandmother inside.

"Nooooo!" Heemani shouted.

"This isn't happening to us " she cried.

Ezra was a man, he was also broken down but he didn't show it, he has to be strong for the sake of his sister.

"Let go Heemani, we don't have time for this," he said. Heemani forced herself to continue the journey.

They arrive at the bus stop waiting for the bus to arrive, after waiting for some minutes the bus arrives, and they entered the bus. Heemani rests her head on her brother's shoulder "It going to be alright" he assured her.

In the afternoon, Grandma Bhumi was knitting, as usual, a strange man approach her, he was wearing a nose mask so she couldn't recognize him.

"How may I help you, young man?" she asked him.

"Heemani and her brother are in danger, they already discovered your hideout," he said.

Grandma Bhumi's face changed "What did you mean?" she asked. The guy whispered some things into her ears, and her faces turn dark.

"The ball is in your court," he said and left immediately.

Grandma Bhumi set herself and the house on fire for the safety of Heemani and her brother.

What the strange man tell her and why she sacrifice herself were unknown.

The bus arrived in the country, Heemani was lost in her thoughts "Let alight from the bus" Ezra called her attention, they both alight from the bus.

"Where are we going now?" Heemani asked.

"I don't know," Ezra said. "I am so useless I can't even provide shelter for my sister, I don't deserve to live" Ezra burst into tears.

"Don't say that to yourself, I know where we can stay for the night, tomorrow morning we will figure out what to do next" Heemani said to him.

Sarah was in her Pajamas, she sat comfortably on the couch munching Doritos as she watched her favorite drama.

Sarah heard someone knocking on the door, it was unusual, she went to the kitchen to pick up a knife, she went straight to the door, she opened the door, she was surprised to see Heemani and Ezra at her front door "Why are you guys here?" she asked curiously.

"At least invite us in before you start asking questions" Heemani complained.

"Pardon my manners, come inside guys" she invites them in.

They both entered the living room with their luggage, and they both settled down on the couch, Sarah offers them water "Here drink up" she said.

"Thank you, Sarah," Ezra said, he accepted the water.

"Am not drinking" Heemani rejects.

Sarah knew that they were in some kind of trouble otherwise they won't be in her apartment by now "You guys need a cold bath, Ezra the guest room is over there you can make use of it" she said.

"Thank you so much, Sarah" Ezra appreciates it.

" Heemani, let go to my room so that you can shower, after that, we will all talk," she said. Heemani followed Sarah to her room while Ezra make use of the guest room.

Sarah works at the restaurant with Heemani, her earnings won't get her an apartment of her own but she lives in a comfortable apartment. Is there something unknown about her?