"Aunty, why Riny did not come to school today?"
"Uncle is not well dear. I was taking care of him. Was not able to pack lunch for them to school. So thought to take leave. How is your fever now. Riny told me you were absent day before yeaterday"
"I am fine aunty."
Lea went to Peter and asked how he is now n what had actually happened. He just smiled. She felt he is tooo weak even to speak
"He vomited blood twice. I was really worried. Now it has subsided. I want him to go to hospital but he is not coming. He says it is just a bit. You advice him Lea" Rita requested Lea to explain the seriousness of such a situation.
The three of them discussed regarding this and Lea noticed that Peter is silent most of the time. She could see sadness in his eyes. What the heck he ia thinking? May be worries about his wife and children if something happened to him?
'Something happened' that phrase stuck her mind again and again.
She went silent. She remembered Micheal. 'Something happened to my Michael once... something happened... that stole my good fortune... the love of my life...'
She lost herself in thoughts. "Lea have this" Rita gave her a cup of tea"..
She just had a sip of it and turned to Peter.
"Brother, you know well what happened to me and how my life turned when I lost Michael. Vomiting blood is not a good sign. Just visit the doctor tomorrow and get this checked. Your kids were the happiest in the world when they came to know that you stopped drinking liquor. You know how happy Riny and Ron were. My Hanna knows that. I heard from her. The only issue in your family is your drinking. As you have stopped this, this family is blessed now. A happy family... Never spoil this by starting drinking again. You should refrain from drinking for ever." Her voice shivered
When they reached home, Lea was unusually silent.. Hannah notices this change in her mother. She knows very will that her mother is drowned in her father's memory. This will be alright by tomorrow morning. She will sleep today very late. Till that time she will cry.
When thought of her father, Hanna's mood also dropped.
'When Ann come to school clinging to her father, I always felt sad. I am sooo sad to miss my dad. He loved me and mamma a lot. We three were very happy then. Dad why you left us. Dad I want to see you. I want to walk with you and mamma. I want to sleep with you two. Dad we miss you. Dad we miss you. Dad...."
She was crying silently and pressed her face onto the pillow so that no sound will come out. Her mother was sitting near the window blankly looking at the sky. Her daughter was crying soo deeply. Her heart will burst out of sadness.
Lea was looking at the sky. Moon and stars were shining bright but she was not seeing them at all. She could see Michael and only Michael... His Last Kiss.....