"Nooo…!" Esther screamed on top of her lungs."You are lying! You are lying!"
"Estger calm down. I'm not lying! This is the truth… Esther?"
"No!"
"Esther, you were too weak and doctor said we could only save one person…"
"So you asked them to save me? I hate you Mily! My baby was my last ray of hope to live... and you! You should have choosed her!"
"Esther.."
"Get out!"
"Esther…"
"Please leave me alone!"
"Esther!"
"Get out from my house! Get out!" Esther screamed and laid down hiding her face on the pillow and started crying bitterly!
Emily slowly walked away from there! She asked Aunt Evelyn to keep an eye on her and left as she knew that that was not the right time.
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(Back to present)
"Esther told the guards to not let me in and I never met her for 5 years. According to what Aunt Evelyn told me, she started blaming herself for everything that happened. She feared that she may kill more people around her and distanced herself from others. She used to lock herself in her room and cry the whole day. She was so depressed that she tried to commit suicide several times. In the end she got hospitalised. After several months of therapies and counsellings , she came back to life. She never overcame her depression, she just succeeded in hiding it from us. She started drowning herself with work. I thought that she was coming back to herself after meeting you! She changed alot! But... I know! I should have told you about her past to you earlier! But I wanted Esther herself to share it with you! I know I am selfish, but she is all I have! I am an orphan! She is the only person I care for in this life.
You know what, she was pushing me away from her as she thought that she may hurt me. Aunt Evelyn told me that after coming back from hospital, she locked her and Oliver's room with everything that was inside it and shifted to another room. She would ask the servent to clean the room once a month and each year, on their wedding anniversary, she would spend that day in that room, drinking wine and talking to Oliver's photo. I..." Emily broke down into tears and couldn't continue.
Zain was also in tears after hearing all this. First her mother, then her husband and family and them her child… He knew that Esther had some painful painful memories and traumatic incidents, but never did he thought that she had suffered this much.
"It's not your fault! I should have gave her some time!" Zain said looking down.
"You never knew about this! But... will you stop loving her after knowing her truth?"
"No!"
"She was married, she almost had a child, she was a mental patient and still gets panic attacks... "
"I can understand! I was also an MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) patient. My wound is really small compared to her's, but I know how it feels!"
"What happened to you that you had MDD?"
"It is nothing serious. Just career related and all"
"Promise me taht you will take care of Esther..."
" I will take her out of this mess and I won't, ever stop loving her! I promise! "