'Today is my release day, but I have no one to even wait for me. All I had, is gone all ready. 'She laughed bitterly as she thought of the harsh reality.
She began to remember the time when her father who was still alive 10 years ago, waiting for her near the school gate for her arrival.
As soon as the school alarm rings, she will run towards the school gate while carrying her cute little puppy bag on her back, where her papa stands. He still come pick her up, even though he was stated busy.
" Papa..." She will run towards him as well as calls him whenever she sees his Shadow or a glimpse of him. He will grab her in his arm making her sit in his hand comfortably. He would give her a kiss on her small chubby cheeks, and she will do the same as well.
As she thought about her past where she was so happy to the point that she never knew this kind of thing would happen to her family or to herself. The disaster who brought this was none other than the one whom she loved with her heart.
Back to reality, when she was thinking about the past suddenly a person patted her back. She flinched but got hold of herself. And mastered up the courage to see.
" Annie!!" Her face got a little bright as she saw her face.
" Rose, I heard that you are leaving. So, I got you this."
Annie was a prison guard in her section and had become her trusted friend ever since she told her story. She was the only one who asked her about her life story and the only one who gave the warmth she needed.
Annie had handed her an unknown card. The card was having something written on it as if it's a person's contact detail or a company address.
" This..." Before she could respond, Annie interrupted her saying.
" It's my friend's detail. I believe, he can help you with your goal. He is quite useful you see."
" Annie..." She tightened her hand grip and tears begin to flow from her eyes one by one. She instantly hugged Annie.
" Thank you. Thank you for everything." She couldn't say anything further. She was stopped by her cry that disturbed the voice from coming out.
She couldn't say any other words, but the only way she could express her gratitude was by hugging Annie.
Annie was stunned for a moment, but she got hold of herself and hugged her back by patting Rose's back again. The words of gratitude she expressed was enough for her. This was the only thing she could do as a friend.
They soon released themselves from their embrace.
" Be good to yourself and eat well. Okay"
" I will !!" Rose nodded in agreement.
" Then, bye and take care." Annie waved her hand indicating a goodbye.
Rose took the card and the ATM card that her late father gave her before leaving from earth. She walked forward without looking back, as if she was determined to not look back at her disgusting past again.
She walked through the prison gate to outside and she could see finally feel the sunlight that is falling on her face as a welcome. It was like the sunlight was embracing her. She then took the cab and went towards a nearby motel which gives rooms at cheap rate.
To her luck there was an apartment room giving at cheap price. She brought that room, but from the location itself anyone could feel why it is given at a cheap rate.
The area under the apartment was disgusting. The place was surrounded by unhygienic things and have already been issued with thugs and gangsters.
The apartment owner was having a difficult time to get even a better customer. Almost half of the apartment was empty, due to the environment there.
She entered her room not caring anything. She had experienced worse than that at the hands of James. To make her spill the truth, he had done worst to her as making her naked while making her sit at the terrace on rainy days. Sometimes she will get high fever to the extent that she could die already. But he won't let her die that easily.
Because of his continuous torture she admitted the crime, even if she didn't. The moment she said "yes", her whole family was shattered into pieces their reputation was all gone. They had no choice but to have mass suicide from the criticism they were having.
After her family's mass suicide, she was left with nothing but a note. They handed over that note to her prison guard, before they did suicide. The note was having sentence saying," We are sorry."
Afterwards, she hears the news of her family's mass suicide. She was already heartbroken from falsely getting jailed, and only one thing made her live that was to see her family. But it was also gone now.
Now her life is meaningless. She is at the bottom of the line where she doesn't know from where to start. Her whole life was in a miserable state.
After she cleaned her apartment nice and tidy, she went to take a notepad and wrote whatever things are needed for the house furnishing. There was table which the previous owner left off with a book containing all details of the workers including their phone number.
She looked through each and every corner of the apartment and went inside the bedroom area while taking off the curtain and opened the window to let in some sunlight.
As she was looking through the window and she saw the uncleaned place with some cleaned area giving a view of a real beauty. This kind of place is of her little brother liking. He was an artist, so he usually prefers to draw this kind of place and showing its real beauty through art. When she was eighteen and her brother who was 15 years old (means 3 years younger than her).
She began to remember the time, when she saw her brother's true talent. That particular day they left the house without their parent's knowledge to have fun. Well, they do this kind of sneak peek often that their parents don't even notice it or probably they really do know and had hope that they will return back.
That day they both settled down at an ally where some dogs was laying down at the mud. As soon as he saw them, he began to sketch the dog and his babies which was probably filled with dirt in their body. Rose never knew what is there to even draw. She felt disgusted as she saw the dog covered with dirt.
" Is there anything worth sketching?"
She asked not knowing what was there to draw.
" You will know when the time comes." He replied when smiling at her upon hearing her comments.
Soon after he finished drawing, she peaked at them to see what was so great about painting that dog.
When she snatched the painting and saw what was inside that. She was stunned for a moment and looked at her brother in amusement.
The painting was such a beauty that it really felt good to see such a dirt to convert into a beauty.
" Wow... Brother I never knew you were this talented..." She praised him again and again.
" It's nothing. The beauty is seen when you really feel it." As he said that she became stunned again.
She felt that her little brother has grown up. She became happy and a little bit irritated that her little brother was giving her a speech. But mostly she was happy that he really has grown up...
As she thought about that, her eyes became bright, and lips curled up and down showing a heartbreaking smile. As an older sister she was always a disappointment and nothing else. She even caused her little brother to die whom she held high on her heart and who even had a goal to achieve.
Everything is gone now. Now the only thing she could think was the best moments of her life with her family, to at least keep moving.
Now part of her life was based on one mission, take Justice in her hand.
" James Ardian ... I have finally returned.....Only for you..." She was glaring with an intense hatred that her lips curled down. She tightened her teeth as she was spouting the name again and again in fury. She made her hand into a ball when she said his name. The room also became cold as she let out her murderous aura.