Breathing a sigh of relief, she languidly made her way to the steps. As she took them one at a time, everything seemed to slow down and she painfully closed her eyes. The soft evening breeze caressed her cheeks and silent tears rolled down her fair face.
Her heart was heavy.
At last, arriving at the last step, she paused to caress her pounding heart. Taking a deep breath, she calmly opened her tightly shut lids.
It was supposed to be her thirteenth birthday. She should be celebrating with her loved ones, but instead, Durga Krishna was surrounded by strangers. She felt like her whole world was turning upside down. Her brothers were nowhere to be seen and her father was occupied with foreign ambassadors. Of all her family members, he was the one she was most close to.
When she gave her opinion and view on a topic, he did not think that she was crazy or insane, like everyone else did.
