With my eyes half closed , I can hear the sirens of the ambulance . I can't feel my left hand, a tremendous pain is surging over through my right shoulder to head, seems like it's broken. My legs are numb as I tried to move them, there is someone holding something on my forehead, a thick liquid is tricking down from my forehead to ear, my hair seems wet in that fluid. It hurts everywhere, from my head to toe. This physical pain is overwhelming all my senses. I wasn't drunken driving, I was pretty awake but this situation was a given because when a heavy loaded massive truck knock down a small car in full force... Ha..., I must say I have a long life line drawn in my hand. When I was taken to the ambulance I heard that the truck had a break failure and the driver was spot dead. In that case I'm lucky to be still breathing right now. Though I am getting a vague idea that I might have broken several number of ribs, but as laying down in an ambulance, I feel like laughing towards my own life. I don't feel the need to get bette!!! It's strange, isn't it??? With the passing street lights one by one, I could also see my 18 year's lifetime memories passing in front of my eyes like a film tape. With the dimmed ambulance lights, my heavy eyelids were pleading to be closed. A vivid picture from my childhood is coming in my mind right now where I had a ear to ear smile on my face, I had a freebie in my hand, my brother was holding me from the back and my parents were on the swing in our garden, smiling at us.
I was happy in that memory.
To start with an introduction, I am Angelina Steve, a girl born in the 21st Century's busiest City Rosemonry of Cadelia Country. It is a small but beautiful country on it's own. The Country's name came from the River Caecadel, means prosperity, which is the largest river of our country. Likewise the name it is a very modern and high technologically boosted country. Out of 5, 3 biggest conglomerates are from our country. One of those 3 is from our family, "THE STEVE'S". Our family business is running in a 7th generation lineage right now, soon it's going to be the 8th generation when my brother will take over. Now to raise a question!??? Why my brother and not me!??? Or not both!??? Right!! There is gender equality in everywhere so I should also get a chance to run our family business!!!
It wasn't like they don't wanted that, my parents and my brother always wanted me join these economical self welfare system...BUT...
I don't want to.... Because nothing could be more cruel than a business. It took away my childhood from me.
I've always been like a free spirit, never wanted to stop myself from doing what I love. I like singing and playing piano in my leisure time,I like to draw and read fantasy storybooks during the starry nights under the open and vast sky. Reading them make me believe that one day obviously some prince will come in my life as well and I will find my true love. But moreover, I have a great knack for historical love stories The historical king and queens, their lifestyles, fashion, accesories, everything. For this passion I have traveled a lot of those historic places just to see it with my own eyes. These stories are far better than reality. But my reality also has a cute little thing and that is... My fluffy. Fluffy is my baby snowy cat. Her fur is like a muslin cloth, her big and round cat eyes will definitely make you fall in love with her. She loves me very much and I also have only her around me as a friend.
From the very childhood I never had any lack for materialistic pleasures. Whatever I wanted I got that within my palms in least times. Any kind of dresses, shoes, bags, accessories, and many more. I just had to name it and within a day it would be in front of me. My parents are quite attentive regarding this matter. I can remember that one time, when I asked for a vintage piano, 'MARIA'S LOVE' which was only auctioned three times during the whole century. I wished it casually. But my father bought it for me giving a three double price to the last owner. He presented it on my birthday as a gift in just 7 days. That day, I came to start hating business. I despised it with all my heart. I can still remember the scene back then. My home was… ah...no... not home, that soulless stone mansion where I live was lit with all kind of sparkling lights. I was wearing a birthday gown, Roger and Rain was waiting in the hall holding a cake in hand. As I came down the stairs, Roger went to lift the curtain from that vintage piano I wished to have. 'MARIA'S LOVE' was in front of me but my heart was sinking in a loveless trench in that instance. All my excitement fells like foolish hopes that wounded me very deeply.
I laughed very loudly that day on spot. My phone was ringing and as I hold it up the caller ID 'Brother' was popping on the screen. I picked up the call and from the opposite side a male voice in anticipation said " Happy Birthday, my angel… did you receive the gift??? Hope you will love it". I hummed in response and a beep sound made the call end. He was on a client meeting in abroad, maybe in the mid time somehow managed to call. But that was it, neither my father nor my mother called me because they are busy I always have to understand that their time is priceless.
I returned to my room immediately and Roger was about to come after me but Rain stopped him. That day I cried whole night long because on my 15th birthday I wished two things. I was quite sure that they would choose the second option. As a birthday gift from my family, I told them either they have to give me that vintage piano, which was next to impossible because of the crazy price or I wished to celebrate my birthday with them. I wished to have 'their time'. I wanted to feel the warmth of love. But for them, money was easier to spend than time with me. So I hated these whole money making business from that day.
It's been 3 years now, my brother Elkos is a very caring and lovable person. He loves me more than anything as I am five years younger than him...he loves me more than my parents as well. He wishes me on birthday every year but that is only limited to a wish and some heavy priced gifts. So, in that house I have my own small world revolving around my fluffy, my piano, Roger, who is a cook, gardener, and driver; and Rain who is my attendant from the very childhood. But I also have a group of children whom I teach. I try to teach them how to love and be loved more than the academic lessons. It's really an irony for me who does not know the definition of love but intend to teach them what it is. These small babies love me too... I also pour my soul to love them but it was always not enough. There was a vacant hole in my heart which was trying to get full but never succeed.
For me, the definition of parents is very different. I never had a normal childhood like others, my parents never took me to school or pick me up, they never went to the amusement park holding my hand or bought me ice-cream, balloons,fancy headbands; because they were too busy. But Rain and Roger has done all these things so for me rather than my biological parents these two are everything.
A sudden clack sound makes me walk back from my memory lane and I tried to open the eyes. My vision got a lot poorer. I can barely see anything but could feel the stretcher is moving and dragged inside the hospital. I saw in a hazy view that two persons were running towards me. At first, I thought at last my parents got time for, I was happy that they didn't abandon me but as the figures came closer, I saw Roger and Rain!!!
It was literally very painful that even after knowing I got in an accident they could not make time to the very end. I closed my eyes as my heart shattered into pieces. They are taking me somewhere as the stretcher moved again but right in the moment, I don't want to know anything or recover from my current phase. My wish to keep living ended with that sight I witnessed seconds ago. I wished deep down my heart, "God, if you are there… please never let me go back to that house again and if I ever to take a birth once more...please let me find some love, let me feel the warmth of being cared".
After that what happened I don't remember. Maybe I died, that was for the best... My 18th birthday became my death anniversary. Though I know Roger and Rain will cry maybe my brother will also... and my fluffy will miss me the most but I am curious about my parents. Will they at least spare some time to shade tears for me??? Or they will just go to another business summit???
Nothing matters right now. I feel like falling in a free space and my body feels like a feather, very light. I think this is afterlife. But suddenly there is a pain. I know that I hurt myself severely during the accident but as I am already dead, should not these physical pains go away??? Why it is still remaining there?? Moreover, I don't remember hurting my stomach. But it feels like it is tearing apart. The pain is increasing… it's been unbearable. I can't bear it anymore… no… my body is feeling weird, the tremendous pain is killing me again. "Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
a high note escaped my lips and it's all cold again. Now I am feeling more relieved. The pain is still there but it is not like before, now it is more like a lingering sensation. I feel very tired and sleepy.
When my senses are coming back to me I heard
Some noises are coming… I can hear it very clearly that there are some number of people saying only one word repeatedly,
"Her Majesty"… I am still feeling a pain in my lower abdomen but it's bearable. I want to open my eyes. They are shut closed so tight. As I tried harder a sudden wave of light broke down in my eye shore. I closed my eyes almost immediately. Again after some turns I could open them slightly. But as soon as I opened my eyes my ears was about to go deaf. A chorus of "her majesty….her majesty" was ringing in my ears. But among them a high pitched lady voice suddenly hushed them down and said, "Are you all insane??? She just regained her conciousness… why are you all shouting so loudly in front of a patient… go and inform the emperor and announce in the whole empire that her majesty is now restored to health. And leave the room in this instance, she needs to have some rest." She had power and authority in her voice but more than anything it brought tears to my eyes. She… the person who was in front of me looked same like Rain.
I uttered in a very low voice, "Rain???" she looked my way and came towards me. She sat on the bed and said "how are you feeling, her majesty?" I couldn't understand why everyone was saying that. So, I asked her "what are you talking about??? By the way, where am I??? did the operation went well??? am I again back to some mansion my father bought???" but as I mentioned mansion, I realized the room where I currently was cannot be explained by a mere word 'mansion'. It was way bigger and more spacious with all vintage and ancient time furniture, big silk curtains on the windows, a central chandelier was hanging from the ceiling,with different floral designs in every corner of the giant room. But the dazzling thing from which the light was immitating seems to be...
'A full round solar symbol on the end of the room above the window placed in a particular angle, which was receiving the light as a reflection from the water body on the ground beneath it and illuminating the whole room'.
Right now, where I was sitting, that was a big king-sized bed with white embroidered curtains hanging from the four sides. But the thing that took away my breath was my own hair hanging down my shoulders. I never had long hair, and also, I never dyed it to a light brown shade. It was always in its natural blackish brown colour, but now it was light dusky brown and in long strands!!! I was also wearing a gown I never had, it felt like an ancient time white medical gown. I was thoroughly surprised and lost in my thoughts when Rain again said,
"you seem confused… let me tell you, you wished to born again right!!!… so it was fulfilled, you reincarnated in the body of queen Angelina who died due to labour pain during the birth of the prince. But you took her place instead as you and she was sharing a same pain of not being loved. Her last wish was never to be born again where you wished to find love; so, you took her place instead and gave birth to the fourth sun of The Solar Empire".
I was listening to it like a story while looking at Rain without even blinking. But when she said the last line my all expectations of getting a shock was abolished. I was spring awake to my senses and shouted......
"WHAT??? I HAVE BECOME A MOTHER???"
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