Chapter 47

Adaah

I have been sitting in one of the parks of the city since the time I left the office. The climate outside was like a replica of my fate. The weather was cloudy. There was a sudden lightening followed by a loud thunder making the atmosphere fierce. I didn’t wish to leave home even after the warning of the inclement forecast. The people in the park rush to their shelters. I watch them toneless with no change in my body movements. My eyes were red by endless tears with feelings I couldn’t control any longer. Soon there were big droplets of water falling and then there started an outpour of heavy rain.

A woman in her late sixties with wrinkled skin reaches me. Her face held kindness. She sits beside me and pats my back. 

“Young lady, it is raining heavily. You will get wet and fall sick if you continue to stay here. Please go home.” She insists on me. I peep at her with my watery eyes. She oozes motherliness and looks at me concern