As Anastia was reflecting.The child standing there stared at her and wondered:
"I don't get why Miss is so scared of her,
whenshe is clearly her niece..."
After a few moments have passed,
Selena entered again with some letters in her hand.She sat near Anastia and looked deep in her eyes as she handed the letters:
"These are the letters I want you to read.Make sure you read them with great attention."Anastia took them and stared down with curiosity ,Selena continued :"These letters were send to me by your respective father. Each letter has different name as he never used his real name.But it will make you realize something..After hearing Selena's Anastia decided to open one,She picked randomly and opened.
There was a sketch of a rose with a note written beside it.The letters felt more like a apology and poem,
"I can see your soul Selena.
I know how much I have hurted you,
Please forgive my actions.I had no option dear..
I was forced to live in a distant valley created by my own imaginations
.Maybe I was the one who wasn't alright..
Among those blind folded people a woman was standing in that valley.
Her gaze was like a rose..I couldn't control myself."
I went near her.
She didn't even flinch but everything ended and the reality haunted me back in this accused world.
You were .
My fault gave me a price..
Oh Selena,Let your grace shine on me...I beg again..
As she finished reading the first letter,Selena handed her another one with a stamp which looked quite unusual."Selena mumbled in her ears,
"Read this and seek real answers."
Anastia didn't say a word and took it from her hands .She read it quietly.This time there was a sketch of a woman carrying a child and words which carried love
and poetic insights:
"Oh god what a sight I see.
The woman who I adored carrying my child.
Her cheeks are just like a rose and face is pure as a jasmine flower.
Oh,Selena, we finally gave birth to the curse which shall haunt humanity.
My child, that's the truth.
Her name shall be Anastia.
She shall symbolized the monster which haunted those soul who felt scattered."
Anastia zoned out for a moment as she processed the letter. Suddenly her mind recalled a memory where a woman was combing her hair her face was clearly yet he word echoed:"Good girl Anastia.."
Anastia hands started trembling and the letter slipped just right from her hands.Selena upon noticing this quickly pulled her in a hug.Selena held her as tears streamed down her eyes:
"It's alright Anastia..."
Anastia was just shaking silently. even her voice was all cracked.."That woman was my mom..?"
Selena nodded in vulnerable tone:
"Yes dear Anastia.."
Anastia couldn't hold it any longer.She hugged her tight and started crying endlessly.Her voice echoed through the whole house.Lily witnessing upon this entire scene also got tears and looked outside to avoid eye contact.
Because she faced the same fate:
Maybe her parents left her on purpose.Who knows?.Yet at the same moment an apple tree miles away from their house noticed the tears of Anastia and watched everything with sympathy.The tree whispered,
"Another day.. another tradegy
..Oh god, let those souls find peace in their lives...I beg for your grace."
The night passed like a whim and Anastia continued to yell a thousand unspoken emotions..