You and Me

Chapter-16. What has happened in my life so far?

** Chapter-16.What has happened in my life so far ? **

"Oh. You thought we didn't notice Sharlene?" Heather smiles seeing my shocked expression.

"We were just waiting for you to tell us Sharlene." Melissa adds.

Oh how lucky I am to have such good friends!

"You know Asher, Austin, Jo, Scott everyone are worried about you. They just couldn't ask you because they didn't wanna hurt your feelings." Heath said to me.

"Hurt my feelings?" I ask frowning.

"Yeah if they asked anything,g that would mean that you are a bad actress and you would feel hurt. So they didn't say anything." Heath smiled.

Oh, that's the reason they didn't poke me. I thought pouting.

"Now stop pouting and tell us what's wrong." Mel demanded, bossy like always.

They both had such concern and care in their expectant eyes that I had to tell them.

I sigh and hope all goes well because, I am digging up all my old wounds and say, "Girls, First off, I am sorry. I should have told you people everything long back, but I just couldn't. I hope you understand." I say and hang my head.

"Aww. No need to apologize Sha. You are our darling. We totally understand. It was kind off a self-defense." Heath says smiling sweetly.

"Group hug!" Mel says and we huddle together.

After a few minutes we sit back on the bed and take a pillow onto our laps and I start again, "It's a long story girls. Hope you don't mind" I look at them.

"We have all night Sharlene." Mel says, with determination in her voice to know about me.

I sigh, again and start, again, "OK! It goes a long back. Right from the day when I was born. Actually even before that. My parents met through my aunt and fell in love and married. Soon after their marriage dad had moved out of his hometown and came here to develop his career refusing to carry on his father's business. My mom's mother expired after a couple years of their marriage and my grandparents on my father's side refused to acknowledge their son's existence. After a few years my brother was born and my mom had hope that her in laws would love their grandson. When my brother was 20 days old, my dad was going to the airport to pick up his cousin brother who was coming to see my brother, because my brother is the heir of our family. But on the way my dad met with an accident." I wince remembering the pain that dad went through.

"A truck had hit my dad's bike from behind and due to the impact dad flew to the next lane where a bike went over my dad's hand. Thank Heavens and Angels and Gods above that an empty ambulance was passing by. On the way to the hospital the doctor in the ambulance checked for my father's phone, but it was smashed. My dad was so strong that he still had consciousness and could tell the landline number. The doctor quickly called my mom and told her about the accident and that they were on their way to KIMS hospital. My mom actually fainted in the hospital after seeing dad's condition. Dad went through skin grafting and two operation to restore his hand. Fortunately he was wearing a helmet, so his brain was not damaged but he broke his left leg and a few ribs. Overall his condition was not critical but he wasn't fine. The worst part is that none of my relatives helped us much. Almost all of the money in dad's bank account was gone in medical and hospital bills and food. The hospital was kind enough to provide us with a room for mom and bro with a reasonable amount of money. My mom had c section for my bro's birth, so she wasn't in good shape. Those were dark days for my family." my voice cracks, but I take in a deep breath and continue,