Eclipsed serenade Echoes of siblings harmony

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

They all moved to the apartment door and pressed the bell but nobody opened the door they again pressed the bell and a lady who is almost in her sixty's open the door she was wearing a long frock her hair was gray but the small smile still didn't leave her face

Aunt Mary : Good Evening how are you all?? May I know how can I help you

Sanju : Good Evening Aunty, we are here to meet Prathiksha is this not the England team's shared apartment ??

Aunty Mary : Oh so you all came to meet Prathiksha right come in come in and of course this is England team's shared apartment and I am the care taker of this apartment Mary she said

They all came inside

Aunt Mary : Please take a seat and tell me who all are you, and how are you all related to Prathiksha??

Rohit : Hi aunty I am rohit the captain of Indian cricket team and they are my teammates and we are Prathiksha's brothers and best friends, and he is her big brother he said pointing to Rahul

Rahul : Hello Aunty

Aunt Mary : Oh the Ict where Prathiksha used to work as a manager for the past one month and are you Tara's lost brother

Rahul : Yes I am and yeah we are the ict

Aunt Mary : Glad to meet Tarus favorite big brothers and best friends, she used to talk about you all when ever l call, it's not being one day since she came here but she is missing you all badly guess all your condition is the same that's why you all came in the night to meet her

Virat : Yes, we are missing her so much that we couldn't resist ourselves from coming, now can you please call her down stairs or else show her room we will meet her

Aunt Mary : Wait doesn't she know that you all are coming

Yashasvi : No, we thought of giving her a surprise

Aunt Mary : That's what, if she already knew she would have been the one who would show up at the door instead of me

Ashwin : Aunty I know it's not fair for us to ask but still was she happy and comfortable in interacting with others I mean it's been long know that's why

Aunty Mary : No it's fine as her brother you have the complete right to ask, well to be honest she was a little bit gloomy when she came and not that happy joyful angel she used to be but she hide that gloomyness behind a smile and interacted with everyone normally, and This apartment and team has given her some wounds that won't heal soon, a few apologise can't erase the pain she has gone through so it's fair for her to be gloomy

They all had a sad face listening to her

Aunty Mary wiped her unshaded tears and said

Aunt Mary : But I'm glad that she found some amazing people like you, who could heal all those pain and it's obvious to feel safe and secure around her own blood, my kiddo has suffered a lot alone but I am happy that now she has her brother and his team to protect her , come I will show you all her room

Who are they aunt Mary a sound stopped them they turned out to see it was Ryan

Ryan : Aunt Mary who are they?? And how can you show the way to Prathiksha's room to some strangers that too men

Aunt Mary : They are......

Ryan : Who ever they are you can't let them in simply without knowing anything and here you are going to show them the room of a young unmarried girl. What if they attack her or abuse her I didn't expect you to be this careless aunty