Handcuffed Bliss - Watty Awards... 2012

Penance...

I will win you over Rose I promised her silently, you will come back to me. You and our children will be with me again. If for that, I have to take your family's flake, so be it. I am not losing your love, not now, not ever…...

 

I, Ethan Hawk, take you Rudra Hawk, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part….. I made this vow from the bottom of my heart as I spoke aloud, the empty warehouse was the witness to my vows..

"I love you Rose." I whispered looking up at the stars. "Lily, please help me get my girls back. Please Lily, I have finally found my love. You were right, you had promised me that one day, my heart will beat again, one day, and I will live again, even without you. It has happened darling. I fell in love again. My heart beats for this beautiful girl. Well, you know her better than me. After all you both spend hours talking to each other right.” I remembered Rose sitting by Lily’s grave, talking animatedly, as if having a real conversation and I smiled as I found myself visualizing those moments again. “Please help me get her back, your best friend and the mother to our child. Please Lily. I want to be loved again. I want a home and happiness again. Please help me my love."

I left for the estate. I have to go and apologies to complete my penance. I took a deep breath and called Cece. "Cece, please give me the address to your house. How do I come there?" I left a voice mail.

Ishan messaged me the address almost immediately. I laughed at myself, I didn't expect more than this from him. He hated me. I understood why. We both were brought up by the same woman. But her love and guidance made him a better man than me. She wasn't there when I was growing up. I didn't blame her now.... But while I was growing up, I did... No one likes to lose their only sister. I hated my father so much for that and I hated my sister and her boyfriend too...but now I knew I had other things to look forward to....

I typed the address onto the GPS of my cell and shit! It died. I lost battery giving instructions to my staff.

Shit! I was in the middle of nowhere with just the moon light guiding me and a fragment of the address that I remembered. Oh god.

I walked on... trying to find someone who might help me. The streets of the small town were empty; no one roamed around after dark. In fact I was roaming around in a small town that had little or no night life. I wondered how the youngsters lived here.

I finally found an old man walking on these empty streets. "Excuse me, Sir," I yelled. "Please could you help me, I'm lost." I said and he stopped. He was maybe in his 70's with white peppered hair and fine wrinkled skin. Yet, up close I saw that there was happiness and contentment in his eyes. He was happy here. His world was full of what he needed. He had the same look and twinkle in his eyes as I had seen in Sheila's parents-in-law.

"Where do you want to go son??" He asked with a smile.

"Ummm, I think the place was 5th street. I got the address on my cell and lost the battery. Umm, maybe you know a Mr. Rathore?" I asked uncertainly.

"Haahaha... you want to go to the Rathore Mansion? All the Rathores in this town live together. I will take you there. How do you know them?" He asked smiling at me.

"Um… you see, I am Dr. Shiva's brother- in - law. "I said.

“Bless my heart! This is great news. They have been searching high and low for years. This is great. It's great to finally meet you son." He gave me a hug and we walked on. “Come along my boy, let’s get you home.”