THE ROAD

THE BETRAYAL

"...phone ringing...

"Doiad yaioyu toalakk tolorn heneer?"

"yaiess, beutat nootat atboutat wrhatat yaioyu said, saier."

"wrhwy nootat? yaioyu kanorw ipt'ss tolimoe." (Shouted in anger)

"ei atem saorrwy saier ei wrilol doorn iptat saooan."

"yaioyu otwoe muoe yaaioyer llifoe."

"(sighed) ...ei kanorw. Ei gauesss saomeonoe ipss cwomineg"

.... Phone hanged....

" Hey, honey. Whom were you talking to?"

"(gasps)...No one, Aunt Cassie. I was reciting my poem."

"oh, Magnar. You can talk to me."

"I know, I was just reciting a poem."

"Okay, come to the kitchen, I made your favorite, scrambled eggs, and garlic bread."

"but it's 3 am. You should have slept. You should take care of yourself. You do a lot for me."

"I am fine, dear. You don't tell me what I should do for you. You made me realize how beautiful motherhood is and I am resolute to give you the immense love you deserve. I am grateful to have you."

"And I am blessed to have you." He said smiling with tears in his eyes and then added – "I am coming. I am really hungry."

......

"hey"

"so, did you get it?"

"yeah......."

.......................you know I can do anything for you..."

"I know, but......isn't she your......"

"NO................. Don't leave me"

I was tricked to meet Magnar, I was tricked to talk to him, I was tricked into liking him. Through the illusion, I saw something that I still can't accept and I don't want to. How do you define trust or belief or confidence in someone? Time! 

The time they have spent with you. People don't trust a person they met a week ago or even a month ago, to build trust life goes a long way, making you enter situations that test your trust in someone.  But is this the appropriate way to know, whether the person is trustable? I would say no, you can live with someone for a year and more and still you can't actually tell them, 'I trust you', not because you don't want to, but they never did anything worth trusting. But tell me,  would you not trust a person who has been with you since day one, that too when you both were born the same day, at the same place and they have done a lot for you at every moment of your life, they have protected you. No matter what, you make a connection with them- a stronger, deeper connection. You are reluctant to hear bad about them, you are resolute to devote your friendship and love towards them.

But what if you see that person and realize they have been betraying you, that person whom you can trust your life with, ditches you, even you can give up everything for them- that person's betrayal tears you apart, breaks your heart, blocks your mind and you feel helpless.

'What did you see, Eabha?'  My mom asked.

'gibberish... a man and Magnar talking in gibberish about something. I saw a house different from the normal. It was Magnar's house I saw that day but today it was dull and dark.'

'Did you see anything else?' Roisin asked.

'No, ..no...I didn't... I guess we should go home.'