FLASHBACK:

man: Take this food and eat all of it.

girl: Papa... this spaghetti isn't ready, can you cook it a bit more please?

man: NO, eat the fucking food I made for you... ungrateful little girl.

girl: I'm sorry... Papa I can't chew it, it's not done yet, please can you make it more softer like mama does?

man: You don't want to eat? Right... get here then.

He dragged the crying little girl to the kitchen wall and snatched a chair, placing it facing the wall.

man: You will sit here until you are ready to eat the damn food I gave you, and don't you dare move from here or I'll give you a real reason to cry...

The man left the kitchen and walked to the living room, where he put his feet up and turned on the TV, ignoring the hours of weak cries from the little girl... thirsty and starving.

girl: Mama... mama I want you...

NEELA MAA'S POV:

"mama... mama..." I walked into Avni's room at 1am to find her moving around in her sleep, aimlessly searching for her mama. Out of the 3 continuous dreams my baccha has, this was the second one, where she doesn't scream Ayesha Mama's name and wake up, nor the one where she screams out of utter fear and wakes up. This was the one where she mutters under her breath... crying for her Ayesha Mama, but doesn't wake up. Though I'm not her Mama, I am her Maa; her Neela Maa. Although she's not calling for me, she needs me.

I carefully made space on her single bed and gently lifted her head and placed it into my lap.

Aa leke chalun tujhko
Ek aise desh mein
Aa leke chalun tujhko
Ek aise desh mein
Milti hain jahan khushiyan
Pariyon ke bhes mein
Milti hain jahan khushiyan
Pariyon ke bhes mein
Pariyon ke bhes mein..
Aa leke chalun tujhko....

I sung and stroked her hair until her quiet whining stopped. I just hope that one day she will be able to heal from all the words he said, all the actions that remain embedded within her traumatic memories, and the negative experience with such a man will be overpowered by a man that will treat my girl perfectly. Maybe that is the only way the little girl inside of her will heal.

AVNI'S POV:

I woke up due to the sun aiming all of its beams onto my face, damn you sun. The first thing I did was check my phone, checking the time and notifications- the time was 10:02AM, not too bad.

I scanned over my notifications to check if anything was important... New Message from ":)"
Who the actual fuck is that?? I clicked on the message feeling very confused:

Time passes slowly.
As it does
Flowers bloom
We grow older
The sun sets
Then rises
And wounds heal
Wounds you thought could never be mended
So be patient
All beautiful things take time.
~ :)