Author p.o.v

???: Fedric, come here for breakfast! Breakfast is ready.

Fedric: Just a minute, Manila. Has Troy and Sparta taken breakfast?

Manila: You are the last one to take with me. I have sent them in school.Now you come here..

Fredric: Okay.

It has been a week since they got married.  It is Fredic's second marriage,but Manila's first.. And Troy and Sparta are Fredric and his ex spouse' children.  Approximately , after five years of his first wife's death , he got married to a famous pediatrician, Manila  Brook. Manila loves Fredic's children like her own, a perfect mother figure for them.

Fedric: Don't you have any shift today?

Manila: No, I do not..My shifts will start from tomorrow.

Fredric: Okay. I will leave now. See you later!

Manila: Have a safe journey ! And good luck for your journey.

Fredric kisses Manila's cheek and Manila does the same.

In a meantime, Fredric leaves and Manila goes to a room beside their bedroom. She unlocks the door and takes a deep breath.

"The room is clean, good!" She murmures.

The she enters the door and closes the door lightly and leans her shoulder on the closed door ,taking deep breaths.. Then she tiptoes to the cabinet of that room..She opens the cabinet with much care and takes out an old white ladies' shirt from the closet.. She gently hugs the shirt and sits on the bed in that room.. She burries her head in the shirt , smells it and then bursts into tear...

"Why ? Why do good people leave the world so earlier? Why?", Speaks with a cracked voice... She closes her eyes .

Flashback
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A beautiful girl smiles brightly at everyone.. Manila was brushing through her hair with fingers and was holding her hand... Suddenly, the girl leaves her hand and closes her eyes.. Manila keeps looking at her lifeless body with tearful eyes..
*Ends*
Manila opens her eyes screaming,"Helen!!!"

Manila's p.o.v
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Helen.. This girl is associated in many ways in our life ... Someone's daughter, someone's best friend , someone's wife, someone's mother...My relationship with her? It's complicated..A sister without blood relation, a best friend who managed to win my heart..

She was Fredric's first wife, Troy and Sparta's mother, an ideal doctor to her patients. We lost this precious gem five  years ago.. A bitch called Leukemia took her life away. We miss her smile, motivational motherly side, kindness everything.. She was a fine lady...

After sometime, I keep the shirt in its place..This room used to be Helen's and Fredric's bedroom...After Helen's death... Fredric could not stay in this room and started staying in the room beside this one..At first alone, now it's with me.. I wipe my tears and get out of the room.

I go to the kitchen and start looking for baking ingredients.. Tomorrow is  25th May, her birthday...38th birthday.. I know for some people, it's meaningless to celebrate someone's birthday who is no longer alive, but for me,it is important..Helen used to love her birthdays..So why not?

I check out that many ingredients are not here..So guess what? I need to go for shopping.. I go to my bedroom for getting changed and after sometime, I lock the main door and go out for shopping.. I go to the nearest convenient store and buy ingredients of Black forest cake, her most favourite.. I still remember how much she used to love it.. Anyone could feel the satisfaction just by staring at her eyes. Remembering this, a small smile forms on my face.. I look at the watch, oh it's 12 ,I gotta go home now.. Troy and Sparta will come back soon!

Troy and Sparta, they are other jewels. My children, my babies.. I know they are not my flesh and blood, but the relation with mind matters too. They brought a joy in my life, they made me forget the grief of being an infertile, who can never get pregnant...There are very slim chances, but I don't care.. They are enough for me.. Basically, they are my god children, and I think I can pay one debt of Helen, taking care of her offsprings and giving them love... I have no idea how much she helped me in every situations and I will never be able to pay them.. Never..

I drive to our house , it's 12:30 now.. They will be back in no time.. I already have told our chef to prepare lunch.  As I go to our room for checking on my files. I hear a cute voice.

???: Mama!! I am home..

Awww, my baby has come.. I quickly go downstairs and he hugs me..I ruffle his hair.

Manila: Aww, Troy! You are back! You must be hungry,right? Go and get changed and then, we will eat together, okay?

Troy: Okie!

Manila: By the way, where is Sparta?

Troy: Sparta has martial arts practice, that's why she left for her practice after dropping me here.

Manila: Okay! Now go and freshen up..Then Troy and mama will eat together!!

Troy: Yayyy! Then, I am going.

Manila: Good boy.

He runs excitedly and heads to his room. I smile.. He exactly looks like Helen. The same eyes, same lips, same smile everything.

After sometime, Fredric calls me...

"What??"

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