There were literally a thousand questions I wanted to ask her. But one look at my Dad’s face told me that he wanted me to keep quiet and listen. So I did that. Except…I could hear more than him. Although, I knew from my experience that it was a foolhardy thing to do, I concentrated on her. Her eyes, full of nothing but raw grief and pain, her trembling lips, struggling to begin her story…774Please respect copyright.PENANApEubPz0haM
774Please respect copyright.PENANAwlBbALUtm2
Suddenly…Everything went black.774Please respect copyright.PENANAAZKorjkvlO
774Please respect copyright.PENANAP4V9jiMif5
When I awoke, I was sitting on the chair in front of my Dad. He was looking at me, his eyes all unemotional. What in the…If I had legitimately passed out wouldn’t he have panicked? Why was he just staring at me as though expecting me to say something? And just how long has it been since I…774Please respect copyright.PENANAZsBNNUWnFF
774Please respect copyright.PENANAeP3mZbjGiB
“Daisy…If you want me to help you, you have to tell me everything. Every single thing. What did Elias do?”774Please respect copyright.PENANAgqPdbNWMe8
774Please respect copyright.PENANA8tqJFq1iuB
It hit me so quickly that I screamed. But no one heard me. I…I…I was…I…774Please respect copyright.PENANAS76HGTJ2Fv
774Please respect copyright.PENANA23NTayf7s5
“It happened twelve years ago…” I wasn’t saying anything but a voice escaped my mouth. Aunt Daisy’s voice. I looked down at my hands…No…They weren’t mine. I was wearing a sari and a wedding ring.774Please respect copyright.PENANAfIn5wxAzLM
774Please respect copyright.PENANAmQzd9SYNIW
No…What…774Please respect copyright.PENANAqCJZ6tZmEW
774Please respect copyright.PENANAueQuJLo8T7
Images rushed through my mind as the story unfolded. Two girls…They were identical. Always together.774Please respect copyright.PENANAR0CeCUKtB0
774Please respect copyright.PENANAVmgSLuj1de
“My twin sister…Lily. She eloped with her lover when we were 24. He was a school teacher. My father never forgave her. He did everything he could to make their lives miserable. They lived in constant poverty. But…She never came back to him like he wanted. It was only when he became really ill that he realized…”774Please respect copyright.PENANACGF75Rnuqr
774Please respect copyright.PENANAwunMHj7Wa4
A room smelling of medicines…Aunt Daisy and Uncle Elias were both standing there. On bed was a really ill, frail man. Two people were coming in. One of them, an exact copy of Aunt Daisy. The other was a respectable looking man. He looked worn out and exhausted. A little girl peeked out from behind him.774Please respect copyright.PENANAgoFxCM7DXn
“He was really sorry for the grief he gave them. He…He wanted to make everything right. So, he wrote his will leaving majority of all his money in her name. I was happy…I wanted her to be with me. I had really missed her. But…There was someone who wasn’t happy.”774Please respect copyright.PENANAqG7GCrbIbL
774Please respect copyright.PENANAN3auCnOzKC
Aunt Daisy was hugging her sister. The old man was crying…But Uncle Elias…He was standing aside, looking at the whole scene with an angry expression.774Please respect copyright.PENANAFTHRBxRahc
774Please respect copyright.PENANA5mddYm9Bu1
“His business was doing really bad at the time. He was counting on…all that money coming to me. But…When it became clear that it most of it would go to my sister…”774Please respect copyright.PENANAePB2s0c29W
774Please respect copyright.PENANAGnP2I0F0Zr
“It was an accident…” Uncle Elias was saying.774Please respect copyright.PENANA0NJnyBs4H5
774Please respect copyright.PENANAMMay1z4Ixy
“Don’t lie.” Aunt Daisy was yelling. “I saw the message on your phone. You…”774Please respect copyright.PENANAS4kuIgByzL
774Please respect copyright.PENANAteyXX0rB7A
Incoherent shouting and screaming. Finally, Uncle Elias spoke in an ice cold voice. “Yes. I arranged that little accident. If you don’t want little Jolly to join her parents…”774Please respect copyright.PENANAkbeqoyT1mL
774Please respect copyright.PENANAXs4DtmhUVu
“His plan worked out. After the death of my sister and Dad…All that money became mine. He saved the business.”774Please respect copyright.PENANA7YLHJcf89U
774Please respect copyright.PENANAmubPhgA2xV
“What happened now? Why do you think he…” Dad asked.774Please respect copyright.PENANA0mbS3uC2S8
774Please respect copyright.PENANA6Gz8vMJv9L
“She found out. I don’t know how but she did. She confronted him about it three days before she was killed.”774Please respect copyright.PENANAR9cBDbSrRd
774Please respect copyright.PENANAawDpsbYEuz
My head throbbed. An invisible hand clutched at my throat. I couldn’t…I…I…774Please respect copyright.PENANAJxdA1bThF3
774Please respect copyright.PENANA5p4TZJKL3l
I was me again, leaning against the wall. My neck felt sore. Pain exploded in my head. The world was spinning…Spinning…774Please respect copyright.PENANAcdizz8u8WM
774Please respect copyright.PENANAEPuuvyQxup
I was falling…falling into a black hole.774Please respect copyright.PENANA9vlQg8GnW7
774Please respect copyright.PENANArqTIp0wZyQ
To be continued…774Please respect copyright.PENANAmzhDf5nFDd