Chapter 6 Realisation

My heart was hammering in my chest, I was soaked in sweat( what the hell just happened!), and I'd never had such vivid nightmares.

What is this shadow that seems to be following me? Sitting straight I look out of the window searching for that shadow, but it wasn't there.

I keep avoiding this, but I know deep down that it is not something ordinary or a coincidence there is something that wants my attention desperately( but what exactly). Maybe I was intrigued by the old Haveli and dreamt of it. Sighing I got out of bed to drink some water, my throat was parched, swallowing I get to my nightstand and filled the glass with water. I drank in one gulp and plopped back on the bed, how long is it going to take for the lawyer to be here, the situation is annoying me a little. Plus I can't sleep, fuck! I will talk to dado about it.

I don't know how she is going to help but still, part of me wants to go back to my life but part of me wants to stay here and unravel whatever mystery is hiding here. I don't know when I drifted back to sleep, I woke up to a rainy sound splattering on my room window. I opened my eyes with great effort and looked out, the sky was covered in black clouds, and thunder rumbling from the distance. I woke up to change, I always loved the rain, however, the bitter memory of last night was still lingering in my mind.

I went downstairs to have breakfast with dado, as I reached the last step, she was standing right there waiting. I greeted her she seemed tense. " hello dado", she only nodded in response and said," come have breakfast". I trailed after her, the pleasant smell of wet soil was in the air it was nice, I looked around no one was working on the lawn. " where is Anwar?". She only quicken her pace once we reached the room breakfast was already served, and we sat down to eat. She clears her throat and said," I fired him, he no longer works here"' her tone was ice cold, and I was struck by her confession. " what do you mean, he was working perfectly well plus he was working part-time to support his family. It is uncalled for, I said feeling super bad for him " he was lacking in his only job to collect the daily wages. And he was generous enough to let them go this time. That is why I fired him he didn't obey my order". I tried to pick my jaw up from the floor," wow! She was pissing me off,

" do you think he was lacking in his responsibilities, huh what about you I have seen the condition of these poor people living under the so-called rules that you have set. To make their already impossible lives more miserable, I was the one who let them have their wages this time due to their miserable condition". I tried to hold in my anger, but she dared to act like she doesn't give a shit about her people and her only concern was to get some money. I could feel the headache coming back, the scrambled eggs turned to ash in my mouth.

" shaho! Have you completely lost your manners, you have no right to confront me on how to run this place. I was doing completely fine until you showed up. You know nothing about this place and shouldn't interfere in my ways". She said this with blazing eyes and a voice like a shrill. I tried to calm myself and call her more on her shit but guess what, she is full of it and I don't think she listens to it besides her humongous ego.

I have to come up with a solution or else she is going to ruin every single thing my grandfather worked so hard to build. I tried hard not to scowl at her, pressing the Center of my eyebrows I tried to calm myself. " you're right dado I have no right to interfere in your ways and how to run this place", I said with so much effort I felt like I could choke on my food any time. In response she only ate as if nothing happened, she ate like there was nothing wrong with robbing these poor people and acting all high and mighty on their money. No one had the guts to call her on her bullshit but since I was here I have to do it sensibly. And to come up with a good and effective plan. I stood up and left the room without looking back at her.

This is not what I expected at all I was going to tell her about the shadow and all the sleepless nights I had. But she didn't give a shit about me. All of a sudden I had this heart-wrenching thought of my mom wishing she was here with me, I tried to calm my heart by taking deep breaths, which was not helping at all. I thought I've moved further than I thought I would, but I missed her more than I thought I would. I wish she was here, all these years dad and I pretended to be completely fine on our own without her. But deep down only I knew how much I missed her, dad pretended to be strong in front of me but failed miserably. We both missed her like hell but couldn't bring ourselves to admit it.

Pretending was fine it was good to pretend like you don't have a heart and not care, however, it doesn't work all the time we get this nagging feeling from time to time for being an asshole.

Sighing I went outside the Haveli. It was just a bad start to a day I tried to look at this from a different perspective. The businessman in me started thinking more rationally I have to look at the profit that is going to last forever. Which is once I own all the fortune and sign the papers, then I'll start working on the broken relations with the villagers. I went to look for Anwar I asked someone outside the Haveli about him, and he directed me toward his house. reaching there Anwar's house was in a bad condition the door of his house had seen better days. I looked sideways there were similar houses. the curious gazes of the kids made me anxious I've never been wary of the way I dress it was just different here. My slacks and plain black t-shirt seemed pretty unusual to them. I gave them a small wave, and they all scurried inside. smiling to myself I knocked lightly on the door. I waited for a few minutes, and knocked again, this time the door opened and revealed an elderly woman who was in the worst condition. she looked at me and slammed the door in my face.