The Pained Poem

Episode 1

The third person's pov

It's a sunny Saturday afternoon, the streets of Florida is unusual quiet and the atmosphere hot. Everyone surprisedly looking for shelter, some already with an umbrella protecting their fair skins from the angry scourge of the sun. Lizzy has been washing her clothes for the past minutes at the back of the building, she's been hissing loudly and cursing under her breath at what led her to wash her clothes under the sun. She immediately heard her twin sister laughing and shouting inside and wondered what could make her laugh under the condition which they were into. immediately Linda rushed out of the main building startling her with her voice.

"Lizzy, guess what?" Linda ask happily.

" Why are you so happy?" she asked unconcerned.

" Come on, guess what happened now, you'll like it". She urged her.

"You should have known by now that I'm not good at guessing". Lizzy told her and she hissed. knowing fully well that Lizzy wasn't going to comply, she decided to tell her the reason behind her happiness.

"Micheal is back, he's back from Indian." she said jumping up in excitement.

" Are you serious?"Lizzy asked not feeling enthusiastic about the unexpected news.

"Yeah, and we're going on a date." She added. Lizzy started laughing surprising and confusing Linda at the same time.

" Have you forgotten?" she asked her as she dropped the clothe she was washing.

"Forgotten what?"Linda asked confused.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten the scar on your face. How can you go out with that face of yours? And also, he is Michael, your runaway boyfriend." she said

Linda stood like a statue, trying to blink back the tears clouding her eyes. Lizzy stood up, went over to where she was standing and held her hands.

" I know what you are going through, but you got to let him know that you could not make it today" she advised sadly. She was lost in her own thoughts. yeah, she was the one behind the scar but it wasn't intentional. she felt bad for ruining her sister's face, she was jolted back to reality when her sister rushed inside in pains. she felt even worst now.

Linda ran inside, she went straight to her room and fell flat on her soft bed crying bitterly. After lying there for some minutes, she got up and went to her standing mirror, she felt her scar looking more badly, tears finding its way down her red cheeks, she remembered her days as a childhood friend to Mike.

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It was the day her dad was buried at the cemetery. She loved her dad so much, she was always with him but something happened, she blamed herself for killing her dad.

Her dad was on her way to her audition, she earlier told her him to be there on time, but he couldn't make it, he had an accident which caused his life. This incident caused her, her dreams to become an actress. She blamed herself and wanted to end her life. One-day, she decided to execute her plans and sneaked out of their home. She ran all the way to a beach known as Daytona beach in Florida.

She was about to jump and suddenly got hold of by someone. it was a boy .

" Leave me alone" she screamed out to the unfamiliar face.

" What are you trying to do?"

" What sort of question is that?" she scorned.

"Come down, it's dangerous."

knowing fully well that she wouldn't agree to that, he carried her on his shoulders. She was screaming and shouting but he didn't care. He dropped her off in front of the bench and sat down leaving her shouting.

"Sit" he ordered.

"Are you mad?" she asked angrily. He ignored her.

" My mum and dad died on the same day." He told her.

"How does that affect me?" she asked rudely.

"I was a kid then, about two years old. They left me, it was painful seeing my parents laid down on the grave. But I'm still me, I'm still alive, I survived. I don't know why and how many you've lost, but just know that when you are determined to survive, you'll survive, there are many out there who lost and still have no home but they are living fine. No matter what happens, there's still hope". He concluded and stood up to leave.

" What's your name?"she asked him.

"Michael." he said and left immediately. Linda watched him till he was out of sight, she let out a moan and sat down frustrated.

She met him again at the supermarket, he was quite jovial and funny to her. He talked more about himself and became a very good friend of hers. There was a problem, lizzy hates the boy.She was rude and snobbish to him and that earned her the name "rude jerk "from Mike. They were always fighting and had to be always separated by Linda. Linda loved seeing them exchange words because she found it amusing and funny. She almost died of laughter the day Lizzy called Mike a "dumb imbecile ",Mike raged from the insults gave Lizzy a resounding slap which left some marks on her face. That day, he earned a very big beating from his uncle.

He vowed never to touch a woman again.

Linda remembered how Mike was taken to Indian. Mike disclosed that his father owned the famous Orlando hospital in Florida.

"you mean your father owns the big hospital?" she asked bewildered.

"Yes" he answered smiling.

"This is unbelievable, why didnt you tell me?"

"I was waiting for the right time Linda."

" What makes you think this is the right time.?"

" I will be leaving for Indian tomorrow. "

"What? "

" My uncle was posted and made the general in command of the forces in indian."

"So, you're leaving?"she asked him weeping.