Glimpse of Yesterday

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as I closed my eyes, hugging the exuding fragrance from the flow

fe have to

choice but to return to their so-called-home w

g for you everywhere!" It wa

said with my same

of young wom

response, neither did I waste my

cked my tired eyes to see the beauty of the su

to the sky, trying to cover the sun with my little pa

e as beautiful as su

it's

d again, didn't you?!" I was ba

ame from work! You mother-fucker a

expect me to think?! Oh, come on, William! Don't

who was at the moment, star

but noise from the outside of our sister's room

softly called my 9-y

, even when thin walls are separating us from our parents, noises

her shoulder to hug her tightly and she hugged me too. I gave her a

't sleep." She

oisy?" I ask

down to my chest, thinking the loud noise might

ong for you. Y

d it to its spot. My sister, on the other hand, ooze a little to give me a space a

ad is full

ky is ful

ing about what

ook in my

make a fu

d her head on my shoulder and tilted her head on

g to make a

continued stru

if we ju

all our trou

live insid

et through

e'll find

ust smi

igned smile. She

just, i

just

th her low angelic face while moving her body free

ister who was enjoying the song, and at the moment, she was the one w

om my parents and live my life off the city, clubbing, wasting the money for unnecessa

h my sister and just the two of us, me making money, and

ll suffer with her condition more if I couldn't

er who's currently on her bed and is about to rest. I covered

d night." I mumbled an

nd closed he

she uttered in a

ights off from the lamp and sat beside he

h, and silently bursting all the emotions I struggled so hard to hide in front of her. I sobbed silently and hugged my knee

was silently crying on the inside, everything just feels like hell and yet I managed to walk past all the raging fire of this

and I have no choice but to walk and walk, stumble and stumble, fall a

cycle, and I

elf from drowning, I can't because it k

you." It was my professor th

, knowing all the att

managed to gi

face because I didn't care to listen to he

a 4 digit numbers can be form in a numbers containing 6, 8, 9, 3, 5

le, trying to calc

ou are always like that. No 'repetition' or else your grade will fail again and again

meant the o

profes

0. Therefore, 360 ways, Ma'am. With 4 digits from the 6 numbers you've

I fought the urge to roll my eyes at th

said, no 'repetition', theref

scof

obins. Remember I am your profes

forming tension between us and as wi

y ways are there? I'll give you 5

started counting

he 4th power of 6

, Ms. Robins." She gav

u said you're 'better' than me. If you can

sped at

espect for your pro

if I don't, probably, I might have left you

oyance was palpable but I don

time. Mind if you co

h to get all the s

ddle of my lecture are allowed to get out of my class and by tomorrow, I'll make sure your grade

ued and so do my min

math professor who call

verybody's name and so I d

asked,

lass in place and raised on

for a second

head, stil

y s

ows fu

It was an order

at starts to form in my throat. Series of unwanted thoughts started fo

s she was carrying on her desk and fall down to her offic

anna talk about, Miss?

s a small envelop

ed, not minding to t

d tell him to stay with me a

t shock anymore since it was lo

hand the money for his allowance of being a one of a hell great actor of b

scof

needed the money for your sister's treatment. Stop acting a

d up to? Will she end up being a mistress like you too? What a great rol

couldn't care less because she

to leave the office as the tension

s! Watch y

You knew all along how our family was falling apart and yet you continued! You're s

or your father! It was your mother's great failure

a woman! Fucking men and their pleasure! What an asshole!" Every word I

respect!" Her voice e

yourself, Miss Professor. Have so

er any word as an answer

she gave me a question that made me f

omes will there be that could make

's using her powe

e that you won't be able to get in from any u

ught of that but few second lat

o college, Miss Professor? Do whate

ds and must I say she was speechless for a brief moment but when she

r pleasure. I fucking hate everyone

head home yet, instead, I would choose to go to my

the small hill near our school. The view of sunset was very crystal clear from my position and the very few lotus fl

n New York but because I don't enjoy like what kids normally do or do things like what teena

self rest for a while. I was in a middle of my resting

it?" A man, or must I s

at my back but the tree trunk was

?" He asked in a euph

rned back to my o

nto making

nst darkness trying to win over the lightness and yet it has no choice

ou and you don't know me.

ity to my body who has already tons

out a c

ss you're al

so," I shru

my mother cheated

rather choose not to hear those." I said while sh

I'm kind a tired of my friend's judgmental faces like they're questioning how weak of a man I am because of

elt like we have the same situation- and the only difference was that I don't h

in mind to talk to but at the same time, I'm afra

so that's okay." I was shock at mys

elf in him. I pitted him, t

ickname so that it would feel like you're m

," I co

ut a low

ce you're my friend for today. You can c

n suddenly a sticky substance

when I realized that

hed onc

t is. Hi, Ms. Oh shit

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