When I came back to office I could hear the the murmuring of my staffs... yeah Iam used to it. Calling me witch with their eyes and sometimes little louder so that only their colleagues hear. They have no guts to say it to my face. Of course they are my staff, so I guess they got the quality to be an alert person from me. But they are too naive. That curses won’t affect me even a little bit. Lol I like to be called as a witch. Yeah Iam a witch I will make them repay me. I shouted loudly ‘ today I should get all the ideas related to the new project with in this after noon. Those who can’t present it today may start searching for another company’ I saw everyone cursing me in mind. Lol that flatters me. I started walking to my cabin. ‘Madam, you give us 1 week time, it’s not even 48hrs, how can we create a presentation with this time limit. Moreover it’s a big budget programme. We can’t just prepare some dumb project that will loose our company image. So I hope ma..da..mm can give us more time’. A newbie told me. My lip curved to form a smile and looked at her and then others. I saw others stood like thunder striked on their head. They are starring at her pathetically. Of course she is doomed. Or else I will make her. ‘Nice to have such a good staff in my office. At least she knows it’s a big project and can’t make some vague ideas. Okay sweetie I will give you a life time to make this project, Sarah get her papers be ready and help her move her stuffs out at this instant. We don’t need the staff who can’t even produce a idea in 2 days time. And you newbie, you hear it clearly..’ I tapped her shoulder a looked at her with my ice frozen eyes. I saw her pathetic condition now. She is now begging me with her eyes. This is making me tease her more. ‘ so newbie I gave you 1 week time to make a presentation on your idea. 2 days for idea and 3 days to look for the accessories and suceesibility of the idea. And final 2 days to re and re and recheck it so that you find even a small mistake and rectify it. You didn’t even gave a look in to the project, that’s why you didn’t even get a proper idea... atleast a vague idea. Then how can you make it with in 5 days without a mistake. Who enrolled her?? Fire her also. She lacks talent to select employee for our company. Girl this company is not for your child’s play’ I entered my cabin with a cold laugh, my secretary followed me and she started saying about the schedules today. But I was looking at the staffs through the transparent glass of my cabin. Iam satisfied... they are so irritated by me. They deserve it. God I have too much work to finish. Don’t wanna waste my time on that idiots. I worked until night that day. In project ideas nobody gave me a satisfying answer. I need a catchy idea for the advertisement. Stupid them.. didn’t even gave me a catchy caption

I was busy with the current project on jewellery, they showed us some of their major works, they were imperssive, especially the Phoenix imprinted necklace.

After noon meeting

I entered the meeting hall. The hall became pin drop silent. I like the change from a talkative class room to a silent grave . I walked as if I conquered the entire country. I never made my chin down. I always talk with pride, yeah Iam someone who succeeded in my carrier. And Iam the best role model for young women’s who wants to be successful in bussiness world. So I should be proud of myself. I sat on the chair at the center and opened my laptop and showed the selected ornaments. ‘Anyone got new ideas’ I looked at everyone. It’s a silence again. ‘ why don’t you even use your brain , are you here to watch a movie or what? What the hell were you doing until now?? Stupid idiots.... thinkkkkk, use you brain atleast once. So many ornaments are there, nothing made impression on you, simonnnnnn’ I shouted at the creative head. ‘ mam all the oranaments designs look same and this year there were too many jewellery advertisements released so... I think... we need more time to..’it angered me more ‘stop saying damn excuses’

I looked at the Phoenix ornament again

‘ what about Phoenix, the bird who raise from the ashes and flied across the sky with her firing wings’ everyone looked at me with curiosity

‘ madam, we understand your saying. But couldn’t able to relate with the advertisement. Advertisement not about only the Phoenix product.. it’s about the whole jewellery. So we can’t focus on just one piece of art’ simon told back

‘ yeah you are right. But make it look in an advertisement way and make it feel like it is applicable for everything. And more over it should be catchy’

‘How’

‘Show the real you, And imprint your image on their heart in an impressive way with us xxx jewellers’ I said in a rhythmic way

‘Woww’ I heard a loud applause from the staff. Iam happy. I am impressed by myself. At least my staffs are good at encouraging me. Lol. This is insane. I looked at everyone

‘Now I have done 70% of the work. Now it’s your turn to make it more beautiful and improvise the idea and create an excellent advertisement material this week. I hope you all can work together and submit a full project management paper by this week and arrange models soon. That’s all , anything else’

‘ no madam we will never dissappoint you’

‘ that’s good for you. Otherwise Simon, forgot sitting in that chair for a longer time’

‘Madam we will finish it well’ Simon looked at me with full confidence

‘ yeah I know you people will make it, work hard’ I looked at them coldly and walked out from the meeting room

Evening

I was checking new projects emails requested by the clients. Nothing looked that bright. I scrolled down the email. Something hooked with my eyes. Tears started flowing from my eyes. I forgot tears for a long time. How come this thing come from my eyes. Is my tear glands still working. I thought it died away due to exhaustion a long time ago. Lol it’s still alive, but am I alive?? I looked at the screen and touched the letters in that screen

‘ it’s still look beautiful. But why such a beautiful thing hurts me this much. Why did you leave me alone here, you don’t deserve my tears..... but it still hurts’

I cried my soul out. Again that memories rushing in to my mind. I can’t defeat its urge to knockout me with all hurtful claws of it. I dont want to keep sinking in those memories. But why stilll..... It’s making my every night dark as my life. I never seen a star in sky as Iam afraid to look at them due to the haunting past I survived. The one who made me look at the star became the brightest star who made the sky even more scarier for me.

I opened the drawer of my table and took an album of my childhood. Tears a making a flood over my eyes. I can only see the photo in an half blurred state due to the tears. I know everything had already faded away. I turned the Pages it feels like my happy years are always short lived. It’s fading away in a blink of eyes, Same as turning the pages of this album. I reached the last page. It’s my 8th birthday photos. Look at me, how happy she is? Her smile making me think like she has conquered every bit of this world. No worries no stress no betrayal. I guess that was day she didn’t know what’s gonna happen in her next coming days. She is didn’t know how shadow would cover over her smiling face. That day,I was so happy that my parents gave me a suprise. I was the only child they have. I was so happy to have them. Like every child, I too used to make my parents exhaust by chasing me because of my over playful character. Yeah I made them stressed out everyday doing naughty things. My mom was a housewife. And my father was a school teacher. I was from an average family. Yet my childhood was so bright and beautiful even though I got beating everyday for doing all kind of mistakes. That sour beating possess sweetness of love inside it. My parents is the first and best gift that the god gave me. I didn’t know that it was the first chance god gave me and I didn’t cherish it well. Everyday I fought with them for silly matters, yeah that is understandable for a kid to do that. But now I think that’s unforgettable mistake I had done. I should have made them more happy. Everyday night my mother would take me to the terrace to see the stars. Mother used to say that ‘ look at the stars. Isn’t it beautiful’

‘Yeah mom. Very beautiful, but stop it now. Everyday you are taking me to here and saying the same dialogue over and over again. I already byhearted every dialogue you are going to say. Now stop doing it’

‘If not to you, to whom I can give my valuable lectures about life. Isn’t it sweety’

‘Yeah I will shine like a star in future I will make my parents dream come true I will study hard and achieve a good job and will do it with my whole heart. Enough now’

‘ yeah but looking at your studying level. I don’t think you will be able to. So please stop playing and start studying seriously. Do you hear that’ I heard mom’s voice raising. So it’s better not to make her more angry.

‘Yeah mom. I will keep that in mind’

‘You are saying it for years still your percentage never came above 70’ she made a disappointed look. I went near near her and hugged her from back.

‘Mom i will try. Don’t be sad’ she turned to look at me,I immersed my face in her stomach. I can feel the secured feeling Iam getting. I know nobody can hurt me when Iam under my moms wings of love. She hugged me back. I can feel the smile appeared in her mouth. She is happy now. We went back to bed room to sleep. I heard the door bell ringing. I can hear the door opening sound. I can guess it’s my father from the footsteps. I ran near to my father and hugged him

‘ little princess. I heard your exams are starting tomorrow. Well now we had given your favorite teddy doll. I guess you score 80% this time. Isn’t it?’

‘Yeah papa. I will try’ i said in a sad voice. papa hugged me tightly and told me

‘ my princess it’s okay even if you didn’t score well. You are always our best princess ever’

‘No papa this time I won’t dissappoint you. It’s just that I feel little nervous about examination. Otherwise Iam perfect’ I tried to smile

‘Let’s go to temple and pray to god tommarrow for letting you answer everything well. How about that?’

‘But I didn’t revised anything. So I don’t think I will get time tommarrow’

‘It’s okay we will go and pray on your behalf sweety’

‘Papa you are best’

That night even though I was happy. I was very much nervous about my exams. I promised my parents already to get a good mark. I hugged my teddy tightly and slept’

Next day morning

Parents are already ready to go to temple early in the morning itself. When I wake up. I saw them getting on the bike. When they saw me. They smiled at me

‘ okay sweety. You go and study. We will come back before you go to school’

‘ okay’ I went back to my room after closing the door. I could hear their bikes sound getting away and away. I took my books and started reading, with in 5 min I was knocked out by my goddess of sleep. Why sleeping on the very morning of exams seems more attractive and additive? I don’t know. If it was a normal day. I could have woke up by now. But now this sleeping is making me to melt in to this soft bed. I can feel weight across my eyes. Even though I want to open it, it’s getting more and more heavier. ‘Okay let’s wake up after 15 min, this 15 min won’t loose me much time, right?’ I slept under the warmth of my fluffy blanket. Omg,time deceived me. I woke up at 9.00. I ran to wash room and got ready wearing uniform and Making pony hair. I wore my shoes and took my bag. Where is mom and dad. They are so late. I can’t be late anymore. I ran to the road and waited for the bus. Bus soon arrived and I got on that. I was busy thinking about the exam.