Chapter -1 The escape from reality

Astha was the eldest daughter the family so she studied hard so that she could take care of her family

The day of her graduation where everyone’s. parents came and congratulated their kids

Asthma’s phone rings , it’s her mother-

She answers the phone “ Hi mom , I graduated top of my-“ her mother interrupting Astha says “ anyway I am going to be late home from work and the fridge is empty buys something to feed your siblings bye “ she says hurriedly

Astha thinks to herself “ I know your busy , I know I am the eldest , I know you love me ,I know dad never comes home cause he works hard two jobs at once but even though you could not come to my graduation I still wish that you could at least say that you were proud of me and at least one word of congratulations”

Then it started raining and Astha returns home drenched in rain

She then takes a shower and cook something for dinner and heads to her room ,she throws herself onto the bed, worn out and opens her phone to read a novel her only way to escape from the world the novel name is “Alice” when she reads it Astha says to herself “the protagonist Alice is bold , brave , and talented but there comes her twin sister which has the same name as me and a covered , scared, cold looking on outside but cares deep down ,she is just like me scared to get hurt so she hides her feelings but still get hurt anyway she shows that quality I hate about my self the most”

As she continues to read the last episode at the end Astha the twin sister of the protagonist dies alone without anyone by her side even her twin sister because she was always bad at communication

Astha aster reading the novel realised the reason why in the novel Astha died lonely so she from then tried learning communication skills and started being friendly with each other

After 20 years Astha became a very talented doctor and there is no one in hospital who doesn’t know about her

Her parent died in an plane crash 10 years ago after that she took care of the family

One rainy night after leaving from her night shift while standing near the traffic signal she thought “ I became someone no one can ignore right now I am the best surgeon in the country and have a good name at my work place it’s all because of the novel it made me realise what mistake was even though I kinda hate the novel Astha I kinda wish she could change her destiny to like I did mine”

Then a truck driver who is drunk and fell a sleep and list control of the truck and Hit Astha

Astha wakes up thinking “ Am I not dead but why is the hospital bed so big”

And a women in maid out fit says “ my lady it’s time to wake up and wash your face”

Astha doesn’t understand what going on and says “ who are you , why are you calling me‘my lady’ and where am I”

The maid said “my name is Jane your personal maid and your Astha August the daughter of count August, you just turned 10 yesterday,why are you acting like you don’t remember young lady”

“Is my twin sister’s name Alice” ask Astha

“Yes” the maid replies

Astha realises that she came into the novel and says to Jane “ Haha… Jane it was a joke I wanted to see your funny face , I remember everything”

Jane sigh in relief

Then Astha goes to the mirror to look at herself and She froze, startled by the reflection staring back—wide-eyed, soft-featured, and unexpectedly adorable. Was that really her??!!..

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