His not so beautiful wife

The veil of secrets

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You think I am a good man if only you knew my past,
If only you knew what all sins I have made and which all families I have destroyed.
When I can't look at myself and say I love myself, then how can you smile at me and say you love me?"

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Every person has some secrets.
Some not so important and some life-destroying.
Every friend keeps a secret if not then no one would trust friendship again.

Behind every face you see and every word you hear are secrets meant to be kept.
Some for good, some for bad.
But again they are called secrets because they are meant to be kept till the time a person is lowered into their grave.

23 years back

It was a rough night.
With winds howling and trees shaking.
Thunder was lightning the deserted road.

Sounds of heavy footsteps were heard as someone was running through the puddles at the side of the road.

His tiny feet were running to safety.
He wanted to reach home at any cost, to rush into his mother's arms away from this scary night.

His innocent soul has been tainted with the sight he had just seen and his breathing was coming out heavy.

He kept on looking back to see that no one was following him.

Focussed behind him he didn't see the car coming from the front.
The car was flashing its light on him and by the time it was close enough to his notice he couldn't do anything.

Honking sounds were heard and he stood at his spot frozen.

Screeching of tires was followed by a loud bang.
His scared eyes opened to see two cars in his view.

One was gone while the other one had collided on the nearby tree.
Smoke was coming out of its bonnet and he feared it will catch fire very soon.

He was in a state of dilemma
At one side was his safety and on the other theirs.
But he had caused this accident, he was at fault as the car had dived to save him.

Without wasting a second he ran towards the crushed car.

The first thing he saw as he peeped inside was blood.
His body started shaking in fear of seeing it.

The dashboards, the steering were all covered in blood.

His eyes fell on the driver side to see a lady looking at him.
She was badly injured with blood everywhere on her face.

Her blood-stained fingers pointed to the passenger seat as she called to him in desperations.

"Pl...please save my ....child"

It was then that the boy looked at the passenger seat to find a 1-year-old child wrapped in blankets.
The seat belt kept her safe from the impact.

"Pl....ease.....tak...e. her"
The boy not knowing what to do decided to follow her instruction.
Opening the passenger seat with great difficulty he picked up the child and ran towards safety.

He pressed the little child to his chest to keep her safe from the rain.
He was just 5 years of age but still he managed to save her.

Placing the child on the seat of a bus stop, he turned around to save the lady when the car blasted in flames all of a sudden.