His not so beautiful wife

Hiding pain

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You may be able to fool others.
To make them believe your hollow laughs and fake smiles,
But you can't fool the likes of me
A person like me who has mastered the art to talk more with eyes and less with words.

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The silence of an empty office welcomed Elle as Ashton was gone leaving her alone.

Her thoughts preoccupied with what has just happened between the two.
She could hear her heart thumping in her chest wildly.

Her line of thought was broken when she saw Jake calling.

Moving towards the washroom she answered in a cheerful voice

"Hey, sassy boy! What's up!"

"Sassy boy? Well that's new!"

They both laughed trying to make each other cheerful.

"How is your mother?"

"She fell down the stairs and sprained her ankle... nothing serious"

"Oh thank God I got scared!"

"Even I got scared but seeing her I am relieved....you know first she went all mad at me for not picking up my calls...but then she forgave me"

Elle smiled but a ping of jealousy was felt.
She hoped her mother also loved her like that.

"Elle, you are fine right? "

"Offcourse sassy boy! Why won't I be?"

"Nothing just Sammy and all...I just wanted to make sure you are fine"

Sammy's name was enough to bring tears in her eyes again.
How bad she was trying to hold in her pain.

"I am fine Jake..."
Her voice was quivering and she knew he will guess that she is going to cry.

"...I am a bit busy sassy boy...will call you later!"

Cutting the call she allowed the tears to flow out.
She looked at herself in the mirror to see how bad she looked.

Those brown eyes which looked dull had dark circles around them.
She could see a pimple forming on her forehead and this little thing just managed to frustrate her more.

She hated seeing her reflection and averted her gaze to her hand, splashing some water on her face she allowed her tears to get lost in it.

Faking a huge smile on her face she looked back at the mirror.
Patting her cheeks she was ready to go on with her today's mission of irritating her husband.

Elle was not the kind of a girl anyone could understand easily.
She looked strong and fierce on the outside but on the inside, she is mostly shaking and vulnerable.

She will never let anyone else drown in her own miseries.
She didn't share the pain, she only shared happiness.

And that was the very reason why people thought she was bipolar.
If only they could understand the sadness behind those smiles and the pain behind each cheerful word she spoke.

The smile didn't make her feel any better, still, her heart cried when the scene of Sammy's closing eyes flashed in front of her.

But again this was a part of life.

She knew this is happening because this was the first time she saw someone dying.
Power of time will make all these pains go away and she trusted it.