Chapter 45

       I'd been discharged from the hospital a week ago, I'd been indoors since then. Always locked my door.  Mum had been trying to get me out of my room, trying to talk to me but it hurt. I couldn't look her in the eyes without feeling betrayed.  She would knock on my door, urging to open the door for hours but I didn't open the door. I needed space.  It hurt.  Its pain.  I was folding the masala (praying mat) when my room door was knocked.  I paused for a while before...