14th March 1985

A journey to Elysium   14th March 1985

Both of them stood frozen at the sight of the brigands holding them firmly hindered to make any possible movement, as tried hard to push them away but their grip was way too strong for them to push off.Murphy was looking at Sam having panic in her eyes.Sam tried loosening his grip off him, pushing and pulling himself, he could just make it to free his mouth off the brigand's hands, while his arms still pinned to his back."What do you want?", Sam shouted out at them, he was now breathing heavily with the fruitless efforts which didn't seem to work against the firm grasp of them."No one is allowed past these lands", the man behind Sam hissed in his ear, as if there was a snake under the turban, his voice was creepy enough, "now, it's that you have passed the limits, you gotta pay for that"."..., dearly", The man behind Murphy added.They laughed wickedly at them, their voices seemed to be filled with joy to have them caught, the

A journey to Elysium   14th March 1985

Murphy put on the best of the attires she had, she dived into her closet looking for something else to complete the look, there she pulled out a jacket and wore over on it. Looking at herself in the mirror, the perfect look it seemed to her.Inside her head, she was constantly thinking of the possible questions which could be asked in the interview, and the most awestruck answers to them, which would possibly make them accept her for the job.She was too overridden with joy and kept looking at the advertisement over her dressing table in hope, hoping that it will bring a ray of hope in their lives and they will finally be able to earn their living and treat their Nanny as well. She went out to see if Sam was

A journey to Elysium   13th March 1985

“Good morning”, Sam came in to join Murphy on breakfast, “how was the night? Got to sleep well?” He made a place for himself next to her on the table, meanwhile, Nanny was getting toasts done and serving them freshly.

A journey to Elysium   13th March 1985

She took her hand and spoke in a low concerned voice, “Daughter, I see that your dreams are going heavy on you”, she was trying to mask her panic by controlling her nerves,

A journey to Elysium   13th March 1985

It was Sam who was cutting his birthday cake and laughing heartfully. She stood there looking at his lively laughter and playfully admiring all the arrangements done for him.Deep inside she was feeling hollow, deserted, lost, like a cut kite falling away with the wind.She was loving how Sam was enjoying his big day and left bad to be not able to stand by him like she always could, her mind was filled with the secrets they were keeping them from her.Sam guessed the lost mind for hers, and tried to bring her around by pasting whipped cream on her nose, the gleam in his eyes was the same as he would always have after getting her annoyed.She could no longer keep herself back, she went to grab a piece of cake and stuffed it in his mouth, meanwhile, Nanny was smiling

A journey to Elysium   12th March 1985

It was after breakfast that she was lost in her mind again.Thinking about the dream that she had. Her mind was too occupied by the series of dreams that kept crossing her sleep.What was the purpose of the random dreams in her life? Of all the people she has ever seen in her life, those people didn't resemble anyone. Who were those people? And why was she watching them?Why doesn't anyone else gets to see them?Murphy sat by the window, noticing the trees dancing at the notes of the wind.She felt tired of all the thoughts swarming in her head.It had been long that she had been happy.She shook her head and tried to let go of the memories and focus on better things around, as it was getting harder for her to keep up the serie

A journey to Elysium   8th March 1985

She continued revealing the story which has been kept masked by her over the years. Slowly the

A journey to Elysium   8th March 1985

Nanny took a breath before continuing to reveal more of the tragic event happenings.

A journey to Elysium   8th March 1985

She stood there, eyes locked staring at her, barely moving a brow. She could feel her hea

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