Dark Side - Chapter 4 All We See Is Not True?

Adam was silently watching Kaira as she sat beside him coloring a drawing a she made. Adam was amazed by Kaira’s drawing skills, he was good at drawing so he chose that as he wanted to show off to his little sister that how good her brother is, but….

…. Kaira was unexpectedly really good at it.

She drew a girl wearing a frock, standing in the garden with a umbrella and in the background was a very big palace.

He thought that this was an exceptional case, he will show her afterwards.

Adam: “Drawing is so boring, let’s do something else.”

Kaira: “Wait. Let me finish this drawing it’s almost complete.”

Adam : “Do this later. Come watch cartoons with me.”. Then he grabbed her hand and made her stand up.

As he took her hand, Kaira freezed and was staring at her hand. Adam was confused so he asked “What’s wrong?”

Then he followed Kaira’s gaze and realized that he was holding her hand, he then hastily left her hand and started scratching his head in embarrassment.

Adam : “Let’s go.”. He then thought ‘Must she make it so awkward.’ Kaira noded and they went to the living room.

Adam: “Let’s watch this one, it is my favorite cartoon.”

Kaira: “Okay”

Adam intentionally chose the scariest cartoon so that when Kaira will be afraid he will show his elder brother side.

But to contrast Kaira was laughing through out the time, instead Adam was scared. This incident started to sow a seed of feeling- of- inferiority in Adam’s heart. More than inferiority he was upset that his little sister was not like what he had expected.

He was embarrassed. To drive that off he started to ask questions “Where did Nan find you? What happened to you? How did you come here?”

Hearing these questions Kaira was reminded of that scary night. She became upset.

Nancy was in the next room hearing these questions she rushed out of her room.

“Adam don’t you have homework to do? Go do your homework.”

With a long face Adam went to his room. Adam never liked studying and he was bad at it.

He opened his books and started his staring competition with them. Kaira was sitting and quietly watching him.

Suddenly a idea popped in his head.

He turned towards Kaira and said “See, we have to study so hard, can you even understand what is written?”

Kaira : “It is so easy. See you have to do this, this and this.”

Kaira was from a rich family, so, she was home tutored and with that IQ of 220 she was already very ahead of other children of her age.

Kaira almost completed Adam’s homework.

Soon the night fell. They sat to have dinner.

Nancy :” Did you both have fun?”

Kaira: “It was very exciting. I had so much fun with big brother.”.

Adam sitting beside was thinking just the opposite.

Nancy: “That’s nice. It is a relief to hear that.”

They then slept. Kaira and Nancy in one room and Adam in his room.