Coming Full Circle

Cold, dark and alone were all that he felt, sitting alone in the demure room, if it can even be called that was where he was. Pait peeling off the cheap wodden walls and the floor that was so cold that it felt like ice. Winter was here, yet somehow inside was colder that the outside, on the outside through the barred windowsbhe could see families playing in the snow, smiling and laughter in abduance. Even though the snow was thick enough to build snowmen and had fallen several inches it still seemed warmer than inside. Inside he could here the voices of his mother and the her latest "customer" arguing about the "prices of her service", and from the way the conversation was heading it was not looking favorable upon her. "Damn" she exclaimed! "That @$$π•!× did not pay me in full"!!!

Thunderous footsteps were heard rushing towards the room he slept, and he heard them, pulling the raggerty blind closed he shrank into the darkest corner hoping that she would not find him.

He called her " she". Calling her mother would be an insult to those with the maternal quality. After all which type of mother would assault her child and a son at that. In that village sons were favored over daughters as girls were seen as a type of commodity to be traded, sometimes he wished that he was one of them so that he no longer had to witness and expierence her abuse. That wasn't the case however as she stormed into the room, he shrank down trying to make himself as small as possible so that she wouldn't notice him but she always noticed him.

Her thin hands streached out and grabbed on to his shirt neck, ripping it in the process, her breath was foul as she opened her mouth and her teeth was a mixture of yellow and black, a combination rot and whatever drugs she was on at the moment.

As he was lost on the sight of her teeth, he was made unawares of her hand coming down upon him to hit him. 'Smack' he was hit right in the face, his small body was thrown as a result of the blow. Ears ringing and blurry vision was what greeted him as he tried to raise his little hands to shield himself but to no avil.

"You bastard"! She snarled. " Why did I give birth to a disappointment like you"! Spit flying out of her mouth hit his face. Raising up she ran a hand through the stringy hair screaming when a few strands came out. Looking around the room her gaze landed on the metal broom handle. With a sick smile she grabbed it and was about to hit him with it. Holding it high into the air, with a snarl she spat " Time for your lesson boy"!

With a start, I awoke. Looking around I patted myself relieved that I was safe and no longer in that place anymore. With a shaky breath I got out of bed, counting to ten I slowly calmed myself down. When I relaxed, I took a deep breath and mad my way to my bathroom where I saw myself, scars where everywhere on my body, I shivered as I ran my hands down my torso, stopping at a particular scar that was on my liver. Flashes of screaming and darkness littered behind my eyes and I shook my head to try and filter out those unpleasant memories and began to get ready for work.

My name is Barat Khan and I currently work as a mid level analyst as Carson's Foods. It is a small company that has begun to make inroads in the food industry and it is my job to filter the good reviews from the bad. It is also to put together, a presentation on the recent food trends and to see which products were resonating well with the public and which one to are scheluded to be pulled off the shelves.

Swiping my badge at the front desk, I arrived at my desk where I was greeted by my supervisor who is a she devil from hell. I mean literally, her name is Lilith of all things. Crazy right!? Anyways, she has always been down my throat about my project presentations as mine was always better than hers and the higher ups were beginning to take notice. Walking pass me with a smug smirk,she sat down beside me with a huff. Noticing something untoward with her attitude, I cast it aside and began to focus on my work, when not three minutes later I heard the announcement. " Ladies and Gentelmen, I am pleased to announce that our very own Supervisor Williams has handed in an excellent presentation about the rates of our products titled "From Ray to Z" which has captivated the customers and has made an increase in revenue for the company, and as such has gottenna promotion. Congratulations Supervisor Williams!"

I could not believe my ears, that presentation was mine!! I had spent countless sleep deprived nights to complete and she came in and stole it. Furious I glared at her,until I heard my boss call both me and the she devil both into his office.

"Mr.Khan" he said. " I have received a complain from Lilith here that you have been giving here menacing glares. What doul you have to say for yourself"!

Scoffing, I replied " Sir, I was not giving her "menacing glares" I was astounded at how shameless she can be". "The presentation that she received recondition for was actually mine, and I do not know why she had to steal my work"? Looking up I saw their body language, whilse I was sitting down behind the desk, she was basically inti his arms, he wasn't listening to me instead he was giggling at whatever she was saying. Being in disgust at their actions, I slammed my hands on the table " Are the two of you serious right now! She stole my work and instead of reprimanding her, you're flirting with her"!? "This is an H.R violation and I will be reporting it"! I yelled.

" If you do that thenbI have no choice but to tell them them you raped me, in which case an investigation will be carried out and you will lose your job and probably get arrested" said Lilith with a shrug. " At that point, no one will care that Aaron and I are dating". "It isn't true," I snarled "I have never touched you"! " It doesn't matter," she said " As long as I say that you will be ruined" Looking over at my boss I said " Are you really going to let her get away with this?!" Shrugging he replied "Meh!"

Storming out of his office, I went back to me cubicle and grabbed my stuff, ignoring the looks of my fellow coworkers, I stormed out of the company and started to run. I don't know how long I was running, but I ended up at a small convenience store outsid my apartment complex. Walking out with several bottles of liquor, I decided to go to the cliffs by the ocean to cool off.

As I was climbing to the top, I looked at my phone and saw a notification that said a meteor shower was about to happen. Shaking my head, I continued my druken climb to the top. Reaching the top I sat down, being careful not to break my purchace. Sighing I took out my phone, it was blowing up with messages about Lilith's new promotion. Scoffing, I threw it aside and raised a bottle of cheap whiskey at the moon. "Cheers to me" I whispered. Wallowing in my own self pity for a while, I got up and dusted my self off " Come om Barat, you did not survive your mother only to be taken out by Lilith, we cancompletely.Getting up I was blindsided when a huge mass came crashing into me throwing me off the cliff and into the icy waters of the ocean. Before passing out, I saw milliins of little lights going into my body. "Seriously" I thought. "This is how I die, getting hit by space trash"! As I was going into the sweet abyss called darkness I saw a hand reach out to me and pull me out of the water. " Where's the white light"? was the last words I said before I passed out completely