Tallaha Chaudhry Memor 1 3/21/14

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By the time anyone is reading this, I ill ha!e "assed on# $o e!er, I %eel is it im"ortant to do&ument the ad!entures I ha!e %a&ed during my elderly age# I am e'tremely old ( I ha!e outli!ed many "eo"le in my to n), I ha!e only is"s o% hite hair hi&h al ays %alls out in tu%ts, I ha!e three teeth le%t in my mouth, the rest are ooden teeth, and my *ones are e'tremely *rittle and &ra&+ at e!ery mo!ement# $o e!er, these ere not the only &on%li&ts that I had e'"erien&ed or are e'"erien&ing at this !ery moment#My hus*and, ,onathan ,ames, as dead# -ll o% my &hildren hated me and aited %or me to die so they &ould ha!e the ill in order to o*tain the land ,on le%t *ehind# My enemies ho ere in *etter sha"e in me ere &onstantly !isiting and mo&+ing me, saying the orst o% the orst, *ut unli+e on my edding day, these ords un"hased me# I .ust anted to die, to lea!e this orld and *egin the(undead) afterlife ith ,onathan, the one "erson in this orld ho lo!ed me#/ell, there, as another0 1e&ently, I re&ei!ed a !isitor ho as most li+ely the last (ali!e) "erson ho lo!ed me# I as re&ently !isited *y 2o"hia 3lora, the daughter o% the sla!e oman -**ey 3lora, ho I had hel"ed es&a"ed and yes, this is the same "erson that I as disgra&ed %or and &ursed %or *y my %ather during my edding, e!en though I &annot tell ho he %igured out# 2he told me o% ho she *ought her %reedom and as slee"ing here!er she &ould# I %elt horri*le, and o%%ered to let her ta+e my home %or the time *eing and a%ter I "ass# 2he +ne it ould *e &oming, she sa all the signs she sa in her mother hen she as dying# I %elt e'tremely sad, and ha!ing a similar &on%li&t I +ne there as no ay I &ould mend the eternal ould she ould &arry e!en *eyond the gra!e# I o%%ered her to stay, and she told me a*out her time a%ter I had hel"ed her es&a"e# This as, %or some reason, e'tremely soothing, and I almost %ell on a tor&h as I almost %ell

aslee"# I %elt that though no one lo!ed me, I still had at least one %riend, and a dearly de"arted mother %igure# This as enough to sooth my soul# I *elie!e that no , +no ing that I4!e *rought at least some ha""iness to someone, I %eel li+e I &an reunite ith ,onathan, my ,onathan at last# I ent on tal+ing to 2o"hia, and it as on a 5o!em*er e!ening, e ere tal+ing o!er a &u" o% tea, hi&h had re&ently *een thro n into the har*or *y 5ati!es, I said something hi&h made 2o"hia laugh, and she dro""ed her tea &u", and she started sha+ing in e!ery dire&tion, and she e!entually gra**ed her heart and em"tiness %illed her eyes# The one %riend I had le%t in this orld had died, and I ould *lamed %or this# I anted to lea!e# ,ust al+ out o% li%e# It as at this moment that I as remorsing hen my son, ,e%%erson, named a%ter my *rother, &ame in# $e had a *loodlust in his eyes and I +ne hat he anted# I &ouldn4t get u"

%rom my +nees, so I .ust a aited the 6ui&+ death# It ne!er &ame# 7nly a shar" metal lightly "ressed against my throat and emissioned some dro"lets o% *lood, *ut he le%t, and said that i% he as getting his land, he ould at least ait %or me to die# I reali8ed that there ere many o&&asions here I %elt this ay# -%ter I &ame this &lose to death, I reali8ed, li%e is more than .ust *eing hurt, it is li%e# 9es"ite the little amount o% time I had le%t in this orld, there as still mu&h to do and see# I too+ this as a sign, and I re rote the ill my hus*and "ro!ided# 2in&e my hus*and as gone, and I o ned the land, I ga!e it to my *rother, the one "erson I %orgot a*out, and named it a%ter the %riend and mother I re&ently lost# I +ne I didn4t ha!e mu&h time le%t, so I s"ent it as I sa %it# I ent %rom ea&h o% my enemies and as+ed %or %orgi!eness %rom them a%ter the ay I had a&ted during our &ommunal &hildhood # They in turn did %orgi!e me, and as I ent *a&+ home, I sto""ed *y my &hildren4s house and told them o% my de&ision# This made them hate me more, *ut I +e"t on telling them there ould *e a short &han&e I ould *e here ith them tomorro , *ut they still didn4t &hange# I le%t, and !isited ,e%%erson, my *rother this time# $e em*ra&ed me, and a%ter a small dis&ussion, e ent to my hus*and4s gra!e and said our res"e&ts

one more# /e then ent *a&+ to his &a*in and *egan to tal+ a*out hat had ha""ened hile e ere ea&h gone# There as a lot to share# It as a%ter this that I sle"t at ,e%%erson4s domain and ent on to a+e u" and scribe this# This is most li+ely my last entry in my *oo+# This re&alls any im"ortant in%ormation o% my elderly age# 1ead it, and learn %rom it# :ood *ye, to anyone ho on&e lo!ed me, or lo!e me no # I am old, I don not ha!e mu&h more time, *ut a%ter hat I ha!e done yesterday, I %eel %ul%illed, this time, it is the trooth# This is my last entry# :ood-*ye, %rom -li&e ,e%%erson ,ames#

Tallaha Chaudhry ;anguage -rts

3/13/14 6-309