Mira's Daring Dream

He held her head between his hands and stroked her hair. Mira could feel the warmth of his breath on the back of her neck. She leaned into his embrace, savoring this rare moment of tenderness.

"Mira, you are my beloved soul sister," he whispered into her ear, "the one who is my other half." He caressed her face and kissed her gently on the lips. A rush of longing swept through her body. She drew him closer to her, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"I love you too, Uncle," she smiled, "and I want to stay with you forever."

"You will stay with me forever," he murmured in response, "you belong to me now."

She looked up at him, startled by these words. "What do you mean?" she asked softly.

"You are mine now," he said as a smile spread across his face. He lifted her chin and brushed his lips against hers again. This time, though, she did not respond to him. Her eyes were wide open and she was trembling slightly as she gazed at him in disbelief. He knew he had spoken too bluntly and tried to win back her affection by showering her with kisses and pleading words of love for a few moments more until finally breaking away from her embrace in frustration and anger.

"Why are you being like this? Don't you understand?" he asked harshly as he glared at her. "I want to protect you and take care of you forever." He paced around the room agitatedly as Mira stared blankly ahead of herself in silence. After a few minutes, he paused and turned to look at her again while fuming silently before suddenly bursting out: "Do you know what would have happened if I hadn't stepped in when I did? They would have raped you right there on the street! Those filthy pigs! They took advantage of your innocence! You were so scared that you ran straight into their arms!" He walked up to where she was standing by the window and raised his hand threateningly towards her but stopped just short of hitting her when he saw the tears streaming down her innocent face. "Mira..." His voice softened instantly as he rushed over to hold her tightly in his arms again, burying his face in the crook of her shoulder as a sob escaped from deep within him: "Oh sweetheart...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." She buried both hands into his hair and clung tightly onto him for a long time until finally they separated from each other once again with a sigh from both of them. Her heart raced as she looked into his eyes which gazed back at her with intense emotion before finally saying: "Can we go out tomorrow?"

The streets were empty except for two men following them discretely at some distance behind them on the busy thoroughfare when they emerged from the apartment building together that morning. They walked quickly with their heads down towards their destination without speaking to each other despite Mira's constant nagging about hurrying up because she had something important to show him today that she couldn't wait any longer to share with him; something that was supposed to be special between just the two of them but now felt tainted by the presence of these men trailing after them secretly as they made their way down the street together hand-in-hand like lovers on their way to meet an illicit assignation somewhere outside the city limits where they could be alone together without fear or judgment or reproach or shame...and yet here they were walking together openly on a public street where anyone might see them; where anyone might recognize them...know who they were...and become suspicious...and start wondering why they were together...and why they seemed so happy despite everything that had happened ...why they seemed so happy now after all that had happened...and why they didn't seem afraid anymore even though everyone knew how dangerous it was for Mira to be seen anywhere near Uday after what had happened....what had almost happened....to poor little Mira who was now being protected by Godsend Uday who had rescued her from those lecherous swine determined to ravage and ruin an innocent young girl who should have been protected from such depraved beasts instead....but no one dared say anything about it....no one dared talk about it....no one dared accuse Uday for protecting himself even though everyone knew it was wrong...so wrong...yet no one tried stop them.....no one tried stop them..because there was nothing anyone could do anymore....anyone could do anymore..because Uday controlled everything now....Uday controlled everything now....Uday controlled everything now..because Uday controlled everything now ....because Uday controlled everything now...because Uday controlled everything now.....because Uday controlled everything now....because Uday controlled everything now.......because Uday controlled everything now......because Uday controlled everything now.........because Uday controlled everything now........ because Uday controlled everything now.. because Uday controlled everything now.... because Uday controlled everything now ..... because Uday controlled everything now ........because Uday controlled everything......because Uday controlled everything........ because Uiday controled evetything........ because Uiday controled evetything........ because Uhady controled evetything....... because Uhady controled evetything....... because Uhady controled evetything....... because Uhady controled evetything.......... because Uhady controled evetything.......... because Uhady controled evetything......... because Uhady controled evetything......... because Uhady controled evetytghing......... because Uhady controleldevetytghing......... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg...... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg...... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg...... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg...... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg...... becasuehUhadycntroleveeyyngggg......................becauseuhadycontrolevveevryyytinggggggggg..................