Mira wore a white dress today . Her make-up was kept to a minimum,her hair was just loose on her back .
Finally, someone had bothered to give her some advice on how to act on the stage .
She stood on the stage with a paper in her eyes , her eyes were teary ( oh please, we all know that old trick ), her voice trembled as she started talking -
" For the past few days , I had fallen sick....I don't mean to say this as an excuse , it is just that the more I think about how inhumanely I had behaved to the people around me , the more I had suffered. The heavy guilt on my heart had finally broken my body ," she looked up for sympathy," I don't mean to say that I understand even an ounce of suffering the people had been put through for me ,but I - I should have done better to treat the people around me . I had acted privileged to the people and treated them horribly. I am grateful that people all over the social media had taught me how wrong I was . I am grateful for the teaching you a have shown me . I will try to be a better human from now on ," she bowed ," Lastly , I want to officially apologise to someone who has suffered for my lack of understanding the situation . Ms. Autumn Dane, can you please come up here ?"
I stood up . I had to tackle her somehow .
It was foolish of me to not have prepared a tear-stick like Mira had beforehand. It would look awful on the stage of she was the only one who was crying .
So it was either I had to console th crocodile or had to have very sad thoughts, myself.
That was easy for me .
The horror that I had to face this year was enough to make my eyes and face red in seconds .
As soon as I was up on the stage , Mira grabbed my hand ," I am so sorry that I had troubled you by asking you to come here today ."
Actually it was me who had asked to be invited here .
" What do you mean ? It is an honor to come to a donation event where I could be enlighten by the path your family has chosen of saving so many childen," I smiled and took the mic from her ," I am really grateful to be invited so I could be part of such a holy mission that Summit corporation has arranged , since it is a work where we must come together despite our division , different ideology and fued ."
Yes , I wanted the media to know that I was not there for Mira , tonight. Rather it was for donation purposes .
Mira ignored by passive play and said ," I wanted to apologise to you face to face . I hope that you can be forgiving to the pain I have caused you . I want you to know that hurting you was never my intention. It's just that I have grown in a foreign country so I had really hard time making friends."
" Is that right ?," I smiled and looked at the audience," I also had a friend who has spent a big part of his childhood out of the country, Liam Anderson ," people cheered and pointed at him at the crowd ," Yes , there he is , he is such a gentle man ."
Liam holded up his glass of wine as a sign of toast towards me .
' Dear Mira , growing up in a foreign country, doesn't give you the excuse to be such a bitch '
- that's what I wanted to say .
" For most of my life , I had missed the warmth of my parents since they had been so busy with their jobs ," Mira blinked out tears ," I think that that trauma is what that has broken something inside of me ."
I placed a hand on the shoulder," I-I understand you , my childhood wasn't exactly -," tears poured out of my eyes , I looked down .
Dang , I was sobbing much more than I thought that I would .
Talking about my parents ...they reminded me of the harsh reality I had lived through .
These tears were real.
It was not Mira's turn to console me ," Are you okay ? I am so sorry ."
I looked up at her .
What a filthy move it was from me , I had used my own trauma to make another woman bad on the stage .
And I was not guilty about it at all.
" I am doing alright ," I took in a shaky breath ," What I meant to say that it takes courage to see your shortcomings, I am glad that you are trying ."
" Yes ," she turned at the crowd ," As an apology towards my horrible behaviour, I had decided on the ultimate since I should be set as an example. For that today , I am announcing my retirement from the entertainment industry. I will repent for my wrongdoing by giving up my dreams . I hope that people feel my sincerity."