Who was it then?

Friday night, Marry a 24 year old girl tired from job was going to her childhood bestie Julia. “Julia and I studied in the same class” ,murmured Marry sitting in metropolitan. “God!God! I can’t believe this is happening. I am going to meet my best friend after 9 years. I am full of tears”, said Marry with eyes full of tears in her eyes. Actually these tears were symbolising her happiness and grief at the same time. She was remembering the moments spent with her Julia. “Hey miss! Can we talk if you don’t mind?” questioned Marry from a young lady in front of her. The young lady was surprised that a girl wanted to share her feelings in an excitement. She could not stop herself from knowing the reason behind her excitement. “Yeah of course”, replied the young lady. “Myself Marry. I am 24 and work for Walmart. Just got a weekend free for myself. I am just going to meet my childhood bestie named Julia. I still remember the days we bunked up classes together, the way we jumped in the playground, enjoyed the lunch together, stole food of other classmates, and ruined the notebooks to be checked by teachers. Haha….”, Marry spoke out all of this in breathless . But wait…. she started crying while laughing. What was it?, wondered the young lady. She asked the reason that why she became suddenly sad. Marry replied “ She was always in a gloomy mood in the morning. Her dad used to beat her mom a lot. She was from Islam. She used to tell me that her dad did not allow her mom to stand even by the window of balcony, slapped her mom without telling any reason. Always in a hurry of money for drinking alcohol. One day her mom refused to give money for it. As a result, her dad broke a leg of her mom. She became very upset on that day. I advised many time to her that she should encourage her mom for divorce but she said that mom will never agree upon it. On the day she told me about her mom’s broken leg, I did not know that it would be the last day to see her in the school. After that, she never came. Just this is the story of ours”. Ah that was such a sad ending wondered the young lady. “So now you are finally going to meet up your bestie right?”, asked the young lady. “Yes”, replied Marry. The young lady asked her that from where did Marry got her friend’s address. Marry told that she went to her friend’s old address and the neighbours told that the family has shifted to New town b. “Ah just 2 Kms away, and my destination will be right there, I am coming Julia.”, spoke Marry. The young lady asked her many other questions like why did Marry wait for so many years. Marry told that she became busy in her busy and boring life. Also, she answered her many other questions. Now, it was the time when station was finally going to be there. The young lady could not stop herself from getting off with Marry. She actually wanted to know about many other things and also wanted to know that how does her friend and family look now. She decided to go with Marry to Julia’s home. When they both finally arrived at their destination, Marry knocked the door. A man aged about 70-72 opened the door. Marry ran to the house and started shouting “ Juliaa, oh my Julu, Julie, where are you? I have arrived. Now don’t play hide and seek.” The old man spoke-“ what rubbish???”, “What the hell is it???” Julia was my wife. She died 40 years ago in a car accident with her mom. Marry replied- “ I am not joking, I know her since childhood. She could not be dead and she was young not that much aged. We played just 9 years ago. She told me everything happened to her mom.” Marry told all the information and story about Julia to that old man. The old man shocked and cried with tears that the story was real. He went to his old suitcase and got a very old album of Julia’s birth to marriage pictures. He showed it to both the ladies. They got extremely shocked. The old man said-“one day she was drunk from a party. She was driving to get back to home with her mom and I was waiting for her at the dinner with my brother and his wife. The car just crashed the huge truck and after that she died. Her mom was in comma. But Julia was not anymore she left all of us with that heartbreaking feeling .Julia’s story is exactly matching to the story of her mom’s real life. I don’t know where did you got this information from the kids? It’s been 40 years. She is dead but I always try to feel her presence but she never came in my dream, not even a single time. I don’t know how to meet her. I just wanna get that soon. I hope this is possible as soon as possible. I’m just waiting for my dealth each day. Actually, yeah it is true that her childhood was really very bad. Her dad used to be her mom without any reason didn’t allow her to move outside with freedom once he broke her leg as well and after that her mom became handicapped. Julie met me and we were married. We were actually good friends in college. After we got married, her dad was dead. Her mom shifted to us. They both were actually happy, but she never could forgive her that because her dad had ruined her mom and her childhood.” The flood got out of their feet that how could this happen. Marry was shocked that the story was true and Julie’ face was the same but how could this be like that she was an old lady already dead and wondered that what about the girl she played with all the time. All of the three started crying and the young lady was very frightened. She tremblingly said-“ Hhhh Who was it then?”