“Let’s start sowing some seeds down the toilet seat. Perhaps. It may grow into a big tree very soon, Hareem,” said Mikael.
“Stop acting like a jerk. You really think a tree will grow out of my toilet? I am four years older than you, so I am smarter than you,” said Hareem. “It’s bedtime. We have to go now. I will read you a story if you are a good boy. Now let’s pray and brush our teeth.”
Hareem helped Mikael brush his teeth and taught him how to pray to God.
“You have been a good boy. I will read you a bedtime story for five minutes,” said Hareem.
Hareem and Mikael’s mom came upstairs to check on her kids.
“Hareem, thank you. Thanks for taking such good care of Mikael. I don’t have to worry about him as long as you are there,” said their mom.
“Stop it. Any older sister would do that,” said Hareem.
After Hareem finished the story, she fell asleep on the chair.
However, Mikael was awake. He crawled off his bed and went to the bathroom. He pulled out the drawer and picked up the tree seeds. He threw some into the toilet and flushed it.
The next morning, Hareem woke up, finding herself sleeping on the chair.
“Uff, how did I fall asleep on the chair?!” said Hareem.
She woke up her brother and helped him go to the bathroom, so he could brush his teeth and get out of his pj’s.
Hareem stepped into the bathroom and fell down in shock.
“What is this, Mikael?! Did you do this? I told you not to sow the seeds into the toilet! Bad boy,” yelled Hareem.
Mikael murmured, “She is the meanest sister. She isn’t fun at all! URGH!”
Hareem slapped Mikael on his big cheeks.
“Call me ‘mean sister’ again. I will actually show you what that means next time,” said Hareem.
Mikael hugged Hareem and said, “No! Please don’t do that. I don’t want to get booboo.”
Hareem kicked Mikael away from her with her big feet.
“Get your hands off me,” said Hareem.
“I don’t know why you are so mean to me now. You were nice to me and Gabby yesterday,” said Mikael.
“Who is Gabby?” said Hareem.
“The person in the story you read to me yesterday! Don’t tell me you forgot,” said Mikael.
“I am going out with my friends for breakfast. DO NOT CALL ME!” said Hareem.
Mikael nodded his head a few times and ran away.
Hareem chopped the tree off the toilet and threw it off the balcony.
Moments after Hareem left, Mikael ran to the backyard and picked the tree branches up. He brought them to the toilet and flushed them once again.
“Now the tree will grow so big that the whole big wide world will die!” exclaimed Mikael as he chuckled.
He sent a few messages to his sister, trying to spam her phone.
Hareem rushed home with an angry face. She started running after her brother, Mikael.
“If you surrender, I will hit you once. But if you continue running then I will hit you twice once I get you. Your choice,” said Hareem.
Mikael jumped off his balcony and began to bleed.
“I didn’t mean to do so! Forgive me, Mikael,” said Hareem.
Did Mikael die or was he still alive?
Hareem rushed downstairs and picked her brother up. She called 9-1-1 and cried until they finally came.
“Madam, I am afraid he didn’t make it,” said the officer.
Hareem fell down flat on the ground and closed her eyes.
“Oh God, my life is over,” said Hareem.
“How do you know? Maybe he will make it,” said the officer.
Hareem looked back at her brother whose blood was leaking everywhere. Plastic bags were filled with his blood.
Hareem cried till she saw someone.
Someone special.
It was her favorite TikTok celebrity, Alexa Jacobs.
She loved Alexa, because of her inspiring stories to success.
“Alexa Jacobs! Can I take a picture with you, please?!” yelled Hareem.
“Hareem Hafeez. I am here to do much more than just take photos. I am here to spend the day with you. I saw you on TikTok making videos of your brother and you spending time together. It should be me asking to take photos with you. Not the other way around,” said Alexa.
“Wow! Well, I would be interested–” said Hareem.
Hareem began to cry within a second and said, “My brother. He jumped off the balcony. I was running after him.”
“Uff, that is sad. Is there anything I can do for you to make you feel better?” said Alexa.
“No! I mean yes. Can you watch my brother at the hospital for today,” said Hareem.
“Yes! I absolutely can,” said Alexa.
Hareem pulled her brother off the stretcher and stabbed him multiple times as she continued looking at Alexa.
The paramedics were left in shock as they stared at Hareem.
“Bruh! What are you looking at? I had to kill him. You guys are wasting your time. He was gonna die anyway. Gotta move on in life. Can’t you see those bags filled with his blood. Although I am not a doctor, I could tell he was gonna die anyway. He lost so much blood,” said Hareem
Mikael murmured, “Ha-Hareem? A-are yo-you he-he-here? I can’t bweathe.”
“Yes, we all know you can’t breathe. You are supposed to die. I met Alexa. The famous TikToker. I killed you because if you met her you would snatch her away. And then I would not be able to talk to her,” whispered Hareem into Mikael’s bloody ear.
Hareem turned around to look back at Alexa, shocked to find her leaving.
“ALEXA JACOBS! Why did you leave? You were supposed to spend the day with me,” said Hareem.
“Yeah! I was. Not after you stabbed your poor brother so he wouldn’t meet me,” said Alexa as she reversed her car out of the driveway.
Alexa drove away in her Range Rover. Hareem saw a couple walking by.
“No! It’s my parents! They will kill me beside Mikael,” thought Hareem.
The parents were confused why a paramedic van was in their driveway.
“Excuse me? What are you doing here?” asked mom.
“Ma’am, your daughter pushed Mikael Hafeez off the balcony. He first had a 50/50 chance of surviving due to his large amount of blood loss. Then, Hareem stabbed him for self gratification,” said the doctor.
“HAREEM! Tum nay kya kiya hai?”1 yelled dad.
“BABA! I have just–gotten mad and yeah. It’s okay. Chill. I will make you guys some Pakistani chai,” said Hareem as she pointed her hands towards the house.
Hareem walked to the house as her dad followed her with a big hand.
He slapped her.
“OUCH!” shouted Hareem.
Her dad pulled her to the ground and stepped on her nose with all pressure.
What will happen to Hareem? Will she break her nose… OR WILL SHE DIE?!
Hareem woke up in awe. It was all just a bad dream, except she met Alexa. She would never hurt her brother in a million years.
- Urdu for “What have you done?” ↩︎
