Stories From The Head

The Treatment Of Cinet Cinet had never really understood why his own family always treated him like it did. He’d already figured out that the treatment must have some reason, so no one was in a legal position to call him, Cinet, stupid. Cinet’s brother, Hadi, had always given his support when it came to family matters. Cinet never understood why. Hadi had his reason. In fact he had two reasons. Reason number one was that Cinet was much more capable of singing than Hadi, and Hadi had always admired him for this. Hadi had a secret dream when it came to singing: He wanted of his whole heart to sing loudly. Very loudly, as a matter of fact. Reason number two was that Hadi had always hated his brother, so the support Cinet had received from Hadi had been nothing but a false mask. A hoax. Hadi was aware that if Cinet ever found out, he would never be forgiven. That’s why he made sure Cinet would never discover this cruel reality. Cinet was quite a liar himself. Once he told his parents that if he didn’t become pregnant within a month, he would surely kill himself. Well, Cinet was a young boy, and it is common knowledge that boys cannot become pregnant. So Cinet never became pregnant, and neither did he kill himself. Cinet was about to grow old now, and after all these years, he started to realise WHY he was treated the way he was...

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