Cuts Of The Past

Sana is a female in her late 30’s , short heighted, curvy body but bit chubby, a thick long braid hanging few inches below her knees, by looking at her no one could say she was a mother of 2 daughters.

Sana was in the market shopping for grocery as she was making sure she have gotten everything she bumps into a woman almost same her age.

Sana: I’m Really Sorry.

As the both females saw each other they went quiet and started look each other carefully as trying to recognize each other.

Woman: Oh Sana! How are you.

Sana stopped for a second and recognizing the woman in front of her.

Sana: Becky, Is that you?

Becky: Yes!

Both of them hugged and gave air kiss and started chatting and soon were sitting in a coffee shop have a cup of coffee.

They chatted along how thing have been and how their life is going.

Sana: Well it’s getting pretty late I should get back home my daughters are home alone.

Becky: What you have daughters? You still look so young

Sana: thank you, but we do grow old. My older daughter is 10 years old and the younger is 7

Becky: True. Oh before you go give me your number we will stay in touch.

The ladies exchanged their numbers and soon a what’s group was created.

Sana starts to receive notification.

Meet up Group was created.

Becky added Sarah

Becky added Betty

Sarah added Marry

Msgs starts to swarm in as they started chatting, exchange of msgs went for days and finally the plan was set to meet on Friday and spend the weekend at Betty’s house as Betty and Becky lived together as they were sisters.

But Sana requested That would it be ok if she can come on Thursday night as her husband will be going on a business trip.

Everyone agreed and it was done.

Soon the night came and was there.

The Friday went pretty normal Sana helped by cooking lunch and dinner for the sisters and them self’s.

Betty: I never knew food can taste so good. (Turns to the kids) You both are really lucky to have this tasty food.

Sana blushed and thanks Betty.

After dinner was done Sana Went to wash the dishes even though the sister tried to stop her but Sana didn’t listen after everything was done and they were sitting.

Betty: Sana you must allow me to thank you. For such delicious meals

Sana: No no it was nothing.

Betty: No I must do something for you in return.

Sana: Oh no please you don’t have to do anything.

Becky: Well she can do one thing in view.

Sana looked at Betty with a puzzled look.

Becky: She can always give a haircut to your daughters and help them get some fresh air in this hot summer.

Before Sana could say anything the door bell rang.

Becky: Come Sana it must be Sarah and Marry.

As Sana and Becky went to greet their old friends Betty got busy with quickly setting up for the girls haircuts.

By the time Sana, Becky , Sarah and Marry came back to the lounge they found that Betty was nowhere to be seen.

They looked for her and found that She had already set up a chair in the spare room along with all her haircutting tools set on the tall table beside the chair.

Sarah: What is going on in here?

Betty: Oh nothing was just about to start giving haircuts to Sana’s Daughter, Summer must be terrible for them.

Marry winks at Sana and says “just like old times”

As Sana see’s her Betty asking her older daughter to sit in the chair, the blurry memory starts to come back. Causing her to go back in the past When all 5 of them use to be flat mate.

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“Sanaaa! Where are you.” Calls Betty

Betty shout’s : Sana come here right now. You know I don’t like to hide from your monthly hair appointment.. You remember what happened last time when you tried to hide from me….     SANA.

The door of Becky’s room opened and Sana walked out with tears in her eyes and slap marks on her, followed by Becky.

Betty: was she trying to hide in your room Beck?

Becky: She was being punished for not doing my assignment properly.

Betty lifts took a firm hold of Sana’s face and turn it from side to side and says: Guess that explains the slap marks. (Leaving Sana) Now sit already. Stupid.

Sana quietly sits down on the stool which was placed in the center of the lounge.

Betty starts to gather Sana’s mid back hair in a ponytail and starts to cape her tightly.

Becky sat comfortably with crossed legs on the couch and speaks: So sis what will she be getting today.

Betty: I was thinking that I should give her a haircut and take few inches off something above her shoulders and then maybe also change this colour, to something unique.

Sana was starting to get butterflies in her stomach as Betty explains what might happen today.

Betty: Sana what do you think? So I go with what I just told beck.

Sana in a sheepish tone: You know better what will be good for me.

Betty: Good girl and you really don’t mind how short I cut your.

Sana holding back her tears and says “no”

Betty gave a good smile and pulls Sana’s cheek.

Without wasting anytime Betty walked behind Sana and pushes her head down, making Sana look at her lap which is covered with a white cape.

Scratch scratch scratch scratch

The sound of the shape scissors fills the quiet room and they started cutting.

Sana can feel the scissors were closed to her ears , her heat beat had slowed down to the rhythm of the scissors, finally she feels the hair falling on her neck and head was lighter.

Betty walks in from of Sana holding 10 inch long ponytail in her hand and stood in front of Sana.

Betty: look up.

Sana raised her head and saw Betty holding a ponytail in her hand.

Betty: I thinks this will make a great duster for you to clean the house. Don’t you think?

Sana eyes were filled with tears but she could only nod in agreement.

Betty: great then why don’t you hold on to it, till the end of your haircut.

Sana started to raise her hand from under the cape but Betty says: Come on open your mouth

The poor helpless girl opens her mouth and the ponytail was shoved into it with clear instructions to keep it there.

Betty moves back and starts to cut hair again, with each snip small chunks of wet hair kept falling and gathering in the poor helpless girl’s lap, as the cutting kept going it could be felt the lot had been cut, soon the head was lifted and to cut the top hair.

As Sana raised her head while still holding the ponytail in her mouth she saw that now Marry and Sarah were also sitting on the couch enjoying the show.

After some combing and spraying the wet hair coves the vision of the girl and the sounds of scissors filled the room again, this time the scissors were very close as she can feel the cold steel blade on her cheeks as they were guided to reduce the length, once the both sides were taken care of Betty walk to the front and hmm’s to think, with a brief pause of few seconds the comb was felt on top and starts gliding with the remaining long hair which stops Sana from looking causing her to close her eyes and prays in her heart.

The cold blades touched the fore head just above her eyebrows and “Crunch” it sounded like a blast to Sana in the quiet room, and the hair fell directly in her lap was like a big stone and topped in her lap, few more snips were made and the Scissors were gone.

Betty: What do you guys think.

The comments of the girls filled the room “oh she looks so cute!.. With hair like this I won’t be able to stop myself from pinching her cheeks’

Betty: Yes, she’s actually looking good, But as you all know I still need to color her hair to give her a new look.

Becky: Beth I think she deserves to look herself before the final look.

Betty took the ponytail out of Sana’s mouth and picks up a hand mirror to show Sana her new haircut.

As the mirror was brought up for Sana to look at herself in the mirror she was shocked. She had mid back length hair few minutes ago and now she has a short bob just above her ear lobes and thick bangs hangs above her eyebrows, giving and impression of a kid.

The mirror slides down and Sana sees her daughter sitting in the chair caped with the same haircut, all her chestnut brown hair were around the chair and she sits there with a short bob and thick bangs.

Betty: This will keep you so much cooler in the summer, I don’t know why your mother makes you keep all that long hair in this scorching summer

Betty takes the cape on the 10 year old and ask her to switch places with her younger sister.

As the girls exchanged seats, Becky bumps her elbow to Sana and says “ She looks exactly like you when you had that same cut with green bangs and orange hair, Remember?”

Sana trying to hold her tears backs and gives a smile and nods in agreement, Sana had a smile on her face but in her mind she was screaming and cursing herself that how can she walk back into this position of slavery which after she had suffered so much for years.

Sana, wants to run away with her daughters from here but she was helpless, it’s already too late, if she would try to run now her daughters might find out what their mother is in front of these so called friends.

As the thoughts flooded her mind thinking of ways to save her and her daughters and to get out of here, completely zoned out from what was happening when she was brought back to the reality with sound of the clippers, she looks at her younger daughter who was sitting in the chair caped with her head held down firmly by betty while she holds the roaring clippers in her hands, Betty and Sana eyes met and Betty gave Sana a wink, making her go in to another flash back.

Sana was busy dusting the house with her pony tail which was cut off last month just the she hear Betty from her back saying: Sana get the stool.

Sana knew it useless to argue or resist as it would only cause her situation to go worst, so she quietly obeyed and brought the stool and sat on it with a hand signal from Betty.

Betty walked behind her and says in a childish tone: I got many new things today, especially for my  little girl..

With that she opens a new long heavy rubber cape and starts to close it around Sana’s neck bit to tight then necessary.

Betty: This will keep your clothes safe and won’t let any hair go in your clothes.

With these words Sana head was pushed down and a loud pop of the clippers and the cold steel touch her neck and make their way upwards causing orange hair to fall in the girls lap, with the 1^st pass Sana starts to panic and tries to lifts her head but the firm grip didn’t allowed her, to calm her down her hair were griped firmly and says “You better stay still or you will be bald”

The clippers to continue making pass after pass exposing her nape and creating a pile of orange hair in her lap as in fear the girl kept crying silently causing tears to mix in the pile, once the buzzing stop Sana could feel cold hair of air conditioners touching the sides and back of her head and feels the grip being released from her head.

Sana quickly lifts her head and tries to get her hand out of the cape but the low thick heavy cape made it impossible for her.

Betty: Don’t worry you will see yourself soon.

With that she walks back and opens the section of hair on top and starts cutting with scissors, hair starts to rain all round and landing on Sana’s shoulder and facing before they slides down joining the hair in her lap, as the last strand of hair falls Betty announces. “All done, Do you want to have a look?” Sana nods her head sheepishly and the hand mirror was presented to her.

Sana looks in the mirror in horror and see’s the buzzed sides with short bristles and the hair on top resembling a bowl on top of her head just above her ears as the tears starts to form in her eyes Sana starts to come to reality and see her younger daughter with a short bowl cut and Betty rubbing her hand on the soft bristles on the back of the young girl’s head.

Sarah: I think the bristles should be shaved, don’t you guys?

All three agrees but Sana shook her head in disagreement but no one paid attention.

Betty starts to spray water and making the bristles wet and took out a straight razor as she changes the blades she say “Sweetie, please bend your head and stay still for me, I’ll feel really bad if you get a cut” The innocent 7 year old lowers her head and waits for Betty’s to finishes her job.

The blade was placed on the innocent girl’s nape and small strokes were made making sure to scrap away the soft bristles with them, as the last pass was made Betty runs the razor again to make sure no hair is left behind.

With that Betty starts to opens the cape and blows on the girl’s nape causing her to let out a giggle to the tickling air on her freshly shaved nape.

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That’s End folks if you wish to read the 2^nd part do like and give a comment sharing your thoughts on the story and what you want to happen in the next part. Till then Stay bless and enjoy your life.