Return to the village

I'm Jay, I'm an 18-year old Indian American from Chicago, Illinois. My actual name is Jayakrishna, but no one calls me that, I'm dark skinned, with a slightly skinny figure, brown eyes, standing at 5'6 with dark brown eyes and long lashes and very measly amount of facial hair, i wasn't much to look at.

My parents were from south India, a remote village with indigenous tribes and stuff. They don't tell me much about it most of the time it seems like they are avoiding dealing with their Indian roots entirely. I was born there too but soon after, my dad had gotten a job and taken me as a baby with him and mom to the USA.

I didn't really mind much, i liked it here, even if I didn't have any close friends, from the few things I heard about India (most of which i didn't pay much attention to) it didn't seem all that fun. Except maybe Bollywood.

All that changed when I got a call, one day. My parents were out of town on work and i was alone at home, no one really called here for me so i was a bit surprised.

I picked up the phone and...