After 15 days The door of my room gets open. As I was expecting, who could be this! But I didn't care to give attention. I kept on packi...
The door of my room gets open. As I was expecting, who could be this! But I didn't care to give attention. I kept on packing my bags. I took what ever I brought from my father's house. She came in and looked at me. I didn't pay any attention to her.
"So, you are leaving?" She asked as if she was taunting me.
I looked at her while folding my clothes.
"Yes, i am leaving." I answered angrily.
"Hmm .... I can see that. But my question is that how long are you going to stay away from the house?" She asked me making a questionable face.
I stopped my work and looked right into her eyes.
"Forever. I am not going to get back in this house ever." I said arrogantly.
She laughed. I looked at her suspiciously.
"Don't say something you will regret later. Soon, you will be eating your own words." She replied.
"I will not. I am very sure of it." I answered furiously.
"We shall see." She turned around after saying.
"By the way you have not kept this saree."she said throwing a beautiful saree that she had given me.
I looked at the saree and then at her.
"I am not carrying anything which belongs to you." I said pointing my fingers towards her.
"Huh! Your stubbornness was hasn't ended yet. You are still seeing everything green around you." She said and threw my mobile phone on the bed. "this phone is also something you had brought from your father's home." She said and left from there.
I took my luggage and left from there. I reached at my parents home. I kept my suitcase in my garden and knocked the door. No one opened it. then I realised that the door was locked from outside. I called my mother to know where they all are.
"Hello, where are you maa?"
"Why are you asking?"
"I am at the door but it is locked. Where are you?" I asked her again.
"Beta actually......" She hesitated in telling.
I am in tension now.
"What happened? Maa, tell me exactly where you are? " I asked her adamantly.
"Beta, we are in the hospital." She told me.
"What? What are you doing at hospital? What happened to you? Wait! Is papa ok?" I panicked.
"He is not ok Aarti. He got heart attack day before yesterday. We all had to rush hospital as soon as possible." She told me crying.
I Hung up The phone and reached hospital as quick as I could.
"Papa!" I ran towards him.
I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back.
"Papa, why didn't you tell me this before?" I asked looking at both of my parents. Tears were flowing out of my eyes.
"Beta, I am fine. It isn't as big as you are thinking."he said keeping his palm on my face.
"Papa, you got heart attack and you are saying that it was not big deal." I asked him furiously.
"We didn't want to disturb you. we knew that you must had been busy with your exams. This is why we thought to tell you later so that you can concentrate on your exams well." He said.
My exams!
Yes, my exams!!!!
My father was ill. He needed me. But he didn't tell me anything just for the sake of my exams. Because he knew that what these exams are meant for me. He was bearing all the pain alone for the sake of my exams when I was crying in that logged room, when I was begging them to let me out of there so that I could write my exams.
I wanted to cry.
I wanted to tell them.
I wanted to give them each and every detail that what I am going through.
But, should I?
"Just tell us, how are your exams?" He asked excitedly.
This question is not just question.
This question is like a knife that has been stabbed in my heart.
I felt like tears building in my eyes.
Control Aarti!
Control yourself!
you can't lose yourself in front of your parents when they themselves are in painful condition.
"Tell us, Aarti." My mother asked from behind.
"Papa, I.... I....di...din.. didn't... Write the exam." I told him shutting my eyes very tight.
"What!" He asked shockingly.
He was shocked as hell as if he didn't even want to believe what I have just told him.
"What are you saying? What do you mean that you didn't give the exam?" He asked me in a bit harsh tone.
"Papa, actually on the same day....."
What are you doing Aarti?
Are you seriously going to tell all the truth?
Do you really feel that this is the time to let them know about your problems?
Can't you see that they are already suffering and now you want to burden them with your sufferings too.
He has heart problem.
Do you want him to have this guilt that you have lost something very precious just because he didn't give you to a good home?
You have already made him upset by telling them that you didn't give exam.
"We are looking for a good reason behind your not writing exam." Papa said furrowing his brows. I could feel tension and anxiety in his voice.
"Papa actually.... I... I was.... I was not well."I said wiping my tears off. Mummy and papa both looked at each other and then they look that me.
"What do you mean by you were not well? What happened to you?" Mummy asked.
I couldn't speak anymore. But I had to.
"Were you sick,beta?" Papa ask again.
I held his hands in mine.
"Yes Papa, I was very sick. Very much." I told him trying to hold myself back.
"How much could you get sick? I mean you could have atleast gone to give exam." Mummy said.
"What are you saying? She was sick and you are expecting her to go to write exams. I know that three years of hard work really takes everything but what can we do when our health is not with us." He scolded mummy defending me.
Seriously, no one can ever love me more than my parents.
I started crying hardly.
"Beta, don't cry. Your mother meant that exams were important too as we all have seen your hard work. Don't take it otherwise." He said and kissed my forehead.
I hugged him tight and cried a lot. They were thinking that I was crying because of mummy but I wish I could tell them the real reason behind my tears.
After few minutes, doctor arrived. He examined my father and was getting out. I followed him and called him from back.
"Dr, I wanted to ask how is my father now? He is out of danger. Right?" I asked him.
"Of course he is. As long as he doesn't take any kind of stress. Make sure that he stays calm and happy." He answered me.
I nodded at his answer.
"When will he get discharged?" I asked him.
"Within an hour" he said and left from there.
I quickly took out my phone and called Priti.
"Hello Priti?"
"Hi Aarti, where have you been? Do you know, I have been calling you for last 15 days? I can't believe that you have missed your exams. What happened to you? Why were you not picking up my calls?" She asked me one by one without taking any break.
She must have called when my phone was taken away from me.
"I shall tell you everything. Just do one thing right now. My suitcase is in my garden. I don't want my parents to see that. go to my home right now and take that suitcase with you to your home. I will get it from you later." I instructed her.
"Ok, but will you tell me what is going on?" She asked me again.
"I shall tell you everything, trust me. But please do this thing as quick as possible."I requested her again.
"Fine" she said and Hung up.
I reached at my home with my parents from the hospital. I saw that my sweet case was not in garden anymore. thanks to God that Preeti has taken away that from there. We all get settled to our place in home.
"I forgot to ask you. Why did you come here?" My mother asked me taking sip of her tea.
I didn't know what to answer them. Papa was also sitting there and I didn't want anything to come out in front of him till he recovers.
"Why mummy? Can't i come to my own house whenever I want." I asked her giving a childish expression to ease the tension.
They both laughed.
"Of course you can. It's just I was wondering that how is their behaviour with you now? Do they treat you accordingly or not?" My father asked me.
'No Papa'
'They don't treat me well.'
'Please take me away from there. I want to stay with you. I want to live with you now.'
'Please don't send me back there.'
I wanted to say these all things to him but I knew that this is not the right time.
"Yes Papa. Their behaviour with me has changed a lot since you had given them ultimatum. It has become well than ever before." I told them calmly.
"That's what I want. I am very happy to hear this." He said and I smiled at his words.
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"I can't believe this. what kind of people you are stuck in? What do they think of themselves? And more on that, I am still not able to understand that why are you not taking any action against them?" Preeti stormed on me with anger.
"I cannot do anything now. Papa is not fine. do you know how much worried he became when I told him that I skipped my exams. Preeti, understand what every you are saying. But the circumstances are not in my favour. If I will tell them the real reason of skipping exams then he would blame himself. He would think that it he did not get me married to right person." I tried to explain myself.
"Oh really? You are really married to right person?" She asked me sarcastically.
"Of course not, but I can't let Papa know this. At least, by the time he gets completely fine." I told her.
She came close to me and sat beside me. He patted my back to console me.
"So, what have you thought now? I mean what are you going to do?" She asked me seriously.
"I have lived at my parents home for 2 days. I could not exceed my visit there otherwise they would definitely get suspicious of it. Preeti, can I stay here for few more days?" I asked her hoping that she would agree.
"Of course you can. You can stay here as long as you want. You don't need anyone's permission." She said hugging me.
I smiled and thank god for giving me a friend like priti.
I was relieved now.
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"Priti, we are not saying that you should ask her to leave. We are just trying to explain you that she is a married woman now. She cannot stay at a place like this for so long." I heard priti's mother saying this.
"But mummy, this is not the first time when Arti staying in our home. She is my friend, my best friend. She is going through hard times. She needs my help." Priti tried to explain them.
"Beta, we are not stopping you to help her. But what if her in-laws will come to our home and accuses us of poisoning their daughter in law against them. It is very risky to keep her here." Her father explained facts to her.
"Whatever it is. Aarti is not going anywhere. She needs me and she is going to get every help out of me. And I don't want any arguments." She dismissed her parents angrily.
I heard their whole conversation while passing through balcony. I really didn't have any idea that her parents were thinking this way.
But they were not wrong at their place.
Even if my parents would have been in the same situation, would have suggested me the same.
And it is true that it has been over a week, I am staying here.
But where will I go?
Where do I have really to go other than that house?
'soon you will be eating your own words' har words started echoing in my ears.
I wanted them to stop.
I didn't want to hear them.
But I could hear them because she was right.
I have nowhere to go.
And I can't be a burden on Priti anymore.
I started packing my bags to get back to my so called home.
"What are you doing?" Priti asked in surprise. She came in the room and snatched my stuff from my hand.
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked again but this time angrily.
"I am doing what you can see" I replied casually with the light smile.
"Oh really! Have you gone mad? Don't tell me that you are thinking to go back to that hell again." She said.
I signed a long breathe out.
"Look priti, I can't stay here anymore. You have already done so much for me and trust me I am very thankful to you for that. But I can't do it anymore. This is your home and you also have a life to carry on." I tried to explain her.
"Is it because of my parents? Did they say anything to you?" She asked even more angrily.
"No no, it is not about them. It's about me. Thank you so much for whatever you have done. But this is the high time when I have to get back to my place." I told her and took my top from my hand and started folding it again.
My packing was done and I was about to leave.
"Just remember, I am just one call away from you. Just give me a call, a single call. And I will reach there to beat the hell out of your in laws." She said hugging me very tight.
I laughed at her words but I love her at the same time.
Sometimes I wonder, what have I done to deserve a friend like her!
We were at her door. the taxi was about to come.
"Beta?" Priti's mother called me from back.
"Yes aunty?"
She hugged me.
"As a mother of a daughter, I understand the circumstances you are in. I understand that there are so many things for you to face. I am really very sorry but one day you will realise that why we have done this. " She apologized.
"Aunty, don't feel sorry. I have already realised it. You have let me stay in your home for so many days and treated me so well. Thank you so much for that. That means a lot to me." I showed her my gratitude.
I didn't say all those things because I had to say. I said because I meant each and every word of it.
"Aarti, this world is full of complications. You never know what kind of problem you will be facing in your future. And as the current situation is going on I think you will need it very soon." She said
I actually didn't understand what was she talking about. I guess she read the confusion on my face.
She hand over me a piece of paper and put her Palms on my shoulder.
"Beta, whenever you think that it's going to be very tough for you. Call on this number. They might not help you for your situation. But trust me you will get financial help from them. That becomes very important in difficult times." She said and hug me.
I kept the paper in my bag and didn't open it.
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"Not even 10 days" my mother in law said.
"You couldn't stay out not even for 10 days and look you are back" she continued taunting me.
She is sat on sofa and folded her legs.
"What did I tell you? Hmm? Where is your that attitude? Where are your those words that I won't come back here ever. Everything has been vanished in air in less than 10 days. I guess you have learnt your lesson. I didn't know that it would be so easy to break you. But it's good. It has taken less effort for me to bow you down." She continues spitting poison.
I could do nothing but listening to her.
I actually had nothing to say.
Where would have I gone?
There is no place for me out there.
I made my way to my room with my luggage.
I get into the bathroom and washed my face. I was looking myself in mirror. My face was taunting me. My inner self was insulting me.
I was just crying and crying and crying and that's all I had to do.
I was sitting on my bed seeing outside the window. I got a call. Guess from whom!
I wiped off my tears and picked it up.
I stayed silent.
"Are you still angry with me?" He said from other side.
"Does it matter anymore?" I said back.
"Of course it does. After all, you are my wife." He said.
"Don't you say this word. Wife sounds like a abuse from your mouth" I replied him with disgust.
"You are just angry right now. That's all. You need some more time to recover yourself." He said as if nothing has happened.
How dare he?
Doesn't he realise the damage he caused in my life?
Maybe it doesn't affect him.
"You are still not sorry for what you have done." I said angrily.
"I am if you want me to. But I am not if I want to" he said casually. He is still playing 'nothing has happened' with me.
I couldn't see anything for there because I have understood that there is no meaning of saying anything to him.
"Look Aarti, I am sad for what happened. It shouldn't have happened." He continued.
"It would have never happened if you didn't want it." i barked immediately.
"It is you who has caused me this pain. It is you who has ruined my hard work. It is you who is responsible for this. So don't say that it shouldn't have happened, that shouldn't have happened and blah blah blah." I was literally screaming now.
"I think it will take very long for you to gather yourself." He said very calmly and Hung up.
Why did you have to call me?
His call has made me sad even more.
After knowing that he has nothing to do with my sorrows and he is not even guilty of what he has done, my pain has been x 10.
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It has been 6 months since that incident happened. My life is as normal as a housewife. I will turn 21 within 3 months but it feels as if I have lived 50 years of my life already. There is nothing in my life left for myself. I find myself all alone whenever and wherever I look around. I call my parents occasionally so that they can remain in peace. I talk to Shivani regularly so that she wouldn't panic for me. My so called husband has not called me since last time we talked.
It was a very normal day. I woke up at 4, did my yoga and got engaged in my household works. I have started doing everything in house since I have left college and I have nothing else to do. I want to keep myself as busy as I can. I don't want to think about anything else. It wouldn't be wrong if I say that I have already given up.
I have given up on my situation.
I have given up on my condition.
Because that is the only option I have left.
I was working in kitchen and suddenly something caught my eyes. I saw a girl talking to my mother in law from the window of kitchen. They were seem to be quarrelling. I have never seen that good for even around my house. It seemed as if she was trying to get in the house but my mother in law was stopping her to do so. They both were looking very angry and were continuously talking to each other most of the time pointing fingers. After 2 minutes of quarrelling, she went back and my mother in law came in the house.
I was serving them tea.
"Aunty, who was this girl?" I asked and she looked at me.
"Which girl?" She asked me back.
"The girl you were talking with few minutes ago outside our home." I said.
She looked at me with suspicion.
"So so you have started spying on me?" She asked me again with her usual tone.
"No actually it seemed as if there was some problem between you two. This is why I asked." I said calmly because there is no use of saying anything else or in any way to her.
"There is no problem and you don't have to get into this. Just keep concern with your house works only. Whatever is there I will handle it myself." She said after sipping tea.
I kept quiet and didn't argue further.
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