Chapter 3

    Chapter-3

"You know Patibabu you could get any educated and beautiful girl for you but what made you marry a little illiterate village girl Bondita.

And if for a minute I consider all these was destiny. But have you accepted your destiny? At first I thought when you married me I was a kid that’s why you never treated me as a wife. But what’s wrong now Patibabu? I'm twenty now but you still distance yourself from your wife. We're husband and wife but we still don’t share a single bed. You never touched me or got closer to me. You never looked at me as your wife. 

I haven’t courage to ask you all these before but I really want to know myself now. I want to know my identity. Who am I? 

I want an answer to all these questions patibabu. I am trying to keep myself calm from a long time  but now I can’t control this storm inside me. I can’t. 

Yes I am DIL of Kaka Sasurji and Sasurji, yes I am choti malkin of Bihari Kaka, Koeli Didi and all the villagers, yes I am the boudi of Som dada and Batuk, yes I am Mrs. Bondita Anirudh Roy Chaudhary for the whole world but who I am for my husband. Am I wife for Mr. Anirudh Roy Chaudhary. Who am I for you Patibabu, just a mere responsibility who you cherish but don’t love.

If I am not wife of my patibabu, how I could  be bahu, boudi, choti malkin. I really want to know what forced you to marry me and how much you have to suffer to give me a respectable position in family, society and people’s heart.

And I want to know how much you are still suffering seeing me as your wife.

Tell me patibabu, please tell me. Please tell me. I'll die patibabu please tell me.” Said Bondita and sat on the floor with a thud and was crying hard. 

Anirudh's eyes filled with tears. He came to her. Hold her by shoulder and made her stand and looked at her. She was sobbing hard. Ani embraced her in a bone crashing hug and started stroking her head to console her. Bon couldn’t hold her more. She tightly hugged Ani and was sobbing hard.

Ani patted her back to console her. After sometime when he realised Bondita was little calm he broke the hug. He made her sit on the sofa and sat beside her. He wiped her tears with his hands and handed her a glass of water. She drank some water and he kept back the glass at the table.

He cupped her face and kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes. Her eyes were full of emotions and questions as well. He saw her she was too vulnerable at that moment. He hugged her again and she reciprocated. She hid her face in his chest. After sometime Ani lifted her in his arms and taken her to their room and kept her on his bed and just sat beside her. He put her head on his chest and encircled his arms around her and was stroking her .  She was getting solace in his strong arms. She slept in his arms then Ani tucked her in and laid beside her. Ani was awake whole night. He was just looking at his innocent wife and was thinking how to answer her all questions. He wanted to have her happy and chirpy Bondita back.