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Chapter 22
Randhir didn't go to work and neither did Sanyukta for the next few weeks. They both just hung out. Randhir got her new clothes so she had things to wear, and they had a lot of fun going out to restaurants, long drives, taking night time walks and just spending time with each other.
Sanyukta had to admit, these last few weeks had been the best few weeks of her life. She had opened up a bit more to Randhir, but hadn't told her anything more about her abuse. He would apply ice on her bruises without questioning her, and she wouldn't even stop him.
On countless occasions, Sanyukta felt pulled towards him. She wanted to go closer and closer to him, but she was scared, nervous, confused and didn't know whether what she felt was even moral. She didn't know if she loved him... but at the same time, she couldn't even control that.
"Randhir, how much longer will I stay here?" she asked him one day, as they sat on the couch, flipping through channels, her head on his shoulder.
"As long as you'd like," he told her with a smile.
"When will we go to work?" she asked him.
"Whenever you feel up to it," Randhir said to her and kissed her forehead softly, causing her to blush.
She was getting used to this... she could spend her whole life like this, just sitting next to Randhir, talking to him and being with him. It was true that her breathing rate changed when he came near her and her heart rate increased, but even if she had a small crush on him, she didn't have to do anything about it.
All they needed to do was sit in silence, and Sanyukta would be content.
Her mother-in-law called her a few times asking if she was okay, and Sanyukta kept on insisting that she needed some time, and she was fine at her mom's house. She also told her mother-in-law that she didn't know when she was going to come back or if she was going to come back at all. She didn't bring up divorce because it would freak her mother-in-law out, but it was going through her mind for sure.
She was so lucky that her mother-in-law didn't really speak to her family. If Sanyukta's mom found out that she was supposed to be there and that she was here instead, she would freak out. Sameer's mom would definitely freak out too... this kind of thing was not acceptable in their society.
"Randhir, do you know anything about divorces?" Sanyukta asked him softly.
He brought his hand up to her face and turned his eyes from the television to look at her.
"You want to divorce Sameer?" Randhir asked.
Sanyukta bit her lip and nodded.
"Are you sure?" Randhir asked again.
She nodded a second time.
"Talk to me about that when you're being truthful," Randhir told her, and focused his attention on the television again.
"What?" Sanyukta asked, sounding annoyed. "I am being truthful!"
"Don't lie to me at least Sanyukta. You can lie to yourself all you like if you want, but don't forget this... I know you better than you know yourself," he said to her calmly, his eyes still fixed on the screen.
"But I'm being honest!" Sanyukta told him adamantly.
"You aren't," he said firmly, and put the remote control on her lap before standing up and walking out of the room, leaving Sanyukta to sit there alone, stunned.
Was she not being truthful? Why couldn't she detect her own lie?
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