Part:2
His eyes closed in pain. She was going to get married soon.
For a moment he felt his breathing stopped. He had heard of the famous ache that love traditionally brings along, he taken the immense pain of her void in his life to be that but it was nothing when compared to what he was feeling right now. It was as if someone had stabbed him right into his heart!
Before she could speak more he immediately congratulated her and cut the call. He just couldn't make himself hear more. He just couldn't bear to know if she was happily getting married to someone else. He just couldn't take if she said she'd already forgotten him. He certainly couldn't imagine her to be someone else's.
He dropped on his bed, defeated.
He was all alone in this world. Everyone who loved him on earth had left him one by one. His mother, his father and now his Vennela. What had he done to his life! His anger, his boiling blood spill over his beautiful life and ruined everything.
He remembered the shakiness in her voice, he could sense the ache in her voice, the longing to see him and to come and claim her as his. He was certain he felt her.
He could feel her condition was no less than his. He had promised to keep her hidden in his heart. He had to know if she was actually happy which he could say she wasn't.
He should go back, go back to her and get her. He could no longer live without her nor she could, he knew that. He should just go and get her back.
"No," he took his step back. No he could not. Perhaps unhappy but she was alive staying away from him. His father was right about everything. It was his own deeds which led to his mother's death and he couldn't see Vennela meeting the same fate. After some years she'll probably forget him. Though this thought corroded his heart he could live with the fact that she was safe.
Suddenly his life felt meaningless. Earlier, a tiny hope was there in some corner of his heart that someday he'll have her by his side. Someday when his father would accept him. Someday when he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
Even his leaving his village could not undo his deeds. Its consequences had spread all over. He could imagine the number of lives getting unrooted, the number of sons losing their mothers like he lost his mother. All this was happening all because of him. How would he ever forgive himself! Ever!
***
I hope you liked part two. Do let me know your thoughts on it.
I'll want to add a little more to it, so making it a three-shots.
Thank you for reading.
Love,
Swarnima.
Edited by Swarn283 - 8 years ago