Chap-9
'I wanted to hate him, hurt him the same way he did, but seeing him in lying on his bed in such a dishevelled unconscious state my heart was hurting so much. The pain was unbearable, specially when Ahir was describing his condition. I was unable to picturise him in such a state. I had thought to hit him, to shout at him when I would meet him, for not letting me meet my maa in her last rituals, for not letting out his pain for years to me. For hiding his misery from me only to keep me at bay. He just thought about himself, his misery, his grief, his pain, his hurt, his so called guilt. Where was I? He did it all for me or for himself. Putting the bandaid on his bloodshed hands. I leaned forward to check his temperature, still he was burning like hell, making me burn in the same hell alongside. What did he got from this? What did he achieve? The years of pain, hurt, betrayal which could have turned out the opposite if he had wanted, only if he had wanted everything would have been different. I was hurt feeling him hurt, I was pained feeling his pain. But he cared a damn for me. The pain of loneliness which I had passed those years. The pain of loss of my best friend and my love, the reasons unknown, would have been still unknown to me if not for maa's letter. I just couldn't control my tears from falling out. A sob escaped from my lips. Why you did it Shaurya? Why? Why you took that life changing decision about us, about me where was I? Where am I? Do I really have a place in his life? Or am I just a tool of his guilty pleasure. What am I? Who am I? At this stage I had no answers. Except that I was bearing the consequence of his guilty ruthless rejection. '
'I leaned down beside him, holding his hand on one and clutching my maa's letter on the other. The pain was simply unbearable. '
'Hmmm, aaah'
'The sound of his voice broke my light sleep, though I had hardly slept. Checking my hand watch I found it was still 3:00 o' clock. '
'Water...'
'He was thirsty, I grabbed the glass of water from the side table carefully and made him drink it slowly.'
'Gulping the liquid in one go, he asked for more so I took away the glass from him and handed him the jug carefully. A big man has a big thirst its obvious and the truth is I am unable to pour it from the jug so I handed him the same.'
'Anokhi’
' Shaurya, go back to sleep you need rest, will talk to you in the morning, till I make you well.'
'Anokhi, I am sor'
'I knew what he wanted to say, but I kept my hands on his lips and reprimanded him again to go back to sleep.'
'What did he thought, his sorry would fix everything between us. Of course kill a person and say sorry, he had not killed me physically, but had hurt me enough to turn me into a dead corpse.'
'Shaurya,just sleep please, I am really tired and I have no energy left right now to argue with you or to listen to your banter for that matter. You and I both of us need to save our energy for the morning confrontation. '
'And he was tongue tied in a second.'
'Her voice held an authority, and I liked it. The way she scolded me made me feel relive again, as I had wanted. All I just wanted was to confess to her, nothing else. But somehow I knew it would be hard. I wanted to explain what I did? Why I did? My mental state at all the junctures and I know this time I am not gonna hide anything from her. Not even the reason why I didn't let her see her maa in her last stage.'
'As she was, so was I eager for the morning to appear quickly. Relax shaurya just few hours to go. Though I felt physically weak but emotionally I was happy to feel her breathing beside me. Just the feeling of contentment was left till I confess. '
'Ring...ring'
'Mmm'
'What was that? Something was ringing continuously beside me.'
'I groaned and called for Anokhi, but she was not to be found anywhere. '
'Damn, my head hurt like hell.'
'I guess she was downstairs. '
'Reluctantly I woke up half sleepily and picked up the mobile without looking at it.'
'But before I could say anything,from the other end a female voice was heard.'
'And I asked her the reason for calling, only to get the shock of my life, when she told me to convey her message to Anokhi about the procedure of becoming a nun.'
'I replied her back curtly'
'Denying her , I told her never to call back as I surprisingly gave her the news of our surprise marriage. As we were already engaged. She was shocked and angry but I didn't care a bit. Putting her off I threw my covers angrily and stormed out of my room to confront Anokhi.'
'She is mine to be, not of anyone else neither God.'
'Its not going to happen, never-ever.'