Chapter Three

Vidya:

In the evening, Jay reached home and opened the room door. I saw him. Jay threw a sari at my face and his eyes were filled with anger. The sari was so untidy and was torn here and there. I didn’t understand what he mean.

"Wear it," Jay said.

"How can I wear this type of sari?"

Jay caught my hair and I got shocked as he is so cool in the morning but now he is so rude. I screamed with pain.

"You should do what I say. You are my servant and from today you are going to wear only this kind of sari. Go and wear it," Jay said.

My eyes filled with tears. I wore that sari.

"Take off your jewellery," Jay said.

I took off all her jewellery.

By that time, I heard the knocking sound of the door. Jay asked me not to come out and opened the door. Hearing the voice, I recognized that my dad visited me.

"Jay, I want to see my daughter once," My mom said.

Jay called me and I went there. My dad shocked seeing me in that dressing. I was about to go but stopped by Jay. He held my hand and glared at me.

"Didn’t I tell you that you need my permission to meet anyone?

"I am sorry. Please allow me to talk to my parents," I said.

"No. Go and bring a coffee for me, only for me," Jay said.

I went and brought the coffee for him. I saw my dad pleading Jay not to show his anger at me as I am innocent. Jay smiled seeing him in that condition. I gave the coffee to Jay. He sipped it and threw on the floor. He got up and caught my hairs. He threw me on the floor rudely making my mom cry.

"Don’t you know even to prepare coffee?"

"Jay, if you are angry with me show it at me but please don’t hurt Vidya," my father said.

"You no need to teach me how to behave with my wife."

Jay turned towards me and pulled my hair to make me stand. I was crying and requesting him to leave me, but Jay showed no mercy for me.

"Should I tell you to clean it?"

I cleaned the floor.

"Jay, please don’t hurt my daughter. She will learn everything slowly."

"You don’t worry, Mr. Anand. I will teach her everything in my own way. Just wait and see."

Saying this Jay grabbed my hand and took me to the kitchen. He ordered me to prepare the coffee again. I prepared and Jay forced me to catch the hot vessel with my hand. I shouted with pain and my father reached there.

"Now your daughter learnt how to prepare the coffee," Jay said smirking at him.

"I am the one whom you hate. Why are you suffering her?"

"It's just a beginning, Mr. Anand. Soon I will make her life a living hell," Jay said.

My dad slapped Jay frightening me. Jay caught my hair and I screamed again.

"Get last from here or else you will see her death."

My dad moved from there with tears. Jay dragged me to the room and threw me on the bed. He left from there. I cried a lot remembering how I was treated by her family and friends.

Why is he behaving like this? This is not the Jay whom I know.How much should I bear? What changed him to this extent? He is hurting me and my fanily intentionally. God, please help me. I can’t stay with this person but I have no option. At least give me death than this torture. I closed my eyes and I heard the knocking sound of the door.

"May I come in," Jay said.

He didn’t take my permission to marry me. But seeking my permission to come to his room. I can’t understand this person.

"May I come in," Jay said again.

"Yes," I said.

Jay came and sat beside me. He took my hand into his hands. I was scared of him and took back my hand.

"Vidya, give me your hand."

I didn’t and he held my hand. He saw my burnt fingers. He applied a cream to my fingers blowing air slowly. I was surprised to see the tears in his eyes while seeing my burnt fingers.

"I am sorry," Jay said.

"For what?"

"I hurt you so much," Jay said, sighing.

"Is this the last time? Are you never going to hurt me again?" I said.

"I don’t know."

"Jay, If you really feel you are doing wrong with me, then you would never do it. But no. You didn’t feel that you are wrong. Because I am sure you didn’t do it in anger but did to hurt me intentionally.

I want to kill you. But somewhere inside my heart, I feel something is wrong with you and I don’t know anything. Surely very soon I will find out the truth," I said.

"Ok, find it out but tell me what would you do if I am wrong," Jay said.

"I didn’t even hesitate to kill you to protect my family."

"Do you love your family that much?"

"Yes," I said.

"Why did you marry me?"

"To save my dad."

"Vidya, you were in love with Neel and after the engagement, you married me for the sake of your dad. It is also a kind of cheating. You too hurt Neel who loved you lot for your family."

"I don’t have any other option."

"Don’t you feel it's wrong?"

"I know it's wrong."

"Then why did you do it?"

"For my family."

"Do you mean whatever we do for our family is not wrong?"

"It's not like that but sometimes we are helpless."

"Is it applicable only to you?"

"Are you doing all this for saving your family?"

He shook his head in no.

"Even if I say the truth, you would never believe me. So, leave it. Tell me one more thing, If you come to know your dad is wrong, what would you do?"

"Depends on his fault."

"If he is a murderer?"

"He would never do such things."

"Suppose if he murdered someone, what would you do?"

"I will get him arrested."

"If he raped a person and killed the entire family?"

"I will kill him with my own hands. But I know he is not of that kind."

"If you find he is wrong, will you be my true wife loving me and staying forever with me?"

"I love Neel. You can force me to be your wife but can’t force me to love you. It's a feeling which should come from the heart."

"Shall we be friends?"

"No. I can’t befriend a person whom I hate. You are the first person in my life whom I hate."

"But I don’t hate you. I hate only your father. Anyways I am once again sorry for hurting you. I won’t hurt you again as long as you obey me. It's a promise. Did you have your dinner?"

"No. I am not hungry."

"Have it."

Jay gave a plate to me which he brought while entering into the room. I took it and about to have but my burnt fingers made me unable to eat.

"I need a spoon."

Jay saw me and took the plate. He fed me with his hand. I remembered my mom who used to feed me when I had injured my hand.

"Vidya, Where are you lost. Please, have it."

I had the dinner. Jay went off and came after sometime. I was scared of him as he slept beside me.

"Vidya, we have only one room arranged with bed. Tomorrow another spare bed room will be arranged. So, bear me for one day. I won’t trouble you. Good night."

Jay slept turning another side. I stared at him unknowingly.

"Don’t stare at me for a long time. You may fall for me forgetting Neel."

"How do you know that I am starring at you?"

"Usually girls stare at me like that."

"I am not that kind of girl."

"I told girls stare at me but didn’t say it's bad. Because they are my fans. Looking at me is not wrong, sweetheart. Mostly they stare at me remembering my songs. They admire my talent. Don’t find fault in it. If a girl stares at someone whom she admires, it doesn’t mean her character is bad."

"Do you have girl friends?"

"Girl friends or girl friend?"

"Girl friend," I said.

Jay turned towards me.

"Are you curious to know about my other side, I mean to know lover boy in me?"

"No," I said.

"Are you possessive?"

"No."

"I had a girl friend. But don’t worry at present except you, no other girl has a place in my life."

"What would you do after our divorce?"

"I Adon’t know. Because I stopped dreaming about my life long back. If I am alive let me think at that time what will I do."

"What do you mean? Why are you so hopeless?"

"Good night, Vidya."

"You didn’t answer my question, Jay."

"Few questions can be answered only to our closed ones. Our relationship is meaningless, so there is no obligation on us to share about our lives. One more thing is your new dresses and jewellery are there in the next room. You can be as you are before our marriage. Good night."

"Good night."

I got up and saw Jay working on his laptop. He didn't see me.

"Good morning, Jay."

"Good morning."

He didn’t even look at me and was busy in his working. I got ready and thought of going down."

"Vidya," Jay said.

I turned towards him.

"Coffee is in the flask and the breakfast is in the hot box on the table. I am not a good cook but I hope you can have it."

"Did you cook? But why?"

"I didn’t like the hotel food. You didn’t know cooking. I don’t know from when new cook joins. So I tried the cooking."

I laughed listening his way of speaking.

"Your smile is so beautiful."

"Jay," I said.

"It's just a compliment. Don’t think otherwise."

"Shall we be friends?"

I forwarded my hand for the handshake and Jay shook the hand with me with a smile.

"What at is this sudden change?"

"My heart said you are not as bad as I thought. So after thinking for the whole night, I thought to befriend you."

"Thank you. Shall we go out?"

"What?"

"Not on a date. Just a friendly trip."

I nodded.

I am sorry, Jay. I can’t befriend you. I just want to escape from you. For that I need your pendrive with which you are blackmailing my father. I want you to trust me and only then I can get it.