'tu meri sab se best dost hai.'
'l love you Manisha.'
'Manisha will you marry me?'
'shaadi krun ga to sirf tujh se hi after all you are my first and last love. I'll not be able to love anyone as much as I love you.'
'tu Delhi shift hu ja yrr. Ab nh rehna hai mujhay teray baghair.'
'mein teray baghair nh reh sakta Manisha please ye mat kar meray sath.'
'this is the last I am seeing your face. Aj ke baad na tujh se milun ga na tu mujhay kabhi mile gi. I hate you as much as I used to love you.'
Manisha closed her tightly as his last words rang in her ears yet again. She was sitting in the room of an unknown person, about whom she didn't know anything not even his name, dolled up in a beautiful red lehenga with eyes closed and tears continuesly flowing from her eyes and the words of someone very close to her heart were continuesly ringing in her ears. She was lost in her own world unknown of the fact that she's not alone in the room. The man she married to was observing her for 10 minutes now. He entered the room few minutes back and saw her crying so he thought she must be missing her family but now he definitely knew who she's missing. He took steps towards her and sat in front of her.
'Manisha ji.' Rishabh, a renowned businessman of India and her husband, called out her name softly but she didn't heard lost in her own world.
'Manisha.' he again called in a bit loud tone and again got ignored.
'MANISHA.' he shouted on the top of his voice and Manisha flinched at her place as she never got shouted at like this before.
She looked at the man in front of her and was going to ask him that who's he when it strike her that she's married now and this man is probably her husband. Manisha looked at him for the first time, a man in his late twenties dressed up in white coloured sherwani, was looking at her with unknown anger in his eyes.
'kis ke ghum mein itna roye ja rai hu? Mujh se shaadi nh krni thi kya?' he asked in a harsh tone.
Manisha immediately wiped off her tears and got up from bed ignoring his question and was going towards washroom when he held her wrist tightly and pulled her harshly towards him caging her between him and the wall behind them. Manisha looked at him and then his hand which was harshly holding her wrist and probably left the mark on it.
'kya badtameezi hai ye?' Manisha asked him feeling disgusted as she never got treated like this.
'badtameezi abhi ki kahan hai mein. Badtameezi to hugi tmhare sath agar zindagi mein kabhi meri ksi bhi baat ko ignore kiya to.' he said pressing her hand more tightly and she hissed in pain as she wasn't able to take it anymore.
'meri marzi. Mein apke jis bhi sawal ka jawab dun or jis bhi baat ko ignore krun.' Manisha replied looking into his eyes fiercely trying to come out of his hold.
He laughed listening to her and left her hand. She looked at her wrist which have his fingerprints on it and creased it lightly.
'tmhein kya lagta hai ke mein tmhari in baton se darr joun ga. Ye apna fozol ka attitude dikhana ksi or ko. Ye mera ghar hai or yahan wohi huta hai jo mein chahta hun. Yahan meray aagay koi nh bolta hai.' he warned her pointing his finger at her.
Manisha looked at his finger and then his face unbothered of the warning he gave her.
'ab agar tumhara hugya hu to mein joun washroom ya yahan par sab washroom bhi tum se puch kar hi jatay hain.' Manisha asked sarcastically not knowing that it triggered his fragile ego.
'tu zuban kesay chala rai hai meray sath?' he took a step towards her and held her hair tightly in his fist.
'aj ke baad meray aagay koi fozol mat krna. Or ye jis ki yaad mein tu yahan meray kamre mein beth kar anso baha rai thi na bhul ja usay. Uska khayal bhi ab apne dil or dimagh se nikal de wrna teray sath mein kya kya kar sakta hun tu soch bhi nh sakti.' he said in a dangerous voice and slammed her head on the bed and left the room leaving her in a devastating state.
She got up from bed and looked herself in the mirror. Her makeup and hair were messed up due to crying and the physical abuse she just got. She wiped out her tears thinking that she deserves this pain. She wasn't sad that she got a husband like Rishabh, she's happy. She's happy about the fact that this man will turn her life in hell because she deserves it only. She left the man who loved her unconditionally, who begged her not to leave him but she mercilessly left his side and now she's ready to accept every bit of this pain without any complain. She's worth of it.
'east or west hamari dosti is the best.'
'you won my heart Abhishek.'
'waqt se pehlay, waqt ke sath, waqt ke baad, hum hamesha rahein ge apke sath.'
'I love you so much.'
'mein tujhe itne se bhi pain mein nh dekh sakti. Tu apna khayal rakha kar.'
'tu mat jaya kar na Delhi. Mujhay nh rehna aata teray baghair.'
'I think break up is the only solution.'
'mujhay nh rehna hai teray sath tujhe samjh nh aata hai kya? Ja yahan se.'
'next month meri shaadi hai. Aana zaror.'
The last meeting and her last words always worked like a knife in his heart. He picked up and threw another photo frame of her hanging on his room's wall angrily on the floor. This was the night he was dreading the most, her wedding night. She must've got married to someone else right now, this thought was enough to boil his blood. He was angry, angry with himself for letting her play with his feelings like that. He got to know that she's marrying someone else 2 months back but he still went behind her and literally begged her not to leave him. He crushed his self respect for her love and she took a second to throw her wedding face on his face. But he's not letting her come back to his life. He decided that yesterday was the last night he saw her and from now on he's not even taking her name again. He got up from the floor and started to pack all her stuff from his room in the box. He tightly packed the box and placed it under the bed promising himself not to open it ever again.
Two years later,
'par Ashika mein wahan nh jana chahti.' Manisha said to her friend Ashika lying down on the hospital bed.
'to or kahan jaye gi tu? Saari zindagi isi hospital mein rahe gi kya? Teray us pati ne tujhe divorce de kar ghar se nikal dia hai or teray parents ke pas tujhe jana nh hai to or kahan jaye gi tu?' Ashika asked her.
'wo uska ghar hai Ashika or mujhay koi haq nh banta uske sath itna ghalat krne ke baad usi ke ghar mein ja kar rehne ka.' Manisha said stubbornly.
'wo ghar usne tujhe gift kiya tha Manisha or isi liye gift kiya tha na ke aagay agar tujhe koi problem ho to wo teray kaam aa sake. Uski keys bhi abhi tak teray pas hi hain. Please Manisha Delhi chali ja or apni life phir se start kar.' Ashika requested her holding her hand.
'halat dekh apni. Usne maar maar kar tera kya haal kardia. Agar mein us raat time par na puhunchti to wo to shayd tujhe mar hi dalta. Tu ne kabhi mujhay btaya kyun nh ke wo teray sath aisa behave krta hai?' Ashika asked her.
'kya btati ke jo insan mujh se itni muhabbat krta tha usay chor kar hum ne us janwar se shaadi karli? Sab meri ghlti thi Ashika. Meri ego ki hi waja se aj mein is haal mein hun.' Manisha said wiping off the tears that were continuesly flowing from her eyes.
'acha bas ab ro mat. Sab thik hu jaye ga. Mein ne teri Delhi ki ticket krwa di hai or tera sara saman bhi wahan se le aai hun mein. Mein tujhe station drop kr deti hun. I am sorry is se ziada mein teray liye kch nh kar sakti.' Ashika said looking down as she was embarrassed. Her friend is in trouble and she wasn't able to help her.
'tu ne hamre liye itna kar dia wohi bht hai Ashika. Wrna mujhay to laga tha ke ab mera koi hai hi nh. Thank you.' Manisha thanked her as she literally entered like a angle in her life when she thought she's going to die as her ex-husband was going to hit her head with glass vase but Ashika entered at the right time and saved Manisha. Ashika was taking Manisha with her when he threaten her saying that he'll divorce her if she left the house. Manisha was not in the state to think anything as she barely open her eyes due to his torture.
Ashika took decision for Manisha and took Manisha with her as she can't let Manisha alone with that bastard again. Manisha had broken ties with her family when she got married to Rishabh due to some reasons and now she don't want to go to them. Ashika can't let Manisha live with her as she was also married so she was convincing Manisha to go to Delhi as there was a small apartment Abhishek gifted Manisha 3 years back.
'ye le Manisha tera phone.' Ashika said handing her the phone she bought for her.
'Ashika ye hamara phone nh hai.' Manisha said looking at the phone.
'ye tera hi phone hai mein teray liye lai hun.' Ashika said.
'nh Ashika iski zarorat nh hai. Mein le lun gi dusra phone khud se. Itne paisay hain meray pas.' Manisha said returning the phone back.
'Manisha mujhay pta hai teray pas paisay hain lekn abhi tu hospital se seedha station hi jaye gi na or travel krte waqt contact krne ke liye phone huna chahiye na is liye de rai hun. Mujhay teri tension hugi to mein isi par call karun gi. Is mein mera number saved hai. Tujhe kch bhi problem hu to mujhay call krna.' Ashika said to which Manisha smiled. She finally smiled after two most devastating years of her life. She got the punishment for her deeds but she still hasn't forgive herself for whatever she did with Abhishek. She wasn't completely wrong in that situation but still she was the one because of whom he suffered the loss of his love one and she'll never forgive herself for this.
On the other side, Abhishek just landed in Delhi after 2 months. He's now one the most talked sensation of India as he just lifted the trophy of bigg boss. He was so happy for reuniting with his family. He exited the airport and immediately went to hug his mom who was standing there with tears in her eyes. He met his family and left for his house.
'wesay abu mein kya keh rai thi ke ab to nonu ki bhi shaadi hunay wali hai 1 week baad functions start hu jayein ge to tu bhi ab koi larki dhundh le. Ab agli teri baari hai.' Prerna said teasing her brother to which Abhishek just smiled at her.
'bhae meri wali to mummy hi layein gi.' Abhishek said looking at her mother.
'acha to mein jis se kahun gi tu shaadi kar le ga?' his mother asked.
'han karun ga zaror karun ga lekn abhi nh. Abhi to mera career start hua hai abhi to shaadi ka sawal hi nh hai koi.'. Abhishek replied his mom and got up to leave from there as he where this topic is leading to and he don't want to talk about it, at least not now.
'ab kahan bhag rha hai tu?' Prerna asked him.
'kahin bhag nh rha hun room mein ja rha hun apne. Neendh aa rai hai. Goodnight.' he said and quickly went in his room shutting the door behind him.
Heyy guyss!!
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Special thanks to @ManishaJiN for the lovely cover❤️.