Author's pov" Don't be nervous, baby. Ma and Papa are here," Srilekha patted Orni's hair who was laying on the hospital bed. She smiled at her parents. Her father kissed her knuckles gently while her mother wiped away her emotional tears." Mumma, I will be praying for you to God," Roman hugged his mother tightly.Orni kissed his forehead," My sweet baccha(baby)."" Mumma, Please come back soon," Rion requested her. She kissed his tiny fingers affectionately. Their emotional moment was interrupted by the doctors, nurses and Shivansh. They came here to take Orni to the operation theatre. The nurses shifted her to a stretcher. " Don't be scared," Shivansh said. " We all are here for you," he assured her patting her head gently. Orni smiled," I have faced worst than this."Shivansh's face got clouded with sudden sadness. He knew what she meant. Having an awkward smile he caressed the back of her hand. " I will be back, bhaiya," Orni let out a dry smile. The doctors and the nurses
Three years laterAuthor's pov" Mumma, this is so good," Rion said taking a bite from his burger. " Can I have another one, please?" he requested. Orni denied," No. We are going to have veggies and rice at home. Fast foods are not good for our health." She tried to convince him. Making a sad face he diverted his concentration on his burger. He doesn't know why his mother is so strict about their diets. She doesn't let them eat all those tasty street foods and fast foods. He doesn't know what is wrong with eating such food. Orni diverted her eyes at Roman who was eating his fries silently. She noticed him watching somewhere else. His concentration was somewhere else. She followed his eyes. Her eyes got stuck on a family. She noticed a pair of twin boys with their parents. Orni noticed how Roman was looking at the father with his sad longing eyes. The way that father was treating his sons with so much affection, Roman wished his father was with them. " Mumma, are all the fathers g
15 years laterAuthor's pov" Roman, bring the clothes from the terrace," Orni said loudly taking a look at the sky through the kitchen window. " It's going to rain," Orni mumbled noticing the black clouds floating in the sky.Letting out a sigh she concentrated on her cooking. She was cooking some favourite dishes of her sons and her parents. She was preparing them for Navarati( A Hindu festival ). " Hmm... this is so tasty," Rion moaned putting a laddu inside his mouth.Orni slapped his arm," Hey, don't eat it now. It's for the festival night."" Another one Mumma," Rion giggled before snatching another laddu from the plate. He laughed at his mother's annoyed face.Fifteen years have passed since Orni's last encounter with her past who is none other than VR. She is in her late 30s and her children are teenagers now. Orni didn't know how the time has flown away so fast. Over time, she has moved on in her life. She was firm in her decision that she will never marry. Her parents tried
Author's pov" This is impossible. I can't let him stay with you," Srilekha yelled at Orni.Sanjay rubbed his forehead," I can't believe even after all these years you couldn't forget him." A few moments ago Orni's parents returned him. It isn't necessary to describe what kind of shock they got after seeing VR in the house. Apart from shock, they were angry at Orni for letting a criminal enter the house. " I can't even breathe the same air as him. He reminds me of Indrajit," Srilekha made a foul face while taking Indrajit's name. Orni snapped at her mother," Don't compare him with Indrajit, Ma. Indrajit never felt remorse for whatever he did. He didn't suffer enough for his sins."" But, Vijendra is not like his father. He didn't deny that he committed many heinous sins. He accepted his punishment. He did every single thing to earn my forgiveness. He saved my life when I was struggling in the hospital bed," Orni's facial expression turned emotional. Srilekha reminded Orni," You ki
Author's pov Sitting in the garden VR was reading a newspaper. His eyes were stuck on those black alphabets but his mind was stuck somewhere else. He was thinking about all the chaos that was created by his arrival. It's been two weeks since he started living with Orni. Since his arrival nothing was going right in Orni's house. Though Orni and the boys were acting pretty normal with VR Orni's parents were extremely upset and angry with Orni. Shivansh also came to know about VR and since then he stopped talking to Orni. Shivansh knew that VR will try to meet Neela so he threatened Orni if VR meets Neela then Shivansh will cut all of his ties with Orni. VR was becoming impatient to meet Neela but Orni convinced him that once Shivansh calm down they will go to meet Neela. Orni knew that today or tomorrow her parents and Shivansh will accept her decision. It was just a matter of time. VR's concentration was broken by a presence behind him. He turned his head behind thinking that the p
Author's povIt was a normal day in Patel household. VR was reading a newspaper sitting in the living room and taking sips from his morning tea. Sanjay and Srilekha had gone for a walk while Orni was busy reading a religious holy book.Roman and Rion came out of their room before Orni could deliver her lecture to them. They are already bored by their teacher's lectures so they don't need extras. They know if they wake up late then their mother will lecture them the whole day. " Good morning, Dad," Roman said letting out a big yawn. Rion said shortly," Morning."" Morning, chams. I need to talk to you," VR told the boys who didn't look that much interested in VR's words. They knew he will surely start talking about their studies. It's been months since VR started living with Orni. It did not take a lot of time for Sanjay and Srilekha to accept VR. In front of their daughter's happiness, they gave up. The same thing happened with Shivansh. He had to accept VR for Orni's happiness. Th
Note- It's the story of Ranvijay aka VR and his wife Orni. They are the side characters of my other book 'Bitter Love'. You don't have to read the other story to understand it. This story can be read as stand-alone. *******************************************" Please leave my hand. You are hurting me," She requested with her teary eyes where he just tightened his hold around her slim wrist cutting her blood supply.He was dragging her inside the room where she was trying to free herself. His eyes were reflecting rage where her eyes were reflecting fear." Please, it's hurting," She again pleaded but her pleading went into deaf ears.Reaching the room he threw her on the bed like she was some kind of object. She started crawling backwards when he grabbed her hair tightly with one hand." Why did you dance when I clearly warned you not to dance in front of a bunch of random men?" He asked clutching her jaw with another hand.She trembled with fear and replied hiccupping," My dance tea
Author's povA teenage girl was sleeping peacefully holding a big teddy bear tightly. Her face was flawless, her lips were curled in a small smile and the bangs of her hair were giving her a look of an angel.Her peaceful slumber didn't last long when a middle-aged man entered her room and turned off the ceiling fan. She started feeling hot suddenly and woke up from her sleep." Papa, you again did this!" She whined irritatingly rubbing her eyes.Her father replied taking away the thin blanket from her body," If I didn't turn off the fan then you would have been sleeping like an arse till now, Orni."Orni pouted and mumbled," When you have a father like him then you won't need enemies."" Are you planning to be late for school again? Go and get ready," Her father asked raising his one brow.This time, Orni made an innocent face and nagged like a child," School is boring, Papa. I don't want to go. Please, let me stay at home."" No excuses. Go....get up you lazy ass," He said motioning