Damsel in Distress -an Indian Story

Suspecious

Nithya's pov

The morning rays of sun disturbed my beauty sleep. I was tired to hell because of the last day's dance performance.

The thought of someone stalking me also affects my sleep.

My mind was forcing me to take a leave today. bmBut after thinking about staying the whole day hearing mom's scolding I dropped  my idea and decided to go college.

Preeti di was still at home as Naveen jiju have some important work. She doesn't like to stay with her in-laws in the absence of Jiju .

After a quick shower and breakfast I got ready for college. When I opened the gate I found a bouquet of red roses.

At first I thought someone put it in the wrong address. I searched the whole bouquet to find some  note or address  but found nothing. Is it a present from Naveen jiu to Preeti di? .May be..... He has a habit of sending gifts to di.

But wait. I remembered the last night conversation with Preeti. She said he is very busy as his boss is visiting his office . Naveen works in a five-star hotel as a manager which was owned by a billionaire from Mumbai.

With these chain of thoughts I reached college. Swathi was waiting for me in the main gate. I narrated the morning incident to her.

"Who will be that? Is he some sort of secret admirer?"

Swathi said with great enthusiasm." "Secret admirer, what you mean" I asked as I couldn't get what she said.  

"Don't you read Wattpad novels,  a secret admirer following a girl, send gifts for her, falls in love with her, kidnapping her, forcefully marrying her and then..."Swathi said as she is describing a movie.

" Shut up you idiot, Here iam scared to hell, and you are blabbering your Wattpad love stories". I said and she  burst out into laughter.

" Oh come on Nithya I was just teasing you.Why are you worrying ? It's just a bouquet of roses not an atom bomb". She said controlling her laughter. " I wouldn't fear this much if it was a bomb.You know my dad na, if he found some thing related to love, he will stop my studies and gets me married in the next muhurtham" .

I said imagining dad's reaction. He is a very orthodox man . I still remember the day when my cousin Pooja elope with her boyfriend.

Pooja is my dad's sister's daughter. When she eloped he was so angry and searched her in the whole town. If he had found them then he would have killed them .

But fortunately they migrated to Australia and never returned. It was 7 years ago . I was 13 at that time and Preeti was 19. Dad feared that Preeti will also follow Pooja's path, so he arranged Preeti's marriage without her consent and with in a month she and Naveen got married.

Naveen's marriage was fixed with Pooja but when she eloped , Preeti become her substitute . Thankfully Naveen jiju is a very good person who loves and respects my sister unlike our father. Preeti is very happy even  if she had an arranged marriage . But in my case....

Every one won't be like Naveen jiju. What if dad fix my marriage with a cruel man? I can't think about it. From my childhood I have seen my dad abusing my mother and my mom, suffering all miseries just for us. I would rather die than marrying a person like my father.

Basically every girl wants a  husband like her father. But in my case, it is definitely not. I decided to end my thoughts and to concentrate on my class. Rithika is absent today.

Why? Maybe she is tired. We become friends in a very short period of time. It feels like I have known her for years.  In the evening when we reached the bus stop I feel like some one is following us. I was about to say this to Swathi, but suddenly it happened.........................

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