Kissing A Devil (Complete and Continuing In The Sequel)

Chapter 10

Sana roams around the sitting area on the first floor. Mumbling curses at Sidharth, she then keeps asking herself what plan she and Ashmit had made that failed. Many questions ran in her mind.
How did that woman's husband die? Why does Sidharth blame them for everything? Why does Sidharth hate her so much?

She opens the glass door to come out to the huge balcony. In front of her is a beautiful garden, full of big trees and flower plants. There are small seating areas built with marble. Along with a huge fountain at the centre, there are two small ones on both sides. It appears to be well maintained.

She could now see that this house lies on the top of a hill. There is not a single house in the vicinity. The view ahead is beautiful. Sana forgets everything and smiles,"Wow! Kitni sundar jagah hai. One can become happy just by looking at this view but that khadoos. Pata nahi kya kharis hai usse mere se. First he forcefully married me, then brought me here. All the time he shows me so much of an attitude. Always angry at me and keeps finding new ways to insult me and hurt me. Why? What did I do? What plan did I make? I thought he was a good man. I became his friend but then I saw who he really was. So I stopped becoming friendly. That's all. Then why?"
Her eyes started to fill with water and then she burst into tears. She sits on the floor there, covering her face and crying.

Sana spends all morning on the balcony. She comes down in the afternoon. Sidharth is nowhere in sight. She starts looking around. She finds a few doors on the ground floor. Two of them are locked. She opens the third door and peeks inside to find a few cardboard boxes, old furniture and other junk inside. She closes the door of the store house and moves to the last door. She turns the knob and peeps inside. It is a study room with a few bookshelves on two sides of the wall. There is a desk and three chairs with a big glass window behind it.

Sana steps inside and looks at the collections of books. There are plenty of children's books on the shelves. There are some classics by George Elliot, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy and others among them.

"What are you doing here?", she hears a voice that startles her and she screams, "Ammaa.."
She turns to find Sidharth sitting on the big chair behind the desk. She had missed him as the chair was turned the other way.
"Why are you screaming like that?"
"I didn't see you earlier so I got scared hearing your voice. Sorry..", she says gulping saliva.

He gives out a deep breath,"Why are you here?"
"Actually I was looking for you..", she replies still scared of his reactions.
"Why?", he looks at her with an intense gaze.
"I..I need to make a call to Dadi. She must be worried.", she requests.
"I have talked to her this morning. They are out on a picnic. So you can't reach them. Anything else? If not, get lost.."

"I..need to go out..", she again says.
"That is not happening. You are going nowhere.", he says as he again looks at the book he is reading.
Sana takes a step towards the desk,"I need a few things from the market."
"Fine. Tell me. My men will get them by evening."
"No. Your stupid men can't get those things. I have to go there myself. Please, it's important."

Sidharth stands up and slams the book he is holding, "What's so important that no one else can get it for you?"
"I have left my inner garments back home. I need a few things too for my personal use that your men can't get. Now your wish is what you want to do. ", she says in frustration.

Sidharth stares at her for a minute. There is pin drop silence in the room. Sidharth breaks the silence by clearing his voice, "You..you get ready.. we will leave now."

Sana wears a simple mid-length black dress with matching black pumps. Little makeup and hair tied into a ponytail, she looks alluring. Sidharth waits outside near the car, talking over the phone. Sana mumbles,"Haye mere phone pe no signal and he is talking. How??"
Sidharth, as if hearing it, turns to see her. He pauses for a second looking at her. Then turns his face and hangs up the phone.