The Broken Souls (Beyond the love)

25. The last letter

Aditi's point of view

It's been a month since that incident happened at Diwali and it's been also a month when I last saw him. Schools and colleges open again. Things changed, nothing is same like it used to be. Relationship took the different turn for me. No one is talking to me in my family after that day. Same goes in school. Divya refused to talk to me. Whenever I tried to talk to her, she ignored me or changed her path.

Atul bhiya returned to his college after the week of Diwali after making sure that no one talk to me in family and outside the house. Well it wasn't hard for him to do that because there is no one who care for me. No one come to find me, if I get miss or died.

I never forgot that night in my life. That night changed everything in my life. My family hates me more than before. Before they didn't like me but now they loathe me. My one and only best friend cut her all ties with me. That night, first time Atul bhiya beat me brutally with his belt. I screamed and beg for the mercy but he didn't stop. That night, I saw a monster in him who is thirsty for the blood. Every time his belt hit my flesh, a painful scream escaped from my mouth.

It was all painful that even an outsider gets pity on me. I was praying to God to stop all this but he also didn't show any mercy on me. I lost the count of Atul's bhiya belt until my body got numb with pain and I fainted. Next morning when I woke up, I found myself in my room's floor. My red suit was torn in many places because of the beating my whole body was aching. I have blue, purple marks  on my hands, legs and back.  I didn't go school for atleast ten days because of the pain, I was feeling in my body. It took whole month to go the marks from my body but when I went back to the school after ten day, everything changed. Divya wasn't talking to me. I didn't see Dhruv for a month now.

I was afraid of everything now. I don't talk people, not even it's necessary. I went to school and started doing house chores when I came back home. As I promised to papa, I will be their free maid till I'm here and in return they will let me study atleast till I turn 18. My studies also effects with the new schedule of my life. Before, I got the time to study in day aslo but now, I got only night for my studies.

At night when I study, my eyes automatically went to his room's window, which now closed permanently and I could not stop the tears in my eyes when I remember that night.

He also hates me.

I don't know what happened to him that night?

Why he fainted suddenly?

I was worried for him. I wanted to know, if he is alright or not. But I don't  find rhe way to reach him. Anuradha aunty abandoned me to come their house and Divya is also not talking to me. I don't know, how do I find out, if Dhruv is fine or not.

Tan....tan...

Tan...tan...

I pulled out from my thoughts by school bell and when I came to realize,  chemistry lecture is already over and lunch started. I packed my books in my bag and looked at Divya who is already got up from her chair. Now days she sit with her other friends. I miss how we both sit with each other and have lit of fun in chemistry lecture and how I used to tease her about our chemistry teacher.

Today, I decided, I will talk to her again.

I hurriedly packed my other things and got up from my chair but before I could reach her, Divya again ignore me and leave the class room.

Now days, it's normal, me chasing to Divya to talk to her and she ignores my presence.

My mood fell in disappointment. I picked my bag and went to the playground with a little hope that I could see him today before the holidays start for 12th class for their board exam.