Stay With Me Forever

2. Prologue - Anokhi

ANOKHI

I feel strong grip on myself, two strong arms engulf me from behind & I can recognise the fragrance & the touch that I've not felt since eternity, he rests his face in the crook of my neck & I feel calm & ecstasy take over me. I can hear him whimper, I place my hands on his, his skin still feels the same, I turn around to face him still being in his arm, he peppers me with kisses on my face each one of them giving relief to the grief & restlessness I've felt for so long & pull me into a tight bear hug & my hands go behind his back as tears flow through my eyes.

" Why are you here ? " I cry & ask him with anger I've felt all this while towards this man .

He cups my face & kisses my forehead & rests it with mine, still holding me so close to himself yet maintaining the silence.

" You didn't want me when you kicked me out of your life then why are you back ? " I prod him for answer while I whimper & caress his stubbled face as my love for this man drives me & anger takes a backseat. Still silence prevails as I linger in the warmth of his embrace.

He pushes me away with a jolt & my each atom hurts with the loss of his touch. " I'll never want you, a woman like you holds no place in my life, it was all just a mistake " he says, his eyes so distant & face maligned.

He swerves & I see his retreating figure as tears blur my face, my knees give away & I fall with a thump. He once again leaves me, as I turn into broken & crying mess.

I wake up with a jolt & look around, I sigh as reality seeps in that it was just a nightmare which I've surpassed in real life & it's all in the past. I wipe my eyes, calm my distraught heart & again put up a strong resolve.

My alarm has gone off & it's 6 am in the morning & outside it is so dark that it seems like as if it's still midnight. Delhi winters are too harsh & bitter but I've got tasks that need to be done, so I get out of my cozy warm bed, put a cushion & a pillow around my one year old doll like daughter, yes my daughter Arya, who has been constant sheer source of happiness ever since I conceived her.

I get ready for the day & do basic chores, by the time I'm done, clock struck 8 & I get my princess ready.

I've to get some documents for my sister Babli di, as she's busy with her event management business & courageously managing it with a fractured leg, which she earned while trying to ride Vicky Jiju's bike. Since that day he's been looking after her alongwith her business, he's a caring husband unlike Vineet, her ex-husband who made my sister's life a living hell. I wish all husbands could be like Vicky, pillar of strength & loving, not everyone gets lucky like Babli Di.

I book the cab while I feed Arya her food, my daughter loves to have her food all over her than her mouth, it's tedious to feed such a mischievous kid, of course she's a lot like him, stubborn & naughty. Her eyes are just like him, ocean deep, calm yet chaotic. She smiles like me & when she does her eyes twinkle with light & happiness which is so exclusive to her, that's what she has brought ever since she came into my life - happiness, she happened to me when I had no one of my own, when I was abandoned by the person I loved the most. Although I was skeptical about how I will manage as a single mother as the chances of her of being accepted by her other parent were so slim, but trust me every moment was worth the hardships I faced, my daughter's existence makes every difficulty & sorrow seem insignificant. She's the blessing to me.

By 9, our cab driver pulls at our door & we leave for Chandigarh.

Chandigarh,the city that has been my heaven & my abyss, it's been 2 years since I left & never turned to look back until today.

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