A busy market at night, blindingly flashy lights in green and blue and burning red on the boards of all the shops, as it all thrusted on to her face, as she looked around sitting by the window. ishita realised how long she had been wide awake, as the time was already 2 am.
she looked at her phone again, another message from an unknown number, an image. ishita wasn't eager, or even intrigued, but exhausted, questioning whether this should even take her attention.
another image joined a thread of them, but this one stood out, in what appeared to be just text screenshots, this was an image clicked in real time. ishita zoomed in, only to find neelu putting a knife inside an unconscious purvi's nightgown, her underwear was around her ankles....the wounds that can easily cause a miscarriage...
she swiped back, to the first screenshot, everything was making sense now.
the first screenshot displayed a chat between purvi and neelu, a message by her clearly stating, 'purvi, tumne khudh apne naam ke aage kavin ka nahi lagaya hai...why are you doing this to your own child? you know it's better for all of you to use arora, i don't get it...why are you being so stubborn about this!'.
she swiped to the next, neelu and sameer are in a conversation.
neelu: 'i cannot believe this! did you actually say to purvi i'm overreacting!'
sameer: 'neelu, come on, kavin itna progress kar chuka hai....aur woh moga ke ek sarkari school mein padha hai 8th tak....unke bache ke future ka toh kitna acha chance hai...'
neelu: 'sameer, tum literally logon ko bathka rahe ho...taaki yeh bacha safely paida hi hojayein! yaar kya hojayega agar kavin bhi apna naam change karke arora karle...they can be untraceable, leave their normal lives! their child would be safe..'
sameer: 'neelu, yaar ghar aake baat kartein haina...i'm kind of busy right now...'
neelu: 'you do realise tumne mujhe unki shaadi ke din hi kaha tha ki main purvi ka saath de rahi hoon uski zindagi barbad karne mein?'
sameer: 'neelu...seriously? tumne kaha tha unka bacha reservation pe palega kya jab unhone pregnancy announce ki thi!'
neelu: 'come on sameer...don't tell me suddenly you have changed your mind on this entire thing!'
sameer: 'it doesn't matter yaar neelu....purvi khush hai, and safe hai...and i can protect her, that's all that matters so far....now i really have to go, shaam ko baat kartein hai.'
neelu: 'yeah sure....purvi ki khushi ek murderer aur chamar ka bacha karne mein hai! just like hamare bete ki hamari naukrani ki beti ke saath hai, out of all girls in this planet! did you know i heard some women talk behind our backs like hamara beta naukrani ke saath bhaag gaya hai! if you don't want to take care of this, you better mark my words, i will.'
ishita couldn't help but remember, the first time dushyant took her back to his parent's place, after they had gotten married.
a nervous ishita exchanged smiles with a dushyant who was looking equally awkward.
"it was purvi's idea..you know, abhi kuch hai relatives joh reh gaye hain....aur badhai dena chahte hai....and i don't know...lady relatives want to see your face....and...pay you for it...right, moh dekhai, sorry..uhh.." explained dushyant as ishita just chuckled awkwardly, setting the paloo of her saree again, meanwhile dushyant just bit his lip so hard, he clearly wanted to say, 'i told you so...', but he didn't, it wasn't required for her to understand.
"what? ab maa ne di hai....aur woh bas chahti thi, mera pehla impression acha hoon tumhare relatives pe...aur, you know, i can get used to wearing sarees..." attempted ishita to defend herself, as dushyant just lovingly put his arm around her.
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