Substitute Wife

Chapter-38

Author's pov

" He killed my baby," Maryam accused and then stood up from the bed with great difficulty.

Taking a few painful steps she walked near him and grabbed his collar tightly. Yardan hasn't recovered from the shock yet.

" Why did you do that?" She asked calmly.

Though her voice was calm it was heavy with anger. Her eyes were burning, her nose was flaring and her body was shaking.

" You heard the doctor. You miscarried the baby due to mental pressure," Yardan tried to make her understand.

She questioned him," You said the same thing after killing my second baby, didn't you?"

" I admit that I didn't want that child. But, I am telling the truth. I didn't kill this child," he answered truthfully because he knows that there is no point in hiding it anymore.

She asked further," Is there any guarantee that you are saying the truth?"

This time the doctor interrupted," He is saying the truth."

" You bastard!! Keep your mouth shut. You supported this murderer when he was planning to kill my children. A doctor's job is to save life not kill innocent children. Why did you do that? Because of money, right?" Maryam screamed at the doctor still holding Yardan's collar.

The doctor understood that things are now out of hand. So, he decided to leave. He looked at Yardan for permission which he got instantly.

The doctor will just step outside the room, Maryam told the doctor with her cold emotionless voice," You are equally responsible for my baby's death."

The doctor lowered his head while she shouted," Look at me."

When the doctor raised his head at Maryam she told him," Remember my face. I am gonna make you shed blood tears. Just wait and watch."

Yardan understood that Maryam hasn't taken her neuro medicines. That's why she is talking aggressively. Signalling the doctor to leave he looked at her who was still grabbing his collar.

" Maryam, I didn't kill this child. It was an accident," He tried to convince her and the next moment he was holding his throbbing cheek.

Before he could recover from this shock she shouted bursting into angry and painful tears," What did my children do to you that you killed them in my womb? Why? They were innocent. They had no enmity with you. Then, why did you become so cruel to them? Tell me, why!!! They were your flesh and blood too then how could you do this to them?"

" Maryam, listen to..........." he tried to say something but another slap stopped him in the middle.

Shaking his body vigorously she screamed," Why?"

" Why are you silent, son of a bitch? Tell me," Maryam continued screaming like a mad woman.

Yardan has lost his patience already by her slaps and continuous screaming. Grabbing her upper arms tightly he looked into her eyes. Maryam let out a painful yelp because his hold was too tight.

" Because of Yamir & Omaira. I didn't want them to face what I had faced. I didn't want them to be the victims of negligence. I wanted your attention only for them," Yardan screamed back shutting Maryam's mouth.

Then, he continued saying fuming in rage," I have seen how stepmothers turn evil. I know how stepmothers are. No matter how much they admit that they accept their husband's children from a previous relationship I know that all these are lies."

" I have seen this negligence. I was just a boy, suffering on the bed from fever, instead of taking care of me, my stepmother decided to go on a trip. That too with my father leaving me behind to suffer alone," He lashed out at her who just blinked her eyes.