Can a phone call ruin a person's life?
I say it can ruin more...
Just a single phone call can ruin everything a person has build...
It can ruin a happy family, a perfect marriage and everything you worked hard to create.
That's how I felt when I heard your voice for the first time in years on the phone.
"Sri..."
"I missed you."
I feel my heart drop...
My world comes crashing down
I feel my legs going weak as I drop down on the ground.
"How...how did you get his number?" My voice wavers wildly.
"I have my ways" The voice answered. "But first...tell me why did you betray me like this?"
I flinched as I hear footsteps coming towards this room.
"Sristi?"
I turn around to find my husband standing at the door.
"What's wrong? The phone...Did you answer it?" He asks.
At this point, I'm trembling on the ground with the phone in my hands.
"Ashish..." I don't know what To say to him.
"Who called? Give me the phone." He walks closer to take the phone from my hands.
But I cut the call and immediately get the phone away from him.
"That's...Ashish it's no one. Let's go to the table, everyone's waiting." I smile nervously.
"What? But it might be an important call from work."
"No it was just a spam call! Gosh you need to block the numbers or they will continue to eat your head up!" I hurriedly open his phone to block the number.
But that's when his phone rings again.
And its the same number.
The same feeling of panic rises up through my stomach.
"Who is it? Give it to me." Ashish takes the phone from her hands.
"No please don't-" I try to stop him but it's already too late.
"Hello?" He answers the phone.
It's all over.
Everything crumbles down like pieces of glass...
She will tell him everything now...
Everything...
"Oh Miss Gupta it's you. Yes, I'll save it, thank you." He smiles.
Huh...?
"Ah that..." He turns towards me.
"That was my wife, the picture you saw last time....yup that's her"
"Okay I'll call you again"
He hangs up.
"Phew, let me save it quickly." He says fidgeting with his phone.
"Who....who was that??" I ask.
"What?"
"Miss Gupta...You said Miss Gupta right?"
"Oh yeah, did you speak to her?" He asks.
"Answer me first! Who was that!?"
This was the first time she raised her voice at him.
It took him by surprise.
"What's up with you Sristi? Why are you acting like that?" He asks, confused.
I come to my senses.
Really what am I doing?
I get back on my feet and walk towards him.
"The breakfast is gonna get cold honey, Let's go" I kiss him on the cheek.
Ah yes, there she was.
His usual angelic wife.
"Yeah coming!" He says without doubting another thing.
The day goes by as usual.
I serve my in laws all day, take care of their needs, see my husband off to work.
Everything goes by as usual.
But that voice...
That phone call...
"Sri...I missed you..."
"Oh Miss Gupta it's you..."
I bite my nails anxiously...
Miss Gupta...
It's not that what I think it is right?
It can't be her right?
It cannot be that person...
"But first...tell me why did you betray me like this?"
I bite my my nail so hard drawing blood from them.
"What's wrong?" A voice asks.
I look over to see it's my brother in law's wife, Krishna at the door of the kitchen
"Nothing. Why do you ask?"
"That... You're burning it." She says pointing towards the pan.
"Oh shi-" I turn the gas off immediately.
"What's wrong Srishti? You are never this unmindful..." She says.
"Ah sorry..." I'm not feeling well today.
"Then you can take rest...oh wait you can't do that...Since you have to pretend to be the perfect wife right?" She sneered.
She doesn't miss a chance to mock me does she?
"You are right Didi how can I take rest, it will put everyone down? I have to complete my duty as the bride of this family well...Since no one else does it." I flash her a smile.
"You...!? What do you mean no one does it? What about me? Am I not a bride of this family too? Don't I work all day in the kitchen too? Why do you keep on getting praised by everyone...? Why is it always you?" She screams in rage.
Then struts her way out.
But I'm used to it.
I'm used to women hating me like this.
His mother too used to hate me when I first came to this family.
She used to think I'll be taking her beloved son away from her.
But slowly I won her heart by taking care of this family.
That's right, I will win everyone's heart.
I'm the perfect bride after all.
I'm the bride of one of the wealthiest families in this country...
I'm Sristi Aggarwal, the bride of Ashish Aggarwal, the rich and successful Businessman.
I have to be perfect at every angle.
That's the image I created for all this while I was married.
It has only been a year, but everyone in this home likes me.
Everyone expects so much from me....
I can't disappoint them...
I have worked so hard for this...
So hard...
But don't tell me...
That person...
That person from my past will come back...
To ruin everything!?
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RandomA perfect marriage. A rich and successful husband. I was living a seemingly happy life. Until you appeared again... ****CONTAINS MATURE THEMES This story was in my drafts for the longest time. I am not well with words but decided to publish this an...
