14. Anchor

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Imlie reaches her dom room sitting on bed with the documents from Bhaskar times

Strict no dating policy within co works  

Ahh amazing! She wouldn't have the embarrassing situation of walking on some couples having ME time in washrooms 

Her phone rings she recognizes the number from pagdandiya

Declining the call she focuses on the document again 

Her phone keeps on ringing.  Tired of it she finally picks it up

"Gudiya..." 

"Han bolo" she says flatly 

"Tu theek h na?" 

"Hmm" 

"Humka teri bohat yaad awat h" 

"Hmm" 

"Baat bhi nahi karegi apni amma se?" 

Imlie remains silent 

"Hum janat h tu gussa h...par baat to kar le, chilla le humpe par hamari gudiya esan chup aachi naahi lagti. Naahi to hum aaj dadda ko bata di h phir uu jaldi aa jaiye h- 

"Koi jarurat naahi h" imlie says. She doesn't want to trouble her dadda anymore...she doesn't hold that right too

"Tere man me bohat sawal honge...puch le..hum janat h" 

"Naahi...bass ek hi h...tum hamar baba se itna hi prem karat rahi to shadi kaahe naahi ki?" 

"Hum...hum chaht the..,par uu pahle se shadi shuda rahe...aur 8 saal ki bachi bhi thi.."

"Aur tum ee baat janat rahi?!" 

"Han par-" 

Imlie furiously cuts the call turning her phone off

She was an illegitimate child. Her mother had been with a man..a married man..no wonder the villagers doubted her...how can her mother...

Her dadda was so nice to accept her then...after knowing everything...

Why couldn't she just have married dadda and had her ! 

Why does her life has to be tagged as illegitimate 

And now her marriage...that was also tagged illegal 

These tags. Why do the keep coming to her.

Why could she not have a normal life, a normal family,  loving husband? At a right age?!

Sita maiyya what sins had she done 

She was sobbing trying to breathe properly,  she could feel herself choking 

Suddenly the door opens imlie sees aryan standing breathless 

"Imlie..." 

He looks at her sitting at a corner bundled up struggling to breathe 

Aryan quickly hands her some water rubbing her back 

"Imlie calm down...take deep breaths...dheere dheere.." 

Aryan sets a pillow making her lay down as she shivered 

He removes her bangles earrings payal and hairclips making her at ease 

Putting a cover on her he lightly rubs her hands 

Imlie feeling over emotional wraps her arms around his waist hugging him tightly crying all out

"Imlie tell me what happened?" Aryan says stroking her hair lightly opening her braids 

"Amma...amma se baat...hamar baba...uu..shadishuda rahe...hum...hum matlab naja-" 

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