From cameras to your heart

Chapter 13

The yellow light lit up the dining hall as Inaya walked inside with a plate of dal chawal in her hands.

She sat down on the chair and started eating slowly mixing the dal with her rice, occasionally taking a bite of her curd.

She kept looking at her food trying not to pay attention to his message. He had already told her that there might be days when he would not come home, so she shouldn't be sad.

But the sudden happiness she was feeling since the morning just vanished from her mind after she got his message.

Shaking her head she took another bite trying not to think about it. The whole mansion was quiet, nobody was home and the thought of being alone in such a big house terrified her. What if there were ghosts in here?

All the helpers were in the quarters which were far away from the mansion. She felt goosebumps appearing all over her body, quickly finishing her food she sprinted towards her room and closed the door behind.

Walking up to the bed she got inside the thick blankets and covered herself till her head, she closed her eyes trying not to think much about it and slept.

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In the morning she woke up at 8. After taking a shower she got dressed but her makeup team would come at 10. Today she had to shoot a special video for a campaign with a skincare brand.

So she just put on some casual clothes and moved downstairs to prepare her breakfast. Boiling some potatoes she mashed them up and prepared some aalo parathas. Her favourite Friday breakfast.

By the time her team came, she cleaned up her room a bit and scrolled through her phone with a gloomy look on her face. No matter how much she tried not to think about Aditya, that's exactly where her thoughts were going.

Was he avoiding her because of what happened yesterday? No that might not be true, he told her that he has a busy life. But atleast he could have called her, talked to her for atleast a minute.

He didn't even text me after that

Just then a phone call interrupted her thoughts. A message from her friend and the director of the campaign that they have arrived.

She immediately told the watchman to open the gate for them. Before the shooting started, she got her makeup done and then changed into another outfit for the day.

They used the lawn for the background and the shoot went on for almost seven hours. Photoshoot, and interview and ad shoot, By the time they left it was already six in the evening.

Inaya went back to her room after the long tiring day and immediately fell asleep. At night when she woke up and half heartedly ate her food while talking to Sanya and dadi before falling back to sleep.

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Five days since Aditya went. And just one message on her phone daily at 10 pm.

I'll not be coming home.

Don't wait for me.

Inaya tried her best to be an understanding partner, not making a big deal out of it. To make him feel comfortable with her and not to burden him with anymore responsibilities.

So she didn't call him after trying for the first two days. He didn't pick up, the first two times she called him.

Although she was hurt, she tried to be an understanding wife and waited for his call but it never came.

He just left me after that night.

She didn't want to think this way. She knew Aditya would never do that, but the least he could have done was call her. But he didn't call. The only things that relieved her were the messages he sent at night.