Meant to Be Yours

Chapter 24: Telling About Past 2

Priya P.O.V

After hearing his words I broke down in tears. How can someone be so nice? I don't deserve this guy. Veer just hugged me tightly to himself.

"I am not going to say Forget about your past and move on because it's a part of your trauma which can never be ignored and forgotten.
But listen to me carefully"

He slowly turned me towards him looked into my eyes and continued
"Your scars are not something which should be ignored or hidden. They are not something from which you should be scared but are something which shows how strong you are. What battles do you have to face just to survive?

They are part of you which should be cheered as they show how you kept moving for your bright future despite being in a dark place."

I just started crying more after hearing him and he just took me in his arms and cuddled me like a baby.

After some time when I was finally able to calm down, I removed myself from him and told him another thing which was eating me inside.

"Veer, this was my second engagement"

The hold of his hands on mine got a little more tight like he was afraid I'll just disappear now.

He just gave me a confused look to say more things I started talking again.

"My uncle was a businessman and had suffered from some major loss in his business. So to restart his business he took a loan from his previous boss in return for marrying me to his son. You can say his son was very much smitten by me as he always used to say that he would marry me. Thus he saw the opportunity to take the chance through his father."

I took a deep breath and thought of the day when my engagement got fixed with him and how much I fought to stop this nonsense but no one heard me and even restricted me from calling Bhai.

"The day I was about to engage him. I ran away from the house but as they were one of the strong people they found me in no time but the punishment I got for that act is still there in my back. But that was not it as it was only my uncle first but on that day the guy I was supposed to get married also took the matter into his hands and did something which can never be forgiven"

My Uncle was sitting in my room and was looking at me like if he turned away I'll run again. Looking at the condition I am right now with a trashed body l don't think I can even move an inch.

After I was brought back to my room he beat me with anything which came in his hand as according to him I trashed his image and reputation in front of other people today. He whipped me with his belt which is going to leave a mark for sure now. After he was done the man whom I was supposed to engage entered my room.

He didn't say anything just sat in front of me on the floor and took my face in his hands I tried to get away from him but his hold Just got tight on my face to the level it was very painful.

"You know it was not a good thing to run from your soon-to-be Husband Pia. Now look how angry you made me."

"I'll not marry you. I'll never be yours" I screamed in his face

He just laughed at it like I made a joke " Now here you are wrong Pia. You are already mine but let's do our engagement to make it official between us what stunt you did today does not make you deserve a ring"

He took out a pocket knife from his pant pocket and took my left hand in from of him. With his knife, he started putting his name initially on my wrist. By the time he was done, my hand was bleeding badly and all my screaming and trashing had made his act even more disgusting look scene.

When he was finally done he just smiled at me and said " We are marring in 7 days. Now we don't want to give you more chances to run. Right?" With his, he left my room.
After a few minutes my uncle also slowly got up and left me.

It was now midnight when my room door slowly got opened I already knew who was there. As he always comes to help me whenever he gets a chance.

Slowly he came towards me and bought a first aid kit for me from my cupboard and started treating my wounds. After he was done he helped me to bed and got me some of his clothes and told me to wear them while he turned his face from me. When I was done he again got me a glass of water and gave me some painkillers.

"Nayak, you do know he will kill you if he came to know you gave me medicine again?" I asked him

It was not like my uncle was abusive to me only. He was a monster whose dark aura surrounded every person in his house.

" It's the least I can do for you, Priya. Don't worry I can face some of his wrath of anger for it" he said with a clotted voice I am sure he must have been trying to sound strong for me

"Please contact my brother Nayak. I am requesting you. Please he will help me, help us."

"He will know about it Priya in a heartbeat and before Bhai can come here. He will kill all of us. I want to protect you but I can't risk my little brother and mother's life at stake."

"Nayak please do something" I again requested to him

"What do you think? I am not trying?" He snapped at me after taking a calm breath. He again said,

"Priya, when I came to know you ran away I held him for 5 hours I thought maybe you had a plan. Maybe you took Siddharth's help. Maybe you are far away.
Here I was trying to hold him as much as possible in return he took all his frustration on Maa. She is also lying in her bed with so many bruises caused by him as he thinks she helped you."

After all his rant there was something he said which made me freeze and I asked him in careful words.

"How do you know about Siddharth?"

He just chucked with a bitter smile and said
" Do you think Priya I never noticed him talking to you in some of your lectures or when he is sitting with you in the canteen? Or do you think I don't know why every week you have new books in your room when you don't even have money? Do you think I never noticed Vanya sitting with you in college when she didn't even study in our college? Seriously Priya?"

I just looked at him shocked " Why you have not told him yet?"

"Because we all are unintentionally trapped in this hell house and have no way out. We can't do anything without his knowledge. It's not only me who follows you there are many he has given money to look after you thus I am trying to give you as normal life as you can get without him"

I just kept quiet and looked at my hands which are covered in bandages now.

"You will run again this week," he said out of nowhere and I looked at him like he had lost his mind.
My uncle will kill me and him if he comes to know about it.

"Do you have Siddharth number? "
I just shook my head in his direction

"I'll arrange Siddharth's number for you as well as Zaid Bhai's number. Siddharth sister is in London. Take his help to contact Bhai in any way and make him come and help you. We can't go to the police as Dad and your idiot fiance have a strong connection with them"

" What if we fail?" I asked him with a heavy voice

He took my hands in his and said" I can live my whole life with that mad person Priya as he is my father I don't have much option but you don't deserve this. It is a do-and-die situation for us. We have to make it work. We have to take this chance despite all the risks"

He was right we had too do it and we did it but in different scenarios which almost cost me my life.
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Why do the wrong people always get so much power to hurt the innocent?

We need to stand up for ourselves as at the end of the day we all are alone.