From cameras to your heart

Chapter 31

Trigger warning ⚠️

Might be sensitive for some readers.

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"ye kya haal bana diya inaya ka tumne Aditya."

Sumitra aunty spoke looking into her son's eyes who looked down ashamed of his actions but nothing could be done anymore. The damage was done, the girl, she loved like her own daughter was lying on the hospital bed just because of her son and she could do nothing to prevent it.

(Look what did you did to inaya)

Just when they had reached home she looked for inaya. Mrs Sharma who worked at the mansion in Mumbai had accompanied inaya to udaipur and was currently working in the palace saw her and immediately rushed to her.

She didn't know what happened between the both of them while they argued she had seen inaya cry for Aditya many times. For the three weeks he had been away, inaya had cried herself to sleep every single day. She had seen her zoning out during the day while doing her work many times. And she just couldn't forget how inaya had cried in her arms, screaming and begging her to call her husband when Aditya had just blatantly ignored the calls.

So at the moment when she heard the both of them arguing and inaya crying she tried to go upstairs just when Aditya had barged outside the room with an unconscious inaya in his arms while blood fell down her legs.

So when she saw sumitra aunty and dadi she immediately told them everything she had been observing since Aditya and inaya got married.

His mother closed her eyes as she recalled everything the old caretaker had told her.

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"Ma'am I've seen inaya cry for baba many times. When they got married, in the starting things were good, inaya and Aditya baba both looked happy but I don't know what happened, things started changing slowly."

She took a deep breath to continue. She would not cover back this time, if not inaya, she would tell everyone about aditya's behaviour.

"But when inaya got sick he changed a little, he started coming back home on time but you know him, he gets mood swings often. You know, I've never seen them conversing like a normal couple. I know adi doesn't like to speak too much but even I felt bad for inaya when she initiated conversations and he just didn't seem to reply properly."

Dadi sat on the soft too shocked to speak anything after she told her about how her grandson was treating his wife. She just couldn't seem to accept that Aditya, her eldest grandson who was always so prime and proper would neglect his wife.

"I have seen him grow up, he is just like my own child. Aap toh jante ho na mera toh koi bacha nahi hai, adi baba is just like my own child but seeing his behaviour towards inaya I just couldn't control anymore. Aapko pta hai, usne new york Jane se pehle inaya ko bataya tak nahi tha. Vo bechari toh subha jab uthi use laga vo ghar par he hai. I've seen her cry that day, running around the house looking for him. She begged me to call him but he never picked up. I don't know what happened between them before that night but something big did happen because the previous day inaya was preparing food of his choice for him as it was his birthday."

"I've seen her waiting for him so many times while the food just stayed on the dining table getting cold. Some days he would show up and some day he just wouldn't. I thought not to bring this up as it is their own matter but I just couldn't stop myself anymore after seeing inaya's condition. And that silly girl, she never shares her feelings with anyone."

Her own eyes were teary as she narrated everything to aditya's mother and grandmother. Dadi was already crying while Sumitra aunty looked stunned at the revelation.