𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭

Their Shame - 13

I look at my father's furious face. He looks not at all like my Papa but a stranger. Even if he was disinterested in my life sometimes he never was violent with me.

"Don't say another word you brat! You are a disgrace to my family!?" He shouts spits flying from his mouth.

"I never should have allowed you to work! Now look at what you have done bringing shame to my family by whoring yourself to some rich guy. You have humiliated me infront of my fucking relatives." He curses at me.

He never curse.

"Papa what are you talki-" He aims to strike me again. I flinch back but the slap never comes. Mr.Rajputh holds his arm with a grim expression on his face. His ash eyes turned into black.

Tears of shame falls from my cheek. Papa not only insulted me, he also accused my boss of having an affair with an employee. I'll be fired for sure.

Now I am homeless as well as jobless

"Do. Not. Raise. Your. Hands. At. Her." He says in a low voice which comes out in a growl.

My father turns downright furious now, "Who are you to come between me and my daughter?" He spits.

"You lost the privilege of calling her your daughter the moment you raised your hand against her without hearing her side of the story." He says as matter of factly, rage clouding his features.

Mama, Arya & Zara has come outside hearing the commotion. Mama doesn't even look at me in the eyes. Arya & Zara gives me pitying glances.

All the while I don't intervene anything. I think of the time before I was kidnapped. How I was accused of lying to my parents and they didn't believe me instead turned violent.

So then and there I take the decision of never telling them about what almost happened to me. They will never hear from me again. They lost me a long time ago.

What is a home if it doesn't protect or believe their children.?

This is all too much to take in a day for me so I take a deep breath and scrape all the shards of self respect and dignity off the floor and say, "You will not see me again. I am sorry for causing you distress but I will never forgive you for how you treated me. I hope... now that I leave, you can live with your chin held high infront of your relatives and friends." Tears flood my eyes and falls from my face wetting Mr.Rajputh's jacket.

"I wish I was never born to you." saying that in a whisper I swallow my sobs and all the unfairness with great difficulty.

I turn to walk away when Mama's voice halts me, "Wait." saying that she goes inside and comes with a suitcase and throws it to the floor.

"I packed all your belongings yesterday when I saw your message, just in case if you ever come searching for your things. Don't show you face ever again. You are no child of mine." with tears in her eyes she leaves with Zara and Arya.