Vaidehi - His Second chance [On Hold]

21. Will you go on a Date?

✿ Vaidehi✿

2 months later

Family is not all about happiness; sometimes they are the root cause of crushing it. Mine was the same. Being the youngest child, and more typically a girl after sisters, I was surely the unwanted one, and it didn't take any science for me to realize this very early in my childhood. You know, it hurt that little girl to think that her Baba wasn't like other fathers. He would always come home and ask for Harshvardhan, Harshvardhan, and Harshvardhan.

In the beginning, I used to wonder why he loved my elder brother more, even though I was the youngest. Aren't they supposed to get the most love from everyone? But I got all of the hate.

Growing up in such a household, I was taught the time to return home, the time to go out, the dress I should wear, and the way I should look.

All because I was a girl.

Did I ever ask them to give birth to me? Did I? They ruled, or more like ruined, my whole life the way they wanted, and in the end, it was me who was at fault.

You know, there are some moments in life where you realize maybe whatever happens, happens for good. But still, there stays a corner of your brain that says, what if that one particular thing hadn't happened?

And that's how we ruin our present by thinking of the past.

Whenever I looked at Sanskaar in these few months of our marriage, I got a similar feeling. Am I ruining something that deserves a chance?

I remember the first night of our marriage. That day, I concluded that my husband had a nature similar to my brother-in-law's; he scared me that night. But there hasn't been a single day after that when he repeated that behavior.

I can clearly notice how earnestly he is trying to make things better on his behalf, as if he believes he can make our marriage work with all his efforts.

And I hate myself in those moments when my mind freezes, finding similarities between my past and present. I feel like I've already ruined things with Shlok, and now I'm ruining things with Sanskaar as well.

He possesses the most captivatingly beautiful heart I've ever encountered.

Knocking me out of my thoughts, the doorbell rang. I leaned in to find that he was still in the shower, so I walked downstairs to open the door. With just the two of us left here, I felt a bit more at ease.

His Nani is ill, and that's why everyone went to meet her. I know he was eager to go as well, but he stayed back because someone needed to handle the business here.

He's incredibly responsible when it comes to his family.

I opened the door and found a man standing with a parcel. Did Sanskaar order something? I don't think so.

"Mam, here is your parcel," he said, handing me a black box.

"Whose name is it issued to?"

"Mrs. Vaidehi."

"Alright, thank you." Closing the door, I looked at the box suspiciously.

What if it had a bomb in it? I mean, Sanskaar has a rival, and maybe he sent it to my name thinking I wouldn't suspect. I've seen enough news about mysterious parcels causing trouble lately.

What if our house explodes as soon as I open this box?

No!

But it feels too light. How could it have a bomb in it?

I paced nervously around the house, debating whether to open it or not. Sanskaar wasn't even out of the shower yet, so I couldn't consult him. It seemed like he was planning a lifetime shower today. What should I do now?