Author pov
Savitri was just sitting there without any movement she just sat there like a statue God knows for how long.
Nobody knew what was she facing inside she felt empty her eyes were empty she wanted to cry but the tears were empty nothing came out.
She was just staring at the wall in front of her the maids who came in the room for cleaning and looking after her on maji's order were scared to even approach her.
All the scenarios were going in her head in a loop like a tape reel displaying images of events those hurt her and left the scars forever.
She was cursing the heaven for making her life hell, she was going insane in her head but didn't made any movement or even blinked her eyes. She was frozen in her place.
" Tum maa nahi ban skti "
" Ja raha hu gyatri ko lene "
" Dusri shadi teh kr di hai humne jayshree se "
" Tum maa bnane ka mehsoos (feel) kr rahi ho kya "
" Suna hai sarkaar un galiyon mai bhi jate hai "
These words were ringing in her head, she felt crazy, she wanted to shout, she wanted to vent her grief and her anger in front of everyone, but her throat felt went dry as a desert, she felt thorn in her throat she tried to speak but nothing came out. She became voiceless.
Chandrika moved towards her holding a glass of water both her and maitri were scared for savitri they have never seen her looking so lifeless it felt like she doesn't have a soul.
She cautiously sat near savitri and hesitantly she patted her arm but after getting no response she tried again from her Peripheral vision she saw maitri joining too boosting her confidence.
" Thakurien sa " She called savitri softly but savitri didn't replied, making a bold move she took the dipped wet cloth from maitri's hand and wiped savitri's face with it.
Savitri was still she didn't said anything neither made any movement concerning both of them. Maitri sat in front of savitri and taking a deep breath she held her from her shoulder and shook her little harshly.
Waking savitri from her trance savitri looked at them but didn't said anything. She slowly got up from the place and moved toward the mirror leaving both of them behind.
She looked at herself and and then shook her head as if disappointed with what she saw, she moved towards the wardrobe tossing her sarees making a mess.
Finally she found one perfect match a heavy embroidery red color saree she took of her current saree and draped the heavy saree on her body.
Both the women were scared and shocked to look at savitri going crazy, savitri moved in front of the mirror she opened her bun and let her hair free.
She took her makeup and applied it on her face, smearing her eyes with black khol, wearing dark maroon lipstick and completing her look with big red bindi.
She looked in the mirror and sighed still dissatisfied with her look taking her sindoor ki dabbi she applied the sindoor in her middle partition till back and decorating her neck with a biggest and heaviest nuptial chain she had she hummed in satisfaction.
She gesture chandrika to clean the room and maitri to follow her still not ready to speak a word. She moved down the stairs in the new aura, her mother in law looked at her and was shocked and concerned for her.
She was regretting telling her son all the drama that should have remained between the women only but she was not thinking straight.
Moving down stairs savitri moved out of haveli without paying any heads to her mother in law shocking her more. She was scared not because of her behavior but her health she treated her like her daughter but with strictness.
She herself never wanted any other woman in this house she knows the pain woman might go through when her husband share his love.
In her married life aaditya's father never had another woman and made her the center of his world. She wanted the same for savitri but the circumstances forced them to do different
She ordered maitri to follow savitri and not let her do anything to harm herself and made it clear if savitri got harmed outside haveli maitri would be buried alive.
Maitri quickly ran toward the haveli's entrance where she saw savitri sitting in her car and driver had already started the car she called out in hurry to let her in and savitri allowed her to enter the car.
Savitri looked in the front mirror and ordered the driver to move the car, she looked so intimidating that she even sacred the rough driver who was also personal bodyguard of savitri appointed by Aaditya.
