The Murder

11. Past

Anushka - Siddharth

She is so shocked. She didn't expected to see him here or ever meet him again.

Sid - Why

Sid said in broken wishper. His emotions overwhelming him.

Anushka look down in guilt.

Anushka - let me explain. Please

Sid nodded.

Anushka started telling the whole truth....

Flashback

...Anushka's pov...

I was talking to my friend Nisha on call when i heard the doorbell. It must me my dad. He comes home from work at exactly 9pm.

I hang up the call with Nisha and come downstairs to great dad. He was looking happy, it was strange as he always comes home tired or in bad mood.

My mom ask the reason of his happiness and dad told us that he found a rich man for me and we are going to his home tomorrow to fix my marriage.

I was surprised, i feel my dreams are going to shatter in a moment. I protest and said i want to do a job but my dad shouted at me, he always do whenever i deny anything but this time it was about my whole life so i didn't back of.

I argued with my parents for the first time in my life. They have been controlling me from childhood, they never asked me what I want to do or I am willing to do anything they want or not.

My father is very strict. He can do anything for his reputation. He wants to go marry any rich man for our family's reputation.

When i argued with him, he slapped me in anger. It was not shocking for me, he always does when he is angry. He grip my hair and warn me make the rice man and his family like me.

I hissed in pain but he didn't care. He give me a final worning and said to go to my room. I quietly go and close the door behind me of my room. I call Nisha and told her about everything.

Nisha is my only friend with whom i can share anything and everything. She is orphan, her parents died some years ago.
From that time she has been living by herself. She never actualy told me about her work but sometimes I can feel her stress and tiredness.

She advised i should go and see the boy and obey my parents for now. She don't like my parents because she is an indipendent woman and my parents are so controlling. She thinks i should run away from my house but I have always ignored her this comment by making fun.

Next day I get ready and went to their house by car. It was a big and luxurious mention. No doubt why my father selected the man. His family greeted us inside as we set on couch.

I saw the boy. He looks.... good. He seems well behaved. He was looking at me. His family seems nice. They are so polite.

His family tell the boy to take me to their gurden to talk alone. I look at my parents and they were giving me warning through their eyes to not mess up and to not tell the boy anything.

I get up and follow him to the garden where we set on a bench. There was an silence for sometime before he said I can ask anything i want.

I don't know what to ask but at last i asked the most stupid question which was his name. I realy don't even know his name.

He seems shocked at first but then he said he is Siddharth.

After that he started showing me the garden when he asked what I am doing. I said about my graduation but then he asked if i have applied for job or not. I feel a sting of pain in my heart. I wanted to say everything to him and cancel the marriage but I couldn't.