Blinded by love

Chapter 18-The decamp

I regained consciousness and found myself in a different room.I hardly remember what happened after he beat me up and locked me inside the room.Whatever happened after that is a clear blank in my head.I tried hard to remember what happened,but couldn't remember a thing.I got up from the bed on which I lay and walked around the room.

As I sat with the sobering thought that Virat is gonna marry another girl in probably a few months,I heard the door crack open and the shadow of a huge figure appeared.

A tall and hefty man walked towards me with a tray in his hand.He looked more like a body builder with all those muscles.A shiver of fear rushed through me giving goosebumps all over my body.He placed the tray on the bed and my eyes followed every movement of his.

The tray had a plate containing roti and dal.There was a bottle of water and a strip of tablet next to it.I kept staring at it.

"Eat your food and then have that tablet.",he said,his voice deep and coarse.

"What is it?"

He folded his arms across his chest and gave me a long stare.I picked up the tablet and turned it over.When I saw the name,it struck me.It must be an abortion tablet.I have heard of it somewhere.I didn't know what to do.I thought I could possibly beg him to leave me and get out of here unharmed in another few hours but only now I can understand how serious he is about getting my baby aborted.But I won't let him do that.His son ditched me and I won't let this man kill my child.

"Aarthi,be a brave girl like how you have always been.Don't let him win.You can do this.",I told myself and took a deep breath.

"Fine,I'll eat it.",I said,and sat simply waiting for him to leave.

"Eat it NOW.In front of me.",he said,commanding me.

"I don't feel like eating now.I'll eat it when I want to.You mind your business and leave me alone or get me out of here.",I screamed at him.

He stood firmly on the ground and refused to budge.I didn't know what to do.I got up from the bed and stood facing him.I was hardly half his size.

"Just....LEAVE!None of you can do anything to me or my child.I'd do anything to make both of us safe.Dare to lay a finger on us,you will know who I am.Heard that right?"

His lips twitched into a devilish smile and he left.I stood there staring at the tray of food and the tablet beside it.The door flung open with a loud thud behind me and I turned around to see who it was.

"You little brat....!",Virat's father came storming towards me.

"What?What the hell is your freaking problem?I don't understand.Did I say I'd stop your son's marriage?That idea didn't even strike me until you told me.Well,even now I have no such intentions.I don't need your spunky son.Get him married to any shrew you like.I don't care."

"Oh yeah,really?But I don't want you to be pregnant with my son's child.He has as much right on it as you do,my dear.And he wants it aborted so you HAVE to listen to him."

"I don't have to listen to any jerks.I know what I should do and I don't want you or your son or anyone else for that matter to tell me what to do and what not to.I thought you were a big business man,but never thought you'd be so jobless to deal with a pregnant teenager."

"Just...mind it!",he said.

"You mind yourself,Mr.Shyam Kapoor.I don't want YOU,the biggest brute I have ever seen,to command me."

His face turned red and I could see the anger in his eyes.He clenched his fist tight.

"Anger,eh?Feel like hitting me,is it?Come on...go ahead!Try as you might,you can never kill my child."

He stormed out of the room,wild in anger.A smile of victory covered my face.I was glad that I'm back to my original self.I'm not a dingo and I will never be.

I went to the bathroom and just when I came out after I was done,a plan struck me.I locked myself in the bathroom and removed the glass blinds,as quietly as I could.I picked a bucket and placed it on top of the closet.Climbing on it,I peeped outside the grill-less window.The room looks like it is located in the ground floor.The road seemed to have no life.It is not the road where Virat's house is,I recognized.The place seemed quiet and a little dark.

"Must be around eight.",I thought,judging the time from the darkness of the sky.

I climbed down carefully and walked back to the hall.I gave a proper look at the door,sitting on the bed and found that it has a lock inside as well.I went to it and quietly locked it up.It screeched a little but not too much to be heard outside.Rushing back to the bathroom,I climbed on the bucket,which still lied on the closet and tried to push myself through the wide open window.It wasn't too large but wasn't too small either.I climbed up on the flush box,held the wall tightly and put one of my legs outside the window.My sleek body fitted the dimensions just right.It was a little hard to bring the other leg out but I someone managed to squeeze myself through it.I scratched my arms and legs in the wall and it began to burn as blood appeared through the tiny cuts.I never been this glad about my thin figure.I sat on the window,getting myself prepared to jump without making any noise.I looked around to see if anyone was there but I could hardly see any living being around.I quickly jumped down to the ground and looked around to see how I could get out of the compound wall next.It wasn't too tall,so I thought I'd jump over.But before that,I walked around the house and when I reached the back of it,I found cardboard boxes.I looked around to see if anyone was coming and then opened it.It had a lot of wine bottles in it.There were two cardboard boxes,each of it containing the same things,lying next to each other.I climbed on top of one of them and jumped to the neighbouring house.

I could see the light flickering through the window.I went to the entrance of that house and found the main door locked.Heaving a sign of relief,I rushed to the street.I glanced at either side of the street and couldn't figure out which way to go.I then realized that I didn't have any time with me and quickly ran to the right of me,hoping I'd reach the main road easily this way.I ran for the next fifteen minutes,taking turns as I liked and finally reached the main road.

"I need to go to Shastri Nagar.",I said to the auto driver.

I hurriedly got into the auto and he took off.