Broken Jewel

❤1❤ - Ugly World

"Mum......I need........to go....to college today..."Sonakshi stammered, looking pale and tired.

"Please stop calling me mum! I don't have time for this stupid talks! If you are done with that kitchen work you can get lost..." Rinitha screamed as Sonakshi gulped her fear and sped towards the door.

Sonakshi Agarwal was born in small village near Narela at Delhi. Sonakshi's mum died when she was three and her father Sanjay, turned into an alcoholic after her death. Sonakshi suffered from an abusive childhood as she never received any love or care from anyone. She was physically and mentally tortured in the house. Nevertheless she decided to remain silent about her abuse as she had no courage to speak against her dad.

Her grandparents were the only ones who cared of her whenever her father left her alone. Seeing Sanjay's behaviour his parents got worried and convinced him to get married again.

After a year, Sanjay eventually decided to marry his family friend called Rinitha. The couple soon had a daughter called Jia. Rinitha hated Sonakshi ever since she married Sanjay. She never saw Sona as her daughter at all.

Sanjay was too busy to take care of Sona as he always considered her as a burden. He was involved in the underworld drug lords and that was how he earned for his family. Whenever he was at home, he would either take the drugs and drown in the intoxication state or abuse Sonakshi to vent his frustrations.

On the other hand, Rinitha would always torture and starve Sonakshi whenever she did small mistakes. Sonakshi's humbleness and beauty irritated Rinitha. The hatred kept growing to a point that everything about Sonakshi made her feel insecure and jealous.

However, Sonakshi was well known in her village for her kindness and sweet nature. She was also known as the most beautiful girl of the town. Boys in the village would trip over themselves in her presence as her beauty was too captivating for their eyes. She had long, curvy and natural wavy tresses. Although she was grown in a place where cosmetics were alien, her skin would glow naturally whenever she smiled at others.

Even her teachers favoured her over the other students. At school she was popular without even trying. She was always the topper in class. No matter how hard life was, Sonakshi never stopped trying to reach her goals in life. She had lots of dreams. Dreams which were far from reality, but that never stopped her from trying. She wanted to become a medical practitioner and she strived hard for it.

Sonakshi's family was against her decision on continuing her education but thankfully her grandparents managed to convince Sanjay and Rinitha about letting her complete her degree. Sonakshi had to travel to the city for her education and her entire family hated it.

Since Sona's family kept discouraging and abusing her, she grew up with little confidence. She was never a brave or a courageous girl. She believed that she was a bad-luck to her family. She was easily frightened and bullied. People found it easy to deceive her. Due to her shy and introvert nature, Sonakshi never communicated with many people. Whoever behaved nicely to her, became her friends easily.

And that's how she met Natasha.

"Hey Sonakshi! You know how long I was searching for you? What took you so long? Were you crawling from home?" Natasha asked angrily as Sonakshi sighed.

"Same thing Nats......my step-mum stopped me as usual!" Sona replied as she started walking in with Natasha.

Natasha was the only daughter of a rich and influential businessman. She lived in a house which looked like a fortress. She befriended Sonakshi only for her own benefits and because of that, she managed to pass all the subjects too. She knew Sonakshi was always the topper in the class and she would blindly help her in all the class assignments.