Third person POV:
Razia was exhausted by her continuous effort to get out of reach of that monster,He was holding her arms tightly now also.
Suddenly he shouted,"Is there anyone who do care that a man have came back exhausted,and needs water?"
And Razia's gaze was continuously checking out the house.It was a medium sized house with an 'angan',but it was quite different from razia's old house as it is made up of bricks.
Just after a minute a women arrived with a tray in her hands with water and sweets in it.She was fair in color,short in height and slim,and overall good looking,but Razia wondered that why was she dressed in such a dull colored saree,and not wearing even bangles in her hands.
"Madhav bhaiya",she said in a soft voice offering the water to him.
Strangely rather than drinking the water, He kicked the tray,leading all the sweets and water fall.
"How dare you? Do you want me to become 'ashuddha'?Don't you know that you are a widow?And you?(He said turning his face to his wife)
"Have you forgotten your 'dharma' to serve your husband?Can't you give me water?"He shouted.
"I am sorry!"She said bewildered and rushed towards the kitchen.
Razia was seeing all of that, "He said that he is thirsty,and when that lady offered him water,he kicked it all and started shouting, I think that he has gone mad,something is wrong with his brain."She thought and chuckled.
He saw her smiling and became furious," You little runt, you are laughing on me?I'll make it the last day of your life,when you smiled",he shouted and kicked hard on her waist,leading her to scream and fall on the floor,She had never felt so much pain before.
"Maa! she screamed and started weeping,holding her waist weltering on the floor.
"Maa?She will never come back to save you from me.Do you get it?You little runt! I'll make you pray for your death.
"I'll run away from here,I will not live with you."She said,crying even louder.
"Run away ?You bitch",He said with his hands rising to hit her,but strangely someone saved her.
She was the same women,she took her in her arms and said,"what are you doing bhaiya?She is a kid after all."
"A kid? She is the reason of all the problems I faced, All the insult, I faced in the society. She is the daughter of that 'moksha'.
Her eyes widened up,her lap became more protective and her lips shivered,"Moksha's daughter?"She said.
"Yes, Asha tai, moksha's daughter."
Razia's gaze turned to her face,her mom have told her about asha tai. She told her that asha tai is her only one in the whole world.She is like her elder sister and helped her lot at the time of Razia's birth as well,but she didn't felt it right to say anything in front of that monster,so she just locked her arms around her neck.
"And where is she?"
"He killed my mother",She said weeping.
A tear brewed from Asha tai's cheeks and she rushed towards a room with Razia in her arms, locking the room from inside, as she did not wanted that man to hurt the little one.
And he kept on shouting and knocking the door."Asha tai ,give that girl to me,open the door right now."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Angan- verandah
Madhav bhaiya- Madhav is the name of Razia's father.
Ashuddha-Impure
Asha tai- Tai is traditional word used in some areas in India which means elder sister,and 'Asha' is her name .so,it means that she is the elder sister of madhav.
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