Is love blind? .......Oh yes it is!! - Episode 26

A small note: actually, some of the scenes have been used in my other stories also.....so it might look similar to what u have read!

Anjali’s POV:
Just half an hour passed by after I came to Smriti’s room…..I felt time wasn’t moving at all….kaise bhi kar ke yeh raat tal jaaye!!!!

She was showing me all the old albums….Sid looked cute in his childhood photos…..not that he wasn’t cute now…..….Smriti was recollecting memories about their childhood days…..the mischiefs that they did together…..how he used to tease his little cousins etc etc……….sounded interesting and I could relate it well to my childhood too……I wasn’t any bad in mischiefs either…..My mom used to narrate incidents about it to me….It brought memories of my home to my mind…I was missing maa, papa….and bhaiya already…..A tear rolled down….i wiped it off quickly before Smriti noticed…..

And yeah, Smriti’s surprise gifts were yet to be opened….
Smriti: [pointing to one particular gift box] bhabhi, open all others except this one….I want you and Sid to open it together….That’s a gift for both of you from me…..ok??

Anjali: [hesitating but didn’t want to disappoint her….She looked really excited about it] Okay….but on one condition…..

Smriti: what condition??
Anjali: call me Anjali….not bhabhi….
[She just nodded and smiled at me….]
[I opened the other gifts…It had books of my choice, dresses of my choice….colors were also my favorites…..I understood that those were Sid’s selections or may be he told her everything about me…my likes and dislikes, my favorites….everything!!! I discovered for the first time that Sid knew me very well but it struck hard on me that I didn’t know anything about him…..i didn’t know what he liked or disliked….what his favorite color was??? What his favorite food was??? Nothing at all….i was feeling really bad about it….I promised within my mind that I will know everything about him very soon……
Smriti snapped me out my thoughts….]

Smriti: ab aap jaao….bohat dher hogayi…..Sid wait kar raha hoga….
[I didn’t want to go….but I couldn’t say that to her…What will she think??…..I had to go…there was no other go…..As I stood up, she called me]

Smriti: bhabhi,…..sorry sorry Anjali, take this with you………[pausing….] Sid na, he bought this for you and left it here….[handed over another gift box] woh kya hai na, yeh sab gifts hum dono saath main hi select kiya tha……He wanted to gift this on your suhaag raat…[that brought a wide grin on her face and obviously a frown on mine….she continued dreamily] aap bohat lucky ho…..Sid aapko bohat pyar kartha hai….he is crazy about you…….[sighs]
But see he forgot this….shaadi hogayi magar bhoolne ki bimaari nahi gayi…..ab aap hi isse le jaahiye…..

[I took the gift from her and walked back slowly to Sid’s room…my room……our room…..whatever!!!]

Sid wasn’t in the room….As I sat on the bed, I heard him talking to someone in the balcony…..I went nearer…..He was on the phone…..

Sid: haan yaar…..karna pada….warna hamesha hamesha keliye usse kho dhethaa….[taking a deep breath] I would have lost her dude….[waiting for the reply from the other side….] haan…aur jaldi mein shaadi bhi hogayi…….jaldi mein hua toh kya problem hai?? Anjali sirf aur sirf meri ban gayi na??? yahi toh main chahtha tha…..[waiting for the reply from the other side….] sure sure…..jab milenge, zaroor party dhoonga….ab main rakhta hoom….woh wait kar rahi hogi…..[smiling] haan haan….bye….gud night…

I got the shock of my life…Aashu was right…..He planned everything……Papa ko attack aaya, Sid ke wajeh se……Rohit se meraa engagement rukh gaya, Sid ke wajeh se……maine apni maa aur papa ke vishwas kho diya, Sid ke wajeh se….meri shaadi itni jaldi hua, woh bhi Sid ke wajeh se…..
Though Aashu had hinted me that Sid would have done something, I didn’t believe her…So far, I never thought about who did it and what all it cost me……..But now everything appeared clearer……Sid did it to get me….But this much!!!…The magnitude of the problems which Sid caused appeared huge to me now…..very huge!!!!…….I couldn’t believe that he could do all this and then act so innocently and convincingly…..

I could feel all my liking for him draining away……the promises I made to myself, the wedding vows….everything seemed meaningless now……I hated him…..I hated him like hell…….
“Abi jaakhar usse poochtha hoom”……but suddenly another thought hit me…..If I make this a big issue now, my parents would get hurt too…his parents, our relatives all would get involved……why should our parents suffer for Sid’s mistake??? [thinking] But I can’t let him go so easily too…..He should suffer….just him…..He should suffer all the pain and agony that me and my family had to go through…….I will make him go through it…..I will not fight with him directly nor leave him and go…that would be too small a punishment for him….moreover, if I go back home, my parents would never be able to bear it…..
I will be with him and make him repent for what he did to me…..I will make his life worser than hell……It would be a soft torture….my silent revenge!!!
Get ready Sid, get ready for it!!! I didn’t know if this was the best decision…..i didn’t think if it’s right or wrong too…..I knew in my mind that this also meant ruining my own life…..but my mind somehow felt lighter when I took this decision….I needed this night to plan my further moves....

I didn’t think further…..neither did I think of changing my dress….I quickly rushed to the bed and lay down……I closed my eyes tightly…….

Just before my eyes closed, I saw him coming in……He would have noticed me on the bed…..
Sid: [sigh of relief] Atlast….tum aagayi….main kabse tumaara intezaar kar raha tha…..

[I had left the door slightly open….So he closed the door and came towards the bed…]

Sid: Why are you lying down now??? Utto….mujhe tumse bohat saare baatein karni hai…..[smiles and thinks about the dialogs he rehearsed….] tumaare saath chand dekhna hai….see I even put 2 chairs on the balcony….

[A smile tried to come up on my face hearing his innocent talk but I suppressed it….but my hatred was too huge to be suppressed by his false sweet talks…he went on thinking that I was listening….”Chaand” my foot!!!……all these will remain your dreams forever Sid…it will never become true…..]

Sid: [looking around] dhoodh kahaan hai???
Anjali: [mind voice: dhoodh???? Why is he asking milk now???]

Sid: hum dono ko ek hi glass se dhoodh peena tha….I had told mom….i guess she forgot it….shit…..but its ok, I have this as a substitute…..

[I opened one eye slowly to see what he was referring to…..I saw him taking out 2 bowls of icecream from the fridge in the corner…Chocolate icecream!!!..He kept it on the table…..and looked at me….I closed my eyes quickly….”Yeh sab waste ho jaayega Sid”

Sid: kya hua?? Tum abi tak bed pe hi ho…..jaldi utto na!!!!]

[I knew that he was too eager to see me, to talk to me……but I didn’t want to give up for him……..He came and sat at the end of the bed..just an inch away from my legs…….I don’t know what attracted him…my mehndi or paayal.…..He touched my foot….I could feel his fingers slowly gliding on my payal…..i was feeling weird…….a strange feeling…..maybe he thought that he could make me get up by such romantic actions.….but I didn’t move a bit…..I pretended to be in deep sleep]

Sid: itni jaldi so gayi….oh no!!!..Get up Anjali….plzzz dear…..[after a moment] I know how to wake you up…..

Anjali: [mind voice: na jaane ab kya karna waala hai?? God save me from this…..]

[He leaned forward….I was scared…….He kissed my fingers…..that actually sent a shiver inside….he kissed my cheeks and forehead…..I closed my eyes even more tightly…..…..I saw him walk away to the other side of the bed…..I felt he gave up his efforts to wake me up…..He settled down on the other side…..I guessed that he was staring at my face for sometime….I could feel his glance….after few moments of silent gaze, he tried to hug and pull me closer but I turned away to the opposite side……
I heard him say in a low voice……]

Sid: I wanted to make this night memorable for us but I guess you are damn tired…..I won’t disturb you darling…..aise bohat saare din aur raatein aayegi…..I will wait….

[He pulled up the blanket on me and switched off the lights…..]

I opened my eyes slowly…the room was dark except for a tint of moonlight which came in through the window…..I felt relieved but his dialog made me realize that my days ahead were going to get tougher….

[To be continued]

My comments: Anjali's decision surely seems like self destruction or like that of a sadist....but in her point of view, she wants to punish Sid in a silent manner...without noise and within the four walls of their room......she doesnt want anybody else to get hurt by her decision.......
For knowing what she does further, what happened to Rohit, the background of Sid's talk with his friend, and whether he is the actual culprit....keep reading Is love blind??