Anidita: Mending the relationship

CHANGE: Part II

"Bondita kaha ho tum? " I shouted from study. I was checking her notebook and found a love letter in it given by some weird guy named as Dev purohit.

Huh! Purohit hoga apne ghar main. Meri patni ko love letter bhejne ki himmat kaise hui iski!

Wait.... Did I mentioned her as my patni? No she is just my zimmedaari and nothing else.

"Bonditaaaaa" I again shouted but it seems that she is either not listening me or ignoring me. I will not spare her this time. She goes in school for studying or doing these things. Enough!

I went in her room but none was there.

"Koyliii" I called Koyli. She came running.

"Ji chhote malik? "

"Bondita kaha hai? "

"Bahu rani ji ko toh humne bahut der se nahi dekha. " She replied timidly.

"Itni raat ko kaha jaayegi vo" I shouted on her. "Jaao jaake dekho rasoi main. "

"Ji" She nodded and went. I sat on the bed in frustration. This girl! Suddenly her words again started ringing in my ears and a fear crept in my mind. Fear of losing her.

I heard some noise from window, before I can go there, I saw two tiny hands filled with aalta and she jumped inside. I was shocked to see her. She was wearing a black salwaar kameez and a chunni covering her face, the way I saw Manorama for the first time. She jumped inside and checked outside of window that none is looking at her and closed the window. She removed her chunni and sighed. She turned back and was equally shocked like me.

"Aap!!! Aap yaha kya kar rahe hain? " She said.

"Phele tum ye batao ki itni raat ko kaha thi tum aur ye aise kapde pehn kar iss tarah kyu aayi tum? " I said as anger rushed through my veins. What if she would have hurt herself in this stunt.

"Isse aapko kya matlab" She snapped.

"Matlab hai mujhe" I snapped back.

"Kyu? Kya lagti hu main aapki? "

"Tum meri...... " I stopped not able to find a suitable word. She smirked.

"Main batati hu. Main aapki sirf ek zimmedaari hu. Isliye behtar ye hoga ki aap apni PATNI par nazar rakhiye. MUJH PAR NAHI. "

"Bondita tum.. "

"Aap ja sakte hain"

"Nahi jab tak tum mujhe nahi bataogi ki tum kaha gayi thi tab tak main nahi jaaunga yaha se. " I replied sternly.

"Thik hai firr main bhi dekhti hu ki aap kab tak nahi jaate yaha se." She said, took her saaree and went in bathroom, past me. I sat on the bed in frustration.

"Kya ho gaya hai tumhe Bondita. " I muttered. No matter what, I will surely confront her today. First, this idiotic stunt and second, this love letter. After 5 min, she came out of the bathroom, wearing her usual light saaree.

"Aap ab tak nahi gaye? " She asked me surprised.

"Main pehele hi bata chuka hu tumhe Bondita ki main yaha se tab tak nahi jaaunga jab tak tum mere sawaalon ka jawab nahi de deti" I was adamant to my words.

"Aapne mere sawaalo ka jawaab diya tha, barrister babu? " She said, her voice breaking but still confident.

"Maine tumhe tumhare saare sawaalon ka jawaab diya tha Bondita. " I said trying to be strong but from inside I was breaking. A silence prevailed between us. She sighed.

"Thik hai puchhiye"

"Ye kya hai? " I thrown the letter on the bed. She picked it up, still that calm expression on her face.

"Love letter hai" She replied casually.

What! How can she be so calm. Didn't she know that it's not her age to do such things. For this reason only I married Manorama.

"Mujhe bhi pata hai par tum ye sab karne jaati ho school? " I asked her trying to be calm.

"Main pichhli pareeksha main avval aayi thi? "

"Ye mere prashn ka jawab nahi hai"

"Maine puchha kya main pichhli pareeksha main avval aayi thi?

I took a deep breath.

"Haan aayi thi tum avval lekin iska matlab ye nahi hai ki tum kuchh bhi karogi. "

"Aap hote kaun hai mujhe ye batane wale ki main kya karun, kya nahi. Aap ki zimmedaari sirf mujhe barrister banana hai naaki meri niji zindagi main dakhal dena" She said losing her calm.

Great! Now she can't share her personal matters with me.

"Thik hai par jo tum ye khidki se kudi thi na uski safai dogi tum? Kaha gayi thi? " I said crossing my arms.

"Iss patra wale ladke se milne" She said not matching my eyes. What! I know that she is lying but still it pierced my heart. I started feeling something strange... Jealous? No how can I feel jealous? It's all just nonsense.

"Bondita jhooth mat bolo" I said warningly.

"Main jhooth nahi bol rahi hu" She again said, avoiding my gaze. I can feel myself at her place. On my and Manorama's fake post marriage ritual, when I fake shouted on her but still for her it was real. I can now feel how she would have felt.

"Bondita.. "

"Please jaaiye yaha se. " She folding her hands in frustration and I went from her room.

I sat on my chair in frustration. Why is she behaving so strangely? I need to find out where she went. What if she is in any trouble? I heard some footsteps and opened my eyes and saw Manorama standing at the entrance of study.

"Kya main andar aa sakti hu Anirudh? " She asked me.

"Haan Haan Manorama isme puchhne wali kya baat hai. " I replied.

She entered and sat in front of me.

"Kya hua kuchh pareshaan lag rahe ho? " She asked.

"Nahi toh" I lied

"Mujhe pata hai Anirudh tum bondita ko lekar pareshaan ho "

I sighed. "Hmm"

"Kya ho gaya ab? "

I narrated her the whole incidence and she was in deep thoughts.

"Tumhe nahi lagta Anirudh ki Bondita abhi bachhi hai aur tum jo ye kar rahe ho, uss sab se uske dimaag par asar padega? " She said.

"Main jaanta hu Manorama lekin ye sab uske liye hi toh kar raha hu main, taaki uska dhyaan padhai par jaaye. "

"Mujhe nahi pata Anirudh ki tum jo kar rahe ho vo sahi hai ya nahin par main itna zarur keh sakti hu ki iss sab se Bondita par bahut asar padega. " She said and went, leaving me in a dilemma.

Was she right? Have I really done a mistake?

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Hallooooo sweetie pies!!

Hope you liked the chapter.

Questions from the chapter-

• Where do you think Bondita have went to?

• Was Anirudh really jealous with Dev babu?

Also, I wanted to ask you something few things. Please let me know your answers.

1. Should I make Manorama negative?

2. Should I turn Sampoorna maa into Sampoorna didi?

(Personally I loved Sampoorna didi and want her to be as she was earlier. Bondita and she had a really great bond! )

Okay bye bye!
'Will talk to you in another chapter :)