"I love her. I know my Priya will come back to me. My Piya-"
"She is married" Irfan's words felt like a stab in my heart. As he stated the fact, it felt like salt spilt on my wounded heart.
"You can't love a married woman. She is some other man's wo...
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A month after Siddharth broke up with her,
“Sarah, am I delusional?” I asked her painfully. She looked up at me from her book and furrowed her eyebrows. My eyelids moved toward her, and I breathed hard, caressing my stomach. “Am I, Inu?”
“You need to move on,” Inu whispered to me, hugging my head to her stomach. “It's over now.”
“It hurts,” I whispered, holding her hand, which was on my cheek. “He used me.”
“Priya,” Sarah said, rubbing my hand with tears. “It didn't change the fact that you are still the Priya you are always proud of.”
I shook my head. “I am not, Sarah.” I closed my eyes, leaning on Inu’s embrace. “I can't love myself anymore. I look at myself in the mirror, and I only see myself begging Siddharth Sir like an idiot. I am alone in the room, trying to love my own company, and I hear my baby’s cries. I look at men, and I only see Siddharth. I am not proud of myself anymore.”
Inu’s tears fell on my forehead, and I gulped down the pain, lowering my gaze to my stomach, which protruded. “My baby,” I whispered with pain. Breathing heavily, I closed my eyes and opened them again. This time, I didn't see my protruding stomach. Instead, the blood was all over the floor, flowing down my legs. “MY BABY!” I screamed, fisting Inu’s hand. “Inu, I am having a miscarriage. Take me to the hospital. Let's stop this. Please.”
“Priya, come back.” Inu cupped my face and begged me, “Come back to your senses. There is no blood. There is no miscarriage. You are not pregnant.”
“I am. I am pregnant with Siya.” I smiled with tears. “I am pregnant with Siddharth’s baby. We are going to become parents. Yes, I am just 18 and he is 21, but it's okay. We will manage to fight our fears. My parents will be there, as well as his parents, and we have you. He is ready. I am ready. He will talk to my family—”
“Stop this,” Sarah sobbed, hugging me. “It's all over. You are not pregnant anymore. You need to focus on yourself. You need to focus on your health. You need to focus on your career.”
I tried to look down for my baby, but Inu closed my eyes, kissing my forehead. “Don't go there. You are not bleeding. Come back. You are just Priya,” she whispered. I nodded weakly.
Yes. I am only Priya. I need to be strong for myself.
“Siddharth is getting graduated,” I muttered, remembering the times we both had eye contact that flipped my heart all over, like a fucking Columbus ride. “Shall we go to the auditorium? I want to see him with a smile while he is felicitated for the highest score ever in the history of this university.”
