Keep An Eye On Her
"How is she?"
"The same, but back at work."
"Okay. Keep an eye on her."
"Yes chief."
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"You'll never receive happiness in your life!"
Her words rang through my ears but I remained frozen as a statue as his memories still haunted my mind. He stood before me, but there was nothing I could do.
He stood before me, but he wasn't mine...at least not anymore.
I was destroyed. He had successfully used my weakness against me...love.
I loved too easily. I trusted too easily.
But never again.
I heard my mother screaming and yelling but that didn't affect me.
It was of no use. Everything was over.
"Get lost."
His voice...it'd probably be the last time I heard it in person.
I heard his steps going up the stairs, as my eyes remained frozen on the ground.
It was really over.
Everything was over.
I was stupid to have believed that he'd love me in the first place...I was stupid.
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I deserved to be cursed. I knew that I'd never receive happiness again...and that's because my happiness was her.
I was letting my happiness go. I had to let her go...I was left with no choice.
I couldn't look in her direction as her mother begged and then cursed me.
So I left. I quickly ran up the stairs and towards my room.
I needed to be by myself. I couldn't keep the act up any longer.
As I entered my room, I locked the door.
I ran towards the nearest alcohol bottle and downed it as quick as I could.
As I removed the bottle from my lips and looked at the room around me...her memories hit me again.
I remembered our little argument over me being sweet...her smile when I had fell on top of her...
I smashed the bottle on the ground.
I kept my screaming internal, as I knew she was probably still downstairs.
I had ruined everything. This was my entire fault...if only I had left with her sooner...
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Three Days Later
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"Are you sure Madhu?"
I nodded my head as I told my mother I was headed back to work.
"You don't need time?"
"For what ma?"
"To get over..."
"Ma, nothing's changed. It's all how it used to be. I've accepted the parlour job...I start today."
She gave me a worried look.
I knew she wasn't happy with me pretending to forget everything that had happened to me within the past six months.
But that was the only way...the only way I could move on.
I needed to go back to how I used to be...
I know. It'd never be possible for me to go back, but I'd try.
I quickly got ready and rushed out the door.
I caught the first taxi and headed towards my new job.
Well...it wasn't a new job. It was the same job before everything that had happened to me.
I was going back.
Going back to the past.
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"How is she?"
"The same, but back at work."
"Okay. Keep an eye on her."
"Yes chief."
"Let me know when she smiles."
"Smiles?
"Yes."
"I haven't seen her do that yet..."
"I know. Now leave."
"Yes chief.
He left quickly.
As soon as he was out of the door, I opened the drawer closest to me and pulled out the note.
The note that had destroyed it all.
You remove her from your life...or I will.
I give you 10 days.
-Do it for her life.
I stared at the note. Crumpled it up. Chucked it across the room and burst into tears.
Yes. I burst into tears.
I couldn't have risked her life in any way.
If I was a risk to her life...I had to free her.
I had no choice.
I had to make it believable...I had to hurt her...
But hurting her, hurt me ten times more...
Her pain-stricken face would never leave my mind...never.
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Ahaha...they'll never know it was me.
He thought he could just leave with that Madhubala and leave me jobless forever?!
Oh chief...you were wrong. You were very wrong.
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