Friday 28 March 2014

Mephitic Desire!!





My mind constantly kept on digging into the past as I opened the empty almirah and stood deadpan, in front of it.
"I was tempted. I was just tempted,Dikshu. I never meant to leave you, ever." I recalled Pritam's fretful face.
My heart began to cripple again. I cannot end my 11 years of marriage, may be Pritam needed another chance. I cannot live without him. I closed my eyes as I felt a tear drop on my hands. 


I had just gone to the panipuri stall with Minakshi when a lady got down from a white Hyundai car, that just resembles ours. She was too gorgeous wearing a little red dress and high heels. I had always wanted to wear these short dresses but neither did Pritam like them nor did he approve. I gazed at her style and the way she carried herself! I was in awe. "Wanna have one like her?!" Minakshi pinched me, "Let me buy you one, Pritam will not know!" 

"Huh! No,Minu! I'm a mother. And Pritam doesn't like it!" I said and again looked at the car. A man got down and hugged her from behind. My jaws dropped after what I saw then. The man who hugged her was my husband, my very own Pritam. They walked towards the mall. I felt my knees tremble. I started running after them hoping myself to be completely wrong. But I knew I wasn't wrong when the man in the suit cried out - "Diksha?! What are you doing here?!"


"I love her, Diksha! Stop crying like a fool. Look at her and look at yourself. She is gorgeous!" shouted Pritam, the same night.

"But I'm your wife. How can you cheat on me?! You can't do this!" I cried, trying to keep him only mine.

"Don't shout. I'm busy now. We will talk later. Let's make it at peace!" I heard his cruel voice.

"What? What at peace?!"

"Divorce. Look, there's no point in staying together anymore!" said he, holding my shoulders.

"Divorce?! Are you mad?! You will leave me for that girl!!" I shouted, trying to control my tears.

He looked at me blankly and then went into his room and closed the door behind him.



I closed the almirah and sat down on the bed weeping again. I tried to distract my mind but it kept running away to those injured memories. Pritam has accepted that he had made a mistake and that he only loves me. He's no more with Naina. Will I give him a last chance?
I got up and took the photograph out from my suit case. It had Pritam and me smiling happily,with Pritam holding our little Shreya. I kissed on it and kept it on the table. I signed the divorce papers and kept it beside the photo frame. I read the letter again which I wrote last night - "I am sorry, Pritam. Look, there's no point in staying together anymore. Its over. Be happy!" and kept it there too. 


I took Shreya on my lap, dragged the suitcase down the stairs and opened the door of our home, I mean, our house! My mind gave up on giving anymore chances to Pritam even though my heart clasped to our memories. I stepped out of the door with the hope of a new start!





This post is a part of Write Over the Weekendan initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

15 comments:

  1. Nice one.. Betrayal is the poorest thing in the world. narrated well :)

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  2. Nicely written... Cheers :)

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  3. But i guess he will be happier person.. sad that we are heading towards dark ages :/ march on..! loved it :)

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  4. nice story.I wish that, no one faces this in their life. But for one thing, I am never in the favour of a break up or breaking up anything. I might be not satisfying many voices but by fighting or with anger, we dont achieve anything,. We just lie to ourself that we have achieved happiness. My friend had written a post related to this, if you wish you can read .http://tequilaonrocks.blogspot.in/2014/01/everyone-deserves-second-chance.html

    thank you

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    1. Its not always about anger! :)
      Thank you for dropping by! :)

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  5. Good one, Preeti. I am moved to tears...
    Great that she has the guts to move on. Hope all is well at the end.

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    1. Thank you so much, Anita! :)
      Yes, this world needs more brave women like her! :)

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  6. so exactly how short was naina's dress....??? 3:D
    ...just kidding nice short story....:)

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    1. Haha!! Thank you for dropping by, Nandan!! :)

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  7. You do have a way with words. I have already added you to my favorite bloggers list. I was lucky enough to find you in G+. Awesome write up yet again! :)
    http://ashishrathorescience.blogspot.in/

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    1. I'm turning red as an apple!! :p Thanks a ton, Ashish! Come back again!! :)

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  8. Very interesting blog. A lot of blogs I see these days don't really provide anything that attract others, but I'm most definitely interested in this one. Just thought that I would post and let you know.

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