Pranali's troubles
Pranali started gathering clothes. She was leaving her house for hotel. She decided that she wanted degree in her favourite subject and for it she was ready to go anywhere. Her Dad was supportive from beginning. In fact he was little bit too pushy. It was totally wrong. He felt so upset when her Mom advised not to go so far away. He screamed on her " Stupid woman!! You spend your entire life in kitchen. You don't understand anything about world. Your Dad didn't have brain to invest on you or maybe you are so stupid that it was useless to invest on you. But my daughter got brain from me not from you. She always got good marks. She never felt like you." She looked at her Mom in anger. She felt her Dad was right. Her Mom was not smart enough to understand world. She looked at her Mom. Her Mom was looking pale. She was crying. Pranali felt that she was so weak..so useless. She didn't want to shiver like that before anyone while her Dad was so strong and smart. Pranali " I am brave enough. I will go." Then her Mom gave her angry look. Her Dad screamed on her "Why are you showing eyes to my daughter? Don't dare? Or I slap you?" Now her Mom heard enough. Mom " Fine then cook lunch and dinner by yourself for you and your daughter I am going away." Mom went in room took purse. Dad screamed " That money you are taking belonged to me." " Really?!! Then consider it salary for managing your house." " We have maids?" " Really?!! Then you can easily handle for two days." Then her Mom booked tickets for her Auntie's house. Pranali tried to convince her but it was too late. Her Mom already made up her mind. So now for few days she and her Dad were managing house. Actually she was managing it alone since her Dad was useless. Now she was totally confused who was truly useless. She screamed " Why did you argued with Mom like that?!! We needed her." " But she was behaving with such arrogance!!" " Dad..Dad when you understand?!! We need to act as per situation. She was needful on that point you could have fought later." Dad looked sad. He understood his mistake. " Yes after completion of your packing." She smiled and made thumps up. " You got my point. You need to learn how to handle things." " I know sweetheart I am not as smart as you." She smiled. Her Dad was so wonderful to her. She knew that she was great. She always stood first in class. She knew that last two three years she was not on top but it was not her mistake. Her teacher were not good enough. Her every friend was complaining. She knew that she needed better school. But she couldn't change it in middle. But she knew her college was best. She started packing her best. She knew that her Mom would not call her. Since she was so upset, her Mom kept thinking about her as if she was some normal girl. She was above average but she never tried to show off. Now she had to do her noble work. She would call Mom and she had to do patch up between them. She took deep breath and called Mom. She knew that her Mom was not calling but she was desperate for her call. She immediately took it. Mom " So what did you feel about me now?" " Mom..Mom it's Dad!! You know him. He always get hyper on small things. He never understood how to keep balance of mind. Now we all know about his fit of anger. Frankly Mom I thought you know better than me." Mom " Of course I know him very well. He didn't seem to change with age." Pranali wanted to say neither you. But she just gave small laugh. " So try to understand and come back." "And what is garantee that your Dad will not misbehave again?" "Come on Mom No one can guarantee that. But you have handled him many times before without me." Her Mom smiled. " Yes I have but he was different then full of love for me. Now time changed him." Pranali always hated when her Mom started this way but she controlled herself for sake of Mom. Her Mom needed someone to hear her sorrows. Pranali never understood why did her parents married each other. She felt maybe just because God wished her birth. She started admiring her talent of counselling in thoughts while Mom was busy in describing past. She kept encouraging her until her Mom started laughing. Then her Mom said " I will come back by tomorrow." " Great I still have week to get everything ready." Her Mom sounded hurt " So you are doing everything just because you wanted me to do packing properly!!" She was so frustrated. Sometimes her Mom managed to use her head and it was frustrating. But she knew that she could manage. " Mom I am going away for long time, don't you want to spend sometime with me?!!" Her Mom laughed and Pranali sensed that her plan worked. She was so happy. She began to call her Dad. "Now Dad I want you to keep quiet until I don't go away!!" "Regarding what? " " Mom is coming!!" " Great she will do all packing." Pranali smiled and said " I know but Dad you need to learn to manage with her. You can't manage home without her . Those maids will vanish in two days." Her Dad nodded. She prayed to God that he would manage all without her. She didn't want her parents to take divorce. But she knew that her Mother was not brave enough so it was not possible. She had to concentrate on her college plans. She started thinking about it. She slowly began to plan everything step by step. She knew that her future should be her first priority on this moment.
From that day Pranali started to preparing herself for going away. Finally that day came. Her Mom was so emotional. Her Dad was supportive. But Pranali was confident about herself. She knew that she could handle it. Her parents whole time concentrating just on her so she was fully prepared. She finally sat in train. She was not that much fond of train journey but her Dad advised for train journey since this journey was more safe than bus journey according to him. Her Mom was emotional. She was suggesting that her Dad should go with her without cause just to drop her. She remembered it all. It was another big drama by Mom. But she ignored her. Now inside train she got berth with a family. She went to sit on her seat. But their small kid was so irritating. As soon as she sat in window seat that kid started pushing her away. She sensed clearly that she had to fight for window otherwise that family took both window. After all she got window seat. She pushed that kid away and sat in window. That kid started crying. His Mom screamed " What's wrong with you? Can't you give window to kid?" " Why should I? I booked it. This is my seat. Why don't his father gave it to him?" His father gave her angry look. She was so shocked and nervous. She never faced such anger before. She was always favourite in class so even her teacher admired her. It was for first time when she was seeing someone with such angry red eyes. Pranali " Why are you looking like that at me? This seat near window belonged to me." That man stood up. He started giving her threatening look. " You don't know me. Don't try to act over smart with me!!" She was so upset that man had expected to scare her. But she began to get angry. She suddenly remembered her thormos of hot coffee. She stood up with it. Then when train started moving she stood and managed a way to drop hot coffee on him. That man started screaming and she felt so happy. She felt that she deserved it for disturbing her peace. That man started screaming loudly. She was look like her childhood toy of jumping monkey. In it monkey used to jump exactly same way. She didn't want to laugh. But she couldn't control it so she ran to washroom while pretending it managed to hurt her too. When she went in washroom, she started to laugh uncontrollably. She was so happy that she taught him a lesson. She wanted to start everything in perfect way. When she came out, she noticed that this mad was waiting for her. He screamed on her with anger " You manage to burn me!! I am going to call Police!!" She looked at him with anger. " Go ahead. Call them and tell them how did you try to threaten me? It is totally wrong. You know very well that whom cops are going to punish?!!" She said it in such way that his wife took hold of his arm. " Let's not fight." That man started to get confused too. Finally he sat on seat. Their kids began to feel scared of her so they kept away. After that incidence during entire journey she was not harassed like any one. She knew that she was special so she deserved special treatment. She took deep breath and settled on seat. She knew that this man's intention was not good. She was pretty sure that he might had tried to molest or rape her if he get chance. He could see it in his eyes. In fact she had seen it in eyes of many men. She was so beautiful and special. They all wanted to touch her. She was so beautiful. She was so unique. She knew it and she always tried her best to protect herself from those evil eyes. She saw her image on window glass. She couldn't stop herself from admiring it. She was so beautiful. She knew that she was so much better than her both parents. She was something special. She needed to sense it. She needed to take proper care of herself. She took out her bag. She started to find ticket checker. When she found him, she told him entire incidence while controlling her tears. She felt that he was just like her father. He consoled her and gave her another berth with old lady. That lady was so nice. She kept admiring Pranali for her bravery. Pranali smiled happily since she finally managed to get berth which she deserved. She was so happy. During entire journey she kept discribing her every trouble to that lady. She felt so happy when that lady sympathized with her. She began to feel so moved from her. Pranali " I am feeling so lonely here. I don't want to go away from home like that but my Dad insisted. He said that I can't let my intelligence get wasted this way." " He is so right. You can't." Then she started crying slowly. That woman offered her shoulder. She kept her head on shoulder and cried. She felt so hurt due to that man's eyes. She began to see everything in different way. She began to feel her Mom was not stupid woman. She was angel. It was her Dad who managed to cheat her. It was not her mistake. She trusted her father and he sent her on this horrible journey. She began to feel so cheated. She cried in arms of that lady. " You are just like my Mom. She was so concern about me. She kept crying for me and my father was abusive towards her. So I finally agreed." That woman felt so sad. She told her to put her head on her laps and started patting her like child. Pranali loved this. She always loved it when she get attention. She was so happy.
In morning Pranali finally reached to destination. She was little bit scared by now. After horrible experience with that person she was little upset. She knew that her Uncle was going to receive her there. She happily went out of train when she saw her Uncle. She felt so safe when she stood beside her Uncle. She slowly began wait for that man. But he didn't come out for long time. Finally her Uncle asked " What happened?" She said "Nothing!!" Uncle smiled and said " Let's go." But she wanted to see that person. She wanted to show him to her Uncle. Then finally she found him. He was coming out with his family. She screamed and said " Uncle did you saw that fellow?" " Yes." " He tried to harass me in train." She said it as loudly as possible. That man looked at her in anger. He started coming towards her. But she was not scared. She liked this drama. But his wife took hold of his hand and said " Enough. Let's go." " But she couldn't act like that with me!!" " I asked enough." Then that man lost control and slapped his wife. Pranali shivered with fear. Her Uncle took hold of her luggage and started running out of station as far as possible. Pranali also followed him. But she could clearly heard screams and crying. She was so upset. She decided that she must join entire episode. Pranali " I am going back that woman was protecting me. I can't leave her behind like that. I can still hear her cries." She was so excited by this thrilling turn of events that she ran towards station. She was so shocked when she saw that entire family was gone. She ran towards another canteen owner and asked " Where is that poor lady whom her husband slapped for me?" " For you? I don't get it. Do you recognise that man?" "No I don't but I could have helped that poor woman. It is so wrong that she was getting tortured under hands of her abusive husband and no one help her. Every one kept looking." " Madam I was planning to interfere but that lady took kids and immediately went out. It seemed as if she didn't like anyone interfering. " Pranali screamed loudly on him " She didn't say it but you need to understand it from soul. She was so sad frustrated and now tell me what if he killed her?!!" Canteen owner shivered " Kill her?!! I never thought this way. I thought that it was argument between husband and wife." Then all people started gathering. Finally Cop came and asked " What happened?" That owner immediately told everything. Pranali nodded. Slowly she began crying. Other ladies started supporting her. " You are cop. You must confirm she is safe." Cop nodded. He turned to Pranali " Did you know her name?" She began to feel confused. Then her Uncle entered " No..no my niece don't know her. She just met her on train. She started overreacting on her tale." Cop " She didn't tell you her name." Pranali nodded it in negative way. Other woman " In domestic violence ladies normally tell their pains and not their names." Cop nodded. " That was trouble of situation. We can't do anything without name." Her Uncle patted on her shoulder and took her away. When she reached home, she told entire story to Auntie. " That man was so strange. He took window and dragged his child out of it so I said sweetly " Give window to kid." He started screaming on me. In his eyes I did biggest crime by suggesting it. He started looking at me in sinister way. I sensed that he had evil intention. His wife started holding him. But he didn't stop. He kept coming towards me. Luckily I found glass of hot coffee and I throw it..and ran away in washroom. Then when I came out. I just changed berth." Auntie screamed " You did best thing. You don't need to stay with those people." After that Auntie started to showing sympathy too. She felt so happy. She felt as if she achieved something useful. She was so happy. She started planning to how to present this story to her other friends. She knew that this story was creating impact on every one. She started to feel importance of this story. Next day she went to that house in which she was going to stay with few college girls. She told same story and everything looked perfect until elders were present. As soon as Uncle and owner of flat went away. One girl started laughing. Seema " You are too good. You have created wonderful story to confuse people and win their heart." Pranali screamed angrily " I was telling truth. " " Really?!! Then you are saying this happened actually?!!" That girl started laughing and went out of room. Pranali felt so sad. She started crying again. Other girls ran near her and began to console her. She began to feel so relaxed when she started telling them everything loudly and they began to speak against Seema. Her heart began to jump with joy. She was victim and they all started to accepting it. She was treated in wrong way by her parents. She was not supposed to travel alone that way. She hoped from her heart that her parents would take divorce.
Pranali started to settle in that house but Seema was dominating on every step. Pranali started choosing cupboard. Seema came forward and stopped her with smile. " I will help you." She showed her a cupboard in right corner. " You can see that bed?!!" She nodded. It was large double bed. While other were sofa cum bed. That flat was changed for PGs. Hall and bedroom was combined and big bedroom cum hall was created. They didn't have any more room except kitchen and toilet. Pranali soon sensed that her father was lying about perfect look of this accommodation. It was worst. She didn't have any chair or table. She needed to sit only on double bed but other girls were happy with what they got. She was so shocked to see this. It was so strange. They all belonged financially good background still they were happy with what they got. She didn't understand how could they behave like that. She was feeling so upset. She sadly nodded and started looking out of window. Seema " What happened? If you are so sad about that cupboard, you can have other. " She felt so happy that Seema was so considerate about it. She hugged her and started crying. Seema was so shocked. She didn't understand why Pranali was crying. Pranali " I never wanted to come here. My Dad forced me. I never wanted to leave the house. I am not so obssessed with my career. My Mom was advising against it. But my Dad did it." Seema was so confused after watching so much drama. She didn't understand Pranali. Pranali kept creating drama. It was so confusing. Pranali was feeling so upset and no one could understand it's cause. Finally Pranali took one cupboard and started unpacking. Seema took hold of another girl and went in corner. " Something is totally wrong with this girl. Trust me. We will suffer because of her." "Come on!! She is just little bit over emotional." " Little bit over emotional!! That is understatement of year. She is screaming without cause..crying without cause." " Okay. Fine!! So what did we supposed to do? Throw her out of room because she hugged you and cried. This is too much. Stop it." " Fine!!fine!! Support her but one day we all will get stuck in trouble due to her." " Really? I feel we will get stuck in trouble more due to your attitude problem." Seema gave her angry look and returned back to cupboard. She began to observe Pranali. Pranali was singing pleasantly now. It seemed as if she got over her pain. But Seema felt that it was so soon. Then her mobile rang. Pranali saw Mom's number and took call. " Mom are you alright? I hope father is treating you in respect. Mom if you plan for divorce, I am with you." On other side of mobile her Mom was shocked. She didn't understand why Pranali asking such a question. They had their share of argument. But they never planned to divorce. Her Mom knew why her Dad threatened to slap her. It was because he was upset about her appointment with Doctor. That Doctor was her friend. Her Mom couldn't deny that she wanted to marry Doctor before her marriage. She had affair but it was not hidden from Pranali's Dad. She was not having affair with him now. She never considered him suitable that way when he married another woman on his mother's suggestion. But it was due to Pranali's Dad's angry outburst sometimes she took his advice. Pranali's Mom didn't like him. She could never like man who rejected her that way. She explained it to Pranali's Dad. But he didn't believe it. She didn't like her husband that much since he kept acting abusive time to time. He didn't dare to hit her. But still she was too tired of his abusive remarks every day. She didn't want to divorce him since she didn't want to quit that house. In fact that idea never entered in her mind until she didn't suggested. She could stay with her brother for few days but immediately her sister-in-law began to ask about her planning regarding going back. She didn't have place to stay so divorce was out of question. She was not planning for it at all specially when her husband was waiting in line to talk with Pranali. But she didn't understand how could this idea entered in Pranali' mind when she never thought about it. After hearing to Pranali's conversation first time she thought about divorce and immediately changed her mind. "Pranali we all miss you my baby how are you?" " I am fine. But how are you?" " Perfect!!" By this time her Dad took her mobile but Pranali didn't sense it. Pranali " Dad forced me to go Mom I wanted to avoid your hitting so agreed." Then Pranali started crying. Her Dad was shocked to hear this. He was so confused. He did all to just for happiness of Pranali. Now she was turning it in different way. He began to control his tears. He gave mobile to her Mom and ran back in room. He sensed one thing that he had wasted so much money without cause. Her Mom felt so sad. She knew Pranali's Dad always loved her and she treated him in wrong way. She said " Good bye." to Pranali. It was sudden but Pranali was so occupied with her own side of conversation that she didn't sense anything was wrong. She kept chatting even when Mom said " Good bye." Finally Mom disconnected call without caring for her feelings.
Pranali was so angry. Her Mom disconnected her call. She deserved attention. She needed to teach her lesson. In fact she needed their attention. She knew that they never treated her like that. She was always centre of attraction. But today suddenly things started to change. She sensed that she needed to attract attention. She looked around. She didn't want to stay in that small room. She wanted attention and most importantly she wanted to go back at any cost. She was so frustrated in that small house. She didn't understand way to attract attention. She knew what she supposed to do what. She needed to pretend suicide. She needed to act carefully. She didn't want to kill herself. She began to find ways. Then she got an idea. She could cut her hand before all. She started waiting for her friends. Finally they came. She was ready. She managed to turn her eyes red with tears. She managed to loose her hairs. She started screaming with big voice " They cheated. Now I can't live more." She started showing blade. Seema " Now I warned you all she is trouble maker." Another girl " Stop it. She is just frustrated. She need our sympathy not your attitude." Pranali felt so happy. Those girls started coming near her. She was not planning to cut her hand but she needed to harm herself little bit to make her drama realistic. She started taking blade near her hand. When one girl came near her, she tried to snatch it. While doing it Pranali got confused and she managed to cut her hand. She saw blood started flowing out of her wound. She began to shiver with fear. She started screaming on that girl " You stupid girl what have you done? I don't want to cut myself. Someone call Doctor. This witch wanted to kill me." Every one was shocked. It was strange turn of events. They all were confused. Seema " It was so complicated. If she didn't want to kill herself why she is dancing with blade." Another friend " It's not moment to argue. We must call ambulance." " We don't know anything in this town." " Let's call landlady." They knew after this they might lose this room. But no one argued on any point since they didn't have option. Landlady was so upset. She screamed on them. Ambulance came Pranali was screaming whole time " Save me. That girl cut me." That girl was crying. She shivered with fear. Soon land lady called Cop. They started interrogating them. Seema " I was telling them from beginning this girl was strange." " Why?" Then she told entire drama. " So you were not ragging her?!!" Every girl in room was shocked. They all tried to convince but no one believed them. But luckily Pranali came back soon. Landlady told them " She was not hurt that much." Pranali " Actually it all happened by mistake." She created wonderful drama of entire incidence. She was heroin and every one else was villain. She said that they didn't chatted with her and didn't console her. Cop stood. Cop gave them angry look and said " This is not crime. But this is inhuman." When Cop went away, all girls started to tell landlady they didn't want to stay there. On that point Pranali's parents came. This girls told everything to them. No one was convinced but her parents nodded. Pranali's Mom "Pranali do you like to talk with Doctor again?" " Which?" " You are depressed and you need counseling." Pranali liked this idea. She began to feel so excited. She immediately nodded. Then in low voice her parents told them that Pranali was going to leave that flat so they could stay. Every one took breath of relief. Then they talked sweetly with her and started packing again. When Pranali went out of room, her Dad said " Thank God you convinced me to go to Doctor and we talked with psychiatrist. She is turning to some strange person." " Shh..say slowly. I sense it in her. Now we need to just confirm." Then they took her back. She kept crying sometimes regarding something. Then she suddenly started laughing and cracking jokes. She just needed one thing that was attention. During entire journey she just kept telling stories to passengers. Her parents were shocked by her creativity. She kept telling how did she got abused. It was too much since it never happened. But her parents kept controlled on himself. Her Dad called psychiatrist. Her Dad went in corner. He kept searching for signal in entire train for mobile. Finally he got it and he called psychiatrist. He started crying. He wanted to control himself but he couldn't. Psychiatrist " Relax.. tell me who are you?" Slowly he told all. Psychiatrist gave him appointment. Then finally they reached home. After that they immediately went for appointment. Pranali was not happy by this arrangement. She wanted to prepare herself properly. But angry look of her father managed to scare her. When they reached there, Doctor gave them emergency appointment. They were happy. When they finally started to go inside, another patient began to argue. Pranali immediately started crying. It was her first step to drama. But receptionist slowly told that man " Did you see her hand? She is suicide case. Emergency!! Kindly understand." That man shivered with fear and went away. Clearly he didn't want to be on her place. They went inside and Pranali continued her drama. Psychiatrist didn't reacted negatively. He kept nodding. Finally he said " Don't worry I will handle it." Then he sent Pranali out. But Pranali turned psychiatrist. " So tell me what is wrong with me?" " You are suffering from Histrionic personality disorder. I know you never plan to do suicide. You just want to get attention of your parents, am I wrong?" Pranali looked scared at first then she gave sweet smile and patted on Doctor's cheek. Her parents were shocked. Her Dad was about to scream when psychiatrist stopped him. Psychiatrist ignored it as if nothing happened. Suddenly she lost interest and went out. Psychiatrist "She is doing everything to grab attention. Did you have family history of mental trouble?" Her Dad nodded. " My Dad had mental trouble. I don't know properly details." " Serious trouble?!! He needed treatment." " No..no he just got involved in fights." " What about you?" " I have anger problem." He explained all including jealousy regarding wife's ex boyfriend before marriage. Psychiatrist " You feel fear of divorce?!!" He nodded. Then he turned to Mom "What about you?" " I don't have much option. I hate that ex boyfriend since he back stabbed me and I need house to stay." " So you need marriage counseling. May be due to your fear regarding divorce might have lead you to extra pampering of your daughter. Now she feel with every drama she get things so she keep doing them." Her Dad " So it is my mistake?" " Not exactly it could be hereditary too. You needed marriage counseling. We can do it now. Let's move ahead instead of playing blame game." They all agreed and then psychiatrist began to discuss treatment.
The End
Pranali started gathering clothes. She was leaving her house for hotel. She decided that she wanted degree in her favourite subject and for it she was ready to go anywhere. Her Dad was supportive from beginning. In fact he was little bit too pushy. It was totally wrong. He felt so upset when her Mom advised not to go so far away. He screamed on her " Stupid woman!! You spend your entire life in kitchen. You don't understand anything about world. Your Dad didn't have brain to invest on you or maybe you are so stupid that it was useless to invest on you. But my daughter got brain from me not from you. She always got good marks. She never felt like you." She looked at her Mom in anger. She felt her Dad was right. Her Mom was not smart enough to understand world. She looked at her Mom. Her Mom was looking pale. She was crying. Pranali felt that she was so weak..so useless. She didn't want to shiver like that before anyone while her Dad was so strong and smart. Pranali " I am brave enough. I will go." Then her Mom gave her angry look. Her Dad screamed on her "Why are you showing eyes to my daughter? Don't dare? Or I slap you?" Now her Mom heard enough. Mom " Fine then cook lunch and dinner by yourself for you and your daughter I am going away." Mom went in room took purse. Dad screamed " That money you are taking belonged to me." " Really?!! Then consider it salary for managing your house." " We have maids?" " Really?!! Then you can easily handle for two days." Then her Mom booked tickets for her Auntie's house. Pranali tried to convince her but it was too late. Her Mom already made up her mind. So now for few days she and her Dad were managing house. Actually she was managing it alone since her Dad was useless. Now she was totally confused who was truly useless. She screamed " Why did you argued with Mom like that?!! We needed her." " But she was behaving with such arrogance!!" " Dad..Dad when you understand?!! We need to act as per situation. She was needful on that point you could have fought later." Dad looked sad. He understood his mistake. " Yes after completion of your packing." She smiled and made thumps up. " You got my point. You need to learn how to handle things." " I know sweetheart I am not as smart as you." She smiled. Her Dad was so wonderful to her. She knew that she was great. She always stood first in class. She knew that last two three years she was not on top but it was not her mistake. Her teacher were not good enough. Her every friend was complaining. She knew that she needed better school. But she couldn't change it in middle. But she knew her college was best. She started packing her best. She knew that her Mom would not call her. Since she was so upset, her Mom kept thinking about her as if she was some normal girl. She was above average but she never tried to show off. Now she had to do her noble work. She would call Mom and she had to do patch up between them. She took deep breath and called Mom. She knew that her Mom was not calling but she was desperate for her call. She immediately took it. Mom " So what did you feel about me now?" " Mom..Mom it's Dad!! You know him. He always get hyper on small things. He never understood how to keep balance of mind. Now we all know about his fit of anger. Frankly Mom I thought you know better than me." Mom " Of course I know him very well. He didn't seem to change with age." Pranali wanted to say neither you. But she just gave small laugh. " So try to understand and come back." "And what is garantee that your Dad will not misbehave again?" "Come on Mom No one can guarantee that. But you have handled him many times before without me." Her Mom smiled. " Yes I have but he was different then full of love for me. Now time changed him." Pranali always hated when her Mom started this way but she controlled herself for sake of Mom. Her Mom needed someone to hear her sorrows. Pranali never understood why did her parents married each other. She felt maybe just because God wished her birth. She started admiring her talent of counselling in thoughts while Mom was busy in describing past. She kept encouraging her until her Mom started laughing. Then her Mom said " I will come back by tomorrow." " Great I still have week to get everything ready." Her Mom sounded hurt " So you are doing everything just because you wanted me to do packing properly!!" She was so frustrated. Sometimes her Mom managed to use her head and it was frustrating. But she knew that she could manage. " Mom I am going away for long time, don't you want to spend sometime with me?!!" Her Mom laughed and Pranali sensed that her plan worked. She was so happy. She began to call her Dad. "Now Dad I want you to keep quiet until I don't go away!!" "Regarding what? " " Mom is coming!!" " Great she will do all packing." Pranali smiled and said " I know but Dad you need to learn to manage with her. You can't manage home without her . Those maids will vanish in two days." Her Dad nodded. She prayed to God that he would manage all without her. She didn't want her parents to take divorce. But she knew that her Mother was not brave enough so it was not possible. She had to concentrate on her college plans. She started thinking about it. She slowly began to plan everything step by step. She knew that her future should be her first priority on this moment.
From that day Pranali started to preparing herself for going away. Finally that day came. Her Mom was so emotional. Her Dad was supportive. But Pranali was confident about herself. She knew that she could handle it. Her parents whole time concentrating just on her so she was fully prepared. She finally sat in train. She was not that much fond of train journey but her Dad advised for train journey since this journey was more safe than bus journey according to him. Her Mom was emotional. She was suggesting that her Dad should go with her without cause just to drop her. She remembered it all. It was another big drama by Mom. But she ignored her. Now inside train she got berth with a family. She went to sit on her seat. But their small kid was so irritating. As soon as she sat in window seat that kid started pushing her away. She sensed clearly that she had to fight for window otherwise that family took both window. After all she got window seat. She pushed that kid away and sat in window. That kid started crying. His Mom screamed " What's wrong with you? Can't you give window to kid?" " Why should I? I booked it. This is my seat. Why don't his father gave it to him?" His father gave her angry look. She was so shocked and nervous. She never faced such anger before. She was always favourite in class so even her teacher admired her. It was for first time when she was seeing someone with such angry red eyes. Pranali " Why are you looking like that at me? This seat near window belonged to me." That man stood up. He started giving her threatening look. " You don't know me. Don't try to act over smart with me!!" She was so upset that man had expected to scare her. But she began to get angry. She suddenly remembered her thormos of hot coffee. She stood up with it. Then when train started moving she stood and managed a way to drop hot coffee on him. That man started screaming and she felt so happy. She felt that she deserved it for disturbing her peace. That man started screaming loudly. She was look like her childhood toy of jumping monkey. In it monkey used to jump exactly same way. She didn't want to laugh. But she couldn't control it so she ran to washroom while pretending it managed to hurt her too. When she went in washroom, she started to laugh uncontrollably. She was so happy that she taught him a lesson. She wanted to start everything in perfect way. When she came out, she noticed that this mad was waiting for her. He screamed on her with anger " You manage to burn me!! I am going to call Police!!" She looked at him with anger. " Go ahead. Call them and tell them how did you try to threaten me? It is totally wrong. You know very well that whom cops are going to punish?!!" She said it in such way that his wife took hold of his arm. " Let's not fight." That man started to get confused too. Finally he sat on seat. Their kids began to feel scared of her so they kept away. After that incidence during entire journey she was not harassed like any one. She knew that she was special so she deserved special treatment. She took deep breath and settled on seat. She knew that this man's intention was not good. She was pretty sure that he might had tried to molest or rape her if he get chance. He could see it in his eyes. In fact she had seen it in eyes of many men. She was so beautiful and special. They all wanted to touch her. She was so beautiful. She was so unique. She knew it and she always tried her best to protect herself from those evil eyes. She saw her image on window glass. She couldn't stop herself from admiring it. She was so beautiful. She knew that she was so much better than her both parents. She was something special. She needed to sense it. She needed to take proper care of herself. She took out her bag. She started to find ticket checker. When she found him, she told him entire incidence while controlling her tears. She felt that he was just like her father. He consoled her and gave her another berth with old lady. That lady was so nice. She kept admiring Pranali for her bravery. Pranali smiled happily since she finally managed to get berth which she deserved. She was so happy. During entire journey she kept discribing her every trouble to that lady. She felt so happy when that lady sympathized with her. She began to feel so moved from her. Pranali " I am feeling so lonely here. I don't want to go away from home like that but my Dad insisted. He said that I can't let my intelligence get wasted this way." " He is so right. You can't." Then she started crying slowly. That woman offered her shoulder. She kept her head on shoulder and cried. She felt so hurt due to that man's eyes. She began to see everything in different way. She began to feel her Mom was not stupid woman. She was angel. It was her Dad who managed to cheat her. It was not her mistake. She trusted her father and he sent her on this horrible journey. She began to feel so cheated. She cried in arms of that lady. " You are just like my Mom. She was so concern about me. She kept crying for me and my father was abusive towards her. So I finally agreed." That woman felt so sad. She told her to put her head on her laps and started patting her like child. Pranali loved this. She always loved it when she get attention. She was so happy.
In morning Pranali finally reached to destination. She was little bit scared by now. After horrible experience with that person she was little upset. She knew that her Uncle was going to receive her there. She happily went out of train when she saw her Uncle. She felt so safe when she stood beside her Uncle. She slowly began wait for that man. But he didn't come out for long time. Finally her Uncle asked " What happened?" She said "Nothing!!" Uncle smiled and said " Let's go." But she wanted to see that person. She wanted to show him to her Uncle. Then finally she found him. He was coming out with his family. She screamed and said " Uncle did you saw that fellow?" " Yes." " He tried to harass me in train." She said it as loudly as possible. That man looked at her in anger. He started coming towards her. But she was not scared. She liked this drama. But his wife took hold of his hand and said " Enough. Let's go." " But she couldn't act like that with me!!" " I asked enough." Then that man lost control and slapped his wife. Pranali shivered with fear. Her Uncle took hold of her luggage and started running out of station as far as possible. Pranali also followed him. But she could clearly heard screams and crying. She was so upset. She decided that she must join entire episode. Pranali " I am going back that woman was protecting me. I can't leave her behind like that. I can still hear her cries." She was so excited by this thrilling turn of events that she ran towards station. She was so shocked when she saw that entire family was gone. She ran towards another canteen owner and asked " Where is that poor lady whom her husband slapped for me?" " For you? I don't get it. Do you recognise that man?" "No I don't but I could have helped that poor woman. It is so wrong that she was getting tortured under hands of her abusive husband and no one help her. Every one kept looking." " Madam I was planning to interfere but that lady took kids and immediately went out. It seemed as if she didn't like anyone interfering. " Pranali screamed loudly on him " She didn't say it but you need to understand it from soul. She was so sad frustrated and now tell me what if he killed her?!!" Canteen owner shivered " Kill her?!! I never thought this way. I thought that it was argument between husband and wife." Then all people started gathering. Finally Cop came and asked " What happened?" That owner immediately told everything. Pranali nodded. Slowly she began crying. Other ladies started supporting her. " You are cop. You must confirm she is safe." Cop nodded. He turned to Pranali " Did you know her name?" She began to feel confused. Then her Uncle entered " No..no my niece don't know her. She just met her on train. She started overreacting on her tale." Cop " She didn't tell you her name." Pranali nodded it in negative way. Other woman " In domestic violence ladies normally tell their pains and not their names." Cop nodded. " That was trouble of situation. We can't do anything without name." Her Uncle patted on her shoulder and took her away. When she reached home, she told entire story to Auntie. " That man was so strange. He took window and dragged his child out of it so I said sweetly " Give window to kid." He started screaming on me. In his eyes I did biggest crime by suggesting it. He started looking at me in sinister way. I sensed that he had evil intention. His wife started holding him. But he didn't stop. He kept coming towards me. Luckily I found glass of hot coffee and I throw it..and ran away in washroom. Then when I came out. I just changed berth." Auntie screamed " You did best thing. You don't need to stay with those people." After that Auntie started to showing sympathy too. She felt so happy. She felt as if she achieved something useful. She was so happy. She started planning to how to present this story to her other friends. She knew that this story was creating impact on every one. She started to feel importance of this story. Next day she went to that house in which she was going to stay with few college girls. She told same story and everything looked perfect until elders were present. As soon as Uncle and owner of flat went away. One girl started laughing. Seema " You are too good. You have created wonderful story to confuse people and win their heart." Pranali screamed angrily " I was telling truth. " " Really?!! Then you are saying this happened actually?!!" That girl started laughing and went out of room. Pranali felt so sad. She started crying again. Other girls ran near her and began to console her. She began to feel so relaxed when she started telling them everything loudly and they began to speak against Seema. Her heart began to jump with joy. She was victim and they all started to accepting it. She was treated in wrong way by her parents. She was not supposed to travel alone that way. She hoped from her heart that her parents would take divorce.
Pranali started to settle in that house but Seema was dominating on every step. Pranali started choosing cupboard. Seema came forward and stopped her with smile. " I will help you." She showed her a cupboard in right corner. " You can see that bed?!!" She nodded. It was large double bed. While other were sofa cum bed. That flat was changed for PGs. Hall and bedroom was combined and big bedroom cum hall was created. They didn't have any more room except kitchen and toilet. Pranali soon sensed that her father was lying about perfect look of this accommodation. It was worst. She didn't have any chair or table. She needed to sit only on double bed but other girls were happy with what they got. She was so shocked to see this. It was so strange. They all belonged financially good background still they were happy with what they got. She didn't understand how could they behave like that. She was feeling so upset. She sadly nodded and started looking out of window. Seema " What happened? If you are so sad about that cupboard, you can have other. " She felt so happy that Seema was so considerate about it. She hugged her and started crying. Seema was so shocked. She didn't understand why Pranali was crying. Pranali " I never wanted to come here. My Dad forced me. I never wanted to leave the house. I am not so obssessed with my career. My Mom was advising against it. But my Dad did it." Seema was so confused after watching so much drama. She didn't understand Pranali. Pranali kept creating drama. It was so confusing. Pranali was feeling so upset and no one could understand it's cause. Finally Pranali took one cupboard and started unpacking. Seema took hold of another girl and went in corner. " Something is totally wrong with this girl. Trust me. We will suffer because of her." "Come on!! She is just little bit over emotional." " Little bit over emotional!! That is understatement of year. She is screaming without cause..crying without cause." " Okay. Fine!! So what did we supposed to do? Throw her out of room because she hugged you and cried. This is too much. Stop it." " Fine!!fine!! Support her but one day we all will get stuck in trouble due to her." " Really? I feel we will get stuck in trouble more due to your attitude problem." Seema gave her angry look and returned back to cupboard. She began to observe Pranali. Pranali was singing pleasantly now. It seemed as if she got over her pain. But Seema felt that it was so soon. Then her mobile rang. Pranali saw Mom's number and took call. " Mom are you alright? I hope father is treating you in respect. Mom if you plan for divorce, I am with you." On other side of mobile her Mom was shocked. She didn't understand why Pranali asking such a question. They had their share of argument. But they never planned to divorce. Her Mom knew why her Dad threatened to slap her. It was because he was upset about her appointment with Doctor. That Doctor was her friend. Her Mom couldn't deny that she wanted to marry Doctor before her marriage. She had affair but it was not hidden from Pranali's Dad. She was not having affair with him now. She never considered him suitable that way when he married another woman on his mother's suggestion. But it was due to Pranali's Dad's angry outburst sometimes she took his advice. Pranali's Mom didn't like him. She could never like man who rejected her that way. She explained it to Pranali's Dad. But he didn't believe it. She didn't like her husband that much since he kept acting abusive time to time. He didn't dare to hit her. But still she was too tired of his abusive remarks every day. She didn't want to divorce him since she didn't want to quit that house. In fact that idea never entered in her mind until she didn't suggested. She could stay with her brother for few days but immediately her sister-in-law began to ask about her planning regarding going back. She didn't have place to stay so divorce was out of question. She was not planning for it at all specially when her husband was waiting in line to talk with Pranali. But she didn't understand how could this idea entered in Pranali' mind when she never thought about it. After hearing to Pranali's conversation first time she thought about divorce and immediately changed her mind. "Pranali we all miss you my baby how are you?" " I am fine. But how are you?" " Perfect!!" By this time her Dad took her mobile but Pranali didn't sense it. Pranali " Dad forced me to go Mom I wanted to avoid your hitting so agreed." Then Pranali started crying. Her Dad was shocked to hear this. He was so confused. He did all to just for happiness of Pranali. Now she was turning it in different way. He began to control his tears. He gave mobile to her Mom and ran back in room. He sensed one thing that he had wasted so much money without cause. Her Mom felt so sad. She knew Pranali's Dad always loved her and she treated him in wrong way. She said " Good bye." to Pranali. It was sudden but Pranali was so occupied with her own side of conversation that she didn't sense anything was wrong. She kept chatting even when Mom said " Good bye." Finally Mom disconnected call without caring for her feelings.
Pranali was so angry. Her Mom disconnected her call. She deserved attention. She needed to teach her lesson. In fact she needed their attention. She knew that they never treated her like that. She was always centre of attraction. But today suddenly things started to change. She sensed that she needed to attract attention. She looked around. She didn't want to stay in that small room. She wanted attention and most importantly she wanted to go back at any cost. She was so frustrated in that small house. She didn't understand way to attract attention. She knew what she supposed to do what. She needed to pretend suicide. She needed to act carefully. She didn't want to kill herself. She began to find ways. Then she got an idea. She could cut her hand before all. She started waiting for her friends. Finally they came. She was ready. She managed to turn her eyes red with tears. She managed to loose her hairs. She started screaming with big voice " They cheated. Now I can't live more." She started showing blade. Seema " Now I warned you all she is trouble maker." Another girl " Stop it. She is just frustrated. She need our sympathy not your attitude." Pranali felt so happy. Those girls started coming near her. She was not planning to cut her hand but she needed to harm herself little bit to make her drama realistic. She started taking blade near her hand. When one girl came near her, she tried to snatch it. While doing it Pranali got confused and she managed to cut her hand. She saw blood started flowing out of her wound. She began to shiver with fear. She started screaming on that girl " You stupid girl what have you done? I don't want to cut myself. Someone call Doctor. This witch wanted to kill me." Every one was shocked. It was strange turn of events. They all were confused. Seema " It was so complicated. If she didn't want to kill herself why she is dancing with blade." Another friend " It's not moment to argue. We must call ambulance." " We don't know anything in this town." " Let's call landlady." They knew after this they might lose this room. But no one argued on any point since they didn't have option. Landlady was so upset. She screamed on them. Ambulance came Pranali was screaming whole time " Save me. That girl cut me." That girl was crying. She shivered with fear. Soon land lady called Cop. They started interrogating them. Seema " I was telling them from beginning this girl was strange." " Why?" Then she told entire drama. " So you were not ragging her?!!" Every girl in room was shocked. They all tried to convince but no one believed them. But luckily Pranali came back soon. Landlady told them " She was not hurt that much." Pranali " Actually it all happened by mistake." She created wonderful drama of entire incidence. She was heroin and every one else was villain. She said that they didn't chatted with her and didn't console her. Cop stood. Cop gave them angry look and said " This is not crime. But this is inhuman." When Cop went away, all girls started to tell landlady they didn't want to stay there. On that point Pranali's parents came. This girls told everything to them. No one was convinced but her parents nodded. Pranali's Mom "Pranali do you like to talk with Doctor again?" " Which?" " You are depressed and you need counseling." Pranali liked this idea. She began to feel so excited. She immediately nodded. Then in low voice her parents told them that Pranali was going to leave that flat so they could stay. Every one took breath of relief. Then they talked sweetly with her and started packing again. When Pranali went out of room, her Dad said " Thank God you convinced me to go to Doctor and we talked with psychiatrist. She is turning to some strange person." " Shh..say slowly. I sense it in her. Now we need to just confirm." Then they took her back. She kept crying sometimes regarding something. Then she suddenly started laughing and cracking jokes. She just needed one thing that was attention. During entire journey she just kept telling stories to passengers. Her parents were shocked by her creativity. She kept telling how did she got abused. It was too much since it never happened. But her parents kept controlled on himself. Her Dad called psychiatrist. Her Dad went in corner. He kept searching for signal in entire train for mobile. Finally he got it and he called psychiatrist. He started crying. He wanted to control himself but he couldn't. Psychiatrist " Relax.. tell me who are you?" Slowly he told all. Psychiatrist gave him appointment. Then finally they reached home. After that they immediately went for appointment. Pranali was not happy by this arrangement. She wanted to prepare herself properly. But angry look of her father managed to scare her. When they reached there, Doctor gave them emergency appointment. They were happy. When they finally started to go inside, another patient began to argue. Pranali immediately started crying. It was her first step to drama. But receptionist slowly told that man " Did you see her hand? She is suicide case. Emergency!! Kindly understand." That man shivered with fear and went away. Clearly he didn't want to be on her place. They went inside and Pranali continued her drama. Psychiatrist didn't reacted negatively. He kept nodding. Finally he said " Don't worry I will handle it." Then he sent Pranali out. But Pranali turned psychiatrist. " So tell me what is wrong with me?" " You are suffering from Histrionic personality disorder. I know you never plan to do suicide. You just want to get attention of your parents, am I wrong?" Pranali looked scared at first then she gave sweet smile and patted on Doctor's cheek. Her parents were shocked. Her Dad was about to scream when psychiatrist stopped him. Psychiatrist ignored it as if nothing happened. Suddenly she lost interest and went out. Psychiatrist "She is doing everything to grab attention. Did you have family history of mental trouble?" Her Dad nodded. " My Dad had mental trouble. I don't know properly details." " Serious trouble?!! He needed treatment." " No..no he just got involved in fights." " What about you?" " I have anger problem." He explained all including jealousy regarding wife's ex boyfriend before marriage. Psychiatrist " You feel fear of divorce?!!" He nodded. Then he turned to Mom "What about you?" " I don't have much option. I hate that ex boyfriend since he back stabbed me and I need house to stay." " So you need marriage counseling. May be due to your fear regarding divorce might have lead you to extra pampering of your daughter. Now she feel with every drama she get things so she keep doing them." Her Dad " So it is my mistake?" " Not exactly it could be hereditary too. You needed marriage counseling. We can do it now. Let's move ahead instead of playing blame game." They all agreed and then psychiatrist began to discuss treatment.
The End
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