Her friend Nisha
Tanvi was counting her dresses. She had too many dresses. No doubt about it. But she loved them. She looked towards them one by one. She didn’t understand why she bought them. She felt just on impulse. From behind her husband Rakesh screamed “ What are you doing in that closet? This is not moment to arrange dresses. I am going to be late for my office tour hurry up pack my bag.” Tanvi closed closet immediately & ran to pack his luggage. She knew that it was her responsibility. She got so many luxuries. She knew that she got all due to him. She didn’t even need to cook or clean in house. She was just relaxing in house so she needed to do all these small things he asked for. She needed to set it all perfect. She remembered how did she forget handkerchief last time. It was so wrong. He needed to send someone out to purchase them. It was clear that entire office was thinking that he got useless wife. She didn’t want things to be repeated. She kept feeling so tense. She started packing all properly. This time she had created list on paper not on just mind. She set everything in proper place. Rakesh “ Did you remember all?!” “ Don’t worry I wrote on paper.” Rakesh came out & dragged paper. Rakesh began to read paper. Then he gave laugh which managed to tell her that she was stupid. Rakesh “ You forgot to write soap & towel on paper.” She smiled & said “ But I put them in bag.” She showed happily. Rakesh gave her angry look. Rakesh “ I am not talking about bag I am talking about paper. You need to rewrite that list otherwise how can you confirm that everything is right in end?” She was so confused. She just nodded. He told her to bring paper & pen. “ I need to teach her everything. It seem as if her parents never taught her anything. How could anyone raise daughter in this way?! She didn’t even understand how to pack one bag..” slowly tears started forming in her eyes. She didn’t understand how could she act so unwisely. She knew that her parents gave her all training. She tried so hard to learn everything but she couldn’t manage. On this point her mother-in-law Savita came. Savita “ Come on! She is trying. Don’t discourage her this way.” “ Mom but she keep forgetting!” “ Try to understand everyone is not smart!” “ Really! I don’t understand why did I married to her? Her Dad didn’t give anything worthy even daughter is useless.” Savita “ Stop this. She will learn.” Rakesh went away. Tanvi began to feel shiver in her hands. She started to feel restless. She knew that she needed to do all properly. She thought properly & packed all. When Rakesh came in room she told him “ All done perfect this time.” He just nodded & said “ Good bye.” She took breath of relief when he finally went away. Savita sensed it. Savita “ He is little bit perfectionist. But he had such a good job. They will not keep him if he didn’t do all properly..actually he is so great that they will not fire him but then they will keep taunting why did he married without their advice. They brought few proposals. Those proposals were so nice but we fixed marriage with you. Your Uncle told so much about you. It seem that you are perfect..but..forget it slowly you will learn.” After saying this Savita went away. Tanvi was so frustrated. Tanvi wanted to say many things but she didn’t. She knew that she needed to stay in this house. She wanted to just get over this. She slowly went in her room. She began to search for source from where she could find help. She opened computer. Internet was perfect place where she could discuss. She never told truth but she always lied positively about her life. She kept telling all that she had perfect family. She knew that it was perfect. On that day she saw some strange person. She was telling her name Nisha. Nisha began to chat like regular person. But when Tanvi typed “ Today my husband went for office tour. It is so hard. I miss him.” Nisha didn’t type anything for long time then she type “ Did you put handkerchief inside?” She was so shocked. She didn’t understand how did this lady know. She began to think that she must be spying on her. Then she thought that it was impossible. She didn’t see any reason for someone to spy on her. She took deep breath. She started counting numbers. She tried to keep her mind on track. She began to get relaxed. Then she sensed that it was easy. Her husband might be like Rakesh too. She felt so happy. So she finally found someone with similar troubles. But she was not planning to express truth. She was planning to keep pretending. She typed “ He did packing by himself” “ Really!! Lucky girl!” She felt so happy. She loved pretending. She was getting so restless. She didn’t like it that much. She began to feel so upset. She didn’t understand her feelings. She started to tell lies. Actually they were not lying but they were those dreams which she had every day. She felt so happy while having them. She was getting so upset when those dreams started to shatter. She began to feel so upset. She started to sense that fake description was not helping. That woman was managing to make her restless. That woman was admiring her husband too much. Now she didn’t want to chat with her. She began to make excuse & stopped her chatting. She started to feel happy. She went back to her room. She wanted to feel happy in this room. It was full of luxuries. But suddenly she sensed that it was lie too. Her house was not some large one. Just two small bedrooms. Her bedroom was so small that after putting double bed they didn’t have much place to keep anything else. She was getting so restless. She knew that she supposed to admire what she got but she couldn’t. She was feeling so upset by everything. She decided that chatting with this lady managed to upset her. She just shut down her computer & she immediately went to sleep. She knew that it was afternoon. She didn’t need to sleep at this hour. But she didn’t care. She wanted to rest peacefully. But she was not happy. She started crying slowly. She didn’t understand how could she managed to marry such a wrong person. But she never sensed that he was like that.
In dream Tanvi went back in her memory. Her Dad was nice business man on that time. He had wonderful earning. Her grandfather was actual owner of company. Her Dad was younger son. But her Dad never thought that he needed to pay attention to company. Her Dad always kept doing nice things. Her Dad loved innovative ideas. He always brought them to grandfather & her grandfather managed to decide what was best. She was so happy on those days. She used to go luxurious restaurant. Those restaurant owner used to give special respect to her. She was so happy about it. She remembered on that day. She dressed in light pink dress. She didn’t felt sure about it. It was nice dress but not that much classy. She felt that she was not looking beautiful enough. She was feeling so inferior. Suddenly Rakesh looked towards her & her all doubts were shattered. She was looking beautiful to him. She just wanted his appreciation. She didn’t look anywhere else except his eyes. She was on top of the world. Rakesh kept appreciating her on every move. Her every movement was precious to him. She was so happy. She was elder daughter out of three. She was never appreciated much. Every one thought that her sisters were so nice. But Rakesh changed her life. He appreciated & admired her. She felt so confident. She still remembered how did he proposed her in that cafe. Every one clapped for them. It was wonderful moment of her life. She began to see hopes. She still remembered those days when Rakesh was in love with her. But now she knew that he was no longer interested in her. He wanted one baby from her. But she knew that he was actually interested in his colleague. She didn’t know her name but she knew that he was going to her regularly. She didn’t understand how long could their marriage survive. She didn’t know if he wanted to stay with her for whole life. They managed to get far away from each other even before first anniversary of marriage. He just got bored of her. She didn’t understand why. Sometimes she felt that she was not perfect. She needed to work more on her beauty or her talent. She was not smart enough. It was so upsetting. She needed help. She decided to call her younger sister. Trupti always managed to increase her confidence. She called her. She began to tell all. Trupti inhaled in strange way. Trupti “ He is having affair?! Then why did he married you?” It was so confusing to her. She never thought this way. She said in low voice “ I don’t know!” “ May be for your money?” She didn’t say anything. She knew that it was possible but she never thought that way before marriage. Now he knew that she didn’t have money so he didn’t want her. She was so upset. She didn’t know what she supposed to do now. “What do you feel? Do you feel I can discuss this with our Mom or Dad?” “ Don’t! They are trying to fix my marriage on this moment don’t say anything. Let me just manage to get married off.” She didn’t say anything. It was so upsetting. She wanted to solve her trouble. But then she shifted to other subject. She sensed that she was married off so no one wanted her back. It was so strange if this issue had happened with some one else did they acted same way? She didn’t know. She was so exhausted. She was so upset. But she kept talking. Then she went back in room. She needed to do some work. She started to go in kitchen but she stopped. They didn’t like her cooking. They liked cooking of cook only. She wanted to learn it from cook. But that cook was not ready to teach her. It was so her professional secret. She was so frustrated. She couldn’t even cook. In this house she was not & they kept telling it every day. She wanted to run away from here. But she didn’t have any place. She once again sat on computer. She began to type different website with hope to get something interesting. Suddenly Nisha appeared. She decided to avoid her. But her message kept coming. Finally Nisha sent a photo. It was so lovely. It was her dream house. From childhood she had dream of building house in tree. In garden they had big tree but her grandfather never let her level it & built one house. She couldn’t resist. She began to chat. Soon she sensed that Nisha was not evil. She was talking so nicely. Nisha was actually sympathetic towards her. She began to sense that Nisha seemed to know all. She didn’t mind. She kept talking. She didn’t sense when she managed to tell Nisha all. She told her entire truth. She told her about Rakesh’s affair too. She was so happy. From that day she started chatting with Nisha like mad person. She didn’t sense that she was spending her day & night just while imagining her life with her as friend. Nisha was becoming her that friend whom she needed most at this point. She was feeling so sad. But while chatting with Nisha all her sorrows started to vanish. Then after sometime Rakesh came. She began to her life again in old miserable way. She kept telling all to Nisha in night. It kept going when one day Rakesh came to computer in night. He kept watching her computer for long time from behind. She didn’t sense it until he didn’t touch her shoulder. She jumped after it. She asked “ What happened?” “ Why you are watching blank screen. She felt so confused. Then she looked back. He was right. The computer screen was totally blank. But few seconds ago it was full of words. “ I was chatting with Nisha? Where did it went?” She began to search in chat Box. It was totally empty except few hi from some relatives. Rakesh gave her shocked look. Rakesh “ Are you started to lose your mind?” She didn’t understand. She tried to hide tears. Rakesh touched his forehead. Rakesh “ This is too much. First you don’t manage to bring anything in house & now you are starting to even lose your mind. I don’t need mad wife.” She was trying so hard to control her tears. But it started falling. Rakesh “Try to hide this madness at any cost!” She nodded & closed computer. She went to sleep. On that entire night she kept dreaming in worst way.
Tanvi kept moving ahead day after day. It was horrible for her. She was so upset. She didn’t let anyone see it. But soon she sensed that she started developing dark circles under her eyes. She kept waiting for Rakesh night after night. But he didn’t come & whenever he came he treated her like dust. She knew that he wanted her out of house. She was hoping for help from Savita. But her mother-in-law Savita declared one day that she was shifting to village. Then Savita went away. She was alone in house with abusive Rakesh. One day he literally threw a chair towards her. She fail down. Her entire body was injured. She needed to use medicine. Even servants asked what happened. She managed to hide. She knew that his anger was genuine. She was chatting with Nisha daily. She was not normal. He was tolerating her madness. She kept obeying his every command. She began to control her feelings. She started to turn herself in stone. She was feeling so hurt. Her entire emotions were bottled under her thought. She kept telling herself that Nisha didn’t exist but she was her only companion. Finally one day her sister’s marriage was fixed. She went to her parent’s house for it. Her family was shocked to see her in that state. Her Mom was so upset. Mom “ I really don’t like to send her there.” It was clear that her Mom noticed marks on her body. Dad “ Do you understand what it would mean? If you start argument, you might manage to break marriage of other daughter.” Mom looked confused. Trupti ran in her room. Trupti started crying. Tanvi gave forced smile & said “ Mom I am fine you are overreacting.” Her Mom didn’t look convinced. But her Dad gave angry look & screamed “ I had enough! She is married & she must adjust there. I am not planning to bring her back.” Tanvi nodded. Then ceremony of Trupti’s marriage started. Every guest was looking towards Tanvi with concern. They all sensed that something was wrong with Tanvi. But Tanvi kept smiling. Tanvi tried her best to act normal. But she was not. Every one started to inquire about child. They all assumed that it was happening since they didn’t have baby. It was upsetting. She knew that Rakesh was not interested in staying married with her so she was not planning baby. He never even wanted baby from her anymore. He kept calling her mad woman. She kept pretending. But during Trupti’s marriage ceremony something went wrong. Her future husband began to scream on her. Tanvi saw her Dad immediately objected. She was so shocked. Trupti was telling that it was her mistake but still her Dad was creating so much issue. After some time guests interfered & then Trupti’s future husband apologised. Tanvi began to feel so angry. Tanvi was apologising her entire life. She married Rakesh since she loved him but her Dad was never against it. She knew that her Dad wanted first son but she was daughter. She never thought that he had so much issue about it. She began to get restless. She sensed that she needed to take her stand. Her Mom came from behind. Mom “You need to fight back.” She nodded. She went in room with Mom. She told everything about Nisha. Her madness! Mom asked her to show computer. Mom confirmed that Nisha didn’t exist. Then Mom took appointment of psychiatrist. Mom didn’t ask Dad. Her Dad created big drama about it. Entire issue became big. But Mom remained firm on her ground. Finally it was decided that she would go to psychiatrist with Mom. They went there. She was so scared. When they came inside, she was on verge of nervous breakdown. But slowly psychiatrist convinced her to tell all. Psychiatrist asked her to show her wounds. At beginning she was nervous. Then her Mom insisted. They did her check up. Then psychiatrist told her Mom to do Police complaint. Tanvi felt nervous. Psychiatrist “ It you don’t do , then your husband would object. One day your son-in-law would either kill your daughter or she will do suicide. In both cases you will lose your daughter. Now tell me what is your decision!” Mom told psychiatrist to call Cops. Cops came. Lady Cop started asking question with male Cop to Tanvi. They asked very nicely. She began to feel that she was not alone. They called her husband. She was so scared that he would keep threatening her after it. But he didn’t. Just Divorce paper came in her house. She decided to take divorce on mutual ground since he was offering flat & alimony. She decided to take back complaint. Cop agreed to it. Since Cops felt that Rakesh wouldn’t come after her. She was so happy to hear it. Her Dad kept abusing whole time but she ignored. She didn’t want to go back to Rakesh. Her Mom told everything in nice way to Trupti’s future husband & his family. They just nodded. Clearly they didn’t care. According to them it was entirely their personal issue. They didn’t mind. When Trupti was getting married, Tanvi was getting divorced. They didn’t let people know it. But after Trupti’s marriage they declared it. No one asked much questions. Few people taunted but Tanvi didn’t care. She was tense about just one thing. Her hallucination regarding Nisha! She was scared to touch computer. After long treatment of psychiatrist one day she opened computer. She jumped with joy when Nisha didn’t appear. She was so happy. She knew that finally it was over. But after it she was so scared of name Nisha that even when truly person named Nisha talked or shared picture. She just preferred to ignore. On that point she decided that she didn’t want to think about second marriage so soon. She decided to follow her old habit of singing which her grandfather objected. But now she didn’t care what world thought about her. She just kept singing to please herself.
The End
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