For second house
Suddenly that
strange voice of something falling down managed to wake Samir up. Samir was
feeling so upset. This was happening daily since his brother’s marriage. They
were planning to live together as joint family. It was not as if they had much
option. They couldn't afford to purchase second house. They couldn’t keep avoiding
his elder brother Ramesh’s marriage for long time. Ramesh got chance to find
nice girl like Rina. She was so nice. Rina was good looking. She also had nice
source of income through her job. Ramesh was not planning to use her money but
if they needed to buy second house then they required to get some loans. It was
so frustrating when Rina came in this house after marriage. He needed to adjust
in everything. He required to keep one artificial smile on face whole time. His
family insisted that they needed to act nicely with new daughter-in-law. At
beginning he felt this special treatment would vanish after sometime. But it kept
going on. He was so nervous. In this house he needed to control his feelings
whole time. Life was not going ahead the way he wanted. He couldn’t have
freedom to express himself but Rina was free to express herself. Now when he
heard something was fallen, he began to think that it must be Rina. He didn’t
tell anyone directly but Rina was not normal girl. She kept screaming when
Ramesh suggested something. In fact, Rina didn’t want to stay in house. She
always kept staying in her parent’s house. She kept saying “Your house is too
small.” It seemed like their mistake. According to her they supposed to
purchase one separate house before marriage. They gave one bedroom out of two
to them but it was not enough for Rina. Rina kept saying “Your brother Samir
kept sleeping in Hall on that sofa whenever I needed to take water from kitchen
in night. He kept watching me. It felt so odd.” Immediately his parents told
him to turn his back towards kitchen. He nodded. So now for entire night he
needed to sleep in same way. He was so frustrated. Then sometimes Rina kept
throwing things in night like that. He felt that Rina wanted separate house. He
went to his parents & suggested to try to do it. His mom said “Do you feel
she will permit us live in this house peacefully? No, she will not. She didn’t
like to cook so she will force me to go there & cook. We need to keep
taking care of her household chores too. We will manage to spend all investment
for second house & we will not get much in return. Try to understand you
have uncertain future while your brother has great salary & his wife also has
great salary.” “But how can we live this way?” His Dad “My dear son Ramesh is
so selfish person that he will want everything for just himself. He married to
a woman who is just like him so you need to fight back otherwise you will not
get anything.” He agreed. His parents were right. They were not thinking of
shifting in house & became independent soon Rina began to discuss how did
her children needed to be kept with grandparents. Samir was once fond of
children but he didn’t like his brother or his sister-in-law so he didn’t want
to take care of their children. He knew that they would keep blaming him for
every mistake. He knew that they didn’t want their children to became attached
to him. He was so scared. His house felt no longer safe place to him.
Samir slowly looked around in that dark
house. He knew that Rina was once again started her drama. She just wanted
everything as per her desire & she was planning to do all for it. She
didn’t want Samir to have anything. She married to Ramesh since she could not find
a rich boy now, she needed to find a way to make Ramesh rich. It was important
for her. She needed to remove Samir out of their life. She knew that Samir was
looking towards her with negativity too. At beginning she was not so against him.
She thought that she could manage to convince Samir to go against his parents.
She wanted entire house in her hand. But now she began to sense that they
didn’t have much money. She just wanted to get rid of this marriage but she
didn’t find any way. She kept throwing tantrums around. She kept irritating
Ramesh with one hope that he would argue with her. But slowly she sensed that
Ramesh was very selfish man. He liked when she harassed all. He wanted to capture
entire property & whatever financial security his parents had. He didn’t
want to share it with anyone. He was so happy when she began to argue for
money. He needed every one who would do it for him. She wanted to frustrate him
so she was breaking different things today. But he was still smiling. It was
clear that he didn’t mind. Samir was so upset. She sensed that Samir was woke
up. She was so happy when he woke up & sat on sofa. She wanted him to come
& argue. She wanted to harass Samir. She wanted him to come & argue
with her. She wanted him to enter in bedroom to argue with her. It would create
best impact for them. She could declare that her brother-in-law entered in her
bedroom at middle of night. So, she started throwing things more loudly. Samir
was so stressed. He was shivering due to those noises. It was clear that he
wanted to come & stop them. But he couldn’t. He was just shivering through
fear. He was sitting on sofa. She was expecting him to come near her. It was
very important for her. If Samir came in their room, she would create new sort
of drama. But she noticed that once again Samir slept on sofa. She could see
his uneasiness. He was feeling so restless. She just needed to keep harassing.
Ramesh said slowly “You just need to keep harassing him. Then slowly he will
give up. If he does that soon we can start dominating him. We will create big
issue buy second house & still keep coming in this house for food. We need
both houses.” Rina looked towards him with shock. She didn’t like to stay with
him but she was married to him. She was doing all with her own wishes. She was
harassing family with hope of divorce but her husband, Ramesh was feeling so
happy about it. Ramesh was feeling positive about all. Ramesh didn’t sense
sorrow in pain of his family. She didn’t understand what she supposed to do. If
she kept harassing Samir, they might get second house but it would be in name
of Ramesh. She didn’t know if she wanted to stay with this type of husband. She
just stopped throwing things & slept on bed. Ramesh slept on bed too. But
she could sense that he was laughing. He was clearly enjoying all. He was
thrilled when she was getting more & more upset.
Samir closed his eyes & he was
trying to sleep. He was so upset. He knew that Rina was watching him. She
wanted him to come in their bedroom & scream on them. But he was not stupid
person. He would never go inside their bedroom. He never liked Ramesh much but
now he started to hate him. He was beginning to feel negative about him. He
wanted to keep positivity in his mind. But he knew that Ramesh enjoyed when his
wife, Rina harassed him. Samir knew that now they would sleep peacefully while
he would remain awake for entire night. He began to cry slowly. He was not so
rich. He had lots of financial issues in his life. He kept feeling so upset
when they began to start targeting him. He was trying hard to settle in his
career but it was not working. He never managed to earn. He helped many people.
He did assistance to many people in their job. He got few things free some sort
of coupons. But he never found nice job. He was trying hard to adjust. But now
he wanted to argue with brother. He decided to talk with his parents next day.
He began to feel that he needed to find some way. He might need to shift in
another house. He was feeling so stressed. He didn’t feel positive about
anything. His life was moving in wrong way. He closed his eyes forcibly. Rina
suddenly sensed someone was tapping on their door. Their door was open still
someone was tapping on it. It was making them all restless. He began to get
tense. He wanted to feel positive but his life was moving in wrong way. He knew
that sleeping was important but still. Suddenly Rina screamed “Who was tapping
on door?” Samir woke up in middle of night. Rina looked angrily towards him.
Luckily, he was sleeping on sofa. His eyes were open but he immediately closed.
Then Ramesh’s voice came “Door is open not closed how could anyone tap on it?”
Rina screamed “Someone was tapping…” “ It must be wind.” Samir began to feel
uneasy too. Samir closed his eyes. But his mind was so scared. He kept taking
name of God entire time. He finally woke up with sunlight. As soon as he sensed
that it was morning he immediately looked towards Ramesh’s bedroom. Both
husband & wife were getting ready so door was closed. He ran in kitchen. He
saw his mom & began to tell all about tapping incidence in night. His Mom
laughed. “This is our old house we never had ghosts.” Then Samir looked tense.
Samir “Mom something is wrong with that woman. She scares me.” Mom looked
towards Samir’s pale face. His Mom said “Let me talk with your dad…” On that
point Dad came. Dad “I had enough that woman was screaming last night. I can’t
survive this. Let’s give them another house.” Mom nodded. So, they decided to
talk. They called Ramesh & Rina. They discussed about it. Ramesh
immediately nodded. Rina didn’t say anything. In evening Ramesh came alone.
Ramesh declared that Rina didn’t want to stay in that house. They were so happy
so they arranged payment through their investments. Ramesh took few days &
soon he had house on his name. He was so happy. Finally, he could shift. On
that night Ramesh received one call from Rina. “I want to stay with my
parents…” “But we buy new house…” “Just stay away.” She began to scream on him.
Then her mom came on mobile & told him angrily “Just stay away from my
daughter.” He was so shocked. He purchased new house. He went there. But his
wife Rina never came. He kept pretending that she was staying with him. Rina
came rarely in his home. She stayed in her parent’s home. He didn’t want
divorce so he kept dragging. Soon he was informed that Rina was pregnant. He
was hoping that she would start staying with him and he introduced as father.
He managed to force his right as father on his child. But Rina never came to
stay with him. She was scared of him. She kept saying that he was possessed by
ghost. Slowly one day he asked her parents about her behavior. They didn’t tell
anything but their neighbor told him about her mental issues. At beginning he
was sad but then slowly he was happy. He had one house. He pretended before his
parents about his happy married life & got money as gift which he used for
himself. He never cared for his family or his wife or his child but he
pretended that he was taking care of them. He was happy with pretending it. He
knew that he didn’t need to change his attitude since Rina was never going to
become normal. He already met her psychiatrist & confirmed it. So, he began
to enjoy his life in his house alone.
The End
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