Scapegoat
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It was her first night and she was hell scared her heart was pounding so hard as if threatening to come of the cage of her rib wall..She was sitting on bed waiting for her groom....She was shivering in fear and drowned in sweat, tear were unstoppable ...When the man entered the room he looked very sensible and spoke to her very politely after a formal introduction and some chat he handed over some papers to her which stated being his wife she was the owner of 60 % property as well as caretaker of 40 % which he had named on his son's name which he would get only on her approval....She was shocked at his gesture and had thousands of question revolving in her mind....He told her that he had watched her and knows she is well educated to handle the property he further told her he doesn't trust anyone easily as there are people just behind his wealth....He also told her he wanted her just as a friend but in the village no one can be friends with girl therefore to get you here from your parents house i had to marry you.....buying you was much easier but that would ruin your respect which i would never want....I just want you to be happy....
Swara didn't know what to reply she was shocked,confused at the revelations but as the stranger was better then her own loved ones.....She liked his humble gesture behind his rough tone...Her respect for him was at the peak....Also he trusted her so much which even her own family didn't show on her......She decided to go with the fate....Signed the document without reading further....Days passed on and she started becoming confident under her husbands guidance though he never imposed any restrictions on her he was kind a strict with abiding tradition therefore inspite of being topper in her board exam she wasn't allowed to study further and had to be in ghunghat she was not allowed out of house much.....He taught her about family life and handling household....he never touched her nor she tried to go close to him because she was happy with the equation as it is and turn of events made her rely on a stranger without any fears....They slept in different rooms..........Still she in all this kept the cute maheshwari alive.....managed to get magazines in which young maheshwari adorned the front page as usual...One of such magazine gave her the news that young maheshwari is currently in london completing his medical.....Though now she had kinda gave up hope of ever meeting him but still his thoughts made her happy... The pendant still shone on her neck with her mangalsutra......6 months were like bliss her parents many time interfered and tried to make her life hell and still she was scared of them....Her husband never allowed them near her she was very happy now and thanked god thinking life cannot be better.......
Her new household had given her access and knowledge of many gadgets like TV, fridge, Stereo FM and also mobile but she had just seen it as it was of her husband no one was allowed to touch it.She was in her world humming her favourite rain song which was sometime back being played on FM.
It was raining outside and she loved rains a lot the earthy smell always made her crazy and it was one of those beautiful day making her crazy. She was in kitchen making hot pakoras for evening snack, busy in her thought singing.
Rim jhim gire sawan
Sulag sulag jaaye man
Bheege aaj is mausam mein
Lagi kaisi yeh agan..
Rim jhim gire sawan
Sulag sulag jaaye man
Bheege aaj is mausam mein
Lagi kaisi yeh agan
La la la la la la la..
Pehle bhi yun to barse the baadal ( first also it has rained similarly)
Pehle bhi yun to bheega tha aanchal (Even my cloth got wet before also in rain)
La la la.. la la la la.. la la la..
Pehle bhi yun to barse the baadal
Pehle bhi yun to bheega tha aanchal
Ab ke kyun sajan (What's new darling)
Sulag sulag jaaye man (Why my heart is having this new feeling of burning in the heart)
Bheege aaj is mausam mein
Lagi kaisi yeh agan
La la la la la la la..
Is baar sawan dehka hua hai
Is baar mausam behka hua hai
La la la.. la la la la.. la la la..
Is baar sawan dehka hua hai (This time the rains are on fire)
Is baar mausam behka hua hai..( The atmosphere is misleading this time
Jaane pee ke chali kya pawan ( don't know why the air appears to be drunk)
Sulag sulag jaaye man
Bheege aaj is mausam mein
Lagi kaisi yeh agan
Read more:(I've tried to write meaning of the main lines because they're right now exact on her situation.. Yes the stranger is not her love but her husband and desires will of course overpower when someone is good....Though its not love nor a physical attractions its a pure bliss of sacred relationship that the young heart was experiencing...)
As said its not a cakewalk things changed as she is not a fairy tale princess therefore after marriage and good life partner it is not happy ending... One night a revelation landed her on the ground. She forgot to drink her milk which for last 6 months her husband made sure she had for her good health. she woke up in the middle of the night feeling thirsty she went towards the kitchen.....She heard some sounds from her husbands room but as it was very late once she thought she is hallucinating...but next moment the thought shrugging of the topic would be a bad idea.....so she sneaked in to listen she almost lost her senses and stumbled at the scene from the peep hole of the door it was her sharvari masi in the arm of the man to whom she was legally wedded wife...They were talking being so close which made her gasp
Sharvari : You don't know how thankful i am to you for saving swara...
KS : Ohhh Don't be you know i can do anything for you...We should have told her instead of doing all this...
Sharvari : Its ok at least we could save her or else those people would have sold her...I wanted to talk to her but now i think its not required...She is getting happiness after long time i don't want to make her unhappy with all this revelation....This is even safe because now people won't talk about us anymore knowing you are married that too to my niece.
KS : She is too innocent her parents would have sold her if i won't have stopped them but for that they asked me to marry her. I was gearing and set to marry you but when i told you this you asked me to marry her. What different are we doing? we are also gonna sacrifice her within 2 days.
Sharvari : More then her it was our need you remember what pandit had told you are mangalik therefore your first wife had a short life span, going for the second marriage you had to marry with rituals and sacrifice your ritually wedded virgin wife on the full moon night then you can live happily.....Therefore we were searching for a girl who was apt for sacrifice and that day when you told me about swara i was not ready to think because i love her but we have waited for a long time. this time we won't back out i know she is like my daughter but i also need happiness.
She is your wife by rituals whereas i'm your lawfully wedded as per our registered marriage. Her interactions in these days have been very rare so no one will have any issues with her not being around so we are safe....
KS : Hmmm....hugging her...As told by you to make her believe on my lie i gave her property papers on first night which i had made keeping you in mind and she trusted that i wrote my property on the name of my wife and it was her....she is really a fool out of happiness didn't even check the names......(laughing) poor soul doesn't even know i had to stay with her only for six months and then she would be slaughtered and we'll make everyone in village believe that she ran away even after me giving her so much love and respect .....even if she absconds no one would be concerned.....
Sharvari : The document which she signed thinking property paper was a letter which states her reason for running away with other guy for never returning back...Few drop of crocodile tears and then we would be together forever....
KS: Legally she doesn't have any right on me nor even her name is changed as per records she still has her maiden name...She is just a scapegoat....Waise bhi we are just making her unworthy life worthy....
Sharvari : (determined and angry face)She has to die on the full moon night by any means for our better life...She had always been a curse but now its time to change her into boon....She would never come to know how and why she died..
KS (Laughing) : How would she know because every night she is fast asleep under the medicine effect and so will be on that night...
Swara was now scared,shivering didn't knew what to do at this moment she can't go back to her parents as they'll never ever allow her into the house back and this people will surely sacrifice her within two days....Only person whom she thought was her family had already betrayed her... Being well educated her masi was believing in this supersition..... If i get sacrificed i will be not doing anything then supporting this people....I have to run away they'll ruin my image and name but its better to do suicide then getting sacrificed...She was in dilemma and crying holding her mouth tight so that her cried don't startled the people planning her murder in other room......She was completely emotionless and just knew that her fate had played dirty game with her.....
Flashback ends
Present
Her eyes were filled with tears in which her voice had drowned and her face which was already pale had turned paler....Fear was visible on her face and sweat was dripping even in the cool room...She was sitting near sanskar gripping the bedsheet in her clutches thinking about the past thats when she felt a cold hand over her warm....It startled her and she found sanskar has moved his hand on hers....Her happiness had no boundary she was overwhemled with his care towards her....In this state also all he thought was not to let her break...She whispered in his ear...I am shona....your jaan and would always be....your love is my strength and you are my passion nothing or no one else matters now...I am fine.....Shamoli was looking at her teary eyes.....She wiped her tears and also the droplets running from her loves eyes and composed and sat there sipping some water.......
Scapegoat that's what she was for everyone...For her parents who sacrificed her for money...For her masi who is gonna sacrifice her to get her love....To KS who was a stranger whom she had trusted and started believing was getting her sacrificed for his legally wedded wife....Life had made a joke out of her...What was she suppose to do.....
how she save herself from getting sacrificed?
Will she be able to ever get her dream love?
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