Keerti's point of view

It's been more than two weeks when I eloped from my house just to find my love, James. I can't reach him more than a month now. He just vanished suddenly. No one knows where he is. I went to his parents home and in his office to asked about him but no one knows where he is. His family is worried for him because this is the first time he went somewhere without informing them. I tried his phone many time but it was switched off.

She was right about Preeti bhabhi. I should have believe her before. Preeti bhabhi wasn't innocent as she look like. She completely possessed Siddharth bhayi under her spells that he raised his hands on me, on his little sister for the first time in his life.
If I knew Preeti bhabi will be like this after marriage I never let bhayi marry to her. She ruined my life by sending my nudes, she ruined James life. Only she knows where is James because she was the last person he met. But I no more let her ruin our life. After finding James I will expose her infront of everyone and bring her true fox face in front of bhayi.

Two days before I got a call from an unknown number and he knew the information about James. He is ready to give me the information in exchange of money. I can't go to bank to withdrawal money because bhayi will know so I sell my diamond jewellery and borrowed some money to my friends and arrange the money.

I wiped my tears which slide down from my eyes. I was sitting in a restaurant waiting for the man who called me two days back. He texted me to meet him here at sharp 1:00 p.m. But it's already past two and there is no trace of anyone.

I was about to get up when a man in black hoodie suddenly set on chair across me.

"Do you bring the money?" He asked me. I can't see his face because he covered his head with the hood. Half of his face is covered with his black hood.

"Yes..." I nodded my head and slide the black leather bag full of money to him.

"It's not the amount which I asked you for exchanging the information." He said while looking inside the bag.

"I can only arranged this. I will give you the rest amount later." I plead to him.

"Don't worry I will take the rest money from your brother...Now follow me." He got up and walked towards the exit. I also get up and followed him.

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Preeti's point of view

When my plane lend to India, Aditya my cousin brother was already there waiting for me. He received me from the Airport and we directly went to our village.

Mummy and Papa, now both are living in village from past few months. After Papa went to his shop mom got bored in home and started getting grumpy so Papa decided to live in village for few months till Diwali. Papa daily up down from city to village to go to his shop. It doesn't affect him much because from Saharanpur our village in only half an hour away from the city.

Siddharth didn't call me since I left the home. He didn't even bothered to know if I reached home safely. May he is so angry with me that he doesn't even want to see my face and doesn't want to know my whereabouts.

"Are you tired?" Aditya asked me while driving the car. We are on our way from Delhi to Saharanpur.

"No, But have a little bit headache." I said while looking outside the window.

My head is splitting into two and someone is playing drum inside my head. I didn't even sleep a blink since last night and it's already evening here now. I was tired and my body want to rest but my mind didn't let me. My whole mind occupied with Siddharth. I don't know what he is doing right now. Is he okey or have eat anything. I want to call him and ask him how he is but I don't have enough courage to call him because they he looked me last night and talked to I don't want to face that again. Soon he will come to know all truth about me and then he will leave me and this make me scared to death. I am not afraid of dieing or go to jail but I am afraid of losing him.

"Okey...you sleep a bit till we reached the home. Till then your headache will be gone." He said.

I don't know who informed Aditya about my arrival because no one know that I am coming home.

"Aditya how do you know that I am coming India today?" I asked him.

"I had a dream last night that you are coming today so I reached the Delhi Airport and to my luck you were there." He said while laughing and shake his head in amusement.

"Don't think too much now sleep and give a rest to your tiny head." He said while looking at me and gave me smile. I leaned to the window glass and closed my eyes while thinking about Siddharth.

*****

It's already night when we reached our village and chachi Ji, Aditya's mother opened the door for us. I greeted her while joining my both hands as Namaste.

"How are you Preeti...It's a long time I see you. Where is Siddharth ji. He didn't come with you." She took me in a motherly hug and I hugged her back. Tears welled up in my eyes seeing her after long time but I control them.

"He had a work in office. So he is busy." I said while controlling my tears.

"Okey, Now come inside. I'll serve the food for you. You must be hungry." She said while caressing my cheek lovingly.

We all walked inside the house and Puja jumped on me. She took me in a bear hug.

"Preeti...di...when you came. It's been months when I saw you. Where is Sid jiju and keerti? They didn't come with you to attend the baby shower of Aarushi's bhabhi baby." She said while pulling off from the hug.

She is always like this whenever she saw me after long time she jumped on me. Behind her Aarushi bhabhi, Aditya's wife followed her with her huge baby bump.

"They will come later." I lied to her. Even I myself don't they will come to India or not.

"Preeti..." Arushi bhabhi hug me from sides.

"Bhabhi..." I also hugged her carefully, taking care of her huge bump.

I noticed the changes in our house. tau ji added more rooms in house and paint was different from before it gave a modern look to our village house but at the same time it gave you the feeling of rural India.

Mummy-Papa was sitting in the living room along with chacha ji, tau ji and tayi ji. I greeted them with Namestay and they gave me blessings and asked the same question about Siddharth and why he did not come with me. I lied to everyone because I don't want anyone of them would worry.

My other cousins, and bahbhi are not arrive yet because it's still have month for the baby shower. They all arrived a week before the function. It going to be large baby shower because it's a first grandchild of my chacha ji So he make it a large function and whole village is invited.

"Preeti it's good you came early. Now we can spend more time with you. When you will again go back to America, you won't able come early so I am happy that our Son in law sent you early to spend more time with us." Tayi ji said.

"I am going to talk to Akhil ji that they will celebrate Diwali with us this year. I am sure he is also missing celebrating Diwali with us." Papa said looking at tau ji.

"Yeah, last time Keerti and Siddharth ji enjoyed a lot Diwali with us. I think they wouldn't deny." Mummy said looking at me and I gave her a small smile while nodding my head slightly.

"Sid jiju enjoyed because he got more time to spend with Preeti di. I am sure he is having a hard time right now." Puja muttered under her breath but it was audible.

Everyone broke into laugh and my face turned into red when I blushed but at the same time I felt heavy in my heart.

After a little talk with everyone I ate dinner and Puja dragged me to her room for sleep. Puja asked me so many questions about my life style in New york and how I feel being a billionaire's wife. I answered her questions holding my tears. It's not easy to being a wife of billionaire.

Everyone wants to take your place and will judge just your mere act. But Siddharth always make sure that I won't feel uncomfortable between rich people society and adjust between them easily.

Puja sleep beside me and I was awake thinking about him. I took my phone from under my pillow and checked it. There is no missed call or text from him.

Is he really that angry on me.

A lone tear fell from my left eyes and wet my pillow. He always called whenever I was away from him then why didn't he call me now. What change between us in past months that we both went away from each other.

Maybe it's not just his fault, because I myself went away from him when he met with accident. So many things happen with me and the guilt of killing someone took me away from him. I still shook in fear when I got the memory of that day where I lost my innocence and became a murderer. I curled my knees and curled myself into a ball. A sob escaped from me and I bit the pillow to suppressed it because I don't want Puja will see me weeping.

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It's been a month last I saw him. It's been a month when I came to India. It's been a month when I last heard his voice. He didn't call me since when I came to India. I also don't call him. May be till now he knew my truth that's why he didn't call me and already decided to leave me. A wave of pain pass through my heart when this thought come across to my mind.

I was sitting at the balcony of Puja room and looking at the evening sky. Sun is setting at the horizon and turning the whole sky in orange and red shade. Birds are chirping and going back to their home.

I thought this is my home but I was wrong, my home is, where Siddharth lives, in his arms. He is my home because right now I am feeling a homeless person without him. If I told everything Siddharth before, what I had done and about Keerti's and James relationship, he may be forgive me and support me. But I hide things from him and he felt betrayed like I felt two years ago when he hide things from me. He will never forgive me and I never forgive myself for taking someone's life and betrayed Siddharth.

The door of room opened and I immediately wiped my tears which was sliding from my eyes thinking about him.

"Di..Tayi Ji is calling you for evening Pooja (prayer)." Puja was standing at the door and called me.

I nodded my head and walked towards her.

Ring...Ring

Ring...Ring

I looked at my phone immediately if it's from Siddharth but to my disappointment it wasn't my phone which was ringing. It was Puja's phone.

" Preeti di you go... I have to take this. It's important." She said while looking at her phone and then me.

"Okey...but come soon." I said and she nodded her head as yes, then I walked downstairs towards Pooja room (prayer room).

*****

When I walked into the Pooja room tayi ji was sitting on a small stool and reading a Ramayana. Chachi Ji, mummy was also sitting on the mattress. Aarushi bhabhi was sitting on the chair because she can't sit on floor comfortably. I removed my slippers and set beside chachi ji at the mattress on the floor. She gave me small smile and gestured me took my dupatta over my head. I did as she said and joined my both hands for prayer. After sometime Puja also join us.

I heard Ramayana with my all focus and carefully. I heard very single line of Ramayana, how lord Rama met Maa Sita, how they got married how Maa Sita leaves Rajmahal with Lord Rama to give support to her husband, How Maa Sita leave Rajmahal again and lived in woods so that her husband becomes a ideal King and set a example of ideal kingdom. Sita Maa is a princess of Mithila and a queen of Ayodhya but she spends the most part of her life in woods, away from luxury only for her husband and her love towards her husband.

First she lived Rajmahal to support her husband and second time she lived Rajmahal, so that no one can raised fingers on her husband and his kingdom. Lord Rama tried to stop her but she didn't listen to him and sacrificed all thing, only for her husband's respect.

This is the most beautiful and painful love story I have ever heard. Both lord Ram and Maa Sita love eachother but stay away from each other for their whole life so that no one can question on their love and the sincerity towards their people.

It's rare to see this kind of love in these days. No one love someone that much as Lord Rama did to Sita maa and no one sacrifices as Maa Sita sacrificed only for Lord Rama.

But maybe Siddharth love me as Lord Rama did to his wife Sita and I can sacrifice my life too for Siddharth.

After puja everyone left but tayi ji, Puja and I was keep sitting there.

"Tayi ji....if Lord Rama and Mata Sita love eachother then why they both stay away from each other." Puja asked to tayi ji and I also wait for tayi ji's reply.

"Lord Rama and Sita ji both love each other they are married also but most important thing is that they both understand each other and respect each other's values. They both sacrifices their love to their people. They stay away from each other but never stopped to love each other." Tayi ji said.

"Is married life all about happiness?" This time I asked her thinking about Siddharth and my relationship because I saw every married couple happy after their marriage, if they are in love. But mine and Siddharth's marriage life, right now riding a roller coaster ride. We both love eachother deeply but a storm came in our life and apart us from each other.

"Marriage life is not all about the happiness, it test you in many times. Misunderstandings being created by other people but you have to understand your partner's feeling and support them in every step. May be some time he is not able to say his problems but you have to keep calm and wait for him until he doesn't share his problems with you. Everyone says Lord Rama took agnipariksha (test) Of Maa Sita but only few people knew he took Maa Sita back from Agni dev after killing Ravan. Lord Rama keep Sita maa safe to Agni dev until he hadn't kill Ravan. That's how there always a Ravan in our life and if our lover love us he always try to save you from that Ravan, no matter what." Tayi ji said looking at me.

Everyone left the Pooja room but I was sitting there keep thinking what tayi ji said. May be there is Ravan on Siddharth and my life and Siddharth is keeping me safe from him like Lord Rama.

But Lord Rama also tried to stop sita Maa when she was living Raj Mahal but Siddharth didn't. He just let me go like that and didn't even call me if I am alright or not.

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