Chapter 15: chapter 15

I could hear the footsteps of a man walking and approaching me in my dreams. He was uncle begging me not to let go of him... And grandma scolded him with a loud hoarse voice. I shuddered in fear and woke up. It was 3 am and I ran to uncle's room, opened the door and hugged him tightly. He wondered why I was doing all this and began scolding me, “Rue#&&& what if your mom sees is? This isn't right... Get it? I'll be thrown out of this house. Want my big brother to bash me oh what?" I quickly stopped hugging and left his room.  I went to my room and I began crying fir no reason, and yes there was a slight red patch of blood on my white bed sheet. I ran to the bathroom to clean it. I was feeling really alone, now didn't want to go out so I wrapped myself inside my sheets and slept. I woke at 1 pm and got ready to do my work. Daily struggle was tough and overtaking my strength, I knew that each day my love for him kept on becoming intense, why were things this way? Why can't I choose? I cried to myself my tears falling off my cheeks on the paper I was doing my designing... The ink of the sketches... Blended with the fluid of my tears. My designs were spoilt and I intended to throw them away before a man named Mr. Rod arrived and told me that he had come to take a look at the art pieces he had seen on Instagram. I tried covering up my shabbiness by saying that I couldn't complete the designs, efficiently. He insisted next the nosy man bulged into my room seeing the designs which surprisingly made him happy. He took them with him and paid me a sum of ₹10,000 I was stunned as I asked him the permission to take a final look at those. As I took it from his hands and saw them the designs looked quite pretty with the blend of submerged ink. I quickly asked him the permission to photograph my designs. “May I photograph the designs sir?"“Sure those are created by you, but remember one thing same designs shouldn't go to another brand, I'll  pay you the money to patent them."I was happy and everything was fine I would like doing water art may be in most of my designs. I smiled to myself. Atleast I felt good about something in my life... And thus was it, my route to escape this cruel world and a world holding the debate of life death and an intermediate stage between the two known as love. Some get life in love and some... You all know, may be I don't make things so simple whole saying and that is it, I love complicated things I told myself. Not having much to do I kept the money in my locker and I sat on the bed with messy hair the way I like them. “Messy hair suit you pretty," ~LennonI again remembered him and walked towards the mirror to comb my hair. Suddenly uncle screamed, ‘Stop! Leave it that way, it suits you.'I wondered wheather uncle and Lennon shared the same brains. I thought again and then kept it for him. I knew that loving my own uncle is senseless and yes it is... But I only loved uncle. Suddenly I insisted uncle to take me for fishing.“Are you mad? At this time? But why? Is your tummy alright?"“Yes!” I growled... And he left the room without saying a word. I slept in fit of anger, and didn't wake until mom woke me for dinner. Dinner time was not as usual the room send cold and no one spoke. Pin drop silence filled the room, the only thing that can fill the room after light is silence... Uh.... well said but, it was hard to believe my thinking processes. I only looked at uncle and then my parents, sat there coyly and ate my dinner. I wasn't feeling okay that day. Again this night too I got the same dream a repeat of everything, mom and dad started fighting more the next day and I was getting disturbed by them. When I tried solving things noting happened and things started getting intense. They usually started scolding me and I finally decided to separate, whole uncle was trying his level best to stop things. I didn't have any option and  I decided to leave it. I couldn't focus on designs so I began reading a novel.   “3 years Allson, 3 years. It's been the best of our lives, how could you even think of leaving me for good?"~ Samantha  Love marriage being the commonest thing in cities, was on the peak. After the death of his parents he didn't have much choice left in life. He had to live with his grandparents. His grandparents were not of modern thoughts. They considered finding a partner for their grandson was a part of their department. Being their only grandson and a reputed doctor in the city, they wanted a girl from their clan to marry him. Living in the city and getting back to his roots was exciting for him.  One week back he had sent a photo of him and her to his grandparents, he didn't know how they would react. He was nervous thinking about the the photo he sent them. They spoke to him on call, with great excitement. He had also assured Samantha that he would convince them. She was excited for finally wanting to be with him the whole life, but back in the village they started preparing for his wedding without his knowledge. He finally reached home, and saw that the house was well decorated. Beautiful lights and fresh expensive Orchids with lilies in line, made the house look bliss.   On seeing his arrival the grandparents greeted him. They gave him tasty food to eat. Nervously, he told them about Samantha and himself, living together since 3 years, and his urge to marry her. He spoke to them about why he loved her, but his grandmother disapproved the girl even without seeing her face virtually. She told him that city girls have attitude and they won't leave their job after marriage. The grandmother was thinking about herself only, wanting a free maid in her house. Three days later they forcefully got him engaged to Grace, a semi - educated village girl. He got married against his will,..."I stopped there and went into a deep slumber.