Chapter 23

I looked at him waiting for him to answer. I didn't want him to agree or not agree. I just wanted to hear his response. I took a seat because I couldn't stand for a long period of time. Just as he opened his mouth to answer, his phone rung. Saved by the phone.

He kept humming at whoever was on the call.

"Urm... So I have some urgent work at my office so I'll have to leave", he said and then placed a kiss on my forehead and left.

The rest of the time I spent laughing and chit-chatting with these ladies who were really friendly.

At night when he came, I was near my vanity brushing my hair, well trying to brush my hair but the comb would hit me on my wound causing me to hiss in pain. After a tortuous long time I was finally able to comb when he came out of the bathroom with the first aid kit.

He redressed my wound and then after eating food and gulping down the medicines, I finally fell asleep in his arms as usual.

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So it's been a week and today we are going to my parents house, even though I had called on Diwali, Yash insisted that we all come. Sadly, Roshan and his family couldn't come. So it's just my husband, mom, dad and I.

My leg has healed properly but my hand hasn't healed yet. The cuts got infected during the week because they got wet and I had to get stitches. My mom gave me a stuff nod when she welcomed us inside. Yash hugged me, dad just gave me a side hug and Sanjay just smiled.

I helped Yash to set the dining table. she has been pregnant for two freaking months and she didn't even tell me.

We all sat on the table and the feeling of déjà vu hit me. The last time we all were together on this table, it was when they had come for the proposal. My father and my father-in-law were talking about something when mom, as in my mother-in-law said,

"Your daughter is such an amazing person, she worked so much on this Diwali"

My mom turned to looked at me and raised her eyebrows. Yash didn't seemed fazed because she already knew about everything.

"Really?" Mom asked.

"Well yeah, she started working from 7 in the morning to 1 in the night and added to that was the hardwork she had been doing for a week, cleaning the house and stuff like that", she said.

"Well, I heard about it, one of my friend spoke to me about the way she was working so hard that day", dad said with a proud smile on his face. Even though we hadn't had the best relationship, he never missed an opportunity to show how he is proud of me most of the time.

"Well, that's something new, because all these years she's done nothing but sit in the corner, not even moving a bit, not only on Diwali but other functions as well", mom said making me snap my head, only to find her already staring at me.

"Mo-", Yash began but was interrupted.

"Even in his office, she would slack and would be a lazy perso-"

"That's enough mom!", Yash stood up banging her hands on the table shocking all of us. Arjun stared at me with a blank face the whole time.

"I can't handle this, everytime you insult her, everytime you put her down and she doesn't say anything to you because you know what she tells me she says that because you are her mother, you have every right to snap at her and slap her. She has worked so hard, all these years, you know what you did a few years back! Yet she just listen to you and worked 24/7 and you still disregarded her. But I'm sorry I can't handle it anymore, maybe Sanjay can listen to his sister getting insulted because his head is too far up his butt and maybe dad can listen too but I won't handle this anymore",Yash said.

"Vee, what are you talking about?", Sanjay asked.

"Yash, don't do this", I warned her.

"You see that, that's what always stops me from snapping but I've had enough Tan, I can't do this, I can't watch this and you ask what am I talking about Sanjay, well tell me when was the last time you actually acted like a brother and spoke to you sister properly?" That shuts Sanjay up.

"I'm done, I'm going away from this place for sometime, don't come behind me, Tan knows where I will be so you all don't need to worry", and just like that she was out of the house with Sanjay running behind her. Arjun just led his parents out of the house in chance of giving us privacy. Just as they exited the house, my mom slapped me not once but twice.

It was so hard that I had tears in my eyes.

"Are you happy?"

"M-mom I-"

"I'm not your mom, you are dead to me! How could you do this to your brother? What did he ever do to you? You're nothing but a disgrace to my family", she yelled in my face before going to her room.

Just then my brother walked in with bloodshot eyes. And then he did something unexpected. He slapped me. For the first time in my life did I get slapped by my brother. I cradled my cheek which throbbed with pain and sobbed.

"You don't fucking deserve to live!", He screamed before he also left.

Never in my life did my brother ever even lay a hand on me. All this while my father stood and listen to his wife and his son insult and hit his daughter. He doesn't say anything but just walks away. I limp towards the front door and from where Arjun stood, that was near the garage, he came towards me and immediately hugged me. I immediately latched onto him as I cried harder.

"Take me home", I pleaded.

He picked me up and started walking. I hid my face in his neck as I sobbed harder. He didn't say anything. Neither did my in-laws say anything the whole ride.

Arjun's P.O.V.

The whole week, or most of the time since she's been married to me, she hasn't cried as much as she cried today.

She clung onto me the whole ride. I knew the moment she opened the door that something bad had happened. When I saw the handprints on her cheeks, I was enraged, but I knew Anvi needed me more, so I had hugged her. I knew hugging her won't do anything much than calming her down, but I guess that is exactly what she needed and not some words of pity or sympathy.

By the time we had reached home, she was fast asleep. Mom and dad didn't say much either as I took her to our room. As I set her down, I noticed how her cheek was getting bruised. I immediately went down and inside the kitchen only to me Sonia.

"I heard from mom", she said. I just hummed and removed the ice pack to soothe her cheeks.

"She's so strong", she mumbled as if only to herself but it was loud enough for me to hear as well.

I bid goodbye to her and went inside the room to see Anvi changed into comfortable clothes and she sat there while she sobbed. The moment I closed the door, she jerked her head up and quickly wiped the tears away and turned away from me.

I sighed heavily and walked over to her and cradled her cheeks with my hands, and turned her face so that she was looking at me.

"I honestly don't know what to say to you, because saying sorry won't do, but I'll tell you something, you are the best no matter what they say, I know you, you are the best person I know and nothing can change that, you get it?", even though my words didn't enlighten her mood, I just said those words. She just nodded with teary eyes.

I then took the ice pack and hesitantly placed it on her cheeks, she hissed initially but as the pack started soothing her throbbing cheek, she relaxed and after some time she immediately fell asleep.

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