chapter 8

I'm twenty five now and this woman is about my age. But from her looks she looked older than me. Her dark circles and weak body will show you how difficult her life was. If she had money then she would have looked very pretty after a makeover. But her health doesn't seemed fine. She was amicable to everyone and very kind. Half of her day she used to spent in medical room and other half by gossiping with other prisoners. Her kindness would let you feel that she was nosy. It's  already more than six months that I have been in jail and she approached me many time to talk but I always ignored her. She followed me many times and wanted to be my friend but I don't know why she was so persistent about making friends with me. She doesn't listen to me and she behaved same way even after I acted rudely to her.But these days she is speaking nonsense like she wants my life span! This is crazy..."What do you actually want from me, stop bothering me and say why are you bothering me?" I asked her in a rude tone."I already told you what I want is your life span" she said. "You are the same age as me, you won't die so soon and how I will give you my life span! Do you want my organs! I have nothing except this body, so if you want it then ask me directly. I know you are sick, if you want it then take it, I also don't want to live this life anymore" I said.She laughed a lot after hearing my thoughts."You are not just beautiful also very funny....Well I will be frank with you. I have last stage uterus cancer and I only have three months in my hand" she said it like it was nothing.I was shocked when I heard it but she seemed very cool about it."I.. I'm sorry, I didn't knew that" my voice became polite."Look how soon your attitude changed towards me! This is the reason why I didn't tell anyone about it " she said."Then why did you tell it to me?"I asked."Because I really need you in my life" It was very confusing."I know you doesn't want to live because you have no purpose in this life, if I give you a purpose can you live for me? I'm very desperate right now, Your life may not be meaningful to you but I'm very desperate to live right now. I don't want to die but I can't do anything about it".After this she started her life story. She was from a very poor family and her parents let her get married at the age of sixteen to a man of age twenty five. She was not that smart and she didn't knew anything about a married life, still she was pushed into the hell of marriage. Her husband was a psycho pervert who assaulted her both sexually and physically but she had no one to depend on because her parents also abandoned her. A young girl who was not even an adult, before even starting of her life they cut down her confidence and threw her in a pit. She had no one to rely on or share her pain. At the age of seventeen she gave birth to a son and three years later she gave birth to a daughter. Her husband was a drunkard and he used to beat her and her children. Slowly her husband stopped working and kept on drinking only. Her husband even stole the little money she had kept hidden for her children's food. So she started to work as a maid in other's home. After getting financially independent she opposed her husband but she couldn't stand his physical strength.After experiencing many symptoms she went to the hospital for a checkup and got to know that she was suffering from uterus cancer. Her whole world turned upside down, she was not worried about herself, she was worried  about her children. Her children have noone to depend on except her.Doctor also said there was nothing they could do to save her, as it already reached final stage. She was wondering how to deal with this situation then suddenly she got a call from the police commissioner's house in which she used to work as a maid. When she went their the environment was a little different from usual. There was no one outside on that day. When she went in the police commissionar was waiting for her their and beside him his wife and daughter were crying. She was wondering thinking what happened there then she saw her husband's dead body lying there. She was totally shocked to see that and asked him about that situation. The commissioner said her husband was there to find her but as she was not there he was going away. At that time he saw commissioner's sixteen years daughter playing alone in the back yard. Her husband tried to rape that girl but commissioner's wife came at right time and saved her daughter by beating him with an iron rode. But due to her misfortune he died on the spot. After that his wife called commissioner and told him the whole situation. Commissioner requested me to took the blame in place of his wife because if things got out then his family's reputation will be spoiled.He said he would make it as a self defence case saying she beat her husband unknowingly to save herself as he used to beat her. She was reluctant at first but comissioner promised her to give fifty lakhs and her children will be taken care by a child care unit until she was released from the prision. For self-defense case she got only one year punishment and she was going to get released soon but she had only a few days left to live. She couldn't even stay alive until her release date. As she can die at anytime. She wanted me to take her identity and help her to take care of her children.After her whole story I just asked one sentence and that was "why me?"She could get anyone who will happily help her but why she wanted me to do this for her! "It's because you are beautiful" she said with a smile.