11-02-2020, 01:44 PM
Next morning, I was very much surprised to find Maithili in my house. When I woke up, I found her in the drawing room talking to ChotoMa.
She looked at me and pushed me inside my room.
She constricted her brows and asked---“What are you doing, Paree?”
I was bewildered by her gesture and gave a blank look at her. “What happened?”
She pulled my hand, pushed me on the bed, and asked---“You are marrying, what about him?”
I looked down and gently scratched the bed-sheet---“What else can I do?”
She pulled up my face. My eyes were already dripping painful tears.
She pulled my face on her bosom and said---“Tell me where he is. I will arrange everything. You go away. I will handle whatever happens here.”
I shook my head and sobbed---“I have no place to go, Churni. He has ditched me.”
She wiped my tears and said---“Don’t ever say those words that you have no place to go. I am always with you, Paree. Whatever be it happens. But I am helpless like you. Indrani Di, Chandrani Di and your brothers, they think that what Ulupi Di is doing is good for you.”
For the first time, I saw her eyes glistening with love and pain simultaneously.
I threw my arms around her waist and sobbed out---“My Mother is no more. He has not contacted me still. I do not know where he is or how he is. I have no place to go, Churni. His fairy has surrendered to her fate.”
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She looked at me and pushed me inside my room.
She constricted her brows and asked---“What are you doing, Paree?”
I was bewildered by her gesture and gave a blank look at her. “What happened?”
She pulled my hand, pushed me on the bed, and asked---“You are marrying, what about him?”
I looked down and gently scratched the bed-sheet---“What else can I do?”
She pulled up my face. My eyes were already dripping painful tears.
She pulled my face on her bosom and said---“Tell me where he is. I will arrange everything. You go away. I will handle whatever happens here.”
I shook my head and sobbed---“I have no place to go, Churni. He has ditched me.”
She wiped my tears and said---“Don’t ever say those words that you have no place to go. I am always with you, Paree. Whatever be it happens. But I am helpless like you. Indrani Di, Chandrani Di and your brothers, they think that what Ulupi Di is doing is good for you.”
For the first time, I saw her eyes glistening with love and pain simultaneously.
I threw my arms around her waist and sobbed out---“My Mother is no more. He has not contacted me still. I do not know where he is or how he is. I have no place to go, Churni. His fairy has surrendered to her fate.”
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