Adultery Priya Didi

[shailu4ever]

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The word hit her harder than she expected.
 
Didi.
 
It always had a way of grounding her, of reminding her who she was supposed to be to him. Safe. Familiar. Untouchable. The sister figure he trusted, leaned on, respected.
 
And yet tonight, that word felt hollow.
 
Tonight, it felt like a lie they were both clinging to.
 
Her jaw tightened. She swallowed, forcing herself to continue.
 
Priya:
“I’ve been thinking.
Now that I can finally think clearly.”
 
There was a pause.
 
She imagined him reading it. Imagined his expression shifting, his shoulders tensing. The same way hers had earlier when clarity had finally cut through the fog.
 
Ravi:
“What do you mean?”
 
Priya leaned back against the headboard, careful not to disturb Amit. Her gaze flicked to her husband again, guilt flaring sharp and sudden. This conversation felt wrong on so many levels. But not having it felt worse.
 
She typed slowly, deliberately.
 
Priya:
“About the movie.
The drive back.
And… everything that happened after we came home.
I need to understand why it happened the way it did.”
 
The silence that followed stretched unbearably long.
 
Her heart raced, each second amplifying her anxiety. She wondered if he was struggling to respond, or if he was choosing his words carefully, trying to soften something that couldn’t be softened.
 
Finally, the message appeared.
 
Ravi:
“Didi… I didn’t mean for any of it to go that far. I swear.
I never intended to hurt you.
It was just… everything felt so close. So sudden.
I couldn’t stop myself.”
 
Her fingers curled tightly around the phone.
 
I couldn’t stop myself.
 
The words echoed in her mind, sharp and unsettling. He hadn’t stopped because he hadn’t wanted to. Because he had felt emboldened by the moment. By the darkness. By her silence.
 
And that was what terrified her the most.
 
Not that it had happened, but how easily it had happened.
 
Priya:
“But you knew.
You knew I couldn’t react freely.
You knew I was trapped in that situation.
If I protested, if I said anything, everything would have fallen apart.”
 
Her chest burned as she typed, anger finally breaking through the numbness.
 
“You knew that, Ravi.”
 
A pause.
 
She could almost feel his hesitation through the screen.
 
Ravi:
“I didn’t think about it like that, Didi.
I thought you were okay with it.
I thought maybe… maybe you wanted it too.”

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