Chapter 201 - How Things Fell Apart (5) (1/2)

(Flashback Continues)

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|Innaya|

Under the blazing sun, I did not know how I dragged my lifeless body out of the mansion. After almost being thrown out of my place, I did not know what to do. The people I knew in Mumbai were almost countable on my fingers, and at the moment there was not a single one whom I could ask for help.

My first option was Arjun, but sadly he was not in the city. And, I did not know where he lived. Even if I knew it, I would not have gone to his place after what I had just heard.

My mother-in-law and that woman, both of them were not ready to listen to me. After the accusation and hurtful words they threw out, I had no desire to explain. I even failed to understand when and how I left the house and found myself sitting on the bench by the roadside.

I did not have my mobile or purse with me. It was all inside the house. The main door was locked by them before they left slapping the divorce paper on my face. Well, it looked like the tales they tell of how vicious in-laws could be, were not exaggerated.

Hiding my face in my palms, I wondered what went wrong. Tears in my eyes were long dried as my heart had gone cold. The dread of being separated from Eshan was too scary. It had been only with his presence in my life that I had started dreaming about our happy and peaceful future. I had dared to love him and trust relationsh.i.p.s. I had dared to dream. But, now things looked uncertain.

”Eshan.”

The feeling of endless despair and agony filled my heart, and I could not help but tremble with the grief. Just yesterday everything was so good. We were happy. And, in just one night, things changed to this extent. I did not even understand what the future held for me.

I was not that strong to bear this blow. If I had to leave Eshan, then it was certain that I would not be able to sustain it. I was going to end up miserable and without any hope for my life. My childhood sufferings had already weakened my personality, and if I were to receive this, I did not know what would happen.

”Ah! Why me? Why me?” I cried in my palms. I thought I had no tears to shed as the shock of the situation was too huge to bear. ”What do I do?” I helplessly muttered.

I missed Eshan terribly. Only if he was by my side, I would not be called such names. If only he was by my side, then no one could humiliate me in this way. It was as of dangers followed only when he was missing from my side.

I was not in a stable mental state to perceive the words of those two women. Half of the words thrown later went unheard.

”You better leave our Eshan. He deserves someone far better than a disgraceful and madwoman like you. Who knows what you do behind his back. Hurry and get lost. We don't want your shadow to fall on our Eshan. Prerna, you shouldn't have agreed for this marriage. Why didn't you investigate her background and character before? It's such a pity that six months of Eshan's life were wasted because of such kind of a woman.”

The accusation of having an extramarital affair with Arjun and being a madwoman echoed in my mind.

How they got this information remained a mystery. How they appeared at our house was again a mystery. I was thrown out of my house without zero belongings. They did not care what would happen to me. They did not care if I lived or died. They just wanted me to get out of Eshan's life.

Would they have dared to do so if Eshan was around? What kind of reaction would Eshan have if he were to know what his mother did? What would he do? Would he choose his mother?

Thinking about those questions hurt my head. There seemed no way out of the situation. Suddenly, I felt my head getting dizzy. I had little to no opening to support myself before I felt my word going blank, and my body lost all the strength.

The last thing I remembered was the sharp pain shooting in my head before I went unconscious.

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I woke up to the sound of someone's talking. However, the moment I opened my eyes with a bit of difficult the voice stopped. For some very odd reasons, my eyelids felt too heavy. Even moving my body was a huge task.

And, why the hell my head felt so heavy?