Chapter-13

Beauty has had enough she was so weak she almost felt like giving up in life but she had to be strong for her child she was carrying and her little girl she just could not give up at this point. One day her grandmother asked her to come along with her to a doctor she thought she was taken for a general check-up.

But when she went to the clinic, the doctor wanted to abort her child she was 7 months, she did not want this to happen and praise God he has his plans for all of us her baby was saved because that day she was suffering from a bad cough and cold they could not abort the child, all she could do was scream at her grandmother for taking her there. She kept looking for suitable jobs but could not find her experience.

A couple of months passed she would get false contraction she was prepared this time and was happy. One day she heard a knock on her door to her surprise she saw her mother standing out, god she blushed and still happy to see her she received her with a hug then her mother told her that she came down from Vizag for good and they living at Joe sister house. That was great news to her beauty had a very forgiving nature she could not be angry with anybody.

Her mom took her along to her aunt house. A few days later they had taken a separate house for themselves. Now beauty had seen her baby brother for the first time she knew the other two siblings of her she was there when they were born, he was so cute. She was happy that they have down near her, often she would visit her motherhouse. Meantime beauty was still in touch with Tim they kept in touch with each other.

Tim liked beauty he wanted to accept her and marry her. Tim sent a telegram to her saying arriving shortly she made a trunk call to him and the next day she went to receive him at railway station. Their fondness grew for each other by now beauty too had taken interest in him.

They lived together but beauty mom did not like Tim she always said rude things about him. It was any time near for beauty delivery they wondered what they were going to do, so Tim advised beauty to come back with him to Delhi he was willing to accept the unborn child and her little girl as his own he came from a big family back at Delhi.

They planned for several days now beauty hated Delhi and never wanted to go back there but she had no other choice, but to move on as Tim also was working and had a permanent job there, he was on leave for a few days he had to go back on. This was the only option they had.

So beauty packed her bags and took her little girl she went to say goodbye to her mother and grandmother. What lies next she even did not know but she thought this was the best for her. They left to Delhi now they had no home to go to it was a sudden plan and decision, beauty earlier had a friend by the name of Asha, now Asha was Tim ex-girlfriend, you must be thinking I'm joking but Asha met Tim and beauty she came to the station to receive them.

She was married to a very handsome Kashmiri guy, both were kind-hearted. She took them to her residence and gave them shelter to stay until they get there own place. She gave them a room upstairs to living. Tim would go to work and come back, now speaking of Tim family it been a long time since he had not gone back home and they started worrying about him, the last time he spoke to them was before coming to madras.

They were worried, Tim's brother was a commander in chief in the army, he had good influences his mother pressured him to look on for Tim. Tim was worried too but he could not leave beauty in this condition, he knew if he left her he will not be able to see her again.

Tim's brother went to Tim's company they last had news that he was on leave and had gone to madras from his office colleagues. His brother and family thought what could keep him away from home for so long. They searched his things and found those letters he had received from beauty so his brother knew what he had to do next. He had the address beauty sent to Tim when he was coming to Madras, his brother went to the given address and came to know that they had left and vacated the house.

He was also directed to beauty grandmother home on reaching there he came to know everything about them and how they went back. Disappointed his brother left-back to Delhi, they now knew the whole story by the grandmother. Meantime beauty got labour pain one morning on 20/7/1990 it was 4 am, Asha her husband and Tim rushed beauty to her hospital she knew and where she had delivered her other two children.

She suffered and cried with pains till nearby 6 to 7 am she delivered a very beauty full fair little baby girl. She was 4 pounds of beauty had a normal delivery. Tim had to get money for her delivery to pay the bills at the hospital one of Tim colleagues came to visit beauty at the hospital, he helped them and lent them a loan.

He was Tim best friend, he not only helped them at the hospital but also gave them a place to live in Janakpuri. Beauty and Tim were very grateful to him and to Asha and her husband for helping them in need. They got the discharged and went to there own place. A few days later Tim was so fond of the girls he owned them as his own and gave them his name.

One day while Tim had been away, on a Sunday he came back home not alone but had brought his mother along to meet beauty. On seeing the baby his mother forgot all her anger and just lifted the child and embarrassed her, now Tim had told his mother that the child was his he did not want her to think bad on beauty or hereafter insist him of getting married to anybody else.

They lived the moments like a happy family. The first time beauty was blessed with a family. The mother of Tim would come often to see them. Tim had one brother and 5 sisters's out of the eldest was only married to a Malayalam guy from the south now Tim family was a Maharashtrian but they settled down in Delhi they spoke English and Marathi at home. The younger sister of Tim was in high school, the rest was working in reputed concerns.

The sisters was very very fond of the baby girl and as well as beauty's elder child Renu. The kids were pampered so much by them they all loved the children and accepted them, Tim mother by now spoke to there parish priest to baptise the little baby. The big day came the whole family was present, At the cathedral beauty had already found a name for her baby girl [Carolyn Annarin.] I'll not be using this name in my story further let's call the child as Alena. They had lunch at the family house and beauty going there for the first time she had to do a few rituals out of all the sister's, beauty had one of them as a villain she did not like beauty from the first glance she was very close to her brother Tim, she felt beauty had taken her brother away, she always snarled at beauty directly, everyone in the family knew that she didn't like beauty but they told beauty that she was a straight forward girl and had a kind heart.

But it is said that the girl had a very weak heart and she was often put on ventilators as she was weak from birth and had a hole in her heart so beauty could never get angry with her, she took all her insults calmly. Once she came to Tim house she went along with Tim to the market while she and her brother Tim was crossing the road a car came speeding up to her and knocked her off the road.

Tim managed to lift her up with the help of other's and took her to the hospital she had fractured her leg and few injuries. Tim informed beauty about this and beauty not wasting another minute rushed to the hospital. The entire family members were at the hospital, Tim mother was shaken.

Beauty consoled her and was there by her side now beauty told Tim to take the kids and his mother and others home. She told him that she would stay back in the hospital to look after his sister. Mother refused to leave her daughter so she stayed back along with beauty. Next morning Tim's sister regained conscious she saw her mother by her side beauty was little afraid where she might fight or shout at her, she kept calm by her side of her bed, but to her surprise, Tim's sister called out to her in a faint voice and held beauty's hands and apologize to her and said I'm very sorry for my behaviour all this while I been very unkind and rude to you please forgive me.

I've been filling my brother's ears with hate for you, beauty knew her. Hugged her on the bed. That day they became the best of friends even after getting discharged from the hospital she went straight to beauty house to live with them. Beauty took hood care of her she prepared the best food she liked for her with soups.

Even to her daily exercise, medication, massages beauty took care of her. After two month's Tim sister became OK and slowly managed to get back on her feet again. Her mother came to take her back home. Now the family was looking for a suitable bride for Tim's elder brother in marriage. They came across a girl who was a graduate and a school teacher.

The wedding was arranged Tim mother did shopping even for beauty and the two kids. The wedding day came all the relatives had come down from Mumbai beauty would help in the household work prepare food to each and every one. Now looking at the new daughter in law Tim mother felt sad for Tim and wanted him to have a graduate wife for him, slowly her love changed towards beauty she started showing in-differences Between beauty and her elder son's bride she would wake beauty up at 4 in the morning and out in the cold she would lay all the utensils for her to wash and heaps of clothes for her she had to wash every body's clothes by hand dry them and keep them in each one cupboard.

It was Soon Christmas they decorated the house and prepared sweets and lots of dishes they went to church and came back it was a day after Christmas. Tim's sister suffered a seizure they rushed her to the hospital the doctor's told them they had to do a surgery, beauty held Tim's sister hands praying for her and comforted her saying everything gonna is alright. As they watched her go into the operation theatre they all stood silent and sad.

Hardly 25 minutes later the doctor came out and told the family that before the surgery while preparing Tim's sister went into a shock and they lost her. Those days technology was not so advanced and they could not save Tim's sister it was the most sadist thing for the whole family.

They took the body of Tim's sister and buried her, beauty lost one her best friend...

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