Chapter#6 Broken

Life is so unexpected that we don't even knew that what will happen at the next moment.

If anyone had told Mariposa that she would be with her family again, month ago, She would had definitely called him insane. But living with her family, and meeting the people she loved more than her own life brought peace and happiness in her miserable life.

The dullness of her dark days was shredding piece by piece . She was healing , smiling and talking freely . On Sunday ,Mariposa ,Shane , Chase and Amelia went to amusement park . It felt like after ages she had gone out for a picnic . However, Daniel was always on her mind. She missed her parents though .

Grandma and grandpa hadn't asked her about last 5 years . She wasn't not ready yet to tell anyone about it . She was thankful to them for understanding her and giving her space to adjust . The memories still haunted her and she often woke up at midnight because of nightmares . Her days are spent with aunt at her boutique. In evening , she used to help in the kitchen . She made special dishes for grandma, grandpa and Chase. Sometime Aunt's family also came for dinner.

Aunt Amy was continuously forcing her to go and meet Daniel . Truth to be told she was afraid of him . All the insults, slaps , shouts and accuses had made her coward . And she didn't want them to know about these things and especially she didn't want Daniel to know about her secret . She didn't want them to get worried . Even if Daniel didn't love her but she knew he would be angry if he came to know about their tortures and she didn't want him to take any dangerous step . He had anger issues . And the family always came first for him. At least she was his family. His favourite uncle's daughter and his father's favourite niece .

But Aunt Amy clearly had told her that if she would not visit him, she would be mad at Mariposa . She prepared his favourite caramel apple cake with baked lasagne and his favourite black coffee .

Grandpa called his assistant and told her to let Mariposa in without any problem . And assured her that She would fine. Mr John especially drove her to Daniel's office . Grandma was so excited that she chose Mariposa's dress herself . It's was brown silver short frock with full sleeves . She asked a maid to do Mariposa's hair. She forced Mariposa to wear make up.....

At lunch, She reached at Daniel's office . It was one of the tallest buildings of New York. She reached at his office floor. His assistant welcomed Mariposa. She was a sweet lady in her early forties . Mariposa talked to her for an hour . Mariposa was nervous. She was taking time to gather some confident but was failing miserably.

" I think you must go to meet your lovely husband. It's his lunch time. And he will be angry if the lunch is not served on time." The assistant told Mariposa with a tooth full smile. Mariposa smiled back but didn't move " honey go ." She frowned. Mariposa nodded meekly and went towards his office .

She debated with myself for 10 minutes whether to knock or not. His Room was separate from the rest of the cabins and workers . She knocked at the door but no response came. Kaya must have informed him. With this thought Mariposa opened the door. But the scene made her gasped in surprise, hurt and betrayal . He pushed margeret away and she fell down. He looked at the door . He froze when he saw her. Her dear husband was caught. she shouldn't be feeling this pain ,he had cleared the fact to her that he loved someone else . He would divorce her . But it would be a lie that she was not affected , she was not hurt . Tears were forming in her eyes and she didn't want to control them . He must have this shame that he shouldn't be cheating on her like that. She concluded bitterly. At least till divorce . She didn't know at that moment whether to hate him for cheating on her or to hate herself for not being good enough for him.

She was considering herself a fool . She should have avoided going there. She should have stopped thinking about their relation it was just a deal, just a relation due to a paper. It would end soon. She was crying continuously. He even didn't move to explain anything . She was a fool to expect an apology from him. Margeret stood up and passed her, a wicked smirk .He tried to walk but Margeret grabbed his arm. "Looks like your wife has catched us."she said to him but was looking at Mariposa. They were having an affair . She looked at them, shocked . He tried to move towards Mariposa again . He is again worried about her telling to his family about the truth. He didn't care about her. She shook her head at him and ran out of the building, with the negative thoughts roaming inside her head. She cleaned her face and plastered a fake smile.

When she reached home, Grandma was waiting for her in lounge . She was continuously blabbering about how happy she was . Mariposa just smiled at her and told her that she wanted to rest .

She went to her room and sat on the bed. She cried and cried. If he loved her he should have married Margaret. Uncle Mason would have allowed him happily. But he didn't want to mix his love life with business deal. Mariposa was just an object. She was feeling so much pain that she thought her heart would blast any second . She wanted to shout. All through her painful days , she reminded herself that he will come as knight in shining armour and will take her away from those miseries and sufferings. But how wrong had she lived . Her bad days would never end, maybe...

She should not be thinking like that. He can love whoever he wanted , he can be with anyone he wanted to be. She wouldn't question him. She should live happily. She would not interfere in his matters. She had a family now. She should accept the reality that he was not mine and would never be . It hurt but she couldn't force him. With this thought she allowed the darkness to consume her.