CHAPTER 8

are you..?" even before he could complete that she interpreted with a " yeah, I'm okay" . " The thing is, back then my parents weren't on good terms , even a single mishap will piss them off and they would beat us like anything. This was something that I feared a lot. I wanted to share this with someone ,but I was afraid what if my parents beat me ?. my fear was shutting me from sharing things to anyone, and day by day his behavior worsened, he kept this as a routine. Even when I dont go to play, he would take me out of my house and would force him on me. I was very small,like a thumbelina and he was gigantic. He would held me tightly and slide his hands down my genital... he would lock me by holding my neck and restrict me from making sound. He use to push me to the corner , where there is not light.. and ..and force him on me." her voice broke.

"well, no stranger can harm you..but the once that stay close to us harm us , isn't that strange?". she wiped off her last tear.

" I'm sorry I didn't know " vasanth said.

" I wasn't your fault, moreover its mine, I should have told you everything before marriage, but unfortunately I didn't. it's infact strange for me also.. coz you are the 1st one to know about this.." she said and got out of the bedroom.

The guilty conscious spiced up a little more after hearing this. He felt ashamed of himself for behaving like that to a girl who has a traumatic past experience.

He didn't pity on her, rather he was surprised. surprised how she managed to smile and come over from that. He wondered ,how she could have a bright smile and glittering eyes even after facing so many things. He wanted to know more about her, he started feeling curious all of a sudden. She is a mysterious energy that illuminates everything even when its sacrificing everything.

wait, Isn't that a good way to know her and understand her. Not just to her ,It applies to everyone. Not everyone was born like that, every single move or the attitude of a person is associated with their past. we can never undo those things but we can comfort them by giving them a different outlook. This might sound great but it needs great patience and involves more than average level of effort. we need to understand one thing, those sweet nothings that one tell their loved ones are not going to change anything. The efforts, quality time and most importantly the love will gradually take everything to its place, and will definitely change the way the victim sees it later in their life.

victimization and lack of communication with your loved ones is a different level of heart break. Just a pinch of love and attention is not a huge thing, not a luxury in a relationship but an essential like salt to the food. practice that and preach that, we need warm hearts rather than warm hugs.