New Beginning

A bright morning brings hopes, believe and new beginning. Sometimes those beginnings are happy and sometimes it's painful, but no matter what we have to accept what reality is giving us.

Sunlight was peeking through the half open window, a lady was sitting on a mattress leaning her back against the wall holding her new born baby, a warm smile was kept on her lips when she was looking at her tiny baby. Tears were silently running down her cheeks when she was looking at her baby. She wasn't feeling any pain holding the baby even though anyone can say she was tired by looking at her eyes. Everything was quite and peaceful... quite the previous state of a dangerous strom. She was happy, overwhelmed and.... scared.

An elderly lady in her 50's came inside the room opening the door with a loud thud.

Rukmini became stiff looking at the person in front of her. She wanted to say something but the fear buried in heart didn't let her utter even a single word.

Her hold tighten around her new born, she held the baby tightly near her heart, if it was possible she could possibly burry the tiny life inside her heart.

The elderly lady looked at her in disgust and anger. "Tharo beta hi hua hai na?" the elderly lady said, a hint of pride and desperation reflecting her voice.

Rukmini: "Ji ... wo.. wo" she tried speaking with her stuttering scared voice.

Bimla Devi: " la... mare la, mare mere pote ko ek nazar dekh ne to de" She came near her and forwarded her hand to grab the baby.

Rukmini: " ji maa sa woh... " her throat was paining as she was trying to hold her tears.

The day has come she had feared the most.. what she will do now?

Bimla Devi: "are kya woh woh kar rehi hai?.... gungi ho geyi hai kya?" She said with her loud voice that made Rukmini jump in fear in her place.

Bimla Devi: "la de mare mere pote ko dekhne de" she grabbed the baby harshly and snatched her forcefully from making the baby cry.

Bimla Devi's eyes got widen when she moved the cloth from the baby.

Bimla Devi: "iye chori pyda kiya hai tune... mene tujhe kitni naar kaha tha ki agar pota nehi de payi to khud bhi mar jana aur chori ko bhi mar dena" She said in a angrily dangerous voice which left Rukmini speechless.

Bimla Devi: "ek to chori pyda kiya hai upar se kali.. iska byhaa kase kawage mera beta... kon karge is batsurat chori se shaadi... hai ram hamri to kismat hi footi hai, puri samaj mein ab hamri nak katega" She said while putting the baby harshly beside her.

Rukmini quickly hold her baby in her arm and started to pat her to stop her from crying when her own tears was rolling down her tears. She was listening to her every harsh word not able to utter any word.

Bimla Devi: she harshly hold her hair in her fist and said roughly "sun... is batsurat chori ko na mein apni poti manungi na hi me apni bete ko is chori ko apnane dungi"

"Bara thath thi na tera mera bete se saziz karke shaadi ke bad se ab mein dekhungi ab woh kaha jata hai" She left her hair harshly leaving her in pain .

Rukmini: " par maa sa iye..apki.. iye unki beti hai" She said, her eyes burry with tears

Bimla Devi: "woh manega tab na"

"Ae sun le chori.. mein apni bete ki phir se shaadi karungi ... whoa par apni manhoos sakal uthake na chali ayio"

Rukmini's eyes got widen in fear, she wanted to say something but couldn't... she knew if she does her daughter has to suffer it. She believes her husband will never do such thing.

Rukmini and her husband Ram Vishwas loved each other so much. Even though his mother has never accepted Rukmini as her daughter in law from the very first when her son told her she was a farmer's daughter, she kept searching the ideal wife for her son but he never agreed. At last she has to accept their love and marry off her son but deep down she never accepted her.

Rukmini knew no matter even if the world got upside down her husband will never leave her side. She kept her silence.

Bimla Devi left from there in anger without even sparing a second glance at the baby.

Rukmini kept crying holding her daughter near her heart with hope that her husband will make everything alright.

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It had been seven days since Bimla Devi visited her, no one came to know Rukmini's whereabouts after that, not even her husband.  She was worried, horrified not having the only piller, her husband beside her. But she she kept telling her heart that he must be busy as he was the head of his village.

Rukmini stayed at her mother’s house in the small village of Phoolgaon, recovering from her childbirth under her mother’s gentle care. Even though she was staying at her mother’s since her seventh month has started as her mother-in-law believed a woman should bear her children's at their parent's house but her husband used to visit her every weekend to know her health.

She was feeding her daughter when her mother came inside her room in rush.

Kamala Devi : "Rukmini tharo dhyaan kaha hai ?... tune suna nehi jamai sa aye hai" She said while wiping her tears in happiness.

A tear left from Rukmini's eyes. She knew her her husband will come to take her home.

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