Chapter Eleven

Jwala:

I felt relaxed for a month. I decided to raise my Baby by myself. I called Agni after one month. All these thirty days, he didn't call me nor did he try to meet me. He received the call just for two rings. Is he waiting for my phone? Or is he excited to get my call after thirty days?

"Jwala, tell me how are you?" Agni asked.

First time I heard his soft voice filled with concern.

"I am fine as I am free now," I said to assure him that I didn't miss him.

"That's good, so why did you disturb your freedom and happiness by calling me?" Agni countered.

"I want to meet you," I ordered.

"Anytime!"

"Where can I meet you?" I asked.

"It's your choice."

I told him the address of a park which is near to my hostel. I went there, and he reached in ten minutes.

"I didn't want to abort my child. But I am not going to marry you," I said my decision.

"Fine but how will you answer if society asks about child's father?"

"I will go away from everyone. I don't reside here. Make arrangements for my stay far away from this place. There, I can lie that I was married, but my husband expired. So no one questions me. I will find a job there and will live my life as I love. For the first few days or months, I need your help."

"What if I want to see my child?"

"I didn't want my child to know about you. You will be dead in our lives. A beast has no role in our lives," I said sternly.

I know I am harsh, but I think he should understand the pain of harsh words. However, he is the father of this child. Who am I to say no to him to meet his child?

"Ok, I will make arrangements soon. I hope you will take care of our Baby without showing anger at our child which you have at me."

"It's my child too."

"Ok then, I will call you after making arrangements. Shall I drop you at the hostel?"

"No need, I can go," I said without looking at him.

"Fine, I am leaving," he said.

I looked at his hand which had a bandage. Till now I didn't notice as I didn't look at him.

"One minute," I said, and he looked at me.

"What?"

"What happened to your hand?"

"Nothing, it's not your concern."

"You are right. I just asked because I would be glad if I were the one who injured your hand," I said.

He looked at me and came towards me. He pinned me to a tree nearby.

"Do you want to see me in pain?" he said and punched the tree until his injured hand bled. I was panicked seeing the droplets of blood falling on the sand from his hand.

"Stop it, Agni!" I shouted at him.

"Enjoy my pain, sweetheart," he said giving me his stupid smile.

He didn't stop, and his hand is bleeding continuously. I slapped him and banded my handkerchief to his palm to prevent the blood flow.

"You are a psycho. That's the reason I hate you. I am not a psycho like you to enjoy others pain. Can't you be without hurting anyone? Till now you hurt me, and now you are hurting yourself," I yelled at him.

He touched my eyes with his another hand and collected my teardrops.

"Tears? Are you crying for me?" He said showing water drops from my eyes.

Why am I shedding my precious tears for this beast?? Am I mad?

"Even now I love your tears because you shed these tears for me. Do you have feelings for me even after hurting you so much?"

"No," I said crying.

I don't know why I am crying.

"Don't cry. Come I will drop you in the hostel."

"No need."

"Please," Agni said.

This Agni is new to me. In the past, I never heard Agni requesting someone. I accepted, and we both started in his car. He stopped the vehicle near a dessert shop located beside a restaurant.

"Bring paper sweets and vegetable fried rice," he said giving money to the driver. The driver brought it, and Agni gave that to me.

"Do you want anything else?"

"No, I don't want this too. I don't want anything from you."

I turned my face away from him with irritation.

"Even this Baby is from me, Sweety," he said touching my belly making me see him.

"That's why I hate you," I said with anger, but he smiled at me.

"I love your hate on me," he said boosting my irritation. Finally, we reached my hostel. I got down from his car.

"Call me after making arrangements," I said.

"Sure! I am also sure that one day you will be my better half. Soon you will start loving and caring for me as my wife," he said patting my cheek.

"Take care of my Baby," he said placing his hand on my stomach.

I didn't respond and ran to my room calmly. I want to kill Agni. I hate him to the core. I love to hurt him. I will be glad to give him pain.

I tried to convince myself, but my heart didn't listen to me. My eyes expressed the reaction of my heart to my words through raining. My mind posed questions to me.

Why am I feeling sad seeing the pain of my tormentor? Why can't I enjoy Agni's tears?

I cried without having dinner. In the middle of the night, I felt severe stomach-ache. What's happening to me? Am I ok? I called warden from my mobile, but she didn't receive the call. God, my child, please save my child. What should I do now? Agni flashed in my mind. Yes, I will call Agni. He will help me. I called Agni, and he received the call.

"Ag... Ag... Ni... "

"Jwala, are you ok? What happened?"

"I... I.. " mobile fallen from my hands and I couldn't do anything. I am unable to speak. God, who will save my child now? I touched my stomach with tears. I want my child. Suddenly I heard someone opening the door. I saw the warden and police coming into my room. I guessed that they opened the door of my room with a spare key.

"Jwala, what happened to you? Agni sir sent police saying you are not well," the warden said.

I passed out without replying to them. I opened my eyes and found Agni near me.

"My child? How is my child? If anything happens to my child, I won't leave you, Agni," I said crying.

"Our child is safe. How are you, Baby?" He asked caressing my hairs.

"Don't touch me. You are an idiot. Because of you, I was under stress and got a stomach ache," I said.

"Fine, now stay silent for some time. The doctor is coming. You can scold me later," Agni said.

I stayed silent. The doctor came and checked on me.

"Doctor, how are my fiance and child?" Agni asked.

"They are fine Mr Agni. But your fiance is in deep stress. That stress can kill the mother and child at any time. I think it's better to abort the child as she is too weak to take care of the child."

He looked at me. I shook my head in no.

"No Doctor, we want the child. I will take care of both of them. I will free her from every stress," he assured the doctor.

"Okay, Mr Agni. Now she is only seven weeks pregnant. Let's observe for a month. If there is an improvement in her health condition, then it's okay. Otherwise, you both need to rethink," the doctor said.

"Ok doctor, shall I take her home?"

"Sure!"

The doctor went, and he lifted me in his arms. I sat in the car, and he took me to his home.

"Jwala, stay here till you become healthy. After yesterday's incident, I was scared of leaving you alone in the hostel. You are going to stay here in my home. No more arguments," Agni said thoughtfully and took me to room in his arms again.

"I won't say anything to you. You are free to do anything you wish. Take care. Call me if you need anything" Agni said, and I stopped him.

"Thank you."

"You are welcome," he said smiling.

I averted my gaze from him. He got a call.

"Hello Avi, no no don't come to my home. Let's meet in a hotel," Agni said and looked at me.

"I am going out. The maid will take care of you till I return," Agni said.

Avi? Who is she? Is he going to......? Maybe, yes. Now he is staying away from me. Perhaps he is going to other girls. No, I won't allow him to do so.

"If you have no time to take care of your child and me, then I will leave to my hostel," I said menacingly.

"I will come back soon, Jwala."

"No, stay here or leave me at my hostel," I said stubbornly.

"Come on Jwala, Avi is my friend Avinash. Not a girl as you thinks. I am not in touch with any girls at present. Already you are playing enough with me. Nowadays, I don't have any time to play with any girl. I thought you might not like my friends coming home, so I asked him to meet me at a hotel.

I looked at him suspiciously.

"Ok fine I will call him to home."

He called his friend and asked him to come home. I heard him discussing his property issues. I came back to my room and laid on the bed thinking about all the happenings of my life.