Sophia's Freedom

Chapter 64 : Promise to Aamaya di

Wow... that was intense... I mean was there any day when Darika and Garima never hurt Abhinu. Why do they hate him so much. I guess that was probably the same reason why Aamaya di would occasionally ask me or Daniel dada to bully Harsh and his friends or the 2 sisters.

Sometimes it feels as if Abhinu's life had become almost like a Cinderella fairy tale except that in his case it was happening in real life. I really hope Darika survives this ordeal, so that I can have a pound of her flesh everyday for the rest of her miserable life. Bullies like Darika and Garima don't deserve to have a peaceful life. I know I am no less of a bully but I also know that I have been facing the brunt of my bullying by seeing the boy I love the most turn into the opposite gender in front of my eyes. What could be a worse than that.

I really feel bad for Aamaya di though. She almost got a chance to be reunited with her family, but her stupid decision to stay with Abhinu almost endangered her life in many occasions.

I decided to go through the journals to continue what happens next.

                                                            1st June 1994

Today was the best day of my life, not exactly best but what happened in the morning was almost as good as it can be. I really cannot explain how happy I am. Even though I was in a lot of pain, but todays series of events turned out to be the happiest of all. It really made my day. Early morning as usual it was Abhishek dada's call that woke me up. He began to ask me about how I was feeling and if my wounds are any better. I told him that there is swelling and he added that I need not worry as they are going to be better in a few days. He didn't talk much and asked me to take rest for the day and hung up the call.

As I was about to get off the bed, Aamaya di entered the room. She came close to me, removed my blanket and tried to check my wounds and then she told me not to worry and that everything will be alright. She also told me that yesterday she and aunty was able to contact her brother and he promised to take care of Abhishek dada as well as find out a way to rescue my dad.

I was not sure how to react. I told her that I can never repay her for what she did for me, I also remined her, that I know I am not allowed to touch her or hug her, but atleast if she would allow me to thank her the way she liked me to do, it would be an honor. She allowed me to do it and then she asked me to get on the bed and she touched my head with both her hands and gave me a kiss on my forehead. 

She then told me that if I really want to repay her that there is something that I could do, she made me promise that Monika should never know that she is secretly trying to protect me, and that Monika should always think that she is the bad blood of the family. she also made me promise that Abhishek dada and Uncle should never know that her brother is aware of her location. It was a difficult task to tell dad about someone who is good to me but she said that if it is difficult, that she can become the bad girl for me. I finally decided to agree to her demands.

 I tried to get off the bed to start my morning routine but she stopped me from doing that and said that my sisters had already got the uniform ready and I need to take rest. Later after Aamaya di left for school, Darika and Garima entered my room with a bowl of water and began to foment my wounds. I could the the look of grumpiness on their face when they tried to touch my feet.

At around 9:00, Aunty came to my room, she had a phone on her hand and it was uncle on the other line. He wanted to know what I was wearing from my sisters and then he said that he knew what has happened yesterday and that he apologizes for what his daughters have done but he reminded me that this doesn't stop me from following the rules set by him and he asked me why I was not wearing the uniform since today is not a sunday. I said sorry and I would put it on right away and then he said that recently I have been a bad girl and that I have been taking things lightly so as a retribution, I will be stripped off the little independence I was recently given and would have to do all the task again. He however told Darika and Garima that he will place a table each on their rooms, and they can choose one of their favorite pair of shoes and place them on the table and just like earlier, I used to kiss their feet, now I will have to lick the shoes clean every morning and them put my lipstick mark on them. Darika and Garima will examine the marks everyday and if they are not happy they can ask me to do anything. However the only condition was that they cannot lay a finger on me.

Uncle however insisted that this will start from the day after tomorrow and that for the next 2 days my sister will take care of me to ensure that I am all healed up. Ya maybe the last order my uncle was not disgusting but atleast I am pretty certain that I will never to able to make the 2 girls touch my feet too you know. Nothing much happened for the rest of the day.

Eikes this is more disgusting than what he was made to do earlier. I wonder from where does uncle get these disgusting ideas to hurt his modesty. I really wish uncle should pay for the crimes he committed against Abhinu.

Atleast I know now that that Aamaya di and her brother is there to protect him from getting any more hurt. I wonder why Aamaya di don't want uncle and Abhishek dada to know that her brother knows about her location.

                                                TO BE CONTINUED...

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