A suffocating life

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In the morning, Shreya slowly opened her eyes and felt pain in her body and stiffness too. As soon as she felt that pain, she remembered everything that happened last night. As soon as she remembered everything, tears started flowing from her eyes again. Now this pain had become a part of her life. As soon as she got up, someone knocked on the door. Hearing the sound of the door, Shreya covered herself with a sheet. "Come inside Malti" Shreya said. Just then a woman of 35-40 years of age came in. Malti who was a care taker. She had been working in Viraj's mansion for 10 years. Apart from her, no other servant was allowed to go to Shreya's room. Malti placed two boxes in front of her. "Madam, your clothes for today." Shreya did not have permission to wear the dress again which she wore once. That's why Malti used to bring a new dress for her every day. Shreya looks at the other box and says: "But what is this second box for?" Malti answers her: "Madam Viraj Sir wants to take you for lunch today, this second dress is for that. Sir has said that you should be ready at 1:00 pm today and you should not be late even by a minute otherwise you know his anger very well." Saying this she lowers her eyes. Shreya does not say anything to her. And what could she say to her. What kind of life had she had? A suffocating one. That luxurious mansion had everything. All kinds of comforts, all kinds of conveniences. Servants but the one thing that was missing was love and respect. All this was useless without love and respect. Shreya was trapped in this 'golden cage'. She could neither escape from here nor could she do anything for herself. She had become just a puppet of Viraj and whenever Viraj felt like it, he would use her, whether Shreya agreed or not. Malti said softly to Shreya: "Madam". Shreya looked up at her on hearing her voice. Malti again said softly, hesitating a little: "Shall I apply some medicine?" Shreya removed her blanket after listening to her. As Shreya removed the blanket, Malti saw her fair body, which was giving proof of the brutality done by Viraj last night. Seeing this, Malti slowly closed her eyes. Tears welled up in her eyes for a moment. Malti then started applying medicines on Shreya's wounds. Malti said softly: "Madam, can I ask you something?" Shreya- Ask? Malti said: "You know about Sir's anger, right? Still you ran away. Even after knowing that it is impossible for you to get out of this city." "I know that I can never go away from that monster," Shreya replied angrily. "Then why, Madam?" It has been 2 months since I saw Mom, Dad and Shreyansh. I don't know how they would be and what condition they would be in. That's why I left from here. Shreya said with tears in her eyes. Malti extended her mobile phone towards Shreya and said: "You can call him. Take this, my mobile phone." Shreya smiled a little after looking at his mobile and said. Do you think, this is so easy. You gave me your mobile phone and I talked to my family. Malti asked in surprise: "What do you mean?" Shreya said to Malti: Viraj has changed mother's number, I don't even know her number, so how can I talk to her?" Malti also became sad on hearing this. Sorry madam, I did not know this. Shreya said to her: "It's okay, you don't need to say sorry." Malti said while standing again. "Madam, you get ready and come for breakfast." Saying this she went out of the room. Shreya went under the shower in the bathroom and turned on the shower and started crying profusely. She went to the bathroom shelf. . . . . took out a bottle of body wash from it. She opened it, poured it on her body and started rubbing it repeatedly as if something was stuck to her body and she was not able to remove it. ... .In this despair she started crying again. She looked in the mirror on the wall in front. . . . . She was staring at her face and looking. When her eyes went to her lips, she covered them with her palms. She started rubbing it… Tears were still falling from her eyes. When she got ready and came down after a while, four servants were following her. She came and sat in the dining area. The whole table was decorated with different dishes.
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