Veils of Time [Completed?]

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A week later.

“Humari pyaari bitiya rani,

Humne socha tha aapko pehle hi bula le aapke pag-phera ke liye. Magar hum samajhte hai, nayi jagah, Naya pariwar, isliye thodi deri se khat bhej rahe hai. Aapka aur damad-ji ka intezar rahega hume. Zaroor aaiyega. Aapki Maa aur Chachi aapko kafi jyada yaad kar rahi hai. Nayan ka toh haal hi bura hai.

Khair, jyada udaas nahin karenge hum aapko. Aap aa kar sab ko khush kar dijiye. Aapke bina Ghar kafi suna lagta hai.

Apne saas-sasur ko humara aur Priya ke taraf se namaste kahiyega. Damad-ji ko aadar ke saath nimantran. Khat ke saath taufe bhejwaye hai humne aapko dono nanad ke liye. Unhe bhi dher saara ashirwad.

Ab bas jaldi se aa jaiye aap.

Abhigyan.”

"My dearest princess,

We had thought of inviting you earlier for your pag-phera, but we understand that it's a new place, a new family, so I'm sending the letter a little late. We will be waiting for you and your husband. Please do come. Your mother and aunt miss you a lot. Nayan is badly missing you too.

Anyway, I won’t make you too sad. Please come and make everyone happy. The house feels quite empty without you.

Please convey our regards to your in-laws, and extend my invitation to your husband with respect. We have also sent gifts along with this letter for both your sisters-in-law. Please send them lots of blessings from us. Now, please come soon.

Abhigyan."

I traced the words written on the letter with my fingers, and wiped away the tears rolling down my eyes. One week at my new home and with my new family feels absolute bliss, except for the bliss that I should've experienced with my husband too.

He is the same. Rude. Tough. Rough. We don't share HIS bed. He sleeps on the bed, I sleep on the sofa. He leaves for his work even before I wake up and comes back home only after I’m in deep sleep. Rest everything is fine. My mother-in-law loves me like she has given me birth. My sisters-in-law are like my siblings. Even my father-in-law is good. Every-fucking-one is good with me, except HIM. My husband.

After reading the letter, I have decided to wake up late and wait for him, just to see how late he can be to avoid me and our relationship.

I had my dinner already. For the initial two days I had waited for him to come and then we would have dinner together, but it ended up with me sleeping empty stomach. So, Maa started forcing me to have my dinner on time with the rest of the family and telling me that he used to be this late even before our wedding and he won't change, because again, his first love is his WORK.

I sat on the sofa along with one of the books that Sanjana gave me three days ago and began reading it. It's actually a story book — a romantic one — and Sanjana strictly told me not to show it to her brother at any cost because she has kept it hidden. That's the bond I've formed with my sister-in-laws, they started sharing their secrets with me.

I turned pages after pages and almost read some forty-five pages until I started feeling sleepy  and my eyes started giving up. I tried hard to keep my eyes open, but it closed and I drifted to a deep slumber.

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My eyes opened when I felt movement around me. As if someone just placed me in some comforting place. Or maybe someone just laid me on the sofa since I would have probably slept while sitting.