MARYAM'S POV:

(Flashback)

I didn't understand what was going in my life.... Sitting in the kitchen I was cutting onion and looking at the home. That was almost five months of our marriage and Aatish's behaviour was turning very frustrated. He was frustrated with our life and our condition as I was so....

He was doing work in a printing press, and sometime he do night shift too just for little more money in the form of over time, I was fade up of eating same things, but since we had to pay the rent of home so Aatish's half salary.. Not half but almost three fourth salary go on the name of rent and in the end we left with nothing....

If our parents got agreed for our marriage then we didn't had to face all those problems. We both could live a happy life. Only by living in Aatish's home we could live happily because we didn't had to pay off rent and then Aatish's income would be enough for us.

Coming out fron the chain of thoughts I looked at the clock that was showing 5:30pm. Aatish was not in home since two days. He went for his job yesterday morning then for overtime he did night shift too and then today's morning shift too but he must be coming in some fifteen minutes so I focused on cooking. In those two days I didn't spend on food to save money, I eat the leftover food and from that money I decided to cook Aatish's favourite dish. After finishing cooking I set bed for him because he must be very tired. In the time being I heard a knock on the door. Opening the door I found him standing in front of me with half closed eyes with dark circles, messy hair, his shirt was pulled out from the pants. Even a blind man could detect his tiredness from his face. I got tears in my eyes after watching him like that.

"Why are you crying" He asked me while closing the door behind him and I wiped my tears.

"Go and take bath, then I'll serve food." I said and he nodded. In some ten minutes I served food and Aatish came out from the bathroom. He was looking tired but handsome wearing white kurta pajama, and his wet hair were spreaded on his forehead.

"I Made your favourite food today" I said and he tried to smiled but he was very tired.

"Aatish" I couldn't help but hug him and cried looking at his condition.

"Rose.. It's fine... Let me do dinner." I took back step when listened his tired and frustrated voice and nodded. After many days he took dinner with happiness, even he ate more than his normal hunger and I felt happy seeing in happy mood after many days.

After dinner he didn't waste any time and approched to bed. I clean the dining area, kitchen then washed the dishes which took just fifteen minutes, then I went to bedroom and he was sleeping. After our marriage I started loving him more than before, he sometimes shouted on me but I knew that he was frustrated so I use to ignore that.

I lay down beside him placing my head on his arm and he opened his eyes in half sleeping state, but he pulled his arm which was under my head. First I was surprised by that but then I realized that he was tired so I placed my head on pillow and slept after maintaining some distance between both of us.

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After few weeks:

(Sunday)

"What happened Aatish why are you so silent from morning?" I asked when noticed him lost, he was laying on bed since morning staring the ceiling. He didn't utter a single word since morning. In reply of question he shook his head

"Come for lunch" I said and he nodded without any expression on his face. After lunch he again lay down in the same way and I was confused about his cold behaviour. He was so much silent since few days that I was feeling like I was alone in the home.

"Aatish what happened? Why are you not talking?" I asked sitting beside him on the bed.

"Nothing" He replied and I held his hand.

"There is something, Aatish if we will not share our problems then how will we live?" I said and he sat down on the bed.

"Maryam..."

"Hmm.."

"Baba fixed Aapi's wedding dates and it's my sister's wedding after a week, but he didn't bother to informed me. She is my only sister" Aatish said and I nodded. I knew that Aatish's sister was one year elder than him and she was already engaged, Aatish love his sister very much as I love my Maham.

"I'm missing Ammi too" Aatish added and I nodded with tear filled eyes.

"I'm also missing Ammi, Abbu, Razi and Maham" I said and some tears rolled down from my eyes.

"Don't cry" He said after wiping my tears with the back of his fingers.

"Will you..." He stopped after saying this

"What Aatish?" I asked after creeping towards him.

"Will you come to my home with me? I know they didn't invited us but I am sure if we go there Ammi's heart will be melted after watching me and you" Aatish said and I nodded with a smile. Without knowing that I was going to do the biggest mistake of my life...

"Thanks you" Aatish smiled and kissed my cheek giving me the reason of smile.

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"I wore the suit which Aatish brought for me with his first income, applied lipstick and let my hair freely falling on my back.

" Aatish am I looking fine to go to your home?" I asked while turning towards him, and he examined me from head to toe.

"Everything is fine but..." He said coming towards me and I looked at myself to find out any problem with my looks.

"Just this" He whispered while holding the back side of my dupatta and putting that on my head. "Daughter-in-laws in our home cover their heads" I nodded with a smile while adjusting my dupatta on head and shoulders..

"Is this fine now?" I asked and he smiled after holding me with my waist, and pulling me towards him.

"I think we should go now" He chuckled on my words and left me but not before planting a kiss on my cheek.

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Holding my hand Aatish stepped in his home and I looked here there... The house was decorated beautifully, everyone was busy in chattering with happiness and chuckles, in short the there was only happiness nothing else

A boy who was around 6 came towards us and stopped for a moment

"Chachuuu" He said happily looking at Aatish and Aatish smiled, Aatish informed me that boy was his nephew. His elder brother's son.

(uncle)

"Dadi... Dadiii... Chachu is back.." That boy ran towards the room and I looked at Aatish, I was feeling uncomfortable on that place.

{Dadi : Paternal grandmother}

"Aatish.." I whispered looking at him and he held my hand more firmly while taking steps towards a room.

"Ammi" He call his mother who was sitting beside the girl who was Aatish's sister... Maybe because she was looking like a bride

"Aatish..." his mother took steps towards her son, and Aatish moved towards her after leaving my hand.

"You forgot your Ammi" She complaint while crying. It's been six months of our marriage and we both didn't met with our family members after our marriage.

"Ammi I can't forget you, never" Aatish said while hugging his mother and I remembered my Ammi and Abbu. I was missing abbu, he always pecked my forehead before going out from the home, I also cried silently looking at the scene I also wanted to hug my parents in the same way.

"Ammi.." Aatish said and break the hug.

"Ammi it's Aapi's wedding and you didn't informed me... I got to know about this from my friend" Aatish complaint and moved towards his sister, both siblings hugged and cried. At the same time Aatish's mother noticed me standing there, I took a step towards her maintaining my dupatta on my head and she looked at me with furrowed brows.

"What this girl is doing in my home?" She said with angry voice and I stopped in between, Aatish looked at me after breaking the hug from his sister.

"Aatish why you bring her in my home?" his mother asked angrily and I was confused on what should I do at that moment

"Ammi.. She is your Daughter-in-law, accept the reality" Aatish said while going towards his mother and she glared him.

"I'll never accept this girl" She said angrily pointing towards me with her first finger, I was feeling ashamed of myself because the home was full of guests and everyone was looking at me as if I was some show piece to be gazed.

"Ammi Maryam forgive me and accept her." Aatish requested his mother at the same time His father entered in the home along with a young man in his late twenties, he was might be Aatish's elder brother.

"Baba, bhai" Aatish stepped towards his brother and he hugged him happily.

"Baba.." Aatish stepped towards his father and he looked at me.

"Why you come back?" He asked with cold behaviour

"Baba we come here just to meet you" Aatish said and his father showed his anger but then he also hugged him. Aatish's family members were happy to see him but they all were treating me as if I wasn't exist anywhere.

"Maryam, come here" Aatish said after few minutes, after all he remembered that I was also there.

"Baba she is very nice girl" Aatish said in requesting way but his father glared him.

"I don't care, you can attend your sister's wedding but not this girl, I'll not tolerate this girl in my home" I jumped on my place on his loud and angry voice

"Its okay" Aatish said to his father and held my hand.

"We are going, we supposed to attend the wedding function but..." He didn't complete his sentence and turned to go back nad i followed him, holding his hand. I turned to saw the scene before going out fron the home. Every gaze was fixed in Aatish's back but he was walking further.

''Aatish you can stay here with your family untill Aapi's Marriage... " I said in hushed tone, I also knew the pain of parting from family that's why I said that but he shook head after saying "it's okay". And we both were out from the home.

"Aatish I'm serious, if you want to attend the marriage you can stay here, but come back at night, you know na It's difficult for me to manage at night in alone home" I said and he smiled.

"Really rose!! Don't you have any problem" I shook my head in his reply

"But come back to home at night" I again said and He smiled like that if the win any game.

"Now I'm going back to home" I said and Aatish nodded he made me say in an auto rickshaw and said that he will come back soon. I nodded happily without knowing that I did the second biggest mistake of my life.

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