Sakshi:
I went to our room following Randhir. I stood almost shivering. Randhir stood leaning to the wall keeping one leg on the wall. I didn't understand what would happen to me today.
"Come on. Tell me, darling. Where did you go? Whom did you meet?"
I stood silent because I already understood that he knew whom I met.
"Sakshi, don't make me angry. It's not that good for you. You know well that as you are my possession, I can do anything to you. You have no one here to save you from me."
Randhir came to me and twisted my hands turning them back and clutched them tightly.
"Please, leave me. It's hurting," I said.
"Exactly. Your behaviour is hurting me. Just tell me the truth, baby."
His nails grazed into my skin and blood oozed out. He further tightened his grip on my wrist. I shouted with pain as he squeezed the wounded wrist.
"Forgive me, please."
"I will forgive you only when you change your behaviour and when I feel I can trust you. Tell me where did you go for the whole day? I am waiting for you from the afternoon," Randhir said.
I bit my lip to bear the pain. He caught my hairs and pulled it hard.
"Answer me," Randhir said.
"Ok, so you are not going to answer me. I thought I am being so harsh to you. So, I controlled my anger until now. But you crossed the limits."
Randhir took a knife from the the table and held my hand. He kept the knife near to my wrist.
"Final chance to you, Sakshi. Tell me the truth or I hope you understood what would I do to you."
I closed my eyes staying dumb. However, he threw the knife away. He threw me on the bed and slept beside her. He started kissing me on my face. He kissed my lips. I didn't understand what he is doing. He hugged me in the way where I am on top of him. He saw my hand still bleeding as he grazed it. He cluctched it again making me shout. He caught both my hands and pinned them to the back.
"Now if you don't answer me, I will make you unable to walk for a week. You won't be able to get up from the bed too."
"Ok, so you are not going to tell me. Then I will do what I said."
"I met my friend Pinky and then, I met Ajay. I went to meet my family. So, I am late to home," I said.
Randhir left the hold and made me to sleep on the bed.
"I saw you talking with Ajay in a ice cream parlour," Randhir said.
"My dear beloved wife, I remember you taking permission from me only to meet your friend but not Ajay or your family. So, who gave you the permission to meet them? If I allow you to go out, it doesn’t mean you can roam as you like. I accepted to send you to meet your friend only to test your behavior and you proved me right that I shouldn't give your freedom," Randhir said.
"I didn't meet Ajay intentionally. He came to the same place where I met my friend. So, I just talked to him. I am sorry. I would never do it again," I said.
"Don't worry, darling. I won't allow you to do it again. Now I am going to punish you for your mistakes and of course, after that you would never dare to do as you like," Randhir said and I was frightened of his anger.
"Randhir, please excuse me for once," I said.
"The punishment for meeting Ajay- from today you are not allowed to go out alone. You should never open your mouth to ask me saying that you should go out. If I think it's necessary, I will take you out either to your family or friends. You are completely confined to our house from now," Randhir said and I nodded.
"The next punishment for meeting your family is you should stand under the cold shower for one hour now. Only after one hour you can come out. You should stand under the shower without moving for one hour. Go and stand there," Randhir said.
"Randhir, it's too cold outside and I can't do this," I said and his eyes turned fiery.
Randhir held my hand, dragging me to the shower and turned the shower on.
"Stand here for one hour. Don't dare to come out whatever happens to you in this one hour. Or I will tie you here under the shower for the entire night. I don't care even if you die," Randhir said and his words hurt me more than this cold shower.
I felt chilled water falling over my body. I couldn't stand as my hands and legs started freezing. I leaned back to take the support of the wall.
"Stand straight, Sakshi. Otherwise whole nite you will stay under the shower," Randhir said.
I saw him observing me sitting on the bed. I stood straight again. I closed the lips tightly bearing the chilledness of water. I fell on my knees as my legs lost the grip to stand.
"Stand up, Sakshi. You are not allowed to sit on your knees."
I stood up hardly and pinned my toe to the ground shivering. I started biting my lips hard because of the cold water and blood came out. I looked at Randhir pleading him to show mercy at me.
"You deserve it, baby. I am not going to allow you to come out before one hour. No matter how hard it is, you are going to bear it," Randhir said.
Tears came out of my eyes. I clutched and by now I am totally wet from the head to toe. My sari stuck to my body. I shivered badly and Randhir closed his eyes to hide his tears.
Randhir PoV:
I am not punishing you for meeting your parents. I don't have any prblm if you meet your family. But I hate you meeting and talking to Ajay. I won't spare you for lying to me. As long as you are truthful to me and stays away from Ajay, I would not hurt you. However, today I realized that still you didn't change and behaving as you want. If you don't obey me, I know well how to make you obey me.
I looked at her and she is in very bad state. As one hour was completed, Sakshi tried to come out.
"Wait. Sit on your knees under the shower for more half an hour for lying to me."
Sakshi didn't argue with me and sat on her knees.
I remembered my love for her in the past. How I fought with her family just for scolding her. I remembered how I left everything for her and how she left me and betrayed me.
I heard Sakshi's crying and went off from the room. After half an hour, I permitted her to come out. Sakshi came out.
"Wait," I said and she saw me with weak eyes. I threw clothes at her face.
"Change your clothes and come out. Wipe your hairs."
She changed her clothes and came out.
"Drink this hot water. You will feel better. I don't like to punish you. I never have any intention to hurt you but you are forcing me to punish you.
Let me clear you, Sakshi. I won't punish or hurt you unless you cross your limits and make me feel that you disobeyed me. If you obey me and quit doing those things which I don't like, I would never hurt you even a little bit. Keep this in your mind. If you want to be happy and safe, just stop meeting people I hate, talking to such people and lying to me unnecessarily. Decide yourself," I said and gave a tablet to her.
"Have it and take rest. You would not get fever. However, even if you get fever, I won't allow you to take rest without doing household works," I warned her though somewhere my heart worried for her health.
Sakshi slept and in the mid night she started shivering.
"Sakshi, are you ok?"
She tried to reply but she couldn't speak. I covered her with a blanket but still she is shivering. I hugged her tightly and kept her face near my neck. Feeling my warmth, she slowly went into sleep. I kissed her on the forehead.
I woke up in the morning and heard her groaning. I took her onto my lap and slowly woke her up.
"Sakshi, what happened to you?"
She opened her eyes but didn't reply me. I touched her forehead and understood that she got fever. I remembered making her to stay under shower for a long time. My eyes filled with tears and Sakshi saw tears in my eyes.
"I am sorry, Randhir," Sakshi said looking at my eyes.
I unknowingly kissed her on the forehead. She held my hands tightly. I tried to get up.
"Please, don't go leaving me."
"I won't go anywhere. Let me call the doctor," I said.
The doctor checked her and went prescribing the medicines. I brought food for her. I took her onto my lap and then made her to sit by leaning on me.
"Have it. You hav to take the tablets."
"No. Just give me milk. I am on fast for one month," Sakshi said.
"Enough, Sakshi. Don't argue with me. Have it calmly," I said, raising my tone.
"Please," Sakshi said and her face became pale and weak.
"Ok. I will stay on fast instead of you or continue it after your recovery," I said.
Sakshi nodded and had the food. I fed her slowly and gave medicine to her.
"Sleep, I will be here," I said.
Sakshi slept and I covered her with a blanket. I placed a kiss on her forehead and Sakshi looked at my eyes.
"I am sorry for making you to stand under the shower for a long time. I think you fell sick because of that."
"It's ok. It is so small if I compare with what I did to you."
"Just tell me that you love me and never leave me. I will stop all this. Let's start a new life. Just tell me you forgot Ajay."
"I can't forget him," Sakshi said.
"Damn it. Why are you lying? You said you are loving me. Then how can you love Ajay?"
"I don't love you. I love Ajay," Sakshi said.
I clenched my fist.
"Take rest. If you want anything call me," I said and left the room as I couldn't bear her words. In the afternoon, I went to Sakshi and sat beside her on the bed.
I don't know why you are behaving like this. Still my heart says you love only me and no one else. But why are you lying that you love Ajay? Just once promise me that you will stay with me forever. From then you will be my queen. I don't want to suffer you, Sakshi. When are you going to understand this?
As tear drop from my eyes fell on her, she woke up.
"You have to take the medicine, get up."
"Medicine again?" Sakshi said pouting.
"Yes. I will bring the lunch for you."
I made her to eat and gave medicines to her. Within three days she recovered. I woke up and didn't find her. I searched for her and saw her in the kitchen.
"What are you doing?"
Sakshi saw me standing near the door of the kitchen.
"I am ok now. So, I am preparing the breakfast for you."
"Did I ask you to do? Don't do anything which I didn't say. Just go to our room and take a rest. You no need to do all this till I feel you are fine. Now go to the room," I said.
"I am really fine."
"Shup up. I said go. Just do what I say."
She left calmly from there. I brought the breakfast for her. She had it calmly.
"Are you not going to the office"?
"Why? Do you want to call anyone here if I go?" I said.