chapter 1

...Sakshi...

...( Age 9  years old )...

  I was almost going to fall as my head bumped against the guardrail, probably making me red head

  My mom is dragging me upstairs. Our fast, yet impatient steps are being followed by my dad's heavy and calm steps

   the noise of his shoes echoing through the corridor behind us.

   She's walking so fast that my tiny feet can't match her pace

  After finally reaching in front of a store room. along with me, she pushed herself in and locked the door immediately, her hands rushing to her pocket to get her phone in grip

  “w-where are you” her voice almost came out of her throat like a small whisper

  “I'm almost there, I have already called the police, don't worry.” the person on the other side assured my mom, who's my mom's sister, archna

  My mom's breath hitched at the sudden bang on the door and now dad keeps banging on the door

  Mom panicked, her shaking hands finally placed a huge table against the door

  “Please, come fast. He will kill me” mom blurted out in a shaky voice

  “I'll be there in just an hour.. I'm so happy for you, you finally escaped after almost 12 years, a decade of your life. Now you will finally enjoy life” aunty excitedly exclaimed

  I wish my mom never married.  if she didn't have, everything would've been right, because i wouldn't have come to this world and she could've escaped from my bad dad

She says she stayed in this marriage because of me

  After a while, Everything fell in silence. No one is banging on the door anymore. Maybe, dad went to get alcohol again

I hate those people who are alcoholic.

  I grabbed the pillow and slid into a corner, which was slightly clean, at least better from other corners

  Webs seem like a second layer on the wall and it's scaring shit out of me but somehow I'm just used to it so, i don't mind

   I saw my mom sitting on a chair, desperate to get out of here. She regrets marrying my dad so much

  My mom says at first dad pretended to be so nice and kind that's why they got married

  But after some months of marriage my dad starts to behave strangely.

  he yells at mom daily, they start getting into fights often and one day my dad begins to hit my mom brutally

   When she asked him for divorce, he got her pregnant and locked her in this house

   Since then dad is caging mom in this house like a prisoner

  I have never been out of this house. I have never been to school 

    but  sometimes archna aunty pays us a visit with her sons

  archna aunty tries to convince mom alot to escape but she has always denied for some reasons but now, she's finally intended to be free

   satyam pratap singh , archna's younger son who’s kinda nice to me. He's also 9 years old, the same age as me

  We often play together  and watch movies together when dad restricts us from going out in the garden but sometimes only sometimes he behaves strange

but stops as soon as shivam appears in sight. But still satyam is my best friend.

  shivam pratap singh , archna's elder son who hates me so much, so do I. 

  He's 11 years old.  He's so rude, not just with me but with everyone. He rarely speaks, neither do I want to hear him

  He causes a lot of trouble. Last time when he came to meet me, he shoved a screwdriver in my doll's throat and hung it on the wall

He even called that a masterpiece

  He's a psychopath for real

   I wish I could be just like other kids who have loving parents, just like Helen and satyam. My dad hits me too and sometimes mom too

but still she says she loves me. My eyes were heavy, so I let sleep consume me.

  After some hours my eyes shot open with a loud scream

  Dad is gripping mom's scalp aggressively and dragging mom out of the room

   Her body has fresh, new buries as if she had been hit a moment ago.

  Small pieces of window glass are scattered all over the floor, maybe my dad barged inside from the window

  My mom cried out in pain yet here I'm doing nothing to save her, just like a helpless pathetic bitch I am

  I shut my eyes as tightly as I could, no matter how much I try to cover my ears

   but those screams are still echoing in my ears, in my mind and stabbing my heart like a knife never could

   After a few minutes of my body freezing, I finally gathered courage to stand up and step out

  With my heavy heart and blurry vision, I pushed across the door and walked slowly with my trembling body.

  My jaw fell off when I was one step away from the stairs and I gulped down my saliva

  Dad is holding mom's chin forcefully and trying to push the screwdriver down her throat

  but she coughed, she coughed blood, making his mission impossible. Anger rushed to his last nerve,

   his jaw tighten as he landed a punch over my mom's face

   Blood flashed over my face  as my dad landed another punch on mom’s face .

   Blood drips out of her nose, her eyes are no more shading tears

   She's laying on the floor, covered in her own blood and my dad keeps on hitting her brutally

    Andrenaline rushed down to my body and I went still when dad finally stopped and got off of her, he made his way towards me

   “don't scream too much like a good girl you are or else, i might include you in my pretty little fun game” he threatened in his usual calm tone

   he muffled my hair roughly enough to make me hiss before heading out of the vision

   I blinked twice before tears finally rolled down to my cheeks, my sobs muffled against my own palm. My feet rushed to my mom's almost dead figure

I kneeled down beside her face, my white dress soaking in her blood. She smiled sadly before fainting

  knowing I am going to treat her wound like I always do, I am going to take care of her like I always did

   I wish I never had to.

~♡♡~

  Mom is in the emergency room, an oxygen mask is on her face and many needles are injected in her body

  She's surrounded by nurses and doctors. I can see it through a small glass hole on the door

My heart ache for her. I flinched as a loud and impatient voice interrupted My thoughts

  “Take your allegations back, bitch. You don't even have any proof” Dad’s tall figure looming over archna's one. He's so strong

I'm scared, I don't think we should go against him. A sudden pain rushed through my veins when archna squeezed my hand slightly in her big one

  “Not even in dreams. And you definitely don't need to worry about proof, your own daughter is witness to your sins” archna snapped back

  Cops barged in with a loud thud and all attention diverted to them as they slow steady steps

  Dad bent down to my level and smiled, which he rarely does. His eyes staring at my soul through me

  “The day I get out of the prison, I will hunt down your mom and then you. And It's a promise” he whispered without any trace of guilt or fear on his face

  He caressed my wet cheek harshly to wipe off my tears before one of the senior cops finally pulled him back and dragged him outside

  My heart was beating rapidly, because he waved at me creepily with a huge smirk on his face

  I still regret giving statements against dad

I felt a sudden presence behind us, shivam and satyam appeared in our sight when we turned around

   satyam rushed to us impatiently as if his life depends on it

but shivam fucking pratap singh  keeps on walking calmly with ohh soo rude expressionless face

   “Mom, i wanna go home… please, "satyam pleaded and whined lazily.

   “Wait a lil, baby.” She sighed and explained before ordering shivam in a firm voice “shivam, get sakshi and your brother inside the car, i will be there after a while”

  shivam nodded, and walked ahead to lead us. satyam grabbed my wrist with a huge grin on his face and we followed him

   After reaching in front of the car, shivam's  hand went through his pocket to get the keys out

   He pulled open the car’s door for us, and we slid inside on the backseat so he could throw the door closed aggressively

   And he did. He settled himself on the passenger seat before shooting us a glance

   “What did the doctor say?” I asked, hoping shivam would answer truthfully, not because he never lies but because he never cares how others feel

   “Your mom is in coma” he barked coldly with no sympathy, no worries, nothing

   He stared right into my soul through the car's mirror, my heart stopped beating for a minute.

My vision blurred as tears appears in my eyes, i let my gaze fall on my knees to avoid eyes contact with him.

   But I know he is telling the truth. I heard the doctor saying something about my mom being in a coma.

Satyam placed his hand over mine, and caress it "aunty will be fine. Just ignore him and-"

Shivam cuts him off in between by interrupting "you're going to live with us from now on"

This time he wasn't expression less as most of the time, there's a pleasant smirk tugged on his lips

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