24. COURT MARRIAGE

My blood was boiling, and I was sweating with anger. Every time, I fought a new battle in my mind. Every day I had to face new challenges in my life. Challenges which broke me out and built me up together. And when I asked her, after coming out of the manager’s cabin. Nisha burst out crying on call. In deep pain, she said.

 “I don’t want to attend my cousin’s marriage. So, I intentionally slid off the ladder of computer class. But unfortunately, it hit me hard on my leg and it’s paining like hell. You please come fast. I couldn’t walk.” 

Her words pressed into my chest with a ton of loads. My heart was full of sorrow and my mind full of anger. Squeezing my brows, I told to myself, “Idiot girl. What nonsense you did.”

I pushed the door hard to step in the bank and took my wallet from my half-opened chain and threw my bag to a corner. I rushed towards Nisha. She was waiting in a railway station, near the coaching center. It took me almost fifteen minutes to reach. I was mad looking for her. Left and right, back and forth, my eyes moved to every side of the platform. I was searching her face in the crowd which was flooded with tears. That one person who was more valuable than my life. At last, I found her staring me from a corner with tears in her eyes flowing down faster than a river flowing at its best. The uneasiness within me brought a smile on her face, despite her deep pain. Seeing her, I started taking longer steps to cover my distance as fast as I could. Her innocence mesmerized my heart with the fact how much someone can love in a single life. The passion to live together, my dedication to make our love last forever, my intention to avoid every chaos of our life, everything made her fall for me deeply. Her single action gave me the love for which I needed my entire life to give her back.

I predicted it would be a small wound, but I was wrong. Her right foot was swelling. It was red. Blood clothed hard, and she cried like hell. It was very painful, and she didn’t even allow me to touch. Somehow, I touched by force and she clutched my shoulder, unable to resist her pain. I tried taking her to a nearby hospital, but she denied. My anger level was already at peak and then her refusal to visit hospital burnt my mind. I wanted to lift her on my lap and throw her to a hospital’s bed, where she would get many injections, which will make her realize what stupidity she did. Seeing her pain and unable to do something, my anger turned into compassion. I kept aside my anger and held her hand and confronted her. I wanted to hug her for her step. But it was a public place, so I restrained my emotions. My sweetheart was deeply in pain again and it hurt me. I scolded her for her foolishness. It was not a need of the hour. We could have done other way round. I wanted to go home with her, but she denied and stated to go alone. She took an auto, and I too left for the bank.

She reached home safe, and texted me thanks for coming. It left me with tears. I said in my mind, “I wanted to do something more than I did, but you didn’t allow me. Why you didn’t allow me? Why?” it puzzled me with questions in my mind. After a few days, when she couldn’t resist her pain, she went for an x-ray. She grabbed her mother’s hand with both her hands and was hoping for something positive. Luck, as usual, was not in our side. She broke one of her bones near ligament joint of her right leg. It was so heart wrenching to observe her report, which highlighted a broken bone. She got her leg plastered after the report. Doctor prescribed her to take complete bed rest. 

Every day I called to remind her for medicines. It had been a week, we haven’t meet but after getting plastered, it was impossible to meet. I requested to visit her home once, as I craved to meet, but she rejected my request. 

Apart from compassion, it filled my mind with passion to make her mine. I asked one of my friends who got registered a month ago as a married couple to share the number of that lawyer who helped him in their process. He gave his number, and I called him and had a long conversation, discussing our matter how soon we want to get legally registered as a married couple. He clarified me about the entire process and documents required. At one side, I was ready with all such stuffs to get my world forever and at the other side she couldn’t walk. 

It had been two weeks, she was still in bed. I was missing her badly. I was dying of her sight, but I was helpless. I prayed for her well-being, but I guess, god didn’t listen to it. Planets had turned or stars had moved, I don’t know what had happened to her mother that day when she decided to take Nisha to the marriage ceremony even in her worst condition. I was completely shocked. How could they do so? She protested a lot, but no one bothered to listen to her. 

I prayed day in day out, but all my prayers got wasted. It was unheard by god. I desperately wanted her to stay here and get registered. I don’t know what was god doing when I needed utmost. It disappointed me when I got to know their tickets were confirmed and last week of this month, they will leave from here. The battle became tough for me as my biggest strength couldn’t walk. I found myself weak. Even Ankit and Kartik couldn’t help me out. I smelled losing of my battle in the air. 

 I had read somewhere, ‘Everything is not in our hands’ so, we finally decided to get registered once she comes back from attending her cousin’s marriage. I confronted her, it was ok if she faces some marriage proposals there. I advised rejecting those and once she comes back, I was waiting with a permanent solution. After a long discussion of a few days, she was ready to face that event. It was almost the end of May, she, along with her mother, father and grandmother, left for Darbhanga.