Siddharth

My eyes were closed tight. Did that happened? Did I do it? Really?!! No, no, wake up Sid, wake up. This is just a dream Sid. Open your eyes, once you open your eyes everything will be back as same as it was Sid. I said myself to calm me down. I slowly opened my eyes. A pair of sad eyes was looking at me.

Oops!! I was seeing a little devil with two small red horns in the head with the exact same face of mine smiling at me wickedly by sitting on my shoulder and saying “Your dream of this situation being a dream remained as a dream Sid.” I sighed.

Yes. I. Did. It. I got married. Wow!! That was a wonderful wedding. Mr. Siddharth Aryan, I mean The Siddharth Aryan of Aryan’s real estate got married at gunpoint of a psycho police officer to a little cute girl, whose name is Aami.

Aami. That name brought me back to the situation we are in right now. I looked at her. She was looking at nowhere particularly. Her face was having a defeated look. Like this is the end of the world.

She was still clutching that small bag to her chest with one hand and the other hand was holding the flower garland we exchanged during our wedding rituals. I looked at the one I was holding in my hand.

What should we do now? Do we really become husband and wife? I am still not able to register the whole things that happened in a single night. How did I become a husband from a bachelor? Can I still live like I used to? What will Ved say? Oh yeah, and I got married before my older brother. Superb. Should I just run away? That sounds a good idea, right. When the right time comes I will just runaway. But then, what about Aami?

Should I just leave her here? She is with police right. She can tell them the truth right.

No, I cant leave her like that. She is in this mess because of me. I should not leave her like that right. After all she is my wife.

Wait!! What the f***? Did I just say it? Wife?!! Seriously Sid, get a grip of you. But it’s true right she is my wife and she is my responsibility. She has no one else. That thought made me feel sad for her. So now you want to play this family man drama? What you will tell everyone? That you got married under threat? Oh God, please save me. I fisted my fingers in frustration. I will runaway and take her with me. Once we get out of this, we will discuss this situation. For now find a way to escape from these cops. We will see other things later. I said to myself.

I have no idea what that psycho officer is thinking right now. He asked us to get into the jeep again after all the marriage drama. And right now he is sitting in the front seat with a serious face. I don’t know what this psycho will do next. Will he pull the trigger to us to send us to see his dead wife? That thought sends shiver down my spine.

Suddenly the jeep stopped and I came back to reality. The inspector came to the back door and asked us to get down. Once we were out of the jeep he gave us both a bear hug, which made us surprised. We looked at each other questioningly. What is this new turn of event?

He let us go from the hug. Which I appreciate very much because, the hug was much of a chokehold.

“Thank you very much for let me doing this for my wife. I hope everything was good enough.” He said happily.

Oh yes, it was fantastic you son of a psycho. I cursed him in my head with a smile in my face.

“Now you can be together without your family’s interruption. So I will drop you here. You can take that road to get to the railway station. It’s a short cut route.” He said smiling widely.

I feel a relief sigh leaving my mouth and a small smile forming in my lips. I looked at Aami. She too had the same expression. Finally this dump head is releasing us.

“Thank you very much Sir.” I said with a smile. He nodded his head and walked back to the jeep. Then he suddenly looked at me and gestured me to come. I looked confused at Aami. She too looked at me worried. Gulping nervously I walked towards him leaving Aami behind me.

When I reached he put one of his hands over my shoulder and brought me close to him so that no one can hear us. “I know you both left everything and everyone behind to start a new phase of your life. It will be a little difficult but be patient. You can make your life beautiful with what little you have. And don’t let her go. Take care of her.” He said patiently with a genuine smile.

I don’t know why but I feel happy hearing the sentence “Take care of her.” I smiled at him and nodded my head in assurance. He tapped my shoulder and got into the front seat of the jeep. The jeep took off and I looked at it, till it disappears at the corner of the road.

Sighing, I turned around to see Aami. But the spot where she was standing was empty. She was not there. A frown formed in face. I went running to the spot where she was standing. The flower garland I put on her neck during our wedding was lying on the floor. I looked around calling out her name. I couldn’t find a single trace for her. It felt like someone gave a hard blow on my chest. I felt horrible, broken.

Sighing I kneeled down on the floor and picked up the garland.

Looks like I made the runaway plan and executed it in my mind but she made it practical. How could she do this to me? I felt betrayed; the rage in me was firing up. My hold on the garland tightened. Aha!!! I throw the garland away in anger.