42. A Plan

FLASHBACK

RAAHI

"How could you even scold my daughter? Who gave you the right to do that?"

I heard Arhaan's angry words as he pulled my hairs and made me stand up. My forehead was hurting badly due to the hit, but he didn't care.

"You will have to be taught a lesson," he growled and then, he dragged me towards the room.

"I'm sorry, please, don't," I cried as I didn't want to bear that.

But all my pleas were going to fall on dead ears as Arhaan care about nothing. He just needed reasons to torment me, and when he has got one, he wouldn't let it go at any cost.

He dragged me to the room and whipped me with the same belt, and when he was done with that, he asked me to get up and go to prepare for dinner.

I somehow tolerated all the pain, and when I walked towards the kitchen, I looked at Arohi. She looked confused by what happened. Maybe, initially, she thought she was happy that Arhaan scolded me, but in my later condition, I could see in her eyes that my daughter was scared of it.

But