FLASHBACKRAAHII heard the door closing behind him, and at that time, I clutched the bed sheets tightly and closed my eyes. I didn't even want to see him at any cost.No. I couldn't let myself submit to him. I had to protect myself even though there was no point in protecting anymore. I had to do something at any cost.I continued to brainstorm ideas when he sat beside me."I'm the happiest today," he slurred.He has been drinking? Oh shit! What do I do now?All of a sudden, the fear in me increased exponentially and I stayed there clueless."Are... Are you drunk?" I stammered."Yeah! Just... Just a bit as I wanted to celebrate my happiness," he slurred.I gulped. This wasn't the wedding night I had expected."Come now. I want to make love to you now. I want to fuck you in so many ways that you would never be able to imagine."His words made me feel disgusted. I was about to get out of the bed when he held my hand and pulled me near him."Hey? Where are you going? You will have to as

FLASHBACKRAAHII have had spent the most beautiful days of my life with Maa. She taught me a lot, and we did have a lot of fun. She was like my friend, who would listen to my endless gossips and chattering. In the disguise of teaching me to do household chores, we spent our happy times together.Within two months, Maa was my best friend and much more closer to me than my own mother. She understood me in a way that my mother couldn't even bother. She cared for me, she loved me and above that, she respected me and my thinking.Maa and I had one thing in common. Our pain. Our pain of being tortured by our respective husbands. Arhaan's father used to torture her almost daily. A couple of days, I have found myself hearing Maa's screams and crying to sleep. Fresh bruises on her body and a couple of horrific moments. And the fear that Arhaan is much worse of a monster than his father scared the shit out of me.Respect. That's a small word, but that's what I crave the most. I crave a bit of

FLASHBACKRAAHIThe moment Aarhaan agreed to that condition, I was surprised, but then, I realised that I had to live with that now.I had to understand that now my life would be like this and as my parents told me, I had to accept it, but I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't accept this as my life.But still, having no other way, I had to do that. And then, my life became monotonous. I had to wake up early in the morning, prepare for breakfast and lunch and wait for Arhaan to leave for the office. When he left for the office, I had to go on with the household chores like cleaning and laundry. I had to wash his dirty clothes and everything and then prepare dinner. He would return home, have his dinner and we would go to sleep. I didn't argue with him and tried my best to do everything that he says so that he doesn't get angry, and ended up doing something that I never want him to do.But leaving Alcohol and Cigarettes was something really tough for him. He used to remain

FLASHBACKRAAHII felt a sharp pain in my back when Arhaan threw me on the bed, making me unable to move. My entire body was hurting due to the hitting I got minutes earlier. I felt terrible.I tried a lot to explain to Arhaan my side, but he didn't even listen to me. He continued to blame me for everything that I haven't done. I couldn't find a way.And then, I saw him removing his shirt. The horror I was in grew more as my eyes widened."No," I gasped.And then, after removing his shirt, he hovered over me."No. Arhaan, please," I cried out as loud as I could.He didn't listen to me.And then, I felt his lips on mine, struggling to kiss me. I tried my best to resist. I didn't want to kiss this man at any cost. I tried to push him away but he held my hands and pinned them on the bed over me. I cried as I struggled but this felt like he wasn't even interested to hear my cries."No, please!"I cried once more as he started kissing me on my neck. I felt horrible, I was struggling a lot

FLASHBACKRAAHI"What?" The officer was shocked after hearing my answer.I nodded in affirmation."Girl. Look. He is your husband, how can he rape you?" She questioned me."If he did that to me, even after I cried and begged him to stop. Wouldn't that called to be a rape?" I looked at her with painful eyes."But he is your husband," she said in a low tone."Does that change anything? Does that ease the trauma and horrific experience that I had to go through? Does that soothe the pain?" I questioned.She went silent and looked towards the floor. For a moment, I couldn't even believe that she wasn't ready to file an FIR just because Arhaan was my husband. Even if he is my husband, does that give him a right to rape me?"Well, I can't file a complaint against rape committed by your husband," she muttered."Wh...what?" I was shocked.I looked at the police officer with a terrible shock that I felt moments ago. She wasn't ready to file FIR against him? Why?"Actually, in our constitution,