31. Past

TW: This chapter contains sexual assault. So please avoid if it triggers you.

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"Meera." A faint voice was heard which made her suck a deep breath in fear. She quickly put her phone aside making sure no sound was made. But again he called her from outside.

"I know you can hear me. Open the door." He said and loudly banged on the door.

Meera sat on the bed pulling her knees up scared of what was about to happen.

And before he could say something else, she heard the faint voice of two people talking and recognized it to be him and Adwait. In some seconds, there were sounds of footsteps which fainted slowly followed by silence. And Meera sat there with her hand rubbing her chest which was hammering like anything.

She lightly tapped her chest to take some deep breaths. She lay down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling as one of the worst memory of her life went through her mind.

Meera was 14 years old. She used to live with her tauji family. No one cared about her and now she got used to their behavior. But there was a person in the house who didn't taunt her, who didn't look at her with disgust. It was the nephew of her taiji who used to stay with them for most of the time. His name was Naman. Her grandfather never liked him and always advised her to stay away from him but her poor innocent heart never understood the reason behind all this. Until........

It was 5 in the evening when there was no one at home except Meera. She was making tea for herself when she suddenly felt someone's presence behind her. She jerked suddenly only to notice Naman standing behind her. She took a deep breath on seeing him.

"You scared me bhaiya," Meera said to him

"Don't call me that"

"What?"

"Bhaiya...... I am not your bhaiya. Don't call me that."

Meera was confused upon hearing him. And before she could say something, Naman changed the topic swiftly.

"Leave all this Meera. I need to talk to you about something." He said standing only at an arm's distance from her while she furrowed her brows at him.

"What?"

" Have you ever thought about life?" He started as a sinister look passed through his eyes which Meera failed to understand "You only get to live it once." He said moving towards her while Meera was confused "So you should enjoy it. You should not miss out on things ." He said while invading her personal space.

Meera took her steps back on seeing him near her. She didn't know what it meant but her heart was telling her it was something bad, it was something dirty.

Her heart raced when she heard the opening of Zip. Her innocent mind who never heard of intimate stuff was now suddenly experiencing this without her permission and her heart raced.

Her back hit the wall as she found herself trapped and her heart dropped. She didn't know what she was about to do. She wanted to run but her feet stuck to the ground. She wanted to speak but her tongue was glued.

" It's the perfect age for you to learn how to please a man." He said and his lips reached her ear " I'll teach you how to perfectly please your boyfriend."

Her hands shivered listening to him. Her innocent mind didn't know the dirtiness wrapping around these words but her sixth sense was telling her that all of this was abnormal.

"Open your eyes. Just look at it once." He said

Her chest heaved up and down rapidly with the lack of air, her heart filled with fear suddenly and the lack of knowledge about all this was confusing her more.

Before anything could happen, the sound of the main door opening was heard and Naman quickly left the kitchen leaving Meera there scared.

Meera didn't open her eyes for some moment scared of him being there, scared of seeing something she

wasn't meant to.

"Meera" Her taiji's voice reached her making her eyes open suddenly and she looked around to find herself alone. She took her shivered hands to her mouth to calm down.

And once again she heard that loud voice of her taiji and ran outside to see her family sitting with Naman while he was smirking at her. His smirk seemed dirty and vicious.

"Why didn't you make tea for naman? You are getting out of hand huh? Go and make tea for everyone ." Her taiji shouted and she just nodded avoiding his eyes.

Later that night, she was in her room. Their pretense in front of her grandfather of giving her a comfortable life somewhere helped her as she atleast got a comfortable bed and a room fro herself. She changed her clothes and lay on her bed when a knock was heard on the door. She was scared, she didn't open the door. She knew it was him, the weird dirty smell of him was reaching her nose.

"Open the door Meera" A whisper was heard " Come on !! It's a matter of some minutes. No one would know except you and me. You'll enjoy it, trust me."

Meera closed her ears hearing the dirt coming from his mouth. And after a lot of knocking, suddenly silence followed. She lay on the bed as tears left her eyes. The person she thought was loving her was actually lusting her. And suddenly she remembered all the happenings of the past. His sudden brush on her back, him groping her chest from behind, his sudden touch on her body, every action which she ignored thinking it to be a misunderstanding or a mistake was actually never a mistake, it was all done consciously, it was all done against her wish but with her. And while thinking all this she didn't realize when she went to sleep.

Some days passed destroying her mental health slowly as she avoided all the places where she could find herself alone with him and later her dadaji visited her tauji's house from the village which gave her a sense of protection. Later she joined extra classes in her school, thus giving her a chance to spend less time at her house. It was a matter of some days and once his college starts he will leave.

But today was different, Meera came back from school unaware of the function at her house. As she entered, she saw many people eating, and dancing. Later he got to know her Tau Ji won the Businessman of the Year award and this party is for that. She wasn't allowed to enjoy the party so she stayed in her room.

A knock was heard on her door followed by the voice of a little girl. Meera went and opened the door to see almost a 6-year-old girl standing outside the door with an innocent smile on her face. Before Meera could ask something

"Here's your chocolate. And don't tell anyone about this." Naman said to the little girl coming out from the side of the wall.

And before could understand something, the little girl was gone with Naman pushing Meera inside the room and locking the door.

"Come on!! I am leaving tomorrow. Don't let me leave like this." He said opening his shirt button.

Meera felt her world crashing down as he approached her. She dragged herself away from him.

" It will be pleasing trust me. You'll love it and ask for it again and again." He said opening the last button of his shirt.

"bhaiya ............. Bhaiya ............... please......" She requested but that demon couldn't hear that.

" I will teach you. You don't want to disappoint your boyfriend if you have any thoughts." He said and laughed while discarding his shirt.

Meera looked around to save herself. She suddenly stood up climbed the bed and fell on the other side of the bed.

Naman laughed loudly "Where will you go kitten? Wanna play cat and mouse game?" He said climbing over the bed.

Meera felt every hope drowning when her eyes went to the window. She knew what she was supposed to do. She was ready to do it. If it meant her dignity would be saved then she was ready to do it.

She moved back till she reached the window. While Naman stood at some distance smirking at her.

"I'd prefer to die than to be touched by a filthy human like you." She said and before she could take some action she was held by Naman back while she shouted.

Naman slapped her across the face making her fall flat on the ground and silence followed in the room.

He kept on slapping her and thrashing her until a knock was heard

"Meera !! Meera !! Open the door right this instant." Her grandma shouted from outside.

Naman quickly ran to her and held her mouth in tight hold " Don't you dare to tell her anything or else I'll kill you." Before Meera could say something " Or you can tell her. I want to see people making fun of you and I'd love to see how many people would trust you over me." He said winking at her and hiding in her bathroom.

Meera opened the door hurriedly and saw her grandmother there. She cried on seeing the old lady and hugged her " Dadi, he tried to ...... Naman tried to.........."

And suddenly she was pushed back " How dare you? How dare you to say such words about naman, you whore?" Meera was shocked to hear her and before she could say something "You must have lured that decent young man considering how your mother lured my son. If I hadn't seen you on the window, don't know what shame you would have brought upon me." Tears left Meera's eyes on hearing her.

Since then Meera always maintained distance from him to save herself. And no one knew except her dadi and she never gained the courage to tell this to anyone.

She came out of her thoughts when a loud knock was heard on the door making her scared for her safety.

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