Chapter 1
D&M&B
Part 1
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I am home now. I can be me here. I can breathe here. I closed my eyes,forcing the tears roll down my cheeks. It's okay,D. You did good today. No worries. It is going to end soon...few more hearings,D.
"Ma!Are still awake? " Mira asked.
After calming myself of the grief in me and wiped the tears away,I replied "I just came home M." I am a coward to face her now. Did my voice waver? Oh no! She is too observant for my liking despite my love for her.
She took few steps approaching but stopped feets away. I looked up. Shit! My reflection on the window. She can see me. She is the only one who can see me,inside and out. Silence came and stayed. What to do? Should I say something? Should I turn?...I am the adult here,she my 5 years old daughter. Why am I so ..
I felt her tiny and precious hands around my waist..dang she is too quiet! I was too lost in my thoughts that i did not realize that she moved.
"M..I am..hmm ..M my dear,my sweetie..it is nothing. I am okay." I said. She tightened her arms.
"Ma let us go to bed. We are leaving tomorrow early morning."
Phew!!My sweet girl!
My best friend,Bella standing at the corner of the room,tears in her eye. She gestured me to wipe my tears away. She shook her head and gave me her usual support..standing away but that is what i need the most..her presence,her eyes,her gestures. It has been me and Bella against the world all these years but now with Mira,just completes us. Mira is my daughter but also Bella's. When my own family did not stand by me..my sweet Bella did. Each step she made me go on.
B cleared her throat.
"Hmm is it family hug time...but am I not there?"asked B.
Mira' s giggles and opened her arms..and the B ran like a mere child and hugs us both tightly. She said" D&M&B rules!! I love you both to the moon and back babies!".
Part 2
Bella and Mira are asleep now. It is so soothing to hear their calm breathing. Even Bella's loud snoring sound like melody to me.
My name is Diya. Mira is my daughter. While Bella my best friend and soul sister. I am a rape victim and Mira was conceived from a heinous act but nevertheless I would give my life to her. Oh Bella too. Now i am a rape survivor. I no longer have any nightmares and need no medication to go through my days.
The sad part was I was drugged and was not able to recall who and what happened. Right after my bachelorette party,the rape happened. Yes it was two days before my wedding. Me,Bella,Kay(my another friend) and Vicky(sister-in-law) was drinking and vibing to songs in the hotel room where the wedding was going to happen. When I woke up i was in a different room,naked,sore all over my body with no recollection of what happened. Suddenly the door was opened and my fiance,our whole family was there. And the rest was history.
The wedding happened but that was all to it. Both families did not want to lose their reputation. No one was ready to hear me,neither my husband nor my parents.
My pregnancy was a slap to my face. Bella became my mother. When they knew about Mira,it worsened our relationship.
Deapite forbidden by my family i made a police report. And the case has been going on for almost 6 years now. Based on the CCTV we have a suspect but i have never seen him before. This is a fight for me yet no one from my family were there for me. Nothing can salvage it. My tears and my words,my begging nothing stopped them hating me.
Tomorrow Mira and me are going to fly with my husband and our family to attend Vicky's wedding in Maldives. These years we have both attended many of these family events. Taken pictures just for the sake of image. My husband even adopted Mira legally. Guess who is the middleman between me and our families,the PA are. My mother-in-law's PA,Sarah is the one communicate with me the most.
But our relationship is deeply strained. I have no means to alter it. Deep down I know our divorce is the end point and nothing can be done to it. So it is going to be me,my sweet daughter and my beloved Bella till the end. For them I would do anything even surviving the court battles or even the disastrous flight tomorrow.
