Tuesday, 1 July 2025

The Scars She Carries -1


Amaya was a girl living in a small city, belonging to a middle-class family. Her father worked in a factory, and her mother was a homemaker. This story takes place when Amaya was in Class 5. She was an average student with low confidence.

One day, her mother took her to her paternal house for 15 days. Everything was going well initially, but one night, when Amaya was sleeping on the roof with all her cousins, mother, and aunt, her cousin Ketu called her to sleep near him. With innocent thoughts, she went and slept there. At midnight, she felt an unusual touch on her body. It was Ketu. She pushed him away and positioned herself so that he wouldn't be able to touch her again.

Ketu woke up the next morning and warned Amaya not to tell anything to anybody, otherwise the results would be adverse. Amaya was scared of that warning and didn't tell anyone anything, not even her mother.

Now, Ketu was confident that she wouldn't tell anyone, and driven by his strong desires, he kept touching her body in a way that appeared accidental. This incident, unreported, profoundly affected her, bringing her spirits low. She was unaware of the miserable conditions she would face just by not raising her voice.

 
To be continued……

 

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