Chapter 5 Realities Of HEARTS

Chandni was ready in her bridal dress. Her heart was beating abnormally high Inside her chest . Her hands were shivering and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Why God? I don't want to marry that stupid Shashi", She said loudly while looking at her bridal images in the mirror.

She looked away from the mirror and sat down on the bed. She put forward her hands and glanced at the beautiful design of henna. Her hands were smelling because of henna.

Tear drops started to fall on her palm. She wiped her tears.

Chandni looked at her hands again which were full of henna which left dark color on her hands and she felt disgusted by all the fact that someone else would claim her as his in an hour.

She wanted to marry the man with whom she fell in love but here she was not in love with Shashi.

She wasn't scared of Marriage. She was scared to give herself to that hungry dog named Shashi.

She was worried about her safety on the wedding night. She thought of so many excuses she was going to use on him. But at last everything shattered inside her.

She knew Shashi would not leave her. He would definitely pounce over her and claim her as his. She shook her head panic and stood up from the bed and started walking in her bedroom.

Her whole house was shimmering like stars. Sweet aromas filled every corner of her house.

Her wedding dress was designed by her mother but she didn't like it. She wanted something simple and elegant which covered her whole body but the deep neckline of the blouse of wedding dress made her cringe whenever she thought of Shashi and his lustful gazes on her body.

She again wiped her tears and reapplied makeup which was smudged because of her tears.

"Do something God. there are still hours of wedding procession to come", She said and threw the make-up box in pain.

She clutched her wedding dress tightly and tears streaming down from her eyes.

"I'll never worship you again", Chandni murmured softly and looked at the small idol of God.

"sister", Adrija barged into Chandni's room.

Chandni was shocked by her sudden entry. She stared at her sister and saw how panicked she was looking.

"What? What's wrong?", She asked her sister. Adrija breathed deeply and said, "Grandfather is calling You".

Chandni didn't understand why her grandfather called her when she had a few hours in this house.

"Why?", Chandni asked her sister.

"Grandmother", Her sister replied and Chandni ran toward her grandparents room.

Chandni ran to the grandparents room.

"Grandpa", Chandni entered her grandparents room and saw her grandmother was in the worst state.

She saw her parents were present there with her uncles and aunts. Her cousins were sitting around the bed of her sick grandmother.

Her heart constricted. Her grandparents never supported her because of her parents but she never hated them. She loved her grandparents with her whole heart.

"Chandni! come here child. Your grandma is taking her last breath. That's why I called you here to meet her and take blessings from her", Her grandfather said and he wiped his own tears.

Chandni burst into tears and hugged her grandfather tightly. Everything was new for her. First her cousins came and spent some time with her and now she openly hugged her grandfather. Her grandpa rubbed her back .

"Stop crying. Your makeup will ruin and the dress will get crushed so stand Properly", Her mother said and clutched Chandni's arms and pulled her away from her grandfather's embraces.

Chandni stumbled by the sudden force. She felt ashamed of her mother.

Her grandfather was hurtful by the cold reaction he got from his elder son and daughter-in-law.

Chandni pushed her mother and glared at her. Her mother was shocked by Chandni's actions.

"Mother! behave yourself ", Chandni said and she hugged her grandfather again.

She went towards her grandmother and touched her feet. She kissed her grandmother's cheeks and held her hands which had wrinkles.

"Grandma! I love You. I'm sorry that I didn't spend my days with you", She said loudly and her mother and father looked at Chandni in shock.

Her grandmother opened her eyes and looked at her and put her hands on her head.

"Cha . Chandni", Her grandmother whispered and Chandni nodded her head. Her grandmother smiled and soon closed her eyes forever.

Chandni screamed loudly at her loss. The whole Singh family cried in pain except Her mother and father.

Chandni clutched her heart and wailed loudly. Her Grandmother died and left them in tears.

Suddenly they heard loud voices and got to know that the wedding procession was standing at their doorstep.

Her mother came and grabbed her hands and started dragging her away from her grandparents room.

"Maa! maa wait. you are hurting me", Chandni pleaded to her mother.

"Stop it Chandni. Go and touch your make up again. The wedding procession is here and soon your wedding rituals will start", Her mother said and pushed her into her bedroom.

Chandni was shocked by all her mother's bitter words.

Chandni stood numbly and soon her mother entered her room and saw her. She wiped her face with tissue and again held her hands and moved towards the wedding hall where her bridegroom was desperately waiting to ruin her.

'Her Grandmother died. Her dead body is still in the house and her parents are doing her marriage', Chandni thought and angrily rushed into her whole body.

She saw how Shashi was grinning while looking at her. Her mother gave a garland to her and her hands trembled under his lustful gazes.

"Stop", Loud male voice boomed and everything turned silent.

Chandni craned her neck and saw her grandfather was standing there.

"Father! My daughter is getting married so don't interfere in this", Chandni's father said and got a tight slap from his father.

Everyone stood shocked. Chandni's mother tried to say something but one hard glare by her father-in-law made her shut her mouth.

Her grandfather pulled Chandni towards him and announced to the whole hall that whoever was present there for the marriage. Her grandfather joined his both hands and looked at the people and the wedding procession.

"Today, no wedding is going to happen because chandni's grandmother, my wife, died half an hour ago. Her dead body is still on her bed, in the bedroom. So there is no Marriage. It's my humble request to you all to leave the hall as soon as possible . Take your wedding procession back with you because I'm not going to let that marriage happen", Chandni's grandfather said and looked briefly at Shashi who was clenching unclenching his fist in anger.

"The funeral process will start soon. We have so much work to do. Chandni! My child, let's go. Your Uncles and Aunts need you. Your cousins need their elder sister. This house needs their eldest grandchild", Grandfather said while looking at the family of Shashi.

He took Chandni's hands in his old hands and moved away from the hall with Chandni who was silently watching and crying.

Everyone was stunned by the revelation and whispered filled the hall.

Chandni's mother and father were blazing in anger. They wanted to kill Chandni because they thought because of her, that old man (chandni's grandfather) slapped him and they also became the talk of town.

Chandni hugged her grandfather and hid her face.

"I'm sorry, grandpa", Chandni cried.

"Why are you sorry?", grandpa asked.

"Because of me everything happens. I'm cursed, right?", Chandni sobbed.

"No, never say something like this. You are the Goddess of our house but it's sad that your parents are blind enough to see how blessed they are that you are their daughter", Her grandfather said and wiped her tears.

"Let's go, your grandma is waiting for us", Her grandfather said Chandni who saw immense love and care for her. She was blessed to have grandparents like them.

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