A beautiful hot summer
day it was when Lily opened her eyes in a desire for the new beginning. She
was waiting for this day from metaphorically whole of her life when Edward
would kneel to the ground and will present her the ring. They both, internally and
physically betrothed to each other were waiting for the right day to present
their love to the family. Little did Lily know that Edward would lose his manhood
at the time of confronting his family their five years of love. By that time, Lily
was 24 and was on the verge of marrying a suitable suitor her family chose for
her.
This devastation of
Edward’s buffoonery led to Lily’s marriage to that suitable suitor and to utter
wretchedness her marriage bed was decorated with Edward’s favorite Rajnigandha flower that he used to get her on some very special occasions. Four months
elapsed since the marriage took place and around that time other than Lily’s
unwanted honeymoon, Edward was forced to marry someone he did not love because
his family could not see his everlasting pain. Little they did know that
destiny had some other mystifying plans for them.
Lily and her husband decided to go on four days trip to
Manali with her husband’s friends whom Lily did not know and did not care to
know. It was a beautiful cold winter day when they arrived at Manali a day
after the planned schedule. Lily was tired because of the twelve-hour journey
and decided to take a nap and when she woke up it was already the dinnertime.
She could not find her husband on his side of the bed and after calling him,
she gets to know that he was with friends and their wives at dining hall. Her
hunger was at its peak and without wasting any further time, she went straight
to satiate her hunger. On her first step at dining hall, she saw her husband
waving towards her and many other couples sitting around the table but among
them one who had his back on the door had some resemblance. She could see the
dark brown hair, strongly built guy sitting just opposite to her husband and
did not want to guess anything superficial but just then Edward turned his head
to look at the door.
The string of pain in heart was same on both the sides.
Lily was not able to take another step forward because of
the numbness that now felt perpetual. She with dewy eyes turned around making the
Rajnigandha from her side table take a leap of faith and then she never
returned that night. Edward on the other side did not have the courage to
confront his wife and friend sitting next to him. However, after seeing her, he
could not swallow even the last bite and without a second thought, he ran
towards making Lily fall back into love with him.
