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One Decision that changed her Life
Cindy wrote in her diary every
night, it gave her a certain kind of peace when she vented out all her
thoughts, all her pain in her dear Diary.
And for the last eight months the
entries have been special – she spoke to her unborn baby and wrote down those
imaginary conversations in her diary.
She was due in just two weeks and
she promised herself she’ll not freak out… she’ll handle it perfectly, like how
she has been handling her life in last few months.
Life was bright and cheerful for
Cindy, she was a free spirited girl who loved travelling. Her job as a photo
journalist took her to several countries far away from where she stayed. One
such trip brought her to this middle east land. She had spent quite a long time
there for her assignment and was aghast with the situation there… and how they
treated their women.
But when she met Saafir, she felt
he was very different. He seemed to have a modern outlook and was very caring… so
gentle, kind, handsome and concerned that Cindy had fallen for him in no time.
Back at home her parents were concerned
for her, her safety specially after her revelation when she called up one
weekend. Cindy had decided to take the relationship forward and married Saafir.
She knew he was the man she always wanted in her life, so what if she knew him
only for few weeks. For Cindy love was spontaneous and not something that she
would take time to decide or judge.
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This morning was dull with dark
clouds. Cindy sat on the couch with her morning newspaper. While going through
the war articles in the middle east she could feel going back in those times.
Only after her marriage she found out Saafir was already married and had two
previous wives. He had kept this part of his life concealed. Cindy was broken,
not only with the betrayal but with how she was entrapped into this mess. She
was forced to change her religion, was beaten up, tortured and left in a dark
room often, as her punishment, whenever she refused to follow anything.
When she found herself carrying a
child, the only thing she longed for was her passport and safety for herself
and her unborn child. All her attempts of running away were futile and were met
with extreme aggression until that one lucky day when one of the wives of
Saafir sneaked out her passport and helped her reach the nearby Red Cross
Centre.
That one immature decision had turned her life upside down. Today Cindy
often wonders, why she took this plunge in spite of knowing how that society
was. She felt she was naïve, and she just hurried into it without thinking. But
today she knows she has brought herself and her child out of the mess and has matured
as a person. She has promised her baby that she will keep her safe and will
think twice before taking any of her life’s decisions.
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