'A Father Was Born'

"That bastard touched you without your consent. He forced him on you. And, he slapped you. Why the hell you all are telling me these now? I will kill him. How dare he?" he fumed in anger and his words were on fire. He looked at her choked with emotions in his throat.

" Our daughter's health is our priority now. Leave the rest, Son. Go and bring these medicines," his mother calmed him down. 

"But, it has been 4 days, you did not even think to inform me Maa. She is fighting with pain and mental tantrums and that bastard is sleeping at his home peacefully. He doesn't even care to pay a visit to her. How could be someone so inhuman maa? Because of him only and of his inhumane activity she is in hospital. And, you are advising me to spare him," tears rolled down blended with anger and agony from his eyes.

How could he tolerate her condition and her silence? She had been injected with the saline tube. She was unable to walk properly too. He could not see her in this state. He started roaming inside the hospital cabin just to control himself. 

"Being her brother, I got to know from the doctor and from the medical test reports. For the last three days, I was thinking about the reason behind her fever and colic pain. And, to my surprise, a piece of paper from the pathology lab gave me the reason. Isn't it a shock?", added he slowing down his voice?

"We called him to inform him about her illness. He told us to do all the treatments and he would send the expenses to her account." Maa cried.

She was regretting actually. She was blaming herself for her daughter's condition. 

"Maa, my sister will never go to him again. I'm going to a lawyer tomorrow for discussing divorce. I'll never let him breathe peacefully. I swear. But, maa remember it carefully. My sister will never return to his house again no matter what," warned he.

He left and she was staring at him lying on the hospital bed.

" My 21-years-old brother knows how to treat a girl whereas my so-called legally wedded 39-years-old husband broke my body, soul into pieces. Not age, upbringing, and family values make a man. Surroundings and mentality describe your character, not your high-salary-job." a drop of happiness touched her lips and her mind murmured.

How could someone be like this? Does marriage provide a free license to a husband to satisfy his physical needs without the wife's consent anytime he wants? Really? Is marriage all about legal intercourse? Why on the earth do people forget about the difference between "love-making" and "forced sex" ? There is no difference between rape and marital rape. He would not be a husband for her, but a bloody rapist. Forget about rape, just ask a girl how it feels when someone touches her with otherwise intention without her wish. Maybe, this society can't understand it. For this so-called society, marital rape word does not even exist. It's shameful to say in public. Seriously? 

"Doctor told, infections and wounds are serious. Here are the medicines for 3 months. Maybe, it will take time to reduce the pain too. Has she taken some food? What about the vomiting? " he asked Maa keeping the Packet on the table nearby.

Maa replied," yes, she has had some Poha."

He sat on the bed keeping his hand on her head. Her eyes were closed while a drop of water touched her cheeks.

She opened her eyes and found him crying. 

Slowly, she shifted her head from the pillow to his lap hugging his waist. 

Her baby brother became a father to a daughter that day and his daughter was his own elder sister.