Category: abusive relationships
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Fire and ice
My heart was racing at the sound of the doorbell. There were butterflies in my stomach. Butterflies that I hadn’t felt in a very long time. I knew he felt the same on the other side of the door. I looked at myself in the mirror before letting him in. I thought he would grab…
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The (un)fortunate girl
I walked towards her room, climbing through the stairs. Looking for comfort and love. And if she still cares. The path just seems long, and I wish to halt and wait. But I know in my heart, to take a chance of fate. I last saw her face, maybe when I was seven. You are…
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The Confession
“He stood at my door, drenched from the storm. He was screaming and shouting abuses. My husband Neil, was in the bath. He could never know of this. He could never know about the biggest mistake I made out of desperation. He could never know of what happened the night he was arrested. The night…
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Abusive relationships
Shraddha stood by the window, for her favourite pastime, to catch a glimpse of Karan, her neighbour. She must’ve had a crush on him for more than over a year since her family moved into this house. She drooled over his curly locks, brown eyes, and that vicious smile. It was a teenage romance for…
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Guilty Pleasures
It was a usual day. Tanya stood in her kitchen baking chocolate chip cookies. Chocolate seemed to give her a great deal of comfort. It was her go-to comfort food. As the doorbell rang, she couldn’t think of anybody she was expecting. She was more than amazed to see Aditya on the other side of…
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Crime of Circumstances
This is kind of connected to a previous post I wrote ‘Abusive relationships‘. It’s the same story from a slightly different perspective. We are slaves of perception and often jump to conclusions. I feel we sometimes get stuck on an opinion, just to prove a conclusion that we have already reached. Sometimes, there may be…
Midnight Musings 