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Chapter 2 Prologue

  • Scarlett PoV:
  • I stepped out of the house, leaving my love Alvin behind the closed doors of the mansion. I looked at the building, for the last time. I closed the eyes, remembering the memories I had with my husband, which were sweet, lovely, bitter, and sour. I realized the heavy rain outside the mansion accompanied by thunder and lightning. It was dark and scary as it was midnight. I didn't stop but continued my walk to reach the unknown destiny. My heart became numb to notice anything else as it was replaying the words of my beloved which crushed my heart into several pieces.
  • All my dreams were shattered, the moment I realized that my husband Alvin, whom I loved like my breath, had no love for me. Making it worse, Alvin made it clear to me that he married me only to gain the right on the property of his grandfather. His grandfather wrote a will which made Alvin mandatory to marry an orphan to get the property.
  • I was completely drenched in the rain. Still, I thanked the rain for making my tears invisible to anyone. My feet became numb due to the cold weather and wet clothes. It was almost impossible for me to walk. I didn't understand where to go. I looked at the surroundings and found a hotel. I took a room to stay for one night. However, I didn't know how my life is going to be from the next day.
  • Now, my problem is not to find a place to stay, but to find a way to forget my husband. The harder I tried to forget my man, the harder his memories had hit me. I went back into the past where Alvin entered into my life unexpectedly. I understood that he was a spoilt rich brat on our first meet itself. I tried my best to avoid him. However, gradually my heart melted, and I fell for him with the further encounters with him. I got that Alvin was not as bad as I guessed. He had a sick circle of friends and his parents never had time for him, that made Alvin a playboy.
  • I thought to change him with my love. I had borne every insult imposed by his friends and family, only for him. I even accepted his rudeness and hurtful behavior with a hope that I could win his heart one day. I just wished for a little space in his heart, and nothing else than that. My efforts and my love failed in melting his cold heart. I was one among those girls who were in bed with him. The only difference between them and me was this knot around my neck.
  • I lost my parents in the childhood and was grown up in an orphanage. Until today, I never felt this lonely, though I was an orphan. Alvin became my world, and now I couldn't imagine a day without him. My eyes welled up with teardrops. I clutched the bedsheet to control the tears, as my heart became heavy with the pain. I cried out loud to let them flow as I know I couldn't handle them anymore. I felt as if I lost all the hopes to live. But I decided to live instead of leaving the life to escape the fate.
  • I decided to live to make my dream true. To make the dream of my parents true. Within a few hours, I have to participate in the Indian Idol title finale. Indian Idol is an excellent opportunity for the youngsters throughout the nation to prove their singing talent. I had reached the finals by clearing all the stages of the competition. I am just one step behind to achieve my goal. My Alvin, the one who supported me until now to reach this stage, broken me completely the last night. I had decided to prove that he had succeeded in breaking my heart, but not my spirit.
  • My marriage and love went out of my hands, but my goal is still in my hands. I didn't want to blame the fate for my broken marriage; instead, I chose to thank the fate for giving an opportunity to become successful in the life. I knew well that it is too tough to participate in the competition in my current unstable mind, but it's a great chance for me which I shouldn't miss for my lost love.
  • I wiped off my tears. I opened my bag and took a photo of my husband. I looked at it for some time and hugged it to my heart. Though I knew that he doesn't love me, still I can't stop myself from loving him. However, I am not going to give up by making the situations control me. I knew why I started the journey and how I reached this stage. I took a deep breath and kept his photo back in my handbag. I opened my music notes and started the practice for the competition, to take control over my life into my hands.
  • I practiced the song which I would sing in the competition. It's a romantic love song that explains what is true love. I read the lyrics, and I felt the same love from Alvin, though it's fake. He teased, supported, loved, trusted me, and saved me many times from insults. Everything was an action. His ways, to cheat me, and break me.
  • I closed the book as I couldn't read the lyrics anymore. I wanted to forget Alvin to focus on my goal. However, he failed me in this too, by making me a prisoner in his memories. I cried a lot, and slowly sleep embraced me in its arms.