Chapter 3 Meeting him again

A smile found its way to Salma's face, she helped madhulika up from her kneeling position.

"Soon you are going to become my daughter in-law" She giggled.

Divya shook her head, she was in tears.

"Madhulika you can't possibly get married to Naman, you can't" She was sobbing.

No one would want their daughter to get married to Salma's son, except that person didn't know of his wayward life.

"Woman!" Salma snapped at her. "Don't butt in our business, this is between me and your daughter, not you".

Madhulika joined her palms together and bowed slightly. "Thank you, aunt Salma" She said.

"Why are you thanking her, she's supposed to be the one thanking you cause... "

"Don't say it" Madhulika disrupted Kashika.

'Cause you will be getting married to her useless son' Kashika said inwardly, not saying it out.

Although she didn't say it out, Madhulika knew what she wanted to say and that was the reason she stopped her. She didn't want Salma to get angry again.

"I should start preparing for the wedding, my son is getting married" Salma smiled. "See you soon, daughter in-law".

She walked out of the house and her goons walked behind her.

Immediately they left, Divya fell on the floor and her crying increased.

"Mum!" Madhulika and Kashika called at a time.

They rushed to her and squatted beside her.

"You don't have to do this, Madhulika. Please don't get married to her son" She cried.

"I... " Madhulika paused, she didn't even know what to say.

If only she had the money then she wouldn't get married to Naman.

"Madhulika, I have some money I am saving, you can add yours to it and we will work hard to look for the rest" Kashika said and Madhulika chuckled dryly.

"What's funny?" Kashika asked.

"You. Have you forgotten the reason we are saving?" Madhulika replied with a question.

"To pay the landlord" Kashika muttered and Madhulika nodded slowly.

"If we pay Salma with the money then we would find ourselves in the street, the landlord would chase us out... By the way, even if we gather up all the money, it still won't be enough to pay Salma" Madhulika explained.

She hugged Divya and began stroking her hair.

"Don't worry about me mum, I will be fine" She muttered.

"It pains me that I can't do anything, I am useless... " Divya sobbed.

"Stop it mum, I will get angry if you say such again".

The door opened and they looked up to see who it was.

Shruti rushed in.

She joined her palms together and bowed her head in a form of greeting.

"Kashika, I thought Salma was the reason you asked me to come with lots of money" She said, staring around.

"She was, she has left already" Kashika replied.

"Really? Where did you get the money you gave to her? What did she say?" She asked.

"We didn't give her any money, she proposed a deal. Madhulika is going to marry Naman, her son" Kashika informed and Shruti gasped.

"It's... It's not true, right?" She almost stuttered.

Kashika sighed, she stood up from the floor and walked closer to Shruti.

"Let's get out of here, I need some fresh air" She said and walked away.

Shruti glanced at Madhulika before walking out.

Madhulika helped her mum up and took her to the bedroom.

She laid her on the bed and covered her with the blanket.

"I know you are stressed out, you need to rest, I will be back" She said and her mum nodded.

She walked out of the bedroom and got to the living room.

She took her bag that was on the floor and then opened it.

She took out her phone and wanted to close the bag but the paper in it got her attention.

"That lady had given it to me, what is it?" She muttered curiously.

She took out the paper from the bag and stared at it.

*Audition! Audition!* Was boldly written on the top.

She furrowed her brows and after reading the content, she smiled.

"Wow, should I also try this one? Or will I get rejected just like the other ones I have tried?" She muttered, holding the paper tightly to herself.

She had tried lots of audition and wasn't accepted. Not because she wasn't able to meet their acting expectation, but because she wasn't able to meet their lust expectation.

The managers would want to sleep with her and she didn't allow. She wasn't the type to sell her body because of her needs.

Her shape and curves was one of the things her sari couldn't hide, it was always revealing.

She believed her body is a treasure and she should keep it well, not give it out because of a temporary position.

*Use what you have to get what you want* Kashika always say this to her.

But Madhulika believed the words meant something else, not the way Kashika sees it.

The address of the place was also written on the paper.

Without wasting time, she walked out of the house and took a taxi to the place.

When she got there, she paid the taxi man his money.

She stood in front of the big building in front of her and then exhaled.

'Help me Lord Ganesha' She prayed silently and then walked into the company.

Immediately she stepped in, she was welcomed with a cool atmosphere.

She could inhale a sweet scent, everywhere was dazzling clean.

"Welcome miss" A voice made her stopped her admiration.

She looked at where the voice came from and it was a girl sitting behind a counter, probably the receptionist.

She walked to her, "Good day".

"Same miss, how may I help you?" The receptionist asked.

"I came here to apply for the audition" She replied and the receptionist smiled.

"Oh, the form is actually free".

'I never said it wasn't free' Madhulika said inwardly, almost rolling her eyes.

"So can I get the form?".

"Sure" The receptionist opened a drawer and brought out a form which she gave to her.

"Can I get a pen please?" She requested and it was immediately given to her.

She went to sit and began filling the form.

The form contained her name, age, skills, mobile number, etcetera.

It took her some minutes and when she was done filling the form, she stood up and went to the receptionist.

She had to wait cause the receptionist was busy attending to another girl.

After what seems like years to Madhulika, the receptionist finished attending to the girl and the girl left.

Madhulika gave her the form.

"So quick?" She furrowed her brows.

'Should I take hours just to fill a form?' Madhulika almost said it out but she restrained herself, she didn't want to sound rude.

"We will get back to you through your email, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day" The receptionist smiled and Madhulika returned the smile before walking out of the company.

Her stomach made a rumbling sound and that was when she recalled she hadn't eaten anything since morning.

She opened her bag and stared at the money in it.

"I should get something to cook" She muttered and began walking to the nearest market.

She got to the market and bought some stuffs.

It was packaged and given to her.

She paid and started walking around the market, looking for one last thing to buy.

She wasn't looking at her front and that was how she bumped into someone, the things she was holding fell and her stuffs were all on the floor.

Her eyes became red and she wanted to cry.

She had used her last money to get the foodstuffs,,, now it was all on the floor.

She looked up and her anger increased when she saw the face of the person she had bumped into.

"Are you jinxed!" She yelled without thinking.

"Jinxed?" Liam muttered.

Earlier he had left the office and went to the market, he was hungry but couldn't eat their food, he wasn't used to it.

He decided to go into the market and see if he would see some pasta so he will go prepare it by himself.

He disliked eating food made by others, he also didn't like sending someone to get food for him. He trusted no one.

He was busy staring around, trying to find an English dish foodstuffs when he bumped into someone,,, he was also surprised to see her.

"Why are you always careless" She said, with tears coming out from her eyes.

Liam furrowed his brows, wondering what was making her cry.

"Are you sure you are mentally stable?" He asked.

Madhulika clenched her fist tightly, not wanting to do anything stupid.

"Why are you so callous? You threw away someone's only meal and all you can do is ask if the person is insane?" She muttered, trying to fight back her tears, but she couldn't, cause it kept on flowing.

Normally she could act as if she wasn't pained, but she didn't know why she wasn't able to do it now. Maybe because it had to deal with reality, not some damn acting.

"Only meal?" Liam mumbled, he was taken aback. "Is that the reason you were crying?" He asked calmly.

Madhulika didn't reply, she wasn't able to.

She held her head and screamed in pain as the headache hit her again.

Her vision became blurry and she immediately passed out, falling on the floor.

The market people gathered around her and someone called the ambulance.

Liam couldn't hear what the people were talking about cause they were conversing in Indian.

A man suddenly faced him, he spoke Indian to him but Liam couldn't understand.

"I don't hear your language" He told the man, hoping the man would understand him.

"Why are you standing there, carry her, the ambulance is here" The man snapped. His English wasn't even pleasant to the ear.

Liam scoffed. "They should come carry her,,, why should I touch her?".

Why saying the last part, he recalled when she punched his face only because he held her wrist,,, he scoffed again.

Madhulika was immediately carried by the nurses into the ambulance.

The man creased his brows. "Who is she to you?".

"No one" He replied and began walking away, but some men gathered around him, stopping him from walking from walking further.

"What do you want" He asked them.

"You claim she is no one to you, why were you seen talking to her?" The man asked and the other men started talking.

Although he didn't understand what the other men were talking about, he could tell they were agreeing to what the man said,,, their facial expression said it all.

"Seriously" Liam chuckled.

"Who's telling a joke?" The man asked with a deep frown on his face.

"I said she's no one to me, what else do you want from me" He asked, still calm.

"We don't believe you. You were the last person seen talking to her... How are we sure you didn't do anything to her, hence the reason for her going unconscious" He said.

"Really? You think I am responsible? Are you guys blind? Didn't you see what happened?" Liam was beginning to loose his cool.

The men started talking again, Liam found it annoying.

"You have guts,,, I am calling the cops" The man said and started dialing a number.

"Go on" Liam muttered, he folded his hands below his breast.

The people stared unbelievablely at him.

Wasn't he afraid?