I am not a gentleman - Harshavardhan C (100 books to read txt) 📗

she considered him as her dream boy, but now he appeared to her as a devil on the bed during the three nuptial nights.

God only knows whether she enjoyed with him or not. But for Raj it was really a Heaven of joy; and for Jasmine it was certainly a Hell, where she suffered within the nuptial suit, forgetting all her sweet dreams, ever since she attained sweet sixteen, her expectations, forgoing her individuality, her emotions, her feelings; and sometimes she even suffered to have respire, especially when he was kissing her rudely; and also suffered severe pain in her vagina, when he roughly had go in with her many a times.

Both of her lips were swollen because of his rough and rash handling. It was more so taking vengeance in the form of sexual assault on her rather than really enjoying sex with a newly wedded spinster.

All her experience with him within the four walls during the three days reminded her the much worst of the worst experiences, and the most heinous than even that of the stray dogs on the streets.

The beauty of the customs and traditions, rather pitiable thing in India is that no bride could win against her hubby both on the bed, as he alone was only supported by the elders in the pretext of three nights; and even in the court of law also, though he is sexually harassing her against her will, it goes in favour of him. The law protects the bride groom from performing his conjugal rights against the bride.

However, to get divorce from husband there are few options to the bride; the first one is to prove that he is impotent; the second one is his harassment both by physical torture and mental torture for more dowry; the third one is to prove that he is having illegal contact with some other lady; or pressuring her to do prostitution for various reasons.

However it is quite possible for both to get separated, if they mutually agree to part with and jointly file a divorce petition; and then it becomes quite easy to get divorced.

But, Mrs. Jasmine kept silence even her better half Mr. Raj did all havoc during nuptials for various reasons. One reason was that she married him by giving importance to her love as requested by Mr. Gentleman; and the other one was that she discarded her parents; and now she could not accept the fact that her falling in love with Mr. Raj; and marrying him against their will and wish was a greatest mistake committed by her.

On the next day, Mr. Raj alerted Mrs. Jasmine to get ready to go abroad for doing higher studies.

“I am sorry Mr. Raj I am not coming” Mrs. Jasmine said very firmly.

“Why? In fact you only proposed to go abroad for higher studies. And now why are you taking all together a ‘U’ turn Jasmine?” Mr. Raj asked her seriously.

“Now I am not interested to go abroad. I want to help the poor here only, and so also I could do my higher studies here also in India” She said in firm.

“At least you can come with me to celebrate our honeymoon at the USA”

“No, I am sorry to deny your invitation and what all you have spent with me is more than hundred honeymoons for me in this life and I thank you forever for your warm invitation; and I am not coming”

“Have you decided to stay back in India without me Jasmine?”

She didn’t answer him at once, but she was thinking seriously.

“Have you decided to part with me jasmine?”

“Who told you? I never said so, you can complete your higher studies abroad; and then you can come back to India; and by that time I could be able to construct a hundred bedded hospital or serving the poor” She told him about her dream project.

‘Then you go to hell” He tore off her air ticket.

He went out of the suit along with his bag and baggage.

He boarded the light and flew to the USA at once.

Chapter: 29

Three years had gone, but there was no response from Mr. Raj. Neither Mr. Raj enquired about Mrs. Jasmine nor was he aware of what had happened to the unfortunate newly wedded spinster.

Mrs. Jasmine left for the USA not only to know about his whereabouts but also she wanted to give him a surprise gift.

But when she landed at the USA, it was not a surprise for Mr. Raj, but it was really a shock to Mrs. Jasmine, that she found him in the company of a foreign lady doctor, perhaps his colleague.

In her preliminary enquiry she came to know that he was in dating with a lady doctor of the USA national since three years and begot a mail child.

Mrs. Jasmine then remembered the caution given by the well learned and experienced noble and pious man, Mr. Gentleman that ‘youth in the modern age, especially the boys were always trying to find out the alternatives; and more over there had been so many cultural differences between country to country. And also customs and traditions differ from one country to another country.

As for instance one religion permits a bridegroom to marry seven spinsters. And so also dating before marriage is acceptable in most of the countries in the world. Widow re-marriages are most welcome in most of the countries in the modern world.

But still there are certain clans in some countries in the world that widow remarriages are forbidden. And at the same time, when the dead body of the better half is on the funeral prey, the widower is bargained for another marriage with a spinster.

But as an Indian Mrs. Jasmine could find fault with Mr. Raj, but however she understood the fact that it was not his mistake, but her mistake only for not accompanying him to abroad.

She then returned to India without any feelings and emotions.

 

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Women may be deceived very often by men but not the latter by the women; and in this universe all the specious of feminine are often succumb to male specious that the latter by the male specious.

The beauty of the nature is that ever since the of evolution of the mankind and devastation on the earth, the sun rises and sets; the seasons come and go; and in the wonderful nature the seedlings, plants and trees will grow with greenery and beautiful flowers become withered and brown, some yield fruits, out of which some ripen, and after sometime they produce seeds later the cycle will continue; so also women attract men with their enchanting beauty, even issues after issue till they attain menopause.

She was testing the Out Patients in the forenoon.

Then appeared all of a sudden Mr. Raj with his bag and baggage.

“Hai dear” He greeted her as usual.

She never wished or expected that she would see him in her life time, but on the contrary, there came that situation and she experienced practically. She couldn’t speak anything at once.

Mrs. Jasmine, though mother of two years daughter, looked like a queen of beauty. The little wait she put on after delivery had developed in her still more sexy contours in her gracious body; and no one could wink their eyes even a fraction of second, least they might miss to see her stunning beauty.

And Mrs. Jasmine left her daughter in a baby care centre as usual and then she attended her dream project “May I help you”, a hundred bed hospital opened by Miss. Hasina.

“Hai dear” He again greeted her.

She never wished or expected that she would see him in her life time, but on the contrary, there came that situation and she experienced practically. She couldn’t speak anything at once.

When once all the patients were treated and sent out, he suddenly hugged her and kissed her, though she tried her best to resist him, but she couldn’t over power him.

“Mr. Raj behave yourself properly, it is not a honeymoon suit, but remember it is a hospital” She pushed him away and took him a class.

“Oh my God you still remember our nuptials; and same old irritation; and you are not changed Jasmine” He again pulled her close to him.

“Yes I am not changed, but there is a lot more change in you; and you are well settled in abroad; and what more you need from me Mr. Raj”

“Where is our daughter Jasmine, and I hope you dropped her in the baby care”

“Mr. Raj, why you have stoop down to the level of speaking likes? Ever since you let for USA you have forgotten me; and neither you have made any effort to contact me nor responded to my enquiries. The more pathetic thing is that you have even changed your phone number only to avoid me; and now you are just pretending”

“I am not; and I it is the case how could I come to know that I have become father of baby Honey?”

“I know that you have a foreign wife and a son; and why are pretending? What you want from me Mr. Raj?”

“I am coming straight to point Mrs. Jasmine, I have not married anybody except you, she was my colleague in the university and of course we were in dating and she is interested to conceive through an Indian and she has a child through me and now she deserted me; and married her professor who was a widower and father of three children.

And I have come back for you. But you have neither told me that you have conceived nor at least informed me that you have delivered a baby; or even you didn’t try to contact me Any way, gone is gone and let us live together at least for our daughter’s career or otherwise” He stopped abruptly

“Otherwise, please tell me what otherwise Mr. Raj?”She grew wild and cross questioned him.

“Sure Jasmine I will definitely tell you what I am going to do if you don’t agree with my proposal. You know pretty well that Mr. Gentleman had executed a will; and as per the will of Mr. Gentleman, you have to share with me half of all his properties including his bungalow, hospital”

“Yes of course you can have half of the share in his properties only, but not in hospital, which is in my name”

“The will is very clear that you are nominated to take care of the properties and the growth of the business; and in fact you have been kept as a custodian of his business empire. And as I have 50% share in the total properties, I have also 50% share in the newly established hospital; and you have to partition the hospital for two shares; one to me and the remaining for yourself.

And after handing over half of the properties and the hospital, I don’t think that you can run the hospital freely for the poor; and I hope you are not a stupid to close it once for all. What do you say dear?”

Now Mrs. Jasmine could understand clearly the mind of Mr. Raj. She seriously thought for a while and decided.

“Mr. Raj I agree with your first choice i.e. for the future and for the prosperous career of our daughter, provided we continue the hospital for serving the poor freely” To hold back the hospital and for the cause of the poor she decided to sacrifice herself and she didn’t want to take a chance.

“Okay that is nice decision dear, please come and show me my daughter at once” He was eager to see his daughter after two years.

 

Chapter: 30

Later after thirty years:

Thirty years had gone since the execution of death sentence to Mr. Gentleman.

None of the public and most of the business people and some of his family members forgot to remember him. But, four people, i.e. the grand old lady Miss. Hasina and Mrs. Bharathidevi, and her adapted son Mr. Ram and the middle aged lady Mrs. Jasmine never forgot him; and still he had been in their hearts.

They used