Days passed by normally.
Ador used to go to her company where she worked as a manager. Dev's company closed. His business failed miserably. He was thinking of starting another business. He asked Bali for some financial help. Bali declined. He said that without a proper report of what business Dev would venture and the idea of profit that the business would generate, Bali would not give a penny. So Dev, felt devastated. He wanted money. Due to his helplessness in front of Bali, he used to vent his frustrations on Ador. Every night, he used to do sex with her, trying out different positions, that would hurt her. He used to get satisfied while Ador used to feel scared of the painful sex. She could not share her trauma with her mother or mother in law. Just to keep everyone peaceful, she stopped complaining to her mother in law. She thought that most women felt that way. So she kept to herself. Moreover Hoping used to always justify Dev's actions. The nights where she used to say, " no" to Dev's advances, she used to be beaten black and blue. So, Ador suffered from mental agony and urinary tract infections as Dev would not use condoms. In his drunken state, he used to do sex vigorously and abuse her mentally and physically. To get a breath of fresh air from this tiring marriage, her escape window was her job. No matter what happened in Durgabari, Ador used to go for work.
In the month of March, Ador started having indigestion and morning sickness. When she missed her periods, she worriedly called her mom. Ita, heard her daughter. She told her to come home but Ador refused. Then Ita asked her to do urine test, just to confirm if it is pregnancy. When the test confirmed two parallel pink lines, Ador was ecstatic. She hurriedly ran down the stairs to call up her parents, but she saw Gopi and Bali sipping tea. Excitedly she told, " Maa, Baba... am pregnant." Both looked at each other and said with knitted brows, "You, pregnant, so soon??? Dev is still not established well enough in life and you got into all this? " Bali seemed unhappy. He rose from the chair in the drawing room and left for the study.
He called Dev.
Gopi was angry. She did not want added responsibility so soon either. She snubbed Ador, "Shall I serve you tea and biscuits or should it be the other way round? " Ador served the biscuits and sat beside Gopi.
Dev came down for his coffee, and with the coffee in hand, he entered the study.
Bali said loudly." Since you are a fool, you will show your foolishness. Are you serious about Ador? I thought, since you both have so much quarrels, this marriage would not work and she would leave you and go, since she is too headstrong, but you, because of your physical urges , you have made her pregnant. Now rot with her.... "
Dev laughed and told Bali not to fret. "She is meek. The way I treat her, she will not speak anything foul, to her parents, because of family prestige issue. As for the child, it would be good. She will stop working and look after me and my child. "
Ador being pregnant within three months of marriage was now a hot topic in Durgabari within closed doors.
Ador texted Ita, "Mummam, you were right, am pregnant. But it seems nobody is happy here"
Just when the message got delivered, Ita called.