That day I was not sure why uncle or Adam did that to me. Did Adam think that he was more sensible than me that he can just leave me locked up in the room and leave?
At around 3 am I found Florence fall asleep by placing her head on my shoulder and so I shook her up and asked her to get inside and take a nap. Uncle and Adam were back home at 6 o'clock in the morning. The moment I saw Adam I was mad at him and pounced on him and gave him a punch on his face. "What the fuck is wrong with you... Why did you lock me in?"
Before Adam could reply uncle caught me by the back of the collar and shouted "That's it, young man... I have enough of you..." he dragged me inside and took me to a room and pushed me inside.
I saw him looking at Adam's face and carefully examining it and said "You have got swelling on your face honey..." he angrily looked at me and slapped me and shouted "Jenny... no food for him for 24 hours" and then he looked at me and shouted "YOU ARE NOT COMING OUT OF THIS ROOM FOR 48 HOURS"
"But uncle... I just want to see my parents for once... please..."
"Don't worry... your parents will be cremated after 24 hours, that should be enough to discipline you for hitting your brother..." and then he pushed me on the bed. Before I could stand up he locked the door from outside.
I kept banging and shouting at the door pleading to uncle and Adam to let me go. But they turned a deaf ear. After about 30 minutes they unlocked the door. Uncle had a piece of rope in his hands as he entered the room. He caught me and Adam helped him pin me down on the bed. Today was the first time I understood that Adam was actually much stronger than me. Uncle tied my hands to the back so that I could stop banging the door.
As they were about to leave, Adam said "You know uncle, Bhaiya might want to go and pee, and with his hands tied he will not be able to open his pants and embarrass himself by ruining his clothes or ruin this soft mattress." he paused for a while and then said "I was wondering..." he stuttered and continued in a soft tone "I mean if you allow me... let me remove his pants and inners to prevent him from embarrassing himself..."
Uncle stopped for a moment as if he was wondering if it was the right thing to do and said "I think that's a good idea... go ahead..."
As he began to unbutton my pants I began to shout and scream and kept struggling with my legs but somehow Adam managed to get my pants removed. If that was not enough he picked up a piece of cloth lying on the bed and stuffed it in my mouth to stop me from screaming and both of them left the room.
There was a lot of activity in the house and the worst part was they kept me locked up for the next 3 days. I could feel lots of people coming and going and somehow it also felt like they nearly forgot about me. By the end of the second day, I thought someone would come and let me go, but they didn't. My hopes were beginning to fade. I was exhausted without food and water and laid on the bed. Finally, on the third day, Adam came to the room. On seeing him I struggled to stand up but I was too weak to even stand up. Adam came and helped me stand.
He looked at my helpless face and whispered something in my ear "You know bro... we had performed the last rites today... and I made sure no one missed you at all..."
"Whuuuu uuuuu..."
"You are asking something..."
I couldn't say a word except my cooing...
"Are you asking how did this happen?"
I nodded my head up and down... as if to indicate a yes...
"ok... the thing is I told the rabbi that I am their only son and they have a daughter, and since girls are not allowed, so you are still at home..."
What the hell. That was a lie he just told them. I wanted to ask him why he did that but could speak a word. My anger got the better of me and I wanted to hit him. I charged at him with the intent of giving him a head butt, but somehow he took a step to the left, caught my head, and pushed me into the bed.
As I fell on the bed, he pinned me down by placing his knee on my back. As I struggled to get up, He lifted my shirt a bit to reveal my booty. He smacked my ass and said, "you have a real soft booty you know bro..."
He lifted his knee of my back and turned me over so that he could look at my helpless face. He suddenly unbuttoned my shirt to reveal my chest and he did something really embarrassing. He shoved both of his hands into the chin of my ass and squeezed them hard. It felt like he tried to pinch them and said "Seeing you so helpless gives me such satisfaction that there are no words to describe them... You know bro... a good pair of skirt and a pair of panties would look really good on this ass."
I felt like saying something but I am still unable to spit out the cloth off my mouth. He began sniffing over my neck and then he pushed the folds of my unbuttoned shirt to reveal my chest and started sniffing me.
He touched my chest and said "We will need a lot of work on this... maybe we will put some cotton under a bra on top of your man boobs and it would definitely look natural. You know you will really make a lovely sister someday..."
I began to struggle to release the ropes tying me up, but the harder I tried to pull off the ropes the tighter it got. "don't try to struggle dear brother... that is a constrictor knot... the harder you struggle... the tighter it becomes..."
"By the way do you know something bro... the other day I read somewhere... if you stick a nail in a vehicle tire filled with nitrogen gas, and then drive the car for about 45 minutes with the nail still stuck to it... the tire is bound to bursts and because of the heat the nail will generate, there is a 5% chance that the vehicle might catch fire... and just to make absolutely sure the vehicle indeed meets with an accident, stick a second needle to the rear tire as well and wallah... your plan will work... the occupants in the vehicle is bound to be killed by the impact... and the cops will also rule it as an accident and not something is done on purpose..."
"By the way bro... I had my vengeance... It feels so great to strip you half-naked. I hope you are feeling the same thing I was feeling that day..."
He came close to me and as he brought his face closer to mine, I pulled my face towards the left so that it moves away from him.
He got off the bed and said "Good luck in staying alive for another 17 hours... and trying to figure out why I told you about sticking a needle into a tire."
Saying this he left the room. It felt like he locked the door from the outside. All I could do at that moment was cry thinking about the disgusting thing Adam did to me. I miss my Mom and Dad, I wish they were here. Tears rolled down but I felt really helpless unable to remove the cloth off my mouth or get the bindings removed.
I was hungry, I wanted to eat something, it's been nearly 3 days and uncle seems to have forgotten that I even exist. I also began to wonder about what Adam told me about sticking a nail on a car tire. My hunger got the better of me and I ignored whatever he told me.
A couple of hours later Uncle and Aunty entered the room. He untied me and asked me to get freshened up. Adam had a pair of trousers and a tee with him. I had my bath, put on the pair of clothes he got for me, and about 15 minutes later I came out.
Florence was sitting on the bed with a plate of food on her hands. She wanted to help me eat with her own hands but at that moment I was so mad at the family for tying me up and keeping me hungry, that I took the plate from her hands and shouted at her "DON'T YOU DARE FEEL PITY ON ME... YOU AND YOUR FUCKIN' FAMILY DISGUST ME... YOU THINK WITH A FACE LIKE YOURS YOU THINK I WOULD HELP YOU GET A BOYFRIEND... YOU CAN KEEP DREAMING BITCH..."
Florence was in tears and as she was about to leave Adam entered. He held her arms, looked at her face, and as he saw tears in her eyes he said "Why is my didi crying...? Did bhaiya say something to you..."
I decided to ignore them and keep eating. However, I still kept my ears open to listen to their conversation too. I was more interested in my hunger than to listen to their stupid conversation.
Florence replied sadly "He called me names and shouted at me..."
Adam began to wipe the tears off her face and said "didi... please don't be sad... I am asking forgiveness on behalf of him..." he paused a while and then said again "Please don't tell you dad what he said... your dad will be mad at him and will hurt him again..."
"But he called our family disgusting... how can I forget that..."
"I am sorry... what he said was not acceptable... but how about we settle this between us..."
"I don't understand..."
"How about we make him sorry for what he told you... we will have our sweet vengeance together..."
"What do you have in mind...?"
"Whatever you feel like doing to him... anything at all and I will make sure that happens... for now please forgive him... for my sake..." I saw him folding his hands towards Florence.
"Ok... I hope you don't break my trust..."
"I promise I won't..."
As I completed my food, I wanted to confront Adam but then I saw uncle standing outside and instead I touched Florence's hands and said "Florence I am really sorry... I didn't mean what I said..."
Florence still had tears in her eyes however she also had the look of anger too which indicated that she is forgiving me with a heavy heart and said: "it's ok, I understand..."
Before she could say another word I hugged her tight. We stayed that way for about 2 minutes and then I went towards the kitchen to keep the plate there.
**** A couple of days later Adam came to me and told me that his first revenge was to ensure that I cannot attend my parents' funeral and instead made everyone know that they had only one son. I never existed at all. My dad kept himself busy with his work and he never socialized much. There are very few people who knew him and he always kept his corporate life and private life separate. He was very secretive about us. In our culture, we have a belief that if the eldest son doesn't perform the final rites of their parents their spirit will not be able to take birth as a human being anymore. It felt like Adam not only took revenge against me but against our parents too. ****
TO BE CONTINUED...