Answer to a Frivolous Thinking (Full short story)
#WritcoStoryPrompt33
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?
Gauri was already insulted and thrashed many times for giving birth to two girl child. She knew well that this time again she have to suffer from so many insults and unexpected pains after her husband will thrash her.
Neeraj, Gauri's husband, became very angry when nurse told him about Gauri that she has again given birth to daughter . He left the hospital alone without taking her wife and daughter. When he reached home, his mother, Leela, said angrily," It looks like Gauri has again given birth to girl child, now I will find another girl for you and you have to marry her".
Suddenly Gauri reaches her in-laws home and started crying and said" what are you saying mother-in-law , is it good to do"?
Angry Neeraj said," what wrong is she saying, if you can not give birth to a son then I will marry another girl and she will give me a son". Saying this Neeraj left from home. Gauri raned taking her daughter in room and started crying.
Next day Gauri's sister-in-law, Nitu, surprisingly came home after completing her graduation. Her mother asked her," why you...
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?
Gauri was already insulted and thrashed many times for giving birth to two girl child. She knew well that this time again she have to suffer from so many insults and unexpected pains after her husband will thrash her.
Neeraj, Gauri's husband, became very angry when nurse told him about Gauri that she has again given birth to daughter . He left the hospital alone without taking her wife and daughter. When he reached home, his mother, Leela, said angrily," It looks like Gauri has again given birth to girl child, now I will find another girl for you and you have to marry her".
Suddenly Gauri reaches her in-laws home and started crying and said" what are you saying mother-in-law , is it good to do"?
Angry Neeraj said," what wrong is she saying, if you can not give birth to a son then I will marry another girl and she will give me a son". Saying this Neeraj left from home. Gauri raned taking her daughter in room and started crying.
Next day Gauri's sister-in-law, Nitu, surprisingly came home after completing her graduation. Her mother asked her," why you...