Tomorrow I will be hanged... Part - I

I am Anju. Today, I am behind the bars counting my days in Prison .Tomorrow I will be hanged. I have been accused as a murderer.

A murderer !! I murdered two animals. Yes, I murdered human animals. But not for the reason that had been recorded in the pages of judgment. Before, I could say why I had killed them? I need to say happenings in my life that had brought me to the doorstep of death in the house of prison.

I was in my teens. I fell in love with a guy .His name was Francis, he was a nice person. He worked in a mill near my home. He had so much care for me. Soon, both our parents came to know of our affair. As usual my parents did not accept our love saying that he was from a different religion. My parents searched a guy for me , sorry a monster for me and married me to him within few months. On the day when I started to my husband’s home I saw Francis with tears in his eyes. That was the last time I ever saw him in my life. Seldom, did I know that my happiness in life too ended.

Few days after my marriage my husband’s true color was seen. He was a drug addict, drinker, chain smoker, an ardent fan of horses, an addict to cards. Yes, he had all the habits that would make a home a torture. I fought with him asking for money to run the family for which he never bothered but whipped me.

I was finding it difficult to continue my life, when another being was growing inside me. Yes, I was pregnant. I was finding it difficult to run the family. I had no strength to bear a child said doctor. When I told my in-laws, they replied,

“Abort the first baby? No way.”

I had no go other than to bear the child.

This was when I met Sarasu. She came as my neighbor. She told she will get me a job. I was happy for the fact at least I can eat some nutritious food before my delivery. It was Sunday. She asked me to get ready. She told her Boss had come hometown and she would introduce me to him and he would give me some job. I went with her. My ever biggest blunder in my life.

The person to whom Sarasu took me was a man who sell young girls and ladies to Bombay. Sarasu was an agent of him...