Chapter 36: Clean
Out
Anjili’s lawyers came by after breakfast to discus Anjili’s
divorce. When they asked her whether or not she was sure, she only hesitated
for a moment before saying yes. During that bit of hesitation, the family had
watched her closely to see any signs of doubt. She then proceeded to set the
terms of the divorce while the lawyers took notes. They were done in a hour and
the lawyers left to draw up the papers.
After they had gone, Anjili had asked Payal, Nani and Mami
to help her sort out some things in her room. They all went up to her room and
she began to sign tasks on to them. Mami and Nani were to get rid of all the
things that belonged to Shyam and she and Payal were going to go through all
the sarees and pick out which ones to give away and which ones to keep. She had
also asked the servants to go around the house, find anything that belonged to
Shyam and throw it away. This had taken them all the way up to lunch.
After lunch, Anjili took a car to the hospital. Despite
Arnav, Akash and NK’s pestering, she refused to go with any of them. Upon
arriving she had asked to see her gynaecologist Dr Rathor. The receptionist led
her to a room and asked her to wait.
“Anjili, it’s so nice to see you but you don’t have any
appointments any time soon. Is it the baby?” said Dr Rathor when she arrived.
Anjili took a deep breath and replied, “Yes it’s about the
baby.”
“Is there something wrong?”
“I want an abortion.”
Dr Rathor’s eyes widened in shock. Anjili didn’t seem like
the type of girl who would give up her baby. “Why?”
“I don’t think I could love it.” She answered honestly.
“Anjili, you need to think carefully, I mean this is a life
we’re talking about here.”
“I know what it is and I don’t want it anymore.”
The doctor thought for a moment before she replied. “How
about you think about this again for 24 hours? If you feel the same this time tomorrow,
I’ll arrange the operation.”
Anjili hesitated. She knew she wanted this and she didn’t
want to wait. But she really didn’t have much of a choice as Dr Rathor looked
like her mind was made up.
“Ok I’ll come back tomorrow. But I want to say something
before I leave. If you tell any of my family members about what I’m going to
do, I’ll sue you so badly that you won’t be able to put a plaster on anyone let
alone practice medicine. We have patient doctor confidentiality so I expect you
to honour that. I’m a grown woman and I know what I’m doing, do you understand?”
The doctor was slightly taken aback; she had never seen this
side of Anjili. “Yes I understand.”
Anjili smiled at her. “Good, I’ll come back tomorrow. Have a
nice day.”
She walked out of the room leaving the bewildered doctor
behind.
Ok so I know that abortion can be a touchy topic and I'll explain my view on it. I'm a pro choice person, this means that I believe that the mother has the right to choose to keep her baby or not depending on her. I thought I would write Anjili as a pro choice person because of the fact that she has become quite a strong woman since she visited the police station and that she is making her own decisions. If you have any questions about my view on abortion please pm and I'll be happy to answer them. I want genuine question not hate because of my opinion. On a less serious note, I'm thinking of starting another story after I finish this one. It will be mostly dedicated to Anjili and her struggles after Shyam because I feel like it needs to be explored and that can't be done in this story because this one is dedicated to ArHi. Let me know what you think.
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