Breaking Free
Rituparna Mitra
RHEA ( d ) me a story . com Finally , she gets it right ! Annita had been trying to access the website for days .
She had heard about it from one of her friends . Only that she couldn ’ t remember the unusual spelling for the love of Holy Mary . Only when she reached the final chapter of the book she was trying to finish for over a week now , did she recollect what Natasha had specifically mentioned about the spelling part . She mused over the unwanted H and its possible meaning .
On goggling Rhea , she was led to a wiki page and got to know about the Titan goddess , who is , associated with fertility and represents the flow of time .
The website had chosen quite a fitting name . For it featured stories from mommies all around the globe in which they shared how life was before v / s what it became a er pregnancy through pictures and videos . In short , it provided a community from all the lovely mommies to connect and share their stories .
The website had a hilarious punch line too . Worry not for someone had been here before you and is still alive to tell a tale .
Natasha had recommended her quite something for sure . Sitting at home won ’ t be such a drag -she guessed- for the remaining few weeks till her due date .
Why did Steph had to come up with that nonsensical rule !? No work till my babygirl arrives . As if , only he cared about their unborn daughter . Besides , she could work till the last few weeks instead of leaving her job the moment she got the news of pregnancy . Was he really nothing more than a domineering bully as Cornelia Whitstill had been insistent on from day one ?
Sitting idle at home had made her question everything . And she could hardly be blamed for that . She had nothing to do and no one to talk to . Her working friends with a dozen of babies already had enough on their plates and she didn ’ t want to impose further .
More than anything else , the unnerving silence of Martha ( the housekeeper ) bothered her the most . If Steph was to be believed , she had lost her son to a home robbery gone