Prologue

Palki Sharma

I wish I had known the Train to Bikaner is not the way towards my dreams but towards a prison I was trying to escape.

Everything I did. Everything I risked my life for. And everything I had left behind, got destroyed in front of me the moment I boarded the train to Bikaner.

I wished I had stopped myself. I wish I had let go of it.

Then today, I would have been living my dreams in Kota. Away from all the chaos. Away from the burdening society. Away from everything that stopped me from dreaming.

Lakshya Bansal

It hits me hard. I'm burdened with the guilt of destroying a girl's life forever. I wish I hadn't approached to help her.

The Train to Bikaner was a journey towards my destination. My family. Only if I knew my decision would ruin someone's life I would have never insisted on helping.

I'm embarrassed of my cowardly behaviour. This is me. The scared cat. Who couldn't even voice out ? And submitted towards the society that was willing to destroy someone's life.

I wish I had ignored her cries.

I wish.

Then today she wouldn't have been trapped in this little world of mine.

But she's my responsibility

My wife.