Jwala:

"I... Will... Clean" I said stammering.

"Fast," Agni said.

I started cleaning. I finished it and came back to the room. Agni came to me and pulled me to him holding my waist.

"Are you angry with me?"

I didn't speak to him. He left me and went off from the room. I thought he had gone without convincing me, but he came within five minutes with food again. He came to me and sat beside me.

"Eat it, baby," he said trying to keep food in my mouth lovingly.

I turned my face away.

"I said have it," he said with a bit of seriousness in his voice....