The Caged Bird – Prologue

Sayi, the only heiress to the infamous Joshi group of industries, which had been dominating the trading markets for generations, knew since childhood that her marriage was just going to be a business deal, never really thought about the terms like ‘man of her dreams’ or a ‘prince charming coming in white horse’ or ‘knight in the shining armor’. She knew it would just be a compromise, and after all she was the goat who was being prepared and fed just to be beheaded one day! Her dad wanted his son-in-law to be efficient enough to take forward the glories and legacy of the Joshi Empire!!

Sayi had to take up music lessons when she was 13, cooking classes when she was 15, several personality development and self defense classes till she was 18, and then was finally sent off to the US for business management classes, making her a perfect combination of, as they say, beauty with brains! It hasn’t been a week since she returned, when her dad announced her wedding as a punishment for going against him, with the son of the owner of the Chauvan Industries, Virat Chauvan! Sayi was not even asked about her opinion; it was not a new thing, for she was never asked about her opinions!

She knew this day would come, this is what she was being prepared for since she was 5, but, today, she didn’t seem prepared! For the first time ever in her life, her heart and mind had different opinions! Her mind had literally turned slave to her dad, following every order like a bot, but her heart, for the first time said it didn’t feel good! She slowly put her hands on her chest, feeling the roars of her heart that was beating so fast that it would come out any second! 

She was sitting in front of her mirror, wrapped in a beautiful red shawl, with several heavy jewels adorning her and a beautiful maroon lehenga which they say was specially made in Italy, reminiscing the events of the past few days which seemed to have passed in a haste, as if even the universe was waiting for this day! It was just yesterday that she was getting happy to get rid of her grooming classes and enjoy when her dad asked her to do the MBA course in the USA where all her ancestors had studied and just yesterday she was called back when her dad learned she was taking up extra classes of aeronautics by doing part-times and just yesterday when after a bitter argument with her dad, he announced her wedding as punishment! She was staring at the solitaire her would-be-husband made her wear a week ago and sighed leaning back on her favorite chair scanning her room for the last time before closing her eyes living the last moments of her bachelorette life!!

Thank you so much for you response to this fiction, I was skeptical if it will get a single read or comment, as this serial is a bit underrated and not many watch, but your comments encouraged me to write.
Some of you requested to add pictures, I’m sorry I’m still learning the interface of this website. It’s kinda a task for me to publish here. I’ll definitely add the pictures once I get used to this website.