4. We are here for you!
His legs and hands were tied firmly to the bed as Amit cried in an old woman’s tone.It was 2 hours 50 minutes since he was tied by Prakash, Aarti and Kumar. There was no Amit in Amit anymore. All one could see was the unsatisfied crying voice of Kumar’s grandma. Amit was possessed, or at least it seemed like.
“Get me some water” ordered the doctor. Aarti ran in. It was not the first time this happened. Amit dressed up in Grandma’s green saree, wore all her ornaments and walked across the whole house giggling and talking to himself. Such was the severity of the issue, that Prakash now stayed at Kumar’s place. He had to.
It started with the possession and ended with the doctor’s violent protests against the spirit’s demands in that closed room. The couple was now fed up.
Aarti came in running with the water bottle. The doctor now seemed to have total control over Amit and shouted at him.
“Tell me your name?”
Amit started giggling and looked at Kumar.
“Kumar beta yeh sab kya hai?”
The doctor slapped Amit. Aarti crumpled the bedsheet with her hands. The boy started crying.
“Tell me your name?”
“Renuka Devi, see my jewellery, see.. “ Amit tried to show the doctor his necklace.
Prakash now could not resist. He ordered the couple to move out of the room and locked the door.
15 Mins Later
“See Kumar, Amit’s mind right now is totally disturbed by the facts of this house and that has made a permanent damage to his memory. He will not lead a normal life ever, as long as he sees you, because you are Renuka Devi’s grandson. As a doctor my duty is to give you a solution here and since he is adopted I think you should leave him back to the place from where he was picked up”
That made Aarti cry. She looked at Kumar with overflowing motherhood but that was not going to help. Kumar had to decide. He did.
“Okay doctor, I will do it.”
“In that case let me, help you do it” said the doctor. Kumar agreed.
The trio drove with Amit back to Dharma Anathashrama.The doctor had his own car. Kumar carried out the formalities and thanked Prakash for his help.
“No problem Kumar, I’m glad helped. One last thing, can you tell me where is the loo here?” asked Prakash smiling.
“Oh!there. Straight and second right” replied Kumar.
“Thanks! see you! And take care Aarti” said the doctor.
Kumar and Aarti left. Prakash went straight but took the first right. Kumar and Aarti started their vehicle. Prakash went in, opened a door and closed it tightly. Kumar accelerated. Prakash whistled and 3 men appeared.
“How much is it?” said one of the guys. He was bald and he was Deen Sankar, the the person who ran the Ashrama.
“4 necklaces, 5 bangles and a jhumka” said somebody in an old woman kind of voice. It was Amit. He was hugging the doctor. The Doctor hugged him.
“Must be around 80 lakhs. Amit deserves more for all the slaps that I gave and for making sure he wore the jewellery everytime I came to steal a piece behind that closed door!”
Somewhere far Kumar and Aarti cried. Somewhere far 4 men laughed. As the gates of the Ashrama opened again, a couple came in.
“We are looking to adopt.”
“We are here for you.”
3 comments:
LOL....!! Brilliant pa..!! :P
Took me back to 'Dusk'...!! ;))
Gripping,entertaining and thrilling! It has an eerie feel to it, some parts are so spooky that any little noise around me was scaring me:D but what I don't understand is-the grandma was murdered a few days after the picture in which she is holding kumar's father as a baby was taken...which means she has never met kumar. How does she recognize kumar but not his wife( who also she did not meet)
@Sandhya: Who is "she" here? :) There is no grandma. And Kumar is so scared he doesn't even think about all this. (Poetic license)
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