When it Drizzles
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Half-heartedly, Kiran looked at Anu lying in a daze and got into the Innova car they had come from. While getting in, Kiran saw the gift packet sitting in the back seat. He took it and put it in the front seat.
It was about an hour's journey. Kiran had an unreasonable fear inside him. Sathyan was the one who had planned nefarious things against Anu's father. He was afraid that he would hurt Anu and Anand. But Kiran could not disobey him. However, Kiran believed that he would keep his word and would not cheat him. Kiran knew that Sathyan would not cheat him. With that belief, he drove away.
Kiran parked her car in front of an institution that housed the mentally ill. It is an institution run by Sathyan and some friends. It is an institution that takes in mentally ill people wandering around on the streets, bathes them, cleans them, provides them with food, medicine, and shelter. It was often something Kiran could not believe that someone like Sathyan was running an institution like this.
Kiran went to the reception, told the matter and went to the doctor's room. The doctor said that he would take them after a while. That doctor was Sathyan's right-hand man. Whatever was happening there was with that doctor's knowledge.
Kiran went back to the car and sat down. Then that gift packet caught his eye. He opened it and looked at it, a shirt. He liked it at first sight. Just like Anu.
A note fell out of it. Kiran opened it and looked at it.
"Kiranetta,
I love you very much, Kiranetta. You should come home tomorrow wearing this shirt. When my father comes from jail, Kiranettan himself should tell everyone about us. I felt like saying this. I know I am a little out-dated. I am also a little old-fashioned. You have to endure it in the future. From now on, I will be with you for every birthday. Best wishes.
With great pleasure, Kiranettan's Anu.
Kiran's heart jumped with joy. Finally, he had won her heart. He felt like seeing her quickly.
After a while, the establishment staff put a very tired woman and a man in Kiran's car.
From the way they were sitting inside the car, it was clear that they were a couple. The woman hugged the man with fear and panic in her eyes.
"Where are we going, Madhuvetta?" "
" I don't know, Uma "
He answered the woman's question in a tired voice. Kiran was sure from their condition that they were not getting the care they needed there. Kiran occasionally comes to this institution and brings people to Sathyan. He never sees them again. But Kiran knows that this woman and man are special to Sathyan. He also knows why they were kept there.
At this time, Anu slowly opened her eyes in the godown. She looked around. She was shocked to see the surroundings. She saw Anand lying nearby. She shook him and called him. Anand also woke up and looked around. He was completely scared.
" Where is Kiran?"
Anu opened her eyes slowly. She is still feeling dizziness. She looked around. The place looked like a godown having a foul smell. She didn't understand anything. She tried to recollect the memory. She remembered she fainted after drinking the juice given by Kiran.
"What happened to me? Where is Nandettan?”
She cried loudly.
She heard a small movement beside her. Anand was lying there. He was also trying to open his eyes. Anu hugged him and called his name loudly. He woke up and hugged her back. He also took few minutes to understand where they were lying. He felt something fishy. Is Kiran betraying us? Did he trap us? What is his intention. Or something happened to him too? Anand called Kiran's name loudly. He knocked in the door. Someone opened it.
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When It Drizzles
RomanceAnamika( Anu) getting disturbed after reading a news in the newspaper. In Uthar Pradesh ( UP, India) a dalit ( lower caste) woman got raped by her own teenage son. He was forced to do it. Some upper caste men pointed gun to his mother's head and th...
