Love or Retribution?

Chapter 2

"Appa, please, let Subhi stay with us, I don't want her to go with them, please pa", screamed 13 year old Bhargav trying to break from his father's hold.

"Will you shut up, we cannot associate ourselves with such a family, it is best for everyone that she leaves this place", his father hissed between his teeth.

"Bugsii, I am scared, don't let them take me, please Bugsii", Subha cried trying to get out of the grip of  the woman who was holding her.

"Amma, please ma, she is just a child, she is my friend, please let her stay with us, I will take care of her, I promise, you guys need not do anything, she will be my sole responsibility, please ma", Bhargav this time begged to his mother who looked at his father with pity filled eyes.

"Bhargav, this is state's decision, we cannot do anything about it, she cannot stay with us, but once she settles down some where, we can definitely go and meet her, until then we have to do what the police tells us to do, so calm down", his mother tried to calm him down better than his father.

Bhargav looked at Subhashini's retreating figure with tear filled eyes.

"I promise Subhi, I will come for you one day, don't care where you are, I will find you, trust me Subhi ma, I will find you", he screamed after her.

"Trust me Subhi, trust me Subhi", he continued to scream until she disappeared from his line of sight.

"Boss, boss, wake up ", a familiar voice shook him from his sleep.

"What!, what happened?", he asked confused,  he was sweating profusely even though the weather was actually freezing.

"You were screaming for some Subhi in your sleep", the woman who woke him up replied with a smirk.

"Oh okay, just a dream I think", he replied trying to come back to reality.

"Sounded more like  a night mare than a dream, who is Subhi boss? In this 3 years of working with you I have never heard you utter her name even once?", the woman asked suspiciously.

"None of your business Nandhini, now please, go and make sure the break fast buffet is ready for the guests, I will join you once I refresh myself", Bhargav said in a stern tone, while Nandhini continued to clean his room not giving any respect to his words.

"Hey, stop, what do you think you are doing, Nandhini, I have told you so many times, that I am not your responsibility, I can handle myself, this inn is your responsibility so better go and take care of that instead of wasting your time here", Bhargav almost screamed at her.

Nandhini threw whatever she was holding in her hand and started to leave the room.

Bhargav is complete aware of Nandhini's interest towards him, but for the sake of her father, he agreed to let her continue her work there as he knew firing her would become a huge financial liability to their family, but off late she had started to take advantage of this situation which has started to become quite frustrating for Bhargav to handle.

"Just for your information, appa came late night and asked me to make dinner", Nandhini said looking at him from the entrance of his room.

"Okay so, what about it?", he asked back finally getting up from the bed.

"Not for himself, looks like the murder house has gotten  itself a new owner", she said with a smirk and left the place without waiting for his response.

"Wait, what? Nandhini....", he screamed after her, but she was long gone.

"Could it be her? is the sudden appearance of these dreams and thoughts a sign? this is not the first time that house is getting a new owner, then why am I having chills this time, why does it feel different this time?", questions started to bombard him so much that he threw ice cold water on to his face to snap himself out of it.