Call Me Wicked

9. Stolen Fruit Part 2

When Meera called her mother, she told her that she was coming to her house. It’s better to discuss such things on person rather than on phone.
When Meera met her mother, she narrated her the incidents which led her own birth.
“When you were born, I was shocked to see such a gigantic girl but because I already faced two miscarriages and keeping in mind the danger of having an issue again, I decided to let you live. Just like you, I was also afraid and I consulted my own mother. She was also like me, blank of whatever is happening. Then my mother-in-law lighted my path. Long ago your great great grandmother was an atheist. She not just disowned the believe of Gods but also, she had no fear. A girl in those time without any fear and believe can do nothing good. When she got married and was only 2 months pregnant a terrible thing happened which led to the destruction of your whole paternal family. While cutting the branches of a tree she accidently tripped and to save her womb she falls on a dog and her scissors killed it. When everyone expected her to mourn, she had no regrets and was only happy that nothing happened to her. The dog belonged to a woman and due to the undeviating attitude, the women cursed the whole family. She cursed that whoever will born in the family will be a successor of the devil. The gigantic stature and the abnormal growth denote this fact. When you were born your grandma told me to pray to the devil and sacrifice a living organism, only then you regained your normal stature. Even to save your father your mother had to kill a human being. When you became free of the curse, I thought that to be an end of this whole episode as you were a girl and you will give birth to a child of other family but alas, I was wrong. Kaju’s death signified that that was not the end.”
“Whom do you kill to get me back my normal form?” Meera asked her mother.
“I killed a certain man whom I didn’t even know. Your father framed it as an accident but I intentionally killed him.”
Meera was shocked. Shocked to hear so cruel things. She couldn’t believe her mother is actually a murderer. She was also shocked to hear such murdering values of her own family. Her mother was also trying to convince her to sacrifice a human to let Chinmay live a normal life but Meera was stubborn. She wants to see what happens if Chinmay keeps on growing fast.
Anu asked her a million times about the mystery but she preferred to tell it to Chirag rather than anyone else. The boy he loves so much is actually the result of some demonic curse.
Chirag as expected misunderstood. “Abhay is the biological father. This is why you don’t want me in Chinmay’s life. And due to this you framed some odd stories in front of me.” Chirag readily declined to trust any of Meera’s theories.
In midst of all these things there was one person who was completely unaware of anything that was happening. He was Abhay. He had completely no idea that his own son is the fruit of some unknown demonic curse.