Truthfully Yours

Chapter 4

I looked above to see her hanging in the ceiling fan. Blood was covered in her hands and dress.

My heart froze. Tears started to flow from my eyes to see such a horrible vision. I broke into tears and made her down from the hang. I placed her head on my lap. Her body isn't as cold as her granny's and her blood was not frozen completely. She's just dead by last night or morning.

" Kruthika!!!!! ", I cried out loudly as I saw her innocent face had a lot of scratches.. her lips were swollen and cut.. her wrists were having handprints.

I cried hugging her. What happened to her ?? Who did this to her ?? My God...

I cried and cried till I noticed a paper flying from the sodetable landed near me. I would have left it unnoticed but it had bloof stains.. so it was written just before her death. I took it hurriedly.

Dear Shakti,

        My love. I know I'm going to do the most coward thing anyone could do but listen to my reason. I know you will understand that my death will no more break you and you will stand up for me as well as every women who suffered the same as me. I want you to stand for each and every person who went through sexual assaults like me. Yes.. I'm raped. Yersterday, after I confessed something which made you blush, I reached my house to be welcomed by a few unwanted guests who stabbed my grandma who denied to handover me to the hungry wolves. I wanted to scream and ask for your help, but they locked the door and tied me. Rest all.. I could not tell as I'm feeling very much vulnerable to think of it. I don't want to fall weak. They scratched my skin, cutted my lips and ripped off my soul from my body. After they left thinking I was dead, they locked the door from outside making it look like we are not home. I tried to go to my granny. She was already dead. I don't know what she did after all she was only saving me leaving her own life. Those devils didn't had mercy on that poor soul too. I couldn't save her.. the next thing I thought was calling you. But I have no strength to meet you and tell you what all happened. I'm a coward. Forgive me please.  Sorry.. take care of yourself and your mother. Find a better wife to feed you food, put you to sleep and choose your shirt and dont make your mom do lot of works. And I was to say another thing.. I love you !! I loved you.. I'm loving you and I would have loved you in future too if I had that luck. Sorry love.. I'm ending this letter here as well as my life but promise me that this will be the last death of a rape victim.

- with love,
Kruthika..

            I closed my eyes in frustration as I read the letter. Tears of agony flowed from my eyes as I couldn't save her as a man.. her man.. whom she loved and trusted. What will I tell to her parents when they come back from their city ?

" Why did you do this ??? Why ??? Wouldn't I have took care if you if you said about that ? You thought sp cheap of me ? That i would leave you because you are a rape victim ? Do you think i studied law to not to support a woman who is not victim ? Why???? You said you always trusted me and where did that fly away when you hung yourself?? Tell me!!!! Fucking tell me !!!!! ", i yelled and cried hugging her dead body.

At the mortuary

       After two days.. Kruthika and her grandmother's bodies were taken for postmortem by the police. I was standing in front of her parents who were crying for the child. They even blamed me as the culprit who raped her because of my background.

" You must have done that !! Because you have the same blood as your father. He nerves to do such thing at a young age and you just grew a little bit to do the same thing to our daughter ", her mother yelled at me holding my collars.

I just froze. I felt my body get tensed as they mentioned about my father. What did they know about my father when I myself don't know who is he ?

Before I could comprehend their words, the police came and told that their girl was only found by me but not assaulted by me. They just left throwing me a look of disgust. I was in tears and turned to meet Mr. Raghu standing at a corner looking at the mess and myself.

      I kneeled down and looked down the ground. The rain started to pour just to hide my tears. Evertyond went away and myself and Mr. Raghu were the only people there. He slowly walked up to me. I stood up to him.

" Why are you staying here ? It's only my love inside the mortuary.. you have no one here to cry for. Go away ", I said. He was looking at me with tears.

" What if the person I care for is standing infront of me and crying ? ", he asked me.

" You don't have to care about me.. just go away and leave me alone.. ", I yelled at him.

" Then where will my promise to your father go ? Don't make me a worst friend by breaking his dying wish ", he said and I was startled. Tears started to pool down and luckily the rain covered that up.

" What.. ", i whispered.

" You know.. you father told me 'Raghu.. my friend.. please take care of my son. Look after him at my absence. Teach him values and ask him to take care of his mother. He must grow old and make me a proud father. I know I'm too young to speak like an old grandpa.. but I'm dying bro. And make sure he don't get my name the rapist.. let my title go away with me. Promise me.. ' was the thing he asked me. That's why I leaving my family at Delhi and staying in Mumbai for you.. to take care of you.. after all you are my responsibility..", he said and laughed. I froze.

  I never thought Mr.Raghu was related to me as a family. He's not my mother's friend but my father's.

" Did.. did he.. ", I stammered.

" I know you have a lot of questions. Your father had a history to tell withing today. Go.. pack your stuffs and go to Uttar Pradesh !! There you may find the answers. But don't lose yourself even after losing everything you had. You'll surely have a reason to live for. Find it.. find the answers by yourself. Go.. ", he said which wiping his tears.

" Kruthika.. ", I said and he smiled.

" You forgot I'm a lawyer too?? Kruthika is just like my daughter Suganya.. they are of same age. How can I leave the people who killed my daughter ? The police is searching for the culprits.. I'll request to add on a special team too. I know only you would come back again and will have all the answers and the revenge fulfilled ", he said and patted my shoulders.

" I'll come with answers and will surely kill the fucking bastards who did this to my Kruthika ", I said withing myself.

The rain started to slow down and I started to run back to my house whilst wiping my tears away.

If Mr.Raghu couldn't tell me yhe truth.. then it must be something complicated to tell. But I'm sure to find the truth. I believe his words because he had the truthfulness in his eyes. His sincerity proved me that he's honest.

I know only one person can answer me all these..