Nirupama

Nirupama-10

Nirupama

(Some Secrets May Better Remain Secrets Forever)

'I cannot bear this', 'I want to pluck my eyes out' only these two sentences were the clues which the late girl Nirupama left in writing one on a wall and one in a book quite unintentionally and involuntarily to know about the reason for her committing suicide. Her father Ranganath, detective Smaran and his niece Menaka along with Nirupama's friend Sukanya pretty well understood that Nirupama did not want the said secret to be known to anyone else. But since her father Ranganath hell bent upon knowing about the said secret, detective Smaran and his niece Menaka ruthlessly investigated the matter only to unearth the said ghastly, shocking and astounding secret which the dead girl terribly wished to keep only with her in her grave forever.

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Menaka wondered, what this means? Tears flowing down, completely distraught. Finding her cheerful again would not change anything. She might be forced herself to behave like that.

Then they heard sounds and looked at the entrance. Two elderly people one man and woman entered into the house. Menaka understood they were the parents of that boy and stood up.

"I think you are that girl staying in Ranganath's house?" the woman asked while looking at Menaka.

"Yes," Menaka nodded her head.

"Are you a relative to those people?" the man asked.

"Yes." Menaka felt uneasy.

He deeply breathed and hissed out. "Very sad. Their daughter died like that."

Menaka nodded her head. "You are right."

"I just cannot look at them. I don't know why but I am having a guilty feeling whenever I looked at that couple."

"Never feel like that. What they both do want now is all of our support. Please try to talk with them, be friendly with them." Menaka pleaded.

"You are right." That woman said. "Even you are so young, you put it right. Now what they do want is our support as you said. I go and talk to that old woman. Suhash, you go and talk with that Ranganath. They must not be left like that at all."

"Oh, sure. I do it." He said.

"Thank you very much auntie. I come again." Menaka said.

"Take some coffee. For the first time you have come to our house." That woman said.

"Not now. When the next time I come I sure take it."

Saying bye to Bittoo also she left that home.

***

"I just have no time pass sitting all the time in that house, so I have come." After entering into the house of Sukanya, Menaka said.

"Indeed my pleasure. Please sit." Sukanya's smile was really warming

"Are you busy in something? Am I disturbing you?" with a frown Menaka asked her.

"Not at all. This is Sunday and I just don't know how to pass my time." Sukanya once again laughed.

As they both were talking like that Sukanya's mother came there.

"Oh, you came! This time you must take your lunch with us." She said.

"Alright then." Menaka nodded her head.

Then that woman went inside.

"Tell me. How the life is going inside that house for you? How long you have planned to stay there?"