TRUTH- AN ILLUSION

Chapter 86

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He is sitting at the chair placed at the centre of the chamber, with a sword in his one hand. Near his legs lies the badly distorted body of Sharmila.His ruthless , merciless eyes looks at the body , maniacally.

"Tumhari Itni aasan Maut se mujhe MAZZA NHI AAYA" He drew a deep breath and looks at the body with disappointment. His eyes fall  on the manuscript and he smirk before he pick up the wooden piece. His  smile widen  as he looks at the lifeless object and walks towards the spiral .

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With heavy heart and trembling heart, she pushed the door open and dragged herself inside the house which was her home. She has finally managed to gather her courage and escape from that chamber .

Her hollow eyes look around at the sequestered house which is as lifeless as she is. She helplessly looks around searching for the familiar faces .The laughter of  her family echoes in her ears as if it is coming from the another end of some long tunnel.

She looks around for the source of the laughter and suddenly her eyes fall on the Smita and Mahesh who are sitting on the couch with the content smile on their  face as they sipped their respective tea.

"Maa , Papa...." The voice comes from her throat with difficulty and she tried to run  towards them , feeling the sudden sense of energy in her but her body is exhausted .Hence her attempt only results into incoherent steps .As She stumbles , Smita and Mahesh just vanished in thin air .She looks around in bewilderment.

"Are Gada Dhari Ballu"   She heard voice of Mahesh and turns swiftly. Dev is standing near the kitchen door holding the water gun as a Mace. Behind her Smita was deep- frying 'gujiyas' while she herself was hiding behind the Couch.

She keeps looking at herself as she runs upstairs, followed by Dev , leaving behind Smita and Mahesh to settle their own account.

Then again Mahesh, Smita and Dev are sitting around and are proudly discussing her achivement of becoming an IPS officer.

With lost eyes , She looks at herself , standing in the kitchen beside Smita as Dev is making stupid excuses to accompany her in making Kheer .

In another moment he was sitting on his writing table and is scratching back side of his neck as he confessed that he likes her .

She is in his  room for the first time and he was more nervous than her for their first night .He is helping her to put her clothes in the cupboard by creating a mess in the surrounding and Smita is forcing him to go away. Then all around in the house ,There is Smita , Mahesh, Dev and  Ananya, with happy smiling faces , talking, and laughing  , leaving behind the Ananya who is standing in the centre and looking around desperately, trying to catch at least one of those figures, like a drowning man is trying to catch any log of wood in a tsunami.

"Ananya " Amidst the sounds that are coming from the far end of some long tunnel , there comes a sound behind her .Loud and clear.She turns around with lost eyes.

"Ananya..." The worry of the voice was more clear to her than the face of the owner.It takes sometime for her to register the person in front of her .

"Jess ....." She speaks in whisper, looking at Jessica who was speaking something.May be asking something .But her mind is too occupied to grasp her words .After considerable effort ,she can only hear some words like 'Dev kaha hai? Tumahra pariwar...."

As she understood the words , event of the day came rushing into her mind .She cried loudly and her legs give up its efforts. But she didn't fall down . May be Jessica was holding her with her full strength.

"Ananya kya hua hai?" She asked in desperation. But no voice comes out from her throat even if she tried to speak .Her whole fragile frame is shaking like a small leaf in a whirlpool of storm .

"Ananya kuch to bolo" Speaks Jessica with more desperation, sensing some trepidation.

"Usne .....Maar diya sab ko"  Ananya screeched in her hoarse voice while looking at Jessica and another stream of fresh tears scroll down on her cheeks.

"Kisne ?"Jessica asked anxiously .

"..Dab....Dabbu...Dabbu ne..." Her breath was heavy and uneasy as she speaks.

...Dev..?"  Tears rolls down from Jessica eyes too .She hugs Ananya , trying to give her some support. She can feel her continuous sobbing but couldn't do anything.

"Kisne mara Dev ko ...." She asked with Ananya .She can feel Ananya shaking her head in negative and she looks at her trying to intake some airs inside her lungs.

"USNE MARA ....MAA ...PAPA KO.....SAB KO .... APNE HAATHO SE ......MAINE DEKHA.. USNE KHUD......" her voice choked due to continuous crying as she lean on Jessica to find some support.

"Nhi .Ye kaise ho sakta .." Jessica speaks not able to belive her ears .Her friend is in state of shock, that's why she is blabbering without even understanding her own words ."Tumhe abhi samajh nhi aa raha ki tum kya bol Rahi ho .Tum aaram karo...

Ananya shakes her head negatively while crying uncontrollably.

"Maine.... khud se dekh...Dekha usse...uske hath ...khoone ... Mummy ...Papa ...Gale laga kar ...talwar ...... pure blood se uska body ...." Her words died in her throat as she feels her head getting heavy with each passing seconds. Her eyelids becomes two heavy to remain. She feels darkness engulfing her .Her legs stumble and the connection from her surrounding breaks .

Sometimes it become impossible to understand the difference between the truth and the illusion. She considered her happy world as her truth .She considered his innocence, his goodness as his truth. All of it turns out to be a illusion .His  truth was  mere illusion.

OR IS IT ?

"Dabbu"  A whispers escaped from her dry lips , that can barely be heard but still it conveys her longing and debris of her believe ,  before unconsciousness took over her .

A far away from her , His legs halted just in front of the red giant spiral. He turns back as if he is looking for someone . The same  ruthless, merciless, maniac eyes are looking around for someone with holding softness , reflecting strange mixture of pain , longing and contentment .A lone tear escaped from his eyes as he turns his back towards everything.

So how was the chapter?

AGAIN THE BOOK ENDED BUT NOT THE STORY.

There are still many questions that remain unanswered.

TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS NEW BOOK OF THE SERIES IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED SOON.

Of course, There will be a Epilogue.So stay tuned.

Those who haven't read 'Kuch to hai Darmiya reprise' Please read it to understand the character of 'Kaal'.

Sorry for not suggesting earlier .I just don't want to reveal the link between that book and spoil the mystery.