Mahal

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Rajveer kept glaring at Hasmukh while he is froze in fear not even blinking, he stood like that controlling his breathe.
" you and I know the piano sound is coming from the closed room, if the door is locked then how the sound is coming from inside and you said the room key is also lost, are you still hiding something" Rajveer asked in serious tone.

" sahab, I'm not hiding anything I confessed everything what I know about this Mahal,
May be this is all her spirit doing, please vacate this Mahal, I'm scared about your lives" Hasmukh speak genuinely expressing his worry.

" leave!" He chided him, " and don't say about the source of paino sound to anyone, is it clear?" he warned Him, Hasmukh immediately nodded in yes and quickly left.

" what's the connection between Sharmista and piano?" Sakshi made her doubt evident.
" excatly!" Rajveer said.

" what is it maa tell me?" Piyali asked, " your birthday is nearing right, so I brought new clothes for you.
I decided to place them in your room to surprise you.
So when you left for market, I came into your room but I saw some shadow on the wall but it vanished immediately, I didn't cared it thinking some servant might have passed from the outside.
After that when I kept clothes and returning I felt someone is following me but there is no one"
Roopali said feeling goosebumps.

Piyali looked on thinking,
" should I say maa, about the voice and giggles I'm hearing, yes may be it will keep us out of danger"

" maa, I want to say something" she said, Roopali looked at her,
" maa, from past few days I'm..." Before Piyali can say anything further a vase broke gaining their attention.

" how it fell?" Roopali gasped.
Piyali looked at it for a second and said, " may be it was placed at the edge of the table " and walked to pick up the pieces, " yeah, i think so " Roopali replied, yet they both are not convinced by the reason, but they don't have a valid explanation for the incident, only the shadow lurking on the wall behind them knows it.

Roopali spotted the cut on her hand and immediately walked to her and clutched her hand to examine it, she moved her gold Bangles away and saw other injury as well.
She looked straightly into Piyali's eyes and questioned, " how you got these wounds, it even looks fresh" she said pointing to the cut on her hand.

Piyali kept looking at her toes not answering to the question.
" don't avoid my question, answer me Piyali" she asked sternly.
" maa...that in market, I fell down on something and about this injury my bangles broke and it happened" she said in mostly low tone so that Roopali won't hear, but she understood her every word.
She made her sit and bandaid her wounds, " it's my fault to send you out with servants, from next time, take Sakshi or Rajveer with you, ok" she said, Piyali nodded in yes and hugged her in relief as she thought she will order her not to Go out, but it didn't happened.
Roopali patted her cheek and said
" what present do you want on your birthday?"
Piyali instantly denied, " I don't want anything except the kheer that you make maa"

Roopali stared at her,
" all these years, Ranvijay never let your birthday celebrated, but this year you will celebrate because I'm going to tell the truth to him" she thought.
" maa" she came out of thoughts Hearing Piyali's voice.
She looked at her, " maa, If this Mahal is really haunted why Mrs.Roy brought us here?"
Piyali asked recalling her encounter with wandering spirit of Tara Roy Majumdar.

Roopali pursed her lips and thought for a while, " I'm also thinking about that, boudi never want to harm us, if Sharmista story is true and her spirit still wanders her, then it a danger for us, then Why boudi send us here, what can be the reason behind this, even how much I think I can't understand"
They both looked on.