Mahal

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Hasmukh slowly walked into Mahal, he is so happy that he is back for the work.
He missed his maalik and rest of the family very much.
" I felt like rock, not working and taking rest all the while.
It's better working than laying down all the day" he thought and slowly opened the gate and walked towards the main door.

He met Dhaniya, on the way.
" arey! Hasmukh you back" she greeted him, he gave a wide smile and enquired, " I hope you have taken well care of Maalik and his family in my absence",
She nodded positively,
" I will go now, have to meet maalik" he said and about to step inside.
But Dhaniya interrupted saying,
" but no one is there, at present.
Maalik and Roopali saheba are out of town, and there is one saheba, haa Mrinali she just gone out for shopping."
Hasmukh frowned, " Piyali saheba also went with them?" He asked, Dhaniya immediately refused and said, " I don't know anything about her, I saw her 2 days before, after that I didn't saw her"
Hasmukh got worried hearing that, " okay I will go and do my work" he said excusing himself from there.
He walked inside and telephone ringing reached his ears.
He answered the call, " Hello, who?"

" Hasmukh! It's me Ranvijay.
How are you? When you returned to work, you're assigned to take rest know, then Why you came ?" Ranvijay chided him over the phone.
Hasmukh missed his maalik's scolding, all these days.
" maalik Namaste! I'm fine maalik, today only I came to work" he said controlling his happiness,
" okay, I have called earlier also but no one attended the call,
Well I'm on my way to Mahal, give the phone to maa I need to talk with her" he said.
Hasmukh informed him about the current status of the family.
" maa didn't returned yet? " He worried and shared it with his uncle.
" she will return Vijay, they might have gone to somewhere else also" Nilanjan replied checking his files.

" Mrinali, where is she?" He asked, Hasmukh didn't understood who she is, but Dhaniya's words came to his mind and he said, " Maalik, mem saheba left for shopping"
Ranvijay ended the call after enquiring about Rajveer also.

" Hasmukh! You!" He turned hearing that and find Rajveer keeping his luggage aside and walking to him fastly with a worried look.

" sahab, long live! Just now Maalik asked about you and you appeared" Hasmukh said and greeted him.
" keep your greetings to yourself, hadn't doctor asked you to take rest" Rajveer complained.
Hasmukh slightly smiled and said his excuses.

" okay but you will work for half day only" Rajveer announced not even hearing to Hasmukh anymore.
" maalik is on his way Sahab, and I don't have any information about Roopali saheba and Piyali saheba"

" what!?" Rajveer looked at him in terror as soon as he heard about Piyali.

" Piyali!..Piyali" he shouted, but no response came.
Dhaniya came inside, he enquired her about Piyali.

" so you didn't find Piyali when you came to work next day! He remarked, she nodded in yes.
He dismissed her and rubbed his neck in tense.

" where is Piyali? What happened to her, I know that witch had done something to her.
Maa, why she didn't returned.
I'm a fool,
I shouldn't have left Piyali alone" Rajveer blabbered ruffling his hair in agony.
Hasmukh didn't understood whom he is referring as witch.

Something came into Rajveer's mind, but before he can voice his thoughts he heard a sound.

He eyed at Hasmukh, who is already starting at upstairs in panic and gulping down.
Not even wasting a second Rajveer ran upstairs.