Haunted By Unknown

26. confused

All the people who gathered in the cemetery were watching both Arjun and his father suresh. While arjun looked scary and determined, suresh's face is lit with unknown happiness. Even though arjun resembles his mother, at that moment he appeared more like his father who had the same expression while burying his sister, vinamra's body many years ago.

As per hindus tradition, the dead should be cremated as it is believed to free the soul and give access to heaven. Only under few circumstances, the body is buried. But arjun asked, more like a warned others to bury her sister instead of burning her. Though they did not understand the reason for the burial they were not ready to see the boy go crazy. So all of them accepted his proposal. Now the body is placed in the pit.....who is free of blood, he placed a locket....a small gift on her birthday on her neck.

Suresh pulled his son who started crying again. It felt like he is back in his twenties when he lost his sister.....the day had been too emotional for him, he couldn't even breathe properly. Now seeing his son in nearly same condition it was like he is seeing his own reflection.... only it is younger, and a lot confused not knowing why his little sister died.

The pit is totally covered now. Arjun sat on his knees and bent close to the pit whispering he will avenge her death. Suresh heard him and felt uncomfortable about the way he spoke to the dead girl. Then Arjun got up and walked away....

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Arjun walked into the house ignoring his friends. He was about to enter his room but saw his sister's room opened. So he went inside his sister's room. He felt sampath's hand on his shoulder.

"I need some privacy sampath"

"You need to hear something" sampath told him. Arjun reluctantly turned behind and saw disha crying silently. It only made his tears to flow down.

"She has something to say arjun" mohit said. Arjun waited for the girl to tell what she wants to say to him. He thought he is going to get the answer......

"Pooja told me she is in north....I tried to locate her and I got to know she was fifty kilometres away from Delhi" disha said. Arjun waited for her to tell more but she stood silent.

"Do you know why?" Arjun asked her.

"She did not say but I know it is for samyuktha. The ghost nearly killed her few days back" that shocked arjun. He suddenly remembered the wound on her but he thought......

"Explain everything disha" sampath suggested her. So she told about what happened during the bachlorette party. She said how frightened samyuktha was, being surrounded by her classmates. How one of them nearly killed her with a knife. How she ran away and almost hit by a car which shockingly had no fuel.

Arjun was slowly processing the information he heard. And then jagadish came with his subordinate Alexander.

Jagadish never expected the marriage would be cancelled without his effort. He felt his body floating in happiness. But hid it as he did not want to get hit by arjun as he saw him crying badly holding his dead sister. He went to marriage thinking to arrest the groom for no reason but the dead girl decreased his burden.

"I am so sorry to see your sister's body" jagadish said in low voice. It angered arjun as he realised the guy is acting....faking sympathy over him.

"I wish she was alive. But we can't do anything now. Arjun do you want to file a case? Do you suspect anybody? " jagadish asked him. Arjun shook his head not wanting the idiot to take the case and be in charge of it. Pooja will not appreciate it.

"Then I think I have no work here...." saying that jagadish left them. Alexander followed him.

"We need to speak with the bride sir.....arjun had seen the body in samyuktha's room. We have to know why he went into the room when samyuktha was in the changing room. And we have to know if the bride killed her. Maybe we don't have autopsy reports to tell it is a murder but I think samyuktha killed her in self defense" Alexander told him.

Jagadish is too happy that arjun is not ready to file the case. He is reluctant to investigate the case as there is no reason to arrest the killer. Whoever it was, they helped him a lot by killing the girl which cancelled the marriage. He is not ready to disturb it.

"Alex, there is no necessity to speak with the bride" he said flatly. But Alexander is determined to know why pooja died. He was little bit disturbed after seeing the bride almost died. That too on her birthday. He was confident that arjun is the culprit. He wanted to arrest the groom and save the bride.

"We have to save the bride if she has any threat from the groom. I don't think he will sit calm and be sad for losing his sister" Alexander said. Realising that alex is too much determined, he said yes......

"We will meet her tomorrow. I don't want it look like we are investigating" alex nodded his head and they left the house.

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Pooja sat in the corner, feeling the eyes staring at her angrily. She lowered her head to avoid looking at them. The patients had burnt skin and a scary face which frightened her. She wanted to get out of this place but vinamra ordered her children  to keep pooja locked in the room. The room had all the broken beds and chairs indicating she's kept in store room.

Pooja recognised few of them who killed her. Others even though they did not kill her they would've if vinamra gave them orders. At least vinamra gave her permission to stay in the body for sometime. Though she came out of the body early, she saw arjun panicking and samyuktha fall down in shock. Pooja thought arjun might be devastated if he lose samyuktha. She was wrong as arjun was devastated losing her... losing his own sister.

She clearly heard arjun whispering her that her death will be avenged. She wanted to laugh as it is impossible....she thought she can seperate vinamra from her friend. What happened?  She died.

"You will get used to them" a voice startled her. Pooja turned left to see nandana sit beside her.
"They look scary but they are innocent" nandana told her.

"They have killed me" pooja said in emotion remembering the cries of her brother. He must be in a very bad condition now....

"They are too innocent that they are following orders of the person who killed them brutally. If you behave nicely with them they will be good with us" nandana said.

"It's funny that I am one of you now. I mean...I thought of saving my friend from this fate and I am suffering the fate. It's...."

"it's hard not able to feel, not able breathe? You don't know what we suffered pooja. You know nothing. You were never in love to know what I felt. What he felt when he saw me dying in this building......" nandana was speaking non stop as she found somebody to openly express her feelings. She did not notice pooja who wasn't listening to her.

Pooja could feel coldness....but she knew it is not because of her surroundings. It is because her body is in cold. She did not understand why she can feel only this or why she is feeling this. As far as she knew her body is buried deep in the ground almost two hundred kilometres away. Why does she feel like her body is pulled against the hard ground and thrown into something?

Pooja looked outside the broken window. The moon size is decreasing but it still gave light. Arjun will not remove her body at this time. He is not that stupid or lost his mind to take out her body. Then who has taken out her body? Pooja wondered. Her guards too stared outside not knowing why pooja is looking outside. They were just copying her just like they copy vinamra....who takes care of them as their own mothers.

Author's note:

Who has dug the pit and taken out her body? And who is nandana's lover? A small feed to your imaginations.

Have a happy week and advance happy bakrid. Hope you guys love this chapter. See you soon with a thrilling chapter.