Haunted By Unknown

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Vinamra giggled as samyuktha ran down the stairs. She followed her and caught her when she completed the steps. Samyuktha pushed her and ran towards the main door.

As samyuktha crossed the steps vinamra made her fall on the ground. Samyuktha tried to get up but heard a sound from behind. She turned and saw vinamra crawling on the steps with her knife striking as she came down.

"Who would cross the door first is the winner" vinamra said. The door opened to her supernatural powers. Samyuktha know too well not to run. Vinamra can stab anywhere.

"Don't want to win my baby?" Vinamra asked her. Samyuktha just crawled back.

"My baby....you know when I saw you first my husband said he loves you. That his heart has only you. You have occupied my place" vinamra said. Samyuktha saw her father walking down the steps.

"Mahalakshmi has entered our house"   susheela, gopal's mother said seeing the baby samyuktha.

"Are you unhappy to have a girl?" Rupa asked warily. It was the question which is bugging her since she was pregnant.

"What are you saying rupa? My baby will bring us more happiness. She will teach us many things. She will give us many sweet memories. Why should I be angry when the goddess gave this cute girl as a blessing. My pretty girl will be my pride, my supergirl"

"Stop worrying rupa. We rarely have a girl in our family. It's a blessing to have a girl" susheela said.

"You gave us a big gift rupa. Unfortunately she's my heart rupa. No woman has this place. ..." gopal pointed his heart.

"Other than my baby girl. You have lost your claim" gopal said to tease his wife. Rupa laughed at her husband's teasing. Atleast he is happy to have a girl as his child.

"He said he will never love anyone except you and that you will love him unconditionally. He's mine. How can you have him? He afterall named you as I suggested him. You were supposed to strengthen our bond not come in between us. Since then I am haunting you.

I tried to kill you but gopi was heartbroken whenever you were hurt. I don't want to hurt him. I wanted to give him what he wanted. That you love him. Only him" vinamra said. Samyuktha stopped crawling. She didn't get what vinamra was saying.

"I wanted you to love only him. You know he's happiest on your birthday. It's the day he was awarded as best business man in the state. It was the day he became one of the richest person in the country. But you....you are cute and people love your blush. They get attracted to you soon.

I wanted him to have you. So I killed whoever took away his right. I have killed everyone who came in competition to him. He wants you. I gave him that. Now he wants me. But you are jealous and intervening us. I give whatever he wanted. I remove what he doesn't need" vinamra came too close and placed the knife on her heart. Samyuktha was focusing on her but not her weapon.

"He said he would come with me. But I thought he's happy like this. So I came here. But you won't allow him to get what he wants. You never kept him happy. I kept him happy. So he only needs me and not you. Why are you still alive? " vinamra asked her. Samyuktha's eyes widened in shock as vinamra pushed the knife too slowly.

Gopal rushed and hit her with the rod which rolled away when his daughter fell down. He hit her thrice to stop her from killing his daughter. Then he grabbed her to tie the hanuman pendant he brought from the swamiji who blessed samyuktha when she was brought home.

Vinamra screamed as the pendant touched the skin. She felt gopi hugging her tightly but she felt herself being pushed out of rupa. Vinamra came out finally but thought of attacking samyuktha. To her shock jyothsna came in chanting hanuman chalisa.

Smrithi joined her. Disha prayed to the christ. Vinamra unable to stay, left the house. Her plans have failed. She has failed to get her husband to his grave.

.....

Gopal saw the blood and realised his wife will die.

"Samyuktha start the car" gopal said.  She didn't move.

"Yuktha!"

"Sonia died because of me" samyuktha remembered her best friend who died on her eleventh birthday. It is an unforgettable and unforgiveable memory.

"Your mother is dying samyuktha!" Gopal screamed lifting rupa.

Disha ran towards the car and started it. Samyuktha, jyothsna and smrithi helped gopal to get rupa into the car. Smrithi used her dupatta to stop the blood flowing out. She checked her pulse.

"What's her blood group?"

"O negative"

"My blood group is o negative" smrithi said. Gopal cried as she came forward to donate blood. Now he has no worries to run to the blood bank.

Disha brought them quickly to the hospital. Since it was past ten, the road was free. They took rupa to emergency and smrithi donated the blood. Gopal sat outside thinking about the meeting of vinamra in the hospital to tell her he's married.

Vinamra felt the world pushing her down. Her own brother betrayed her. His own mother seperated them and got him married to other girl. No girl can have him!

"I thought. ...I hoped. ....I believed we would be a great couple. We would marry grandly with me in your favourite saree and you in my favourite dress. I thought we would go to kashmir for our honeymoon. I decided to have boy and a girl....do you know what their names are?"

"It's samrat and samyuktha. I will call samrat as rhat and samyuktha as yuktha. They would be the closest! They have same names too. Both have sam...they would go abroad for studies and settle there. We would be living happily in our private house. We will have a big pool. There will be servants for us. But only us live in the house. Just you and me together" saying that Vinamra cried.

Gopal was sorry for her. She had kept her entire heart on him and he's crushing it. But he has no choice. He is married now. He has a wife who is his soul mate. Only rupa can have any hopes on him. She can expect anything and everything from him. He can't hurt her.

He got up feeling sad. He felt his heart getting heavy with her cries. He thought others will think wrong about him. But he saw a doctor assuring him it's okay. Gopal smiled feebly and took another step.

"I promise you my children will be named as you decided. My children are your children too Vinamra. You are my close friend. You have a special place in my heart. Nobody will replace that place" gopal told her.

"C-c-ca-n I-I h-ha-have yo-ur pi-cture?" Vinamra asked him.

"Yes"

Vinamra took out the camera and took a photo. Gopal kept a smiling face which also made her smile. She took the photo. When turned to say goodbye, Vinamra kissed him on cheeks and ran away. It surprised him. He did not expect it from her.

Gopal came out of his trans when he heard disha asking samyuktha to go to the mental hospital.

"No! Nobody will no near it" gopal said standing up.

"She's waiting sam" jyothsna said pointing to a girl far in the corridor. Gopal followed her finger and freezed seeing the girl.

Pooja was standing with a smile but gopal could see her determined face. Samyuktha nearly cried seeing her close friend. Then she ran with other two girls. Gopal thought of stopping them but a hand stopped him.

"No" nandana said. Gopal freaked out seeing vinamra's best friend beside him.

"It's time we leave this world gopi. It's time to stop vinamra. It's time your daughter should get rid of her" nandana said firmly.

Gopal saw the same determination in her face. He sat down convincing himself that his daughter will be safe. He wanted to join her but rupa is still in the hospital. He can't leave his wife alone.

Nandana stayed with gopal. She was happy that somebody is going to help her. She can leave this world. She will never remember all of this. She will stay happy wherever she is after that. She hoped the patients will not go against the girls. Pooja convinced them. Pooja was able to give them some sane mind.