When Life Is Darker Than Black [WLIDTB] 1✓✓

chapter 3 (edited)

It was already the time of holy marriage, wedding hall was decorated with white and red roses which both groom and bride liked, chattering of people and sound of musical instruments was making this moment feel more special yet celebrating for Kumar family. 

At the entrance with shiny yet soft red carpet one sign with soon to be married couple's name was neatly placed as people passed by laughing and chattering. 

While inside at wedding hall many people were sitting and chatting, few helping Mr. Kumar in other work, children running around playing while at wedding alter ronit was chanting mantra priest was telling him to repeat after him(p).

Later priest insisted Mr. Kumar to call the bride, smiling to priest he quickly told her friend standing nearby to go and help Prachi coming down at the alter.

Her friends Arpita, Ruby and Shrishti three of them went together to get prachi, 

"Let's see how our bride is excited to meet her groom" Arpita joked when shrishti said,

" I am telling you she might even come running down, knowing her dear ronit is waiting for her."

" Today let's tease her as much as we can... It will be so fun! "

Both of them laughted in themselves listening to Ruby walking ahead toward room Prachi was resting in.

Soon they were standing outside of the room, sakshi was first one to knock on the door when slowly it moved back leaving them surprised,

"Prachi, look guys she is so excited that she kept door opened already to get back to him."

Ruby again joked as three of them went inside one by one but instead of usual sassy reply of shy Prachi they found nothing but emptiness.

"Prachi?"

Arpita, Ruby and Shrishti three of them looked around but still there was no traces of Prachi at all, it was like she was vanished out of nowhere,

Horrified they looked at each other not knowing what to do, while at the alter priest again called for bride, Mr. Kumar looked at stairs and waited for few minutes when no one came he decided to look himself why they are taking so much time to come down?

In the room Shrishti went to the balcony attached to think of any way to inform Mr. Kumar about this when she felt stepping on something which was cracked making her alert as she stepped away to find bangles fallen on floor.

Getting inside the room Mr. Kumar asked,

"What happened why are you both are standing here? Where is Prachi? Priest is asking for her, come quick and where is she?"

" Look Arpita, Ruby i found her bangle in balcony, something must have happened to her, we should inform uncle.... "

Her upcoming words stopped as she stared at Mr. Kumar standing in front of her, slowly she noticed as his face changed expressions from confusion to realization, worry to tension and slight anger.

"What did you say? Tell me what happened to her? Prachi!! Prachi beta, where are you?"

He looked around but seeing no signs of her, he stared at three of them standing holding themselves to lose their calm,

Not able to resist Arpita informed him,

"Prachi is nowhere to be seen uncle, we looked for her everywhere..."

" What? No! What kind of pathetic joke is this! Tell her to stop her pranks and come over here."

He couldn't believe her daughter would joke like this on such serious matter but when he heard no response from her friends, he slightly walked back to steady himself from shock.

Neel Romit's friend came upstairs here to inform Mr Kumar and check the situation here only to find him(k) stumbling back, he quickly caught him from falling down as three of them moved forward to support him in worry.

"Uncle, what happened? Why are you so tensed? You three, what happened?"

Helping him(k) sitting on bed he asked when Ruby answered,

"Prachi ran away from the wedding."

"What are you saying Ruby! Why would she run away? No Neel Prachi is missing and she is not here in this room, maybe we should look for her somewhere else. I am sure she must be in trouble ..."

Shrishti quickly argued back to Ruby without thinking accused Prachi their friend of doing something which she might have never did,

Everyone looked around prachi, but nothing was found. Shrishti tried calling Prachi but she found her phone under the bed,

Everyone was worried when another heartbreaking thing happened, Mr Kumar out of tension and shock fainted from the heart attack, immediately he was sent to hospital for further treatment.

Till the time everyone knew that bride has ran away from her wedding, people genuinely worried about their family confronted to those who found this chance to gossip behind Kumar family's back.

But one question was still in everyone's mind, evryone knew it was love marriage then why would bride chose to run away?

And where was she?