"You're a lucky girl!" Setupati was trying to impress a girl with his charming smile.
The girl smiled big and asked smartly, "And why am Iexactly lucky, Setu?".
"To start, you came to me, to solve your problems. You know, I'm the only one in this town left with a true sight. Yes, you heard right. The only Astronomer with true sight to see through your past, present and future, only by looking at the lines on your hand."
The girl looked at him unbelievably.
"You really are gifted, Setu!" She seemed impressed.
"I believe you are the only one who can help me right now." She said, with innocent eyes.
Setupati's heart melted after looking at those big beautiful eyes, begging him to help.
"Anything for you, my princess". He said.
"I'm not a princess. But I want you to help me with my family problem." She asked.
"What can I help you, my princess?" He hadn't dropped his charm yet.
"You know, my uncle doesn't have an heir, who is very rich. I just want to take care him in his last days. Can you tell me that if I will ever get a chance to serve him?" She cleared her motives. She simply wanted her uncle dead and she wanted to know when he will die.
Setupati was more than smart enough to know her true motives. But her big beautiful eyes were betraying him.
"My princess, you surely will get a chance to serve your uncle. But there isn't any sign of that happening any sooner than few decades."
She seemed disappointed in him. The emotions in her eyes changed suddenly from innocent to furious.. She pulled off her hand from Setu's, stood up and walked away with anger.
He looked at her leaving like that & screamed,
"You have to at least pay me, princess."
But she didn't look back.
"She is not going to pay you, Setu. And she is not certainly going to date you. You're day-dreaming." Setu's friend Ravikant shouted at him from his shop.
Setu used to seat in front of Ravi's shop to run his exclusive business.
"Setu, you didn't say anything about your royal friend coming to visit you today." Ravi continued asking questions.
Setu irritatingly answered, "what royal friend?"
"Can't you hear the people shouting there. He is coming to you, I think. It's been years since he came down here, to meet you. He could've asked you to come to the palace. Can't he?"
"He had asked for something. I don't remember." Setu replied carelessly.
"Hang on! The lord 'Vishwaprit' asked you to visit him, and you just denied it? You're really a piece of work."
The royal vehicle reached the shop meanwhile. Ravi's heart started pumping breathlessly and he started shivering. He kept looking at the vehicle without blinking. Vishwaprit stepped down from the car and walked towards Setupati.
Setupati was sitting there carelessly. He smiled at Vishwaprit and welcomed him. Vishwaprit smiled back and said,
"It's quite difficult to get your appointment, Setu."
"If I had come to meet you into that castle of yours, nobody would have gotten a chance to see you here. It's fun to get out of your big house and roam around."
Setu tried to cover his laziness and carelessness with his sweet words by changing the flow of discussion.
"Setu, we really have a very serious matter to discuss. Can we speak somewhere private?" Vishwaprit asked, he was being careful. If people heard and misunderstood the situation, it would be Chaos.
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KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors
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