Astha Tiwari

Abstract Tragedy Crime

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Astha Tiwari

Abstract Tragedy Crime

The Stranger

The Stranger

13 mins
240


It was raining heavily, a girl name Komali was standing at a corner. She was weeping and trembling. As the rain raindrops shower, her tears were the same as the clouds, the deep sorrow in her cry was shaking the sky. She wiped her tears and crossed the street walk into a narrow way. Again after a week he saw Komali she was laughing hard with her friends, the smile took his heart away, he saw a deep intensity she was hiding in her smile but the glowing of her face was so bright. He tasted a sip of coffee and said in his mind " you made the coffee much tasteful.

They both walked to the same street but at the opposite footpath, she again went to the narrow way and he went into his house. After a long watch, he recognized her timing was almost similar to his office time. Once he going through a social friend site and found she was a friend of his common friend. He was so excited, send her request friend request, and was desperately waiting for her response, hours were like years for him, fortunately she accepted his request and start following him. There were no limits in his happiness, he was just falling like a bird. He went through her profile, he found her early photos medals on her neck, holding an award of writing, some awards were of her swimming competition, and more pictures like holding a rifle, her mesmerizing posts. He was curious about her from the starting day when he saw her weeping in the rain but now he becomes more excited to know her. The whole night after going through her profile corners he found that there was something that was inside her breaking her but still she was fighting.


After a month he messaged her " Hi!, this is Trilok here". After a long wait, he got her reply "Hi" and the conversation started. He opens up introduces himself as an ex-soldier and present government employee. He asked her likes, dislikes, aim,s and many more things but she always simply said she is not interested in her likes and dislikes, she is just leading a simple life. Still, he tries to talk to her but she ignores him.

After some while, he left texting her realized that she might don't want to talk to him and he should stop annoying her. Months passed he was busy in his work, left seeking out of windows waiting for her, an evening he was hanging out with his friends, he found her sitting in a corner having fingers mark on her face as someone has tightly slapped her or tightly grasped her face. It was unbearable for him and he suddenly left the place. Trilok swipe his mobile and went to the friend zone to found her, to text but he found that she has deleted the profile. He was in deep thinking and his doorbell rang, he walked to the door and open it found it was his friend Rakesh with whom he went to for hangout.

Rakesh entered his house, in a loud voice asked him "Are you gone mad?, Why did you leave us ? We were in worry". Trilok hugged him tightly and start crying, Rakesh was in shock for a while and hold him and said " What happens to you dear? Is everything ok? Has someone said something to you?" He just took his phone out and showed him all the photos of Komali and said "I saw her in the cafe, her face was carrying some kind of marks, I can't bear that site so I left. I am sorry Rakesh but I can't see her in that way, due to her only, I was able to live my life again I found someone the same as me and I can't handle the pain which she is bearing or whatever she is going through". Rakesh control Trilok and took a sit gave him some water promised him that he will try to know, what has happened with her? or what she is going through? Trilok told him that he has seen her going to the opposite narrow street, might she lives there. Rakesh asked him to be calm and they will start to know about her from the morning.


At night Rakesh found the common people who might know her on social media, he some information about her past life, she has lost her family in a fire accident that broke into her house about two years ago. He got her best friend her Ruchi and her contact number, he quickly called up Ruchi and asked her to meet him in the morning in the cafe zone nearby the street, also mentioned to her not to share all these things with Komali.

The next morning as he has promised Trilok, he took him to the cafe zone where he asked Ruchi to meet. They both were at the place on time and Ruchi was also there on time. They introduce themselves and directly came to the point asked her about Komali. Ruchi before replying to him anything, asked them, why you want to know about her? why are they show their interest in Komali's life? In a very mild but confident voice, Trilok answered "I want to marry her, want to make her life partner, want to spend his whole life with". He is a shaking voice made a request to her said: "Please help me, tell me what she going through". This decency of Trilok melt Ruchi, she broke into tears and said Komali is not what you are seeing, she was so cheerful student in school time, a confident, brave-hearted, ambitious, she was great writer, up to five books leading author in which of the two books wherein the category of best, co-author of many books, she was a good swimmer with medal holder, she also loves firing, so she joined the shooting range and was seeing her growing soon in that field. Ruchi said after their college they both start a master degree, and from there Komali's life changed, at that time she meets a boy on social media, their conversation start and turn into love but within one year of the relationship the relation was getting intoxicated for her, the boy was started torturing her, beating her, he forced her to left her writing, swimming, and shooting. In fact, he started doubting her as she cheating on him and after a year he left broke the relation and left. This was so painful for Komali but still, she manages he, again stared her left but within six months the boy again back to her life urged request to marry him. Komali somewhere still loves him so she got ready for the marriage, it was winter days when everything was arranged for their marriage her family was busy in preparation and the night before her marriage, he talked to Komali's father in her absence and he said he doesn't want to marry, after many requests of her father he didn't got ready to marry, in all this they both start fighting and in all this, he pushed his father towards the circuit board, due to the high voltage shocked Komali's father died on spot. Ruchi said she saw all this from the room, she ran out of the house from the back door to ask help and in between this the house started burning, Komali's brother was inside, no one could help him to came out and he also died. Ruchi took a deep breath and said I said all the truth to Komali, she was ready to complain about him but she couldn't because he warned her that if she tries to do this, he will kill Ruchi's family. "Komali was left with no option only someone closer to left with her was me so she didn't complain and stayed numb," said Ruchi. Ruchi took a pause and said I have told you everything, now I should leave, they both nod their head and stayed staring at each other, suddenly Rakesh mind strikes and he shouts from the back and stopped Ruchi and asked "What was the boy's name whom Komali loved? Ruchi answered "Mohan Gupta" and she left.

Trilok said to Rakesh's brother we should do something for Komali, Rakesh take a deep breath and replied Yes! but wait for some more days. They both back to Trilok"s house, at night while discussing Rakesh got a strike in his mind and remind the name again Mohan Gupta and Ruchi, it was like he has heard the name somewhere or from someone, he quickly checked his called list and call to someone his old friend at his early working placed, he asked him " Do you remember you were talking about a couple who married in court back two and a half year ago ", you said he was your coursemate in navy training, swiftly the answered from the other said came yes, Mohan Gupta and Ruchi Gupta, they both had run from their house to marry and married in court, at that point Rakesh got the glimpse of Ruchi when she took Mohan's name she had a small smile which she was trying to hide. Here Rakesh got that there was something that they are still unknown to it. He asked him to send their photos and hang the phone, after a while, some messaged popped up on his phone and it was pictures of Mohan and Ruchi, now Rakesh confirmed that there is something to know.


He asked Trilok to stay at home and he going to Komali's house to know something from her neighbors, Trilok begs him to join but he denies he said "she might recognize you, as you were her friend on social media" and Rakesh left. He knocked at Komail's door twice but no one answered, from the nearby house, a girl came out and said " Di is not at home, she will come after 9 p.m. Rakesh noticed a burn mark on her hand and feet and he went back.

The next day Trilok asked him did he get to know anything? he said no, it will take some time you don't worry I will hold all thing. Trilok went to the office and Rakesh was all alone at home, his mind was full of question, he starts joining each point, he found that the girl who said tht Komali is not home, her house and Komalo's house both are interconnected from the roof, as from Komali's roof someone can go to the other roof. He starts investigating more he found Ruchi's story right but no one knows about the fight between Komali's father and Mohan and also no one know how the fire broke, everyone only knows that Komali's father and brother both died in that fire, one more new thing that he discovered whiling knowing about the accident, was that her neighbor's girl Mira, who informs Rakesh about Komali that she wasn't at home at yesterday's night, she and her father were also there in Komali's house while the fire broke and he remembers her burn marks. After a week he saw the girl in the market and request her to talk to him for some while, she agreed and sat in a corner to talk. Rakesh asked her about the incident at Komali's house, the girl glanced at him and said I was only one because of whom Komali di suffered till now, she said the night was the worst night for me, for di's family, for everyone, she before the night of marriage Komali di went out for some work and she was arranging everything at home helping di's family, while in all this she went to roof to light up the rooftop, she shows Ruchi di and Mohan closed to each other, holding their hands she stayed there for a while and heard their conversation that after marriage he will kill Komali and took her half property. This shocked her and she ran to Komali's father and told all the conversation, her father and di's father shouted called Mohan and Ruchi down and asked them to leave, in all this a conflict start and turned in scrambling, Ruchi took a rod and hit to Komali's father and also Mira's father and she also hit Mira on her head but she fainted, they don't want to take chance so they turned the gas on and ran out, within a minute Mira stand and got that her father and di's father die she anyhow ran out of the back door to ask help but she wasn't aware of the gas was turned on and fire broke out. Till that di came she was broken but I told her everything and forced her to go to the police. As Komali di was ready Ruchi came to her and start begging to spare them when Komali di denied, Ruchi threatened her for killing me, di was shattered she couldn't believe that her childhood friend can do this to her, still I force to di to complain but she stepped back and said "you are only left for your small sister" di buried everything into her heart. Mira took breathe filled with tears and said " I want to do something for di and I have tried to kill Mohan but I wasn't succeeding ". She said to Rakesh di was very bright she has also helped her and also Mira's and her sister to study, she has always supported everyone. Mira told Rakesh she has one more witness for supporting the night's story and it was the maid of the house who helped Mira to escape, he met the maid and Mira was proven right.


Rakesh shared everything with Trilok, Trilok was surprised after hearing all this, he determines to kill Mohan but Rakesh stopped him and said we will take revenge but from mind games not by killing anyone, he told Trilok " you want to spend life with her so why to kill anyone and go to jail.

They planned something now Rakesh, Mira and Trilok were just waiting for the right moment to execute their plan and they got a chance, they get to know from an old friend that Mohan is going sailing for six months and Ruchi will be alone here. Rakesh took the chance and start meeting Ruchi in some excuses of work or anything and in these six months Ruchi fall in love with Rakesh, after Mohan returns from sailing he show he changed the behavior of Ruchi and start questioning her he found some pictures of Rakesh and Ruchi together and this brought fire to his life, he started beating Ruchi daily, get upset with this she filed divorce from him, this hurts Mohan emotions a lot he was depressed and filled with anger. One night Mohan brought his gun out and went to Trilok's house, he found Rakesh lying on the bed, he is turned to him start conflict and this turn to melee in this Mohan fired the gun the bullet hit Rakesh and he ran out. Listening about Rakesh, Ruchi shattered she was in deep shock and after a day she got the news that Rakesh died this brought her to deep shocked, here police was searching for Mohan and days went by.


Mohan was hiding from all and came to home to Ruchi, he found her lying, her skin was pale, her red eyes, when she saw Mohan she became behaving like mad and start crying, Mohan couldn't handle all this, he tries to console her, remind her the old days but she wasn't the same she starts blaming Mohan to spoil her life, seeing all this Mohan got angry and he shout Ruchi. When the police got the news they went to his house arrested him, in the investigation, he admits everything and also admits the accident of Komali's house, he said: "he killed Komali 's family and also Mira's father". The court found him guilty and gave him life imprisonment.

Here Rakesh was alive but he played the game as he said to Trilok, Rakesh married to Mira. Trilok is supporting Komali for her dreams he never said her about the feelings, he still likes her the way she smiles she cries. Mira ties rakhi to Trilok as he has become his calling brother. She always replies being a stranger he did everything for Komali and for her, he made a relation with a brother with Mira but still behave as a stranger as he doesn't know anything, as he did nothing.


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