The Other Half

Prologue

"Let me imprison her, Vijay, you don't know this witch's true colours," Ayush said as he held Mahamaya's hair and pulled her to their basement, where all the interrogations used to happen.

"Aaba (father)! I do not care what you got to know about her but Viraj left responsibility of her safety on me. You can't do this. This is against the rules set by Viraj," Vijay said as he followed Ayush. 

Mahamaya's eyes had tears as she was pulled by her waist long thick black hair. Her scalp was burning and she was whimpering as she pleaded, "Please, uncle, what are you doing? At least tell me what was my mistake?"

Ayush laughed, as if gone crazy and roared out, "After what you have done, you don't deserve to live in this house but I am still taking you to the basement of this house, house of the person who used his sweat and blood to lay down every brick of this huge luxurious bungalow you see, the person who you killed with this bangle of yours."

As soon as she heard these words, her eyes widened but she tried not to give any reaction or that would confirm that he was right. Tears pricked her eyes as her bangle was taken away by Ayush and he demonstrated to everyone about the bangle on her saree at her waist. Her saree split and her cleavage and waist was visible to everyone's eyes. She lowered her head and tried to cover her body with the saree's tatters she had because she knew that this much was enough to drive any man mad behind her. 

"See? It cut through her saree! This woman has clouded Viraj's mind and taken away your prostitutes from you. Let's have our fun with Vardhabhai's murderer and use her as the seductress she is."

Everyone around him gasped. Aabha came forward and Ayush warned, "Remember Vahini (sister-in-law), she is not your daughter-in-law now, but the murderer of your husband and his soul needs justice. Besides, no woman is allowed in the basement."

Mahamaya chuckled and asked, "Then who am I? A man?"

Ayush tightened his hold on her hair, making her yelp as he growled out, "An evil little witch who has trapped Viraj under her seductive little body."

Mahamaya trembled at that. She still remembered how Ayush was looking at her when he had come to talk about her marriage with Viraj. She could feel that evil resurfacing inside him again and she didn't like it. That meant bad news for her.

Ayush pulled her downstairs to the basement as most of the new generational Mafia men took her side, "Even if she is guilty, she is still a woman. You can't treat her this way. This is against Viraj's principles."

The voices kept increasing, till Ayush loosened his hold on her hair and screamed to them, "This is Vardhabhai we are talking about! He fed your families, paid for your education, trained you all and made you what you are today. I will not compromise with-"

He was interrupted as Mahamaya hit him with her hand on his neck, attacking his carotid sinus accurately as the man fell on the ground, motionless but his head hit the wooden table in front of him and blood started spurting out from his deep wound, pooling around his head as everyone screamed and ran here and there to save him while Mahamaya was transfixed as she kept looking at the blood of Ayush with a craziness in her eyes, her eyes getting covered with bloodlust as she beat her chest loudly, letting out a loud roar of victory and started dancing madly...