Benaam Rishta:An Invisible String

Chapter5

"Bihari...Koyeli, get Bondita and the baby to guest room. Doctor will arrive at anytime to check her up...do fast..."Anirudh Decreed their loyal servants, Bihari and Koyeli approached to him running. He got off the car. Handing the baby to Koyeli rushed inside of their Haveli. didn't even wait for their reply neither spared a glance to them who were shredding silent tears.

As soon as he entered in, a peculiar feelings engulfed his sensation. His Swift steps came to a sudden holt. Blinking eyes for multiple times to clear the vision what came to his view made him go numb then and there. everyone of their house was crying. Sitting around a dead body covered by white clothes. He couldn't fathom....if it's his heart that hammered hard or thunderbolt fell on him that next moment he felt his heartbeat stopped and himself freezed on the spot...!

Somnath and Batuk ran to him. Hugged him crying like child. He didn't flinch even a bit from his place as if his feet got rooted on the ground. they dragged his lifeless body towards the cadaver. someone removed the cloth from corpse's face. He fell on his knees with a thud. forwarded his quivering hand to her. his cold hand touched her cold faded face.

A lone drop of tear trailed down from the corner of his right eye.

His whole world went upside down. But he was as silent as dead sea. few drop of tears from eyes wasn't enough to describe his stat thus they chose to flow from his heart' silently, being blood.

Kaka went towards Anirudh. Observing his condition he did understand the melancholy his son was undergoing. not finding any better way he hide his son in his embrace as to shield him from unseen peril.

"Anirudh Beta....we...we tried to cont...contact to you....but Ba...Bahu... didn't let to do that. Sh..she even chose the baby over herself and...and left us...for forever....."

Kaka murmured over Anirudh's head tightening the hug as much as he could. To console his son. Although...Anirudh didn't react.

"Binithaaaa.....what happened to you Bini...why are sleeping like this?why everyone is crying?wake up...Bini..look..me..your Bondu has come to you. Talk to me Bini...."Bondita cried out calling Binitha. sitting near to her cadaver. She forwarded her hands to touch Binitha but hands remained in the air. she couldn't touch her body. even no one heard her screaming.

"Bini I...I know you like white colour but...but that doesn't mean you would cover yourself with white clothes. it's scaring.. I'm Scared Binitha please don't leave me alone... please don't do this to your Bondita......."She again tried but all her screaming, calling was in vain.....

After every arrangment to held for the funeral rituals of Binitha everyone except Bihari and Koyeli left to crematorium.

"I said don't take my Binitha anywhere.nothing has happened to her....why are you not listening to me?...no.. Bini...Binitha.........."

"Binithaaa....."Panting heavily Bondita woke up with a jerk. What kinds of nightmare it was...! Undecipherable yet soul trembling..! Toke a deap breath  to normalise the uneven heartbeat that's not so good indicator. she rubbed her eyes vigorously and as soon as she took in the surroundings..realised her whereabouts. unknown place still seemed very known to her.

She sprang on her feet in no time but shrieked in pain. nevertheless,the irresistibly intensifying fear didn't let her to give a thought about herself. taking slow steps but was enough rapid as compared to her feeble condition she went out of the room she was.

Ohh....so she was in Roy Chowdhury Haveli of Tulsipur. struggling for a while a few incidents of last night in dense forest flashed in the screen of her memory. Heart got filled with inexpressible gratitudness for them...for their compassion.