A very important note at the end do read it before you leave.
A month passed in a jiffy. Things remained the same. Randhir used to leave for office before she was awake and returned only late at night. He used to treat her very nicely all night, sometimes made love to her and if not he would just cuddle her close to his chest till she was asleep.
This thing had started worrying Sanyukta now, first she had thought that maybe he was using her only for his pleasure but there were days that he didn't touch her that way and just kept her close to himself.
She was really confused by his behavior because in the daytime there wasn't even a trace of him but at night his warmth was all she felt.
She wanted to ask him about all this but couldn't muster up the courage. Finally she consoled herself thinking that he was a workaholic and loved his work too much.
Otherwise everything was perfect in her life. Her bonding with renuka was amazing, she got the motherly love from her that she had missed. But here too sometimes she felt renuka not meeting their eyes and avoiding some topics like her son's love for his office.
"Mom what was her name?" Once Sanyukta asked in context of her late daughter.
"Meera, Meera Shekhawat." Renuka answered fondly.
"Oh nice name. By the way mom, as you said that room is locked since last 8 years, don't you think that we should clean it once in a while. I will do it if you want." Sanyukta suggested.
"I don't know Sanyukta. Actually it was Randhir's decision to keep that room locked forever." Renuka said unsure.
"Don't worry mom I'll just clean it quickly and comeback. It would be so dirty after all these years." Sanyukta assured her.
"As you say, but please don't tell randhir about it." Renuka said fearfully.
"OK mom. You don't take tension please." Sanyukta said and went away to get the broom and dusting cloth.
She opened the rusted lock with the help of a rusted key provided by renuka. They had to oil the lock first as it was badly jammed.
On entering the room she saw nothing but darkness, thick layers of dust and spiderwebs. They had to change the bulbs to have sufficient light to work in there.
With two servants as helping hands she cleaned the whole room like a brand new and placed things a bit properly. It took them 4 hours to set the whole place right.
After the servants left Sanyukta finally noticed the room properly. It was as huge as hers but very simple and sober. The walls were painted white, there was a queen size bed in middle with no mattress, a similar closet door on the right and an empty study table towards the left.
What caught her attention was a life size frame just beside the bed. It was of a beautiful young girl and a younger version of Randhir. She assumed the girl to be Meera. They were both smiling happily for the camera while side hugging each other. It looked like they were in college or something.
While she adored the boyish grin on her husbands face, meera's face gave her an uneasy feeling. Those chocolate brown eyes, those long highlighted hair, that sweet smile all of it looked so familiar. Sanyukta couldn't understand why it looked like she had known Meera but couldn't place her.
Sanyukta sighed and let it go thinking it was just her illusion. Actually she looked so similar to Randhir, that is why she looks familiar.
As she was satisfied with her work and was about to leave the room, her eyes caught something. It was like a black stain on the wall. She thought that maybe it was left to be cleaned so she again picked up her dusting cloth and neared the stained wall.
She tried to clean it with the dry cloth but it was not even clearing an inch.
It wasn't dust!
She took the damped cloth and again rubbed it vigorously on the wall, the stain remained intact.
Before she could think of anything else a shrill shout made her jump back.
"SANYUKTA." It was randhir.
Shit he's back!!
"How dare you enter this room?" He blasted on her with red eyes and curled up fists.
"Ran... Randhir I..I was..." She couldn't form a sentence.
"You were what? Answer me damn it!! Who gave you the permission to enter this room?" He held her forearm harshly and pulled her out of that room.
"Randhir I gave her the permission." Renuka said fearfully.
"Why mom? You know right that I had locked that room 8 years back. Then why did you allow her to open it again. Why? You knew how difficult it was for me to get over it still." He shouted like a maniac leaving Sanyukta with a jerk.
"Son please listen to me..." Renuka pleaded.
"No I don't want to listen anything. You all just go to hell." He marched to his room angrily and slammed the door.
In the following minute there were sounds of things crashing and breaking.
"Am so sorry mom I didn't know he'll be so angry." Sanyukta, who was shaking like a scared kitten, slowly apologized.
Renuka wiped her own tears seeing sanyukta's state. She went forward and hugged her tightly to calm her down.
"Shh.. Don't cry child. He is not like this but when any topic relates Meera only then he reacts outrageously. He loved her a lot and had taken a lot of time overcoming the shock of her sudden death." Renuka told her while caressing her hair.
"Am so sorry mom, I didn't know. I'll just go and apologize to him." Sanyukta broke the hug and started leaving.
"Just take care of him, he is not in the right state now." Renuka patted her back.
When Sanyukta entered their room she saw all the things on the floor in a broken state with a vulnerable randhir sitting in middle with his hands on his head. She locked the door properly to not be disturbed tonight.
Sanyukta reached near him and sat down next to him. She kept a hand on his head to which he immediately hugged her waist and cried out loud burring his face in her stomach.
"I killed her Sanyukta, I killed her." He chanted.
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Till now you all must have understood that Meera's room is actually NOT the secret chamber, it is yet to be introduced.
But why is randhir saying that he killed her??
Important note -:
UPDATES IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE SLOW AS I HAVE MY HALF-YEARLY EXAMS. I'LL TRY MY BEST TO WRITE AS MUCH AS I CAN. IT STARTS FROM 18th SO I'LL TRY TO UPDATE A CHAPTER OR TWO BEFORE THAT.
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