. : Syphilis :
By Ranjankumar Desai
" When you start falling in your own eyes,
You start getting enveloped by your own darkness,
Then come to me my love..."
In an exhausted state of mind, she happened to recall Sunny's song. And her moving steps Lost the strength. The delicate emotional film song made Abhiruchi more uncomfortable.
Sunny had always helped her in a difficult situation. He would have helped her this time also. But she had lost courage to knock his doors owing to her foolish behavior.
Her strength was almost met with dust. She was driven in the dire state of mind.
Had she confessed her affairs with Sunny? Had she had dared to tell him about her decision? Had she given ears to his fruitful advice? Undoubtedly, she would have faced to such drastic and tragic situation. But she had acquired a warehouse of sweets!!, in the company of her so called lover.. Alpesh.
Sunny had come to know about her intentions from the initial movement of hers with Alpesh. He was a Guru and spared no girls with his heinous activities..Sunny had taken lot of pain to save her from Alpesh.
But Abhiruchi was blind and mad after him obsessed in love which took her away from prevailing the naked truth of life.
Sunny was almost amazed, shocked by her such approach.
He had appealed to Abhiruchi with a teary face.
But she was totally under the influence of Alpesh's sweet words, which created a wall of misunderstanding between Sunny and her. He had tried to break this wall, But he never was succeeded and all his efforts failed him and proved pouring water on the stone.
Abhiruchi had committed a grave blunder to keep Sunny in the dark, not letting him to know the truth about her affairs.
Those who do not stop at the right time gets defeated leaving no chance to repair damage caused due to own blunder.
Abhiruchi was best specimen of this saying.
She wiped her tears with the pallu of her sari.
At that time Sunny's song echoed in her ears. And an unknown thought dragged her towards Sunny's house.
The mahendi on her hands had not even dried, and ill feeling over ruled her making her to believe that she has lost every thing.
The recap of what had happened the previous night started dancing in front of her eyes.
When she refused to sleep with her husband Bhuvnesh, he took off all her clothes and tried forcefully to have sex with her. And the truth was leaked out.
Seeing the strange boils on her bare body, Bhuvnesh stepped back.
He was annoyed with his wife who kept him in the dark and denied sex.
To clear his doubts, he took his wife to a doctor.
After listening to the doctor, lost his mind.
How could this happen?
The doctor disclosed the reason behind it.
She had sexual affair with a HIV patient.
Knowing the real reason behind her wife neglecting Bhuvnesh for his marital right, he had expelled her from the house.
"Ujala itna sona nahi hota "
Sunny had commented this in reference to Alpesh.
But Abhiruchi had never taken trouble to accept the truth and had stained her reputation.
Bhuvnesh had driven Abhiruchi from his house to protect himself from the disease.
For her, the situation was like the sky above and the earth below.
Her old father had no idea about her deeds... thinking that he would not be able to live, she had taken the burden of grief on her head. She had no choice but to live alone. She was completely shattered. Death was the only option left for her.
She had really lost her sight. It was like falling into a well with a lamp. She needed sympathy, consolation. She wanted to cry a lot!
Sunny was her only support. Even his wife respected him.
Should I go to him or not? She was feeling bemused.
No one except them were able to understand her.
Due to her ignorance, she had hurt both of them. Because of this, her legs had lost strength.
Still, fighting with her friends, she was moving forward towards Sunny's house.
On the way, her mind got entangled in the flash back.
"It is very difficult to achieve the best things..."
Sunny had completely accepted this statement of Dale Carnegie. Abhiruchi could not understand this.
When she was one and a half years old, her mother was kidnapped. She was very fond of wearing precious jewellery. This very hobby of hers proved to be her enemy.
She was returning from a party. At that time some goondas had kidnapped her.
And the next day her naked body was found by the police.
Hearing this, Abhiruchi's father was shocked. Still, he controlled himself for the sake of his only daughter.
There was no dearth of money in the house. There was their own bungalow. There were cars, there were servants.
Many requests for marriage had on the card, still, for the sake of his sole daughter, he had made up his mind not to marry again. He had opted to remain a widower for the rest of his life.
He had thought that he would single-handedly take care of his daughter, which proved to be his biggest mistake. And despite desiring a lot, he was not able to take care of his daughter, and Abhiruchi had gone astray.
So many people used to circle around her with the intention of having fun with his wealth. And Abhiruchi used to get attracted by their sweet words.. Everyone knew her weakness, was eager to take advantage of her . Everyone used to come and go for their own benefit.
Sunny used to work in his father's company. Being a partner in the company, Abhiruchi had frequent chances to visit meet him in the office.
Sunny was impressed by her talkative nature at first sight.
His name was Sunil. But everyone called him 'Sunny'.
Abhiruchi was longing for true love. She dreamt that someone would love her. She longed for someone's true love.
Sunny behaved well with her. He respected her, he was married. Still Abhiruchi had fallen in love with him at first instant. Sunny was fully conscious about her feelings towards him.
Knowing everything, he assured her to be on her side as and when needed.
She was the daughter of a millionaire father. She was motherless. That is why her father had pampered her with unbounded love. He had fulfilled all her wishes.
Abhiruchi was a B.Sc. pass.. yet she did not know much about the outside world.
Who knows what she saw in Sunny? She could not stop her self from falling in love.
Sunny regarded her as his sister, which she took on different note and lost the discrimination power between good and bad.
She had become adamant in front of her father.
"I want Sunny!"
Her obstinacy was embarrassing like a small child.
Abhiruchi had an obsession, a passion for watching movies. She had many friends. All of them had their own boyfriends. But she had no one. This thing had pushed her into a deep pit of despair.
Apart from him, she had a bad habit of reading dirty, obscene books, which had provoked her passion. She used to secretly watch blue films.
The plot of the movie 'Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki' had aroused in her malicious thoughts in her mind.
The idea of getting Sunny had occupied her mind beyond limits. In this condition, not getting what she wanted led her to commit suicide. But she was saved by Sunny. There was no hope of her surviving but Sunny had saved her by donating his blood.
The same blood group had brought Abhiruchi's into senses. She had accepted Sunny as a brother in the real sense of term.
After that Alpesh had entered her life. He was two to three years younger than Abhiruchi. He had no interest in studies. He was a lazy and slacker boy. His parents had died when he was very young. He was brought up by his grandmother, whose unlimited pampering had proved to be a big curse for him.
He used to get as much money as he wanted for spending. He had a line of friends waiting to enjoy life with his money.
At the age of 16 he had started going to clubs, bars and prostitutes.
Abhiruchi was very beautiful. His father also used to give money to his daughter whenever he wanted. That is why Alpesh had caught this golden fish in his net. He had continued to play love drama with her.
Sunny was aware of every move of hers. That is why he had tried to stop Abhiruchi from going to his direction.
She believed in Sunny. She respected him. He had tried to convince Abhiruchi to take ' U' turn from her love. But Alpesh had brainwashed her mind with his fake drama.
She did not hide anything from Sunny. He was very proud of that. Sunny felt blessed to have received her love.
She had feeling that Sunny jealous about her association with Alpesh. This is why Abhiruchi had kept him away from her affairs. If she had revealed the truth to him even once, then whatever had gone through would not have happened.
With the intention of marrying Alpesh, she had left her home.
As per his plan, Alpesh had taken her to a friend's house. His friend's wife was also present. Because of this, it did not Abhiruchi a chance to suspect his mala fide intension.
Assuring her that "I will be back in a while!", Alpesh took away the jewellery and money and disappeared.
What will happen tomorrow? Worrying about this, Abhiruchi had lost her sleep. She had spent the whole night tossing and turning.
She regretted leaving her father. She had committed a grave crime by telling lie in front of Sunny and his wife Nisha.
She had to get up early in the morning. It seemed as if her sleep had left her.
On the other hand, dreams of a new life was caressing her. She had left his father, property, and people she loved most, his brother and sister-in-law.
She just closed eyes, there was a knock on the door.
Thinking it must be Alpesh, Abhiruchi immediately opened the door.
. Alpesh's host friend was standing in front.
Seeing him, Abhiruchi was surprised.
"Forgive me! I have made the mistake of knocking on your door after seeing the light in your room."
Saying this, he sat down on the chair holding his head.
He was groaning in pain. Seeing this, Abhiruchi sympathised with him.
His wife had gone to sleep. It was not right to wake him up.
In this situation, Abhiruchi started applying balm on his head.
At that time, the enemy of lust burst out. . He, in a lustful state of mind captured Abhiruchi tightly in his arms and started warmly kissing her lips.
Abhiruchi tried to free herself from his demonic grip. He called out to the host's wife for help.
The host started pulling his clothes by pressing his mouth with one hand.
The host's wife came after hearing her voice. She appealed to save her, but she did not care to rescue her. She stood far away and enjoyed the scenario.
She was not the host's wife. She was a helpless woman like Abhiruchi., she was raped by a group of people and led her to the path of a prostitute.
Abhiruchi too was raped by the so-called friends of Alpesh.
Abhiruchi was moaning in pain due to fear. And Alpesh was shamelessly standing far away and collecting the price of her body. Nearly six people had sex with Abhiruchi. Due to this his pocket was full of money. He was very happy for what he had achieved by selling Abhiruchi's body.
He was planning to extract a huge amount from her father in exchange for handing over the daughter back.. Seeing this, her soul was burning with anger.
The party of alcohol was in progress. Taking advantage of the opportunity, she had escaped out of this place safely. She went to her father and hugging him narrated entire episode.
She was forced to tell about the atrocities committed on her.
In a few days, she got married to a middle-aged man as per her father's choice.
She wanted to live her life afresh.. but it seemed as if nature was also angry with her.. On the night of the wedding itself, burning sensation started in her private parts.
That night, she had kept her husband away.
But this had become a daily problem. How long could she stay away from her husband?
On the third day itself, her secret was revealed. And everything was over.
At this stage she was reminded of Sunny and started for his home.
She set foot in Sunny's compound. At that time an unknown fear had enveloped over her heart and mind.
With trembling hands, she rang the doorbell... she was apprehensive.
Sunny himself had opened the door.
He had respectfully welcomed her to his house. And holding her finger, took her inside and inform in joyous mood to his wife.
" Look Nisha! Who has stepped in and make our house sacred? "
She was kneading dough in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of the letter she left everything and ran into the hall. Seeing Abhiruchi a wave of happiness appeared on her face. She greeted Abhiruchi from her heart of heart and asked.
" Why alone?"
Nisha's question was quite natural. But it refreshed the wounds. Her face became dark. She stopped the tears from coming out.
On the occasion of Janmashtami a program on Lord Krishna was being telecast on TV. The announcer was singing the glories of Lord Krishna in a sweet voice.
In the entire assembly Dushasan was pulling Draupadi's clothes. At that time Lord Krishna had protected her. By ripping her hair, he had foiled Dushasan's wish.
Abhiruchi was saddened by the thought that everything belonging to her had been looted. Seeing her condition, the Sunny couple was scared to death.
The fear of something ominous happening had taken over their minds.
As mothers Sunny and Nisha left no stone unturned to give bitter medicine to Abhiruchi but she could not understand their feelings and concern about her.
This made the Sunny couple feel upset. They were unable to reach the root of the matter.
The love in Sunny and Nisha's hearts was overflowing.
This feeling made Abhiruchi uneasy again. Her conscience was stinging her for blindfolding an innocent person.
Seeing her condition, Nisha wiped her hands with her sari and caressed Abhiruchi's head with love. Tears started flowing from her eyes. Thinking that crying makes the heart lighter, she allowed her to cry.
Abhiruchi stopped crying.
Nisha gave her water to drink.
Abhiruchi's pain subsided to a great extent.
After a few moments of silence, Abhiruchi burst into tears. Both of them were stunned to hear this.
She had caught syphilis!
Those wicked people had tortured her body and gifted her this disease.
Forgetting everything, Sunny hugged Abhiruchi.
Tears of joy welled up in her eyes. Sunny wiped her tears with his hands.
Nisha, was recalling Lord Krishna had saved Draupadi's honour. Her husband could not save Abhiruchi. Regretting that, Nisha entered the kitchen.
00000000000000 (to be concluded)
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