Chapter 2

Aniash

@Aniash

Part two

10 am , Sunday at sandhus residence ,Moga

Everyone seated around her were shocked and puzzled to see the fifth aloo ka parotha munched so quickly and she was asking for more. When did tejo started eating so much?? She could barely finish one for breakfast . She had a small appetite.

She looked like she hasn't eaten for days 

Harman to rupi nervously

" Yeh humari tejo hi hain na". 

Rupi gave him a sleepy look. They returned almost 3 am the previous nite from a social gathering. 

" Meri beti ko nezer mat legao", he sipped his tea while taunting his older brother. He was glad that his favorite princess was enjoying her meal. 

" Sati , usko do aur dedo," he instructed his wife , smiling widely. Sati was irritated. Tejo will end up getting tummy upset 

"Mummy , aur lao aur do gelas lassi key bhi melai markey". Tejo's loud voice interrupted her deep thoughts.

Biji to dolly, still confused

" Legta hain kal raat seheli key birthday par kuch khane key liye nehin mila. Isliye raat ka khana aur nashta aek sath kha rehi hain"

Dolly nodded in agreement while sipping her cup of tea , puzzled as well , seeing her niece's sudden growing appetite. 

Just then Dilraj came to see her with his school books. 

" Didi , pls help kardo" to which she replied sweetly. "Maths key new short cut formulas dikhati hun".

While eating her breakfast she taught him easy maths calculation  Dilraj was weak in that subject and tejo always tried her best to help him. But he struggled hard to understand the numerical sums. Today was different. His sister was a magic. He could understand her very clearly and he found the short cut formulas easy to apply. 

An hour after breakfast

She walked 2 kms towards the grocery store . Sati requested her to purchase some vegetables. She perspired from head to toe as she reached home . Sati was confused. " Tune rickshaw nehin li". She shook her head . " Dur nehin hain. Only two kilometres" to which her mother was taken by surprise thinking to herself. Tejo doesn't like to walk even 1 km . She always take rickshaw or taxi wherever she went. Now look at her. . Even two kilometres are not far for her.

Minutes later

She went to the backyard and started repairing a broken fence . Sati was working in the kitchen preparing lunch , watching her closely from the window while Dolly was giving biji a head massage and the men as well as the kids took off to their crop fields to spray some fertilizer. 

The mother was extremely puzzled. Since when tejo knew how to repair a fence . She was still deep in thoughts when her daughter's sweet voice interrupted her 

" Mummy thoda hat jao. Sink pipe thik karna hain". Sati obeyed and took few steps away still couldn't believe her eyes 

Tejo repairing sink pipe. Since when my daughter became a plumber.

3 pm lunch time, sandhus

She ate three plates of rajma chawal and drank four glasses of lassi. Followed by two bowls of gajar ka halwa and three bowls of ice cream 

All  sandhus confused like hell except rupi who was delighted that his daughter was eating whole heartedly. She went through lots of pain lately. She deserved to be happy. He was relieved to see her enjoying her food while laughing and chatting with the family. This is my real tejo. She went missing months back. Thank u babaji for returning to me my beloved sweet daughter

5pm

More surprises came in the evening when they saw her doing martial arts at the roof top. She was coaching her excited little brother. Since when did tejo learn karate. Dolly taunted sati  

" Karate, judo , phuto key liye bhej ti thi aur mujhey betaya bhi nehin". Sati replied confused, " didi, mujhey nehin peta kahan sey sikha". 

The grandma interrupted excitedly" college key bachon ney sikhaya hoga. Pura din toh udhar hi rehti hain". 

After that she made a few paper kites  and enjoyed the fun of playing them with her three brothers at the roof top. The siblings were confused. Tejo never liked to play kites.

11pm bedroom

She sat facing the dressing room table looking at the mirror. It was not her reflection.. She was not tejo but someone else

She was a ghost. Tejo was posessed

She smiled to herself. Her plan was working. The family didn't suspect anything. 

She needed to execute her plan fast . She only had very few days in hand. 

To be continued

( Pt 3 on page 2)