Part 50
G-Come on venkatashwar is from 5th century and he is a brahmin priest of the temple
M-So whose this priest guy today?
G-You
M-Me?
Maan scowls...
M- I could have had a better name u know...u got a better deal 3 times
Geet shrugs
M- But why did i hear Zen and Sundara? I mean it would be better to have it in couples...
G-Coz couples weren't together
M-ohh... so its like...we cud be... so we keep meeting until we are..
Geet raises an eyebrow
M- Imean u say we were couple but not together...so it means thateven though we wanted each other we couldn't beso we meet againand even then we couldn't be togetherso now we meet again3rd timefinally together
G-May be we have met zillion times...we just know about 2 times
M-Zillion? That's sad...if we couldn't get together inspite of all those times...
G-Who knows; zen and miara did make it thoughbut well..sunadra and...
M-wht happened to sundara
G-she died...murdered
He feels a cold shiver and pulls Geet close
M-Well you aren't dying on me
He says giving her a small squeeze
G-You know how she died?
Maan shakes his head in no
She feels so nice she has some1one to share with
G-u know who was sundara and how she knew venkat?
Maan nods
G-oh?wht do u knw?
M-that they were together...for a while and then she died.. and somehow i gues he missed her lots... and he didn't die... coz that would be why she told him that she loves him forever and that they are finally togetherbut if he was priest maybe he was celibate... so i don'tthink... they cud have been togetherlike thisbut thatdoesnt matter. Even a woman's company for priest wud have been questionable so i dont think they really got much of together time
G-He wasn't a celibate. His dad wanted him to marry...after the incident
M-Huh? Like i couldn't do it with u..and then i would do it with anyone else.. my dad must have had few screw loose
Geet laughs...
G-What does not doing with sundara hasto do with itand on top of it sundara was an untouchable
M-iam sure some villain who didn't want us togetherdeclared that
G-She was untouchable by birth. You know she was 17 when she diedand he was 21
Maan cups her cheek and kissesher head
M- Why didn't u tell me before?
She rests her head on his chest
G-What is there to tell?
M-it's so sad...i just...u shud have told me
G-u were too drunk and uninterested to listen. By the way, u know what i saw
M-What did u see?
G-well...venkat was a brahmin...and he was doing puja and all in the temple
...sundara would come and ask him to take her out, she disturbed him thoroughly but he would just tolerate
Maan smiles a little, Geet didn't have to describe much he could imagine himself
G- He enjoyed some of it...all that irritating attention and he would pacify her that they would go after he is done with puja but she kept on nagging and saying that he could skip it or do it afterwards. She would crawl and steal some sweets and fruits given to the goddess and eat up, while waiting for him to finish. Sometimes he would stop her hand and sometime he would let her be
Maan smiles...thinking this is what he would have done too... guess this venkat guy wasn't that diffrent except him being a celebate around her and all
G-She would get more irritated if he would just let her be. The guards and the minister suddenly arrive at the temple and catch Sundara inside the temple and also witness her eating up the goddess's fruit and sweets. She being untouchable wasn't even allowed near the temple.
Maan stays silent, listening closely
G- The guards catch her and drag her up asking venkat to kill the sinner; the one who had disrespected the goddess
M- How can they think he would do that?
G-Venkat asks them to leave her and forgive her and says that she did unknowingly, she doesn't know. Sundara is scared to death...shivering out of fear and helplessness. Venkat refuses flatly to kill her...and says that what made them think that he will kill his Sundara. The ministers say that if he wouldn't then they will kill her
M-Heartless murderers...
G-They take out their swords and cuts her throat...with it and throws her on Venkat's helpless hands
Maan gulps finding it hard to breath for few seconds
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