Part One - Pg. 1
Part Two- Pg. 2
Part Three- Pg. 2
Part Four- Pg. 3
Part Five- pg. 4
Part Six- pg. 4
Part Seven- pg. 6
Part Eight- pg. 7
Part Nine- pg. 8
Part Ten- pg. 9
Part Eleven- pg. 11
Part Twelve- pg. 12
Part Thirteen- pg. 13
Part Fourteen- pg. 14
Part Fifteen- pg. 15
Part Sixteen- pg. 15
Part Seventeen- pg. 17
Part Eighteen- pg. 19
Part 1-
Outside it is murky and grave, the clouds are dark, the earth smells of wet dirt and rain. The wind whispers as though the dead are mourning their fate, and amidst this scene, beneath a large oak tree sleeps a wanton angel, her hair strewn about her slight form, her long limbs entwined in slumber, her soft lashes sweeping up against her cheeks.
Her presence creates a sense of warmth and sunshine this dreary morning, and her lashes flutter as one drop of rain sinfully slides down her cheek and slides down her lips.
Her eyes shoot open.
Her languid body quickly untwines itself.
Her hands quickly search for her dupatta, and within a blink of an eye Gauri Chatarjee is seen running down the hill towards the sanctuary of her home, as rain drops violently fall from the sky.
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"Where is that girl?" asks Buah, her brow wrinkled with concern.
"There is no trusting her with anything. I sent her to get me some mangos three hours ago-"
Buah hears a loud bang in the living room, "What in the world is that?" she asks, trudging her way to the living room from the kitchen.
"Just wait till she gets home" mutters Buah.
She lifts her eyes to look up, and the sight before her melts away all her anger.
There stands Gauri, dripping in rain water, creating a puddle on Baba's living room floor, holding two mangos.
"Gauri, sweetheart, your dripping in water, my god, did you not see the clouds in the sky today? No, of course you didn't, you never pay attention to anything around you." Buah says, as she walks to go pick up the shards of the broken vase Gauri dropped while running into the living room.
"Well, give me those mangos and go change into dry cloths, I swear one of these days you will be the death of me"
Buah looks up at Gauri, and sees that her soft features have turned sharp with anger.
"Gauri, I am just kidding, you know I love you--" Gauri runs to her Buah gives her big wet hug, places the mangos on the table and runs upstairs.
Buah looks upward towards the stairs with tears in her eyes.
"God has played a cruel trick on you my child. He gave you beauty, brains, simplicity, love, humor, and even a little evil"
Buah looks down at the puddle of water.
"If only he gave you the ability to speak."
One tear drops into the little pool of water, as Gauri watches from the top of the stairs, her own eyes filled with angry tears, as she disappears into the shadows of her room.
Kaya witnesses this, and slowly walk up to Buah. Kaya places her hand on Buah's shoulder, and Buah slowly turns around.
"Kaya, what will happen to my child?"
"Keep faith Buah, god will make everything right."
"She has become of marriageable age, who will want to be wed to her Kaya?"
"Buah, please do not say such things, didi has more to her then her words, she has brains, respect, beauty, innocence, these are qualities that are rare Buah. Please, do not act like this in front of Baba, it will make him very sad"
"But Kaya marrige---"
"Buah, ab bas."