FF: Power, Conspiracy, Jealousy&Lust,Ch30&Epi,p40 - Page 3

how can jai lust after pia?he is supposed to be smarter than that!!!!!i may be mistaken, but aren't pia and roshni his cousins-isn't cousin marriage prohibited in Hindus?

Oh no don't tell me he is lusting after Pia. That cannot be happening. I hope his mothers values are instilled in him some where to treat woman with more respect and to see through his scheming relatives that he is being held as a scape goat to all this. The fact that the parents can stoop so low for power and money is quite scikening feeling.

hmmm pia vs roshni.... interestin...

Jai lusting over Pia😡. Shouldn't he be immune this being used to girls all over him. Roshni is there to seduce him too? Hope he listens to his moms advice & stays away from such low life.....using their body to hook a heir.

Is the girl in white Bani? Hope that she keeps Jai distracted.

All os them want to trap JW.........

arre wah...what an interesting story...its a lovly start,

Wow !!! yet another one with a totally different kind of story ... can't wait to read more .....

Chapter 4

Why not Shashank think about the immense power we will gain when this last heir is gone or comes to our side, my family will become the 'Garh', with its contacts, Garh has the power to topple government in the centre even, remember when Raghu was arrested in Dubai with drugs….well one word from the Garh got him out scot free….

In a bloodless coup they want to take control over the Garh, sap bhi mare lathi bhi na tute…

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The Tilak ceremony started a day prior to the actual Tilak, from morning, a group of singers sang kirtan, while on the other side there was 'akhand path', the whole Haveli was decorated with red and gold, colour of the 'Garh', a special tent was built for feeding the poor, Jai was sent to distribute, alms and blanket….

Jai wore red kurta and cream dhoti, when he was not needed, he watched the various ceremonies going on, accompanied by Shashank who was explaining the significance of the each of them.

At times he watched Pia and Chandana making rounds, Sita devi directing the servants, Chandana looked happy, asked him what did he think about being made to fast….

Well good for health I guess, Jai replied watching Pia who smiled holding his eyes….with a peach coloured short kurti and churidar she looked very fetching, as she came towards him, she bent to pick her hankie displaying her cleavage prominently….

Jai come here, Uditji wants you to meet his children, Shashank pulled him away…his son Aditya, daughter Roshni….

Jai I have decided tomorrow when we are required to put 'Tilak' on you with our blood, Aditya will do it on our behalf after all it is more apt that the next generation takes over alongwith you, it is for us to take this opportunity to guide you after all this generation is going to take the tradition forward, humlog aur kitna din….aaj hai kal nehi hai….kya sochte ho Jai….Jai's eyes were searching Pia, hearing his name he looked towards Uditji….

Blood Tilak…you will cut your finger for me…

Yes why not, it will just be a prick, my forefathers did more than this for your ancestors Jai….

Other co brother's took the opportunity to come forward and sing praises of their forefathers and their children, how they are all looking to serve Jai, till Jai was called away to make some offering …

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Tired and hungry Jai was leaning against a pillar watching the co-brothers performing their rituals…

Jai somebody whispered….

Jai looked behind to see Pia standing next to a door and calling him, keeping her finger on her lips….Jai looked around, nobody was watching him, Shashank acting like his body guard was helping the priest to handover some items to the co brothers….Jai tiptoed…Pia pulled him inside the room and closed the door….

Jaldi se kha lo, bahut bacha ke lai hu, you must be very hungry, Badi Ma was saying you love Kachauri….

Badi Ma?

Sita Devi,…I ,,,,I mean she was saying to someone I overhead, Pia hid the fact it is Sita Devi's idea that she brings kachauri to Jai now….

The kachauri tasted heavenly, as Jai chewed it, Pia stood leaning on to him….Jai, you know ….I am….

Jai threw the rest and got hold of her, pressing himself to her….

Aag kya dono taraf lagi hui hai, Pia asked looking into his eyes, Jai smiled holding her gaze, his hand started lowering her zip….

Kisine Thakur Sahab ko dekha, they heard a voice from outside….

They are looking for you, Pia whispered….

Hmmmmm, he was reluctant to leave her, his desire was too apparent…

Pia pressed herself harder against him, I will come to you as soon as possible and now go…..she pushed him and then grabbed him, be careful, nobody sees you, I don't want them to be suspicious about me….

Jai being brought up in the west did not understand the reason for hiding what he was doing and with whom but then this was a peculiar place, he opened the door slightly, looking out, he crept out and went to the puja area….Bade Thakur was sitting there…..

Where did you go Digvijai….

Jai showed his little finger to indicate that he went to toilet…..

After the Puja was over, Jai was made to sit and served with food, today you will eat alone but after your Tilak you will eat with all of us, one of the co-brothers commented, as Jai finished….Bade Thakur gave him a scroll, Digvijay tomorrow you have to take oath on all these points, you better read them and now take rest…Shashank take Digvijay to his room, Radhe make your master comfortable…..

Yes it was a long day, as Jai passed, he noticed Udit's daughter Roshni coming forward, tomorrow you will get many gifts, she said shyly, I made this, it is a small gift, I hope you will wear it….

Beta Roshni, of course Thakur Sahab has to wear his special clothes and jewelry but I am sure he will wear you little gift, after all it is given by you, Shashank smiled indulgently….Jai thanked her, she was a sweet girl and Jai never had a sister in real life, she reminded him of Chandana…..standing a bit behind Udit exchanged glances with Shashank….

As Jai undressed, Shahank loitered around the room, then said Jai take rest tomorrow will be a long day and when you read the oaths you have to take, remember many of them a redundant so don't get unduly perturbed, these are just mockery…..

Jai turned sharply towards Shashank, you are saying this Shashank, I thought you are too much indebted….

Well you know the reason don't you Jai, Shashank looked into his eyes….

Are you upset that you are not made a co brother as you are the daughter's son and not the son's son, your lineage of origin declared dead…..

Shashank stared back and said think about your mother Thakur Sahab, she would have been here today with you…..

Jai looked at him….

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Bade Thakur entered his room at last, bare of all luxuries of the Haveli, a simple wooden cot and a desk with chair, the only item of luxury was his laptop, peeping out of books kept all over the room…today he was tired, he went straight and lay down on the bed, his back was killing him…as the doctor says it seems he has to get an operation done but then it is not his backbone which is giving him up but his mental burden, the Garh, the succession of it….hey bhagwan when you will relieve me of my duties, mujhse yeh boj aur kitna din uthayenge aap….

Bade Thakur tail layi hu,,,,,

May god bless you, Gangaiya my back is killing me….

Abhi araam ho jayega…..the old maid started massaging the herbal oil, she was few years younger than Bade Thakur and has lived all her life in this Haveli, a local she is the only woman who could enter Bade Thakur's bed room, the other servants feared her, the family members avoided her, nevertheless as she was good with her hands, from massages to knitting, weaving alongwith her ears and eyes…..seldom she missed anything and heard everything, she maybe hunched but down and definitely not out….

Bade Thakur as I guessed they are after him already…Sita ne Pia ko chhor diya aur udhar Udit bhi apne phul jaisi beti ko maidan me utar diya…..

Bade Thakur raised his head, aaj Pia ne kya kiya….

Gangaiya narrated the scene she witnessed when Jai went missing…..

Are you sure he did not go to toilet, Bade Thakur asked…

No, when Pia came out, her kurti was crushed and zip a little open…..

Turning his head he stared at Gangaiya…..

Jo umar hai mera itna toh mai jantihi hu….

Ha tu khud kya kum thi, kai mardo ka sar khayi hai….

Isiliye na, I understand and know everything, over centuries the till tale signs have not changed….

Bade Thakur sat up, time has not come that he could rest peacefully….

Abhi tu ja, ankhe khol kar rakh aur kan bhi…

Woh tu khula hi rehta, people say I sleep with my eyes open….

Hmmm, abhi ja, let me think, he folded his legs and sat in meditation…

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Jai opened the scroll, most of the conditions on which he had to take an oath was known to him, he has to protect the co-brothers and their families, share his food with them and house too incase that becomes a scarcity, as head of the Garh he should ensure that the people living here at peace, protected and well fed…

Financially he has to see that the money which are brought in the Garh are well invested with higher returns, he should be able to maintain all secret passwords and deals, will not speak of them even in great pain, he should help the co-brothers to strike important deal but never expose himself in the forefront unless it is absolutely required…etc etc.

The point which troubled Jai was regarding intra marriages within co brothers, he had to ensure that it never happens, the reason for it is known to him too, there should not be any blood relationship between the co-brothers, why, so that they do not become one, so that one group never becomes powerful than the rest, so that the Garh does not feel threatened from its co-brothers, since during those days marriage was a strong alliance of brotherhood, co-brothers were encouraged to marry to girls with strong family connection, increasing the strength of the Garh….

Jai called his mother, she was expecting his call, he narrated the day's activities and then said tomorrow will be a long day….

Beta, I am not in the Garh for long time, my fault is due to my experiences I do not keep in touch with it also, which I now realise I should have but then my boy, trust nobody in the Garh except Bade Thakur, he is a saint and whatever he will do for you will be for your good, he is very neutral and just….rest you are an adult now….

Yes his mother did have a bitter experience, being the only child of a co-brother, she knew the lineage of her family would die as her uncle also had a daughter and they would no way succeed next, Krishna thought times have changed, she was well educated, talented artist and very intelligent, she came to the Garh to meet his grandfather who was the Thakur then, she laid her claim, saying India is independent and I am educated, reasonably intelligent, I would like to succeed my father….

Needless to say it raised huge controversy, some supported, some opposed and some said how dare Krishna claim, do akshar kya par liya she has become a man….being hot blooded male his father took up the challenge to quieten her, result he ended up treating her like an ordinary woman whom he used for amusement, the case went from bad to worse, Krishna's father cried foul, this is not brotherhood, moreover, Krishna became pregnant, Uday Singh was forced to marry Krishna as her father would not accept any less, for the first time a law of the brotherhood was broken, what followed later was more terrifying and bone chilling…..

Kya Bhai, aapke kamre me ane key liye hume permission chahiye, Chandana entered with Pia……as Jai turned he noticed that Radhe who making his bed went on guard, he opened his mouth but did not speak out….

No Chandana you are my sister you don't ever need permission to enter my room….alone or accompanied, he stressed….

Theek se soch lijiye Bhaiya, Chandana winked because you never know with whom you will in the room….

That's a point, but I am sure you will use your judgment, I trust you….with the corner of his eyes he noticed Radhe, he heard him alright, Radhe carried on his work, making no attempts to leave….

Chandana was also observing Radhe, while Pia going round the room….

Radhe since the bed is made you go take rest….Jai directed…

Errrrr Thakur Sahab, today I am to sleep here, I mean I have been directed to sleep here as I have to wake you before the sun rises….

SO? I don't want to share by room with a man….Jai nodded his head vigorously ….

Mai toh bahar sowunga, darwaja ke pass, aap idhar aram se sona, aur mai kehta hu Chandana didi aap abhi jao, subah subah uthana hai aur Thakur sahab ko nahana bhi toh hai, jao jao tumlog abhi sow jao....subah subah uthna hai haldi chandan snan….

Before Jai could protest the girls were dismissed, Chandana could not counter him but Pia said,. Ha Chandana chal, kal humlog Thakur sahab ko aisa nahalenge ki woh zindagi bhar yaad rakhenge, she went past him brushing his side, staring into his eyes, itna jaldi bhi kya hai, ekdin ka hi toh baath hai, uske baad aap Thakur Sahab aur mai…..with a seductive smile Pia pulled Chandana away from the room….

Jai went in for a cold shower…

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Gangiaya entered Bade Thakur's room after people went to bed, the Haveli became quiet, sometime later she came out going towards the inner sanctum of the Haveli…

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Om Bhaskaraya Vidmahe
Divakaraya Dhimahi
Tanno Suryah Prachodayat

AUM bhurbhuvaH svaH, AUM tat.h saviturvareNyaM
bhargo devasya dhiimahI dhiyo yo naH prachodayAt

(God, Thou art the Giver of Life, the Remover of pains and sorrows, the Bestower of happiness O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Thy Supreme Sin destroying light, May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction)

Early hours of next morning Jai stood wearing a simple dhoti, Sita Devi alongwith the wives of co-brothers did his "arati' followed by other women who his relatives, his father's sisters, cousins etc., at the end came Chandana, Pia, Roshni and some other cousins, suddenly the solemn ceremony turned into a holi of haldi and chandan, soon the boys too joined in, Jai had a tough time keeping his dhoti on, as a lot of pulling and pushing went on, they ran to catch Jai and later Jai ran after them to apply haldi, he was having fun specially when he caught hold of Pia behind the pillar and put his hand inside her choli….

Mahurat nikal ja rahe hai, band karo yeh sab, abhi naha lo aur Puja me baitho, boomed Bade Thakur's voice, the younger generation queued up, giggling and laughing, Pia adjusting her choli while Radhe and other servants showered them with buckets of water midst of chanting of mantras…Radhe then led Jai away to dress him up….

While Radhe wiped his back a girl came carrying a big glass of 'sharbat'….Radhe she called out….

No privacy koi bhi a jate hai, Jai muttered…Radhe picked up the glass and asked the girl to leave…he winked his eye, woh Rupali hai, jaroorat ho toh bataiyega, sar se pao tak garam hi garam hai…..

Are you a pimp….

No Sir, aap ki har jaroorat ka kheyal rakhna mera farz hai aur sach baath toh yeh hai, she will not have any motive when she comes to you, Radhe observed Jai's face as he uttered those words…Jai was busy looking at the jewelry he had to adorn…

yeh pi lijiye, yeh sharbat will give you strength to sit through the long ceremony, Radhe handed over the glass to Jai, has all energy giving herbs…..Jai took a long sip and finished the drink, it was tasted and quite heavy, he felt good as he sat down for Radhe to tie the turban and put on the various necklaces and armlets …….

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Guess the girl who comes to JW with no motives will

be Bani.

Tin, another fabulous chapter.

Can't wait for the next update.

Take care.

Hating this Jai......behaving as if dying to be with a woman for loong time. Such a cheapo.🤢

Bade thakur is goig to have hard time keeping him in control.

When is Bani going to make appearance. Then again not sure whether I want Bani to land up with this Jai with such loose character.