FF: Yugantar - the Saga, Chapter 21,pg 9,uptd 23/8 - Page 2

It was a very well written chp.It was pretty shocking to read that Krishna's dad was murdered.Hope they solve this case soon.Looking forward to the next one😊

that was very interesting and shocking update.its too sad that krishna's dad was murdered.i dont think so it is the case of mistaken identity.it seems that someone has murdered him for some personal issues.thank u for this wonderful update.waiting for the next chapter.plz continue soon.

haila... i feel sad for krishna's mom... i hope he stay's bac n solves d mystery...

Chapter 4

Ma this is my final exam…..

She starred back and left……

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Krishna sat on the bed, through the open door he could see one of his sister running after her child, his bhabi instructing the maid, he came out sat on the wooden swing, the iron rods holding the swing, made a screeching sound startling everyone ….

Oh my god, Krishna you….his chhoti didi said looked up, you gave me a start Krishna, I thought babuji a gaye…entering this house he used to sit on the swing first thing…..

His bhabi was also staring at him…..yes hearing it, I …she was a woman very like his mother, working silently and quietly….the 6 years she has been married to his brother he hardly saw her speaking aloud, except running after her twin daughters…..

Krishna won't you be leaving now…..his eldest sister came with breakfast plate, Krishna looked towards his mother, she was sitting with few of the ladies who had come to pay the condolences, he replied …in a while….

As he finished his breakfast, he saw his father's chief assistant Sambhu coming in and approaching to Bhabi hesitantly, they whisper something, Bhabi was clearly at unease she got up from the work she was doing picking up her mobile, she moved away, only to indicate there is no reply….Sambhu scratched his head when Krishnajit called out…

Kya baath hai Sambhu kaka, Krishna called out…

Ji chhote bhaiya, it is like this, we had booked trucks to take our grains to the Mandi, the booking of trucks and the deal was already done by Babuji, but with this sudden misfortune and then we forgot to cancel the trucks, I mean we are mourning and the transporter is wanting to us to pay fine if we cancel the trucks the last moment so, loss of business, nowadays…..

So we load the trucks at our godown, why should they go back…..

I mean…..we are

Yes we are mourning but then some things cannot be postponed , the deal has been fixed by Babuji so we will keep his word…..should I come with you Sambhu Kaka or can you manage on your own….

No no I can manage…..I can manage…. Sambhu kaka left…..

Krishna went upto his bhabi, where is Bhaiya Bhabi, has he not got up?

Yes long back, I mean he is not at home….

Kaha gaye? He asked frowning, constantly people are coming to pay their condolences and he was supposed to leave in the morning so his brother should have been here but his bhabi suddenly got busy with her daughter, his sisters started instructing the servants, he turned to see his mother was watching him, on being eye to eye she turned away….

What is going on here? He walked out of the house, crossing the village suddenly he realized he came on to the field where is father was murdered or to be precise his body was found, his eyes narrowed as he saw a girl putting flowers on the very spot……

Hey what are you doing, he shouted…..

Ji mai phul dal rahi hu…she looked up…the face was unknown …but then he does not recognize most of the girls of the village they have grown up ….

Don't put flowers here, the case is under investigation and police are taking evidences can't you see the area has been cordoned off….he glared at the girl, the girl burst into tears, the police said a few petals will do no harm and anyway, as it is open to the nature……I have been putting it for last two day, see the dried ones….

Go from here….He commanded, he hated the feeling some outsider putting flowers in his father's last …..

With a hurt look the girl ran away…..

He stood watching the grass, some blood stains were still there, what did he want to say, kya bolna chahate the aap mujhse…he asked again and again….

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Chachu aapka phone….Riddhi, one of the twin handed it his mobile to him…..

It was ringing, I answered it but one woman was screaming, kya bol rahi thi kuch samaj me nehi aya, Siddhi the other twin replied in her three year old voice….

Krishna took the phone and clicked onto the caller list, having walked out all of a sudden he had left it on the swing, Pratigya had called several times….

He dialed….

She answered promptly, Krishna is it you…..where are you and who the hell was answering your phone whenever I called up….

Oh the twins I left my phone on the swing….

How can you be so careless and isn't any elder around to prevent the kids from playing with mobile, mai taiyyar hokar baithi hu for you to call me and inform me which train your are taking so that I can receive you….

I am not coming today…..

What ? Why? I mean you have forgotten that you have exams ….

I cannot come today…..I …it seems his brother was not back yet…..

Ok tomorrow start early morning so that you can reach here by noon, enough time for you to take rest and appear for your exams…

I am not sure…..

Not sure…what do you mean by not sure….you are going to appear for final exams and don't forget that….

I mean……

Dekho Krishna, I know you are feeling bad and you have lost your father but he will not come back, life has to go on…

If I do not appear for my exams you will mind very much? Krishna asked ….

Pratigya kept quiet….then replied well it is not a big deal, Papa has already planned your career ahead…..

I am yet to take a decision but there are matters which need to be solved…..

Yes I understand with your father's sudden demise but then don't delay, committees are being formed and you should be here from the beginning you know even he has pressures and contenders are many….

Hmmmmm…Krishna frowned the girl whom he had chased away from the field entered the courtyard, going into the kitchen……

I will speak to you later….bye now…he disconnected….who is this girl, she seems to be very familiar with the house, he stepped behind a pillar, the girl came out carrying a small bowl then started climbing to stairs to the first floor…

Hey you where are you going, he stepped out….

She looked at him and did not bother to reply… starring back at him with a grumpy face…..

Areh what happened to your tongue, kuch der pehle to thi….he asked…..

Krishna, she is Malini, Ma has a bad back pain, she is going to massage her……his elder sister announced….

Ma has a bad back pain, his brother is missing from the morning, Ma knows his father wanted to say something important but then she does not know what….

How strange, how cannot Ma not know …as husband wife, they must have shared at least important things, he and Pratigya are not yet married but then there is hardly anything which is hidden from each other, which they do not know….

He came and stood next to his Chhoti didi, the sister just above him….tell me something Chhoti do you know where bhaiya has gone….

Chhoti opened her mouth, thought for a second and then said, my husband is sending the car, I have to get back today, Bhaiya will be back any moment why don't you ask him…..come munna, the car is coming, lets get ready, she pulled her son and went towards her room…

Everyone is behaving strangely but why? What do they know which he does not?

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It was a very interesting chp.I wonder what this secret is.Looking forward to the next chp😊

Very interesting! Rather Mysterious!! Update Soonx

that was very interesting.waiting to read about the truth behind all this.plz continue soon.

Gud going Tin

Chapter 5

Everyone is behaving strangely but why? What do they know which he does not?

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Just before lunch his brother returned, asking his wife to get the water ready for his bath near the well, to give him fresh set of clothes, yes in his house, thing were still a bit ancient, men bathed from the well though there was bathroom for women….

Oh Krishna you are still here, I thought you must have left….

Yes but then I wanted to speak to you…..

Regarding what….his brother asked…..

Since babuji is no longer there, I think we should be sharing some responsibilities, is there anything particular you want me to do….

Oh yes there are several things like as…..Rudra suddenly stopped looking past Krishna and then lowered his voice saying you finish your exams and then you and I will sit…..picking up his fresh clothes he went to pour water over his body, Krishna turned to see their mother standing and watching them.

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As he lay next to his mother in the night, he said if I do not go tomorrow I have to skip the examination this semester, but then you know something more than I do….what is it….if you can give me a hint…..

His mother lay quietly for sometime then got up with great effort, switching on the light and then opening her almirah she got out a file….it was his father's bank statements…..

As he went through it, he frowned, all of a sudden for the last few months the expenses have increased, why so, his father was a reasonable man, with simple living, they did not have the lifestyle of what Pratigya and her family had, not double, triple but almost 5 times…aisa kyu? He asked his mother…..

Mai nehi janti but then she sighed, something is not right and I do not want to make wrong assumptions…..

Krishna lay down, his father was a man who faced the world himself but if he was in trouble he should have shared it with the family, he should have at least told his sons, if not his wife, or was it this he wanted to say….

You did not tell the police about this, why? He asked his mother….

There was no reply but whimpering, like every night, she was crying herself to sleep.

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Disconnecting the phone, Mr Awasthi looked disturbed…well Krishna told him just now he will not appear for the exams, he cannot leave his village at the moment, now Vishwa's death was sudden and brutal no wonder Krishna was disturbed, it is natural to be, though when he went to pay his homage Krishna had looked calm, his elder brother would not speak coherently, that is also natural, poor boy he had to see in what gruesome way his father was murdered……

Vishwa always said his elder son was a nervous person, not a man enough, no wonder Krishna wants to stay back, the poor boy will lose 6 months, he can only appear then….this is fate, what can be done but have to speak to Mr Saxena, elections are coming, he must be wanting to involve Krishnajit, already known as his to be son-in-law, have to tell him to spare Krishna for some more time, let the poor boy clear his college, his father wanted it…

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Shyamji Saxena patted the shoulder of his daughter, it is okay he said, he knows what he is doing, you have to give him sometime and moreover he is intelligent and in politics degree does not matter, let him settle his issues, once he gets involved in here he might not get enough time to visit the village….

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Rudrajit was upset to see his brother deciding not to appear for examination, yes it is understandable he nodded but then it is a matter of 15-20 days, I would have managed things here…you know….wiping his sweat….

Yes I know but I am not in a mental frame, I would have submitted blank answer sheet….Rudrajit patted his brother on hearing this, I understand…he replied, Krishnajit looked towards his mother who was sitting on the swing with her eyes closed…..

Where is her fear, what is she fearing, to whom was babuji giving money…..

Bhaiya Ma was telling me yesterday night that lately babuji was giving someone a lot of money, do you have any idea….

Rudrajit stopped chewing his breakfast then said, there are few things, few charities babuji did without informing us…….

Krishna looked towards his mother, she was remained unmoved…

Ma is not sure about that….

Hmmm, best is go to bank and check it out yourself, they have all the details……

They were drawn through self cheques…

Well Babuji had many charities, the last great one was settling down Malini and her grandparents on our land…he did not ask me, I am also a father of two children but then may his soul rest in peace he was a man who did not think I am his worthy son….Rudra's face was flushed ….

Krishna was surprised, Rudra was a laid back person without any temper, a kind of man who did not commit himself to anything or did not want to get into anything…..

Krishna noticed their mother was unmoved…..Malini is this the same girl who came yesterday to massage …..

Yes her father was supposed to be our father's childhood friend, his parents had left the village and moved out long back but then our father decided to do charity and who am I to stop him….

Toh kya kare, with her parents dead in accident, it is difficult to bring up a girl in the city for an aged couple without any income just pension….Sapna, his bhabi spoke

Rudrajit told his wife to take out his clothes…..

Aaj na jate toh….Sapna bhabi wishpered, Krishna is here, you could have seen to some work what needs to be done…

I did not ask for your opinion, I just want my things out, if you cannot do it, I will wear what I can lay my hands on…..

Sapna bhabi darted a glance towards Krishna and swallowed, quickly going towards the bedroom…

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Krishna walked down the field, wheat was planted, they were yet to ripe, but then …..he was speaking to Pratigya, sharing with her the family problems…..

I understand you need to be with your mother for a few days but your future is here at the same time ensure your presence is not needed in the village quickly as you are going to get very busy here…..

I have to appear for my exams….

Papa says you do not need a degree to join politics…and I will marry you for what you are and not for your degree….they giggled and laughed when Krishna realizes he was standing in front of his favourite spot, the small water fall which formed a pool….oh so many times they used to come here for picnics with their parents, here he tasted his first drink with his friends, his first drag of cigarette, he inhaled deeply, disconnecting the phone he ran down the slope, the sun was already mid sky, hot nobody would be around, dropping his mobile and flinging his shirt, he took off his jeans, with one last look his underwear, and jumping into the water, it was so cold and lovely he swam with long strokes and then lay back on the water and watched the blue sky above, there is something somewhere but from where to start and for how long can I stay back in this village, though to go for election is one year still but committees were being formed and he wanted to be there from the beginning….

Suddenly there was a sound and the water splashing onto to face as a reflex action Krishna turned lowering his body into the water to see Malini wading into the pond

Hey bhagwan my clothes, Krishna thought shouting yeh ladki what are you doing in my pond….

Malini startled, crying out, what are you doing here, she put her hands in front of her, clutching the petticoat which she wore from below the armpit…

Aap …she squeaked what are you doing here…..she asked again

That is exactly my question, what are you doing here …..

I come here everyday at this time for my bath…..saying so she started crying…

Oh what a cry baby this girl is….oh shut up, just shut up….I have not touched you and have no intentions of doing it….you should have seen before getting into the water…

Nobody is here around this time and I thought you must have left the village, heard you have got exams, she whimpered…..

With my father dead what am I supposed to write on the answer sheets….

Hmmm I know, I faced the same situation…. she replied softly…..

Your father was murdered? Krishna could not help but to ask…..

I am not sure, he worked for Public works dept, contractors were often after him for contracts, his was a run over case, with my mother, going to the market…..

What did the police say?

Malini half turned now still clutching her petticoat, police cannot get back my parents can they, she asked and when …..

And when?

And when your own people go against you what can you do, overnight my grandparents came back to this village bringing me along, they are too old to run after the police and I am too young…..

Krishna kept quiet, they stared onto each other then suddenly they became conscious….she half dressed and he naked……

Err I think you better get going, I cannot get up with you around….

Why? she asked

What do you mean by why? He glared….

Her jaws fell…..nothing she indicated

I did not know you will be showing up and I was just walking past…..

Hehhehee she giggled scrambling out of water trying to control her laughter, displaying her shapely legs and picking up her dry clothes covering herself somehow she ran up….

Krishna waited for sometime and then crept water, wearing his clothes quickly he climbed up, he looked around, the area was deserted, hmm girl has left, when his eyes saw a flash of colour from the bush, he stopped that bush overlooks the water body below…damn the girl….Krishna cursed, Malini was getting dressed, her bare back was visible, she wore her blouse and wrapped her sari, as she picked up her wet clothes, her eyes fell on him, she blushed then turning back she ran out, her hair flying towards her home….

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It was a well written chp.I hope this girl doesn't come between KriYa.Looking forward to the next chp😊