Laughter in Darkness
A suspense, romantic and psychological thriller
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“Aravind, I am really feeling very much that you stop following the shadow world. After seeing such an interest in you at one time, I never have thought that you do leave adoring bad angels.” Vinod said.
As soon as Aravind entered into the upstairs first room and Aravind and Vinod found each other, they both were put into talking in between themselves
“Once I have become busy in business I could not concentrate much on the shadow world. If I have to take the help of the bad angels for the development of my business, I would have remembered the shadow world. But luckily I did get development in it all by myself.” Aravind said. “But it is surprising to me despite being a psychiatrist that you are showing interest in the shadow world like this! I am feeling lot of surprise that you have belief in the paranormal in the first place despite being a psychologist.”
“Just because of my being a psychologist, I need not disbelieve all the paranormal. In my opinion paranormal is as much truer as our normal world.” Vinod said.
“May I know how you have got that much of belief in paranormal?”with a surprising expression in his face, Aravind asked him.
“No particular experiences to me to make me believe in that.” Vinod said.” But logic. When I have thought using logic I could not gainsay the existence of paranormal.”
“In fact I am facing problems because of my stopping the adoring of the bad angels. Some bad angels are particularly angry with me as I have stopped adoring them.” Hissing out heavily Aravind said.
“Is it is so? What type of problems you are facing then?” looking into his face, Vinod asked him.
“One, female headed and snake body angel, known as Mukinni, followed me upto here. It was so angry with me.” Aravind paused.
Vinod did not say anything. He was just waiting to hear what Aravind was going to say more.
“I am thinking that Mukinni appeared to my wife like a black snake. Sameera is my wife. It wants to take revenge on me by making my wife fearful by appearing so.” Aravind said.
“Were you that much sure that black snake was Mukinni itself?”
“It could be. It has been proved that Sameera has not seen any snake at all. There was no reason for Sameera to imagine a snake like that.”
“But that bad angel has a female head….” Vinod tried to express his doubt.
“Sameera also expressed the same doubt. It need not appear in its real form to my wife.” Aravind sighed. “And it has been trying to enter into Sameera’s body also. That was why Sameera has touch experiences like those.”
“Then what you are going to do now?” Vinod transferred himself from the chair onto the bed there.
“I have to start adoring atleast that bad angel. Otherwise she would not let me in peace.” Aravind said.
“I think that’s the best thing to do. Don’t stop following the shadow world completely.” Vinod advised him. After few seconds’ pause he asked him suddenly. “How you are feeling in this house Aravind?”
“Why you are particularly asking that?” with a smile on his lips Aravind looked into Vinod’s face.
“I know all the people here are feeling a sort of uneasiness. Despite being a psychologist I too cannot understand why I am feeling uneasily here. But I am thinking your feeling is important. You do have more knowledge and grip on paranormal. You don’t feel anything without reason. What you are feeling here exactly now?”
Aravind hissed out heavily. “To that matter I am also as much in confusion as you people are. I cannot say even that séance was a success or not. I cannot say for sure whether the spirits talked in it or those people subconsciously talked like that.”
“It is very much pathetic that you yourself are thinking like that. Why cannot you think that those spirits talked like that then?” with a surprising expression on his face, Vinod asked him.
“I cannot say anything about it now.” Aravind nodded his head helplessly.
“Anyhow please tell me is it is safe to all of us to stay here on this night?” Vinod asked
“Shall we go downstairs now? It seems that we have been staying here for a long time. We may better go downstairs now.”
“You have come here just ten minutes or so back.”
“Anyhow you have been here for a long time. You want a change. Come, we do go downstairs now.” Aravind got off from the chair.
“Alright then.” Vonod nodded his head and got off from the bed. He understood that Aravind did not want to say anything on that. Then Vinod and Aravind went downstairs. While going downstairs they looked into the upstairs first room. In that room Arjun and Madhuri were listening attentively whatever Emily was saying then.
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“I just don’t know how you people did not think about this point I cannot understand.” As soon as Tanuja, Sameera and Sunanda entered into old woman’s room, Tanuja said.
“Mom, first tell what it is and then say anything you feel reasonable. What is this accusing without saying the thing?” Sameera irritatingly said.
“You are sending your wards with that Emily so. She herself is suffering from some psychological disorder. What she would say to your children and how they would be influenced by it, did you both think about it at all?” with the same serious expression in her face, Tanuja said.
Sameera and Sunanda looked into each other’s faces. “I did not think about it that much. Emily looked after our children very well. Arjun and Madhuri loved her a lot. They enjoyed being with her.” Sunanda said suddenly with a fearful expression in her face.
“That much is true. Otherwise we both would have faced lot of problem.” Sameera said. “Anyhow mom you also know that Arjun and Madhuri spending time with Emily. You also encouraged them sometimes to go and spend time with her. Why did not you think about it and remind us about it until now?” she became suddenly angry.
“Alright. Don’t become hysteric. At present they three are in the upstairs room. I go and take them down. From now on we are not going to let our children be with Emily.” Sunanda said.
“Let it be as casual as possible. Emily should not get any doubt.” Sameera said. “I am feeling a lot guilty even to think about her so. She is indeed a very innocent but intelligent girl.”
Sunanda nodded her head and moved out of that room.
“How an innocent girl talked like that sometimes with us?” Tanuja asked her.
“Mom, please” Sameera said once again angrily. “She has been suffering from a psychological disorder. Try to understand.”
Then she slumped in the chair there as if all the energy in her was drained. Tanuja went near to the bed and sat on that.
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“It seems that you three are having wonderful time-pass here.” Sunanda said looking at Emily, Arjun and Madhuri there as soon as she entered into that room.
Emily sat straight on the bed and Arjun and Madhuri were on the either side of her.
“Emily is telling us wonderful stories, they are so much interesting to us.” Madhuri said.
“What stories she is telling you, may I know?” slumping into a chair near to them, Sunanda asked her.
“I have been exhausting all the children stories I know so far at your children and they have been liking them very much.” Emily said with a smile.
“It would be very difficult to us to deal with them once we are out from this place. These devils ask for the stories and I don’t know any to tell them.” Sunanda said.
“Yes, I did not think about it till now. Who are going to tell us the stories from tomorrow onwards? None of these people know any stories to tell us. My dad is little better in entertaining us but when it comes to stories he is hopeless.” Madhuri said.
“Once we are out from here, you both do have your school to go and you would not have this much of time to listen stories. The little entertainment would be more than the time available to you both for fun when you go to your school.” Emily said.
“Madhuri’s dad worries about the entertainment of his daughter and he would not bother about me. Except imagining snakes my mom does not know much about entertaining kids. My dad spends most of his time with his business affairs itself.” Arjun said.
“I tell your parents about your problem and see that you do have wonderful time pass from now on.” Sunanda said. “Anyhow it has become dinner time. We better go downstairs now.
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“I am feeling hungry. When we are going to have our dinner?” Sameera asked.
“I am thinking in half an hour or so Raju takes our dinner to us.” Rajesh said.
“I am afraid that Ratnam do come with him now also.” With fear stricken face, Tanuja said.
“If he comes, then we shall see. If he does not behave madly there is no problem to us at all even he comes.” Rajesh said.
“What if no one does take our dinner now? I am feeling very much hungry.” Sameera said.
All of them were in the verandah again seated in the chairs there. Most of the people there has got the same doubt that Sameera has got and they were also feeling very much hungry.
“In the afternoon you have quarreled with that Ratnam like that. This Raju is his assistant. Without Ratnam’s giving money and without Ratnam’s saying to take us dinner, why Raju would do it?” Tanuja asked Rajesh.
“We shall see another half an hour or so. If Raju does not take our dinner even by that time also, then we go into the village and see what we can get as our dinner.” Vinod said.
“You might not observe clearly while we were coming through the village to this house. This village was appearing very small and I cannot think anything will be available to us as dinner in the night in that village.” Tanuja said.
Then Rajesh also felt fear. There was a possibility of what Tanuja said. They could not expect to have anything in the village as dinner. What they have to do if Raju did not take any dinner to them?
Rajesh was about to say something, then he heard tapping sound on the doors there. “No doubt. It is either Raju or his master Ratnam or both.” His worry at once vanished, he went near to the doors fast and opened them. There Raju stood with two big bags in his hands. It appeared that he was taking too much trouble to hold them so.
“Please come. We are all just waiting for you.” Giving him way to come inside, Rajesh said.
Raju came straight into the verandah put the bags down there on an open place and slumped himself in a chair gasping.
“It seems that you brought too much quantity for our dinner that was why it has become too much weighing for you.” Looking into his face, Vinod said.
“It is not so.” Raju hissed out heavily, got off from the chair, went near to the bags and opened them. “I think you like your dinner also as much as you liked your breakfast and lunch here.”
Just like in the morning, this time also dinner was made into packets and Raju distributed those packets one after one to them.
(I hope that you enjoyed upto here. I shall publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to rate and review.)
