Chasing butterflies …….
(A spicy hot romantic and suspense thriller)
By
Kotra Siva Rama Krishna
“You need not say to me who you are.” Susmitha’s charming smile influenced even Sukanya too. “You are Sukanya, Madan’s vadina’s sister. I have been told that you are coming.”
“I see.” Sukanya nodded her head and seeing Susmitha trying to say something she further said. “You too don’t need to tell me about yourself. I have got briefed about you by Madan.”
“What you have been briefed by him? I am a mental freak imagining strange things and don’t believe me at all, is it is not?” with a frown on her forehead Susmitha asked.
“No, Susmitha. Not at all so. He said so good about you. I just cannot say how much love and affection he has got on you. How did you have thought like that he has said so to me is beyond my understanding!” Sukanya frowned and said.
“Its alright.” Susmitha came near to Sukanya and put her hand on her shoulder. “I just said so for fun. I am really feeling happy that you have come. I am becoming mad here without time pass. You will be a good friend to me, would not you?” looking into her eyes Susmitha asked.
“Sure I will be.” Sukanya smiled. “I really like to be a friend to an utmost glamorous girl like you.”
“You are no less.” Susmitha seriously said. “I have thought myself so beautiful until I see you.”
“If you don’t mind shall we both go and settle ourselves in the chairs? It shall be more comfortable to us in such a way.” Slitting her eyes and looking pleadingly into the face of Susmitha, Sukanya said.
“Sorry, come.” Susmitha led her to the chairs there and both of them settled in them facing each other.
“Now tell me about you.” Looking into the eyes of Susmitha, Sukanya asked. Susmitha preferred a gold ring to her nostril just like Sukanya which indeed making their beauty more.
“Madan might already have told you all about me.” Reclining in the chair and relaxing herself Susmitha said.
“Of course, he told me. But I want to hear all about that from you as well.” Stooping forward and putting her arms on the arms of the chair for balancing herself, Sukanya asked.
“Sure I do.” Then Susmitha started explaining about her to Sukanya. She told her why she had to come to Madan’s house and how she made Madan agreed to her to stay in that house.
“It appears really funny. Your blackmailing him is quite amusing to me.” Laughing loudly Sukanya said. “Really very much enjoyable to me. Why I were not here to see the expression on the face of Madan then?”
Sukanya smiled. “I feared otherwise Madan would not let me stay in the house at all. There was a reason as well for my fearing so.” she said.
“Is it? What is that reason then?” leaning back into the chair and putting her hands in her lap Sukanya asked.
Then Susmitha explained to her the way she behaved with him when he first tried to talk with her. On hearing that Sukanya laughed again even more loud.
“On both these occasions, when first you have talked with him derisively and when you blackmailed him for your stay in the house, you did quite nicely. If I were here at that time I would have enjoyed it a lot.” Controlling herself Sukanya said.
“But after both those occasions I felt bad. I should not have behaved like that at all. I did mistakes.” With a sort of seriousness in her Susmitha said.
“Don’t worry that much. You did not do that much of big mistakes at all. That Mad… Sorry I prefer sometimes to call him so…. need such type of treatment to be straightened up.” She paused for a moment and then said again. “Now tell me about the later part. What that Mamatha’s matter? Did you really saw her in the mango tope?” she adjusted herself for more comfortability in the chair.
“So you are as well is not believing me. You are also thinking that I have imagined all about that.” The little angry in her made Susmitha even more beautiful.
“Please… I did not mean it like that.” Sukanya confused and could not think of what to say immediately.
“Then tell me what you really mean by asking so?” the anger in her was not diminished at all.
“Alright … forgive me and tell me what just happened in that tope.” Sukanya managed to say.
Susmitha laughed and stood up from the chair. “That needs to be said in confidence and secrecy. I shall go and close the doors.” She went near to the doors, closed them, then came back and sat in the same chair again. She stooped forward and started telling what happened on that day.
“I remained all alone that place after Madan left that place with Vineet. I was about to see the whole tope. Then suddenly….”
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Madan relieved a lot after Sukanya came to that house since he knew her very well. Even she was little proud Sukanya was very active and intelligent. Moreover as she was a psychologist as well now she sure can solve the problem of Susmitha. He was alone in the room after Sukanya left to meet Susmitha. After Sukanya left, he came out and stood outside the door of his room. He heard their laughter and talking for sometime after Sukanya entered into that room. He really surprised how they both could become friends that fast. But suddenly the doors of the room were closed and all the sounds were sealed inside completely. He indeed frustrated as he could not know the reason why the doors were closed so. He thought for some time to go near to those doors and try to hear what they were talking but decided against that. If suddenly it had been found out that he was trying to hear what they were talking it would appear very nasty. He came back to his bed, laid himself on that and closed his eyes inviting sleep.
“Oh, you are so good. Look into my eyes. Why not you try to be friendly with me?”
He opened his eyes with a snap. These were the words told by Mamatha at one time in the past in this very room. Why he was suddenly remembering Mamatha? Why not she was leaving him in peace?
There was indeed a lot of guilty feeling in him after Mamatha had fallen into the river on that day so. He did not at all foresee that there was a possibility for such an incident there. If he had foreseen it so, he would not have stayed longer on the bridge at all. He deflected on the bed. The thoughts were quite troubling to him. Whether Mamatha survived or died in that river as well not known. After falling into that furious river so, the chances of survival were very little but her death was not confirmed yet.
“Don’t you remember how we both played in our childhood? You used to show interest to play only with me. We both played so many games together. Mummy- daddy game, thief and police game, so many games, don’t you remember?”
‘Stop, stop all this.” he screamed in himself. It was becoming unbearable. What mistake he did? What wrong he committed? Rejecting unwanted love as well was a mistake? Did not he has a right to choose his own love? Why should he be compelled to love someone whom he could not love at all.’ he was thinking furiously. There was agony in him. There was no fault in him at all but still he was suffering.
“How we used to be? How we both were? How you can forget all about that? I never can forget you and think about someone in your place.”
Not just the talking of her on that day, he was remembering the games they played together in their childhood. He clutched his head. The memories were attacking him mercilessly. Once he got over that childhood he never remembered those incidents until now. But why now? He did not want to remember any of those incidents. But still they were haunting him so as if someone was forcing those memories into his mind.
“You have to marry someone. Someone you must marry. You would not remain bachelor forever. In such a case why should not you marry me since I am in love with you this much?”
He still could remember the aspiration and hope in her eyes. She might not be as much beautiful as Susmitha or Sukanya. But she was not ugly. She was attractive and lovely. Why could not he accept her? He had seen the genuineness of her love in her eyes and face. Why no love had emanated in him towards her? His head was breaking and that guilty feeling was fiercely scorching him.
“My God! What should I do?” he thought in himself. Outside the sunrise was so fierce and he switched onto air condition. It instantly cooled the temperature in the room but not the heat in his mind and heart. He asked the question many a time himself which Sukanya asked him. ‘Would you remain standing like that if it were Susmitha?’ Surely he would not. Instantly he would have jumped into the river to save her if it were Susmitha whatever may be the result of it.
He did not know when the sleep invaded on him but it was a troubled sleep to him. Very seldom he would sleep like that in the day time.
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“You must cooperate with me in this regard. Without your help too, I cannot do anything.” After saying everything in detail and after several discussions with Sukanya, Susmitha said.
Sukanya put her hand on the shoulder of Susmitha “My full cooperation and help would be to you in this regard. Don’t worry. We can easily solve this problem.” Looking assuredly into the eyes of Susmitha she said. But the fear in the eyes of Susmitha was quite conspicuous.
“But…but…why all this to me only? I lost my parents at my adolescence itself. I have surrounded by a family which so desperately wants my death. Anyhow I escaped from there and came to here to the man whom I do love most. But why this thing started like this here? Why I am doomed to unhappiness everywhere and in every phase of my life in this way?” tears were started flowing down on her cheeks.
Putting her hand around her shoulder Sukanya took her near. “Just control yourself. Here not just Madan, we are all for you. We do anything for you. Just relax.”
Susmitha felt really comfortable in her hug so. It was almost like the hugging of Madan. She looked into the eyes of Sukanya and the assurance was still in them.
“I am not worrying only for myself. That Mamatha… She does not leave him in peace. There is so much vengeance in her towards him. She would make him suffer. She would make him weep. All this is happening only because of my coming here.” She suddenly kept her face in her palms and started weeping.
“I have said to you to be relaxed.” Tightening her grip around her and making her voice a little harsh Sukanya said. “I said I shall be with you and see that this problem would be solved hundred percent. Be assured. If you have confidence on me just stop weeping and be happy.”
Susmitha nodded her head still comforting herself in the hug of Sukanya. “Thank you. I cannot say why but I am feeling an unknown bond with you. In fact you put in me lot of confidence.”
“Alright then. Take rest. It would soon be evening.” Relinquishing her grip around Susmitha but still looking into her face Sukanya said.
They both were eyed each other for sometime. Surprisingly there was no jealousy or envy in their hearts then. Those feelings were replaced with abundant love and affection.
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