Anisha bought the tea cups- one for herself and other too
her husband. She had poured one drop of the deadly rat poison and mixed well with
the tea. They settled with their last tea together. It didn’t take minutes for
poison to impact their system. As the poison made it’s way into their heart,
they started showing the symptoms- it started with the fits and then white foamy
liquid started pouring from their mouth. They lay lifeless and cold within few
minutes.
No one suspected their absence. They were already dead to
their family. Their neighbours believed that they had gone for the pilgrimage.
After few days, Varun’s
family complained about the foul smell emitting from Srinivasan’s house. First
they thought that it was coming from the garbage. However the smell continued
to remain even after the garbage was cleared.
“This is it! I am going to take a look at Raghu’s place. The
smell has been increasing over the days.”, Varun’s dad said and marched towards
the Srinivasan’s house. He checked the veranda to see where the smell was
coming. There was nothing- no sign of garbage or decaying carcass of
animal. “ Any clue from where this smell
is coming from?” a neighbor asked. “ I don’t know. But the smell is coming
from here itself.”, Varun’s dad said. “ Let’s check inside the house.”, the
neighbor said. Varun’s dad agreed. They broke the door open and got inside. They
found the source of the smell.
They looked shocked at the corpse of the couple. As soon as
the police was called, the whole neighborhood surrounded the scene to
understand what had happened to the loving couple. No one could ever believe
that Srinivasans were no longer there. The postmortem was done and the case
was closed stating that it was suicide case. Their bodies stayed at the morgue.
Their families were notified about their death. But they didn't come to claim
their bodies.
The cause of their death became hot topic for gossip for the
people. They made up causes such as Srinivasans were crazy couple or they had
died due to wife or husband’s affair or family got them killed. However the
rumors died in thin air.
The truth behind their death was clear and white. People
knew it, but they chose to remain quiet. It wasn’t about their craziness or adultery
or family getting them killed. It was due to loneliness and bitter fact that
they had no one to care after their death. They were never accepted by their
family or society. They were treated as misfits in the society. The only reason
was because they had chosen soul mates for each other without the consent of
their family and also because Anisha couldn't bear a child.
Now they could stay peacefully together in heaven. They don’t
have to bother about the society’s rules. They were away from all those
binding. They were free at last.
***** End*******
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