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I love you Priti.
#WritcoStoryPrompt41
The mirror loomed over them as they traversed the hallways of the abandoned mansion. It was rumored that no one came out alive from it...
Its spooky entrance shivered their spine down. The dilapidated residence was once the famous "Haveli".
The glamourous bungalow whose architecture was once praised by many...now laid in a heap of haunted anatomy...
Priti held Kartik's hand tightly as they passed the mansion. They looked at the window of the mansion. The huge mirror reflected the beautiful portrait of the full moon.
" It's okay...Calm down", he caressed her hand gently.
Suddenly, his phone rang. He slowed his car and took out his phone.
"Hello?"
There was no sound. He got off from his car but signaled Priti to wait inside.
"Hello, beta?"
"Yes, Ma...can you hear me?? Wait for a minute".
Kartik walked away from the car a bit to catch a signal.
" Yes, Ma..."
"Kartik, I have told you so many times, not to skip your medicines...and why did you leave out alone?..."
"But Ma..."
"She is no more Kartik...It was an accident. You must stop your hallucinations...SHE IS GONE...FOREVER..."
Kartik laughed away. He knew his mother was joking as always she does. Still, he turned to see in his car. Priti sat smiling at him. He smiled back.
"Ma...can you stop? She is with me...smiling at me. Why are you speaking like this?"
"Kartik, just drive back. I have already sent your location to Kaustubh..he.."
He hung up the phone and walked towards his smiling Priti.
"Ma thinks you're dead...I know you aren't "
Priti smiled on...then diverted his vision to the mansion.
"Remember this place Kartik?"
He nodded in denial.
"Our first day after marriage...we drove through this path...you gazed at me while I blushed the whole way...and then..."
"I don't remember...but then? then what happened?"
Priti smiled, "It wasn't your fault Kartik. I know you loved her. It reflects in your eyes. That night was nothing but a nightmare...but you have to move on...Kartik".
" But...I love you Priti"
"I am not your Priti, Kartik. Your Priti is dead six months ago."
Priti stepped toward him and gave him a piece of the broken pendant.
"This is of your Priti."
Handing him the pendant, she spoke, "Kartik had loved Priti but she is gone now. For the last three months, your destination ended near this mansion where you lost your Priti.No matter how much you tried, your love for her pulled you back. But you must free her now..."
She walked near him.
"I HAVE LOVED YOU KARTIK...ALWAYS...Every day, watching your terrible state of hallucinations made me feel worse than my death...Yes...I am your Priti..."
Kartik tried to hug her but he failed.
His teary eyes spoke more than his unspoken mouth.
"I love you Priti...I killed you...I am sorry."
"Kartik, I am always with you although not physically...but you need to comprehend the reality...I am dead Kartik...you have to believe it and move on..."
"I can't "
"You know Kartik, these few hours of journey with you reminded me of our old moments...This journey, the way you looked at me, the way you held my hand, the way you smiled...made me live on for many more years..."
"Then stay...please"
"Kartik, accept the reality. Our love isn't meant for living together physically...
You can't hold back things...You need to let go of them...We have spent some wonderful moments of life which we will always cherish but at the same time, you need to face the reality. My Kartik isn't so weak to be defeated by my absence...Is he?"
Kartik stood blank. He lost the pace of space and time...The only thing he felt was the tranquility of Priti's presence.
She glowed up in bright light. She smiled at him...
"I love you Priti...", he murmured...and smiled at her disappearing glow.
In flashes, she was gone FOREVER...
" Bhai, are you okay?", Kartik woke up with a jerk. He was fast asleep in his car.
He nodded.
"Thank God, you're safe..Come let's go...The driver will bring your car ".
Kaustubh led Kartik in his car. He sat on the backseat while the former drove.
Meanwhile, he felt something in his pocket.
He put his palm in his pocket...
THE PENDANT.
He kissed the broken pendant.
I LOVE YOU PRITI...I PROMISE YOU YOUR WORDS...he mumbled to himself.
" Is everything fine, Bhai? Ma gave your medicines...She told you needed it..."
"I DON'T T THINK I WILL NEED IT FURTHER...I AM GOOD. BETTER THAN I SHOULD BE..."
And he smiled a little more...
© Ribi
Disclaimer: Purely fictional, not intended to hurt anyone...
The mirror loomed over them as they traversed the hallways of the abandoned mansion. It was rumored that no one came out alive from it...
Its spooky entrance shivered their spine down. The dilapidated residence was once the famous "Haveli".
The glamourous bungalow whose architecture was once praised by many...now laid in a heap of haunted anatomy...
Priti held Kartik's hand tightly as they passed the mansion. They looked at the window of the mansion. The huge mirror reflected the beautiful portrait of the full moon.
" It's okay...Calm down", he caressed her hand gently.
Suddenly, his phone rang. He slowed his car and took out his phone.
"Hello?"
There was no sound. He got off from his car but signaled Priti to wait inside.
"Hello, beta?"
"Yes, Ma...can you hear me?? Wait for a minute".
Kartik walked away from the car a bit to catch a signal.
" Yes, Ma..."
"Kartik, I have told you so many times, not to skip your medicines...and why did you leave out alone?..."
"But Ma..."
"She is no more Kartik...It was an accident. You must stop your hallucinations...SHE IS GONE...FOREVER..."
Kartik laughed away. He knew his mother was joking as always she does. Still, he turned to see in his car. Priti sat smiling at him. He smiled back.
"Ma...can you stop? She is with me...smiling at me. Why are you speaking like this?"
"Kartik, just drive back. I have already sent your location to Kaustubh..he.."
He hung up the phone and walked towards his smiling Priti.
"Ma thinks you're dead...I know you aren't "
Priti smiled on...then diverted his vision to the mansion.
"Remember this place Kartik?"
He nodded in denial.
"Our first day after marriage...we drove through this path...you gazed at me while I blushed the whole way...and then..."
"I don't remember...but then? then what happened?"
Priti smiled, "It wasn't your fault Kartik. I know you loved her. It reflects in your eyes. That night was nothing but a nightmare...but you have to move on...Kartik".
" But...I love you Priti"
"I am not your Priti, Kartik. Your Priti is dead six months ago."
Priti stepped toward him and gave him a piece of the broken pendant.
"This is of your Priti."
Handing him the pendant, she spoke, "Kartik had loved Priti but she is gone now. For the last three months, your destination ended near this mansion where you lost your Priti.No matter how much you tried, your love for her pulled you back. But you must free her now..."
She walked near him.
"I HAVE LOVED YOU KARTIK...ALWAYS...Every day, watching your terrible state of hallucinations made me feel worse than my death...Yes...I am your Priti..."
Kartik tried to hug her but he failed.
His teary eyes spoke more than his unspoken mouth.
"I love you Priti...I killed you...I am sorry."
"Kartik, I am always with you although not physically...but you need to comprehend the reality...I am dead Kartik...you have to believe it and move on..."
"I can't "
"You know Kartik, these few hours of journey with you reminded me of our old moments...This journey, the way you looked at me, the way you held my hand, the way you smiled...made me live on for many more years..."
"Then stay...please"
"Kartik, accept the reality. Our love isn't meant for living together physically...
You can't hold back things...You need to let go of them...We have spent some wonderful moments of life which we will always cherish but at the same time, you need to face the reality. My Kartik isn't so weak to be defeated by my absence...Is he?"
Kartik stood blank. He lost the pace of space and time...The only thing he felt was the tranquility of Priti's presence.
She glowed up in bright light. She smiled at him...
"I love you Priti...", he murmured...and smiled at her disappearing glow.
In flashes, she was gone FOREVER...
" Bhai, are you okay?", Kartik woke up with a jerk. He was fast asleep in his car.
He nodded.
"Thank God, you're safe..Come let's go...The driver will bring your car ".
Kaustubh led Kartik in his car. He sat on the backseat while the former drove.
Meanwhile, he felt something in his pocket.
He put his palm in his pocket...
THE PENDANT.
He kissed the broken pendant.
I LOVE YOU PRITI...I PROMISE YOU YOUR WORDS...he mumbled to himself.
" Is everything fine, Bhai? Ma gave your medicines...She told you needed it..."
"I DON'T T THINK I WILL NEED IT FURTHER...I AM GOOD. BETTER THAN I SHOULD BE..."
And he smiled a little more...
© Ribi
Disclaimer: Purely fictional, not intended to hurt anyone...
