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Dark wealth
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The footsteps following me sounded closer. I ran through the empty corridors of the hospital, my heart pounding with terror.
I turned a corner and stopped short. I had reached a dead end.
I could now make out the imposing looking figure vaguely visible due to the creepy darkness .My mind was blank with no thoughts and courage to
take any step , and the footsteps were drawing nearer every second and I was leaning against the wall shivering like a wet mouse in winter .
As the figure drew closer , I could make out he was well built ,who could overpower me in an instant .I was mortally terrified by his sheer appearance .I fell down and the last thing I remember was waking on the hospital bed and a nurse injecting me with some fluid .They had found me unconscious in the corridor.I enquired about that mysterious figure which they had no clue about.I again fell asleep probably under the influence of the injected drug.
I heard a voice calling out my name and then a man appeared before me from the door telling me to leave the place at once .He held my hand and removed the medical equipment asking me to accompany him .I shouted for help and then the nurse appeared asking if I was alright and I realised I was still on that bed and there was no man around me .
I told the nurse about the incident and she said that I was probably hallucinating due to the drug .On asking about the illness she told me that I was in a psychiatric hospital since the last one year and getting treatment .I was admitted by my relatives for being violent and there was little improvement in my condition .I might have to stay there for the rest of my life .I couldn't recall a thing about my past .I was fed by the nurse and again fell asleep .
It was dark outside and I got up to switch on the lights and I could make out a dark figure hiding behind the curtains , As I went there to see who it was , it was the same man and before I could scream he muffled it with his hand .He dragged me forcefully from there to the lift without loosening the grip .My mind went blank and I remembered waking up in a van and could see the back of the man behind the steering.
I mustered courage to ask him who was he and why was he kidnapping me like that .He stopped the vehicle on the roadside and now his face was visible .A dark man with black eyes and short hair .He asked me if I recognize him and when I answered in the negative , a tear rolled down his cheek .He cried and said what they have done to me ,for that wretched property .He would never forgive them ,I was bewildered and enquired him about myself .Who am I ??
He looked at me with his deep eyes red with emotions .His voice was heavy with deep anguish when he told me how my father's second wife had married me off to a man who was only after my wealth .They had connived to make me insane in that psychiatric hospital by paying them hefty money and after my death planned to divide the wealth among themselves .But he could not see me die in that way so he came to save me .But why would he save me , how was he related to me , I speculated .He said that he loved me since school days but couldn't muster courage to express his love , as I belonged to a wealthy upper caste family .I was aghast listening to that story as I couldn't even remember my name ,I had no other option but to trust him .On asking about his further plans he said he had arranged for some money to go and settle in a remote place with me , where no one could recognise us .
I asked him if he also wanted the wealth , his words were enough to ignite a spark of affection inside me for this angel ," I can risk and even sacrifice my life for you so what is this banal wealth for me . You are my real wealth?"
© NC
The footsteps following me sounded closer. I ran through the empty corridors of the hospital, my heart pounding with terror.
I turned a corner and stopped short. I had reached a dead end.
I could now make out the imposing looking figure vaguely visible due to the creepy darkness .My mind was blank with no thoughts and courage to
take any step , and the footsteps were drawing nearer every second and I was leaning against the wall shivering like a wet mouse in winter .
As the figure drew closer , I could make out he was well built ,who could overpower me in an instant .I was mortally terrified by his sheer appearance .I fell down and the last thing I remember was waking on the hospital bed and a nurse injecting me with some fluid .They had found me unconscious in the corridor.I enquired about that mysterious figure which they had no clue about.I again fell asleep probably under the influence of the injected drug.
I heard a voice calling out my name and then a man appeared before me from the door telling me to leave the place at once .He held my hand and removed the medical equipment asking me to accompany him .I shouted for help and then the nurse appeared asking if I was alright and I realised I was still on that bed and there was no man around me .
I told the nurse about the incident and she said that I was probably hallucinating due to the drug .On asking about the illness she told me that I was in a psychiatric hospital since the last one year and getting treatment .I was admitted by my relatives for being violent and there was little improvement in my condition .I might have to stay there for the rest of my life .I couldn't recall a thing about my past .I was fed by the nurse and again fell asleep .
It was dark outside and I got up to switch on the lights and I could make out a dark figure hiding behind the curtains , As I went there to see who it was , it was the same man and before I could scream he muffled it with his hand .He dragged me forcefully from there to the lift without loosening the grip .My mind went blank and I remembered waking up in a van and could see the back of the man behind the steering.
I mustered courage to ask him who was he and why was he kidnapping me like that .He stopped the vehicle on the roadside and now his face was visible .A dark man with black eyes and short hair .He asked me if I recognize him and when I answered in the negative , a tear rolled down his cheek .He cried and said what they have done to me ,for that wretched property .He would never forgive them ,I was bewildered and enquired him about myself .Who am I ??
He looked at me with his deep eyes red with emotions .His voice was heavy with deep anguish when he told me how my father's second wife had married me off to a man who was only after my wealth .They had connived to make me insane in that psychiatric hospital by paying them hefty money and after my death planned to divide the wealth among themselves .But he could not see me die in that way so he came to save me .But why would he save me , how was he related to me , I speculated .He said that he loved me since school days but couldn't muster courage to express his love , as I belonged to a wealthy upper caste family .I was aghast listening to that story as I couldn't even remember my name ,I had no other option but to trust him .On asking about his further plans he said he had arranged for some money to go and settle in a remote place with me , where no one could recognise us .
I asked him if he also wanted the wealth , his words were enough to ignite a spark of affection inside me for this angel ," I can risk and even sacrifice my life for you so what is this banal wealth for me . You are my real wealth?"
© NC
