The morning is blissful....

Chirping sounds of birds makes naina's slumber break. She lazily opens her eyes and a sweet smile spread on her lips after seeing her handsome husband. Who is sleeping making cute face. She Pecked his lips and get down from bed.

After taking bath naina getting ready herself in pink suit just then she heard a door bell. She opens it, there is a man in his late 20s his name is Mohan.

Mohan- radhe radhe bhabhiji...! Hum Mohan hai..! Sameer bhaiya ne hume yaha aapki madad k liye rakha hai...!

Naina- Radhe Radhe..! Aaiye...!

Mohan- bhabhiji mai jaldi se jhadu pochha kar deta hu fir aap puja karna. Humari amma kehti hai puja karne se pehle agar ghar me saf safai ho jaye to achha hota hai. Ghar me sampannta bani rehti hai.

Naina- baat to aapki sahi hai... Thik hai aap kar dijiye... Tab tak mai sameer ko uthakar aati hu.

Naina try to wake up her not so masoom husband but he is not in a mood to get up as today is sunday, he again drift into sleep. Defeated by him she comes downstairs and perform puja.

Breakfast of delicious aalu paratha at brunch time, naina gives a list of some necessary things, sameer left from there. Mohan is doing his work while naina is roaming in house. Mohan suggested her to bring some fresh vegetables.

Mohan- bhabhiji yaha aage jake ek chhoti si dukan hai jaha tazi sabjiyan milti hai jo bina kisi rasayanik (chemical) khad (fertilizer) ke ugai jati hai. Aap tab tak wha ghum aaiye aur sabjiya bhi le aaeye.

Naina happily agreed with him. She takes her purse and left from there. She is walking on single lane road which covered by trees and plants from both sides.

Naina- sameer ne kitni sunder jagah ghar liya hai... Mera to man hi na kre yaha se jane ka.

Suddenly her eyes stuck on white roses which is inside the garden of a cottage. Naina walks towards that direction, she looking for someone whom she ask to pluck that white roses. Just then an old lady step out of cottage, her hairs are totally white and secure in tight low bun. Beautiful wrinkles makes her look more beautiful. Wearing cotton saree in blue colour. She walks with the help of thick wooden stick b'coz of her old age she leaned a bit.

Naina- namaste dadi ji...!

Lady- namaste beta... Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho? Kya nam hai tumhara? Pehle to kabhi nahi dekha tumhe yaha? Nayi aayi ho?

Naina- dadiji mera nam naina hai... Mai yahi pass wale ghar me shift hui hu kal hi.

Lady- achha...! Mera nam Sadhna hai....!

Naina- par mai aapko dadiji bolungi...!

Lady- thik hai... Jaisa tumhara man..! Aao ander aao..!

Naina- nahi abhi nahi mai jaldi me hu... Wo ek baat puchhni thi... Wo kya mai ye safed gulab le sakti hu...? Agar aap mana karengi to nahi lungi...! Pakka!

Sadhna laughed at her words.

Sadhana- are nahi nhi... Mai kyu mana karungi... Le jao... Ruko mai deti hu..!

She plucked some roses with long stem and cut off the thrones. She give it to naina.

Sadhana- ye lo...! Waise kaun kaun hai tumhare ghar me?

Naina- mai aur mere pati bas...!

Sadhana- bachhe nahi hai?

Naina blushed...

Naina- nahi abhi nhi..!

Sadhana- chalo koi baat nahi wo bhi jaldi ho jayenge...!

Naina left from there after taking some moment. After taking some fresh vegetable naina returned at home. She put the white roses in flower vase of living room. Sameer already in home.

Sameer- kafi der laga di aane me..

Naina- haan wo ek lady mil gyi thi... To bas thoda bat karne lage hum.. tum batao..! Tum kab aaye?

Sameer- aadhe ghante pehle.

They have their lunch and go to take some rest. In evening, Samaina are having tea sitting in living room, Mohan comes to inform them.

Mohan- bhabhiji humne sabji bana di hai aata bhi gundh diya hai, salad kat k fridge me rakh diya hai. Bad rotiyan banani hai. Aap kaho to bana de..

Naina- nahi bhaiya.... Mai bana lungi...! Aap jaeye...!

Mohan left from there... At dinner time naina makes roti and they have their dinner. Samaina are sleeping peacefully... Suddenly naina's eyes shot open as she heard crying sound of someone. Naina get's scared, she try to wake up sameer but he isn't responding. Naina gathers her all courage she comes down from bed and moves towards the direction where the sound comes. In living room she switched on the lights.

Naina- kaun hai? Koi hai kya waha ..?

She is looking here and there but there is no one...!

Crying sound still coming...

Naina feels something on her shoulder...

She turns slowly and she gets shocked after finding no one...

She takes back steps and stumble...

The crying sound now stopped...

Tinkling sound of bangles cought her attention...

Naina is fully covered with sweat...

She is trembling in fear...

Again she feels something on her shoulder...

Someone put it's hand on her shoulder...

Naina shout top of her voice in fear...!

Aaaaaaaaaaa........!

But it's sameer who gets shocked on seeing her condition...

Sameer- naina... Kya hua...? Tum itni dari hui kyu hi?

She hugs him immediately and starts sobbing...!

Naina- sam.. sameer... Maine yaha kisi k rone ki aawaz suni aur... Aur... Chudiyon ki awaz bhi...! Sameer... Yaha koi hai..!

Sameer- ohhoo... Naina ek minute...! Ye dekho..!

He unhugs him and moves towards window, which is wide open, frequently move in order of open and shut that make cranky sound. Sameer closed the window and walks towards naina.

Sameer- dekha ye window thi jiske karan tumhe awazen sunai de rahi thi... Ab chalo sone...

He fell asleep immediately but naina is looking ceiling she didn't take a nap.

Again in balcony, someone peeping inside their room. It's eye's only on sameer. Hand appeared on door frame.

Next morning...

Naina is getting ready after taking bath, sameer lazily opens his eyes, he looks at his wife who is looking like fresh bloomed flower. He get down from bed, walks towards her and back hugged her. They exchanged sweet smile looking through mirror. She takes her sindoor box, wooden and antique, she try to open it but failed. He takes it from her hand and opens but hurts his finger as its too tight and in try to open it his finger get cut and some blood drop fell on the box and floor as well. She gets panicked after seeing his blood.

Naina- offoh! Sameer kya karte ho tum. Laga liya na..! Nahi khul raha tha to rehne dete. Kya zrurat thi itna zor lagane ki.

Sameer- kuch nhi hua hai naina... I am fine!

He takes pinch of sindoor and filled her hairline. He kissed her forehead and moves inside washroom putting that box on dressing table. Naina also left from there after keeping his clothes on bed.

After leaving of samaina the blood which is on sindoor box absorbed inside it. Sameer step out of washroom and a fragrance hits his nose strils. Jasmine....

Sameer- jasmine...! Naina ne jasmine perfume lagaya hai..? Wo to levender perfume use karti hai.... Aur jasmine se to use allergy hai...! Naina se hi puchhna hoga...

Sameer left for office after having breakfast and taking lunch forget to ask her about jasmine perfume. Now naina is alone. Mohan is doing his work. Naina getting bored in watching television. She talked sometime with Priti then swati. Then her mother-in-law called her so her half an hour passed in that. But she is again feels bored. So she decided to walk outside as the weather is cloudy and soothing wind blows around. She walks towards Sadhna's home. Reaching there she found that sadhana is Watering plants.

Naina- namaste dadi Ji!

Sadhna- khush raho beta ..! Aaj is waqt..!

Naina- haan wo ghar me bore ho rahi thi akele to socha yaha aa jau.

Sadhna- aao ander aao..! Hum bahar hi baithte hai. Bhut achhi hawa chal rahi hai aaj.

Naina- hmmm... Dadiji aapse ek baat puchhu... Agar aap bura na mane toh..

Sadhna- haan puchho..!

Naina- aap yaha akele rehti hai..? Matlab aapke husband aur bachhe...?

Her face fell, eyes filled with tears.

Sadhna- mere pati ko gye hue 15 sal ho gye. Aur bachho ne bhi mujhe tabhi se akela chhod diya. Wo... Wo log videsh me rehte hai. Mera beta, bahu, poti aur meri beti... Koi nahi aata khoj khabar lene. Bas kuch kuch mahino me thode bhut paise aate hai. Jiske sahare mai rehti hu...!

Naina- dadiji...! Mai ye nahi kahungi ki aapka dard samjahti hu par inta zrur keh sakti hu ki aapki taklif ka andaza hai mujhe. Koi baat nahi ab mai hu na... Aap mujhe apni beti man lo. Mujhse sari bat kha... Jo bhi chahiye jo bhi karna hai aap mujhse bejhijhak kaho. Mai to yahi pass me rehti hu.

Sadhana- pass me? Kaha pe?

Naina- wo double storey wala ghar hai na wahi..!

Listening about that Sadhana's face lost it's colour which is gone unnoticed by naina because she is looking anywhere. Sadhana maintained herself.

Sadhna- waise kab se reh rahe ho yaha?

Naina- do din hue hai!

Sadhna- sab thik hai na ghar me? Matlab tunhara pati aur tum?

Naina- ji dadiji sab thik hai.

They talked for some more time and naina left from there after receiving bunch of white roses from sadhna....

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(Please check the numbering of chapter, it's 1,2,4,3,5. Please read in row)

-khamosh ❤️