The Morbid Close

         The morbid close

A voice came from inside the Chowdhury  mansion,” Sneha …………………” and sneha replied turning her dark black eyes side ways that she is coming in a while. She was learning her English lessons   in the garden. Sneha enjoyed   attention  of everyone passing the way   . She even boasted over her command in English by reading her lessons loudly.  Sneha was the only daughter  of her parents. She was the most pampered child , possibly because she was the only girl  child  in the Chowdhury family. No sooner did she make any demand than it was fulfilled.

                                                Sneha  was now at the blooming age of eighteen. She used to spent  hours infront of mirror looking  at herself  and adoring  her beauty. She knew how every boy in her class was madly in love with her but she preferred and enjoyed rejecting their love. She knew that she was an object of worship for the men and therefore she enjoyed her  position  until one day she happened to meet Anil. Anil was her cousin’s friend . He has come to their house to take Raghu’s , that is , Sneha’s  brother’s notebooks .It was raining heavily outsite so Anil had to wait for some time, till the rain would stop. Sneha purposely asked her mother that she is taking the snacks for Anil to serve. Sneha   was quite shocked as she was feeling all this for some for the first time but deep in her  heart she was excited and happy. She entered   the hall where Anil was sitting without making any noise while was Anil was dozing off. Sneha went nearer and placed the tray on the table . With the sound of the tray Anil woke up, Sneha smiled and  offered him the snacks. While Sneha placed the dish in Anil’s hand , she felt as if a cold wind went down through her  veins and her eyes became fixed on him. Suddenly, she heard a voice from the kitchen calling and she ran away. In the kitchen , her mom asked her to help .Sneha breathed fast , she didn’t knew why!!!her mind was flying away like a butterfly in search of nectar ,so was her eyes, her mind ,her soul was in search of Anil. Soon the rain stopped and Anil bid goodbye to Raghu   and went down stairs to reach the gate. Soon he heard a voice from the back as if someone fell down. Soon both of them went inside and saw that Sneha   is sitting on the floor of the hall holding her leg and was weeping. Raghu immediately went to her and asked that how it happened . Sneha   holding her feet said in a low  voice that while she was coming to give Anil da ,the book he has left on the table ,she fell down. Anil helped Raghu to take her to the bedroom. Sneha’s mother asked Anil that she   would take care of Sneha , so it is better for Anil to leave now as it was getting late. Sneha   gave a stern look to her mother and thought that her plan of keeping Anil for some more time went futile just because of her mother. In the night ,Sneha dreamed nothing but only of Anil, the way he looked at him for the first time and the way he helped  her  to her bedroom. In a way  she  felt that may be Anil also cares for her. The next day she went to her cousin and said that she needs help in her maths subject .Raghu  in turn answered that he would  look to this matter. Sneha , finding no suitable answer to her query ,  she went to her mother and asked her to talk to Raghu regarding Anil giving her maths tuition. Her mother agreed to her proposal and asked Raghu to speak to his fiend Anil for teaching Sneha. When Raghu  took the proposal of giving tuition to her sister Sneha, Anil felt reluctant  and denied straightly at first but when Raghu  persuaded  him  a lot, he then agreed.                                     The first day when we went for teaching Sneha, she was dressed up in her best attire. Anil did not understand the reason but he felt an air of uneasiness. His uneasiness was also accompanied by some unknown fear which predicted of some great mishappening which would happen soon. Sneha  most  of the times used to ask him to give extra tuition classes ,in order to spend  more time with him, which  was impossible  for to Anil deny but  he  didn’t liked it  . But no activities of Sneha would affect Anil. He was busy with his carrer and carried his duty of giving tuition to Sneha with responsibility. For Anil , Sneha was his student and most importantly his friend’s sister, so, it would be sacrilege for him to think otherwise about  Sneha. But  Sneha was madly in love with him and  inspite of constant denial of her advances towards him ,she missed no chance to lure him.  On one Thursday evening, when Sneha was waiting eagerly for Anil to come, she  saw him coming in a rickshaw with two other persons. She ran downstairs to the gate and stopped to understand the situation. Her brother was touching the feet of a woman and a man who had come along with Anil, while her mother was welcoming   them to the house. All of them went inside the house. Sneha went and caught   her brother’s hand and enquired about the situation. Her brother answered that his friend Anil has gone mad after getting his job and wants to commit suicide . Sneha was shocked and but seeing her brother laughing asked him to be serious. Raghu then laughed and replied that his friend is getting married next week. Sneha   felt as if lighting has struck on her head but anyways  she managed to smile and control her tears. Sneha went inside and while her mother asked her to greet the guests she ran to her room and shouted that she is coming in a moment. No sooner did she enter the room than she broke  into tears .She felt insulted  and sat down infront  of the mirror and asked herself ,”why inspite of her constant advances towards him, he rejected her !!!”,”why Anil never understood that while everyone is busy impressing her, she only loved him !!!”. Sneha   exclaimed that what is so special about that girl whom Anil is getting married. Sneha rubbed her eyes hard and said in a low deep voice "“justice will be done” . It seemed  as if  she was  in a trance like state . She opened her mother’s cupboard and took out her mother’s old wedding red banarasi  saree. She dressed like a bride and drew her eyes long, deep and dark with kajal .She then wore the jewelries which her parents had made for her wedding day. Lastly, she smiled at herself  with a twinkle in her eye by looking into the mirror for it was probably the last time she was seeing herself . Through the backdoor she went into the kitchen and entered  the hall with a tray in her hand to serve juice to the guests. Everyone present   there was shocked to see her in the wedding attire. But Sneha told everyone that   it was wish to wear this banarasi   in Anil’s wedding but she will not be able to attain the wedding as she will have to go far away. Her brother and mother did not understand what she was trying to say exactly and therefore her mother asked her where is she about to go but Sneha changed the topic of conversation and said that she will say about it later. Sneha then asked everyone to drink and specially said  to Anil that she is very happy  about  him  and asked him to have his sip. Anil felt embarrassed because he knew  Sneha’s  feelings for him. He managed to smile  and took the first sip. Sneha looking at him with tears in her eyes also took the first sip and both of them collapsed. Soon  ,both of them were taken to hospital where they were declared dead due to food poisoning.