Durga | ✓

05. Revenge

Durga tried to draw support from the wall and continued to cry till she drifted into sleep. Where she saw another incident from her past.

Five months ago...

"Doctor please tell me what happened to my father?" asked Durga. She was nearly in tears.

The doctor spoke in a detached manner, which they do when they break terrible news. "Your father died due to multiple organ failure."

Durga stood still. Indrajeet was beside her tried to comfort her. Durga tried to shrug off from his grip. She couldn't release herself from his iron strong grip. The tears which had dwelled up in her eyes had suddenly dried up.

The doctor looked at her, aghast. Indrajeet too was shocked. Durga looked at the room, where her father had died. She kept staring at room. One thought revolved in her mind, I know Appa you didn't die. You were killed. Once I get a proof Indrajeet will go behind the bar.

After four months...

" Durga! Your father cheated on me." barked Indrajeet.

Durga looked at him, with no expression. Yet she couldn't bear the thought if someone insults her father. "What is the matter?"

"What is the matter? Durga your father cheated me. He left all the property in your name."

Durga was initially surprised. But she knew her father. Even when he left the world he had ensured some financial security to her. "You know what Indrajeet, my Appa has left the property on my name because I am his daughter."

"Daughter? But you were married to me, isn't it? Yet he left the property in your name. Disgusting."

Durga glared at him for the first time in four months, "Don't you dare call my father disgusting. He never differentiated between a boy and a girl. You are disgusting. Your thoughts are narrow minded."

Indrajeet looked at her with raw fury. He pulled Durga by her braid and pushed her into the room. He locked the door and went to other room. Durga, inside the room, was caged in her thoughts.

I waited in Bengaluru for Appa's death certificate. Now with these certificate and property papers I will give Indrajeet divorce. Indrajeet! I trusted you. You broke my trust. I will see to it that you sign the divorce papers. But the reason for Appa's death is still not discovered. No I can't give him divorce until I find out the reason.

After a week...

Durga took out some powder and mixed it in his tea. She handed over him the tea. He snatched it from her and sipped slowly. Durga watched him with hawk eyes. Indrajeet held his head. Durga took out her phone and started recording. She slapped him lightly on his cheek and asked, "Indrajeet Rao tell me how did my father die?"

" Your father? Ah yes! That Akshad Rao? He was told by doctors that he had sugar problem. So in the hospital, I added a ball of saccharine in his tea. He died."

Durga looked at him. By Devi Shakti, saccharine is 550 times sweeter than sugar, thought Durga.

She held Indrajeet by his collar and asked, "Why did you do this?" forgetting that her phone was there in her hand.