Sakha (Unedited)

Attacker's tattoo

Vrinda, forgetting everything worshipping her lord from the bottom of her heart. The love was too deep that , that made her forget each n everything happened with her in last few days. She even forgot the words of monster which terrorized her. She was done with her worship and blew the shell.
Lord vishnu appeared behind her but indiscernible. His lips graced by divine smile which was felt by her making her smile emerged on her lips.

She frowned.

"Why am I smiling?" She thought.

She started offering prashaad (food offered to god. It could be anything to eat which generally includes dry fruits) without tulsi leave.

"I accept this sakhi. Just offer that with your love" lord vishnu said but that was not hearable by her.

But Vrinda felt that.

She offered the prashaad by singing the song of offering Prasad and as she opened her eyes, she saw the tulsi leaf was placed on sweets.

"Sakhi! Goddess Tulsi has come to you because of your love for me"

Vrinda felt what he said and got happy.

Since the Tulsi plant dried out she used to offer prashaad without the leaf with the bottom of the heart and when she opened her eyes, she found one tulsi leaf on the prashaad.

As she was done, the slide show of happenings emerged in her mind. That didn't made her neither sad nor happy. She was normal, accepting her situation, free from fear. And then, image of the sentence carved in the back of the goon emerged not making a chill ran down her spine but making her confused.

"Who is 'u' the murderer try to indicate? Me..or Madhav? If it's me, then it's ok, because now it's my habit to combat these type of situations." She spoke normally but got terrified as she thought about Madhav.
" But what if the 'u' is Madhav??? Oh no! If the "u" is Madhav...then his life is in danger...no no no." This thought made a chill ran down her spine. She prayed

"Oh my lord four arms!! Please give him your protection"

Knock knock

Lord vishnu and vrinda both at the same time turned back at the sound.

"Who has come..so early?" She thought.

"What if it's a killer?"
Instead of being intimidated by the thought, she thought by squinting her eyes for the way she could grab him, save herself and handed him over to the police. Lord vishnu was smiling as he saw his lovely devotee's bravery and power of trust on him.

"Ok! I don't have my mobile but have a landline and....yes!! The knife will work" she grabbed the knife from the fruit basket placed at the center of dining table

"And...." She made her way towards the drawer table placed at the corner of the room and grabbed a long wide iron rod. Lord vishnu vanished from where he was standing and appeared in front of sofa. He sat down on that and smiled by watching each n every action of his sakhi.

"This...."

She put the knife into her pocket and headed towards the door.

"Who's it?" She yelled enough to be heard by the person other side.

"Vrinda! It's me" femanin voice answered from other side.

"Palak" she said as she understood the reason of her arrival and shook her head indicating she's impossible.

She opened the door and found palak with her mock wide teeth showing smile of buttering and nervousness in front of her with a bag on her shoulder.