Kokila was trying to free herself, but the woman was holding her really hard.
And then the woman spoke.
“Did you really think I will die that easily, Kokila Modi?”
Kokila recognized the voice.
“Gaura. Is that you?” She then asked. “o, no. It’s not possible. It couldn’t be you. You are dead. Dharam invited me to your funeral. The doctors told us you are dead.
And then, Gaura uncovered her face and began laughing.
“Oh, my friend.” She said. “My name is Gaura Suryavanshi. I can not be killed that easy. Not everything you see is real, my dear friend. I successfully tricked you that I am dead. What an actress am I!”
“How dare you, Gaura? Why did you do that? Why did you lie that you are dead? You forced me to live with the sin of killing my best friend. What a person are you?”
“This is not the only sin you should be living with. Do not forget what you did to my family. We are having a very very pleasant conversation, do not you think? We will continue it. But not here. I have prepared a special place for us. Let’s go.”
“No!” Kokila protested. “I am not going anywhere with you! Let me go, now!”
“Did you hear me asking if you want to come with me or not?” Gaura said ironically. “I command you to come with me. You know that when Gaura wants something, she achieves it. So you better come with me on your own or I will use other ways. And you will not like it.”
“I said, I am not coming with you!”
“My dear friend. I don’t like it when someone doesn’t obey my orders. If you don’t want to come with me on your own, I will force you.”
And then, Gaura took a stone and hit Kokila on the head with such a force that she went unconscious.
And then, Gaura took her friend in her arms and went away with her.
Two hours later. Gopi was waiting for her mother to return from the funeral of her best friend. She was starting to get worried.
“What is going on?” Gopi thought. “Why mum is not coming back? The funeral should had been over by now. Or maybe mum just wants to spend some last moments with her friend. She is now probably standing by her grave and is talking to her. But just to make sure that everything is fine, I will call Dharam. I hope he knows something.”
And then, Gopi called Dharam’s number. After a few rings, he picked up.
“Namaste, Dharam.” Gopi said. “Sorry if I interrupt you. But I am calling to ask if you know anything about my mother. She isn’t coming back for two hours now. I was wondering isn’t the funeral over already? I know how sad you are. And your family as well. But. If you know something about my mother, please, tell me. Is she still there? Is she with you?”
“Yes, Gopi.” Dharam replied. “Your mother in law is still with us. She is very sad about her friend’s demise. She wants to spend some more time with her. She is really sorry for the crime she did. She can’t stop apologizing to my mother about taking away her life. Anyway, excuse me but I can’t talk right now.”
And then, Dharam ended the call.
“Just as I thought.” Gopi then said with a relief. “Mum wants to spend some more time with her friend for the last time. She will be here soon, I hope.”
And while Gopi was waiting for Kokila to come back, Gaura took her friend to her childhood house. The house in which they had met and had spend some of their most memorable moments.
And so, Gaura lay Kokila on the cold floor. Kokila was still unconscious.
“Now I need to do something else.” Gaura said. She then took out some clothes from her backpack. They were black.
“My dear friend.” Gaura said to Kokila. “even though you are unconscious I know you can hear me. Do you see this color? It’s black, the color of death. You know I wear such clothes when I will take revenge on someone. When I will put an end to someone’s live. Today I will put an end to your life. You tried to kill me without success. But now I will put an end to your existence and I will be successful.”
And then, Gaura lifted Kokila up and took her to a graveyard.
And exactly then, Kokila regained consciousness. She was still in Gaura’s arms.
“Gaura.” She spoke.
“Oh, my dear friend. It seems like you have decided to wake up at the right time. Take a look at the world for one last time. Because I will berry you alive now. You will be in the place where you wanted to send me.”
“No,, Gaura, Please, don’t do that. I am your friend, we grew up together.”
“You stopped being my friend many years ago. I loved you so much and you betrayed me. Now you will pay for your sins. The time is now. Think of everyone that matters to you for one last time and say goodbye to the world. Ask for your sins to be forgiven.”
“I beg you, Gaura, don’t do it! No!”
Kokila’s tears made Gaura even happier
“Goodbye. Perhaps we will meet someday again in the afterlife.”
And then, Gaura lay Kokila in the opened grave and started closing the grave.
Two hours later. Gaura was ready. Kokila Modi was now berrie alive by her childhood friend.
“Good job!” Gaura said to herself. “I don’t have other work here. I may go away now.”
And afterwards, she went back to the Suryavanshi mansion, thrilled by what she has done.
And in the Modi family, Gopi’s feeling of relief was now turning into an extreme feeling of panic. Her mother wasn’t coming back. Dharam had reassured her that everything is fine. But obviously it wasn’t.
“Why isn’t mum coming back?” Gopi thought. “Dharam told me that everything is fine. But I feel like something is wrong. Or maybe mum is so sad about Gaura maasi’s demise that she is now wandering the streets, trying to get along with her sadness. I will wait some more. If she doesn’t come back, I will have to do something.”
And in the meantime, in the Suryavanshi family, Gaura was extremely happy.
“Mum, are you happy now?” Dharam asked.
“Your plan worked. And it was amazing. I have to admit, you are such a clever woman, mum! It was so easy for you to convince everyone that you are dead!”
Flashback.
After hearing the doctor’s words that his mother is gone, Dharam couldn’t accept the heartbreaking truth. When the Modi family left the hospital, Dharam and the other members of his family were alone. And exactly then, a doctor came to them.
Mr Suryavanshi.” The doctor said to Dharam. “I have to tell you something.”
“What is it again?” Dharam replied. “I don’t want to listen anything! My mother is dead and nothing else matters!”
“Please hear me. Your mother is not dead.”
“What?”
Dharam got confused by these words.
“What are you saying? You pronounced her dead just some minutes ago!”
“Yes, that’s true. I pronounced her dead because she asked me to do that. Gaura Suryavanshi is not dead. She is alive and she will soon recover. IN fact, she is in a very good condition. There are just some medications she needs to take. You may see her if you like.
“Yes. Please take me to her room.”
And the doctor took Dharam to Gaura. He was so happy to see her mother again that he hugged her more strongly than ever before.
“Mum! Thank god you are alive! We really thought that you… you are…”
“No, my dear son.” Gaura replied. “Don’t say it. I am alive. Gaura Suryavanshi is alive. Now I will tell you what we will do. The doctors will tell the Modis that I am dead. Next you will invite Kokila Modi to my funeral. And then, the rest is my work.”
Present.
“Your plan was amazing mum.” Dharam said. “Now Kokila Modi will pay for what she tried to do to you. Who knows how is she there in the grave.”
“Maybe she is already dead.”
The night came. In the Modi mansion, Gopi and the other members of the family were very worried for their Kokila.
“What could be going on?” Gopi said in a worried intonation. “Where could my mother be?”
“Don’t worry, Gopi.” Hetal said. “She is fine. She will come back. Probably she is very sad about Gaura. Give her some time. If tomorrow she doesn’t come we will go looking for her.”
After these words, Gopi and the rest of the family went to bed. Gopi was trying to fall asleep, but that wasn’t an easy task. When she finally succeeded to fall asleep, her nightmares started.
In her first dream, she saw her mother in law.
“Gopi, Gopi!” She screamed. “Please, help me, Gopi. I don’t want to die! Please, safe me! Safe me!”
And then, she woke up crying.
“What was that!” She thought. “Now I am sure, more than ever, that something is wrong with my mother! I will have to find her!”
The next day came. Gopi ate some breakfast and told the family about her nightmares. She then decided to go look for Kokila. But would she find her mother in law in time? Would the Modi family lose their family member?