Shadowed Love(Chapter 5)- Time Came Too Early

SHADOWED LOVE

Chapter 5- Time Came Too Early

Devika was still thinking, rather trying to make a decision between two of the paths she had to decide to walk over. In the meantime Shalini started to have some wrong vibes about Devika as she was taking too long to answer. She presumed rather thought that Devika knew something, something or a lot of things about the caller or the calls. She even started to wonder that Devika was really jealous of her because if she would have considered Shalini a friend, she would have told what she is thinking, yesterday or the day she told everyone about the blank calls. Still after all her motive was to know the truth so she kept waiting for Devika to speak something.

After thinking and making up her mind, Devika finally spoke.

“Look Shalini, I wanted to tell everybody and especially you about it three months earlier only but that time I thought silence would be better, so I didn’t tell anybody about it. Please don’t make a wrong impression of me or Rahul here.” Devika said.

Shalini was now totally confused. Rahul and Devika and three months. Like, what might happene three months back because Shalini was getting these calls from just three days, what is this happening and what does it have to take with Devika and Rahul and what did happen three months back. Shalini was constantly thinking over and over while Devika continued to speak.

“Shalini three months back Rahul came up to me and told me that he like you a lot and wanted to make you his girlfriend which really made me angry because I wanted to be with Rahul and that guy was after you. The thing that every guy I use to like chased you was making me furious but that time I just stood up and unwrapped my inner conscience and said all I was thinking and wanted to tell Rahul and since then I and he are together.” Devika spoke.

Shalini was now getting some of the things but she didn’t get the thing that how it is connected to the calls she had been having since three days. Shalini now understood Devika and her behaviour for Shalini. Shalini was now getting closer to Devika but it was just Shalini’s feeling getting a warm response from her. She still had and wanted to mend the small things between them. Just as she was thinking all this, she had grown a smile over her face from a frown and Devika was still speaking.

“The next day Rahul and I started our relationship, everything had been perfect and now he even is so much concerned about the calls you are getting. Sometimes he blames himself for these calls. And you won’t believe why! The next day we started our relationship, Rahul got a private number from his dad so that our relationship could stay just between him and me but as you know the other one couldn’t contact the holder of private number so we just cut the SIM into two pieces and that’s all I know Shalini. I was never jealous of you; I just wanted to be like you- strong, independent and so beautiful from heart.” Devika completed.

“Hmmm… I trust you Devika and confronting you like this have brought me closer to you, now I understand the reason why you behave all like that to me but now don’t worry, I know you also might have understand that it’s not my fault being chased after boys. But right now my main concern is to know the truth about the calls or at least the caller” Shalini said.

Shalini congratulated Devika about her relationship and Devika and she had got a bit closer than before. Before departing from there she had brought ease to Devika’s heart and conscience and moreover she got to know the doors she has not to bang again to confront.

Shalini was now facing two kinds of emotions. One was happiness that she got closer to Devika and the fact that Devika wasn’t the one and about her relationship, and the other emotion was of confusion, anxiety and fear about not having any information about the caller or the private number.

Before going back to her home, she even confirmed about the SIM being destroyed by Rahul and congratulated him and went to her home.

Shalini was now at her house, in her room. She had changed her clothes, completed all her college’s assignments and was now all set to go to sleep. She had just lied on her bed, that she started to think about the caller and tried to examine the small things she might be missing. She was thinking and thinking and no result was coming out. Her head was heavy with thoughts of past and the things which were now not disturbing her but made her anxious to know them as soon as possible so that those things may not haunt her again ever in her life. She was still searching the solution or any key to open up the lock despite of knowing the fact or shock she was just about to get.

As soon as the clock struck 12 and she gave up thinking and making things as déjà vu, her phone rang.

TRING! TRING! TRING! TRING!

It was the private number. Shalini was frightened to see that it was that PRIVATE NUMBER again. Her body had gone numb. Only one thing came into her mind now, had the time come so early? She just did two good things in her life and now the call came again. She started to think about what might have she done which went wrong, was it the decision she made with Sumit or was it confronting Devika? She was totally confused and frightened. She didn’t want to pick up the call but it was the second ring she was getting and she had to pick it after all. So, she picked it up with fear while trying to summon up some positive energy despite knowing what was going to happen.