Oh Shalini! Oh Shalini!

It’s so dark here; I couldn’t able to find the switch to turn on the lights. My hands are shivering and I can smell the blood. I don’t think any day could be worse than this, I can’t even find my mobile. I somehow managed to find the switch which I thought was the worst effort from me in my entire life. I shouldn’t have done that. The scene which I saw made me to switch the lights off ever in my life. I saw my wife in a pool of blood with her neck being cut. Even the wildest creature in the earth wouldn’t even dare to do this. My wife is dead, she is murdered a brutal murder. I don’t know what to do; I don’t even have the courage to see her in such a position. There is no one left in this world who could help me at this moment. We fought with our parents, came out of our house and got married. It’s been just 8 months since we’ve have been married. I really feel responsible for this.
Angels are sent by gods to help the needy and helpless people. I don’t know whether it was true but I somehow need someone like them who could help me out here. Yeah! There is one soul in this earth who could help me now and that’s my shalini. I somehow found my mobile and tried calling shalini. But there was no answer from the other end. Life hasn’t been so miserable for me. It has been quite an adorable 8 months and one evening has changed everything. Till yesterday she was there for me but now she is no more. I’m again trying to call shalini, but there is no answer. Oh my god, what a terrible situation is this.
It was like everything had happened just a day before. I came to know her through shalini. She shifted to our apartments when we were 15 years old. It’s been just a matter of few days she had become quite a good friend of shalini. Shalini would sometimes hang up with her ignoring me. I really felt bad those times. I even prayed to god that she leaves our place soon, so that shalini will always be with me. Shalini is one sweet person known to everyone in our apartments and even I used to get some recognition and good name just by being her friend. Shalini was an epitome of friendship and I can bet she would have even won a contest with karna and dhuryodhana in terms of friendship.
One fine day, I saw shalini speaking to one of the guys in the bus stop. When asked about what she had to speak with him, she told that she was proposed by him. I went and hit him, don’t know what was happening to me and even told shalini is mine and I won’t allow any one between us, in front of all. Shalini was a bit disappointed with the way I behaved and started avoiding me. I was sure my heart slipped for a moment when I told shalini was mine, and it just happened. I don’t want to justify it again. There was some affection from my side and had even thought how my life would be if I happen to marry shalini. She was totally on the other side and had never ever thought like that. She had once told me that she would always remain as my best friend. I really felt bad on my part, I was so cheap and mean.
Rakesh, I would rather call him a perfect villain. One more soul who got shifted to our apartment and the one who was sent by god to add more fuel to the fire. Within no time he made friend with shalini and a little bit hope which I had was also lost. Rakesh the most dreadful creature on earth, I couldn’t imagine why god created even these kind of people. I once came to know that Rakesh had tried proposing shalini, but again I don’t want to mess up with my image.
There is no answer from shalini; still I tried calling her number again and again. I don’t have the courage to inform police. The only source of help was my shalini.
If god closes one door, he opens the other. This was true in my case. I was left all alone; this is where the first time she came and spoke to me. I really hated her, because she was the one who initially took shalini away from me. I was totally surprised and shocked when she told she loves me. She had been consistently hearing about my likes and dislikes from shalini. Shalini was a kind of person who had never let me down in any of the instance. This is where I realized why shalini has ignored me most of the times during their conversation. It was just because she wanted to create an impression for me. How stupid of me to think in such a wrong way. I felt even more ashamed when I got to know that shalini was avoiding me for her, so that I can get to know how much she loves me.( A typical girls logic) Everything that was happening around me was by shalini. What a wonderful person she was and she would remain one always.
Shalini came and spoke to me the next day before I could do. She was so happy for me and I don’t have words to thank her. She wanted to tell me something but she didn’t. We soon got jobs and settled. We thought it was the time for us to ask permission from our parents for our marriage. There was a very strong opposition from both the side. We finally decided to break up all the rules and customs and got married.
The only person who was with us all this while was shalini and now I couldn’t reach her when I need her the most. I’m still trying to call her but no response from the other end. The only left out option for me was to call and inform police about the murder that had just happened. Before I could call, there is knock at my door and when I threw the door open, there stood the most unexpected guest of the evening, it was police. My day was made even worse when they gave me the news that even shalini was murdered. I wouldn’t have been punished in a better way than this. It was a double blow for me and the men in khakis started investigating me regarding the murder that had happened. After hours of investigation they at last found the culprit, it was none other than Rakesh. I didn’t have any idea why he killed my wife. The police had given the motive behind shalini’s murder was because she didn’t accept rakesh’s proposal, and moreover shalini was last seen in rakesh’s apartment. They had an argument it seems and that could have resulted in this crime. I was shocked to hear this.
Next day the papers read “Psychopath killer in city arrested for murdering two young women”. I read the news and felt sorry for all the 3 of them. There were thousands of questions coming up in my mind and I need to answer all of them. Why did shalini proposed me when she knew that I was married? Why didn’t she do that before my darling came into my life? Why my wife was killed? I need to answer all these questions.
The only answer I could give is shalini. Yes shalini, she is one who is responsible for all that happened last night. Shalini was also in love with me for a long time but she didn’t reveal that, I thought she was disappointed with me after the bus stop incident, but that was not the exact reason, it’s the day when she came and told shalini that she loves me and wanted shalini to help her out. This is where everything started. That evening Shalini had a discussion with Rakesh regarding her love for me and she wanted to propose me. Rakesh had advised and even tried stopping her saying that I was married and she should not do like this. They had an argument and at last shalini had her way. Adamant, a great character shalini possess made her call me that evening and proposed her love to me. I don’t know what to say and how to react. Shalini told me the whole story that had happened and I can sense what she was going through at that moment. I had been married for almost 8 months and my relationship with my wife was going smooth. I can’t betray my wife for shalini and in the same way I can’t leave shalini in such a state. She was everything for me at one point of my life but now she is just a part of my life. I can’t be so mean to my wife and as well to shalini. I need to take a decision now which shouldn’t affect any of us. There is one famous saying on women’s “You cannot live with them, you cannot live without them.” I’ve altered the statement, I can live without them. I cannot lose my wife for shalini nor lose shalini for my wife. There were so many weird thoughts going into my mind and at last the only solution I had was to live without them. So I killed them, since shalini was my first love I killed her first and then killed my darling, poor soul she was killed for no reason. Perhaps the only reason that she got killed was because of her excess love and affection towards me. Shalini was the responsible for everything, if she had told me about her love on that day before my darling proposed me, this wouldn’t have happened. I really feel sorry for Rakesh. The real psychopath killer is yet to be arrested.