“Tell me, where is Kanchi, what
happened to her?” cried Kalyani grabbing Kesu by the shoulders and shaking him.
“She should be lying in the
grassland near the Nambi’s mansion” replied Kesu callously.
“What do you mean! What happened to her?”
screamed Kalyani in utter anguish.
“She just got kicked a bit around
by the Nambi twins. She should be fine now and on her way back” replied Kesu devoid of any compassion.
“And you didn’t help her! What kind
of a brother are you?” cried out a shocked Kalyani
“There was no way I was going to
touch her, she was bleeding. I did not want to touch her and become impure. I
am just waiting for father to come back so I can inform him about the grand
news. I can’t wait to get my five tolas” said Kesu with a diabolical glee.
Upon seeing Kesu’s utter lack of consideration towards his own sister, she lost the last bit of composure she was holding
onto, and slapped him repeatedly as she screamed, “You, horrid boy, you
cannot be my child. You are the devil’s incarnation.”
Kesu winced in pain as her
calloused hands hit his face and he grew angrier with each slap. He drew the
dagger that his sister had won from his pouch and stabbed his mother in her gut.
Kalyani fell to the ground as the
pain ripped through her and she held onto her stomach to stop the blood that had begun to gush out. She
stared up at her son in shock and screamed shaking her head and pleading, “Kesu!!”
Kesu, who still was furious, did
not care, if anything he seemed to enjoy it. He bent down and continued to stab his mother repeatedly as he
screamed, “Die! Die! Die!”
Kanchi wanted to hold onto her dear
life even as she bled out, she couldn’t go without knowing her daughter was
safe, without knowing that she would escape this village, but she knew the end
was near and she called out “Kanchi” weakly as she breathed her last.
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