Whose Fault is it…………!

I kept looking into distance watching the falling stars and well illuminated city from which we came far. There was no soul around us for miles so just us four. We all came to nearby forest as weekend get away from the fast pacer office life which we had to endure on weekdays.

All four of us did all day trekking and reached to a secluded spot which Sandy found while googling for a perfect break spot for the night. Though we have been to numerous trekking lines and resting spots, this one day the spot Sandy chose seems to be odd. Though it is secluded and has best views of far forest down below and city far away, something seemed not correct.

I did express my uneasiness to all other three and they brushed it off saying you are tired and most likely hungry so stop over thinking and let’s eat some fire roasted chicken wings. We all were sitting around the camp fire enjoying our food and talked about our childhood and how lucky we were to have such experiences in life.

I guess after such a long hike and a hefty meal we all started to feel the need for a good sleep, saying bye we all went to our tents that we set up under our expert rattan’s supervision. As soon as I went to sleep I straight away dozed to a straight 6 hours uninterrupted deep sleep and got up only when I heard someone singing to a song. I know it’s odd to hear a song in the middle of the night and rightfully I did shake and pinch me to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.

As I came out of my tent to see who it was, I heard someone walking towards our and I couldn’t make out who they were except the anklet which gave out a weird sound unlike the regular anklets. I heard some murmur but couldn’t figure out what she/he/it was saying. It being a dark sky all I could figure it was shape of a girl just the outline. She seemed to be as dark as the sky and except her eyes which were boiling red and her anklet shining even in such darkness there seems nothing else around there.

The figure approached me and called out my name which seemed to be odd because except 4 of us no one was around on that rock. I stared in the darkness at the red glow eyes for god knows how long and figured I was just hallucinating and went back to my tent to sleep. I kept tossing and turning trying to figure out if what I was actually true. Suddenly I could sense a chill in the weather inside the tent even though the night was warm and a sudden pressure on my chest as if someone was sitting on me and looking straight into me.

I could clearly hear a voice in the wind that said, “who is wrong, am i?”

I was shocked and just then realized I couldn’t yell or shout or even move a bit, and all I could say was, I am sorry but I am not who you are looking for. Hearing me struggle for breath it seems like someone left me a space temporarily and now the voice said, you are the first one in a very long time that could actually hear me, will you want to hear my story please. I said definitely I want to hear you and know what happened.

Chapter 2:

The voice started to narrate its past/story. It said her name was Ratnamala and people usually called her Ratna, her childhood was just like other kids of that age, a very happy go lucky one. Her dad though was a notable and well respected head of 16 surrounding villages. Until her dad died when she was 14 and these were her best years of life and right after her dad died to tuberculosis all of it changed. Her brother who ascended to her dad position was lot more different and was in constant check of family honor, he would suddenly talk like we all should be adults, which I totally disagree to.

The next 5 years I can’t even remember my happy days. I was under constant scrutiny and watchful eyes of my brother and his trusted aid. I was in my undergrad when I met karthi, he was a real charmer and almost all the girls at the college wanted to be his girlfriend and I too fell for his charm and as soon as he proposed to me in front of whole class, the word spread like a wild fire and whole college was envy of our pair. I never knew the exact reason on why I like him, though he came from a rich family he never rub it on others and this quality of being down to earth is what I liked in him the most.

Like many say each of us live two lives, one that we want the world to see and the other that we actually are and even my karthi had 2 sides of his personality, one that he was projecting infront of others as this down to earth, next door boy who you would love in your first meet and the other side who very few knew was a gambler and a thrill seeker.

Karthi had a close friend Raj with whom he shared all his secrets. Both very more of partners in crime. Raj knew exactly when and how karthi would react in a certain situation.

It was the day after we had our final semester exams and both me and karthi wanted to have some alone time before we went to our semester break. I still remember that hateful day when it all started, not sure how, when and why it happened but all I remember was falling into Karthi lap from feeling drowsy. The next I remember was next day when I realized I was missing my clothes on body and was also had slight flashes of me having sex the night before.

When I asked Karthi he said he doesn’t remember any such incident from happening. Though my mind kept cursing me to have landed in such a state it still said maybe he doesn’t remember either. I got pissed at the situation I was in, so got up dressed and came back home only to realize a friend forwarding me a message about a video reference from a porn site which showed a clearn picture of me having sex with a boy. I straight away went back to karthi’s place demanded him to come clean and to get married with me, to which he simply shrugged off and said he never had any intentions of marrying and the boy in the picture wasn’t him.

From corner of my eye I realized indeed it wasn’t him but his close friend Raj who raped me for fun. The guy whom I second trusted most had used me for his sexual desires.

The one person in the whole world I did not want this word to reach has reached. My brother without even asking what happened that day, came straight home after someone showing him the video, took out his pocket pistol, shot me in heart saying you are a disgrace to the family.

Now Mr. you tell me who is at fault, am I at fault for trusting Karthi to protect or is it Raj whose sole purpose was to see a girl as sexual object and film and share the video with world as if its an achievement or is it my brother who is concerned about his honor than his loving sister or is it people like you who would look at any video that lands in your inbox.

Hearing her story I got a chill in spine and couldn’t talk but gathered courage and said we all are at mistake and I am sorry.

With this the red glowing eyes that were peering into my eyes became even more brighter and seems like she got up from my chest and started to walk away saying I am not done with all of you and its definitely not my fault.

This was the start of the night from when a lot of people went missing when visiting the rock at nights.

Seems like she isn’t done and is seeking revenge from everyone who lives off online video shares.