Chp 21- When Darkness Met Devotion
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Jackson strides briskly into his police cabin and takes a seat. Behind him, his junior officers step forward, standing before him with report files in their hands.
“Sir, we have searched all the surrounding areas. There's a hut near the river, we found the girl’s school ID card. The investigation in the remaining areas is still ongoing.”
Jackson studies the ID card sealed inside a ziplock bag, then looks up at the officer.
“Where was this found?”
“There is a hut near the river, sir. We found it a short distance away from there.”
“Take me there.”
Jackson rises as he speaks and walks toward his vehicle. The constables and the officer follow him, getting into the car with him, and they head toward the hut near the river.
“Mr. Rock, call the forensic team and ask them to reach the hut immediately.”
The officer nods. Soon, they arrive at the location.
As soon as Jackson enters the hut, a foul stench hits him. He scans the interior and finds liquor bottles scattered everywhere, along with other illegal items.
“Secure the area,” Jackson orders.
Moments later, the forensic team arrives and begins collecting the liquor bottles and other evidence from the site.
Jackson looked at his junior officer
"Secure this place, no one should come near to this place"
The officers nodded
Otherside
The girl’s body was taken to her home and then her last rites were performed.
The entire village was present there, along with Taehyung, Suga, and Woojin as well.
Ajay and Riya were in a terrible state, crying uncontrollably; somehow the villagers managed to console them.
Jackson and his team were also present there.
It was evening, so after the rituals were completed, more than half of the people returned to their homes.
It was as if a dark shadow had fallen over the entire village.
Yash was also there, crying bitterly, and when he saw Taehyung, he came and hugged him tightly.
"Brother, please get justice for my sister. I want my sister back."
he said this while crying. Tears welled up in Suga’s eyes too, but Woojin, watching all this, began to roll his eyes as if it were just an act.
Taehyung knelt down in front of him, gently placed a hand on his head, and said,
"Don’t cry. I promise I will make sure our sister gets justice."
Taehyung looked at suga
"Take them to their house, see if they need anything"
Suga nodded and with his and woojin's help they took the girl's family back to their small house
Taehyung came towards Jackson
"Did you find any evidence??"
Jackson nodded
"Yes sir, we got to know about the place where it all happened, it's near the lake, a small hut, we found liquor bottles and many other unwanted things, it's all kept securely, the FIR is already registered, we just need to find the accused based on the evidence"
Taehyung nodded
"We'll do our best sir"
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All the women we're now in the temple room,praying for that little girl who was now in heaven
"Oh God, Your divine play is endless. You know the hearts of everyone so well.
We are all Your devotees, and today such a huge tragedy has happened to an innocent child, delicate like a flower.
She did not survive; You called her to Yourself.
We want the one who committed this crime to receive the harshest punishment, to burn in the fires of hell, to have worms consume his body.
O God, give that girl justice. That tender child, who used to work here and study as well, grant her justice. "
Jihyo after praying to the statue of lord Shankar, his wife and his children, turned towards the women
Dadi picked up the bundle of notes from the slab of the temple and called a worker
"Give this money to the girl's parents, tell them this is from us, and my son taehyung, will surely give justice to their little child"
The worker nodded and took the money and turned around to leave
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Taehyung, suga and Woojin returned home at dinner time, others were already sitting on the dining table waiting for them
"I'll wash up and come"
Saying that taehyung went to his room, Jungkook stood there silently watching him going, but startled when she heard dadi's striking voice
"Bahu!!!, what are you looking at?, go behind him, and see if he wants anything there, my son has been running here and there since morning"
Jungkook nodded her head and kept the Chapati basket on the table and went towards their room
She knocked on the door and came inside when she heard a "come in" in a deep husky voice
She opened the door and saw him removing his shirt,leaving his upper body naked, she look down
"Come in and close the door"
She immediately obeyed closing the door
Tae looked at her, exhaustion was clearly seen on his face, it was evident that he was tired from all the tension going in the village
"Do you need anything, or you just came here to watch me?"
Jungkook immediately looked up and shooked her head but then again looked down seeing him staring at her
"I -i came here to see if you need anything"
"Just remove my nightwear please"
Jungkook nodded and walked towards the wardrobe looking down ,on the other side tae took the towel and walked inside the washroom and took a quick shower.
Kook kept his grey linen pajama set on the bed that's when tae came out in a towel wrapped around his torso
Kook turned around to say something but immediately looked away as soon as she saw her husband in just a towel
Tae took his nightwear from the bed and looked at Jungkook confusingly and then smirked slightly knowing why she looked away
"C-can't you wear your clothes inside?"
Kook said nervously looking at the other side
"Why?, this is my room and.. my wife"
Hearing him, she lowered her gaze to the floor as her cheeks turned rosy
"You go down, I'll be coming in a minute"
As soon as she heard that she stormed out of the room shyly like a wind
Tae looked at the place where she was standing a second ago and then at the door from where she went and made a daebak face
"She's as fast as a storm, crazy girl"
Tae shook his head and wore his clothes , He sprayed perfume on his body, the fragrance lingering in the air as it mixed with his warmth, stepping out of his room towards the dining area
He looked at Jungkook who was standing there lowering her gaze, a small smile crept on his lips but he immediately composed himself,sitting on his chair like a king, kook picked up the dal bowl to serve him and when she moved ahead to serve others he said in his cold voice making her stop
"Sit, i won't say it again"
All of the eyes were on them now, kook nervously kept the bowl back at its place and sat on her chair which was beside taehyung
Tae then looked at jimin who was standing there too to serve
"Do i have to say it separately?"
Jimin shook her head and immediately sat on her seat, dadi wanted to argue but she chose to be silent
The workers stepped forward serving everyone
Yoongi nudge jimin's arm and murmured to her
"When I asked you to sit down, you didn't, and now you immediately obeyed elder brother"
Yoongi said grumpily
Jimin looked at him
"It's not like that, if I would have sit down, you know dadi-"
"Yeah yeah i know, now eat quietly"
They all resumed eating, that's when kook coughed, sulgi sitting beside her patted her back, tzuyu rolled her eyes
Tae left his food inbetween and silently filled a glass of water and kept it infront of her
"Drink it"
Kook drank the water, sulgi worriedly looked at her
"Bhabhi, are you okay?"
Kook gave her a small smile and nodded
After dinner all went to their room, tae was busy on his phone standing in the balcony, kook took her night clothes from the wardrobe and went inside the washroom to change
After she came out she still found him standing in the balcony busy on his phone, she silently tied her hair into a bun removed her bindi and other jewellery, leaving herself in just a pair of earing and her nuptial chain resting on her collar bone, giving her more feminine look
When she turned around she found him coming out of the balcony with a frown on his face , she gathered courage and called him
"H-hubby, is everything alright?"
Tae looked at her and just by looking at her the frown from his forehead disappeared, she looks so calm and gentle,like a divine Beauty,like a celestial nymph
Tae nodded
"Everything is fine"
She hesitantly took a step forward
"B-but you look worried, are you worried because of the case?"
Tae looked away from her, cause his heart was beating like crazy watching her
"I heard, that the girl was just 17 years old, why is this world so cruel that they can't even spare children?"
She again took a step towards him
" I donno what her parents must be going throw, losing a young girl, that too like this,it must be so hard for them, right?"
Tae looked at her , she was standing infront of him now with a little but respectful distance between them
"They were already dead while still alive, crying like mad people. I couldn’t bear to watch them like that, but I promised them that I would make sure their daughter gets justice."
Jungkook looked at him with respect in her eyes for him
"I have faith in you, promise me, no matter what you have to do, you will make sure that girl gets justice."
Tae looked at her, she just reached till his shoulder, but the respect in her eyes for him was much higher than her height
"I promise you, I'll make sure that girl gets justice"
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Next morning
Jungkook woke up early and took a bath, she wore a beautiful saree
Before stepping out of the room, she looked at her husband who was still sleeping, he was too exhausted, so she didn't feel like waking him up
She stepped out of the room and walked inside the temple room, she lit the earthen oil lamp and also lit the incense stick before praying for the House, and its people, praying for her husband, she also said a silent prayer for the little girl.
She walked inside the kitchen and started making the breakfast alone as it was too early for anyone to wake up at this time
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Jimin woke up, she looked at her side and watched her husband sleeping naked under the blanket beside her, she too was naked covered under the blanket, she recalled what they did last night and a deep blush spread from her cheeks to the tips of her ears.
She leaned and pressed a soft kiss on yoongi's forehead and then looked at the clock and her eyes widened in shock
"Oh my god, it's already 6:30, I need to get up fast, i know my naive little fairy must be working alone in the kitchen"
She tried to free herself from yoongi's hold but his grip was too tight
"Hubby, leave me, i have to go"
Yoongi grumpily nuzzled his face in her neck and shook his head
"Nuu, don't go"
"Arre, what do you mean don't go?, who'll do the work?, who'll make breakfast?"
Yoongi mumbled
"The workers will do it"
"For you kind information, dadi doesn't like the food made by workers, so i have to make it, now leave me or I'll be late and dadi will scold me"
Yoongi left her with a groan not before saying
"Please add a little poison in dadi's plate before giving her"
Jimin chuckled
"Surely"
She wrapped the blanket around her chest and shyly ran from there to the washroom
After wearing a beautiful saree, she dressed herself up beautifully, she came down and it was her duty always to lit the lamp first in the temple but when she reached to the temple she frowned seeing the earthen oil lamp already glowing in its own light , she then heard voices from the kitchen and she smiled knowing it's Jungkook who did this , she said a silent prayer and then walked towards the kitchen and saw Jungkook doing all the work alone
"Kookie"
Kook turned towards the voice and looked at jimin and smiled but soon her smile vanished, and a frown crept on her face
"Good morning didi, but why are you limping like this?"
Jimin chuckled shyly and shooked her head
"Nothing my little naive fairy, I'm perfectly fine, it's just that last night..... Last night my feet twisted so I'm having a little bit trouble in walking, but it's fine now, yoongi applied ointment on it"
"Yoongi brother is really so much caring didi"
"He is, and he loves me too"
"I can tell that, by looking at you blushing"
Jimin blushed but then decided to change the topic
"What is this huh?, why did you wake up so early and you already did half of the work"
"Yeah, I woke up early today, so i thought -"
"So you thought to do the work all alone"
Jungkook turned around to take the flour but jimin gently snatched the flour packet from her hand and said
"I'll do this, no need to do any work"
"But didi, it's okay I'll do it"
"I said na, I'll do it, you just stand here"
Saying that jimin washed her hand and took the bowl and started kneading the flour into dough
"What is this didi?, did some mosquito bite you?"
Jimin shyly touched the mark
"I-it's nothing kookie, and yeah a big mosquito bite me last night"
"What!!, let me apply ointment on it"
"It's okay kookie, I'm fine"
Jimin said shyly kneading the dough, kook frowned looking at her behaviour
"Okay, do you need any help?"
"No, just stand here, you've done enough"
Kook than remembered her husband's worried face and decided to ask jimin
"Didi"
"Hmm?"
"Did you had a special bond with that girl?, wh-who got -"
"Don't say it, and yes i do had a special bond with her,her name is sita, her parents used to work here, so she would always come here sit in the corner of the garden, hiding from dadi, because you know how dadi is, she used to be very notorious, but was a nice girl, whenever she used to be hungry i would secretly go and give her something to eat, you know, in your wedding, she was so excited, here , she secretly participated in all the rituals hiding from dadi, she would just jump from one corner to the other, she was such a nice and we'll mannered girl, Sita used to call me chimmy"
Remembering her, jimin's eyes becomes teary as few drops fell down, she wiped her tears
"These monsters didn’t even spare that innocent child.
They treated her with extreme cruelty; it’s impossible to imagine what she must have gone through at that moment.
She must have been crying out for help, hoping that someone would come and save her, but those brutes showed not even a shred of mercy.
After doing all that, they took the life of that naive, innocent girl.
I have only one prayer, that God ensures they receive the death penalty.
If such people continue to exist in this world, innocent people like us will never be able to live in peace. "
Jungkook wiped her tears and hugged her
"Don't worry didi, they'll get punishment, hubby had promised me, that he'll make sure that girl gets justice"
Jimin nodded
"Arree where is my tea??"
A sharp loud noice of dadi came from the living room, jimin's eyes got wide
Kook giggled and filled a cup of tea and walked inside the living room, dadi who was resting her spectacles on her nose watched her coming near her
Kook kept the cup of steaming hot tea infront of her on the glass table and bent down to touch her feet
"Phoolo-phalo" (May you prosper and flourish)
Dadi said in her cold voice, Jungkook smiled at her
"Good morning dadi, do you want something else?"
Dadi looked at her and shook her head
"No, you can leave now, and yes is the breakfast ready?"
Jungkook nodded her head
"Yes dadi, it's almost ready"
"Hmm, go and do it fast"
Jungkook and hurried inside the kitchen and saw yoona and sulgi standing near jimin
"You both got up so early today?"
They both looked at Jungkook
"Bhabhi!!, good morning!!"
They said in union making kook chuckle
"Good morning"
"Bhabhi, you're looking so beautiful today"
Yoona said looking at kook
"Yes bhabhi!, and this saree too"
"My father has chosen this"
"Father?" Yoona asked
"Yes my appa" Jungkook replied
"Bhabhi, you appa's choice is top-notch"
"Yeah you're right, his choice is always the best!"
Kook said shyly thinking about taehyung
"Yeah enough of talk you Mickey and mouse, now get to work, half of the work is already done by bhabhi, now you both will do the remaining work with me"
Jimin said glaring playfully at both yoona and sulgi, making them whined
"Jiminie bhabhi noo, we just woke up" Yoona whined
"It's fine didi, I'll help you" Jungkook said coming forward to help her but yoona stopped her
"No, no bhabhi, I'll do it"
"Yes bhabhi, we'll do it, you go and take rest"
Jungkook looked at them confusingly
"Take rest?, do you know what time it is?, if i take rest at this time, dadi will eat me raw"
Yoona and sulgi chuckled
"Yeah you're right "
"Okay don't take rest, but don't do any work too, you just sit here and chat with us, we three will do the remaining work"
Yoona said bringing a chair from the corner of the kitchen and making kook sit on it
"Arre, I'll not feel good, if i just sit down here and you all will work, let me do something too"
"No, you won't do anything, we'll do,you just sit"
This time it was jimin and kook just sighed nodding her head
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