Search of necklace
Meena started arranging different cupboards. They were so overloaded. She started to arrange them. Her husband gave her this responsibility. Her sick mother-in-law wanted to distribute all. She supposed to count all. She needed to list it and photograph it. Her husband wanted it all to be perfect. He wanted all to be presented before her mother-in-law in perfect way. She needed to count all. She wanted all to be perfect. She knew that it was her responsibility. If she didn't do it properly, there would be big issue regarding distribution of things. Meena never wanted this responsibilities but her husband forced it on her. He said that she was only person who was free. She was so upset. She had one cook and maid. But still she was not free in her house. Since she had to handle her mother-in-law every time. Her mother-in-law was sick so she had to manage every thing for her. They had kids. She had to handle their studies too. She had work hard for managing every thing. But then she didn't need to household work so she get spare time that was true too. Specially since her mother-in-law went in hospital. She didn't need to give her medicine or give her food. She was her mother-in-law's unpaid companion so now her that job was over. It was her final work. Doctor told them that her mother-in-law would not survive for long time. So she needed to create list of her goods. She started arranging them. Then she describe it and click it's photo. She managed to do one cupboard in one day. Since she needed to take it to her mother-in-law. She finally managed to select one. She started to take out all. She did it with special care. She looked at all details. She started counting sarees. Then she clicked pictures. It took hours. Then she came to locker. She managed to click picture of ornaments. She had to act carefully when it came to ornaments. She began to weight them. Then she started to click photo. She stored them carefully in album. She worked hard finally she managed to create list of all items. She began to take breathe of relief. She smiled happily. She sat in car and went away. When she reached to hospital, she went to her Mother-in-law's room. Her Mother-in-law was looking tense. " Mom this is list of goods from first cupboard." Her Mother-in-law nodded. She took it in hand. She observed it very carefully. Then she asked " Where is that necklace with design of peacock? " "Which necklace?" " The one loaded with emerald, diamond and rubies!!" Meena was so shocked. She had never seen such costly necklace in her life. She began to feel so scared. " Mom I don't remember any necklace." " Are you mad? I was wearing it in your marriage." " No Mom it is impossible. I never saw it in wedding pictures." " What are you saying? I don't wore it on wedding?" Then her Mother-in-law started to think. " You are right. I don't wore it on wedding since it was broken." Suddenly Meena felt relieved. " Well that is reason due to which I never saw it." " But I was wearing it on next wedding." Now Meena was confused. " No Mom you were wearing that diamond choker on Anita's wedding." " Really? You remember it very well?" Meena felt embarrassed. " Mom I remember it since it was in that cupboard." She showed that cupboard. " Great then keep doing it then you will find other jewels too." " Okay Mom." Meena nodded and started cutting apples for her Mother-in-law who began eating it. It was Meena's regular work. Meena never sensed how much her Mother-in-law was occupying her time. It seemed as if from beginning she took her responsibility and it was moving ahead till end. But somewhere in her heart she didn't want to see that end. Her Mother-in-law might be little bit irritating but still she liked her. She kept taking care of her. Then she looked at watch and saw time. It was time when her kids would return from school. She immediately started to get ready. She was happy when nurse came. She told her to take care of her Mother-in-law and went to home. She was so tense. She had to reach there and cook snacks for kids. She might had maids but still there were many things which she had to do in her house. She started planning every thing in mind. She had to do all. She knew that she had maid and cook but still she had to do lot of work at house. Since she had to handle many things but still no one sensed it. She knew that no one valued her work.
When Meena finally managed to cook, she took breathe of relief. She needed to go to clean those cupboards too. She began to take out things one by one. This was a room in her house. She used to sit in it with her mother-in-law for hours but she still never dared to touch cupboards. Her husband strictly warned her against it. He told her if she tried to even touch it, his Mother might suspect some thing and other might call her thief. She felt so scared. She never dared to touch it. No one had ever blamed her like that in life. She never wanted to be called thief on every point. She was so scared. Even now she was scared to touch those things but every one seemed to be so busy that she was only one who didn't have much work so she had to do it. She always wished only if she was smart enough to start some business. She was never interested in job but no one was ready even to trust her with investment in business. She sometimes wished only if her husband Akhil should act little bit considerate. But then she started to feel different from her thoughts. She was not that much good in business. It was not wise to invest money for her. She might not manage to get expected results. In fact she was sure that she would never get expected results. She felt that Akhil was doing right. She was not so intelligent so she needed to act like honest person and had to count those things. She began to arrange things in kitchen. Then she went in room again. She was busy in counting when her cook entered. Cook " What did I suppose to cook today?" Meena totally forgot about today's lunch. Meena went towards her. Meena " Okay." Then she took deep breathe started to think about food items. She started remembering them. Soon she decided what she wanted to cook for lunch. She told it to her. Maid nodded. Maid " Madam do you know what happened today?" She didn't want to discuss much today. But she was curious and she didn't want to insult her. " What?" " There was a terrible accident ..." Then she started telling all. Meena knew that she had to get this information. She was living in this country. She had to know about it. She kept chatting for long time. Then she looked at watch. " My God. Kids will return soon then they was to relax and go to class too." " I know Madam now a days Kids had to work so hard." Meena nodded. Then she returned to her work. She had finished to sections of cupboard. But she didn't found that necklace which her mother-in-law was discussing. It was so strange. She knew that she had to keep looking. She looked around room. She started thinking about secret places. She was confused. Then she looked at watch and returned to her daily work again. She had to get ready for kids with her best smile. Kids didn't need upset Mom after studying so hard. So she went in room and got ready to greet them. She always managed her best look for them. She wanted to become true inspiration for kids. She wanted to look great before them every time. When door bell rang, she started to open door. Kids came inside but before she could say any thing her son Pranit asked " Did you calculated all things properly?" " Not all. I have to do all but I will do it step by step." Yukta " Mom may be have to help you?" " No..no your studies must come first." " But Mom I have time. I have just given my examination. Now I can relax for few days." Pranit " Same apply to me." Meena smiled " I am glad you are willing to help me but I don't need your help." Pranit " Really? Come on Mom you need it." Yukta " I totally agree with him. You need our help still you keep denying it without reason." Meena had to agree now so after eating they all went in room. They started sorting every thing out. They began to photo every thing and started to create list. But still that necklace which her mother-in-law was mentioning didn't come out. It was so frustrating. She had to search that necklace. She managed to check whole room with help of kids. Meena finally told kids about necklace. Pranit " Impossible. We checked every corner of this room it is not there. Are you sure that grandma kept it here?" Meena " She was sure about it." Yukta " Mom at this age they keep confusing. May be she had put it in some bank locker?" Meena nodded. " Possible. But we need to search for it and finally give it to her." " But Mom why did we have to be responsible for all?" Meena felt so confused and sad. Meena " She is your grandma." Yukta " I know that we have to show it to her. But is it about her only? No..it is about all. They never come here. Never took any responsibility but still they can call us thief just because we can't find one necklace?!! Mom this is totally wrong." Meena " Stop it. No one is calling us thief. It is our necklace. But we don't want to lose one precious jewelry do we?" Pranit and Yukta looked convinced so they started searching again. But they didn't find any thing. It was so frustrating. Finally they came to one conclusion that her mother-in-law kept it somewhere else. But it was upsetting thought since they needed to search more. But after some point Meena said that it was enough for that day so they stopped searching and started doing their regular work. Meena returned to her routine work too.
When Akhil came home, she didn't said any thing. But she couldn't stop kids from telling. They immediately started talking about necklace. Akhil gave her angry look. Akhil " So you involved kids too?" " No..No." Yukta " Dad stop blaming Mom like that. She was objecting but we went in room. If you will this is wrong we will not go in it again." Akhil suddenly began to feel guilty for screaming on Meena. He sensed that Meena couldn't stop kids when she began to do search. After all that jewel was not simple one. It was expensive. Meena must be felt scared so she started searching more seriously and kids must had sensed it. He knew that Meena couldn't just stop their grown up kids. Akhil " I am sorry. I just felt so stressed. I wanted to find that jewel and get over with it. " Meena"But it is not here." Now Akhil was shocked. " I can't believe it. Are you sure?" Yukta and Pranit said together " Yes Dad. We are sure." Now Akhil felt that his all hopes of finding jewel in house was shattered. " My God then where is that necklace?" " I don't know." Akhil " This is not going in right way. If we don't find it then it will look wrong before all." Pranit " But we did every this for grandma how could they blame us for one necklace? " Akhil screamed " I did it since I love my mother like you do. Few moments ago you were so angry when I scream on your mother. Now you don't feel any sentiments towards my mother." Yukta " Dad he is not saying we should get that necklace. He is saying why should we steal necklace when we spend so much on grandma without expectation." Akhil suddenly began to look convinced. Akhil " You are right but still may be I should call all to search house. What so you think?" Meena " You can't permit them to search our room and kids room." " I know but I feel it will be better if we let them do it. If we don't have set why did we suppose to take blame?" Meena was so confused. Yukta " No Dad. I don't want to show them my cupboard. They will keep taunting me about my shopping." Pranit " Yukta is right. I don't want to show my things too. It is our personal stuff." Akhil " Fine but we need to show it to them one day. Why don't you understand? Your Grandma is demanding that necklace and we can't present it. This will create lots of problem for us." It seemed that every one in that room was upset now. Yukta " We must search more for that necklace and we need to remove some of our stuff to other places too. I don't want all my stuff in hand of those relatives. Many of them are going to taunt me." " This is too much. You are not thief." Meena " They are searching it since they feel we are thief. They are doing since grandma didn't remember where she kept it." Every one nodded. But no one wanted their cupboards to be checked. It was totally upsetting. Yukta " Mom stop pretending. We all know we have to prove that we have not taken that necklace, when we never did such thing. We never took any thing but still we have to prove." Then suddenly phone rang. It was Anita. " How is Mom?" " She is fine. Well...Anita did you remember that necklace of rubies and emerald which Mom was wearing on your wedding?" Anita started laughing. " What's wrong with you? Mom was wearing simple golden necklace on my wedding?" Akhil smiled happily. " Mom is asking about such necklace again and again." " What? But Mom have always remember every thing in perfect way. May be I missed it? Let me check album. But what happened?" " Actually we don't able to find it." " What? You are saying we own such costly necklace which I don't remember. Now that is most ridiculous statement I heard. You know me. I never forget such an expensive jewelry." Akhil knew this very well too. Anita never forget such wonderful piece of jewelry. If her Mom did agree to give it to her, she should have purchased it from her husband. Akhil " Then why Mom is telling about it?" " What Mom is demanding it? For god sake don't tell it to others. You know Sandip and his wife Rina even Trupti will create drama out of it. I don't understand why this is happening but don't let this go out. I am sure such jewel didn't exist." Akhil nodded. But he was scared now. Akhil " Anita is saying that Mom never got such a necklace. We must not tell this to others since they will not find it because it is not existed. But they will create issue out of it." Akhil " Okay." But when he disconnected call, he immediately received call from Rina. Akhil " Hello Rina how are you?" " Actually today I went to see Mom and while discussing she mentioned a necklace full of ruby and emerald." Akhil was upset now. " It is not existed." " What? are you telling me that Mom is lying?" " Well if that necklace is not existed then how did I suppose to present it." " Really!! It is possible that you might want to just keep it." " Well then give me some proof of that necklace a picture." " Mom said she wore it on Anita's wedding." " But Anita deny it and she had photographs too." Now Rina started to sound angry. " Mom will not lie." " Then go and ask her where is jewelry. In fact we have not touched much. You can take keys." " Ohh really what if you took it out before we know." Akhil screamed " Then show picture of it." Akhil disconnected that call. Every one in room could guess it. Yukta " So finally they called us thief." Meena " Mom is saying it with such confidence that any one could believe it." Pranit" stop protecting them." Akhil " Enough. Let's finish dinner and go to sleep." After that no one spoke. They all went to sleep. They were so tense such drama was never existed in their life.
Rina was so shocked with turn of event. She began to call Sandip. " This is shocking. Your brother is claiming that this necklace did existed." " What? My Mom will not lie!!" " I know a dying lady will not lie but a person who earned small salary and two kids and manage to get your Mom's only house can lie." Sandip began to look angry. " He could not take away that necklace. Let's go to Mom and talk with her." Sandip started to get ready but Rina stopped him. Rina " We need to find it's photo first. We can't just go on guess work." " Let's talk to Anita." " No she is already in Akhil's party. Let's talk to Trupti." Sandip nodded. Sandip was settled in abroad. He came here for mom. He never demanded much from his Mom but this was ego issue. Akhil couldn't cheat his Mom. It was not joke. Sandip heard that lot of NRIs were cheated by their relatives this way. But he was not stupid. He knew ways to get his things. He already began to plan every thing. He knew how could he trap Akhil. He would not let Akhil fool him. Sandip " You are right. Let's talk to Trupti." When Sandip started talking to Trupti, she was happy in beginning but when he started talking about necklace. She was confused. Trupti " I am sure that Mom will not lie but I am also sure that Mom never wore it." Sandip was confused now. " What do you mean?" " I mean. She never wore it so she must had kept it in some locker and she managed to totally forgot about it." " My God!! Are you telling me that Akhil didn't got it." " Are you out of your mind? Mom will not keep such costly necklace in home." " But she had kept many." Trupti was totally shocked now. Trupti " This is surprising. Mom kept telling me entire life that I suppose to keep every jewel in locker and she kept them in house. Horrible!! Think with logic why Akhil took it without permission. He had them. He could say he wanted it. I mean he can take direct approach." "But we might argue." " Well any way I have never seen her wearing this jewel. So I want to find that Photo of jewel. Then only I can fight for it. " " You are right so how did we can manage to get that photo?" " We need to see all wedding albums." Sandip was pleased. " Good idea. Let's take those albums to Mom. She would identify it." Trupti " Good idea. I will come tomorrow." Then Sandip disconnected call. Sandip turned to Reena and told her all. " So she is going to come tomorrow. She will become big support for us. She will put more pressure on Akhil." " Yes but for that we have to find photo to prove that this jewel existed." Rina smiled. " You are right. If we have that proof then we can even make Police complaint." " Police complaint?" " If such big jewel get stolen aren't you planning to file Police complaint? Come on!!" " Yes you are right but first we need to prove it owned by us." Rina nodded. Rina was so happy. She wanted to Meena seem bad for such a long time. She was rich one but Meena was always considered like some saint. Every time they started to say anything they just wanted Meena to become leader. They trusted her every time. They always considered her a honest angel while she considered a most greedy. She always hated when they treated her that way. Now she could at last prove Meena something bad. She was so happy. Finally she was going to throw some mud on face of that pure angel. She knew that it was most desirable achievement of her life. Finally they will be in cage of culprit. Meena always did that to her. She always kept saying in her sweet noise that Rina must not get so angry about little matters of money. Now Meena was going to get involved in big matter of money. She was sure that Meena was going to get angry and upset this time. She was going to be so happy to see that angel's true angry face. It would be interesting. She decided that she must find photo of that jewel. Rina " I think I have our marriage album in my parent's house." " Great then let's check it out." Rina called her Mom. Mom told her that she would tell driver to bring album. They were so excited. When Driver brought album, they spend entire time in searching for photo but soon they found out that it didn't have that necklace. Rina " This is strange." " I feel Akhil is telling truth." Now Rina was so upset. " But why did Mom lied to us?" She screamed. Sandip " I don't know. Let's just relax and go to sleep." Rina nodded since she knew that there was not any option. But she was angry. She needed to hide anger so she told Sandip that she needed to go to washroom before sleeping. He nodded. He knew that she had to relax. She went in washroom. Sandip fall on bed but he kept watching ceiling. He didn't able to sleep. It was so wrong. His Mom lied to him. His Mom never did that. He started to cry slowly. He knew that he must not let Rina see it. But somewhere in his heart he knew that she was also crying in washroom. It was worst shock to them. He could have excepted that Akhil lied but his Mom lied to him. He started crying slowly while hiding his face under cushion.
Next day Akhil was so tense. He knew that nothing was going to be easy after all. He needed to convince every one his Mom was lying. He needed to understand it on every point he first had to accept that his Mom was lying. When Akhil reached in hospital with Meena, Sandip and Rina were standing outside. Sandip came near them. Sandip " I don't understand why did Mom lied to us?" Rina" She just kept telling about that necklace. This is too much. I mean. We were arguing with you unnecessarily." Meena " It is totally strange. I spend entire day in searching for necklace." Sandip"We must talk with Mom." Akhil stopped him. Akhil " I don't feel she is in condition to talk. I think we might ignore her." But when they entered in room, Mom once again started asking for that necklace. Soon she started blaming Akhil and Meena for stealing. She started requesting them to give it back to her. Sandip and Rina were confused again. Then suddenly Doctor entered. He smiled and gave her some medicine to sleep. When she was asleep, they started to tell every thing to Doctor. Doctor " I think your Mom is having trouble in remembering things. " " I don't get it." " It is kind of amnesia. A sort of memory loss." Then Doctor explained it in medical terms. Sandip " So you are saying that this necklace was not existed." " Of course. She once had it but not now." Sandip started to look at Akhil with anger again. Akhil " But Doctor I don't have it." " Well I can't tell you what happen to it. You have to search for it by herself." Rina " When she will become fine?" Doctor " Truthfully she is not going to recover at this age. In fact she might remain for few days." Meena " And whole time she will keep asking about necklace which is not there." Rina " But it is somewhere." Akhil " Okay tell me where? We are not hiding it." Then suddenly Trupti came there. She was smiling. Trupti " I found that necklace." Then she showed them an old album. They started watching it. Then slowly while turning pages they found it in their grandmother's throat. Trupti " Our grand mother owned it. Our Mom must had hoped that she would get it one day. But then when I started searching for it, I found it on throat of our other Auntie so grand mother must had gifted it to her. Our Mom did every thing but she didn't get any thing. She was upset but at that time she managed to control her feelings. She always kept acting nicely. But in her soul she couldn't forget that necklace. She never forget it's desire." Meena"So we must show it to her at least once." Rina " And why did they give it us? Are you out of your mind? We can't just demand such big jewelry from them. This is not some movie stunt that we can take jewelry to fulfill her last wish." Every one nodded. Meena " You are right. It can be risky." Then once again Mom started to call them. She kept demanding for necklace again. It was so frustrating. They kept convincing her but nothing was working. Finally they went out. Trupti decided that she must give at least one call to Auntie when she called her Auntie. She told her that necklace was already broken in two pieces. " What? You shared it in your kids." " No I shared it with your Mom." " But we saw it on your throat in that picture." " ohh that wedding picture?!! I just put it for photos during your Dad's wedding. Then your Mom started arguing for it. Finally she started to get so obsessed that your grand mother divided it and made two necklace. She cried so much. She just wanted that necklace. It was so strange attraction to it." " She is still screaming for it while on her death bed." " Now that is so sad. If it was intact I could have given it to you." Trupti " Thanks. Bye." Trupti was so frustrated. Trupti told whole story. Sandip " We all know she is lying since she is wearing it on her wedding day too." Trupti nodded. " I know but what is use of argument. I don't understand why did Mom want it?" Rina " She didn't want that set. She wanted justice. She was trying to give to us all. That is why she told Meena to do it." Meena " But she lost her sense in middle of process." Sandip " Don't worry. We will divide it equally." They all nodded. Suddenly their obsession regarding those jewelry vanished. They were still hearing screams of their Mom. Rina " I like jewelry but I don't want to become like that." Meena nodded too. Akhil smiled. " I am so glad that you believe us." Sandip " Truthfully we don't at beginning but then slowly we sensed it was Mom." Meena " Trusting your Mom was not crime." Meena was becoming angel again. But this time Rina was so scared. She was glad for her support. Rina " Let's go in your home." Akhil nodded. Then they went in Akhil's home. They settled in room. House was not big but they managed. For first time they kept arguments out of their life. Both kids were so happy. Indirectly Mom's obsession taught them that obsession gave them nothing. They just get what destiny decided for them. So instead arguing they decided to calm each other after all their Mom was going to die. They all prayed to God that she would not suffer so much. But still her screams for that necklace kept coming back in their thinking. They all decided somewhere in thought that they never develop that type want for any thing. But they all knew that they had some desires but they didn't want them to rule their soul and life.
The End
Meena started arranging different cupboards. They were so overloaded. She started to arrange them. Her husband gave her this responsibility. Her sick mother-in-law wanted to distribute all. She supposed to count all. She needed to list it and photograph it. Her husband wanted it all to be perfect. He wanted all to be presented before her mother-in-law in perfect way. She needed to count all. She wanted all to be perfect. She knew that it was her responsibility. If she didn't do it properly, there would be big issue regarding distribution of things. Meena never wanted this responsibilities but her husband forced it on her. He said that she was only person who was free. She was so upset. She had one cook and maid. But still she was not free in her house. Since she had to handle her mother-in-law every time. Her mother-in-law was sick so she had to manage every thing for her. They had kids. She had to handle their studies too. She had work hard for managing every thing. But then she didn't need to household work so she get spare time that was true too. Specially since her mother-in-law went in hospital. She didn't need to give her medicine or give her food. She was her mother-in-law's unpaid companion so now her that job was over. It was her final work. Doctor told them that her mother-in-law would not survive for long time. So she needed to create list of her goods. She started arranging them. Then she describe it and click it's photo. She managed to do one cupboard in one day. Since she needed to take it to her mother-in-law. She finally managed to select one. She started to take out all. She did it with special care. She looked at all details. She started counting sarees. Then she clicked pictures. It took hours. Then she came to locker. She managed to click picture of ornaments. She had to act carefully when it came to ornaments. She began to weight them. Then she started to click photo. She stored them carefully in album. She worked hard finally she managed to create list of all items. She began to take breathe of relief. She smiled happily. She sat in car and went away. When she reached to hospital, she went to her Mother-in-law's room. Her Mother-in-law was looking tense. " Mom this is list of goods from first cupboard." Her Mother-in-law nodded. She took it in hand. She observed it very carefully. Then she asked " Where is that necklace with design of peacock? " "Which necklace?" " The one loaded with emerald, diamond and rubies!!" Meena was so shocked. She had never seen such costly necklace in her life. She began to feel so scared. " Mom I don't remember any necklace." " Are you mad? I was wearing it in your marriage." " No Mom it is impossible. I never saw it in wedding pictures." " What are you saying? I don't wore it on wedding?" Then her Mother-in-law started to think. " You are right. I don't wore it on wedding since it was broken." Suddenly Meena felt relieved. " Well that is reason due to which I never saw it." " But I was wearing it on next wedding." Now Meena was confused. " No Mom you were wearing that diamond choker on Anita's wedding." " Really? You remember it very well?" Meena felt embarrassed. " Mom I remember it since it was in that cupboard." She showed that cupboard. " Great then keep doing it then you will find other jewels too." " Okay Mom." Meena nodded and started cutting apples for her Mother-in-law who began eating it. It was Meena's regular work. Meena never sensed how much her Mother-in-law was occupying her time. It seemed as if from beginning she took her responsibility and it was moving ahead till end. But somewhere in her heart she didn't want to see that end. Her Mother-in-law might be little bit irritating but still she liked her. She kept taking care of her. Then she looked at watch and saw time. It was time when her kids would return from school. She immediately started to get ready. She was happy when nurse came. She told her to take care of her Mother-in-law and went to home. She was so tense. She had to reach there and cook snacks for kids. She might had maids but still there were many things which she had to do in her house. She started planning every thing in mind. She had to do all. She knew that she had maid and cook but still she had to do lot of work at house. Since she had to handle many things but still no one sensed it. She knew that no one valued her work.
When Meena finally managed to cook, she took breathe of relief. She needed to go to clean those cupboards too. She began to take out things one by one. This was a room in her house. She used to sit in it with her mother-in-law for hours but she still never dared to touch cupboards. Her husband strictly warned her against it. He told her if she tried to even touch it, his Mother might suspect some thing and other might call her thief. She felt so scared. She never dared to touch it. No one had ever blamed her like that in life. She never wanted to be called thief on every point. She was so scared. Even now she was scared to touch those things but every one seemed to be so busy that she was only one who didn't have much work so she had to do it. She always wished only if she was smart enough to start some business. She was never interested in job but no one was ready even to trust her with investment in business. She sometimes wished only if her husband Akhil should act little bit considerate. But then she started to feel different from her thoughts. She was not that much good in business. It was not wise to invest money for her. She might not manage to get expected results. In fact she was sure that she would never get expected results. She felt that Akhil was doing right. She was not so intelligent so she needed to act like honest person and had to count those things. She began to arrange things in kitchen. Then she went in room again. She was busy in counting when her cook entered. Cook " What did I suppose to cook today?" Meena totally forgot about today's lunch. Meena went towards her. Meena " Okay." Then she took deep breathe started to think about food items. She started remembering them. Soon she decided what she wanted to cook for lunch. She told it to her. Maid nodded. Maid " Madam do you know what happened today?" She didn't want to discuss much today. But she was curious and she didn't want to insult her. " What?" " There was a terrible accident ..." Then she started telling all. Meena knew that she had to get this information. She was living in this country. She had to know about it. She kept chatting for long time. Then she looked at watch. " My God. Kids will return soon then they was to relax and go to class too." " I know Madam now a days Kids had to work so hard." Meena nodded. Then she returned to her work. She had finished to sections of cupboard. But she didn't found that necklace which her mother-in-law was discussing. It was so strange. She knew that she had to keep looking. She looked around room. She started thinking about secret places. She was confused. Then she looked at watch and returned to her daily work again. She had to get ready for kids with her best smile. Kids didn't need upset Mom after studying so hard. So she went in room and got ready to greet them. She always managed her best look for them. She wanted to become true inspiration for kids. She wanted to look great before them every time. When door bell rang, she started to open door. Kids came inside but before she could say any thing her son Pranit asked " Did you calculated all things properly?" " Not all. I have to do all but I will do it step by step." Yukta " Mom may be have to help you?" " No..no your studies must come first." " But Mom I have time. I have just given my examination. Now I can relax for few days." Pranit " Same apply to me." Meena smiled " I am glad you are willing to help me but I don't need your help." Pranit " Really? Come on Mom you need it." Yukta " I totally agree with him. You need our help still you keep denying it without reason." Meena had to agree now so after eating they all went in room. They started sorting every thing out. They began to photo every thing and started to create list. But still that necklace which her mother-in-law was mentioning didn't come out. It was so frustrating. She had to search that necklace. She managed to check whole room with help of kids. Meena finally told kids about necklace. Pranit " Impossible. We checked every corner of this room it is not there. Are you sure that grandma kept it here?" Meena " She was sure about it." Yukta " Mom at this age they keep confusing. May be she had put it in some bank locker?" Meena nodded. " Possible. But we need to search for it and finally give it to her." " But Mom why did we have to be responsible for all?" Meena felt so confused and sad. Meena " She is your grandma." Yukta " I know that we have to show it to her. But is it about her only? No..it is about all. They never come here. Never took any responsibility but still they can call us thief just because we can't find one necklace?!! Mom this is totally wrong." Meena " Stop it. No one is calling us thief. It is our necklace. But we don't want to lose one precious jewelry do we?" Pranit and Yukta looked convinced so they started searching again. But they didn't find any thing. It was so frustrating. Finally they came to one conclusion that her mother-in-law kept it somewhere else. But it was upsetting thought since they needed to search more. But after some point Meena said that it was enough for that day so they stopped searching and started doing their regular work. Meena returned to her routine work too.
When Akhil came home, she didn't said any thing. But she couldn't stop kids from telling. They immediately started talking about necklace. Akhil gave her angry look. Akhil " So you involved kids too?" " No..No." Yukta " Dad stop blaming Mom like that. She was objecting but we went in room. If you will this is wrong we will not go in it again." Akhil suddenly began to feel guilty for screaming on Meena. He sensed that Meena couldn't stop kids when she began to do search. After all that jewel was not simple one. It was expensive. Meena must be felt scared so she started searching more seriously and kids must had sensed it. He knew that Meena couldn't just stop their grown up kids. Akhil " I am sorry. I just felt so stressed. I wanted to find that jewel and get over with it. " Meena"But it is not here." Now Akhil was shocked. " I can't believe it. Are you sure?" Yukta and Pranit said together " Yes Dad. We are sure." Now Akhil felt that his all hopes of finding jewel in house was shattered. " My God then where is that necklace?" " I don't know." Akhil " This is not going in right way. If we don't find it then it will look wrong before all." Pranit " But we did every this for grandma how could they blame us for one necklace? " Akhil screamed " I did it since I love my mother like you do. Few moments ago you were so angry when I scream on your mother. Now you don't feel any sentiments towards my mother." Yukta " Dad he is not saying we should get that necklace. He is saying why should we steal necklace when we spend so much on grandma without expectation." Akhil suddenly began to look convinced. Akhil " You are right but still may be I should call all to search house. What so you think?" Meena " You can't permit them to search our room and kids room." " I know but I feel it will be better if we let them do it. If we don't have set why did we suppose to take blame?" Meena was so confused. Yukta " No Dad. I don't want to show them my cupboard. They will keep taunting me about my shopping." Pranit " Yukta is right. I don't want to show my things too. It is our personal stuff." Akhil " Fine but we need to show it to them one day. Why don't you understand? Your Grandma is demanding that necklace and we can't present it. This will create lots of problem for us." It seemed that every one in that room was upset now. Yukta " We must search more for that necklace and we need to remove some of our stuff to other places too. I don't want all my stuff in hand of those relatives. Many of them are going to taunt me." " This is too much. You are not thief." Meena " They are searching it since they feel we are thief. They are doing since grandma didn't remember where she kept it." Every one nodded. But no one wanted their cupboards to be checked. It was totally upsetting. Yukta " Mom stop pretending. We all know we have to prove that we have not taken that necklace, when we never did such thing. We never took any thing but still we have to prove." Then suddenly phone rang. It was Anita. " How is Mom?" " She is fine. Well...Anita did you remember that necklace of rubies and emerald which Mom was wearing on your wedding?" Anita started laughing. " What's wrong with you? Mom was wearing simple golden necklace on my wedding?" Akhil smiled happily. " Mom is asking about such necklace again and again." " What? But Mom have always remember every thing in perfect way. May be I missed it? Let me check album. But what happened?" " Actually we don't able to find it." " What? You are saying we own such costly necklace which I don't remember. Now that is most ridiculous statement I heard. You know me. I never forget such an expensive jewelry." Akhil knew this very well too. Anita never forget such wonderful piece of jewelry. If her Mom did agree to give it to her, she should have purchased it from her husband. Akhil " Then why Mom is telling about it?" " What Mom is demanding it? For god sake don't tell it to others. You know Sandip and his wife Rina even Trupti will create drama out of it. I don't understand why this is happening but don't let this go out. I am sure such jewel didn't exist." Akhil nodded. But he was scared now. Akhil " Anita is saying that Mom never got such a necklace. We must not tell this to others since they will not find it because it is not existed. But they will create issue out of it." Akhil " Okay." But when he disconnected call, he immediately received call from Rina. Akhil " Hello Rina how are you?" " Actually today I went to see Mom and while discussing she mentioned a necklace full of ruby and emerald." Akhil was upset now. " It is not existed." " What? are you telling me that Mom is lying?" " Well if that necklace is not existed then how did I suppose to present it." " Really!! It is possible that you might want to just keep it." " Well then give me some proof of that necklace a picture." " Mom said she wore it on Anita's wedding." " But Anita deny it and she had photographs too." Now Rina started to sound angry. " Mom will not lie." " Then go and ask her where is jewelry. In fact we have not touched much. You can take keys." " Ohh really what if you took it out before we know." Akhil screamed " Then show picture of it." Akhil disconnected that call. Every one in room could guess it. Yukta " So finally they called us thief." Meena " Mom is saying it with such confidence that any one could believe it." Pranit" stop protecting them." Akhil " Enough. Let's finish dinner and go to sleep." After that no one spoke. They all went to sleep. They were so tense such drama was never existed in their life.
Rina was so shocked with turn of event. She began to call Sandip. " This is shocking. Your brother is claiming that this necklace did existed." " What? My Mom will not lie!!" " I know a dying lady will not lie but a person who earned small salary and two kids and manage to get your Mom's only house can lie." Sandip began to look angry. " He could not take away that necklace. Let's go to Mom and talk with her." Sandip started to get ready but Rina stopped him. Rina " We need to find it's photo first. We can't just go on guess work." " Let's talk to Anita." " No she is already in Akhil's party. Let's talk to Trupti." Sandip nodded. Sandip was settled in abroad. He came here for mom. He never demanded much from his Mom but this was ego issue. Akhil couldn't cheat his Mom. It was not joke. Sandip heard that lot of NRIs were cheated by their relatives this way. But he was not stupid. He knew ways to get his things. He already began to plan every thing. He knew how could he trap Akhil. He would not let Akhil fool him. Sandip " You are right. Let's talk to Trupti." When Sandip started talking to Trupti, she was happy in beginning but when he started talking about necklace. She was confused. Trupti " I am sure that Mom will not lie but I am also sure that Mom never wore it." Sandip was confused now. " What do you mean?" " I mean. She never wore it so she must had kept it in some locker and she managed to totally forgot about it." " My God!! Are you telling me that Akhil didn't got it." " Are you out of your mind? Mom will not keep such costly necklace in home." " But she had kept many." Trupti was totally shocked now. Trupti " This is surprising. Mom kept telling me entire life that I suppose to keep every jewel in locker and she kept them in house. Horrible!! Think with logic why Akhil took it without permission. He had them. He could say he wanted it. I mean he can take direct approach." "But we might argue." " Well any way I have never seen her wearing this jewel. So I want to find that Photo of jewel. Then only I can fight for it. " " You are right so how did we can manage to get that photo?" " We need to see all wedding albums." Sandip was pleased. " Good idea. Let's take those albums to Mom. She would identify it." Trupti " Good idea. I will come tomorrow." Then Sandip disconnected call. Sandip turned to Reena and told her all. " So she is going to come tomorrow. She will become big support for us. She will put more pressure on Akhil." " Yes but for that we have to find photo to prove that this jewel existed." Rina smiled. " You are right. If we have that proof then we can even make Police complaint." " Police complaint?" " If such big jewel get stolen aren't you planning to file Police complaint? Come on!!" " Yes you are right but first we need to prove it owned by us." Rina nodded. Rina was so happy. She wanted to Meena seem bad for such a long time. She was rich one but Meena was always considered like some saint. Every time they started to say anything they just wanted Meena to become leader. They trusted her every time. They always considered her a honest angel while she considered a most greedy. She always hated when they treated her that way. Now she could at last prove Meena something bad. She was so happy. Finally she was going to throw some mud on face of that pure angel. She knew that it was most desirable achievement of her life. Finally they will be in cage of culprit. Meena always did that to her. She always kept saying in her sweet noise that Rina must not get so angry about little matters of money. Now Meena was going to get involved in big matter of money. She was sure that Meena was going to get angry and upset this time. She was going to be so happy to see that angel's true angry face. It would be interesting. She decided that she must find photo of that jewel. Rina " I think I have our marriage album in my parent's house." " Great then let's check it out." Rina called her Mom. Mom told her that she would tell driver to bring album. They were so excited. When Driver brought album, they spend entire time in searching for photo but soon they found out that it didn't have that necklace. Rina " This is strange." " I feel Akhil is telling truth." Now Rina was so upset. " But why did Mom lied to us?" She screamed. Sandip " I don't know. Let's just relax and go to sleep." Rina nodded since she knew that there was not any option. But she was angry. She needed to hide anger so she told Sandip that she needed to go to washroom before sleeping. He nodded. He knew that she had to relax. She went in washroom. Sandip fall on bed but he kept watching ceiling. He didn't able to sleep. It was so wrong. His Mom lied to him. His Mom never did that. He started to cry slowly. He knew that he must not let Rina see it. But somewhere in his heart he knew that she was also crying in washroom. It was worst shock to them. He could have excepted that Akhil lied but his Mom lied to him. He started crying slowly while hiding his face under cushion.
Next day Akhil was so tense. He knew that nothing was going to be easy after all. He needed to convince every one his Mom was lying. He needed to understand it on every point he first had to accept that his Mom was lying. When Akhil reached in hospital with Meena, Sandip and Rina were standing outside. Sandip came near them. Sandip " I don't understand why did Mom lied to us?" Rina" She just kept telling about that necklace. This is too much. I mean. We were arguing with you unnecessarily." Meena " It is totally strange. I spend entire day in searching for necklace." Sandip"We must talk with Mom." Akhil stopped him. Akhil " I don't feel she is in condition to talk. I think we might ignore her." But when they entered in room, Mom once again started asking for that necklace. Soon she started blaming Akhil and Meena for stealing. She started requesting them to give it back to her. Sandip and Rina were confused again. Then suddenly Doctor entered. He smiled and gave her some medicine to sleep. When she was asleep, they started to tell every thing to Doctor. Doctor " I think your Mom is having trouble in remembering things. " " I don't get it." " It is kind of amnesia. A sort of memory loss." Then Doctor explained it in medical terms. Sandip " So you are saying that this necklace was not existed." " Of course. She once had it but not now." Sandip started to look at Akhil with anger again. Akhil " But Doctor I don't have it." " Well I can't tell you what happen to it. You have to search for it by herself." Rina " When she will become fine?" Doctor " Truthfully she is not going to recover at this age. In fact she might remain for few days." Meena " And whole time she will keep asking about necklace which is not there." Rina " But it is somewhere." Akhil " Okay tell me where? We are not hiding it." Then suddenly Trupti came there. She was smiling. Trupti " I found that necklace." Then she showed them an old album. They started watching it. Then slowly while turning pages they found it in their grandmother's throat. Trupti " Our grand mother owned it. Our Mom must had hoped that she would get it one day. But then when I started searching for it, I found it on throat of our other Auntie so grand mother must had gifted it to her. Our Mom did every thing but she didn't get any thing. She was upset but at that time she managed to control her feelings. She always kept acting nicely. But in her soul she couldn't forget that necklace. She never forget it's desire." Meena"So we must show it to her at least once." Rina " And why did they give it us? Are you out of your mind? We can't just demand such big jewelry from them. This is not some movie stunt that we can take jewelry to fulfill her last wish." Every one nodded. Meena " You are right. It can be risky." Then once again Mom started to call them. She kept demanding for necklace again. It was so frustrating. They kept convincing her but nothing was working. Finally they went out. Trupti decided that she must give at least one call to Auntie when she called her Auntie. She told her that necklace was already broken in two pieces. " What? You shared it in your kids." " No I shared it with your Mom." " But we saw it on your throat in that picture." " ohh that wedding picture?!! I just put it for photos during your Dad's wedding. Then your Mom started arguing for it. Finally she started to get so obsessed that your grand mother divided it and made two necklace. She cried so much. She just wanted that necklace. It was so strange attraction to it." " She is still screaming for it while on her death bed." " Now that is so sad. If it was intact I could have given it to you." Trupti " Thanks. Bye." Trupti was so frustrated. Trupti told whole story. Sandip " We all know she is lying since she is wearing it on her wedding day too." Trupti nodded. " I know but what is use of argument. I don't understand why did Mom want it?" Rina " She didn't want that set. She wanted justice. She was trying to give to us all. That is why she told Meena to do it." Meena " But she lost her sense in middle of process." Sandip " Don't worry. We will divide it equally." They all nodded. Suddenly their obsession regarding those jewelry vanished. They were still hearing screams of their Mom. Rina " I like jewelry but I don't want to become like that." Meena nodded too. Akhil smiled. " I am so glad that you believe us." Sandip " Truthfully we don't at beginning but then slowly we sensed it was Mom." Meena " Trusting your Mom was not crime." Meena was becoming angel again. But this time Rina was so scared. She was glad for her support. Rina " Let's go in your home." Akhil nodded. Then they went in Akhil's home. They settled in room. House was not big but they managed. For first time they kept arguments out of their life. Both kids were so happy. Indirectly Mom's obsession taught them that obsession gave them nothing. They just get what destiny decided for them. So instead arguing they decided to calm each other after all their Mom was going to die. They all prayed to God that she would not suffer so much. But still her screams for that necklace kept coming back in their thinking. They all decided somewhere in thought that they never develop that type want for any thing. But they all knew that they had some desires but they didn't want them to rule their soul and life.
The End
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