After saying she looked towards them with pain in her eyes. She did not cry, she looked at their faces for a moment and then looked away. Bijay and the others were stunned after hearing her story. They could not believe their ears. How can someone be so cruel to their daughter in law. Thinking that they looked towards her, this time her face did not carry any sad look at all. Seeing that they thought she was just telling them a story or it might be a story of someone she knew. Thinking that they asked her, "Did she die for real ? What happened after that. Did no one hold her in laws accountable for her and her childs death?"
She smiled a little and asked, "Do you think people who are capable of killing others will openly show that they killed someone?"
They asked, "Then? "
"Those people did not felt guilty at all. Next morning when they saw I did not come out to do they just ignored me. They thought I will come out if I feel hunger and if I don't start working they would make things difficult for me. So in the future I won't make things difficult for them for beating me and for the childs death. Though in their openion it was me who was unable to protect my child."
Jay was unable to stop himself from commenting, " How can people be so shameless? They were the one who beat you and killed your child but now they are blaming you for not protecting it. How can people be so outrageously shameless. "
This time Bijay found it a little weird. She was sitting with them, but the direction of her story indicates towards her death. If it was really her story. Then she is a ghost, but he never heard of ghosts coming out under sunlight. Or more precisely ghost does not come out during the day or so people say. But she was sitting with them under the sun whole day, so her chance of being a ghost is not high. Then another question comes from that, what is she? In her description she died years ago, Bijay thought she must be joking with them. So, he stopped taking her words seriously, he thought she just wants to talk with them.
After he thought that he stopped thinking of it, but his gut was telling him that something was wrong. Even though everything looked very ordinary things are not so simple. Then he started to observe everyone around him. Though he was a little discreet about it the lady still noticed this, but she did not say anything, she just smiled silently. Bijay did not notice that. Though everyone thought her story was really sad they still felt something was wrong in the story. Like they were missing something but cannot point this at the moment. This felling grew stronger by the passing time. As they were talking to each other night was approaching and they decided to go back. As they told this to her she suddenly said, "Don't you want to know more about me? Aren't you curious about how I am here if I were dead long ago?"
Hearing that they all stopped and looked towards her with questions in them. They all wanted to know this but just could not bring them to ask this to her. Now that she asked that herself they all wanted to know that. They all looked towards her, she smiled at them and said, "If you want to know that you have to come here at midnight. Only if you come here I will tell you everything truthfully."
After saying that she stood up and walked away. All of them was stupefied seeing that. After coming to their sences they looked at each others faces. Everyone thought what was happening, after a while they looked the way she disappeared and made their mind to come here at midnight. As they looked towards each other they knew they all wanted to come here that night.
At midnight all of them went on the hill. They stood in front of the temple and started looking around. At night everything looked different from daytime. The environment looked very mysterious. As they were looking around they suddenly heard soft footsteps behind them. And saw her coming to them. She had a smile on her face. As she came nearer she felt more mysterious. When she stood in front of them she asked them, "What do you want to know? Ask me and I will answer you truthfully. "
As they were hesitating she said, "Don't be afraid. I know you are curious about many things and you have no other bad intention."
She paused and said, "If you had any bad intention I would not have talked with you at all."
This time they asked,"What are you? Did everything you said is true?"
She smiled, "Everything I said is true. All of this happened with me when I was alived. They killed me and my child." She said softly.
This time seeing how serious she was they asked doubtingly, "If you already died then what are you? If you are a ghost then how can you come out during the day?"
Hearing this she laughed and said, "Though I am already dead I am unable to leave this place."
"Why?"
"Because after killing me and my child they did not come to see us the next day at all. They thought I was sad for my child so I did not want to come out. They left me there the hole day. I stayed there for two days, nobody came to see me. As for the kid they thought after I calm down I will bring it back. They did not inform my family about anything also did not tell my husband about it. After two days they came to see if I ran away at night or I was still inside. When they saw me they started to scold me as a good for nothing. When my mother in law saw I was not responding to them they tried to shook me wake and then they realized I died. All of them became scared. That night they took me and my kids body and buried us near this temple. Next day they told everyone that I eloped with someone. They tried to stop me by locking me in my room but last night I somehow got out. Now they could not find me anywhere. Listening this villagers started to search for me. My family did not believe them but they could do nothing. Later police was involved but nothing was found. I saw my family cry for me they believed me but could not prove anything. My husband came hearing the news, he knew me well and doubted his family but as nothing was found he could do nothing. I was buried here and my soul could not rest as I did not get justice. I tried to talk to people but they could not see me, later people started to see me here and said this place is haunted. Years after years people started avoiding this place. They rarely came her and now this place is totaly abandoned. Nobody comes here for fear of a churail.
But I did nothing to them. I just want to tell them what happened to me. I also don't want to be here. Can you help me? "
She looked towards them hopefully, "Can you tell my family my body is buried here?" she pointed behind the temple.
They nodded without thinking. Seeing this she smiled. This time Jay looked down and saw her feet was backward. Seeing this he was scared silly and froze. They asked her address. Though others still thought that this was a prank they still asked to see if this was real. After telling her information she told them to go back. They came home and everyone had different questions on their mind. Next day they told this to their uncle. He found this unbelievable at first but choose to do as they told. If this were the truth, then those people needed to go to the jail.
So, after listening this he went to the village head's house first. After telling him all this the head was stupefied. He sends some people to call her family and also her in laws. Then they all gather at the temple to dig. Everyone was a little stunned after hearing the news, they could not believe this. After digging there they found two bodies. A child and an adult. Everyone was wide eyed after seeing this as they never thought that someone could do something like this. They killed two life and even spread such malicious rumours and did not even give them proper burial.
They dug up the bodies and gave them proper burial this time. This is what they deserved. That night she came to them to say goodbye. And she was never seen again.
Not all sprites are bad. Some are victims of injustice. All they wants is justice.