Friday, January 1, 2010

Characters you meet in Life(2)

Trial-2

"Niki, i need your help in this matter.It is getting out of control!", Dhisha said anxiously." But it is not right.We dont have any proof. How can you put the blame on her. I am not able to believe this myself", retorted Nikita.

 Sometime earlier Dhisha had come to Nikita's room asking her for a favour.They were in the college girl's hostel. For the past 10 days many of Dhisha's posessions were going missing from her shelve. Her favourite pair of earings, body loofah set, gifts she received from her friends etc. It was a while before she realized that it indeed was missing and not displaced in her room by carelessness.One day she suddenly found one her body loofah's hanging from her roomates bucket after she had returned from her shower.And her previous suspicion on her increased.She wanted to confront her roomate regarding this issue and came to seek Nikita's help for the same.Nikita and Dhisha's roomate were classmates in college and good friends as well.

" Niki, i am sure i am not imagining it. For long i thought it was my carelessness and that i would find it somewhere in my suitcase. But it should be more than coincidence that the loofah which was hanging out of her bucket looked exactly likt the one i lost. She immediately claimed that she had also bought the same type only sometime back", Dhisha said. "Besides, she broke her leg 10 days back and has been sitting in the room while the rest of us had gone for classes. I do not have doubt on anyone else.Only Chitra" she argued.

"But how can you go and ask a person if she has stolen your things. What if she hasnt? And you want to drag me into this matter. I am not involved in any way. She is my classmate and a friend.She would not be able to take it if i also confront her along with you!", said Nikita. " Please Niki. You are her good friend. I need some support for doing this.And i think you are the best person for this situation. I need you. Please once come with me. You dont have to talk. I will. But i need your support.Please!" pleaded Dhisha.

Nikita finally gave in and accompanied Dhisha to Chitra." Chitra, can you come out for sometime. We need to talk to you", Dhisha called out. The puzzled Chita came out and sat with the other two."Wassup?", Chitra smiled. " Chitra, i need to ask you something quite frankly. I think i cannot wait any longer as it is going out of hands", started Dhisha. Chitra looked puzzled.

" Some of my things have been going missing from my shelf and i have a feeling that you have been taking them", Dhisha said bluntly. Nikita sat there like a horror show had began, feeling extremely uncomfortable already. " What!! Dhisha this is a completely baseless allegation. I cannot believe you just did what you did", said Chitra firmly. " I did not suspect you initially.But your activities were extremely doubtful and i still think you have taken my things. I dont care for the food items. Not even for the body loofah or soaps and stuff. But please give me back those gifts you took from me. They are very precious to me. Especially those earings which you said looked lovely and which dissappeared from my shelf soon after", said Dhisha.

"Dhisha, this is the limit. What in the world made you think i would do such a thing?!! For heaven's sake i did not take anything from you!!", snarled Chitra. She was getting angry. " Listen, i may be spending money on really fancy stuff, but my dad is really not rich. I am from a normal family and i am taking a loan for paying my fees. So please return my things back to me.Please", continued Dhisha. " And my family is well-to-do. My dad sends me enough money and i dont need to do some petty stuff. Please know that.", said Chitra. She looked as though she could not believe what was going on. Nikita was even more convinced of Chitra's innocence. They have been together in class as well and she could not in the world believe that Chitra could be even capable of stealing. She was also getting a angry at Dhisha for dragging her into this and thought about the humiliation Chitra was facing.

" I beg you Chitra", cried Dhisha. "Please return my things and i promise that neither i or Niki will let this matter out. I assure it will stay between us".
Chitra fumed now. "What is wrong with you?!!! I did not take your stuff. And the loofah was mine. I bought it. It is unfortunate that it looked similar to the ones you had.Stop making a scene here", scowled Chitra. Now Nikita had no doubt that Chitra was not involved in the theft.
"Thats it Chitra! This is the last chance. I was very patient with you and also pleaded to you. I asked that we could finish this properly, if you just handed over my things silently and be done with it. But now i have to go the next level. Open your bag and show it to us.Today, i saw something of mine hanging loosely out of it. Do it now!", said Dhisha firmly.

"This is ridiculous. What is wrong with you Dhisha?!!You are really insulting me and crossing the limits. I DID NOT TAKE YOUR STUFF",yelled Chitra. Nikita felt really bad for her.She interrupted, " She says she hasnt taken it Dhisha. Maybe she hasnt". " If she hasnt, then what is her problem in opening it to us?! Chitra, Now!! You do it now or i will report you to the warden. Then there will be an official enquiry. Now!Do it", yelled Dhisha. " Dhisha i cant believe you are doing this", said Chitra. "Come in now. I am opening your bag and you cannot stop it. Niki come with me!", Dhisha marched towards her room. Nikita followed reluctantly, feeling terrible for Chitra. Chitra was angry and she went running behind her as well.Dhisha took out Chitra's blue bag from under her bed and despite protests from Chitra, unzipped it.

Nikita's jaws dropped as she saw the contents.Dhisha was right. There were several packets of maggi, a bottle of honey, The remaining loofah's from Dhisha's set, three pairs of earings, small dolls, greeting cards, bracelets,a watch and so many other things which belonged to Dhisha. Nikita could not believe to what level Chitra had stooped down to. There was absolutely no necessity of any of those things for her. Nikita could not believe her eyes. Looked at Chitra, who looked at Nikita and put her head down. " I am so ashamed of myself that i believed in you Chitra", Nikita said shocked and walked out of the room..

Sometimes there are no logical reasons for people's action. Chitra did suffer from some kind of sickness one could presume. She could not control herself when she saw pretty things. She took it when the owner was not there and did not feel guilty about it.She also denied it when people suspected her or caught her red handed. Nikita had encountered the first Kleptomaniac in her life. " I didnt know people like this existed", she told Dhisha." I still have not recovered from the truth...not yet".

Dhisha did not report Chitra to the warden on Nikita's request. Chitra later came to Nikita and cried to her and tried to give her some stories why she became like this and pleaded her not to tell any of their classmates about this. Nikita did not speak a word about it to anyone but she knew that she had nothing to do with Chitra anymore...