THE SKY IS NOT BLUE

People used to call that place as Hall of Happiness, which was located in the central circle of the town of Wooha. Wooha was one, among the other pacific islands. Hall of Happiness was international business ground, which runs under the direct controls of gangsters and international business heads. Hall of Happiness was like a peace treaty between them.  It provides five different types of services like BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, DIAMOND and PLATINUM. Their weekly turn-over was around one million USD. Hall of Happiness had 8 floors and 10 rooms each. 80 women were working there. Their job was to provide happiness for money. HALL of HAPPINESS was called as a brothel. Prostitution was not the only thing which happens there. It was also a secret ground of Norcotics.

Dua, she was white as the clouds. Her eyes were blue as the sky. Her eyebrows were just like the curves in the rainbow. She had a lengthy and silky hair, which was as dark as the night sky. Her skin was as soft as the snow. And her voice was just like the music of flute. She was beautiful but not beautiful as others. She was one among the 80 people who works there. She was in the silver. On comparing with silver, bronze and gold were better options. Because, they receives 4 to 5 customers in a month while bronze and gold receives 15 to 20 customers in a month.

On a fine day, Dua was getting dressed. Meanwhile two men rushed into her room through the window. The first who entered the room, grabbed her and placed a gun on her head and threaten the other one to put down his gun or he would kill her. The second one cheated him by putting his gun down and took another gun from his shoe and took a headshot without any delay. The first one went down. The other one gave his over coat to Dua, to cover her up. Dua started crying because she never had gun on his head and she was nearly sentenced to death. He tried clam her and introduced himself as Kabir, while he noticed that she was wounded, so he asked her to show his hand, the wound was not deep. He took his personal first aid kit from his bag pack and he cleaned the wound then he covered it with a bandage from his kit. Dua was in shock. He informed to the police to clear the body.

She never felt something like that. No one ever asked her to get dressed and even no one ever touched her in the way he touched her. She felt really comfortable when her hand was within his hands. He left his coat to her. She felt warm and comfortable, when she was with in the coat.

Shama, Harsha, Harshini, shara and Dua were friends. They used to live in same floor. Shama lives in room no.11, Dua was in 12, Harsha was in 13, Shara was in 14 and Harshini was in 15. She shares everything with them. They were like sisters of same family. Likewise she shared about Kabir with them. They warned her and advised her to never go deep in anything and they remind her, who they are. She felt like crying, so she went to his room.

After few a days, he came to the Hall of Happiness and requested room no.12. Fortunately or unfortunately it was Dua’s room. He paid for a month and went to the room. He didn’t recognize her at his first sight. But she did. On seeing him in his room, she felt that he was not different from others, because she was informed that he paid for a month of service. Hence she started removing her dress as usually. He requested her stop, what she was doing and asked her to leave the room. She was confused, because no one ever said that.

“Why am I wanted to leave my place?” she asked.

“Because I’m here for an official purpose” he replied.

She refused to leave that place and she requested him to make her as his partner. She introduced herself as Dua. He introduced himself as Kabir and said that he was a detective. He recognized her after she showed her wound and he regret for her wound. He took a telescopic kit, a binoculars and he went to window. He made the arrangements. She asked him about his suspect. He said that his suspect was a drug peddler and he lives in that apartment. Dua just kept staring at him.  He asked her to help him, instead of watching him. He showed how to use the telescope with some sky trails. He showed her his favorite polar stars.

“Polar stars are a collection of 4 stars, which is usually seen in the Northern hemisphere of the earth. Current Polar stars are Polaris, a magnitude-2 star, a pre-eminent star in celestial navigation and Polaris Australis.”

Kabir said that those stars always gave him hope when he felt lost and even sometime those stars would guide him.

She remembered his happiest moments and memories, when she was with him. She felt something growing stronger to him. She never felt anything before. She could resist herself falling for him. But she had some feelings for his childhood friend. Unfortunately she lost him.

He spied him over for a week in Dua’s room. They become more than just friends once again. After spending a week he finally got what he came for. He found his secretes and he collected some video evidence against him.

Dua’s always wished to have a telescope for her own. He left his telescope and binoculars to her and he never came back to claim that. Whenever she felt alone and sad, she used wear that coat and saw those polar stars, which made her smile every time. As time goes she felt in love with them like it happened with him.

Even one day she had dream that she was laying on Kabir’s chest and two of them were staring at those polar stars. Another dream was like having children with him.

She already crossed that borders which she never wants to cross, before she realizes it.

One day she went to park to have some fresh air, where some local bastards attracted towards her. She felt very uncomfortable to cross them. She knew them and even she offered her service once to one of them. They surrounded her and they forced her. Even they tried to rape her. She tried to ran, but they took control of her. She had only way left and she started to shout. She saw someone was coming towards. She shouted more loudly. She could saw him clearly and it was Kabir. She pushed them down and she ran towards him. After a little fight he rescued her.

She was brutally forced and her dress was tarred into pieces. He took her to his home because of her possession (no one helps them), so he called his friend. He was doctor. They doctor came home and he gave her a pain killer. He gave some prescription to him. And he said she took 6 hours to wake because of the sedative he gave her and he left. After spending few minutes near her, he covered her with the bed-sheet and he leaved her to buy those medicines. He brought those medicines along with dress for her.

She opened her eyes and she saw Kabir was sleeping in a chair near to bed.  She tried to move, which made him to wake. He requested her took some rest.  He requested her to fresh up while he was preparing breakfast for them. She was worried, because of her dress. When she came out of the bathroom, she saw a parcel in the bed and label for her. she uncovered it, inside she a dress with a letter. In the letter he wrote that

“You can change it later, if you wish to. But please wear it because you had no choice.”    

 She loved that dress. It was a full covered blue lace. She stand in front of the mirror, she looked more beautiful than ever. That dress matched perfect for her.

Then she came for the breakfast. He got stunned after seeing her in that dress. She thought herself it as a date. He pre-mentioned that he was not a very good cook.

“I even don’t know how to cook” she laughed.

He prepared rice stew with bread omelet for the breakfast. It tasted delicious. She thanked him for the help and to the delicious breakfast.

“No thanks and formalities between friends” he said and he asked “How do you ended up in Hall of Happiness?”

“I was 8 when I lost parents in an accident and my grandparents tortured me because they thought that I was the reason for the death my mom and dad.

I was 10, they threw me away and I ended up in street. I was dying in hungry. Even I begged for food sometimes. When I was in street, a van full of ladies came and took me with them. They said they will take care of me. They took me to an orphanage. It was the beautiful place, where I had many lovable memories. I even had a best friend there. We loved each other. His name was Bubblu. But they sold me to a millionaire. He tortured me and even he tried to rape me. Finally I escaped from him and went to my friend’s house.

I was 18 they exchanged me for their debut to a gang-star. He put me in that place. This is how I ended up in Hall of Happiness.” She cried by remembering those ugly and dark memories.

He requested her to stay with him if she wished to. But she refused him and went back to the Hall of Happiness. There everyone asked where she was yesterday. She answered to no one. She went to his room and she couldn’t able to change the dress. She went to her friends and shared everything happened yesterday.

They tried to convince her by telling her the truth. And they even advised her to not fall in love. They request her to remember his possession before remembering him on his mind. She couldn’t accept that and she couldn’t resist her to falling for him. She felt like she was in the middle of hell fire. Finally she convinced herself to avoid him.

She avoided every customer came to her which made the administration angry.  They even warned her. But she refused them. They decided to put her out in the streets. They even announced bounty in her head. She doesn’t know that she was in great danger. She was very happy about what happened with her. She packed her stuff and leaved.

Shama called Kabir and said everything happened in Hall of Happiness. Even about her love for him, her guiltiness and bounty on her. She begged him to save her.

He ran as fast as he can, but it was late. They stabbed her many time with a knife. Yet it was not too late, she was still breathing and he took her to hospital. After a few hour of treatment, the doctors assured him, her life. He was felt like he was in heaven. She took 4 days to open her eyes. When she did, she saw Kabir was there on the chair and holding his hands. She cried as soon as she saw him. She was in an endless happiness. Kabir kissed her in her fore head and ran to call the nurse. Nurse came and she asked him to wait outside for few minutes. The nurse said to her that she was alright and but the wounds may took few days more to get cure. Dua doesn’t listen to her because she was busy with watching Kabir.

“You are a lucky person to have a husband like him. He took a very good care you. He made everyone happy around him by telling jokes and much more. Even in a moment, I loved him.” the Nurse said.

The nurse asked him to collect the reports from the doctor tomorrow. He went inside to her and gave her a present. Before opening the present she asked him why he gave his name as his husband. He answered that because he wanted to. She smiled and she hugged him so tightly. After spending few more days in hospital he took her home.

She was very happy to be at home. He took a great care of her. They used fought sometimes, they get hurt sometimes but they never give up on them, because they love each other. They started their new life. Yet she doesn’t give up on her guiltiness. One day she said,

“Kabir you are good man and I’m not worth for you”

“What happened to you?” he asked and continued “Don’t say you thinking about you past.”

“I’m sorry Kabir” she worried.

“Don’t think about others. You don’t want to accept that the sky is blue. If you think that the sky is pink then it is pink. Never argue with what your heart says.” He convinced her.

He took her to the lawn where he showed her the polar stars. He made her a promise. He made the polar stars and the moon as a witness for his promise. The promise was never leave her again. And he kneeled in front of her and he took a ring from his pocket and asked her to marry him. He requested her to make the statement in the patient form true. She cried because she never thought about this. She hugged him. He wore her that ring and he made her as his half.

She believed that she could live a normal life. That wasn’t so easy for her.

On a beautiful night, they were sleeping in the bed, mean while some men were entered the house and tried to kill her. She was escaped. Kabir handled it very carefully. He discovered that the bounty on her doesn’t ended because she wasn’t dead yet. And they increased the bounty to double and triple. Simultaneously another group breached the house and tried to kill her. She was lucky, she escaped from that but she wasn’t lucky enough they stabbed him. Kabir managed it with a minor wound.

And he took her far away from the island and he made others to believe that Dua was dead. He owes a house in the country side of northern Europe. It was beautiful house and which was located near the edge of lake. He had a few acres of farm to.

On a beautiful morning, Kabir went to the town to meet his friend. Meanwhile Dua found some old files of Kabir in the basement. She opened and read it. Below the files she found a box named as Dua. She opened and inside she found some papers and photographs. In papers she found her bond of freedom signed by the millionaire who brought her and the photographs were from the orphanage. She took those and papers and asked Kabir to explain about that.

He took her to his closet and showed a photograph. It was a photo of two children playing in the ground. She could recognize that photograph. She recognized that Kabir was his Bubblu. She started beating him and even she slapped him then she hugged him.

 

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