spot Manu had left her, and her face glowed with her rage. Shekhar glowered down at me and then over to her. "What the fuck did you say?" he whispered.
Brazenly, Kis began to stride toward him. "I said stop, you bastard. She's crying. She doesn't want this. Now STOP."
Shekhar was across the room so fast I scarcely saw him. Before I had time to complete a thought, his big hands were around Kis' slender throat. "I will KILL YOU!" he raged.
An animal like scream rang out in the room.
It wasn't until much later when recalling the moment in nightmares that I realized the scream was me.
I threw myself on Shekhar's back, flailing, scratching, and yanking more viciously than I'd ever have imagined of myself. Shekhar's hands fell from Kis' throat and she fell like a rag doll to the throat gasping and choking for breath. Shekhar stumbled backwards screaming himself and he bucked me off. I clambered to the floor, falling so hard I felt all my bones should've broken.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Shekhar roared. His first kick landed squarely in my abdomen and sent me reeling backwards several more feet. He reached down and jerked me up by my neck, only to punch me in the face and send me sprawling again. I wept and struggled to maintain consciousness knowing that if his rage was focused on me, then Kis could escape.
But that didn't happen.
Instead, his terrorizing rage came to a sudden end as blood and brain matter exploded from his face and he fell limply on top of me. My mind spun, I didn't comprehend at all what had happened. But then, Shekhar's lifeless body was rolled off me, and silhouetted by the bright light above, I saw Manu standing there with a gun hanging loosely at his side. Kis scurried to my side and wrapped me in her arms.
"I'm sorry," Manu said, staring down at his now deceased employer. He turned haunted eyes to meet mine. "I'm sorry, Gita. That I ever let him hurt you. Now, you are free… I hope you can forgive me.
Epilogue
Despite the fact that I was the widow of an important politician, and powerful business man in Assam, I had no authority to help Manu.
But, he accepted his fate willingly. He never demonstrated regret, and during his trial, he made known what a true monster he'd given over his life to like so many others. He gladly accepted a death sentence if it meant freeing the women of the Kulkarni harem.
However, in that respect, I did have some power to help. Despite the raving of my mother in law, I gave each of the workers and the harem girls $50,000 and sent them packing. I knew many of them would choose to find a way right back into this life, and I prayed for their souls. Others were grateful to me, their savior. More and more stories came to light of violence and darkness behind closed doors of the harem, and those who were abused revered me for setting them free.
Kis and I settled up affairs at the Kulkarni estate and made plans for ourselves. Neither of us had any desire to return to our families, nor after what we'd been through, Kis no longer harbored any illusions about harem life.
Manu was executed on a cool autumn day with storms blustering on the nearby horizon. By the time his day came, nothing remained of the harem and even Padma was long gone. Nobody attended his execution but Kis and I and a spattering of reporters.
We shed our tears for him, and we were glad that he died peacefully with a smile on his face. We took that with us as we boarded a plane right after saying goodbye to the man who'd given his life for us.
Then we left it all behind as the plane carried us away, to our new world, and our new life; together.
The End
Matteo Sorrention pauses in his race around the bar, to take a look around and marvel at all the people pouring in the door. He's hardly stood still since four in the afternoon; busy preparing the place for a hopping Friday night crowd. Even now , at nine, he's still incredibly busy making sure
Brazenly, Kis began to stride toward him. "I said stop, you bastard. She's crying. She doesn't want this. Now STOP."
Shekhar was across the room so fast I scarcely saw him. Before I had time to complete a thought, his big hands were around Kis' slender throat. "I will KILL YOU!" he raged.
An animal like scream rang out in the room.
It wasn't until much later when recalling the moment in nightmares that I realized the scream was me.
I threw myself on Shekhar's back, flailing, scratching, and yanking more viciously than I'd ever have imagined of myself. Shekhar's hands fell from Kis' throat and she fell like a rag doll to the throat gasping and choking for breath. Shekhar stumbled backwards screaming himself and he bucked me off. I clambered to the floor, falling so hard I felt all my bones should've broken.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Shekhar roared. His first kick landed squarely in my abdomen and sent me reeling backwards several more feet. He reached down and jerked me up by my neck, only to punch me in the face and send me sprawling again. I wept and struggled to maintain consciousness knowing that if his rage was focused on me, then Kis could escape.
But that didn't happen.
Instead, his terrorizing rage came to a sudden end as blood and brain matter exploded from his face and he fell limply on top of me. My mind spun, I didn't comprehend at all what had happened. But then, Shekhar's lifeless body was rolled off me, and silhouetted by the bright light above, I saw Manu standing there with a gun hanging loosely at his side. Kis scurried to my side and wrapped me in her arms.
"I'm sorry," Manu said, staring down at his now deceased employer. He turned haunted eyes to meet mine. "I'm sorry, Gita. That I ever let him hurt you. Now, you are free… I hope you can forgive me.
Epilogue
Despite the fact that I was the widow of an important politician, and powerful business man in Assam, I had no authority to help Manu.
But, he accepted his fate willingly. He never demonstrated regret, and during his trial, he made known what a true monster he'd given over his life to like so many others. He gladly accepted a death sentence if it meant freeing the women of the Kulkarni harem.
However, in that respect, I did have some power to help. Despite the raving of my mother in law, I gave each of the workers and the harem girls $50,000 and sent them packing. I knew many of them would choose to find a way right back into this life, and I prayed for their souls. Others were grateful to me, their savior. More and more stories came to light of violence and darkness behind closed doors of the harem, and those who were abused revered me for setting them free.
Kis and I settled up affairs at the Kulkarni estate and made plans for ourselves. Neither of us had any desire to return to our families, nor after what we'd been through, Kis no longer harbored any illusions about harem life.
Manu was executed on a cool autumn day with storms blustering on the nearby horizon. By the time his day came, nothing remained of the harem and even Padma was long gone. Nobody attended his execution but Kis and I and a spattering of reporters.
We shed our tears for him, and we were glad that he died peacefully with a smile on his face. We took that with us as we boarded a plane right after saying goodbye to the man who'd given his life for us.
Then we left it all behind as the plane carried us away, to our new world, and our new life; together.
The End
Matteo Sorrention pauses in his race around the bar, to take a look around and marvel at all the people pouring in the door. He's hardly stood still since four in the afternoon; busy preparing the place for a hopping Friday night crowd. Even now , at nine, he's still incredibly busy making sure
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