Chapter 52
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Prakruth hired a car to see places in and around Shimla.... Punya and Jyoti sat with Narmada in second row and Prakruth sat with the driver in the front seat.
First they visited the famous Christ church to get blessings of almighty Jesus.
"The architecture here is so beautiful, how much old is this?" asked Narmada entering the church.
"Aunty it is inscribed on this stone, look here" answered Jyoti.
All of them kneeled in front of Jesus and prayed with eyes closed.
"Peaceful place Prakruth... Thanks" said Narmada. Prakruth responded by a smile "My pleasure".
From there they took another 20 minutes to reach Tara devi temple, which is quite famous temple on a hill.
Jyoti and Punya ran out of the car, "Wow, whole Shimla can be seen from here" exclaimed Punya.
"Yeah... It would be awesome if those mountains were covered with snow..." said Jyoti disappointed.
"Yeah I wanted to see it too" said Punya.
"Punya" called Narmada.
All the four of them headed inside the temple to get blessed by powerful goddess Tara devi...
"This Goddess protects the whole Shimla from disasters and people from diseases" explained the main priest.
Narmada sat with her eyes closed inside the temple to engross the divine power. The teens followed her. Positivity filled their souls. Later they visited the serene Chadwick falls, which was known to be frozen throughout the year except in summer. It was flowing to its fullest attracting the maximum number of tourists.
Punya loved the place very much, she was the first to enter water.... But her face turned pale as soon as she stepped into water.
Prakruth chuckled and asked "What happened?"
"Water is so cold..." she said shivering.
Narmada and Jyoti started laughing. Punya frowned and splashed water at them continuously...
"Hey Punya stop... stop please" pleaded Narmada and Jyoti but she didn't stop.
"Prakruth stop her" ordered Narmada.
Prakruth handed over his belongings to Narmada and got into water. He held her hands. She was reluctant to stop... hence he tightened his grip so that she couldn't move.
"It is hurting... leave" she lied.
He left as he didn't want to hurt her.... She pulled his shirt and pushed into the water.... and started laughing..... When she saw him completely wet.
"Aunty look at her, she must be water angel, she is not scared of depth, flow of water, temperature or anything..." said Jyoti.
"She's not angel, she's a devil" said Prakruth standing firmly in flowing water.
"Be careful then don't approach this devil" she warned.
"I love devils" whispered Prakruth.
She splashed water at him... Jyoti too joined after few minutes. Narmada just sat down at the safer end to watch them play.
After some time of water games, they left to Jakhoo peak.
"Am damn hungry" said Punya.
"Must've drank water tummy full" said Jyoti sarcastically.
Prakruth chuckled saying "this water angel needs food now" and Punya made teasing faces at him.
He instructed the driver to take them to a good restaurant on the way for lunch.
They reached Jakhoo peak at 3pm. This was one among highest point in Shimla famous for trekking, ropeway and sunset were best seen from this place.
Prakruth suggested ropeway and everyone agreed. Six seats were available in the cable car. Three ladies sat together and Prakruth had to sit opposite to them. There were two more men next to him.
Punya and Prakruth were texting each other,
Prakruth: "How is this place Punya?"
Punya: "It is picturesque"
Prakruth: "Look towards your left, there are some mountains with ice cap"
Punya: "I wish all the mountains had that"
Prakruth: "LOL, you can come in winter, next time"
Punya: "Will you bring me here when these mountains are covered in Ice?"
Prakruth: "Yeah for our honeymoon" he sent a winking smilie.
Punya chuckled and texted: "You've become too naughty" and sent a smilie closing its face.
Prakruth replied: "No shyness between us sweetie"
She chuckled again.
"Hey look there, that girl is so beautiful" whispered softly, a man next to Prakruth but Prakruth heard.
He looked at them through the edge of his eyes, they were around 30s, wearing jackets and goggles, they had beards. Eyes red, some little scars on the face, they were chewing something in their mouth. They were looking cruel and ruthless.... Prakruth had a special power to read minds... He could sense negative intentions behind their looks. They were staring at Punya and Jyoti...while girls were busy looking at the nature around them. Prakruth felt annoyed.
"Hey that girl with wavy hair is mine and other is for you" whispered another man. Prakruth heard it clearly. He controlled his anger....he didn't want to pick up a fight just for comments.
The rope way trip was awesome experience with the cable car traveling amidst seven mountain ranges of Shimla. Though ladies could enjoy the nature, Prakruth remained quiet throughout. He hurried after the trip to avoid any trouble, but one man intentionally bumped on Jyoti.
They started laughing, teasing and commenting on girls. Prakruth held Punya's hand and nodded sideways, so that she won't whack their faces. They started laughing aloud.
Narmada who came behind them was unaware of this, she asked "Prakruth aren't we staying for Sunset, it will be marvelous to see between these mountains... Why are you in hurry?"
"Amma, situation is not that good. We've to rush" said Punya.
"Aunty we've practice session, we've to be back by 5.30 at least" he said in a calm tone.
He led Jyoti, Punya and Narmada towards the parking lot.
Those thugs were already there as if waiting for them, smoking a cigar.
"Taxi ma'am, taxi" they said.
Punya said "No Thanks" and walked away from them. One of them rushed and stood in front of her.
"Sweety, come with me... I'll show you how beautiful Shimla is?" he said.
"It is not as beautiful as you... But you as a tourist must see it once" said the other.
"Gentlemen, we are not interested please let us go" said Jyoti politely.
Narmada was scared as those thugs had wild looks.
"This is our area, you can't go without obeying us" said the man with cigar and exhaled smoke on Punya's face. Punya couldn't hold back anymore, "How dare you?" she said immediately kicking him in the center of his thighs. When he bent, she lifted her knee injuring his jaw bone. He fell on the ground rolling in pain. Jyoti took shelter behind Narmada.
The other tried to attack Punya from behind, Prakruth punched his head from the side. They had a fierce fight for a couple of minutes. The man who had fallen on ground stood up and took out a dagger.
"Punya" screamed Prakruth. She saw this man approaching her with dagger and took careful steps behind towards Prakruth.
"You silly little girl, you kick me??" he screamed.
Prakruth hit hard on the neck of the man he was fighting, making him unconscious. He went in front of Punya to protect her.
"Prakruth careful, that is a sharp weapon" said Narmada.
"You hit my friend??" yelled that man and ran towards the duo.
Prakruth said to Punya, "Pepper spray", she nodded a yes.
As that man approached, he held his hand with the dagger and tried to get it from him. Punya sprayed the pepper spray on his face.
That man started screaming as his eyes started burning but he didn't leave his grip on the dagger. A while later, he started waving in air to hurt Punya... Prakruth came to her rescue and when he was trying to get her away, the dagger cut his left arm accidentally. "Prakruth" she screamed.
He whacked the man's face from his right elbow throwing him five feet away. Luckily security people arrived to save them from further damage.
Punya tied a hand kerchief around his arm, but the bleeding was so fierce that the white cloth turned red in seconds.
"Amma, Kerchief?? Please" she pleaded.
Narmada handed over a small towel from her bag.... Punya held it tight on the wound.
"I'll hold Punya, it is just a cut... Leave" he said.
They took their taxi back to the hospital in the city. Punya sat next to him sobbing continuously. "Punya, Amma might doubt. Stop crying" he whispered. She was reluctant to listen.
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Prakruth hired a car to see places in and around Shimla.... Punya and Jyoti sat with Narmada in second row and Prakruth sat with the driver in the front seat.
First they visited the famous Christ church to get blessings of almighty Jesus.
"The architecture here is so beautiful, how much old is this?" asked Narmada entering the church.
"Aunty it is inscribed on this stone, look here" answered Jyoti.
All of them kneeled in front of Jesus and prayed with eyes closed.
"Peaceful place Prakruth... Thanks" said Narmada. Prakruth responded by a smile "My pleasure".
From there they took another 20 minutes to reach Tara devi temple, which is quite famous temple on a hill.
Jyoti and Punya ran out of the car, "Wow, whole Shimla can be seen from here" exclaimed Punya.
"Yeah... It would be awesome if those mountains were covered with snow..." said Jyoti disappointed.
"Yeah I wanted to see it too" said Punya.
"Punya" called Narmada.
All the four of them headed inside the temple to get blessed by powerful goddess Tara devi...
"This Goddess protects the whole Shimla from disasters and people from diseases" explained the main priest.
Narmada sat with her eyes closed inside the temple to engross the divine power. The teens followed her. Positivity filled their souls. Later they visited the serene Chadwick falls, which was known to be frozen throughout the year except in summer. It was flowing to its fullest attracting the maximum number of tourists.
Punya loved the place very much, she was the first to enter water.... But her face turned pale as soon as she stepped into water.
Prakruth chuckled and asked "What happened?"
"Water is so cold..." she said shivering.
Narmada and Jyoti started laughing. Punya frowned and splashed water at them continuously...
"Hey Punya stop... stop please" pleaded Narmada and Jyoti but she didn't stop.
"Prakruth stop her" ordered Narmada.
Prakruth handed over his belongings to Narmada and got into water. He held her hands. She was reluctant to stop... hence he tightened his grip so that she couldn't move.
"It is hurting... leave" she lied.
He left as he didn't want to hurt her.... She pulled his shirt and pushed into the water.... and started laughing..... When she saw him completely wet.
"Aunty look at her, she must be water angel, she is not scared of depth, flow of water, temperature or anything..." said Jyoti.
"She's not angel, she's a devil" said Prakruth standing firmly in flowing water.
"Be careful then don't approach this devil" she warned.
"I love devils" whispered Prakruth.
She splashed water at him... Jyoti too joined after few minutes. Narmada just sat down at the safer end to watch them play.
After some time of water games, they left to Jakhoo peak.
"Am damn hungry" said Punya.
"Must've drank water tummy full" said Jyoti sarcastically.
Prakruth chuckled saying "this water angel needs food now" and Punya made teasing faces at him.
He instructed the driver to take them to a good restaurant on the way for lunch.
They reached Jakhoo peak at 3pm. This was one among highest point in Shimla famous for trekking, ropeway and sunset were best seen from this place.
Prakruth suggested ropeway and everyone agreed. Six seats were available in the cable car. Three ladies sat together and Prakruth had to sit opposite to them. There were two more men next to him.
Punya and Prakruth were texting each other,
Prakruth: "How is this place Punya?"
Punya: "It is picturesque"
Prakruth: "Look towards your left, there are some mountains with ice cap"
Punya: "I wish all the mountains had that"
Prakruth: "LOL, you can come in winter, next time"
Punya: "Will you bring me here when these mountains are covered in Ice?"
Prakruth: "Yeah for our honeymoon" he sent a winking smilie.
Punya chuckled and texted: "You've become too naughty" and sent a smilie closing its face.
Prakruth replied: "No shyness between us sweetie"
She chuckled again.
"Hey look there, that girl is so beautiful" whispered softly, a man next to Prakruth but Prakruth heard.
He looked at them through the edge of his eyes, they were around 30s, wearing jackets and goggles, they had beards. Eyes red, some little scars on the face, they were chewing something in their mouth. They were looking cruel and ruthless.... Prakruth had a special power to read minds... He could sense negative intentions behind their looks. They were staring at Punya and Jyoti...while girls were busy looking at the nature around them. Prakruth felt annoyed.
"Hey that girl with wavy hair is mine and other is for you" whispered another man. Prakruth heard it clearly. He controlled his anger....he didn't want to pick up a fight just for comments.
The rope way trip was awesome experience with the cable car traveling amidst seven mountain ranges of Shimla. Though ladies could enjoy the nature, Prakruth remained quiet throughout. He hurried after the trip to avoid any trouble, but one man intentionally bumped on Jyoti.
They started laughing, teasing and commenting on girls. Prakruth held Punya's hand and nodded sideways, so that she won't whack their faces. They started laughing aloud.
Narmada who came behind them was unaware of this, she asked "Prakruth aren't we staying for Sunset, it will be marvelous to see between these mountains... Why are you in hurry?"
"Amma, situation is not that good. We've to rush" said Punya.
"Aunty we've practice session, we've to be back by 5.30 at least" he said in a calm tone.
He led Jyoti, Punya and Narmada towards the parking lot.
Those thugs were already there as if waiting for them, smoking a cigar.
"Taxi ma'am, taxi" they said.
Punya said "No Thanks" and walked away from them. One of them rushed and stood in front of her.
"Sweety, come with me... I'll show you how beautiful Shimla is?" he said.
"It is not as beautiful as you... But you as a tourist must see it once" said the other.
"Gentlemen, we are not interested please let us go" said Jyoti politely.
Narmada was scared as those thugs had wild looks.
"This is our area, you can't go without obeying us" said the man with cigar and exhaled smoke on Punya's face. Punya couldn't hold back anymore, "How dare you?" she said immediately kicking him in the center of his thighs. When he bent, she lifted her knee injuring his jaw bone. He fell on the ground rolling in pain. Jyoti took shelter behind Narmada.
The other tried to attack Punya from behind, Prakruth punched his head from the side. They had a fierce fight for a couple of minutes. The man who had fallen on ground stood up and took out a dagger.
"Punya" screamed Prakruth. She saw this man approaching her with dagger and took careful steps behind towards Prakruth.
"You silly little girl, you kick me??" he screamed.
Prakruth hit hard on the neck of the man he was fighting, making him unconscious. He went in front of Punya to protect her.
"Prakruth careful, that is a sharp weapon" said Narmada.
"You hit my friend??" yelled that man and ran towards the duo.
Prakruth said to Punya, "Pepper spray", she nodded a yes.
As that man approached, he held his hand with the dagger and tried to get it from him. Punya sprayed the pepper spray on his face.
That man started screaming as his eyes started burning but he didn't leave his grip on the dagger. A while later, he started waving in air to hurt Punya... Prakruth came to her rescue and when he was trying to get her away, the dagger cut his left arm accidentally. "Prakruth" she screamed.
He whacked the man's face from his right elbow throwing him five feet away. Luckily security people arrived to save them from further damage.
Punya tied a hand kerchief around his arm, but the bleeding was so fierce that the white cloth turned red in seconds.
"Amma, Kerchief?? Please" she pleaded.
Narmada handed over a small towel from her bag.... Punya held it tight on the wound.
"I'll hold Punya, it is just a cut... Leave" he said.
They took their taxi back to the hospital in the city. Punya sat next to him sobbing continuously. "Punya, Amma might doubt. Stop crying" he whispered. She was reluctant to listen.
Prakruth hired a car to see places in and around Shimla.... Punya and Jyoti sat with Narmada in second row and Prakruth sat with the driver in the front seat. First they visited the famous Christ church to get blessings of almighty Jesus. "The architecture here is so beautiful, how much old is this?" asked Narmada entering the church. "Aunty it is inscribed on this stone, look here" answered Jyoti. All of them kneeled in front of Jesus and prayed with eyes closed. "Peaceful place Prakruth... Thanks" said Narmada. Prakruth responded by a smile "My pleasure". From there they took another 20 minutes to reach Tara devi temple, which is quite famous temple on a hill. Jyoti and Punya ran out of the car, "Wow, whole Shimla can be seen from here" exclaimed Punya. "Yeah... It would be awesome if those mountains were covered with snow..." said Jyoti disappointed. "Yeah I wanted to see it too" said Punya. "Punya" called Narmada. All the four of them headed inside the temple to get blessed by powerful goddess Tara devi... "This Goddess protects the whole Shimla from disasters and people from diseases" explained the main priest. Narmada sat with her eyes closed inside the temple to engross the divine power. The teens followed her. Positivity filled their souls. Later they visited the serene Chadwick falls, which was known to be frozen throughout the year except in summer. It was flowing to its fullest attracting the maximum number of tourists. Punya loved the place very much, she was the first to enter water.... But her face turned pale as soon as she stepped into water. Prakruth chuckled and asked "What happened?" "Water is so cold..." she said shivering. Narmada and Jyoti started laughing. Punya frowned and splashed water at them continuously... "Hey Punya stop... stop please" pleaded Narmada and Jyoti but she didn't stop. "Prakruth stop her" ordered Narmada. Prakruth handed over his belongings to Narmada and got into water. He held her hands. She was reluctant to stop... hence he tightened his grip so that she couldn't move. "It is hurting... leave" she lied. He left as he didn't want to hurt her.... She pulled his shirt and pushed into the water.... and started laughing..... When she saw him completely wet. "Aunty look at her, she must be water angel, she is not scared of depth, flow of water, temperature or anything..." said Jyoti. "She's not angel, she's a devil" said Prakruth standing firmly in flowing water. "Be careful then don't approach this devil" she warned. "I love devils" whispered Prakruth. She splashed water at him... Jyoti too joined after few minutes. Narmada just sat down at the safer end to watch them play. After some time of water games, they left to Jakhoo peak. "Am damn hungry" said Punya. "Must've drank water tummy full" said Jyoti sarcastically. Prakruth chuckled saying "this water angel needs food now" and Punya made teasing faces at him. He instructed the driver to take them to a good restaurant on the way for lunch. They reached Jakhoo peak at 3pm. This was one among highest point in Shimla famous for trekking, ropeway and sunset were best seen from this place. Prakruth suggested ropeway and everyone agreed. Six seats were available in the cable car. Three ladies sat together and Prakruth had to sit opposite to them. There were two more men next to him. Punya and Prakruth were texting each other, Prakruth: "How is this place Punya?" Punya: "It is picturesque" Prakruth: "Look towards your left, there are some mountains with ice cap" Punya: "I wish all the mountains had that" Prakruth: "LOL, you can come in winter, next time" Punya: "Will you bring me here when these mountains are covered in Ice?" Prakruth: "Yeah for our honeymoon" he sent a winking smilie. Punya chuckled and texted: "You've become too naughty" and sent a smilie closing its face. Prakruth replied: "No shyness between us sweetie" She chuckled again. "Hey look there, that girl is so beautiful" whispered softly, a man next to Prakruth but Prakruth heard. He looked at them through the edge of his eyes, they were around 30s, wearing jackets and goggles, they had beards. Eyes red, some little scars on the face, they were chewing something in their mouth. They were looking cruel and ruthless.... Prakruth had a special power to read minds... He could sense negative intentions behind their looks. They were staring at Punya and Jyoti...while girls were busy looking at the nature around them. Prakruth felt annoyed. "Hey that girl with wavy hair is mine and other is for you" whispered another man. Prakruth heard it clearly. He controlled his anger....he didn't want to pick up a fight just for comments. The rope way trip was awesome experience with the cable car traveling amidst seven mountain ranges of Shimla. Though ladies could enjoy the nature, Prakruth remained quiet throughout. He hurried after the trip to avoid any trouble, but one man intentionally bumped on Jyoti. They started laughing, teasing and commenting on girls. Prakruth held Punya's hand and nodded sideways, so that she won't whack their faces. They started laughing aloud. Narmada who came behind them was unaware of this, she asked "Prakruth aren't we staying for Sunset, it will be marvelous to see between these mountains... Why are you in hurry?" "Amma, situation is not that good. We've to rush" said Punya. "Aunty we've practice session, we've to be back by 5.30 at least" he said in a calm tone. He led Jyoti, Punya and Narmada towards the parking lot. Those thugs were already there as if waiting for them, smoking a cigar. "Taxi ma'am, taxi" they said. Punya said "No Thanks" and walked away from them. One of them rushed and stood in front of her. "Sweety, come with me... I'll show you how beautiful Shimla is?" he said. "It is not as beautiful as you... But you as a tourist must see it once" said the other. "Gentlemen, we are not interested please let us go" said Jyoti politely. Narmada was scared as those thugs had wild looks. "This is our area, you can't go without obeying us" said the man with cigar and exhaled smoke on Punya's face. Punya couldn't hold back anymore, "How dare you?" she said immediately kicking him in the center of his thighs. When he bent, she lifted her knee injuring his jaw bone. He fell on the ground rolling in pain. Jyoti took shelter behind Narmada. The other tried to attack Punya from behind, Prakruth punched his head from the side. They had a fierce fight for a couple of minutes. The man who had fallen on ground stood up and took out a dagger. "Punya" screamed Prakruth. She saw this man approaching her with dagger and took careful steps behind towards Prakruth. "You silly little girl, you kick me??" he screamed. Prakruth hit hard on the neck of the man he was fighting, making him unconscious. He went in front of Punya to protect her. "Prakruth careful, that is a sharp weapon" said Narmada. "You hit my friend??" yelled that man and ran towards the duo. Prakruth said to Punya, "Pepper spray", she nodded a yes. As that man approached, he held his hand with the dagger and tried to get it from him. Punya sprayed the pepper spray on his face. That man started screaming as his eyes started burning but he didn't leave his grip on the dagger. A while later, he started waving in air to hurt Punya... Prakruth came to her rescue and when he was trying to get her away, the dagger cut his left arm accidentally. "Prakruth" she screamed. He whacked the man's face from his right elbow throwing him five feet away. Luckily security people arrived to save them from further damage. Punya tied a hand kerchief around his arm, but the bleeding was so fierce that the white cloth turned red in seconds. "Amma, Kerchief?? Please" she pleaded. Narmada handed over a small towel from her bag.... Punya held it tight on the wound. "I'll hold Punya, it is just a cut... Leave" he said. They took their taxi back to the hospital in the city. Punya sat next to him sobbing continuously. "Punya, Amma might doubt. Stop crying" he whispered. She was reluctant to listen.
