“But mother never does agree you read that book. She hates it with whole of her heart and I also do the same.” Okatho was still angry.
“It is a great book written by your great grandfather. You should read that book and know about your role in those days. Pomya is a very great lady and she never says lies. If she said like that you must be Tarima, his mistress then.” There was surprise in the face of Charakka.
“And you know who is that Tarima? She was the half-sister of that most despicable man Michivako. She loved him and was his mistress for whole of his life. You have to feel disgust on yourself if you were that woman who could love his half-brother and was his concubine.” The disgust in Okatho was increased even more.
“Sister, you read that book then?” with surprise in her face Evalla asked her.
“No, I did not.” Okatho nodded her head in negation. “But I heard while our parents were talking about them. I think both of our parents read that book.”
“Yes, Okatho is right. Lamba, one of the villagers in those days, was a customer to Michivako’s mother. In other ways it never could be known but Michivako inherited some of the characteristics of Lamba so everyone in the village understood that Michivako was Lamba’s son. In such a way the three daughters of Lamba were the half-sisters of Michivako. Lamba has three daughters to his wife and later when he lost everything in his life he put his wife along with his three daughters into trade. Michivako not only fucked the three daughters of Lamba but kept his eldest daughter as his mistress.” Charakka said.
“I cannot bear hearing these types of things anymore. I am going away.” Okatho said and ran away from that place.
“Charakka, you have to keep your promise.” Looking seriously into the face of Charakka, Evalla said.
“Its my pleasure, Eva.” Charakka laughed. “I have forgotten most of what I read and I really like remembering all of that.”
***
“It is the most disgusting book on the earth Charakka. Reading that book make our already spoiled Evalla to spoil even more.” When Charakka expressed his intention to read that book to Evalla, Vesavaviri said.
“But I promised Evalla that I help her reading that book to her. If I help her in it, she not only knows the history of her great ancestor Michivako but learn to understand and read the language also.”
“The less my girls know about that Michivako the better. The most despicable, worst and disgusting personality on the earth. Not just that, he wrote about that bloody god Amsara also in it.” Vesavaviri said with the same anger but suddenly came some peaceful expression in her face. “Alright. Help her knowing about the history of her great grandfather. Atleast even after knowing about him in full, there may come some change in her.”
“It is the book in our family from the time of Michivako. I don’t like you to take this out of our home.” When Charakka took that book out from the place Mavamavayi said.
Charakka laughed and said. “Are you thinking that it was the same book written by Michivako? This has been rewritten two or three times in the meantime and the photograph of Michivako also is not the same but redrawn. Anyhow I shall be quite careful with this book and put it in the same place after reading it every time.”
“That river bank is the best place to read this book. We both shall go there to read this one.” Charkka said looking into the face of Evalla and Evalla nodded her head.
While they both were going towards the river they found Okatho also following them and both of them did not care about her. When Evalla and Charakka settled on a sand mound, Okatho also came near to them and sat on the other side of Charakka.
“You said you don’t like reading this book.” Evalla said looking into the face of Okatho.
“I don’t read. I just hear what Charakka do read.” Okatho laughed and said. “Good or bad it has been written by our great great grandfather. I also want to know about him in full.”
“Alright. We do start reading this.” Charakka said and opened the book.
That book has been written on special paper to make it last long but Charakka understood it was written on palm leaves as there was no paper in the days of Michivako. The full attention of both the sisters drawn towards what they were hearing while Charakka was reading out the story of it slowly to them.
***
“What you are going through?” observing Rose who was going through something like reading matter in her tab, Williams asked her.
“Charles wrote a book ‘All About Sex’ and he emailed the draft to me. He asked me to go through the same and tell my opinion on that.” Without turning her head from the tab, Rose said to him.
“Then what should happen to the book written by mom?”
“Oh’ Will.” Still Rose did not prefer to turn her head and look at Williams. “You can read that book all by yourself. I just stay here reading this if you become over emotional or something like that by reading that.”
“It does not work out like that” Williams grabbed the tab from her hands and as Rose did not expect that at all it easily went into his hands. “You should read the book and I have to hear in the way we did before. In that way only I feel satisfied.”
Rose sighed heavily and said. “Alright. Go and take that book from there. I folded the paper in it at the last page upto which we read it before. Open it there and give it to me.”
“Why don’t you do it yourself?” Williams knitted his brows together.
“Then I am not going to read that book. I read Charles book. Give my tab to me.” Rose said and came towards Williams to take the tab from his hands.
“Okay.” Williams got off from the bed along with the tab in his hands, he put the tab on the table, opened the draw of it and took the book out from it.
“Now go through from the place where we stopped last time.” He opened the book at the page where it folded and gave it to Rose.
“Most interesting literature on the earth. I must say your mom has got great oratory skills in her.”she smiled and forced herself to concentrate on the sentences written in that page. She knew that both their moods would turn poignant just before going through one or two pages of it.
‘As I have expected my hardships have not come to an end just by that day and I have to agree sleeping with men occasionally as my mom has become routine and old to those men and they were looking for new taste. I have completed my tenth class with good marks and everywhere it was an open secret that my mom is a prostitute. I just could not bear the looks and treatment of my classmates and some of the boys were ready to pay me and have me. I did not know how I have concentrated and studied but I got very good marks and came school first in my tenth class.’
“It is very much surprising! Even in such trying situations also, your mom could study hard and get first rank in the school.” Rose stopped studying and exclaimed.
“You are right. This means that my mom was not just beautiful but intelligent also. Just go on reading.” Williams suggested.
Rose observed Williams’ face keenly for few seconds if whatever she has read got any emotional disturbance in him. Even it has got such disturbance him, his facial expression betrayed it and it was just calm.
‘I was allowed to go to college as my mom was very much insistent. I was allowed on the condition that I agree to have it with wealthy customers. There was no way to me to escape but my experience with the other customers was not as bad as with my first customer. My mom forcibly limited the customers for me even it was quite irritating to them. Unless there was quite need of money, she did not allow me to sleep with anyone and my grandmother also has become quite helpless. I came into the final year of my degree and once again our family faced dire need of money. Once again my dad has fallen seriously ill and there was not even a penny to look after his health and our financial needs. My grandmother started looking for a wealthy customer and then Stuart entered into my life. ’
“Stuart, that bloody bastard!” Williams angrily said. “So he has entered into her life at that point of time.”
“It seems like that” Rose said “Let me continue what I am reading” she adjusted her throat.
“My family did not know where from he has come. He came from somewhere and settled nearby in a house to our house and was appearing wealthy. By then he must have had full information about my family and myself also. When I came to home in the evening from college, he was talking with my mother and grandmother. I saw him on one or two occasions before and he appeared quite intelligent and handsome to me. I must say I have been attracted towards him the first time I looked at him.”
“My mom has been attracted towards that bastard!” Williams said angrily.
“Your mother did not know anything about him by then Will. Just be patient and hear whatever I am going to read.” Rose impatiently said.
“Alright, go on!” sighing heavily Williams said.
“It did not surprise finding him in my home as it was not unusual that men come to my home for my mother. He was too young to have it with my mother but that too did not surprise me much because very young boys also do have it with my mother sometimes.”
“I have to have a word with you.” It was my grandmother, I turned and looked into her face.
“Tell me what it is?” by then I understood what my grandmother was going to say.
“This boy wants to have it with you. He is ready to pay huge money and you just know how much we are in need of huge money. Your dad is seriously ill once again and without treatment he will die soon.”
I have no love on my dad and I feel happy if he would die. I looked into the face of my mother and she also might be of the same opinion but with a pathetic expression in her face. Then I remembered the first customer of me who paid huge money to have me and how he has dealt with my body.
“Huge money for what? To deal with my body in the way he wants?” by then I understood I could not escape. But the prospect of having it with him did not appal me but I asked so.
“I deal with you as I deal with a flower!” there was a sudden smile on his lips. “I never hurt anything that I do love. I never even bear the thought to hurt you because I love you so much.”
I could not remain without laughing loud. “Love me? My god! I am first time hearing from a man.” Then I suddenly became serious. “Alright. I know I cannot escape now. I have no objection to have it with you and you can have me in the way you want as you are paying huge money however much it may be. But don’t say words like that. They are disgusting to me.”
(……….to be continued)
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