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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4 : The village meeting (They said it too.)

As he was finishing his sentence he began trembling even more, his legs gave away, he collapsed and he fell on to the ground. He was helped back up by the people sitting beside him; after he was done giving his statement, he was taken back to his house to calm him down.

As they were taking him away, everyone was viewing the spectacle including Anagha who was silent ever since the meeting began. Then, suddenly a lady stood up from her place and said, "He has been like this whenever he talks about that girl since the past one week from when he witnessed the incident." with a pouty face. After listening to her, the crowd began murmuring, again.

Haqikah stood up again and calmed the crowd down. After the crowd had calmed down, the lady who had just spoken about the boy said "My son, Juail disappeared near that crazy girl's house and never came back!" as tears rolled down her eyes. Without a moment's gap another lady stood up and said "What about my son Hema?" then another lady said "My son Gugu too!" with a distressed expression on her face. The trio of women were weeping bitterly as soon as they were done speaking and showed no sign of calming down any soon. So they were taken to the side as well.

After listening to these people and looking at how they reacted while giving their statements, Haqikah declared her result saying, "After listening to these people's statements, I have come to the decision that Albel should be isolated in her house for a fortnight and shall reflect on her recent actions." To this, the crowd made an expression which showed a little dissatisfaction and reluctance but they still agreed to it as they owed Anagha for her favours.