Ben suddenly wakes up in the night... then suddenly he hears some strange sounds in his house... Ben gets up from his bed and decides to go to the direction of the house from where the sounds are coming. Could be heard... Bernard slowly opens the door to his room and walks straight down the stairs to the hall below... Ben takes every step very slowly so that the intruder in the house does not notice his arrival. ... At the same time, Ben was also worried about his wife who was sleeping peacefully in the room below him... Ben was very worried about the fact that the intruder might cause any harm to his wife... Ben now descends the stairs and moves towards the hall, from there he goes towards the direction from where the strange sounds are coming, Ben was surprised to think that despite so much security in the house, how did that person enter the house? ... In his panic, Ben was holding the revolver in his hand and as he was getting closer to the kitchen door, his grip on the revolver was increasing, it seemed that as soon as the door opened, Ben would attack. And that intruder will be killed right there... Ben slowly, keeping every step forward, reaches that closed door and slowly opens the closed door so that no one hears the sound of its opening... Ben succeeds in this and taking advantage of the darkness, he moves forward a little and points the revolver towards the coming light, shouting "Dhaass...Dhaass", and fires two shots. Due to panic, the intruder It gets piled up there and the fridge gets closed due to which even the light coming in stops coming completely... Seeing the intruder killed, Ben feels victorious and goes over to turn on the kitchen light. 

"Hey… hey… hey… what a disaster has happened to me, hey what have I done, Mm… Mm… I have strangled my love. Choked... Hey... Hey... What have I done... Martha... Martha... It was you who suddenly stood up from the bed and I, the unfortunate one, shot you with fear and put you to sleep forever... Hi... Hi... What will I do now?" Bernard turned on the kitchen light. When he looked at the intruder, it was none other than his wife Martha, who had suddenly regained consciousness and was walking around the house herself and, feeling hungry, Because she was looking for something to eat from the kitchen fridge, when Ben himself gave her two pills. After beating her, she put her to death forever… Seeing Martha lying dead on the ground, Ben becomes very sad with regret, he could not understand what he should do. 

After some time, all the servants and members of the house hear the sound of gunshots and reach there running towards it. 

"Aa ssss ss aa… what is this, hey what happened Ben… y… y…You killed Martha, what will happen now", Ben's cousin Alexander said looking at the dead body of Martha and sat there with his hands on his head because he was very nervous, such a scene in the house. It was like a first experience for everyone because no such incident had happened in the family before. happened. 

"I don't know how this happened to me... I was just thinking that Martha was resting in her room and some intruder had entered the house with the intention of stealing... before he could harm anyone. I am the one who puts him to death... Just out of panic, the trigger of my revolver got pressed and two bullets were fired indiscriminately and it became a disaster… what will happen now… boo hoo hoo hoo hoo", Bernard clarified to all the people present there. Made him cry... He himself was surprised by this accident as to how it happened so suddenly... How Martha suddenly got up from her bed and reached here and how she fired two bullets without even thinking... 

"What's going to happen... We have to inform the police and tell them that it was an accident... which happened suddenly... Remember, we all have to give the same statement so that Ben has no problem. Please reach otherwise it will affect our business...so whatever it may be... We have to be very careful", the second eldest member of the house present there i.e. Ben's eldest cousin said while explaining to everyone... because everyone present there was nervous due to which there could be trouble for the whole house. , after all Bernard's family was one of the respected families of the country. 

"You are absolutely right... At this time there is a greater need to handle Ben... because he is the real face of our business and this news can spread sensation everywhere... We will have to do something thoughtfully. Otherwise we all will not be able to show our face... I say that the dead body should be buried at a good place in one's own house and a good mausoleum should be built there... I say that the police should not even have a clue about this accident. Martha stood on her feet. No one knows what had happened and we can say that she died due to illness... So that this news does not spread to the media and the image of our family does not get tarnished... Everyone will be paid handsomely for suppressing this secret, so everyone keep your mouth shut", the senior most member of the house present there said looking at all the people present in the house and asked them to keep quiet so that the matter can be discussed at home. Everyone liked this opinion of uncle. 

Almost a week had passed since Martha passed away, her grave was built in the garden of the house itself... After that night's incident, everyone had maintained silence because if anyone had spoken out, Bernard could have been in trouble, it could also have been possible that he would have been jailed for Martha's murder. . Ben had also started remaining silent now, looking at him it seemed as if he had been deeply shocked... Since this evening his mood was very sad, he had come back early from work and was sitting on the balcony of his house. I was sitting drinking whiskey when suddenly he saw a shadow under the almond tree in the middle of the garden. , Ben was drunk so it was impossible to see that anonymous shadow clearly... 

"Who... who is there, tell me who is there?", Ben asked while looking at him drunkenly and shouting, but got no answer... Ben was looking at him for a long time, He was standing at one place without moving... Ben keeps looking at her for a long time but there is no reaction from her. 

Now Ben can't control himself, he shouts again, "Who are you brother... what are you doing here... hey, he is not even saying anything, how did he enter my house... clothes?" It looks like the captain of a ship, but how did he enter the house? Oh brother, tell me your name", Bernard said to himself as he asked the unknown person and once again asked the unknown person about his identity. 

"Hey... hey... hey... who are you talking to, Mister Bernard, there's no one there... come inside with me... I'll help you", said Martha's nurse Samantha, who had been kept at home to serve after the accident and no one in the family wanted to take the risk after the accident that night. 

"Hey, can't you see... he is standing there under the almond tree in the white attire of a captain, just ask him who he really is and what he is doing here... go and ask him. Come on, Samantha," Ben ordered, looking at Samantha in his drunken state. 

"There is no one there… You must be deceived by the eyes… You have drunk too much… Due to intoxication you are unable to see… You come inside with me and go to your room. Get some rest," Samantha said looking at Ben and supporting him and asking him to walk inside. 

"Okay then, let's go inside and rest... Let's go, take me to my room Samantha... I want to get lost in those moments for some time by looking at my wife's pictures... Now let's go. ", Ben said drunkenly, following Samantha into the house... Samantha also had an inclination for Ben, after the accident that happened with Ben, Samantha started staying very close to Ben... She was also responsible for the care of Ben's uncle Clifford... Soon Samantha takes Ben to her room and makes him lie down on his bed and from there goes straight to her room. 

"Chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr", the loud creak of the door piercing the silence of the night indicates someone entering the house... An unknown guest had entered the house and was patrolling the hall, absolutely fearless, not caring whether any member of the house might see him or whether he might be caught. His fearless steps move towards the stairs and as soon as he climbs up, he turns towards Ben's bedroom. 

Ben, who was sleeping very deeply, had no idea what was happening outside, he was drunk and sleeping after selling horses... He had no idea what was going to happen and what trouble was heading his way, soon the unknown shadow moved towards Ben's room and stood in front of his room door. With a loud crackle of "Chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr", the door of Ben's room opens automatically and the unknown shadow moves to enter his room, the night is at its peak. And the sounds of dogs crying were continuously heard from outside the house, which made the atmosphere even more scary. Had been... But Ben was completely unaware of all these things and was sleeping like a small child, that unknown shadow reaches near his bed and looks at Ben very well, he was watching Ben very carefully…After some time, he comes a little closer to Ben and caresses Ben's cheeks lovingly, which reminds Ben of someone's touch while he is sleeping, even though Ben is in deep sleep, he falls asleep as soon as he feels the touch. Martha's name calls from... Ben's eyes were still closed and that unknown shadow whose touch was reminding Ben of Martha, was continuously caressing Ben's cheeks with her fingers and Ben was smiling in his sleep remembering Martha, soon Ben's eyes open and he looks at the unknown man whom he realizes is Martha. Was reminding... Ben looks at her and keeps seeing, his wife Martha is sitting in front of him who is smiling while caressing his cheeks slowly. 

TO BE CONTINUED...

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