MY HUSBAND AND MY LOVER
How to Murder your Husband
THE MISCALCULATION
Short Fiction - A Suspense Thriller
By
VIKRAM KARVE
From my Creative Writing Archives:
A Fiction Story -?I wrote this suspense thriller, a murder story, long back - almost 15 years ago in the mid 1990s - one of my earliest attempts at crime stories.?
There is a saying:??If you decide to murder your husband you must never act in concert with your lover?.
That?s why I did not tell Raj. Or involve him in any way. Not even the smallest hint. I made my plans alone and with perfect care. An ?accident? so coolly and meticulously designed. Precisely at 12:50 in the afternoon, the ghastly accident would occur. And then my phone would ring ? to convey the ?bad? news. And suddenly I would be a widow. Then all I had to do was to keep cool, maintain a solemn fa?ade, and patiently wait for Raj to return after completing his project inI wish I didn?t have to kill Manish, but there was no way out ? Manish would never give me a divorce, and if he came to know about me and Raj, he would destroy both of us, ruin our lives.
Yes, if he found out about Raj and me, Manish would surely destroy our lives, even finish us off. My husband Manish was a rich and powerful man, and very vindictive and unforgiving too. Also, I prefer to be a pitied widow rather than a stigmatized divorcee. I had programmed a Robot to do the job. The huge giant welding robot in Manish?s factory. At exactly 12:45, when the lunch-break started, Manish would enter his pen drive into the robot control computer to carry out a maintenance troubleshooting check. And then he would start inspecting various parts of the robot ? the manipulator, end effectors and grippers ? to cross-check their programmed movements. It was a routine exercise, and I knew Manish had become quite complacent as the robot had never developed any faults so far. But today it would be different. Because I had surreptitiously reprogrammed the software last night. This is what was going to happen.At precisely 12:50 all safety interlocks would be bypassed, and suddenly the robot would activate and the welding electrode would arc 600 Amperes of electric current into Manish?s brain.?
It would be a ghastly sight ? his brain welded out and his body handing like a pendulum, lifeless.?
Death would be instantaneous. Manish had been a fool to tell me everything and dig his own grave. A real dope ? he deserved it! It was a foolproof plan and no one would suspect since the program would erase itself immediately. I had ensured that. It would be an accident, an unfortunate accident. Condolences, compensation, insurance ? soon I would be a rich widow, with one and all showering me with sympathy and compassion. And then I would wait for Raj to come back from?The first time I suspected that Raj loved me was when he didn?t attend my wedding.?
Then he disappeared abroad for higher studies and I almost forgot him.?
And one fine day, after almost fifteen years, Raj suddenly reappeared to take up a job in my husband?s factory. And when I learnt that Raj had still not married I realized how deeply in love with me he was. At that point of time I was so disillusioned with my marriage that my daily life was rather like sitting in a cinema and watching a film in which I was not interested. Raj and I began spending more and more time together, and somewhere down the line emotions got entangled and physical intimacy followed. Was that the reason he had sent Raj to?Manish did survive.?
For his sake. And for mine. For till this day he is still in coma. And I know I will have to live with a ?vegetable? husband all my life. It was a small miscalculation. 600 Amperes wasn?t enough. But then the Robot is a machine. My real miscalculation was about Raj.VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright ? Vikram Karve 2012 Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.? vikram karve., all rights reserved.
About Vikram KarveA creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
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