Stan was sweating hard at that time with all the wild imagination running in his mind, even when the air conditioning was so high, to the point that a normal person would starts shivering standing there in that room even for a little while.
There was pindrop silence in the room after Andrew had answered his question with another series of questions. Both of them waited for other to break this icy controlled quietness that was so petrifying and spine chilling. Both were engaged in fighting the numerous why and what that were coming and going in the back of their minds.
Stan didn't want to ask his friend this question but can't also leave it without knowing the correct answer. Everything around him turned standstill as he looked back with the same confusion and flummox into the eyes of Andrew.
"Andrew.... whom did you hurt? did you by any chance done some....something illegal... Shit man Speak Up..?" Stan shouted hysterically. His mind was in mess thinking that Andrew killed someone in his anger or something like that probably had happened.
"Are you out of mind..... why are you talking like Brann.... I didn't do anything like you thinking. What do you take me for a pyshco... " Andrew replied in a irritating tone.
"Then whom you hurt and how..." Stan asked to him totally confused, but suddenly realized something and questioned again, "By any chance you do something to Leora.... did you chase her away roughly or hurt her feelings in some other way..? You know what I mean.." Stan felt a lot better even by thinking that there was nothing evil involved.
Andrew just shakes his head in denial and lean back to the place his head on back of the couch as he stared blankly at the roof and said softly in an inaudible voice, "Why would I do that to her... just shut up for a few minutes my head is throbbing in pain I don't want to talk now...."
Stan was perplexed when he thought of the next name, he straighten up his back as his eyes rounded up with horror.
"Ariena...." Stan said her name in a low voice with so much of love and horror that Andrew body jerked even by listening that name. Andrew was shuddered to his core as a lone tear made its way out of his eyes. Stan was again out of words as he lean forward and held his head in between his hands to understand what had happened.
"What you did to her..." he asked in low voice.
"I don't know what had gotten into me, I...I tried to..I use force on her.... Oh how should I say what I did..." answered Andrew as he thought of that time.
Yes, He had forced her into a kiss but soon, if he was not wrong, she also reciprocate his actions. He had seen the same passion in her eyes at that time which he felt, maybe because of alcohol or spur of moment but it was there in both of their eyes.
No doubt they acted so reckless as both of them were some what drunk. He got back to his senses only because of those ambiguous desire, which he had seen in her eyes. That desire was so pure and beautiful that he didn't want to taint it with his lust to have her there and then. He wanted to preserve it and to cherish her for whole of his life.'
His reverie was broken by Stan harsh and threatening voice. As the latter pointed his finger at him and shouted at a highest pitch of his voice...
"I'm warnig you Andrew if you dare do something funny with her I would be the first one to kill you with my own hand. ALWAYS REMEMBER, you can't play with her as you want. You have promised to let her go when the right time will come..."
Something irked inside Andrew, when he heard the infamy and disgrace in Stan voice. He shot baleful glare at him and said with the same intensity in his own voice,
"Stan... what's do you mean by challenging me how I should be with my wife ..haan...Why can't I have her..she is my wife ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT... whether I let her go or made her stay with me for the whole of her life is to be decided by me and no one.... I repeat no one has any say in it. She is mine."
He paused for a second as he intently look at his friend before giving out a warning to him, "Stan don't you dare to have any immoral and dirty thought about her ....if I found out any of this i swear to our friendship I'll not let you go easy.... Ariena is a off topic for anyone. "
Stan felt guilty for speaking the same in such a wrong manner, he was sorry for behaving so impulsive just a moment ago. He tried to explain Andrew that in a calm tone.
"I don't mean to say like that, what i mean is that we can't hurt the girl when we know you can't be with her. She had already done so much for you and Leora though she's also getting what she wants but her sacrifice will always be more in my eyes. And for your information I respect and admire her for the same.... Okay so just stay away from her, don't bother her unnecessary..."
"And how you know that I can't be with her in the near future..." Andrew asked Stan in a stern voice.
"Andrew..." Stan was surprised to listen his response, "Don't Tell Me you have feeling for Ariena because if it is what about you and Leora, you guys have done so much to be here where you are now... you can't ruin this. You can't make this situation complicated anymore..... please I beg you think properly before you do anything. She is not what you want..."
Andrew was angry to know that everyone was challenging his emotions regarding Ariena, even she doesn't have any ideas about it.
"What I want in my life it doesn't concern you or anyone else in this world..." shouted Andrew in a stern tone.
"I can't let you hurt two women in your life with your confusing actions, you can't play with two innocent heart like that. I don't want you to regret about your actions through out your life Andrew ...." Stan also lost his cool when he saw how stubborn his friend was behaving right now.
Andrew was taken back when he heard the word ' heartbroken ',as the crying and sorry figure of Ariena from the last night haunted him again. 'Yes he had broken her trust he had left her heartbroken. He's not worthy of her..' he tried to reason with himself.
"Stan just leave me alone for the time being please..... and sorry for being a jerk here, don't take my words to heart. Thanks for coming here for me... but right now I want to be alone.." said Andrew in a requesting yet commanding way.
Stan was also not on a mood to console him as he was still angry with him for hurting her He got up and strides to go out but before that he turned to say, "You better behave Andrew and think through it clearly with a calm mind. BYE ANDREW....."