"I..I'm sorry. I forgot to inform you that i couldn't accompany you to the party. Because of me, you missed your friend's party and mi--"
Karan spoke as he reached to Mishti. He tried to explain her why he could not carry out their plans , hoping she will try to understand him.
"Are you insane?" Mishti said cutting karan in mid. She looked at him like he suddenly had grown two horns.
"You think i would be upset to not attend a Party? Yes, i'm upset because you don't have any idea how tensed we all got for you.
I understand you might have panicked and forgot to call us, its fine. It really is. But you should have atleast sent a message in your home."
"I know...its just. I panicked, like you said , and if its my dad, i lose all my mind. He's the only one, i can say as my family. He's a living God for me. Seeing him in pain only made me feel helpless." Karan said looking at the white wall. He was trying hard to not let his composure down, which he maintained throughout.
"Its fine." Mishti cupped his chin and looked at him in eyes. "He's fine. He has to be. Be strong. You know, i'm there right?"
Karan nodded.
"Mr. Kundrra?" Karan looked at the nurse who was accompanying Dr. Saipal in his dad's case. "Your father is fine now. Dr. Saipal asked you to meet in his cabin." She left after informing.
Karan looked at Mishti who nodded. He left , ignoring Samantha who was looking at him with expected eyes.
Mishti sat in another row, not knowing how to deal with them. She decided it best to wait for karan from here. She kept focussing on a blue flower pot to divert her attention to the blurry images of her past.
She despised Hospitals. It bought every single memory of the day , she lost everything. The past memories making her sweat and drying her throat. She tried to rub off the anxiety by fidgeting her fingers. She fought hard to not let her tears fall.
Minutes later, Karan came out with cold face and asked all of them to go back to the home as he'd stay for the night. His tone warned everyone out there to not oppose his plan but mishti did.
"I can stay with you. You already look worn out and tired."
"I will ask the driver to pick you and Raya." He said dismissing. His tone too came out too harsh.
Mishti never expected him to turn her down for he has always been a playful and sweet guy. Just not long before, he was fine but after meeting the doctor , he turned cold.
Maybe the meeting didn't go well.
She nods at him without saying anything in return.
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"You did it fine, teja. You are showing him that you are an understanding and caring partner to him. Just act more for a month, i'm sure he will let out all his secrets to you." Alina said without turning her attention from her game to Tejasswi (Mishti).
Tejasswi stood there silent, fighting her own soul as she looked at the full moon. Now that she is calmed, she is noticing how she was not acting while getting tense for him. She never planned anything and just did what her heart said.
Throughout the time being, She never, for once, thought about her revenge. It was all natural but Why?
Her heart cried when she saw him sitting blank in one of the chairs, back at hospital, with his head rested back and eyes closed. He looked like his own life was at stake.
Even when she saw the vulnerability in his eyes, she reminded the karan she met at the night after his guests were gone.
The questions that she buried deep down, took a rise and started messing with her mind.
Why would he kill a family when he knows how much it mean?
How could he be cruel when he could not see her wound unattended?
How could he be involved in women-trafficking when he respects all the women in his house?
How could he?
It was impossible. Freaking impossible!
But then, what about the blood she saw on his shoes?
What about the pistol beneath his car seat?
What about the video where he was knocking the whole gang by himself? He looked professional.
Moreover, he told her the most cruel ways to kill a cockroach.
Her evil side reasoned.
Only karan had the answers of those questions. She has to know all the answers. She was determined now. Hell determined to know the answers to her every question. By hook or by crook.
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