I saw growing anger in Bsquare's eyes but I kept quiet. He sat beside me, put one arm on my shoulder and asked me "Teddy why are you crying sitting here at this time of night?".
I tried to play smart and said "BSquare I was just feeling suffocated with so many people in my room so came here". He said "But why were you crying?". I looked down on the floor as I was not able to say lies on his face and said "My stomach is aching". He did not buy that and said "You could have taken medicine and slept with mom, what is it? Tell me?"
I was not ready to share my ordeal with him but my luck ran out when I saw BTwin coming on terrace. The moment he saw me he said "Ah! There you are, I was looking for you". BS looked at him then at me and asked him "Why were you looking for her?" I was trying to communicate with BT to not tell him anything about Zed so he said "Teddy was having a headache so wanted to know if she is fine".
"At this hour?" Came a third voice and I saw both BCrack and Bkind there. I was so scared to see all my brothers at once that my body started to shiver and tears were rolling again. My mind was clogged with embarrassment and fear of creating problems, I was unable to keep calm and started blabbering "BS I swear that I did not do anything, I did not call anyone, I did not create problem in the function, I swear I did not do anything, please don't tell mom and dad, please I did not do anything". And on repeat mode I cried and said the same things.
My brothers were utterly confused and when they saw me crying, all of them sat near me holding my hands. The moment they came closer to me I started crying uncontrollably as if my heart would come out. They tried to pacify me, BKind pulled me towards his chest patting my head and said that I should calm down and stop crying.
After sometime when I was able to stop crying they bombarded me with their questions and asked me what happened. First I tried to dodge their questions but then BK said that nobody will judge me and that I should tell why I was crying. I looked up towards BT and he understood that it's about Zed and at once he pulled me towards himself and asked me "Is it about that boy? Did he say anything to you in the party? Tell me now Teddy". I was looking at the floor scared to see in his eyes. The other were staring at me in anger and wanted answers.
I was standing there as a statue so BCrack came to me, put his hands under my chin and very softly said "My dear lil Teddy, my life, please tell us what happened? We assure you we will not do anything reckless". I was expecting this kind of maturity from BC so with great effort I said "He touched me inappropriately". As soon as these words came out from my mouth BS roared "How dare he! I will not leave a bone intact". I ran towards BS and clutching him, started crying and said "Please Bsquare don't do anything, it's your wedding, please do not react and let it go" and I went hysterical with it.
The anger of my brothers subsided for the time being after seeing my condition. I was feeling guilty to spoil the occasion for everyone, this made me miserable and I was apologising for the same to them. BK was ever so kind and his eyes also filled with tears. He said "Teddy you are the most precious being in our lives, you don't have to apologise for anything, it was not your fault at all. We know our lil darling. Right? You can be notorious, stubborn, lazy but you cannot disrespect your parents or brothers or create problems for anyone. So do not blame yourself for anything. We will deal with that filth once the wedding is over. So don't bother with this thought that Bsquare's wedding will be spoiled. Will you please smile for us sugar".
I looked at him and when his words seeped into my head, I felt light and I smiled slowly. Then Bsquare said "Enough of you all acting all mature. Let's go to my room and do our little party there quietly, OK?" He smiled and asked me. I nodded and all of us went downstairs to BS's room. He being the eldest one amongst us to be working, ordered pizza for all of us.
BCro was sitting on the bed asking me what to put on tv, when I said let's play video game so everyone got excited and BTwin started setting up the console. BC called me and cradling me in his arms said "Teddy tell me exactly what happened, don't leave any detail out. And don't be afraid or feel ashamed, consider me your sister for few minutes and tell me what did you endure." Hearing this I was at ease, anyways I was always at ease with them, growing up with such a considerate household where everyone was aware of the physical changes a girl goes through and to keep it private and confidential was how my mother had taught all my brothers. My father had instilled in them to respect a woman and to know the boundaries and keep a proper distance as a mark of respect. I knew that all of them were waiting to hear the details but they kept doing whatever work they found to behave as if this conversation is between me and BCro. With a long breath I told him everything and when I reached the part where he molested me I had tears in my eyes and was feeling shameful. I dreaded this feeling as if insects are crawling on my body.
BCro very calmly wiped my tears and said "Teddy you need to be more strong, if anyone does anything wrong with you then you should fight back without fear. You should be bold enough to reply. And know this always, no matter what is the situation we are always with you to support you even if you are wrong. So be brave my darling and keep your head high". I nodded and raised my head to let him know that I will try to be bold.
We played and ate and after sometime I slept there only. I had barely slept when suddenly I woke up hearing a sound of thud. My brothers were huddled in other corner of the room and I had my back to them, I did not immediately turned towards them so they thought I was still sleeping and continued with outburst. I listened to their conversation and came to know that Bsquare had called his fiancé and told about her cousin and apparently they had a fight. He banged his phone on the wall which made that sound. I was afraid so I did not turn to let them know I was awake. Bsquare was swearing to beat the shit out of Zed whether his bride agrees or not.
I knew the next morning will bring bad news and prayed to God above that everything goes back to normal.