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♣️24.

"Praa" She shouted as she looked what a mess had been created in the room
" what is all this ? " She asked angrily and picked up a piece of clothing that came under her feet as she made way into the centre of the room . She glared at him when he didn't reply and sat in between the mess with puffed cheeks
" I am asking you something. Answer me right now" she said sternly and he looked away from her
" I am not talking to you . Aap bahot gande ho " He crossed his arms and looked at her with accusing eyes
" What ? Maine kya kiya ?" She asked sliding the few toys and sitting beside him
" You didn't come to my ptm . You promised you would. But you didn't " Teja forwarde to carress his face but he jerked her hand
" Don't , you are a liar. You did not even come home from the past two days. You always say on the call that you will come if i sleep on time ,but you don't. " An angry frown on his face
" Pratik. I am so sorry . My work had been hectic. Please forgive me . I am here now. Come , Do you wanna play ? " She asked coercing him but he didn't budge
" No . I don't want to .And i don't want you too. I hate you teju. " He said and angry tears ran through his eyes
" Pratik , iam sorry baba " Her voice broke as she took in his hurtful words
" No, No ,No. I wish mom dad were here. Atleast they wouldn't have forgotten me . Aapko toh sirf apne aap se matlab . You don't care about me so leave me alone " He shouted and she froze. All these years she had tried to fill the void of parents in his life. She had done everything to provide him with eveything he wanted and fulfill as his wishes , to give him a normal life that she didn't have.

she ran a hand through her hair frustratingly. She would never be able to give him what he wants. No matter how much she tried to fill , it would never be enough.

She had been too busy to even come home. She was staying in office at nights. In day she would do the office work while in the nights she would plan out the opening up of her own firm .

She would just come home to shower, it was even getting difficult to eat proper meals due to the hectic shcedule. And pratik was no doubt getting affected by her absense .

She didn't know what to do ? She wasn't supposed to live like this . She was supposed to come home shouting , celebrating her first job . She wasn't supposed to be handling a teenager with mood swings , she was supposed to tease the teenager brother whenever he got scolded by mom .
This is not what she imagined life to be

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Teja sighed as her head rested on the backrest of the passenger seat and cool breezy air disturbed her hair . She looked at her right to see karan , who drove with concentration . She wasn't oblivious enough to not notice the frequent glances he sent her way.

She hated this. Hated how awkward this had turned . He saw her insecurities , her vulnerabilities and this was all the more reason for her to hate the poisunous drink.. She hated how everytime he looked at her as if she was a glass doll that would break anytime.

This was the only reason she never liked to share her problems . She had gotten enough of those looke when she was a kid , throughout growing up actually. The society looked at her as the abandoned child who was nurturing her brother alone .

Not to forget her head ached like a bitch . The pain was extreme. Now she knew Karan never exaggerated his headaches whenever he woke up hungover . She closed her eyes and unknowingly dozed off

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"Teja where were you? Thankgod you are here now" Rohit exclaimed as soon as she was in his line of vision . She vinced a little hearing a loud voice