Past or Present #1

Chapter 28

"When you both got married." He said and I immediately stood up.

God! This is much worse than I expected. I rubbed my forehead. What should I ask now? Or do I dare ask him?

"So, why the secret? Why didn't you just say your step brother is my ex-husband?" I asked turning around.

"He is not my step brother, Kalpana." He replied with a calm expression.

"Then?" I asked, frowning.

"He is my half-brother." He replied and I leaned to the wall wishing the shocks just stop.

"Half-brother? But... but he said..." I trailed off.

"I know! And it is not his mistake. He really thinks me as step brother and he doesn't know that we both have the same father." He explained.

"Explain properly, please." I pleaded.

"Please sit down." He pleaded back and I did know well, I will fall down if I didn't and he too must have seen it.

"My Mom had a love marriage because of which she was cut off from her family. Then she somehow get together and was happy, but then her husband left her after I was born to marry a heiress in his eyes as my Mom was cut off from her legacy. Then she did everything in her hand, Kalpana. She did everything to make sure we both are fine and I had a good education." He explained.

"But then he came back to her when her father started contacting her. You see, her family wealth is more than his new wife's one nearly triple. But the only difference was her father accepted him, but not my grandfather. When her father was just talking, but there was no chance of her getting anything from him, he returned back after two years. That nearly made her die, but she stood. Do you know why? Because I was depending on her." He added and his hands shook which he shrugged off.

"Sad for him because the moment I finished my education, my grandfather gave each and every penny of his wealth." He said with a far away look and I couldn't help but place my hand on his but then removed remembering there is so much more.

"Where do I come in all this?" I asked calmly.

"Do you know, your ex-mother-in-law was not a victim in all this? She knew he was married and she knew he had a son. But still she wanted him and threw her wealth at his face and the dog he was, he walked away to her. I was okay with all of this because all I had in my mind was to make sure my Mom lead a happy life. However, this was not acceptable to that woman and everywhere we go, she just tell tales of her husband cheating with my Mom. As she was high in society, everyone believed I was someone else son and my Mom was nothing but... nothing but..." he broke off and my heart went out for his mother.

"And then her son came up. He didn't back down at all from the time he became a teenager. We tried to stay away from all this and even started living at a far place from them. But somehow, she was always at our face and if I have to go out with any of my friend and by chance he was there, he just threw everything that came into his mouth about my Mom." He said leaning back sighing.

"What he did was wrong." I mumbled to which he gave a humorless chuckle.

"I don't blame him. I know he has his own story in his head brewed by his mother. But I couldn't forgive him mother. Each word either of them said my anger grew at his father and mother. However, that man died. I got into an accident and the doctor said due to internal damage I have a problem to father a child. Somehow, then the next day that woman was in the hospital with a smile of achieving everything. Then she said everything regarding the will and how she will get back her money without any hand from dungeon." He said staring at me.

"And that day onwards I started my own hunt of knowing everything about them just like they got to know me. I knew some way I will get a chance to strike back." He added and the look in his eyes changed to something else.

"I immediately got to know about him... about him throwing you out." He mumbled and I flinched moving away but he held my hand.

"I don't want to say any of this, but I can't keep any of this inside anymore. I am feeling burden and like I am being buried." He said, pleading and I sat nodding.

"I know his reasons too, but I didn't know what to do. Except you need some help. So, I got into contact with a few small companies when I heard of you are going for job hunt. I let the matter go, but the questions were there. Are his reasons wrong or right? I continued normally when you got one job in a proper environment." He said looking at me.

"Then you went into labor, which I got to know about when I already talked to a doctor at the hospital you were going." He added.

"Don't!" I mumbled covering my face.

"Then I thought, here I am lost because I couldn't have the chance to be a father. While that stupid threw away a magic from his life. My feel for revenge increased, adding that unborn kid's. So, I thought of getting all their properties which she threw at our face all the time. However, I asked the doctor to take a DNA test of the baby after getting a sample of Jay's with the help of a servant in his house." He explained.

"Why DNA?" I asked stilling.

"I didn't know whether to believe his reasons or ignore them." He replied simply but he must have not heard the crack in my heart.

"After they came, I panned for you to shift to my company so that I can be close to see if any of you need anything. I tried my best to help with anything you need." He added.

"What were you thinking to achieve this?" I asked, trying to keep my voice normal.

"I thought of being his family after a few years and I would have got their properties as Jay is completely out of the picture and will be more when I would have asked you to let me adopt him after I explain everything to you." He replied.

"But then everything changed when you started working directly for me." He immediately added but I shook my head.

"Get out!" I said, pointing to the door.

"Kalpana!" he mumbled moving his hand to touch my face but I flinched.

"I said get out!" I screamed and he stood up.

"Don't shout! Sudhir is sleeping." He requested and that made me feel more weak.

"Please leave me alone right now." I said, holding my hands together.

"Don't forget that I love you, Kalpana. That's all I can ask now." He said and walked away after lingering for a few seconds near me and I immediately locked the door before kneeling down near the door.

And then I cried, I cried hating everything. What have I done to... to be a part of all this mess? What have I done?

I cried even when I heard the bell and the knockings. I ignored all of it and just cried, holding myself remembering everything uttered by both people. I cried until the tears just left my face.

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