"A sister is God's way of proving He doesn't want us to walk alone"
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Rani's POV:
After having lunch, I took her inside the room that I am staying and we sat opposite to each other.
" so what do you want to say?make it fast. I need to go." Khushi asked disinterestedly.
I don't know where to start." Khushi, it's not what you think happened on that day. me,Priya and Vijay were best friends since childhood which you already know. we are always seen together. Ajay too was our gang . but don't know when, me and Vijay started to love each other. We confessed and are happy but unaware of all this, your dad and Vijay's mom decided to marry Vijay and Priya and to announce it on her birthday. when they told us, we were all in shock. However Priya had absolutely no intention to get married at that time but she's unable to stop your dad as he won't go back on his words.
As days neared, me and Vijay decided to split up on our own and go on with our respective lives. while talking about this at night , a day before that engagement day, Priya caught us and asked us to spill the beans . We both then told her about our love for each other . She too is stunned but wished us instead of getting angry. She also asked us to run away and get married , then come back after an week as nobody can do anything then for which we objected. But she made us agree and send us." I explained her.
Khushi's POV:
" what we did wrong though was showing up there that day itself. It was because of my insistence, Vijay took me there.You only saw us came back married. but it happened with your sister's wish. I know what we did was unacceptable but I didn't backstab my friend like you think." Rani di said while crying .
I can't believe what I am just hearing. I still remember that day. I was so sad that day . I brought a brand new handycam to shoot the events but with disappointment, I left it in my dad's room cupboard opposite to his bed at night . It's advanced one at that time. It immediately saves every half an hour of video if we left it on.
" I am sorry di. I thought you did it intentionally. I don't know any of this . Also di didn't said anything about this.please forgive me for being mean to you . "
I then kneeled infront of her and placed my head on her lap. " I am sorry, really sorry di . I hurt you with my harsh words and behaviour. will you forgive me?"
She hugged me back and whispered " I never took you wrong, choti. So, no need to ask for forgiveness. also I missed you a lot. you have grown a lot."
" I also missed you." I replied.
Then I enquired about what happened that night and how my dad died.
Rani di continued "well your dad was apparently very angry and wanted to severe ties with Priya. He refused to speak with her. He also asked my mom to take you away from Priya. on hearing that, Priya broke down. so, Vijay went to meet your dad to calm him and also to explain the situation. After Vijay came down, we heard a noise , so we all went upstairs to see your dad. There your father lay motionless, he died due to his respiratory problem, not able to grab the inhaler in time. Priya was angry and blamed Vijay for Yash uncle death. she said " had you not told him everything, he would been alive." but Vijay said that he was fine all this while. Priya never believed him. Priya is still angry with Vijay . After that they both stopped talking to each other. She doesn't want to have any connection with them . but fate has other plans with you being " she stopped abruptly without telling more.
" me being , what?" I asked.
" nothing. you will know when the time comes. " she replied . I just nodded.
She continued " what worse is Priya become scared of all these events and started to overprotect or strict whatever you call it with you. Vijay too stopped coming in her way. Only god knows what happened. "
Rani's POV:
" so ,you believed him?" Khushi asked.
"well at first, I too didn't believe him. but after a year and so, I started believing him. yes , he didn't lie at all. he too loved Yash uncle a lot. he still regrets how he was refused to enter your dad's funeral by Priya. Then as 2 more years passed on, we were living happily and were expecting our first child. But one day, everything changed. when Vijay was away from India for business trip, I went for checkup. doctor said that I had miscarriage and should abort the baby as soon as possible . with lot of pain, I agreed. but when Vijay came to see me, that very doctor said I aborted my baby willingly despite her warning. I was shocked. Vijay was angry and upset that I took revenge for Priya and left angrily from there. I don't who did that and why doctor said like that." I finished.
I then sighed " if only there are CCTVs like now a days, to record what happened, I would've proved myself not guilty to him."
Khushi " what did you just say"
" CCTV "
Khushi stood up and said " yes, my camera. di, now only I remembered that day, I placed my handycam without stopping the recording . I think it might've some saved video files in it. when we left that place in Delhi , di took all the things in papa's room and it had been placed in store room."
" then what are we waiting for, come on , we will search in storeroom and see whether we can find something in that." she said with little hope.
with that, we both ran into storeroom.
After searching for more than 3 hours and about to give up, we finally found the box which had all of yash uncle's room items.
then in that box, Khushi took out her handycam and removed memory card from it. then we both ran towards her room, inserted it in card reader and then in her system.
thank god! that card was fine.
as she said , it had about 6 video files.
KHUSHI'S POV:
while i started to play the video , we heard car sound means di is back.
it started to play from 7.30 pm on that day. my di came and asked what we are watching. Rani di told her about the camera. then we three watched anxiously.
around 8 pm, we saw Vijay entering our dad's room and having conversation with him. they were talking well and seems like he convinced my dad and asked him to send my di to his room. happily he left .
that was enough proof to conclude what Vijay said was true. now my di started crying for not believing her best friend. i hugged her . Rani di consoled her.
what we saw next shocked us? well to be precise it shocked me but both Rani di and Priya di are terrified.
a man in his late forties appeared through garden window and snatched my dad's inhaler from his hands and started speaking. he had a sun tattoo in his right hand .
his words were " it's because of you, I lost my son Sid. what mistake did he do. he loved your daughter. I agree he tried to harass your daughter but that too for marrying her. but she never understood him. she slapped him infront of everyone in college and not able to bear humiliation, my son , my only son killed himself. "
my dad" Suman , you had a son. I never know you are married. give me my inhaler . we will speak" struggling to get his inhaler from that guy's raised hand. but he was too tall for papa.
Suman smirked "no. not yet. I am not gonna give you this. ofcourse I am married. I forged my sister's account and bought many properties for my Sid. but because of those pesky kids ,he is no more you know what . first you will die. I will get my revenge on all three of them. don't be happy Rani and Vijay are married. I will separate them. as for Vijay and Priya's friendship ,it will be over with your death for Vijay is the last one to meet you. I will make Priya regret her life and see to that she will not get any happiness .she has to stay single all her life . I will make her. Priya,Vijay and Rani all will suffer.'
with that he pushed my dad back in his bed and left through the window. after struggling for some more minutes my dad died.i couldn't see it anymore. that rogue with sun tattoo in his hand. he killed my dad, spoiled all 3 lives just for his son.
who was this Suman and Sid?
suddenly I felt everything go black around me. " Khushi" I hear faint voices of My di and Rani di.
Then I fainted on the spot.
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