I shouted at the top of my voice "What?? But That's not true. And if she told you the truth, just imagine how can anyone have intimate scene inside the canteen especially when it's break time and people are near you."
Ridhi stood there like a stone. Perhaps she got a very big shock.
"I tried not to tell all these to anyone but now I guess it's time to reveal.", I tried to hit the iron when it's hot.
"What?"
"That day in the party she tried to kill Shagun. I thank God every moment I think of that incident. I reached in time and rescued her from Avu. If something would have happened to her, I could never forgive myself."
"What happened at the party?" she asked curiously.
"She pushed her from the terrace. Shagun was lucky that I saw the incident and saved her. After that I scolded Avu a lot and also slapped her out of anger. I know that I shouldn't have slapped her but I got the real shock when she said that she loves hurting Shagun and will continue to do so. With no options left for me, I asked her to stay away from both of us and lied that I loved Shagun. I belittled her in the hope that she might stop hurting her."
I continued "Next day when I thought that I need to settle everything with her, I saw a new side of Avu. She hurt herself due to her frustrations and accused me of doing that. She told her self-made imaginary story to you all that I went to her and tried to hurt her and bla bla. When I heard about this from you, I felt so helpless because no one would believe me and understand my side of story. I tried to contact her many times but she avoided me. I wanted to know the reasons for her drastic change and wanted to help her…but she was all different from that day."
"But I don't understand one thing. She went for her higher studies somewhere and stayed there. And after 2 years she suddenly appeared in our neighbourhood. What exactly happened within those years?" Ridhi asked me.
"I too don't know anything about it exactly. And the person who can tell us everything cannot tell us anything now. People suspects me but I really don't care…. I don't care as far as we are together."
"Ok I understand all these. But why did you hide her? She might be suffocating all day sitting inside that clogged and nasty room. What if she might recover when she encounters with her people?" Ridhi asked with a spark in her eyes.
"No! I cannot let her go out. People will make her life horrible outside. They will force her to move into an asylum and I cannot let that happen in any way. She is fine and safe inside my house." I shouted at the top of my voice.
I instantly looked at Ridhi making sure everything seemed in place. I bet seeing my emotional state she would never accuse me now.
"What next?" Ridhi enquired.
"My love for her will always be the same. And I'm ready to live with her like this. I want to tell her how much I love her…how much I long for her love…but I'm happy…happy that she is with me and will be with me forever. I'm hoping for a day she will recover and get to know how much I care and love her. And I can see that she is fighting…fighting hard everyday and conquering her illness. And I'll always be with her. We'll win…it might be not today or tomorrow…but definitely one day. Now I can only hope that someday she'll recover and we'll lead a beautiful life just like a normal couple. There are not many reasons for this….it's just that my heart has chosen her. This monster will always be with his angel!!! As for who wins and who loses… who cares…we're all hurt anyway. "
The End.