Dev, he saw the same dream every night, the same beautiful curly haired girl, looking at him with those pleading pair of eyes, but he could do nothing to save her from drowning. He tried to avoid this weird attraction towards an imaginary girl, trie...
We were heading back to the mansion. The car ride was silent but comfortable. The man driving the car seemed way too familiar to me. As if I could predict his every move.
We reached the mansion and I got out of the car. My mind was still occupied with the beauty of the waterfall I witnessed back at that sight. I was mesmerized and thankful to Ritwik. While walking towards the door I turned my face to thank him once again. But my attention was immediately drawn towards the commotion coming from inside. I rushed in to witness the horrific incident happening infront of me and froze. ¤¤¤¤¤
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"How could you let her out?! Is this what I pay you for?!" Dev was straddling one of the guards who had the night shift last night. His white t-shir was torn and bloody. The man was lying under him. His chin was bleeding and he seemed terribly injured.
The whole dining hall was devastated. The chairs were scattered, the vases were broken into pieces. The dining table was upside down. At the very end of the hall by the kitchen stood Pratima ji and Martha. And then my eyes fell on the stairs. Manik was lying there coughing blood, his forehead seemed to have a crack and blood kept dripping out of it as well.
I didn't see when Ritwik left my side and started moving towards the man who caused everything. Pratima ji"s voice startled me and brought me back to the earth.
"Ritwik no! Stay away from him for now. He is not in his right mind." She shouted but her words reached someone else's ears before Ritwik's. And his inhuman honey brown eyes moved upwards.
My heart skipped a beat. I don't know how, but I knew this stare, this bloodshot eyes, this clenched jaw, this bulged out veins and muscles. The whole scenario seemed familiar to me and scared me to death.
My assumption turned out to be true when the twins started punching each other.
"From the beginning, from the beginning I doubted your intentions. Now I know why you're here brother!" Dev said while panting. He was held against the wall by Ritwik who was punching his stomach. But he didn't budge. Blood started coming out of his mouth. But he kept on saying things.
"You think you can seize her from me?" He growled and spat on his face, then screamed like a madman, "NEVER!!"
"You chose someone else over her and still dare to talk this shit? You are a cowar...." Ritwik tried to say something but before he could complete his jaw made a weird sound. It was punched. Then his nose and then his stomach.
He placed both of his hands on the wall to support himself. But suddenly Dev coiled his neck from behind. He was choking him. He pulled off the torn and bloody t-shirt from his own body with the free hand and threw it somewhere. And then he cracked his neck in a weird way as if he just achieved the ultimate peace. A smirk was slowly creeping up his face.
I felt sick. I felt like vomiting. This was way too much for my tolerance. My breathing became heavier. I was finding it difficult to breathe.
"Enough! S-stop it D-Dev." I tried to scream as loudly as my vocal cords allowed. I didn't realize how loud my sobs were. But it was successful to draw his attention to me.
He snapped his head towards me with rage but it softened as if immediately. Ritwik fell on the floor but not before whispering,
"Run.. run to you room. Please!"
But something inside me kept yelling that he can never hurt me. Never. However I tried to walk towards the stairs. Not because I wanted to run but I needed to see Manik.
The very moment I stepped on the first stair my left hand was grabbed by the known touch. My eyes, the betrayers, kept pouring out my feelings. I didn't turn around to face him but I could feel him shaking profusely. He was being controlled by his anger.
"You said you were not scared of me. I trusted you." His voice cracked. He paused.
"You said you pitied me. I trusted you." He continued and his voice was turning huskier. They started shaking due to his uncontrollable emotions. My eyes fell on Manik, who seemed shocked to the core, not because he was beaten but because his brother was on the verge of breaking down.
"Then pity me baby, pity me as much as you want. I know I'm pathetic. I know I don't deserve you. But I can't bear seeing you scared, I can't bear seeing the hatred in your eyes for me. It kills me from inside." He said and I slowly turned around. His eyes were red but this time with tears.
By now I was hysterically sobbing. I felt restless, my breathing was becoming even more difficult but I managed, I managed to come up with a few words.
"I pity you more now. Y-you are a horrible man. I judged you incorrectly."
He hung his head to this, folded his hands, clasped his fingers and brought them to his mouth. He kept shaking his head. Everything was becoming blurry around me. And suddenly I was pulled into his hard chest by my wrist. I could feel his breath on my face.
"Yes.. I am horrible. I am pathetic. I deserve every bit of your hatred. But I cannot let you be with anyone else sweetheart. Do you understand? The thought of someone else touching you makes me more horrible Teressa. Do you know why?" He whispered but I couldn't answer, I was way too captivated by the eyes that were displaying some alien emotions. I have never seen him like this before, but again a part in me seems to recognize it somehow.
"Do you know why?!" This time he asked a little louder making me flinch. I shook my head, although deep down I knew the answer, I wanted him to say that out loud. I wanted to know why he chose someone else over me. Why would he hurt me like that?
"Because.." I could see him striving.
"Because I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I LOVE MYSELF! Don't you understand that?!" He screamed on my face making me sob even more. But I knew I could manage to keep my eyes open till this point only. I started drifting off. I heard him yelling my name. I felt my face falling on his bare chest. It was warm. It felt like home. He felt like home.
"I love you Dev" I thought to myself before everything around me turned black.
