Is It Really You ??

30. Truth ????

Rudra was staring at the picture in his hands........

A beautiful smiling face was staring right back at him.....

He knew that face.... It was never clear before in his dreams but now the resemblance is undeniable.

She is the woman from his dream

She was the pregnant woman he always dreams about.... In a crashing car... Sitting besides him

She was the woman whose blooded face was haunting him through his nightmares.....

He doesn't remember anything else...

He doesn't remember who she is....

He doesn't remember what her name...

But he knows that she is the one, he has been dreaming about since he has woken up from the Coma

She is the one he wanted to search about and tried too....

She is the one he thought he was cheating with ...on His wife Richa....

Richa......

Richa is not his wife.....

Richa doesn't love him.....

She is no one to him.......

Is he really Rishi..??

How can he believe that

Rishi told him everything from the start....
How he woke up in HIS body, after the accident, in Singapore

How he remembered his life as Rudra.... Back here in India

How he struggled to accept his life as Rishi in Singapore, but couldn't.....

How he called Richa's number, in hopes to find it a wrong number and to forget about being living as Rudra with Richa.... Remembering it as a strange dream.

But how his life changed after that phone call

How he came back to India and found his every memory of Rudra and Richa.....being correct

How he befriended with Richa.... While she was waiting for her husband to come out from his catatonic state of unconsciousness

How he made her believe that HE is her Rudra inside the body of Rishi...

Can he Believe that too  ??

"I know it's hard to believe.... But it's the truth "

Rishi's voice broke his trance

Rudra looked up

Rishi was standing in front of him staring at him with anticipation....

Richa was sitting on the bed, her knees bended towards her chest, her hands were hugging her legs tightly, her head was resting on her bended knees

She was sobbing silently and that voice was tugging at Rudra's heart and soul

Rishi was showing him the pictures of 'Riya'......HIS wife Riya

And some other pictures of their house in Singapore.... Couple pictures of them, while telling him about HIS life as Rishi,  as much as he can

Because.... According to him, he is not Rishi.... and doesn't remember anything about Rishi.... Rightfully so

He just knew, what he was told
by Doctor Karan, Rishi and Riya's family friend, and he told each and every thing to him

Rudra knows that Rishi is a good man, a very good human being,  a really good friend, he was not a person who he suspects as someone who cooks up stories to disguise himself as someone else..... And that too precisely as him....as Rudra

He knows that Richa is a good woman too, he respects her a lot, he knows that she is not the one who cheats on in relationships.

She is kind hearted and intelligent woman..... She will not say anything as absurd as 'Soul swapping' if she is not damn sure about it herself, completely

Then.... did he really took advantage of her in her drunken state ??

Is that why she was always distant from him??

Is that why she was more comfortable in Rishi's presence than his own

Is that why Rishi was staying with them  ??

To stay close to Richa??

There were so many questions in his mind but he doesn't know what to ask

"Rishi....or should I say Rudra.... I don't know what's our identity anymore "

Rudra said with a bitter smile

Rishi can understand what the other was feeling right now
Because he was in the same state in the past, when he had waken up in the hospital after the accident

"I know the feeling man, it was hard for me too,  to believe that I am in someone else's body "

"Why didn't you tell me before?? "

"According to Doctor your health wasn't good, and we didn't want to shock you"

"I am very much shocked right now... It seems waiting doesn't work in this case "

Rudra said shaking his head

Rishi was stressed

"Rudra don't you trust me?? "

"I don't know Rishi.... I don't know whom to trust, My heart or my mind
My mind is telling me to shout on you, blame you to cheat me, betraying me, for stabbing me on my back.... But My heart is saying otherwise... though I don't remember my past but I do remember these past few months.... I remember how you guys were there for me.... Every second of Every day....
I remember How much you were worried about me, how you tried to make me feel comfortable "

"We didn't betray you "

"I too want to believe that "

Rudra replied dejectedly

"I remember how much distant Richa was around me.... "

Rudra said and Richa raised her head at the mention of her name

"I wanted to tell you from the start.... But Rudra was worried about your health.... He wanted to wait for you to remember something on your own.... He thought it will be less shocking for you if you remember your past "

Richa said looking straight at His eyes

"So you really feel that I took advantage of you when you were drunk?? "

Rudra asked in a painful voice

Richa's face went pale.... She was speechless... Staring at him with tearful eyes

Yes she said that 'He took advantage of her' but she knew better....

She knows that Rudra is not a person who would do something like that to her or to anyone of that sort

She said that, because she was hurt.... Angry.... Frustrated...... Irritated.......
Not because she feels like that

Richa bowed her head down but didn't say anything

Rudra's eyes were brimming with tears too

He was feeling disgusting with himself

After a moment of silence Rudra fisted his hand tightly at his sides,  wiped the fallen tear on his cheek with the back of his hand
Then he turned around and walked out of the house....

His last words were ringing in the air

I AM SORRY GUYS.....

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Author's note

I'm sorry for updating too late, but I promise I will try to finish this story very soon... Hardly four or five chapters are left. Thanks for who are still reading this story and supporting me on this journey 🙏