Tears and bruises

Part 17

We were sitting in his bedroom, him on the chair and me on the edge of the bed. It had been five minutes since we were here but I didn't know how to begin. He was being patient. "I don't know if you will believe me or you will think i m overreacting like Atharv's mom thought. But I can't keep it anymore." He became serious. "Look I will try my best to understand and you can trust me" he said assuring me with a small smile. "Atharv he ....he is not okay...we are not having a smooth relationship like you guys think we do...before he went to UK ..." my eyes got wet. Rick came close and hugged me. "Hey ! What's wrong, why are you crying. I feel like i missed to notice that my daughter in law is not okay. Tell me everything" he insisted. I felt a bit brave. "We .." before I could continue i heard him "we had a miscarriage." I looked at the door and there he was , my nightmare. Atharv met my eyes and his expression was very cold . He knew what i was upto.But how the fuck did he got here . I made sure no one noticed us before taking Rick upstairs.But now i was definitely scared."Yes, Rick we had it before I went to UK and it was very difficult for us . She wanted me to stay with her but i prioritised my career. I did wrong. Mom knew it too but she took my side and it hurted Sanjana more. Though i apologised to her a lot but still she is not getting over it." He lied straight to his face. I saw Rick being angry . Atharv came to close to me and put me in his tight embrace . "I know i did wrong but I would do anything to change it. Just trust me Sanjana" he said loudly like we actually went through it. He should be an actor. I tried to push him away from me but he tightened his arms and whispered "You don't learn, i see" . Rick pulled him away from me and said "This is not what I expected from you both. How could you leave your wife in that trauma? And you Sanjana why didn't you tell me this before, I would have brought him back?" . Before I could answer my phone pinged again and again. I opened it and saw several texts from kella:

"He sent me your video. I am sorry I didn't mean to open it but it was an unknown number and I didn't knew. I panicked , and tried to check the other people phones too but only i received it.Don't worry i have deleted it.Just wanted to let you know, please take care."

"What happened ?"Rick asked. "Nothing" I looked at him and he had the audacity to smile. He sent the video purposely to kella. That's why i was avoiding to introduce him to my friends. I knew he could take advantage."So where were we ...you have really let me down Atharv" Rick told Atharv looking mad and disappointed. "I know and i m sorry for it. You don't have to forgive me but I will earn your forgiveness and Sanjana's too. But please make her understand that she had to give me a chance, everyone deserves at least one more chance" he pleaded with tears in his eyes, like he was meaning every word. I hated him at the moment more. Rick melted, "I m still mad at you but i m happy you are sticking up to your mistake. I think Sanjana you two need to help each other in moving on" . I do want to move on that's why i came to you, I screamed mentally. It's your son who doesn't want to. We heard someone calling Rick from downstairs and he excused himself not before hugging me and telling everything will be alright. I moved myself behind him when Atharv pulled my arm harshly, "No, not so fast" he came closer and held me painfully in his grip. I thrashed in his strong hold "leave me" . He pushed me to the wall and put his arm around my neck . It was so suffocating. "How dare you bring Rick in all this? Did i not make it clear to you that don't drag my parents in our fucking mess? You want to ruin my reputation in front of them but don't forget i can do much worse" he boomed. He never raised his voice at me . I started shaking .

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