The Call of Destiny - AdiYa FF

Chapter 55: The Heart's Dilemma

Zoya's hands shivered, as she started losing grip on Aditya's collar. Rain lashed heavily, bringing down with it, Zoya and Aditya's tears too.

"The person I shot was your Yash!"

Those words just didn't seem to go away from Zoya's ears. She gulped down her emotions, while she tried to smile, "Aditya...Adi-tya, you are...playing some prank on me...right? This...cannot be true..."

Aditya shook his head in denial, as he bent down in despair. Zoya lifted his face and made him look at her, as she uttered, "I told you...not to joke on this topic, Aditya. This...This is not funny, Aditya."

She held his collar and shook him heavily, as she screamed, "This is not at all funny, Aditya!! Apologize for this joke right now!"

"I will apologize any number of times to you, Zoya," Aditya said in a quivering tone, holding her hands, "But this is the truth. Yash was the wrong encounter...I did that day."

"I won't believe this..." Zoya's force on him reduced, as she said crying, "Yash...my Yash died...in an accident...you are lying to me, Aditya..."

"That was a cover-up by my department, Zoya," Aditya said in tears, "Yash died in that encounter, and I was the one who...shot him. That's the truth!"

Zoya went back a few steps, leaving her hold on him, with a devastated look. She clutched her hair, unable to fathom that truth. Yash was killed. That itself was a huge shock to her. The man whom she is in love with is the one who killed him. She is about to marry the man who killed her ex-fiancé. She was just unable to handle all these at once. Pooja looked at both Aditya and Zoya with a heartbroken look and looked down at Arjun, who was sitting on the ground, with a hopeless look. Pooja just realized one thing: nothing was going to be like before hereafter.

Zoya just stood there with a lifeless face, her eyes just lost somewhere. With a guilt-ridden look, Aditya walked forward to her extending his hand, while Zoya went a few steps behind, moving away her hand. Aditya stopped abruptly, as he felt his heart just ripping apart at that gesture from Zoya. He would have preferred death to that gesture by Zoya. The woman who used to cherish his love in his arms just avoided his touch too.

"Zo..." Aditya's voice choked, "Zoya..."

Zoya shook her head in denial, as she broke down. She ran away from that place in tears, as Arjun and Pooja looked on. Arjun looked at Aditya, who was shattered and just uttering something, looking at the way Zoya went. He collapsed on his knees, with his eyes fixated on the way Zoya left. Pooja didn't know whom to console at that moment. Both her dearest friends were going through the worst at that moment. She looked at Arjun and gestured him to take care of Aditya, while she went in search of Zoya. Arjun walked towards Aditya and knelt next to him in tears.

"Bhai..." Arjun said while Aditya was just muttering, "She is gone...my Zoya is gone...she has gone away from my life...she hates me...she is gone...Zoya is gone..."

Arjun was scared to see his brother like that, while he tried to make Aditya face him. Aditya looked at him, and muttered, "She is gone, Arjun...Zoya is gone forever...she left me...it's all over...she is gone..."

"No Bhai...please control yourself. No one has gone away. Please relax...please Bhai...I am here with you, Bhai..." Arjun said as he hugged Aditya close to him, while Aditya clutched Arjun's hands and broke down. He cried looking in the direction Zoya walked away, and held Arjun's hands strongly, "She is gone, Arjun. She is gone taking away my life with her. I...I don't want to lose her Arjun. I don't know how to live without her now, Arjun...I love her so much, Arjun...I can't live without her..."