Her protector

35. Runaway

After a lot of pestering Shreya told Abhishek about Viren. But apart from the man she didn't say a word. Abhi tried to make her speak but she was silent.

"Love, you know you can tell me anything." He said trying to comfort her.

Shreya looked at her but she didn't speak a word. She thought about everything she went through. Her mind played tricks with her. She thought that if she told him about whatever happened with her then he might disgust her or he might think low of her.

She had trust in him but the past year taught her that life is so hard. She remembered that she was no longer his lover but the wife of someone. She is the wife of someone, someone who is dangerous and obsessive.

Abhi got tired of asking her about what happened but all he got in return was silence . And finally, he was silenced too.

The door of the room opened suddenly and their eyes went there. Shreya looked at a lady entering wearing a saree with a positive aura spreading around her and a sudden peace went upon her.

"Bhabhi," Abhi said standing up. Shreya looked at Abhi and saw them discussing something. She felt insecure about seeing herself and then his family. She knew she never deserved him and now seeing his bhabhi confirmed everything. She saw them discussing something and soon Abhi left not before telling her that he was waiting outside of the room only and not leaving her alone.

Meera smiled at Shreya who didn't respond in return, not knowing how she was supposed to react.

Meera sat beside her bed and put her hand over hers.

"Hii, I am Meera, Abhi's Bhabhi." She introduced herself but Shreya didn't say anything.

Her silence didn't affect Meera as she knew how a person took the support of silence when they were tired of their life.

"Abhi told me that you are not sharing anything from your past." She said trying to make her feel comfortable "You don't need to share anything if you don't feel comfortable." She said as tears formed in Shreya's eyes on feeling understood and heard "You don't need to say a word if you don't want to. But I am here to tell you that we won't get the help until we seek it." She said caressing her hand " We sometimes don't want help as the pain gives us relief but Pain is never a relief. What feels like a relief is making us hollow from the inside. Shreya, we are here." She said trying to make her feel heard "I know that past year must have been tough for you but," She said looking at her scars "But it had been hard for Abhi bhaiya also. His pain might not be as much as yours but he dies every day. His family saw him going from a very decent, loving person to a cold man. I am sorry if you feel like I am taking his side but Shreya you shared your pain and trust me you are just one help away and he will bring word to your feet." She said standing up "Think about it. Maybe he is the ointment to your pain." Meera said moving away from her bed but stopped as she held her hand.

"What if he disgusts me? Life hasn't been great to me." She said with moist eyes "I was a mother, a wife not his but someone else's."

Meera's eyes widened on hearing her but she didn't show her emotions on her face "Then let him decide. Why should we make choices for him? He will decide what's right for him or what's not. And if you were someone's wife then I am sure you must have some reasons." Meera said putting her hand over her cheek "The biggest mistake we make in our life is deciding on another's behalf." She said to her and Shreya was forced to think about her words.

The door again opened as Shivansh entered the room with a tray in his hand followed by grumbling Abhi.

"Hey bhabhs." He smiled as Meera shook her head and Shreya furrowed her brows.

"You always have bad timing Shivu," Meera said smiling gesturing him to come to her.

"Meet him Shreya. He is your....." She said but stopped and closed her eyes "He is my devar Shivu."

Shivansh waved at her and Shreya nodded not knowing how she was supposed to react.

"Abhi feed her something. I need to discuss something with Shivu." Meera said taking Shivansh's hand and moving out of the room leaving the two alone.

Once they left, Abhi sat beside Shreya and stirred porridge. Shreya looked at him with moist eyes but she controlled her tears.

"Abhi" She called him and he instantly looked up on hearing his name from her mouth after a long time. His throat clogged hearing her but he put his emotions aside and smiled at her " You said you have connections

"Can you please bring Ramya di." She said finally putting her insecurities aside and asking him for help. She already lost her son but now she didn't want to lose her sister also.

On the other side, as Aashrit got to know about Viren from Abhi, he instantly walked back into the room. He looked around to not find him anywhere.

"It's Viren," Aashrit said looking at Ranvijay and Adwait as confusion spread in the whole room.

Adwait immediately stepped out of the room calling someone as Ranvijay followed him. Aashrit sat there on the chair as he saw many prestigious members of Raj Dal now looking at him.

Aashrit looked at each of them "Viren is the one who dared to touch Yaduvanshi's women." He said and a lot of gasps were heard around the room "And anyone who supports him or helps him to hide would not only lose his political career but his life." He said in an intimidating voice making shivers run down their spine.

"We will ask our men to help you in searching for that traitor." One of the members said standing up as others nodded while standing up and soon the room was empty Aashrit's fist tightened and his eyes reddened in anger.

He stood up and walked out of the room in rage to find the whole house was empty while all the servants were standing there in line as his men were questioning them and a lady in white was the only one sitting near the picture of late Jagbir Singh.

Before he could walk to her, a man came running downstairs while huffing which got everyone's attention. He was a man of one of the politicians and was sweating as if he saw a ghost. He quickly ran to the man he works for and said something.

The man looked at Aashrit and spoke "Sir there is someone in one of the rooms on the 1st floor."

Aashrit and Ranvijay looked at each other and walked in fast pace to the stairs followed by Adwait and some men while others stayed there. Adwait walked a little fast going in front of them to prevent them from any danger.

They reached upstairs to see some men standing outside the room some part of the room door was lying there as if someone broke it to get inside and the door was ajar.

Adwait walked at a fast pace but got stuck to the ground on seeing the scene inside. Aashrit and Ranvijay noticed his expressions and they knew it was something worse if Adwait couldn't control his emotions. They both walked at a fast pace to the entrance of the room.

They were shocked to see a woman sitting there in the pool of blood with her back to the wall and her hand holding a piece of glass. Her face had splashes of blood, her hair disheveled, bruises on her body, her sleeves torned and her hands filled with blood while she was looking at Adwait. Their eyes went to the side to see a man lying in the pool of his blood. Blood was oozing from his neck as he already lost his life.

The woman stood up and slowly limped towards Adwait as blood was dripping from her clothes leaving her trails and her feet were leaving her footprints. Her hand was still holding the glass tight in her hand. She was only looking at Adwait without caring about her surroundings.

Aashrit got worried about Adwait and he tried to move in front of him but stopped on hearing him.

"Ramya." He breathed out and the breaking of glass was heard as Ramya dropped the glass on the floor. The glass shreds stuck in her feet but she didn't care.

As she reached Adwait, he took her in a hug "Ramya" his heart cried.

Ramya hugged him "He tried to touch me without my permission Adi, so I killed him." She said as she lost consciousness in his arms.

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