Shourya PoV:
I looked at Diya’s face, and she is looking at me with fear and pain. Is she telling the truth? Whatever I must first listen to her completely. Till now I know only the version of Rajeev. I never asked Ranveer’s story. I promised her that I wouldn’t judge anything without listening.
“You can continue, Diya,” I said, softly.
“I saw Rajeev coming there. He tried to molest me. I had no energy to fight or escape from him. I found a fruits basket with a knife on the table near to my bed. I took the knife and injured in my stomach,” she said while tears were flowing from her eyes.
I looked at her shockingly. She chose death as she had no other option to save her virginity.
“I became unconscious, and when I woke up, I was in a hospital. I found their people standing outside the ICU. With the help of a nurse, I called Ranveer.
Ranveer came to the hospital, disguising himself as a doctor and shifted me from hospital to another place secretly by offering his gold chain to nurse. I recovered slowly with his help.
As I refused to the proposal of Rajeev, he developed grudge on me and tried to spoil my life,” Diya said, in a choked tone.
How could it be possible? Rajeev, Ranveer, Geetha and Chitra found that I loved Diya when I went for training. Chitra and Ranveer befriended her for me. Rajeev proposed her to know what’s in her heart and he told that to me. Rajeev treated her as a sister, and he just proposed her for me. However, I scolded him, and even Ranveer knew this. Then, why will he develop grudge at her? This is getting more complicated. Something is hidden in this which Diya too doesn’t know. It means she is not lying, she is genuine, but everything she trusted is not entirely right.
Diya PoV:
I don’t know whether Shourya will trust me or not though it’s true that Rajeev spoiled my life completely.
“Then?” Shourya asked in a soft voice.
“After one month, one day, police raided on Ranveer’s room and found us there. They arrested us in brothel case. I am living in Ranveer’s room as Rajeev created rumours about me by that time, and I was forced to vacate the hostel. I didn’t get a room anywhere, and for my safety, Ranveer asked me to stay in his room.”
I looked at him, and he is in such anger. I know as my husband, he didn’t like me staying with Ranveer in the same single room. But our hearts are pure, and we both had no relationship except friendship.
“I know the character of you and Ranveer. Ranveer can never be so cheap to maintain a relationship with his friend’s lover. You too, never mix up a friendship with love. I trust you both in this Diya,” Shourya said, relaxing me.
Thank God, he trusted Ranveer and me.
“Police arrested both of us and proved the case. We were in jail for six months.”
While saying the past, I remembered the torture I went through in jail because of Rajeev. The jailor tortured me by whipping me every day and starving me very often without my mistake as they were ordered so by that minister.
I didn’t say this to Shourya because I know well that he won’t leave that jailor, but I didn’t want Shourya to fall into problems. After undergoing a lot of torture, I got released from jail. Ranveer shocked seeing me. My forehead was injured, lips were bleeding due to stinging slaps, hands and legs became lean, and I was unable to walk. Ranveer sent me to a hostel far from the city to save me. Ranveer shifted to that city and changed his mobile number and everything.
I decided to say how I killed Rajeev, hiding how they treated me in jail.
“After release, Ranveer and I have escaped from there to another place. For a few months, we were peaceful without any threats. But, suddenly one day someone knocked on the door of my flat. I opened, thinking it’s Ranveer. But it’s Rajeev,” I said and paused to notice his reaction.
I hope to say this truth won’t create any cracks in my relationship with Shourya. I can’t miss him or his love. He asked me to continue without giving any expression. I remembered the past saying it to Shourya.
Rajeev pushed me aside and came into my room. He locked the bolt and slapped me hard, and I fell on the bed. He came on top of me. I tried hard to push him, but he removed my sari, throwing it on the floor. He tried forcing me, but then the door was knocked again.
“Diya, open the door, this is Ranveer,” I heard Ranveer calling, and I used all my force and pushed Rajeev aside and opened the door.
Ranveer got shocked looking me in that situation. Ranveer fought with Ranveer, and I wore the sari, and as Ranveer told, I ran from there. But, Rajeev followed me escaping from Ranveer. Rajeev caught me. He pulled my hair.
“If I can’t make you mine, you should not belong to anyone,” Rajeev said, keeping revolver on my forehead.
Ranveer came and hit him from behind. They were fighting, and revolver slipped from him and fallen on the ground. I took it. While they were fighting, I shot him dead. Ranveer sent me away, and he got arrested instead of me.
As there is no one for me now, and uncle and aunt didn’t know anyone to save me, that minister’s men caught me again and sent me to a mental hospital. I requested everyone in the hospital saying I am not mad but keeping my pleas aside; they forced me to use antidepressants and tranquillizers to make me unstable mentally. They gave an electric shock to me. Finally, I acted as if I am gone mad to escape from that torture. They believed it and left torturing me. After two years, Geetha as an IPS came for inspection to that mental hospital, and she took me to her home.
I looked at Shourya whose eyes filled with tears. He held his forehead to control his anger and tears. He grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him to kiss me on my forehead.
“Geetha approached famous doctors and provided treatment to me for recovery. Due to electric shock and tranquillizers, I am unable to speak correctly. It took one year for me to recover completely. After that, on her suggestion, I did a diploma in journalism for one year and became a journalist.
After reaching Delhi, I found Ranveer completely changed and started hating him. But recently, when I saw Geetha with you, I met her and asked how she knew you. She said that it’s Ranveer who sent Geetha for my rescue after knowing my whereabouts. As you loved me, Ranveer planned this marriage to unite us. Only then, I understood you, Ranveer and Geetha were best friends in the past. After that, I met Ranveer.”
“Shourya, Ranveer didn’t kill Rajeev. It’s me who killed him. Ranveer is not as bad as you think,” I said, and Shourya left the room without saying anything, leaving me in confusion.