Delhi, India
Lakshmi’s POV
I expected him to come earlier before the wedding ceremony would even begin and I sent him the invitation without even thinking twice…now how would I face the whole world and tell them about the secret affair I am having with my stepbrother.
“She isn’t saying anything because she doesn’t want to lie to us the way you lied to us in order to get money…you aren’t even ashamed of yourself!!” Lakshmi’s mum thundered as she screamed at the top of her voice.
Silence suddenly struck the whole place and soon enough whispers and murmurs could be heard from the guests.
“Get out of this place!!” my mum shouted again.
“I never lied to you…you are my parents…well you’re my stepmom and he…he is my biological father. That is what my mother told me before she died.
I am tired of telling this story over and over again. Why don’t you just believe me!!!” Scott shouted back at her and almost pulled the trigger in anger.
“That is not what the DNA reports said two years ago” my father shouted as he had been quiet for way too long and I could tell he could no longer control himself.
My father’s statement reminded me of the event that happened two years ago…it reminded me of the same reason Scott and I separated for two years…it reminded me of the reason why I forced myself to agree to the marriage alliance I wanted nothing to do with, just so I could forget about him, just so I could get the thoughts of him out of my head.
Everything was going fine until I let my emotions control my actions.
Flashback
My father was involved in a fatal accident that nearly took his life…he had lost so much blood that he needed blood transfusion immediately…. I was in Mumbai when it happened and the only people present in Delhi at that point were Scott and my mum.
Scott offered to donate his blood since my father’s blood group wasn’t available in the blood bank…but it was shocking when we found out that Scott wasn’t even related to my father in any way. Their blood didn’t even match.
Miraculously someone else in the hospital heard about it and offered to donate his blood, for some money of course but we managed to resolve it.
Ever since then my parents had been begging Scott to tell them the reason why he had to lie and play the sharade of being their lost son.
Scott kept on insisting on his innocence and another DNA was conducted and the same results came out…that my father wasn’t his father.
My mum came to the conclusion that Scott did it for their money and the DNA he had shown them earlier were fake…they even admitted to being foolish as they didn’t go further to conduct their own DNA.
I loved Scott so much and we had been having an affair ever since we moved to India…my parents never suspected us but we both knew that we were deeply in love with each other.
When the truth about him was unveiled…I stopped loving him or at least that’s what I thought but I needed the relationship with him because I felt that since he could betray my parents…he can do the same to me…. few days to my wedding I sent him a wedding invitation since my mum and dad made it that no one would be able to attend the wedding without an invitation card.
Maybe I wanted him to stop the wedding or maybe I got carried away by my emotions.
Now back to the present…Scott is pointing a gun to my mother as well as other guests present at my wedding and he’s demanding I tell them the truth.
“The police are on their way here” my father declared and that was when I realized myself.
Police!…I can’t let the police take Scott…no!
“Dad, he is telling the truth…I love him and I want to marry him!” I unconsciously yelled and all eyes were now focused on me.
I only regretted my words after they had flown out of my mouth.
“Lakshmi…don’t be scared I know he is forcing you to say this. Maybe, you are frightened by the gun but please don’t lie, the police will be here soon”.
my mother came close to hug me when she noticed that Scott had thrown the gun on the floor.
I freed myself from her and held Scott’s hand again…why did he leave my hand in the first place?
Scott pulled me closer to himself and kissed me deeply in front of everyone. Even my so-called groom was stunned as Scott yanked the wedding chain off my neck as he threw it in the holy fire along with the garlin.
“I love you so much” he whispered as he let a tear escape from his eyes.
“I love you too” I found myself saying as I rested my forehead on his lips, earning a kiss on the forehead.
Before anyone could say anything, he dragged me out of the scene and before I could digest everything that happened…I found myself seated in the front of his vehicle.
“Where are we going?” I asked him
“Away from here.. I lost you before, those two years were the most miserable years of my life. I am not going to lose you again…we are going back to America” he replied as he zoomed off.
Meanwhile at Seraline Jonse hospital
“There is no way we can take the tumor out of his brain without him being paralyzed or even worse without him dying in the process.
It’s just too risky” a neuro-surgeon…doctor Emma told Rose who kept on pestering her as to when the tumor would be taken out.
“I don’t know why you are so bothered about this…you are not even Mason’s family member…we can only fix a date for the surgery when we are able to contact a family member of Mason ” Emma walked out on Rose who stood dumbfounded.