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16. In Search of Love - Sandhya

Pooja was playing with Akshita with a sweet smile in her face. Pallavi could see the difference in Pooja’s face.

Nikhil’s re-entry into her life has changed her a lot!

Pallavi turned her eyes towards Nikhil. He was helping her arranging the washed vessels after wiping off the water droplets in them…

In search of love

While his hands were busy doing their job. His eyes seemed to be fixed in a place.

It was obvious he was looking at Pooja.

Pallavi could not really understand their sweet – hate relationship…

They met, fell in love, and got married! But suddenly the hero becomes villain and leaves her and disappear… After many years they meet and now the hero is head over heels in love with the heroine… The heroine though doesn’t reciprocate his love, still seems to like him…!

“I can’t understand it Nikhil”

“What??? What you can’t understand sister?” asked Nikhil still looking at Pooja.

“How can you do such a horrible thing to Pooja? You can see she is soft, sweet and fragile! Didn’t that even move your heart little bit? How can you even think about dumping a girl like her?”

Nikhil was quite for a few moments… Then he turned and looked at Pallavi.

“I am glad that you asked me this question sister. Do you know, when I first met Pooja I had no idea who she was! I was stuck with her right from that very first moment… That day…. She standing next to that rose… It was not just romantic but mesmerizing…”

Pallavi looked at him suspiciously.

“I know sister it’s hard to believe… But that’s the truth. I fell in love with Pooja even before I knew she is Murthy’s daughter… But when I came to know about it everything got changed…”

Nikhil stopped his speech abruptly!

Pallavi starred at him and said,

“But didn’t that cross your mind that Pooja is innocent? What can she do for the mistakes her father had committed?”

“Yes sister… I do feel so now… after Pooja helped to rescue my father…” said Nikhil with a sigh.

Pallavi was quiet and Nikhil continued to talk

“It’s difficult to explain certain things sister. We know that burning sensation is bad… We all try to stay away from the flames… We can talk a lot about it… But no one can even come closer to the person who has actually got burnt in the flames… the fiery red flames of fire…”

“Nikhil…”

“My mother suffered for a long time sister… There’s no way I can explain it to you about it in words… What mistake did she commit? And for that sake what mistake did my father commit? He trusted a wrong person and that’s it! So, we all had to suffer… My father was like a slave for those barbarians for so many years… My mother had to do household chores for others and face so many embarrassing situations… You can never understand the things that Kalai and I went through in those days… Even now when I think about it my body burns…. Burns as if I am standing in the flames… That Murthy is a lucky man… Otherwise he would have had the most torturous death in this whole world…”

Nikhil was biting his teeth like a ferocious wild cat…

“I am sorry that I reminded you all those bad days Nikhil. I didn’t mean to do that…”

“That’s ok sister” said Nikhil and his eyes went to Pooja again.

Automatically his face softened…

“Can I ask you one more question?”

“Oh yes sure sister! I have been through hell… So remembering those bad days are not going to break me…”

“Didn’t you know that uncle is dead before marrying Pooja? You could have taken the money and have left her right? Why did you spoil her life? Why did you do that to her???”

Nikhil was quiet for a long time…

“Yes sister, you are correct. I did that on purpose… I couldn’t let her go…”

“What??? I can’t understand you…”

“Pooja came into my life as fresh air… I was suffocating and there she comes as an angel to save me… But then I had to fulfill my mother’s wish… I have to get back everything that actually belonged to my family… I wanted to finish my duty first… But I can’t afford to lose Pooja…”

Pallavi gave a cold stare at Nikhil.

“I know sister, you don’t like it. But that’s the truth… She is my only love… I can’t let her go away from me… So I married her”

“And dumped her!” said Pallavi sarcastically.

“Yes…”

“But don’t you have a heart???? Didn’t you feel bad about it? “

“Heart!!!! That’s what made me do that sister…”

“But she got stuck… She doesn’t even know where to find you even to file a divorce… You just disappeared in thin air…”

“Yes… I didn’t want her to know my whereabouts… Even if she had filed for divorce I wouldn’t have accepted that…”

“That’s cruel Nikhil. I never thought you are so bad!”

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