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Chapter 2 - For heaven's sake!
The palace, its people, my family all were the same. It was me that had changed. My fault or let's change it in to my crime, won't let me live in peace. Life was a hell when you look at it from this side.
Think twice was the first rule of royalty. The one I missed. I should have pondered twice before saying anything to mum, it was me: Me the criminal.
"Yes you're!" Dad said once we were alone in his study.
"I..I'm sorry dad"
For the first time in my life I couldn't look up at his eyes.
"For what?"
He snapped back. Exactly! For what?
For breaking Mum's heart?
For telling her that I don't care about the promises she had made?
For telling her that I don't want the throne all I care about is the girl I loved?
For making it plain that I won't respect that childhood engagement?
Fine! Let's get this straight! I loved her! There's that 'e''d' you see. It's not necessary for her to feel the same way now is it? Maybe it was my fault that I forgot the concept of love isn't meant for royals after all.
"Is everything alright dada?"
When I looked up at her I saw the young girl had finally overcome her tears. Still her eyes were puffed and red yet her voice was back to normal.
The muscles on my face felt oddly frozen when I tried to arrange them in to a smile. I think I had forgotten how to do it properly.
"Yeah choti, everything's fine"
She took her seat beside me before I could bury my face back in to my hands and stared at me like reading an interesting story book.
"Is she alright?"
That was the question I dared. How many older brothers d you think will be discussing their love life with their younger sisters. Honestly don't put me in to that list.
"I hope so choti"
I sighed without thinking her eyes softened.
"You broke up with her"
She said quietly. She was expecting that I hope after the world record I had under my name, who wouldn't?
"No"
I said in the lowest voice I could manage.
"Then?"
I should give her credit she knew that it was no more. Only she wanted to know why.
"She wanted to end it" I said slowly.
That's it. I couldn't take it anymore standing up I left the hall up in to the room that was mine once when I lived here.
*
Changing from Uday to UV was easy. No one knew me there. All new environment and people it had some good effect on me. Leaving them behind hurts a lot, even you were coming home after years. Wait a minute what was actually hurting me?
Leaving my friends?
Or leaving her?
The answer is again obvious, a bit too obvious.
Trying to jerk away my thoughts I stared at the room. There was lot to do, to make it feel like home. Wait it is home after all. What made it home was missing at the moment. Mum…
The grief I kept hidden for a long time, hours, and days perhaps was shaking me now. She's gone, gone just because of me.
Why don't I think of blaming a bit on her?
I can't do that. She must have had her reasons to end it. I don't know what she's going through at the moment. No UV !thinking about her is not a wise move at all. She's gone just like Mum, forget her, keep your mind on throne, and throne only.
That now is the first motive of Yuvraj Udayveer Singh, The throne of Jaygar, and perhaps Devgar.
*
There were photographs of my so called fianc here. When we were kids I used to like her a lot. Stepping in to that life once again was hard, hard and close to impossible.
She has a dimple in her right cheek just like Monya's.
Oh god! This is the third time my thoughts slipped to her in this room. What was happening to me? When it was over it is over, why was this grief then? Thinking about her again and again? It's not very like me to be honest.
After all it was true she had changed me a lot, changed me in to someone I don't even know. Someone I feel scared about.
"Uday"
A small voice ruined the silence in my room. I turned to see who it was. It was someone a head short and small, almost a familiar figure someone I know very well.
The darkness was thick I couldn't see her face.
"Who's it?"
She turned on the lights. I couldn't see when I had fallen asleep because this surely was a dream.
It was Monya standing there at the door. She looked much the same. Same brown hair reaching her shoulders, same rosy cheeks and brown eyes, same expression she had when she told me I was all over.
"You?"
So finally she knows the truth about me.
"I know you're very angry with me but…" She said in a small voice to catch which I had to try hard.
"What do you mean?" I asked her clearly bewildered.
She gulped looking at me with those intoxicating wide brown eyes.
"I'm sorry"
What was happening to me?
Really was she apologizing?
Does she know what happened between Mum and me?
"It's not your fault" I said curtly. "I was the fool to take you too seriously"
There were tears in her eyes, was she regretting what she did?
She gulped again.
"I need to tell you something"
"There's nothing to say now" I told her unable to tolerate her apologizes any longer.
"I made up my mind"
"That's why I need to tell you this" She pressed on.
"If you're going to say that your decision changed…" I said slowly regretting every word I spoke.
"I'll think that you changed your mind because I am the yuvraj of Jaygar"
That would surly end this conversation if it doesn't earn me a slap.
Her eyes widened a little bit more.
"How dare you!" She said her voice slowly rising. "To think such a thing!"
At that moment someone came up the stairs. It was a girl, barely of Unnati's age. She looked graceful and elegant a true princess.
"Manyata jiji" She called out.
"We're leaving!"
There was a silence between us. So Manyata was here after all. How wonderful! here my past was apologizing there my future was leaving.
"Manyata jiji!...I saw you there!"
If I hadn't seen her turn her head in that direction to respond I wouldn't have believed it.
"Coming in a moment Jay!" She called out.
She!
The Monya I loved turned out to be the one I hated the most!
What a game she had played!
WOW!
My mind was blank as I pulled her in to my room closing the door with a bang. She tried to resist my hold on her arm but trust me I'm not leaving her just yet.
"You got me!"
I said the anger boiling inside my head.
"Wonderful!"
"Leave me!" She struggled against my hold.
"So!" I said still trying to control my voice. "What a game ah…princess Manyata"
She blinked. There were tears in her eye again. I wasn't going to give up this time. She will learn what it takes to play with me. Not her UV anymore but the yuvraj of jaygar…Udayveer Sigh.
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