-Picking Up The Pieces-ARFF|Last Part-PG:111 - Page 66

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-Part 13-

"I want her back Rahul…. I want her back!"

I watched him as he fell to the ground shaking and slowly beginning to cry hysterically. I had never seen him like this for as long as I knew him. It was 3am when the door bell had rung awakening me from my sleep, I was a bit reluctant at first to answer it but after hearing it ring continuously I got out of bed to answer the door and there he was standing there in front of me defeated and worn out. He didn't have to even say anything I could see it in his eyes that he wanted her back. I had known Armaan since the age of 3. He was my neighbor at the start but he soon became my best friend. When I needed him he was always there and vise versa and today seeing him like this just shook me to my very core. Armaan was the type of guy that would never take no for an answer and would always make the impossible possible, if you asked him to do anything he would do it without any hesitation. I stared at him and my heart went out to him, I could still remember how hard it had been for him to let her go and how he had broken down the moment she had left. He had spent an entire week alone in his room not eating, sleeping or talking to anyone and would just sit on the floor with Riddhima's picture in his hands and cry to his hearts content; it was as if his very reason for living was gone. I got up from the sofa that I had been sitting on and went over to him and picked him up off the floor and made him sit down next to me, it was my turn to be there for him and maybe just maybe I could give him back his reason for living.

"True love is like a teardrop in a rainstorm; you're lucky enough to find it once, but you will never find it again… you remember when you told me that?"

"Why are you asking me stupid questions Rahul I came here for help!"

"I'm not asking you stupid questions I just helped you."

"How does that help me?"

"Think about it. I'm going back to sleep we will figure out something in the morning. You can sleep in the guest room. Good night buddy!"

I watched him get up and leave me more puzzled then I already was. I had come to Rahul after driving around aimlessly for hours trying to figure out how I was going to find Riddhima and bring her back. I thought that he would be able to help me figure out a plan as to how we could track down Sahil but the opposite was happening to me my best friend walked off on me after repeating words to me that I had once told him.

"OPEN THE DOOR!!!!!!" I screamed for the umpteenth time with as much strength as I had hoping it would open and someone would let me out. It was like this everyday Sahil would come in the morning to see me with breakfast, taunt me to his hearts content and then leave me after beating and yelling at me and once he was gone I would bang on the door screaming for help hoping that someone would hear me and let me go. I slid down the door landing on the floor and held myself as my eyes began to tear up at the fate that god had given me. I had been trapped in the same room like a prisoner in jail. How long was I going to be here? Would I never see my family again? Would I never see my friends again? Would I never be able to live a normal life?? Would I ever be free from Sahil?? Would I ever see Armaan again? Would I ever be able to hold him in my arms again? Would I ever be able to tell him that I love him again??

If only… If only I hadn't read that text! If only Sahil hadn't come back! If only that day had never come! If only Sahil had never showed up and said all that crap to everyone! If only I had done something! If only….

-Flash Back Continued-

"What's wrong BG? Ever since we came home you have been silent I even tried to ask you before what was wrong but you didn't answer me."

"He's back……Sahil he sent me a text msg saying that he was back!"

"What! How can he be back he's dead and dead people don't come back alive BG! Someone is just playing a joke on you!"

"No Armaan this can't be a joke! It's real! He's back and he's after me!"

"BG relax I'm telling you he is dead! No one is after you! And even if someone is I'm here for you. I will not let anyone even touch you okay!"

"… Okay!"

"That's like my BG! Now go to sleep and don't worry about a thing."

I laid my head on the pillow and tired to go to sleep but the intuition of something happening wouldn't stop growing inside of me. I tossed and turned for a good hour before falling into a restless sleep not knowing what the morning was going to hold for me.

I woke up the next morning to the ringing of my phone that was beside me on the table where I kept it before going to sleep. I picked it up and saw that there was a incoming call from a number that I didn't recognize I was going to hang up but then the doctor inside of me came alive and I thought that it could be someone who needed help and so pressing the green answer button I braced myself for what was coming next.

"Hello Dr.Riddhima Gupta here how may I help you?"

"Good Morning Dear Wife!"

I froze as the sound waves of his voice traveled from my phone and into my ear. Was this really happening? Was I dreaming?? Was someone playing a joke on me??

"Who.. is this?"

"What is this Riddhima you can't recognize your own husband's voice! Have you forgotten me already?"

"No! This is a joke! You can't be alive! YOU'RE DEAD!!!!!!!"

"Don't scream Riddhima you'll get a sore throat! And have you forgotten the text msg I sent you, I'm not dead! I'm alive and I will see you soon! Bye! And oh don't forget I love you!"

I hung up the phone and threw it onto the bed in frustration. How was this happening! This can't be true! I had watched him burn in front of my eyes! This is a joke! It's a bad dream and I will wake up in a minute and everything will be back to normal! But.. what about the text and now the phone call? What are those supposed to mean? Could it be that Sahil really is alive and it's not a joke? Could that have been his voice? What if he really shows up?? What if he takes me away from my family, my friends, Armaan? What if I end up alone again? What if I have to go back to that hell that I had escaped from? A tear rolls down my face and I suddenly begin to feel cold and lonely what if everything came true? What would I do?? Where would I go?? I look around and see no one in the room who would answer my questions and hold me. I was alone. I needed someone. I needed someone to hold me right now and tell me that everything was going to be okay and the only name that I could think of was my AM. I held myself and wrapped my arms around my legs trying to control my tears from escaping as I grabbed my phone and called the one person that I needed the most right now.

"Armaan!... He.. I.."

"BG? What's the matter?? Are you crying?? What happened?"

"He.. Phone.. Alive..

"Okay.. Okay.. I want you to clam down BG okay I'm coming right now! Don't worry everything is going to be okay! Alright! I love you!"

After letting Dr.Keerti know that I had to leave I dashed out from the hospital and ran to my car with my heart pounding and my mind racing with a million thoughts and emotions the most prominent being worry. What was going on? Why was Riddhima crying so bad? And what was she talking about? I had seen and heard riddhima cry before but this was different. It wasn't like the times that she had cried for her family or when she had finally told me about her past. This cry was a cry of fear and that scared me the most. I knew she was worried about the text msg but I didn't think much of it and tired to reassure her that nothing was going to happen and that the msg was fake, but now it seemed like the opposite. What if what she was saying was true? What if Sahil was really alive? What if he did show up and take Riddhima? No! I won't let that happen! I won't let anyone take my BG away from me! Finally reaching the house I stepped on the break and turning of the car I got out and ran inside the house.

I called and looked around for Riddhima but not seeing her anywhere on the main floor I had guessed that she was upstairs somewhere crying and sure enough I found her at the foot of the bed on the floor in a ball crying. I was about to take a step towards her when she her self lifted her head up and upon seeing me standing in front of her she got up and ran into my arms and began to cry as if she was seeing me after years. I held her in my arms and let her cry for a few minutes before saying anything because I had learnt that when Riddhima was crying hysterically it was best to let her cry first and then to talk to her because if you did it the other way she wouldn't listen to a word you were saying. After about a few minutes I slowly picked her up in my arms and went towards the bed and sat down while placing her in my lap and started talking.

"What's wrong?"

…………………….

"BG what's wrong? Who made you cry?"

"……He….called….said… come…see.. me… soon.."

"Who is he?"

"Sahil!"

I listened to her as she slowly began to tell me in her broken sentences what had happened and by the end of it I could feel my blood boil! How dare that ******* call here!! I'll kill him if he comes anywhere near Riddhima!

"BG listen to me.. I know how you must be feeling right now but I want you to know that I am always here for you no matter what! I'm not going to let anything happen to you and even if that ******* comes here I'll deal with him okay!"

"Okay…but…

"But…

"Promise me that even if Sahil comes here you won't let him take me away from you!"

"I promise BG I won't let him or anyone take you away from me!"

-Flashback Ends-