|Amour Indefinitely| ~ KR Drabble Series #3 (Part 52: pg 78) - Page 25

"Hello." The person at the other end answered."

"Payal this is Kriya."

"Kri..Kriya? How did you get my number?"

"I copied it from Rey's cell. I'm not going to beat around the bush and I hope neither will you. I want to know whether this baby is really Rey's or not?" Payal stayed quiet.

"Payal I know there's something that you guys are trying to hide from me and I want to know. If you don't tell me what it is then I, somehow, will find out the truth. Let's just make it easier for me. For lord's sake Payal open up your mouth. I know Rey won't tell me everything but I need to know. Please Payal tell me. It's a sincere request. Please tell me."

"Okay. Meet me at the espresso coffee place at 10 am. I'll tell you everything."

After completing her morning chores, Kriya immediately left for the coffee shop. She reached their ten minutes earlier. And when finally Payal arrived she breathed out of relief as she wasn't sure would Payal arrive or not?

"Hey." Payal greeted her.

"The greetings can wait. Let's come to the main point." They ordered coffee and then Payal started telling her everything.

"Rey isn't my baby's father. We did make out, but that was purely a one night stand occurred completely out of the drunken state and stressed out lives." Kriya patiently listened to her.

"This is happening because of my fiance Ravesh Malhotra. And before you get confused about this person let me tell you, he is Rajeev's cousin. I found this out after Reyansh told me. Ravesh and I were happily in love until six months back. Six months back Ravesh changed all of a sudden. He started incurring losses in his business due to which he turned into an alcoholic. He started abusing me verbally. I was tired of his behavior. I couldn't tolerate anymore but then I loved him too much to let go of him. No matter what I was always by his side even if abused me. But that night I was stressed and tired due to him. I went to the bar to relax myself. And then I met Rey. Both of us were drunk and physically attracted to each other and we made out. When I woke up the next morning I regretted it. Even before I could talk to Rey, he left. Feeling disgusted and guilty, I confessed this incident to Ravesh. After knowing that I cheated upon him, he abused me even more and was almost about to get on the physical violence but then he didn't. He stayed away from me for three days. And after those three days he came back to me and apologized for everything. Everything seemed to be fine. We were back to the happy go merry couple. And two months back I found out that I was pregnant with Ravesh's child. At first he didn't want to accept the child and that left me devastated. The DNA test made him convince that it is his child. Even though he accepted the child, he wasn't ready to bear the responsibilities. And his reason was that he was undergoing financial crisis. It then stuck him that I made out with Reyansh once. He didn't know who Reyansh was. He threatened me to trap Rey into being this child's father else he would kill me and my child. I was petrified. I had no other option but to go along with him. After a lot of difficulty I found out Reyansh's address and contacted him. It was easy to trap him using the fake DNA test.

I felt guilty for making a married man suffer cause of me and my child. But then I didn't have another option. I've always observed that whenever Ravesh would be in a problem he always used to say Kriya bhabhi hoti toh who meri help karti' or 'Kriya bhabhi bahut achi advice deti hai' and so on. Little did I know that his Kriya bhabhi was none other than the same woman's husband whom I am framing into the picture? After talking to Rey I learnt that his Kriya bhabhi is none other than you. Feeling awfully guilty I decided to confess everything to Rey. When Rey got to know everything he promised to help me and bring me out of this situation. But to our misfortune Ravesh found it out. He threatened both of us that he would harm Kaira and you if we stop pretending this act. Though he still admires you Kriya, he considers you to be responsible for Rajeev's death. He remembers you only when he is in a problem. Other than that he never gets tired of cursing you. Along with seeking money for our child, he wants to destroy Rey and your relationship. And Rey couldn't tolerate it. He couldn't let you be in danger. And so he had to hide things from you. He knows he is hurting you but more than that he is hurting himself."

Kriya had no words to say. She couldn't stop the tears from falling. She felt happy that Rey was doing all this to protect her but then she felt miserable that she couldn't build enough trust such that he couldn't confide her.