PART- 15 TO PROTECT U ALL...!!
Hello everyone...!! Here I am back with the 15th part... I can't believe I wrote 15 chapters... as being new in writing... I thought I will not be able to do this... but thanks to the ones who comment and boost up my interest in writing... so let's move on to the story...!!
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At Angel's villa 11 pm-
As abhi came out of his room... he froze as he saw CABIR standing there who came to check on manik... if he is back or not... as was to lock the gate of the house... but on hearing their talk... he was numb... a lot of questions were coming to his mind... did manik did all this for them...?? If yes then how he is gonna face him...?? And what made him take this step of staying away from them...?? Then he put a break to his thought process as he saw abhi trying to move from there avoiding him... and he said...
Cabir: abhi what were u saying inside...?? ( somewhere he knew abhi will not tell him the truth and will try to avoid this... and it happened...)
Abhi:what are u talking about cabir... ?? I didn't get it... we were just normally talking... nothing much... OK... now u sleep as I am also very sleepy... (Abhi said this while walking towards his room... and purposely walking ahead of him... avoiding the eye contact... but cabir is cabir... when he wants to know anything he will not let the person easily escape ...)
Cabir: abhi don't u try to change the topic... I know something is fishy... so just say the truth... ( Abhi didn't say anything... and cabir became furious...)
I SAID SPEAK UP DAMMIT...!!! (He said it loudly... which made all the others to come out of their rooms... as now both of them had reached the hall all the way talking... and so his voice echoed in the whole house...)
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By now everyone was standing there including manik... as his sleep also broke with the loud voice... so he moved in the hall...and found all of them already there... then Mukti just asked...
Mukti: cabir what happened why are u shouting at this hour...?? And that too on abhi...??
This question made manik also curious... as why he was shouting at abhi... and abhi was constantly looking at manik... and manik was trying to figure out... what he is trying to convey... but then cabir's words made it clear to him...
Cabir: abhi now speak up... we all are here...! What were u saying that manik was forced to do this...? And he did this all for us...
(Cabir words... came as a bomb on all of them... and same questions were coming in their minds as well... but all this while... manik understanding everything... was trying to avoid this talk... said...)
Manik: cabir we will talk about this in the morning...as it's already late... So all of us should sleep now... as tomorrow... we have to catch up with lots of work... and...
( but he was cut in the mid by cabir who understood that manik is just trying to divert this topic... and he will come up with some story in the morning so he said...)
Cabir: nobody is going anywhere... and we are talk about it right now... I want to know it all...!!
( All this while... manik was tensed as what he is going to tell them... and if he will not say then abhi will surely open his mouth... after knowing the truth he knows that they will feel guilty... and he cannot see that guilt in their eyes... because of his stupid actions... and then he saw abhi was about to say something... so to stop him he said...)
Manik: cabir we will discuss in the morning naa...and abhi is also tired as since yesterday he has not taken proper rest... (then he looked at abhi... ) Abhi u go and sleep...!!
Abhi opposed him with his eyes saying him to tell the truth... but before he could say from his mouth... cabir said...
Cabir: so it's simple naa... just say the truth and then we all can rest... and I am sure abhi can wait for this much time...( he said the last line looking at abhi who just nodded... in yes...) see he is also ready...!! So now say... forget it u are not going to say... I know u this much atleast... so abhi now u only say... and don't u dare lie... and u don't need to ask manik anything just say it...!!
( And abhi was more than happy as finally he got the chance to speak up... now manik cannot do anything... so he just said all of them to sit... and then looked at all of them as if asking... should he start...and gave a glance to manik... who now looking down... knowing what's going to come... after this... then he began...)
Abhi: u heard it right cabir ... he did this all for u people... he again chose his friendship over his happiness... his love...
( his this statement made all of them to look at manik... who was looking down as if he has committed some crime... and there heart beats were increasing... as thinking why he did this...?? And then abhi continued...)
Abhi: it was not that he didn't missed u all... he missed u all a lot...
Flashback-
Manik had moved to New York for sometime... as he needed some peace... and also his dad was there for a month for business purpose... there he found abhi... as abhi was there for his treatment purpose as now he was cured... but not fully... there were chances of cancer to rebuilt... and then manik and abhi started meeting up discussing the change in their lives... actually only abhi openned up his story... as he was a frank kind of a person but manik didn't said his story as he speaks up his pain only to his close ones... then slowly... they became good friends... abhi frequently visited him... as he knew something was wrong but waited for manik to confess himself... then manik and his dad were going to pune... as his father lived there... and on manik's request abhi also joined them to pune... and his treatment continued there in India...
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Time passed... now it has been a month that manik had settled in pune... but he was lost in his own world always... he used to talk to his father and abhi only... and no one else... looking at him... his father and abhi were worried so they asked him say it all now... as it was high time to open up... and then after lots of pleads manik agreed and told them everything that how fab 5 broke... how he left everything behind... his nandini behind... to start a fresh... but he was not able to forget them... understanding his condition... his father and abhi supported him... as he needed time... to cope up with everything... so they happily gave him time...
2 more months passed...
All this while abhi helped him to open up... now manik has joined his dad's office... he was getting better but still missed his friends and his star... and then abhi had to go abroad again for his treatment for 3 months... and during his treatment stage only he started with his study in drugs... so manik himself went to drop abhi to the airport... and on his way back... he heard his star singing... along with his buddy... on the FM... he could feel the pain in her voice... he was feeling so guilty for leaving her like that... he stopped his car... as her voice was not allowing him to concentrate on driving... and as the song finished... he drove his car in full speed... and reached back to his place... he was happy and sad both at the same time... he was sad feeling the pain through which nandini was going... and happy to know that fab 5 was still together... and dhruv was singing along with nandini... which meant... that they were all back together like old times... he was so happy and thought of going back to them... so he told his father everything... and his father saw that spark in him... that happiness which was missing... since all these three months... so he just blessed him to be happy like this forever... and told him to go to Mumbai... to his friends to his nandini...
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Manik thought of informing them... but then thought to surprise them... by his come back... so he started packing his bags and hired a car for himself to Mumbai... and as he was about to leave for Mumbai... he got a call he received it... and the words of the person on the phone shocked him to the core... all his happiness was lost...!! He was shattered...!! The caller was none other than his SO CALLED MOM...!!! MRS. NYONIKA MALHOTRA...!! who blackmailed him to make his friends( fab 5) life hell... if he tried to come there... and then she explained him how she had her eyes on him since the day he left... and how his friends were trying to search him... but she being Nyonika Malhotra... how can she let manik live at peace... so she told him not to contact them... and not to come back... or she will spoil there careers... all his friends (fab 5) have to pay for his come back in their lives... and told him not to tell anything to his dad... as he was the only person who has the power to stop her... and told him that he tried to tell his father anything then... she has all the arrangements done here ... her one call and their live will become hell... and warning him by saying that she has an eye on his evry action she cut the call...
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Then manik decided to do as she said... he didn't tell anything to his father... he kept quiet... his father became worried with his sudden decision of not going to his friends... but manik very easily lied to him that... his frnds are not together they just came together for a performance... and nothing is same there and so he doesn't want to go back... and his dad didn't said anything as he didn't wanted manik to feel all that pain of seeing them breaking apart all over again...
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Time passed manik just indulged himself in work... whole day and till late at nights... and when he came home he would just go to his room... take his guitar and sing his pain out... time passed and manik again became that angry manik... the monster manik... and Nyonika was happy seeing her plan working... as now he was that old manik again... who was controlled by her and not the good manik which nandini had made out of him...
She made him get the papers signed of properties under her name... by blackmailing him using fab 5's name... and her share kept on increasing on their properties in Mumbai... this did not affect his dad's wealth much... as he was way too rich... to be affected by few properties... it was just his say on his Mumbai properties was decreasing which increased her power in the Mumbai branch of malhotra industries...
Then abhi came back... he was cured by now fully... and seeing abhi... manik could not control himself more... he just cried and told abhi everything as now abhi was closest to him... after his dad... abhi tried to convince him to tell everything to his dad... but manik being a selfless friend couldn't risk his friends... and asked abhi also not to say anything...
But as it is said truth has to come out some day... and his dad came to know everything... but now it was too late... firstly... now Nyonika was a more powerful name in Mumbai than his... moreover... nandini and his friends went missing all of a sudden... but his father kept searching for them... and was also making some plan to take revenge from Nyonika for doing this to his son... but so much of stress... lead to deterioration of his health...and he got heart attack... and so was brought to London for treatment...( eventually his father only helped him to reach his nandini though unknowingly... )
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Present-
Abhi: though he left u all with his own will... but not coming back to u all was not his wish... he toh was dying to meet u all...!! But his so called mother... spoiled it all...!! He did this... TO PROTECT U ALL...!! (He said this and looked around as all this while he was just looking aimlessly on the table there... remembering everything... but as looked up he found manik was not there... )
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So here I end part 15... with the story from manik's side... he did this for them... but again he chose friendship over love... as friendship was always his first priority... but what about love...?? What about nandini...?? How will she react when she will come to know this...?? What will be the reaction of fab 4...?? Where is manik...??How will they face manik...?? How will they bring nandini back...??
See I came up with such an early update... now click like and DO COMMENT... and let me know... was manik's story justified... did it matched up to ur expectations... ?? Criticism and suggestions are more than welcome... !!
AMAAYA...😊😊