Abhi-Pragya Short story: The Truth (last part pg 5) Updt: 14/6 - Page 3

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Hey guys, here is the part two of 'The Truth'. This is also the last part. I had a hard time writing this, since I wanted to deal with the MU and it's such a ridiculous thing! Hope my version of solving the MU convinces you.

The Truth: Abhi-Pragya short story (Part 2)

The embrace felt right; it felt peace. It gave both of them hopes and assurance that everything is perfectly fine. And there was a future.

Pragya took a deep breath. For a moment she felt free of all her limitations. But only after a moment of calm, her mind started scattering again. She did not want it to be a calm before the storm. The hug had her somehow believe that he would believe her and set everything right. So she had to tell him the one truth that came from a deep place in her being.

"I love you, Abhishek," she barely whispered.

Abhi opened his eyes in a jolt. Just when it felt like he was cured of his pain, he fell deep back into it.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Abhi broke the hug and held her face in his palms. His eyes were pleading.

Pragya had no answer for him except the nakedness in her eyes.

Abhi could see nothing but sincerity in her eyes. But he was not going to believe her and get deceived. He had never believed in love. If love was this illusive, he would better run away from it. But it was burning to even think of it.

"Why don't you say something?" Abhi shook Pragya holding her arms.

Pragya was forming sentences in her head not knowing how to put her distress in words.

Abhi spoke again, "You know that I love you, don't you? Is that why you are playing around like this? You know what, if you think you are indispensible to me, you are sadly mistaken. I can live without you. Just get out of my life and never show me your face. I can get over this pathetic game of love". Abhi got up from his chair to walk away.

"I will do whatever you ask me to do. But please hear me out today" Pragya said holding his hand.

"Don't touch me" Abhi moved his hand away from hers. "I can't believe you have the audacity to tell me that you love me while you continue your affair with him right in front of my eyes. Well, you are such a ..." Abhi bit his lower lip and started to walk out of the room.

Pragya ran ahead of him and stood in front, blocking his way to the door.

"Will you please let me go?" Abhi said furiously, with his eyes turning red with anger and agony.

"I was never in love with your friend Purab. In fact, I was never in a relationship with him. If anything, he considers me his elder sister" Pragya told Abhi with calm words.

"What?" It took Abhi a minute to make sure he heard it right. "Are you in your mind?" Abhi asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I am. I have never dated Purab. If anything, we share a brother and sister like relationship" Pragya repeated.

"I don't believe you" Abhi tried to push Pragya away to walk out of the door.

"I swear in my mother's name. I am not lying about a thing," Pragya said grabbing Abhi's hand, trying to stop him from walking out.

Abhi stopped. In the five months he had known her for, if he believed one thing about her, it was her unremitting love and concern for her mother. He could never think of that as an act. She pretty much cared the same way for his Daadi too. Any favour she had ever asked from him was for her mother. The only times she had broken down into tears was when it involved her mother.

Abhi looked back at Pragya. "Please come and sit here. And listen to me" she guided him to the sofa and had him sit. She seated herself on the edge of the other sofa that was placed perpendicular to the one on which Abhi sat.

"Abhishek, Purab was never involved with me. He was involved with my sister." Pragya said taking a deep breath.

"What? Purab and Bulbul?" Abhi tried to understand.

"My sister didn't know he had promised to marry your sister until you started arranging your sister's wedding. But by then, Purab and Bulbul had confessed their love for each other." Pragya explained.

"And I married you thinking that you were the girl involved with Purab?" Abhi ran his fingers through his hairs pulling them. He felt dizzy. His hands were shaking and breathing became labored as his mind tried to apprehend Pragya's words.

Pragya further said, "I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I was involved with Purab. I had only met him once in his office."

"Aaliyah showed me a picture of you with Purab in his office and told me that you were the girl involved. When I confronted Purab, he admitted being involved with a girl from his office... but he never said a name. Damn it, what did I do.. Just what..." the realization struck Abhi and he banged his wrist onto the side table, breaking the glass.

"Abhishek, are you alright?" Pragya got up to examine his hand.

Abhi took his hand off of her hand and said "Pragya, the day after we married, I told you why I married. Why didn't you tell me you were not the girl? Why did you agree to marry me?""

"I was worried my sister would get into trouble" Pragya's eyes filled with tears."My mother was ill. I had two marriage proposals cancelled. She couldn't bear with it. When your proposal came, she was very happy after a long time. I couldn't have denied her the happiness that I saw in her eyes. My marriage meant hope for her, better life, better health" Pragya couldn't hold her tears anymore as she sat back on the sofa. Abhi followed her eyes as she spoke.'

"Abhi's eyes had filled with tears too. He went calm for a few moments just looking at Pragya while she silently cried.

"Pragya" Abhi sat on his knees in front of Pragya. He held her hands and kissed them. "I am so sorry, Pragya" saying so, he placed his head on her knees and cried out loudly. Pragya ran her fingers through his hair in a soothing motion and cried along placing her head on his.

A few minutes later, Abhi lifted his head up and leaned his back onto the sofa.

"After my Daadi sent my proposal to your house, you came to me to refuse to marry me. I had come to your house later that day to know if you really loved Purab and that could be the reason you were refusing to marry me. But then, I saw you with the diamond necklace that my Daadi had sent and I heard from you that you agreed to marry me. I thought you want to marry me for money, because I was richer than Purab. But... But... I got it all so wrong." Abhi said in a weak voice.

"That day, my mother was very upset that I had refused to marry you. I was worried that given the status differences between us, our marriage would never work. But my mother convinced me otherwise. That's why I agreed to marry you." Pragya remembered the day Abhi had just described.

"And I tortured you every day and you silently suffered. Pragya, why didn't you tell me a thing?" Abhi looked at Pragya with pain.

"I couldn't have afforded to break this marriage. My mom's health had only started to get better. I was dead worried for her. I was also worried for Bulbul. Honestly, I didn't know how I could do anything better than just sticking to this marriage and let my mother be happy, as long as I could." Pragya said looking down, facing away from Abhi.

"Very soon after our marriage, I started to feel something was amiss about you. You were not what I thought you were. But I always thought it was just a game played by you to get into my good books. Although my heart told me everyday that I was wrong, I refused to listen. Oh No, why did I do this?" Abhi placed his hand on his mouth and squeeze closed his eyes.

"I never allowed you to think otherwise. I made sure you would never doubt I am not the girl. I told you so many times that I loved Purab." Pragya came and sat on the floor, near Abhi.

"And here I am arranging Aaliyah and Purab's wedding. Why on earth Purab is marrying Aaliyah if he loves your sister? And Aaliyah, how did she assume that you were in love with Purab? Just because she saw you with him in his office? How could I take her word for it? DAMN IT, DAMN IT" Abhi screamed.

"Please calm down. From the time Bulbul has known that Purab had promised Aaliyah beforehand, she never wanted to get back with him. It's all the more complicated now because Bulbul recently told me she wants to marry Suresh. I was engaged to Suresh only to find out he never loved me but Bulbul. It's all very complicated. I don't really know what is going on with Bulbul.." Pragya said.

"Why did Purab never tell me that I was wrong? Bulbul knew as well? Why didn't she...Pragya, what is all this? I wronged you Pragya.. so badly.. Oh, My head is spinning" Abhi held his head in his hand.

"Everything will be alright, Abhishek. Everything will be. It was all a huge misunderstanding." Pragya caressed Abhi's face and tried to hug him.

"I don't deserve this Pragya" Abhi moved away. "I hurt you every single day intentionally. I even had Tannu in my life for weeks after our marriage. I never recognized you as my wife. I called you all sorts of names and Pragya.. I am your culprit. Please slap me, kick me.. just kill me.. please don't be nice to me...No No No... I hate myself. " Abhi banged the floor with this wrists.

"It was not all your fault. And you were doing everything for your sister to the extent of marrying a person you hated" Pragya reasoned.

"Why are you defending me? I don't deserve a single iota of care from you. You should hate me. Just hate me, Pragya" Abhi shouted.

"I could never hate you, because, I love you. I can not see you hurt even a little." Pragya said in a crying voice.

"Love me? No, you are not supposed to do that! I don't deserve it." Abhi said affirmatively.

"If you can love me, why can't I love you? You loved me although I was supposed be the girl who wronged your sister. You loved me although you believed I loved your friend. You loved me although you knew all I want was your money and that I will never love you. I even know you broke up with Tannu not because there was a problem between you and her but because of me. " Pragya reprimanded.

Abhi couldn't deny since what she was saying was the truth.

"You know Abhishek, I stayed in this marriage for the sake of my mother. But gradually, I just grew fond of you. Do you remember the night I had 102 degree fever? You sat by me checking my temperature every now and then. I was half asleep but wasn't unconscious to not notice your concern. That was the moment I knew you were not what you presented yourself as to me. From then, I could see you beyond the hate you had, only to realize you felt exactly what I felt for you. And believe me, no one has ever looked at me the way you do. No one has ever made me forget myself the way your presence does. I have cherished the desire I have seen in your eyes for me. I have lived every little gesture of love that came my way from you. But having said all this, I do not ask you to do anything for me. Please do what you think is right. But I just request you to not hate yourself. It was not all your fault. I am guilty too of keeping you in the dark". Pragya said unassumingly. Abhi's heart felt full.

"I love you, I love you my Chashmish.. I love you so much, more than I can ever tell you" Abhi cupped her face in his hands and pressed his lips to hers tightly. Tears flowed through both their eyes in unison.

They hugged each other yet again. They didn't feel like two different people anymore. They felt their hearts beating together. They had found their truth.

"Pragya, I will never ask for your forgiveness. Because, I don't deserve it. But I will make it up to you all my life. Before that, I have to beg forgiveness from a lot of people. I need to fix a lot of lives. I have to make it better for everyone, Aaliyah, Purab, Bulbul, Suresh, Daadi, your Maa, your Rokstar Daadi, just every single person I have wronged." Abhi said unwaveringly.

"Please allow me to be with you in every step you take. Let's do it together," Pragya put her hands in his. He kissed her hand as his tears fell on them. He felt the purest emotion he had ever felt but he wondered if he could ever make it up to her. But he sure knew he had to.

The End

Thank you, Tia ...Beautifully written...couldn't be better👍🏼! So emotional!! Touched my heart!

Aww Tia great ending 👍🏼 How cathartic for them both to face the truth together. I like the mention of Abhi nursing Pragya through fever, and how he admitted that he had doubts about her true nature from the start. And oooh nice little twist there that Bulbul wants to marry Suresh now. 😲 Thanks for an excellent story! ❤️

Awesome ending.

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Thank you, Tia ...Beautifully written...couldn't be better👍🏼! So emotional!! Touched my heart!