Abhigya SS : The bitter truth and its consequences |COMPLETED| - Page 2

"You? You are the father? How did this happen? Why didn't you come forward with the truth Nikhil?!", Abhi asked, his voice increasing in amplitude with each question.

"I will tell you why. I will answer all your questions right here and right now. I have all the evidence I need.", Nikhil said with sheer determination.

He wanted to put a stop to this as much I wanted to. I wanted my life, my life who stood by Purab listening to every detail Nikhil was saying. One by one the truth surfaced and Tanu's expression turned from shock to utter fear.

Before Nikhil could completely finish his side of the story, Abhishek had lost total control like a blown fuse. He lunged towards Tanu and slapped her, a force so hard that she fell to the floor. He hovered over her like a Hulk, seething in anger and rage. Realizing at the prospect that he will kill her, Purab and Aakash ran towards Abhishek. They pulled onto his arms and kept repeatedly saying, "Bhai, control yourself! She is not worth it! Stop it Bhai!". But, he wasn't giving in. He swung his arms and pushed his brothers with such force and speed that it had sent Purab and Aakash flying across the hall. I cringed at the man standing there, chest heaving, eyes blood red and the muscles in his body evident through his T-shirt like steel. No one dared to even approach him. Bulbul and Rachna ran to help Purab and Aakash get up, but the brothers were obviously shaken to the core by Abhishek's rage. They had never seen him like that before.

In a split second, Abhishek had grabbed Tanu by her hair and brought her up to her feet. She screamed in pain, but he didn't loosen his grip. He knew this was wrong. It was terrible to treat women this way, but she is a disgrace to women. She is not even a human being for that matter.

"How dare you?! How dare you do this to me?!", Abhi yelled in her face while shaking her by the grip on her hair.

"Abhi, listen to me! I didn't mean to! It was a mistake! What happened with Nikhil was a MISTAKE!! I don't love him!!", Tanu pleaded in pain keeping her hand on the grip Abhi had.

"You don't love him?!", Abhi smirked.

"NO! I only love you Abhi!! Please let me go!!! I am so sorry!!", she begged in between sobs. Her fake Niagara Falls had already begun.

"You love me?!! Who are you trying to fool?? If you had really loved me, you would have married me when I proposed to you the first time! But NO! You ditched me for a 12 crore contract!! If you had really loved me, you would still be willing to marry me! BUT NO!! The minute you realized that I had nothing and Pragya had total control over everything, you ditched me the second time!!! So tell me Tanu, do you actually love me or my wealth and fame?!!!", Abhi shouted at her tightening his hold on her hair.

"Abhishek, listen to me...", Tanu tried again.

"Listen to you?!! I am in this mess because of listening to you Tanu!! What makes you think I will listen to you?!!!", Abhi yelled in her ears.

"FINE!!! Yes!! I loved you for your wealth and popularity!! I became a supermodel and got multimillion dollar contracts only because I was your girlfriend. Rockstar Abhi's girlfriend!!! But you married that behenji and I lost my career!!! I wanted my career back and my life back!! I used my pregnancy to get everything back!!", Tanu shouted back at him, clearly confessing her real intentions to not only him, but everyone present including her parents.

"Your life? What about my life?!! My life is in tatters!!! All thanks to you!! I loved you wholeheartedly!! I would have done anything for you!! But you don't deserve my love! You don't deserve anyone's sympathy, let alone love!! I am glad you refused my proposal the first time and I am relieved that the child is not mine!! Who are you to reject me??! Now listen carefully with your ears and register this in your filthy brain, I, Abhishek Prem Mehra, am rejecting you! Neither do I love you nor do I care about what happens to you anymore!! You can rot in hell or should I say JAIL because I am handing you over to the Police!!!", Abhi shouted, his voice echoing throughout the mansion shocking everyone into silence.

The color from Tanu's face had run. She looked pale and was obviously shaking. Tears ran down her cheeks and her eyes were blood shot. Her lips were trembling and she was trying to say something, but her words were stuck in her throat.

"Wait!! Why should I hand you over to the Police! I was told to leave this house, I lost my Daadi's respect, my Daadi was humiliated in front of your parents, I lost my Pragya whom I loved and still love more than anything in this world, I had to face the wrath of Sarla ji and worst of all, I was forced to agree to marry you!! All for what?!! For a child who doesn't even belong to me?!! No. You deserve more than jail for doing this to my family!! I will just kill you!! I have already lost everything, so by killing you, I have nothing more to lose!!", Abhi said with a look of a cold blooded killer as he slowly released his grip on her hair and grabbed her throat the next second.

Afraid that he may turn even more violent and actually murder her, Purab and Aakash had dashed forward and grabbed onto Abhishek, pulling him with them with every ounce of force they had. They finally managed to free him from holding Tanu by the neck. Tanu dropped to the floor trembling with fear. She looked up to see everyone staring at her, but she felt a hand on her shoulder. Aaliya Mehra. She helped Tanu up and embraced her, disgusting everyone in the hall. Purab and Aakash held Abhishek refusing to let go fearing that he may pounce on Tanu and rip the life out of her.

I had already started the domino effect and one by one everything was falling.

"Aaliya!! Stay away from her!!", Daadi yelled at her devil grand daughter.

"Daadi, she is my friend and what Bhai did to her was wrong.", Aaliya said in a calm tone.

"Wrong? Were you even listening to what was going on here?? Or were you deaf?!", my mother spoke, surprising me. She had been quiet to what was happening all this while. I saw Bulbul putting her hand on Ma's shoulder, trying to stop her from straining herself. But Ma just brushed her hand off, there was no stopping her now.

"Aunty ji, please stay out of this. This has nothing to do with you.", Aaliya replied Ma.

"Nothing to do with me? Do you have any brains Aaliya? Of course, it has everything to do with me!! This shameful blood sucking woman ruined my daughter's life!!", Ma spoke with hatred in her voice. Her words in support of me filled my heart with happiness and content, though I had guilt nagging at me for hurting the most important woman in my life.

"Let her go Aaliya!!", Daadi shouted at her.

"Aaliya.", I said coolly grabbing her attention.

"Every single person in this hall is mad and angry at what Tanu committed. Even Taiji and Tauji look shocked. But you Aaliya? You are so calm. Are you hiding something?", I asked clearly adding fuel to the already burning fire.

"Me? W-why why should I be hiding anything?", she stammered. Fear had crept into her voice and her expression changed ever so slightly.

"You are hiding something. I know it. You knew the truth about Tanu's pregnancy, didnt you?", I said rattling her with more fear.

"No! How could I know about that?!! Stop throwing your baseless accusations at me Ms. Pragya Aurora!!", she roared.

"But I have proof for Pragya's accusations.", Nikhil said catching everyone's attention.

"If you didn't know about the truth, why did you send goons to attack or should I say kill me in Delhi??", Nikhil asked.

"Goons? M-me?? What nonsense are you talking?!!", Aaliya yelled in return. She had released Tanu from her embrace and moved slowly to the back of the hall.

"Nonsense you say? Let's watch a short movie and see who is talking nonsense shall we?", Nikhil said calmly before handing the CD to Robin for him to play.

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The video recording played. The goons under police custody. Everyone watched with anticipation and confusion. Purab and Aakash had released Abhishek as he was no longer struggling but calmly watching what was being played. Yet, knowing the impulsive nature of their elder brother, neither of them moved away from him.

"Why did you try and kill Mr. Nikhil? What is your connection to him? Answer me!!", yelled the police officer.

"Either you confess now or you will face dire consequences! Answer me!!", shouted another officer.

"Okay okay!! Please just let us go!! We will tell you the truth!!", one of the goons answered.

"Who was it?? Answer me!! Who hired you?!!", asked the police officer tightening the twisted grip on the goon's hand.

"Aaliya Mehra!! Aaliya Mehra!!", he yelped.

"Aaliya Mehra!! Rockstar Abhi's sister!!! She was the one who hired us to kill Nikhil!! Now, please let us go!!", begged his accomplice.

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The entire hall fell silent. The game was heating up to its boiling point. Abhishek was shocked beyond believe, but his chest was heaving and it felt like he would rip anyone who came in his way. Ma was the first to speak, surprising me yet again.

"So you knew?!! You knew about the truth! That's why you sent goons to kill Nikhil!! Why!!", Ma shouted at Aaliya.

"Why!! Why did you do this?!! Why did you want your own brother to take the blame for something he didn't do?!! Why did you ruin my daughter's life?!!!", Ma screamed at her.

"Aaliya!! Answer her!! Why did you do this!!! No sister would ever do this!!", Daadi yelled. I really didn't know where the two ladies who meant so much to me got this much of energy to yell and scream.

"Yes!! I knew!! I'll admit!! I knew about the truth!! I knew that Nikhil was the father!! I sent the goons to finish him!!", Aaliya responded with a roar from the back of the hall. She had both hands on the table and her head was down while she spoke. He voice had the same shrill like tone whenever she lost her control.

"You want to know why?!! You want to know why I did this?!!!", she asked in a cold voice while looking up at everyone.

"I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why she did this and why she did everything else.", Raj voiced as he came walking into the hall turning heads.

Aaliya saw Raj and her face turned white as a ghost. She trembled slightly and used the table as a support to balance herself.

Raj had come. The boiling point had reached. Now, everyone will know the truth. The mystery which had been enveloping this house and everyone in it will be unveiled today. There was no escaping the fire this time, people were going to be burned in this bitter truth. I looked towards Abhishek and saw him. He had the murderous look of a raging tiger, and it was taking every fibre in his body to calm down in order to listen to what Raj was about to say. Abhishek Prem Mehra, my Rockstar, I knew him, I knew about his temper. He was a time bomb and when he exploded, nothing would survive. I had known that which was why I couldn't involve him in the plan. It was foolish, I could have made him understand, cooled him down, had him help me and saved him from the suffering I put him through. But I was selfish. Tanu, Aaliya, Raj and Mitthali had to face his wrath, fresh and raw. They deserved nothing less and Abhishek was the best person to do it.