The Ghost of You and Me -OS Part II Page 11 - Page 7

"We are through RK, this was all just a game.. A game which you started, but I get the final say'"

Madhubala could still picture the the pain in RK's eyes when she finally revealed what her true intentions were.. How he had refused to accept the fact that this was all a part of another plan.. How he let out a weak laugh, appearing not to believe what she was saying.. Not believing that this was yet another Prem Game..

It broke her when she finally realised what she had done.. It broke her to know that she had become the person she was terrified of becoming.. She knew that this wasn't who she truly was.. He had made her the woman she was today.. A new Madhubala..

"Madhu.. I am not the best person in the world, but you make me a better person, you make me want to be a better person.. For you' You brought out the worst in me.. And you brought out the best.. You restored my faith in God.. You restored my faith in Love.. " He said with slightly shivering lips and moist eyes..

"You taught me how to trust.. You taught me what Trust truly meant.. But above all, you taught me how to Love Madhu.. Yes.. I Love You Madhu.. I Love You so much.. "It took everything she had, not to hold on to him and tell him how she felt.. It took everything she had, not to just lose herself in him when he had told her what she had been dying to hear for God knows how long.. He had told her that she meant everything to him, that he too Loved her..

Rishabh stared into his Biwi's big doe eyes, and he felt as if the secrets of the universe lay within the deep pools of her gorgeous browns.. He thanked God for making him the luckiest man on the face of this earth.. For making him the proud owner of the most beautiful pair of eyes..

Madhu knew what was heading her way.. She knew that he had meant every word he said.. She knew that she had him where she wanted.. Yet, the thought of her next move sent shivers through out her entire body.. She knew what had to be done.. She knew what she had to say..

"Rishabh un-weds Madhubala.. " She could still hear RK's words from that fateful night.. The night she thought would be the happiest night of her life.. She remembered how he had declared the un-wedding, how he had relieved her from the four incomplete Pheras, as the five elements stood witness..

She remembered how he had dragged her to the chawl, and how she could think of nothing, how everything was numb.. She remembered how his words made her feel lifeless..

Madhubala could see the uncertainty in his eyes so clearly as she backed away slowly.. How his expressions changed with every step she took.. How he was looking at her with pleading eyes.. She could remember thinking to herself, "Madhu.. Be strong.. If you love him, you have to let him go.. Its what's best for the both of you.. Hai na.." She sent a silent prayer to Bappa asking him for the strength and the courage she needed to do what she was about to..

"Glycerin.. Will you forgive him if he ever comes back to you..? Will you accept him as the man you love..? Will you be able to forget what he put you through..? Madhu could hear Didu's words loud and clear in her mind, and her reply even louder..

She could remember how RK had gone speechless when she finally laid the cards on the table, how he was not willing to accept the fact that things between them are over, and over for good' That there was nothing left.. And yet, not making any effort to make her realize that ending things between them is wrong.. Because he knew deep down, that he himself was to be blamed for the heartache both of them were going through..

My heart was open, exposed and hoping

For you to lay it on the line

In the end it seemed

There was no room for me

Still, I tried to change your mind..

- Wanted You More by Lady Antebellum

He hadn't made any effort to stop her as she slowly backed away, She remembered how she had pleaded, how she told him that he can't play her.. That he is human.. That he was a changed man.. But she had been wrong..

She wanted to make him realize the depth of what he had done, so that he would never toy with another person's feelings ever again..She hoped that turning tables would make him much more than a cold-hearted and selfish person, someone who would respect another's feelings.. and she had succeeded..

"Rishabh, I had to do what I did, I'm sorry.. You will always be the man I love'" Madhu thought to herself as she broke down on her mother's arms.. "Maybe someday we will be together.. I'm hurting, and I and I don't want to let you go' Someday Rishabh, Someday we will be together again, hurting you is hurting me.. "

We are one, we are whole
We are one whole dying soul
Were the crash, the burn,
The dream that turns from ecstasy to aching,
We-e-e-e-e are the sound of two hearts breaking