#3 ~FF: Untold Stories~ - Page 86

It was such a lovely chapter 👏👏

I'll read this and we'll discuss about this on FB. 😉

Originally posted by: dvprt418.py

Finally got time to reply sorry for the delay and whats up with you two updates so fast.
i just hope you take care of yourself properly since you are fasting.😊
now coming to the update i was so waiting to read her insecurities her tough call to prioritize ranveer despite all her fears and for once all this despair gave ranveer much needed assurance that he is not totally wrong in assuming that moon from the window can be his even a glimpe of hope is enough for him to survive for these two years without seeing her smile.😊
First para describing her panicky situation was very realisitc it was like everything happening for real. He insecurities exploited by baa and her old self reforming itself again.😒
This is what happens when our world revolve around one person and she is not to be blamed here because Ranveer loved her so much and was always there for her which made her believe that she is also the loved one the cared one 😵 and she deserves all the happiness and care but thhis sudden turn of events have made her think what kind of world she was being protected from by her knight and ith him going away the shield of her life happiness even for that matter her sanity will also go away😔
Ranveer was still not able to believe how he got the scholarship well that's him always made to think that servants deserve to be always like that. and no one than Harshad can be more happy for this development because its the teacher who becomes most happy of all the success his student get and well in ranveer's case he is more than that to him.😳
This girl is seriously mad no matter how much vulnerable she is weak she is but when it comes to providing strength to ranveer she will stand beside him like a pillar( provided she uses her brain and heart wisely not under the influence of any manipulator) she was equally worried for him regarding his carrier.
Just like ishani even i thought why the hell the old hag is in her room she definetly
going to do something and the moment she started speaking i sensed so she will push her so much that it takes Harshad to convince her
The amount of brain Ranveer uses her to teachmore than that baa uses to inflict injuries upon them sometimes i wonder the only thing that can compete with Ranveer's unconditional love is her unconditional hatred for both of them( not unless chirag was in picture)😲
how cleavrly she manipulates her i wish had she spent same amount of brain to teach disha some senses that would have worked wonders now😆😆
Well even i wonder out of all the people in the world why always she falls prey to this deadly monster i guess she uses her brain a little too much in these situation thereby completely loosing out everything😕
The best friend para and the following it summarized the relationship of ishveer the things ranveer had done for her and made her his universe i love that 2 para the most of all the things in this.
So this good habit of hurting herself whenever she was weak found its occurence since long back.😕
now she is expert in it with more dreadful weapons.
I can guess what and how chirag must ahve played with her mind at her most vulnerable state when her father left her to push her to the limit of throwing her own life her own shield away from her heart because no matter how much chirag had love dher he cannot replace ranveer in her heart because that place was created stone by stone over long time and not by reading some book and he knew it very well that's why he choose the safest time to manipulate her when she cannot think and act and Ranveer's proposal made job easy for him.😔🤔 well this is just my guess.
And LM this pain of her all the insecurities and her longing for the moments to return back time to stop was so well descibed that it left me spechless i am seriously short of words to tell you how amazing those constant display of manipulation and vulnerability were. i felt like a war situation in which baa like an advanced army soldier was inflicting new wounds on her and she was getting more and more hurt with all this exposing herself a little more to give chance to baa to hurt her a little more.
(i guess watching an action movie done this to me)
Baa can easily surpass valak of conjuring 2 she is indeed more demonous than that shown in the movie.
Amid all these the only saving grace was when she told stop calling him servant its like blended in her subconscious mind that no one should call him that she didnt even spared chirag in the interludes.
Wow girl that whole game of manipulation was so amazing you deserve a standing ovation for this👏👏 I just wonder what must be coming in the interludes when chirag manipulated her that night😲 she portrayed Ranveer as opportunist and she being incapable of everything very easily can someone hit her please😡😡
Finally ranveer is like movie police entering after the climax all the presidings finished and what he witness next shakes up his own sweet dreamy world a broken ishani more vulnerable than she met him years ago. An ishani so loved with care but now all pained with tears.
ishani and her paranoid nature was so realistic its like she don't want to behave like that but situation are forcing her she is fighting a battle within herself
Inspite of all the things he is chivalrous enough to her proximity. bechara ranveer how he must be feeling when the only person he is doing all this for is asking her not to do so.I wish he had explained her a lot more about manipulation things would have been different today. and now i just think how come ishani can forget all this things and cut him out so brutally this boy must have died infact death would have been easy for him because he lost that one thing he breath for.😭
All he is doing today is to have her in his tomorrow and he is realistic enough that love cannot do everything he wants to be her equal in achieving something so that he can dare to stand equal to that moon and his one sided love will not remain one sided. But this situation is making him think otherwise.
i so love this chapter and wanted to write so much but unable to form words this certainly among my favourites i am just loving it so much👏
This is seriously outstanding.
thnks for pm will review the other one soon enough to behonest i am still not able to get over the effect of this.

Originally posted by: NidsJ

Hey LM...😊 I know m late late n late as always.. ab to aplogy bolne me bhi sharm ati hai...😔 so moving on... Epistle 66 n 67 😊

So Ishu's bday.. Full on dhamakedaar one.. whole gang is in courtesy to ranveer but disha is odd one out, she don't like her.. courtesy to old hag...😡 had she taught her something good to Disha also could've been a normal good girl but how something good can grow on rotten roots...🤢

Ishu still angry with ranveer and he also still stcuk with sunny and even other boys too... true it's common but still she's angry and want to beat him and kill him... hand to hand combat... really..😆 n den she complains of being called sunny.. ab jaise kaam karegi vaisa hi naam milega na n her swaer to kill him...wow..👏 she actually did it and he back 2 his home😆

how perfectly she made cookies.. everybody loved them but as we all know hamare babies ki to kismat hi phooti hai to how it can go smoothly for them n finally comes d peanuts... Oh LM... kaha ki baat kaha aakar nikli hai.. base was in book 2.. but now he is back to hospital... well ye to hona hi tha... n in this book u send him there so early, pata nahi baad me Australia ki tyaari karte karte time milta hi nahi so u r like ke pehle hi ye shagun nipta do...🤣 Again u wrote entire scenario so perfectly...⭐️ but m confused taarif karu ya gussa...😕

Relief was harshad bringing him epipan regularly otherwise ek ka bday n doosre ka martyr day ho jata but funny thing was Ishu scolding him in d car also for dying... can she plz explain what was his fault there... ab use khud zeher degi to vo bechara kya kare... n d biggest surprise she is alao in.. 🤣OMG...that was best... Baa was not allowing her too go out so what a perfect way she found...🤣 juts like a true friend she is there to give him company...

Now coming to their conversation in hospital.. words stuck at 'lo' and all black out... our trademark ranveer... one word n he is down.. 😳 he could've said friendly love, Ishu ko vaise bhi kaunsa samajh ana tha...🤣 but it turned into loyalty n she was shocked.. she was expecting something else but didn't knew what... and some unspoken emotions is there which she doesn't know and he don't want to think is true... plus her fears came out to him which he didn't knew.. he loves keep dying for her n this guilt is killing her mentally, even her dreams are certifying her fears which she don't even want to share with him.. this part was kinda different, she was expecting something from him which both can sense but can't admit...😔 I remember saying in beginning of book 3 that looking forward to confused souls but I think its so suitable here.. baar baar locha ho jata hai n they can't figure it out...🤣 and her increasing interest in paintings at d end with her vow to kill if anybody mess with her favorite one... hmmn... this auction is definitely going to be an interesting one...

One question LM... how do u know about so many diseases... 😲 I know details u provide after searching but how does the ideas come to u.. I mean for searching also at least u need name so how do u know so much... like pneumothorax, I read it first here by u n most of other also which Ishani counted with all d fancy names.. just wondering... 😲

Originally posted by: CarpedeimRose

It was such a lovely chapter 👏👏

I really don't have time dr otherwise ,I would have commented in brief

Do tc fo ur health and stay smiling ,study well 😃😃

Love u loads

jen😳😳

Originally posted by: Bloomfield

I'll read this and we'll discuss about this on FB. 😉

Originally posted by: ShadikaIshVeer

Unres😆

Hola senorita🤗

How are you beautiful girl?😳

I am finally back as my exam periode is finally done😳😳 Since I am offically back you desserve an attack hug😳 Your most welcome🤪

You know your writing is the perfect medicine for me during me stressing for exams , so thank you just for writing so beautiful that i forgot my exams and went to la la land

Coming to this chapter , it is such a sweet chapter with so much innoncense

I love snow battles They are my favourite ❤️ I could so imagine myself there , and it dont hep that Ishani and I could be twins😆 Jeez her personalty is like mine😳😳 Aww and how sweet is it of Ranveer to want to help her🤗 U really know how to make us fall for IshVeer over and over again

Also the way he described Ishani was so beautiful , ugh my shipper heart is not able to take that much cuteness

My reaction to this update:

This one to u LM😆😆

Me reading this chap😆😆

Because of IshVeer 's cuteness which my shipper heart can't take. Too many feelings hmmf

Really LM you are just an fantastic writer whom I adore sho much🤗

Loads of love

Yours truly Mrs. LM🤪

Epistle 76: A Promise In The Lap of Nature

A/N: Hey there everyone! :D :D Here is the next update! :D :D

Happy Reading! :D :D

It was close to four in the morning when Ranveer was driving back home, his head aching fit to burst. Forty-five hours was a long time to remain awake, especially when he was now feeling the adrenaline rush fading away. Ishaani has got to stop doing things like this, was all he could keep chanting like a mantra tiredly, hoping that his mind wouldn't shut down before he found her.

He'd driven through the whole city for nearly ten hours but had not found her in any of the spots she usually selected to go hide herself from the world until Ranveer would extract her out like a frightened puppy being given bait. But she was nowhere this time. Not the beach, not the lake, not the park, not in her college, not in the fields and not in the house for certain. Where on Earth could she have gone, he couldn't understand.

If that wasn't less, the conversation with his Mota Babuji on the way home had left him just as much worried. He knew that the first thing he'd have to do was go home and re-read the conversation back in the diary because he was too frazzled when he'd penned it all down. Oh, his Mota Babuji was so happy with him yesterday after what happened at the stock markets! He said how proud he was to have a person like Ranveer as his son and how he had a treasured diamond with him who could never let anything go wrong for the Parekh Empire.

And then, his Mota Babuji asked him what he wanted for his birthday gift since it was coming in another two weeks. And this was a gift that Ranveer deserved for a lot of things - his twenty-first birthday, his acceptance at the University of Sydney, his going-away gift, his successful stint at the stock market and above all, for being a good son to him.

He had only absentmindedly smiled as his mother's words rung in his ears in a plea - our freedom. Something he'd promised his mother as a gift for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. And the ringing went on and on until the world finally escaped his lips in a prayer. His parent's freedom. Freedom from the life they were leading for so many years. A freedom to live life like human beings. That was what he wanted for his birthday and as his birthday gift - his parents' freedom.

The silence in the car had been so tense that it had managed to cut Ranveer out of his pensive thoughts and analyze the expression upon his mentor's face. It had gone pale, but so had his own father's, who'd been driving the car. Both of them knew that Harshad Parekh cared about the Vaghela clan too much to let them go. But it was worth a shot. And if truth was to be said, they were tired of this life. They'd die for their loyalty to their masters and serve until their last breath, but they'd had enough.

They needed a life.

Harshad Parekh had remained silent, even after they'd reached home. The answer was obvious. Ranveer smiled at Harshad sadly as he held his mentor's hand and patted it softly.

"My parents' freedom, not mine," was all he said before he walked into the house, his heart heavy.

Maybe he wouldn't be able to fulfill his promise to his mother, afterall. He shouldn't have made false promises to her when he knew the odds. A new wave of guilt surged into his heart, washing away the triumph from early in the day. And then, the note from Ishaani had been the last thing to send his mind in a demented frenzy and he knew that he had to pen his thoughts down before running to search for her.

And so far, it was unfruitful.

He drove upon the road aimlessly until he felt his feet press upon the break, bringing the car to a halt. He looked around the area and gasped. He hadn't realized when he'd taken the route to the forest. Yes... He hadn't checked the forest yet! How could he have been so stupid? This was the only place that he could now think about and the only place that made sense to him for her to hide herself into.

Ranveer got down from the car and sighed. How long till Ishaani would have to fight all these battles on her own? The days were numbered - there were barely two weeks more to go. And as he entered the forest, he felt his heart being set aflame with a fire like no other. Like a forest fire that didn't dim but only intensified. His feet picked up pace until he ran and ran like there was no tomorrow, his eyes getting accustomed to the darkness of the dense foliage by the experience of several years.

He wanted to run and keep running for as long as he could, too afraid of how much was changing and that too, so quickly. Change was good, people said. But was it? He could feel his entire world disintegrating with his one decision. Everything was falling apart and he didn't know from where to start catching hold of the falling dominoes. He felt like his feet would fall away from his body if he ran any faster or his lungs would explode if he didn't heave in breath more quickly, but he didn't want to stop.

Stopping would mean letting everything come back into focus. Stopping would mean seeing everything fall apart again. Stopping would mean going back to the one thing he was trying to run away from - change. Stopping would mean letting life catch up with him. But how did one run away from life anyway? Life ran away from you, yes. Just like Ishaani had run away from him. Ishaani. He had to find her! He had to make her understand! He had to warn her and teach her and protect her and save her from the cruel hands of the world! He had to assure her about a change that he wasn't even in the least bit assured about.

He had to make sure of her safety and well-being, for God's sake!

Ranveer's feet came to a halt as he fell down, taking in irregular amounts of breath as he felt sick. The forest swam out of focus as he felt his body grow cold, his vision swimming between complete darkness and the dense darkness of the forest. It had been six years since he'd taken up obsessive running and yet he'd never run like this in all his life. Maybe this was what obsessive running was all about- running towards the one person who made the obsession worth it.

Ranveer pushed himself upon his feet in spite of his body protesting violently. He had to find her at any cost. He had to. And God answered his prayer instantly, just like always in moments like these. He heard the sound of someone crying from some distance away and it did not take him a second to realize that it was Ishaani. He could find her and recognize her with his eyes closed from any crowd. This was nature. This was where they belonged. Ranveer made his way swiftly yet unsteadily towards the source of the sound until he didn't need to follow it anymore because he knew where it was leading him to.

Their favourite spot.

His eyes found her before he could even grasp his surroundings. There she sat upon the rocks, her knees upon her chest while she hugged herself, weeping. The waters below cried morosely along with her. Her head remained bent and hidden by her arms, but there she was. Broken. And even as Ranveer stared at her, he felt something break within him. And with that, he felt something seep out of his heart. As though he was losing away his essence at what his one decision had done to her. Words left him alone just like what he was about to do to her.

Ranveer was taken by an urge to run out of the forest as fast as he could, perhaps even faster than how he'd run into the forest in the first place. He could not see her like this, especially knowing that he was the one responsible for this. How did life manage to catch up to him everywhere? Hadn't he just run away from one life to come to another? And as he stood there, he felt like running away from another life to go to a third one.

But what third life was there apart from the mandatory one and Ishaani? All he'd ever known were those two. And both were killing him in that moment from both ends, making sure to snuff out the breath from him once and for all. In spite of himself, he found his feet edging closer and closer to where Ishaani sat until he was barely inches away from her. His hand shivered as he put it upon Ishaani's shoulder, wondering whether it would not be simpler to just fade away into oblivion rather than face her in that moment.

Ishaani remained motionless, as though she hadn't noticed his presence. Ranveer sat upon his knees and choked the words out of his throat. Something was suffocating him. Was it his feelings? Was it his fears? Was it love? Or was it Ishaani herself?

"Ishaani, get up."

"I don't want to go anywhere..." whispered back Ishaani hoarsely without bothering to look at Ranveer. He felt a sudden pit of anger burst into his heart at her behaviour, obliterating everything else within the stroke of second. Enough. He'd had enough.

"Watch yourself," said Ranveer as he swept her off the ground and into his arms bridal style, Ishaani too slow to react.

By the time she had begun to protest and wriggle against his grip, they'd already reached back into the thick growth of the forest. Neither did Ranveer stop nor did Ishaani manage to stop him in spite of the amount of protests she made. Finally reaching the car after an indefinite amount of time, Ranveer put her down and swung open the door. Ishaani began to make a run for it the moment she was set free but Ranveer caught her wrist into a strong thumb lock that caused her back to crash into his chest.

"Snap out of it, okay? We need to get home. Everyone are worried sick about you," spoke Ranveer shortly and Ishaani turned around, her eyes angry. The heat of her gaze fell cold in front of the one in Ranveer's.

"Just let go of me, okay?" retorted Ishaani half-heartedly, too afraid to meet eyes with him anymore. Ranveer gave her a cold look.

"Watch your head."

Ranveer pushed her head into the car carefully and made her sit. She didn't put up a fight this time. It as though she had resigned to her fate, or rather, Ranveer's cold anger. She knew better than to even dare to speak to him when he was in one of his black rages and it was evident that he was in one of them right now. He looked furious and exhausted and pale. He looked like a person who'd reached saturation point. Someone who'd had enough.

-x-

Ranveer quickly took the driver's seat and revved the car up, the speed of the car soon crossing 80. He never drove this fast, and the speed only meant that he was frustrated to the point of recklessness. He jabbed at the music player that had the mixed tape from Ishaani's sixteenth birthday in it, the songs instantly playing as per the list they were recorded in. Silence reigned for the next forty five minutes as the air kept growing tense and tense, until feelings broke loose.

The final nail in the coffin was when the instrumental of Kal Ho Na Ho began to play, and with it, sniffed Ishaani. Ranveer turned to look at her, his own eyes teary before he took a rash U-Turn and made a detour. Ishaani looked at him in surprise and he hammered at the accelerator once again. There were days when she'd make him drive home at this kind of a rocket speed when she wanted to use the washroom and he'd protest to the ends of the world and curse her chain of dominoes, vowing never ever to give her water to drink when travelling.

"Water makes you want to use the loo, and no public restroom is good enough for you! This isn't clean, that isn't okay! And then you practically make me drive the car at a rocket speed and nearly have us killed! No thanks, you ain't getting water next time!"

But there was no reason today. Just anger and more fuelling anger that made him press upon the accelerator harder and harder. He looked like he'd been pushed to the limit, and in spite of her complete faith in him, his anger was now beginning to frighten her.

"Where are you taking me?" Silence.

"Ranveer, talk to me." Still silence.

"Talk to me, damn it!" shrieked Ishaani, but there was no answer but silence.

"Ranveer, stop the car!" begged Ishaani now, her eyes afraid. Not for herself, but for him.

"Stop the car or I'll jump out of it!" she bluffed futilely but in vain.

Ranveer remained as silent as ever. This was something that always worked with Ranveer whenever she wanted him to stop over at some place but he wouldn't agree. Why was she reminiscing about their days together as though there was going to be no tomorrow? As though this was the last time they were ever going to be together?

"Stop it!" hollered Ishaani at him. He didn't reply but Ishaani was glad to notice that the speed of the car was now beginning to decline slightly.

Ranveer brought the car to a rude halt and Ishaani's speech was cut short. She stared around the place and gasped. He's brought her to the forest again. Without saying another word, he got down from the car and pulled her out from it, holding her hand within his and leading her into it. She couldn't understand where he was taking her to, but she followed him silently, his cold calm stirring a myriad of emotions within her.

They walked on and on, Ranveer's lips never parting even once to reply to any of Ishaani's questions. Not until their feet came to a halt at their favourite spot, again. Ishaani was about to speak when Ranveer turned around and stared at her, before falling upon his knees, his body consumed by a fit of dry heaves and racks. Ishaani gasped in horror as she sunk upon her knees and pulled up his face, only to realize that there were wet tracks upon them. Ranveer took her hand off from his cheek and placed it upon his heart, now meeting her eyes fully.

"How can you even think that I'd forget you or that I was leaving you because I wanted to abandon you? This is where you are, Ishaani. This is where you will always be. Without you, this will cease to beat," he whispered slowly just as the first rays of dawn broke out in the sky, reflecting off the waters in a divine glow. The pain and hurt in his voice tore apart her soul as her lips quivered in shame.

But no words willed to leave her lips because nothing would be good enough.

The heavenly foliage grew brighter and brighter until it felt like a bright castle of nature, the sky benevolently smiling upon the two of them with the rays of sun that kept refracting all over the place from upon the lake stream. But the sunlight had to still cut through a lot of darkness before hope could reach the two souls with the sharpest of sparkles.

Ishaani stared at him painfully as he hid his face into his palms, crying in earnest.

"If you think this is easy upon me, it isn't. This is the hardest thing I'll ever have to do without you beside me..." he continued, gasping as though he'd run out of breath any minute with the amount of emotions that he was imploding with. Ishaani pulled his face up and wiped away the tears, her own ones now being untended to.

"Ranveer, you don't deserve to have me with you... I'm selfish and mean... You deserve much better than me," said Ishaani slowly, her voice only holding a bitter contempt for herself. Ranveer looked up and asked sadly.

"Aren't we all?" Ishaani shook her head vehemently.

"Ranveer, I'm sorry. I never meant to make things so difficult for you!" she squeaked while Ranveer smiled tiredly at her.

"Do you trust me?" he asked her after some time, drinking in the sight of her face greedily as though this was the last time he would be ever seeing her like this. Whole. Complete. Pure. Through the eyes of nature.

"More than anything else in this world," answered Ishaani, her eyes beseechingly gazing at his own ones that were now glittering in the warm sunlight. And yet both of them had fallen cold with their fears. Ranveer nodded his head and put her hand upon his heart once again.

"Then I promise, I will come back, Ishaani. I have to. I cannot leave you or Mota Babuji alone."

Ishaani stared silently for a few more minutes, more globules of tears leaving her eyes. Ranveer didn't wipe them away this time. He simply shut his eyes and kept her hand upon his chest, the weight of it making his pulse ring louder in both of their ears.

"I trust you, Ranveer. But I don't trust myself! And without you-"

"Shhh..." objected Ranveer as he pinned his finger upon her lips.

He opened his eyes again as though just raising his head out from a prayer and Ishaani fell silent, not knowing what to say ahead. Ranveer wiped away the tears from her eyes just as she pulled him into a hug. Ranveer sighed as his head fell upon her own tiredly while Ishaani simply sought the comfort of his embrace. The comfort that only he could give her. The protection only his arms could safeguard her from against the world.

Ishaani raised her head up after some time and noticed how terribly haggard and pale Ranveer looked. She gulped in guilt and was about to speak when Ranveer beat her to it, his voice now exhausted. Whether emotionally, physically or mentally, she couldn't determine. Or maybe it was all the three that were culprits of draining away his spirit and energy.

"Who said that I won't be with you? I'll always be with you. You'll always find me in here and your memories, won't you?" asked Ranveer as he pointed at her heart, and she nodded her head at him like a child seeking reassurance.

"Yes... Yes... Oh, I'm so afraid to let you go, Ranveer! I'm so afraid!"

"It's always difficult to let go..." said Ranveer enigmatically, before falling silent.

He let his feet dangle off the rock and Ishaani did the same, putting her head upon his shoulder as she admired the rings on their fingers. RI. Always Together. Ishaani looked up at Ranveer, who was staring away at the water in a silent prayer, and cleared her throat softly.

"Ranveer? If I asked you to reject the offer letter from the university, would you do it for me?" Ranveer remained silent for several minutes, the wait for his answer only making Ishaani's heart thump against her rib-cage with a violence that she was sure would break her ribs into splinters. After an indefinite amount of time, Ranveer angled his neck so that he could look at her better, and rubbed his thumb upon her cheekbone lovingly.

"Yes... Just like I'd sacrifice my freedom for my parents' in exchange," he whispered to himself as an afterthought as he sighed. Ishaani looked up at him in surprise and took her head off of his shoulder.

"Wait, what?" she asked, astounded. She'd known about Ranveer promising his mother about their freedom and the two of them had even had this discussion at length about how best they were to break the news to her father and convince him for the same.

"You- you spoke to Papa about that?" asked Ishaani further, and Ranveer nodded his head absentmindedly.

"Last evening, while returning back from the BSE," said Ranveer slowly, and narrated the incidents from the previous day in depth, right from what happened at the stock markets to the point where he finally found her in the forest. Ishaani listened to him in silence as she felt her heart grow heavier and heavier by the hopelessness in Ranveer's voice until his speech finally came to an end.

Ishaani let out a painful gasp of breath at Ranveer's plight as his eyes met hers, now red. Oh, the red that reminded her of a particular nightmare she'd left behind two years ago. Ranveer shook his head at her when she put her arms out, inviting him for an embrace. And yet, within moments his head had found the crux of her shoulder as he slumped, crying openly.

He'd cried so many times in these past few days that Ishaani wondered how much pain had he really been keeping to himself for all this time. And in that instant, a silent promise was made. Her heart to his. She'd complete his wish. She'd do what he couldn't. That was the least she could do for him after everything he'd done for her in all these years.

Separating themselves from the hug, Ishaani wiped away Ranveer's tears quickly that she observed were sparkling like pearls in the now-morning. She kissed his head lightly before speaking in a soft voice.

"Let's go home. You look terrible." Ranveer smiled at her stupidly in spite of himself as she pulled both of them up.

"I've been awake for above forty-eight hours. What do you expect, really?"

30th September, 2007:

Talk about having an eventful day.

Ranveer was the one supposed to bring me home, but it ended up becoming vice-versa. Well, he was unconscious so what option did I have, really? We were returning back when got mugged by three guys on the way home. Thankfully we both managed to get away without too many bruises since we beat those goons up well enough. But Ranveer... One of them hit him on his head with something and he got knocked out cold. Since we were close to our house, I decided to bring Ranveer home first and then call a doctor over for him.

The doctor said that there was nothing serious with him and it was just a bump on the head and that he'd recover soon, so that's a relief. Well not really, truth be said. Ranveer has been awake for two whole days without sleeping, so the doctor did say that it's bound to have some side-effects too. Can nothing go right for him ever? Or rather, can't I ever bring him any good in his life?

Am I really just bad luck and a burden in his life?

If that wasn't enough, Papa just came over to my room and asked me to come up to his room. Says he wants to talk something urgently with me and I nodded. I know what he wants to talk about. A huge lecture is going to be on the way, not just for the whole fiasco I've made out of Ranveer's scholarship acceptance, but also because of my day-long disappearance. Also because I am indirectly responsible for his state. Well, he was trying to save me when that goon hit him. But it's mainly for the second thing, I guess. Papa gets really angry when I do that. He says the life gets sapped out of him.

Raja ki jaan apne tote mein hoti hai. His life is in mine.

But yes, even I have something to talk to Papa about. Ranveer made me one promise in the lap of nature, and I have no grain of doubt in my mind that he will fulfill it. But at the same time, I made an unsaid promise to him about something that was partially eating him up from inside too. And if there's a chance that I can fulfill his wish, maybe... perhaps, maybe I'll redeem myself for everything I've put him through in these past two days.

For him, a thousand times over.

Constructive criticism will be more than welcome and sorry for any typos. :D :D

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Epistle 77

WOW LM !! You have outdone yourself once again, what a touching chapter..
You have depicted his cold anger beautifully along with his dilemma and concern for his parents freedom.
However he wishes the problem is he cant hate Ishani for making it difficult for him. 😭

And Ishani sat there in the forest in the cold night by herself ! That girl is one adamant person...! 😉

Love their conversation part, even the first one which is more of talking by actions though !! but hey she asked for it !! I know I am biased.. but what to do !😆😆😆😆

I am happy that we are nearing to the interludes now and remember my demand *ahem* *ahem* 😉😉😉

Originally posted by: matsh

WOW LM !! You have outdone yourself once again, what a touching chapter..
You have depicted his cold anger beautifully along with his dilemma and concern for his parents freedom.
However he wishes the problem is he cant hate Ishani for making it difficult for him. 😭

And Ishani sat there in the forest in the cold night by herself ! That girl is one adamant person...! 😉

Love their conversation part, even the first one which is more of talking by actions though !! but hey she asked for it !! I know I am biased.. but what to do !😆

I am happy that we are nearing to the interludes now and remember my demand *ahem* *ahem* 😉😉😉