Prologue
"And the award for the Youngest Businessman of the year goes to Mr. Shivaay Singh Oberoi." They announced on the stage. Everyone clapped and cheered. But the only person that really mattered to me was not there. I looked around but gave up and went to the stage. I really wanted my brothers on my side today, but everyone has their own lives. I can't believe it has become like, we don't have time for each other, that's too at the age of 21. Yes, we lost our parents 2 years back and got busy in making our careers. I took the award and looked at the audience when my eyes caught a charming face. She was so beautiful! She wiped her tears and left the hall. I was too desperate to speak anything so just went down the stage and followed her. It was raining, raining heavily. But fortunately, she didn't lose my sight.
"Excuse me!" I called and she stopped on her tracks.
"Yes?" She replied in her angelic voice and I was bold out.
I was drowned in till she waved her hand in front of my eyes to bring my senses back.
"Hello? Where are you lost?" She asked.
"Ah.. Actually, I.. I saw you inside. When I was taking the award, you were.. you were crying?" I couldn't believe that I was fumbling.
She didn't say a word. I realised she was trying to conceal her tears. It pricked my heart. I don't know why but, it did.
"You know, it's easier to share your thoughts with a stranger; they won't judge you." I said trying to make her feel comfortable.
And she broke drown. I put my hands forward to console her but pulled back. I let her cry. But I was so worried that why a small girl is crying like this. She seemed just 18 or 19. Something inside me promised that it was the last time she was crying for this.
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Brick by brick, my walls came tumbling down. As I tried to speak the tears in my eyes turned the rainy day into a whirlwind of grays and yellows. I slammed on the road, I didn't care who saw. I just broke down. The sobs punched through, ripping through my muscles, bones, and guts. Then I decided to tell him. Tell him all my pain ans sorrow. I told him everything.
"My dad passes away, 1 week back. Then we realised that we were bankrupt. Our house was auctioned. Me and my sister had nothing to eat. We had no place to live. I didn't know what to do and what to not. Depressed and distraught, I was walking down the lane when entered the ceremony; unknowingly. The claps of the people brought me back to senses. It was nothing to do with you. So, please.." I really wanted him not to feel guilty.
My life was in a complete mess. We had not completed our education, and here we were. Nothing to eat and no place to live. What would we do? I couldn't even apply for a job somewhere because I was not qualified enough. And my little Gauri, she is just 16. How would she deal with this? I am not able to handle myself, how would I take care of her? How would I fill her empty stomach?
"Ah.. If you don't mind.." I came back hearing his voice. "You can stay in my house?"
I frowned. How can I trust him? And why is he being so nice to me?
"See, you can do a part time job of your choice and complete your education. Also your sister's. It's just a place to stay. You can stay as long as you want." He said.
He was right. I badly needed a place to stay. If not me, for Gauri of course.
"But I don't know you." I said what I felt.
He let out a chuckle.
"Hi, I am Shivaay Singh Oberoi." He extended his hand with a smile.
I looked at his hand, then his face and then at te hand back. Then I decided to trust him. He seemed like a nice man.
"Annika. Annika Vardhan Trivedi." I smiled back as I shake hands with him.
"Friends?"
"Friends."
"So.. should we..?" He started but I stopped him in between
"Sure."
We first went to the hut where I had told Gauri to wait for me. We entered bit she wasn't there. I searched everywhere but she was nowhere to be seen. It was raining heavily and where the hell did she go?
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I have just lost my father and everything which was our's and now Anika di was also missing. I have checked inside and outside at every tiny part of the hut, being afraid about her well being, but i found her no where.
I found myself alone in that muddy heavily rainy night, in a hut which was not safe for me, and outside there was a dense forest where I had to find Anika di.
I have never care when it came to Ani di's safety, what a dense forest i could even jump in a deep well, after all she was last reason for my livelihood.
I finally wiped my tears and ran towards the road, without realising that it was not safe for me.
I was screaming loud to call her, "Annika di", my pitch more higher than it could be.
"Di where are you", after screaming for ample of times I took a deep breath as I was in shortage.
I closed my eyes tightly when a harsh hand touched my shoulder with which i turned my head. I saw an unsocial drunked man and it was enough to make me understand that I was unsafe in the presence of this guy and his fellows.
I smiled a little as they thought i was co-operating them and suddenly jerked his hand from mine ran away, as fast as I could.
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"Damn it!" I murmured while banging the bonnet of my car because I had to reach Shivaay's award ceremony and I was already late but suddenly this restless body fell under my car. One first hand, it was raining heavily and now this person got my car to suicide. I was fed up, still got down of the car to reach the intruder of my journey.
She seemed like a delicate girl. She had closed her eyes tightly and I realised that she is not unconscious. I tapped her cheeks, "Hello, please get up."
She opened her eyes slowly and found herself in my arms. She jerked me off.
"Don't you dare come closer to me and don't make a mistake of thinking that I am a weak 16 year old, you don't even have any idea who I am." She warned.
I chuckle. I couldn't believe that a 16 year old girl was warning me of not getting closer to her. Me, Omkara Singh Oberoi. Girls run behind me, I don't die to go closer to them. I folded my arms on my chest.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am the daughter of Mr...", but this stuck her tongue in her mouth and she continued herself, "I am a goon. Gundi. Ek thappad aur kaam tamam."
"Really?", I wanted to laugh on this but the next moment my phone rang and I got rooted on my feet.
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