Maan slowly puts his newspaper down waiting for her to say something...obviously she wouldn't come here to say hi to him knowing how much she hates him. Well that's another story that he will fix later on for now he was curious to know what she was thinking and why exactly did she come here. Before he could even get up, Geet marches towards him with anger..she holds his collar with tears..Maan holds her hands and looks at his shirt...he slowly gets up
"What do you think of yourself huh? Do you enjoy seeing other people in pain? Do you enjoy giving others pain?" (she shakes him to the best of her abilities and strength) "What did he to you that you did this to him? What was his fault? He is just a kid..why did you had to punish him like this? Why did you snatch his childhood? Why?!!!"
(She yells and screams while Maan looks at her with confusion...she lets go of his collar looking at him with disgust...)
He is your brother for God's sakes..how could you turn him into a stone like you? Did you see his state? (she scoffs) of course why would you? You are too busy ruling everyone around you..why would you take your time out to see other's condition? You are the king...and kings don't care about other people's feelings...how could they when they don't even have a heart? "What can we expect more from you
Maan: You should be happy that I brought Vicky back...he is in front of you because of me
Geet: Back? That kid in the house is NOT Vicky...he is not the same kid that I remember...if that was who you would bring back then it would've been better he had never come...take a look again! Before I hated you now I LOATH you and your very presence" (she turns her face away...Maan marches toward her with anger after hearing her last sentence...he holds her by the shoulders forcing her to look at him..)
Maan: what did you say? You loath me?
Geet (nudges his hands away) Yes! I hate you..I hate your existence, your face, your touch, everything! And if you are mistaken about something then let me remind you..this baby (she touches her stomach) is mine ONLY mine..you will have NO rights on it! The baby will get my last name not yours!
Maan (pulls her close with a smirk) That is where you are wrong my dear...(he caresses her face slowly...he outlines her facial features slowly..starting with her lips..he stops just beneath the eyes) You are getting dark circles...why? Can't sleep at night? (he leans closer to her ear) been thinking about me all night hmm?
Geet: let go of me..(she tried to squirm away)
Maan (he does shocking Geet...) Before you leave let me inform you, you nor anyone else, can't stop me from meeting my kid and (he places his hand on her stomach gently slowly rubbing it. This was kind of hard for Maan and Geet to control themselves..the touch was creating some kind of havoc between the two of them...)
we still have looonnnggg way to go before the baby comes...who knows what will happen by then (he lets go of her...Geet just stood there not knowing what is going on..she was still lost in his touch...she liked it..slowly she opens her eyes to come back to reality)
Geet (smiles) That is where you are wrong..don't be mistaken Mr. Khruana...You broke every single relationship..there is no mending them now...(she wipes her tears to walk away)
Maan throws all the plates from the table on the floor...he steps on them in anger..he was frustrated with himself and everyone around him. He tried to do something good..he brought one person that he knew she likes and what does he get in return? NOTHING!
Instead, he gets yelled at...how dare they...he marches out of the house to go see the one person that yet again created all of this mess...Vicky...he stops short just as he was about to enter when he saw a figure sitting in the garden..he slowly walks toward the person...it was none other then Vicky..
Maan slowly walks in front of him...looking at him closely..."you turned him into a stone..why?!" He shakes his head to get her words and her thoughts out of his head..He sees him sitting there alone just staring ahead into unknown...Vicky looks at him and then started to stare ahead completely ignoring his presence...
Maan looked down as himself...he was dressed differently...he was dressed in all white suit, holding a cane that was often used to beat him and others who obeyed his orders, on top of his head he had a pagadi the way kings used to wear in the old days...he looks ahead at his brother who looked like him when he was little...
the same look he used to have after his training...the same look he used to have when he was alone with no friends or family to count on...his father was responsible for his state...he didn't want to be this person that he is today..he wanted to be normal like others, have a normal upbringing, have friends, and most of all have happy family but his father snatched everything away from him.
As Maan walked closer and closer toward Vicky the more fear he saw in his eyes for him...the same fear the same dreadful thoughts that would pop into his head thinking about what he might be doing today...what his training will make him do and if he will get beaten by the very same cane he imagined himself holding...
for the first time after so many years Maan was terrified, this image of him dressing as his father scared him..he was afraid that his father would pop up any minute and he would have no way to stop him...Vicky looks at him sliding away from him a little as Maan sat next to him...Maan didn't know what to say or do..this was the first time he actually sat with his brother. The truth is he doesn't know anything about Vicky..his likes/dislikes, his hobbies, what kind of friends he have nothing..not even about his school work..
Maan just sat there staring ahead into oblivion just like Vicky trying to seek answers..trying to figure out a way to talk to him for the first time. After a really long time, he was able to pay attention to his brother..his features, his body, his hair color in a way Vicky looked a lot like him when he was little..how did he miss that? His eyes were just like mom's...big brown round eyes just like his mom, thick curly hair and strong jaw line from dad...
Sometimes Maan had hated to look in the mirror that reflected an image of his dad...he hated his dad for doing what he did to him...now as he looked as his brother realization dawned on him what he did to his brother...guilt wasn't even the half of what he was feeling right now...
Vicky begins to get up to leave but Maan holds his hand...Vicky turns around to look at him..."Am sorry...please don't hit me...I don't want to go to back to the boarding school again..." Maan lets go of his hand as his words registered in his head..."Hit?" Has he become that cruel..did he really became the last person he never wanted to become?"
Vicky runs away inside with tears...Geet who was standing at the window looking at all of this pained her to see her Vicky in tears all because of one person...Maan puts his head down unable to take anything of what was going on...he didn't know what to do..what to say or where to begin...
Geet closes the window going after Vicky..she no longer cared for Maan but just wanted him to stay away from Vicky..it was already bad enough he was going through so much.. she couldn't stand the idea of seeing him hurt again...She saw Vicky on the bed sitting dazed out just like she used to thinking about life, thinking about where to go and who to go to...she forces herself to smile and hide the tears as she marches in the room with a toy...she places the teddy bear on the bed in front of him..
Geet: Vicky would you like to play? Look at this teddy bear it is so lonely...(she brings the teddy bear closer to him but Vicky moves back) hmm okay forget the teddy bear how about tag? or hide and seek? (Again no response from Vicky..she looks at the side and saw Xbox...)
how about dancing? I still remember the first time you asked me to dance with you..wasn't that fun? How about this time we do challenge? The winner will get ice cream...(Vicky looks at her..Geet smiles as she saw little bit of hope in her eyes for this..) So you want to play? (Vicky shakes his head no...) Then what do you want to do? You want to go to a park? (Vicky looks at her with fear...he hides under the blanket...)
"I don't want to go back to the boarding school..I don't want to go to any park like last time..."
Then it hit Geet...he was referring to the incident that happened right before he was dragged back to the boarding school...Geet looks at him with tears slowly extending her hand to touch the blanket but Vicky held on to it tighter...
"Vicky no one will send you to the boarding school"
"I don't believe you...last time you said the same thing...no one came for me...not even you..you had promised..." (Geet takes her hand away unable to come up with answers to his questions..how will she explain him what she went through...how lonely she had felt without him...how much she had to endure) Please leave...I don't want bhai to see you with me..or else he might get angry...leave..
Geet slowly gets up with tears flowing down her cheeks...she holds at the rail for support as she tries to go down the stairs but her vision is blurred with tears and her mind occupied with Vicky's thoughts...she holds her head at the top of the stairs feeling dizzy...and the last thing she heard was her name being called in fear before blackness took over her...
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