SS: Silence... UPDATED Epilogue - Page 53

Originally posted by: vkrish

What an emotional update...I was feeling the pain of all of them...excellent portrayal of the emotions...loved it...this is one of my fave stories and I keep cheking back for updates...Awesome 👏

Originally posted by: JayeetaGurtian

awesome part...👍🏼

Originally posted by: Desigirls12

wow lovely cute emotional ff i missed it but read it in one go dear.. very heart touching updates.. te way my maaneet ki love and they silence speaking they hearts was lovely..wat happen, why my maan is silent .. i love te updates so much

PART-22

Maan stood watching the retreating Duo. If he thought that Dev's indifference was painful Geet's love was so intense it felt like somebody had taken away the air he breathes.

Samaira stood like a statue and Maan realized that her pain was more. She had lost her love and her friend on the same night. Maan touched her tentatively. She looked too fragile.

Sam said in an emotionless voice," Maan, he is right. I truly am a bitch."

Maan: "No Sam, he was angry. He does not mean it."

Sam: "Come on Maan. You know him better than that. He meant every single word he uttered. He never behaves harshly. If he was rude it was because I deserved it."

Maan: "Sam, you are not this. You are the strong one Sam. Don't give up on yourself so soon."

Sam smiled sadly as she watched his brother make amends for him. That was so Maan like...always try shouldering other's punishment. And what did he get in return? Nothing...

Suddenly as if on that instant Sam realized she had for a very long time seen Maan as Dev's brother. She had been attracted to Maan's personality, the way he cared for his brothers and had always craved for that care. Only now she realized that it was always a family she craved for...it was never romantic...maybe that was the reason she was not really jealous of Geet yet whenever Dev flirted with any girl she felt enraged. She felt an intense pain when she broke her engagement with Maan but what so felt now was much more...like somebody had taken away her will to live...And in that one intense painful moment she realized that it had been Dev all along...

Sam suddenly gave up and sat down like a broken doll on her knees as she let out the deep sob that had been enclosed within her for so long...why had she been such a fool?

Maan ran towards her holding her. Sam turned to him and hugged him crying out loudly. Maan was never really good at consoling yet he tried his best to control her.

Maan:" It will be all right Sam."

Sam:"No Maan...It won't be. I lost him today. He will hate me forever for..."

Maan:"You did not lose him Sam."

Maan broke the hug and wiped away her tears and caressed her hairs as he said," Listen to me Sam. Don't give up. He had never given up on you so you dare not do it. I have loved and the little bit thing I understood of love was that a true lover never gives up no matter what. He had fought his fight. Now it is your turn. He had craved for you for as long as he understood what love is...Now it is your turn to get him back."

Sam:"But Maan...he hates me."

The defeated voice of Sam made Maan smile. She almost sounded like the 5 year old Sam he had known who had always been loner trying to get a little affection from her father.

Maan said in a soothing voice," Do you know Sam..He hates you because he had loved you. Hate is a form of love and only someone who had loved truly can hate you with such intensity. Now stop crying. You have won the battle against your heart yet now you have to win that war against his hatred. "

Sam: "How do you know Maan?"

Maan: "How do I know what?"

Sam: "That I love him."

Maan: "You had always loved him Sam. I was just waiting for you to realize though I never wished the process to be so painful. But then sometimes we realize most important truths of life only when we go through real pain."

Sam: "Oh I wish I had realized my feelings earlier. It would have been so much easier especially for you.."

As a drop of tear rolled down from Sam's eyes Maan wiped it out and said in his deep baritone," Listen Sam, You are not the reason between mine and geet's separation. It was because of something else and even you know that. It was bound to happen. Don't hold yourself accountable for something you have no hand in."

Sam:"But I started it..."

Maan:"It would have started anyway Sam. Maybe that was the reason I was running away from her."

Sam:"Still Maan I will be never at peace until you and Geet patch up. Now I understand the extent of Geet's pain. If I could not bear Dev's disgust for few minutes when I well deserve it then how could she bear all your accusations when she deserved nothing but love?"

Maan visibly flinched at her last words. He composed himself and asked," How do you know about it Sam? Nobody was there in Amritsar except us and..."

Sam:"I was there too. I was just about to enter when I heard you utter all those lies and pull up an act .What I fail to understand is how could she fall for it Maan? You can never utter such words. She should have tried reading through your silence."

Maan:"Don't say so Sam. Geetu was stressed with all the family problems. She expected solace in my arms and all I gave was a deep wound which might be still bleeding. She had always been there for me in my silence and my words yet when it was my turn to be there for her I failed. I might be the most successful businessman of the country but I am a failed lover."

Sam:"Why don't you fight for her?"

Maan smirked lightly and said," Who said I did not start already? I had learnt from her how to fight for your love. I had started this fight the day I broke her heart. I was never waiting for you to break the engagement to start my fight. I wanted you to break it so you realize your feelings."

Sam watched him with her eyes widened as he continued," Maan Singh Khurana had never lost a deal. Then how can I let go of something I live for? Maan was the sacrificial lamb but Maan Singh Khurana never believed in sacrifices."

Sam: "But Maan? Why stretching for years? Why?"

Maan: "You have waited patiently for so many years. Can't you wait one more day? I can't take chances Sam. Not with her. Now that I know that for some unknown reasons she loves me still I can't let her go."

Sam: "All the best Maan!! Knowing the tikhi mirchi the real her is it won't be ever easy for you."

Maan: "And you have got a grumpy sulking Dev in your palate. Trust me grumpy Dev is worse than angry Geetu..."

And both of them smiled at the fond memories.

Sam:"All the best Maan!!! I might have lost him for good this time but I will be able to forgive myself a bit when you get Geet back. Are you sure she loves you still?"

Maan:"I wasn't. But today I saw the love she has for me. She could not bear me being demeaned by my brother even after I had insulted her the worst way possible. You know Sam, I can never forgive myself for those words no matter what my reasons were. "

Sam: "But Maan you never meant a word..."

Maan: "Does that make her pain any less? "

Sam pressed his palm lightly and said," But she will forgive you. Beneath her mask she still cares for you."

Maan smiled sadly and said," Sam lets go. It is already late."

Sam : "You go Maan. I need some time alone."

Maan: "Fine Sam. I won't force you to come along but please be safe. And whenever you need a friend remember that I will be there for you."

Sam:" Thanks Maan."

Maan left the terrace. As he reached his room he could hear a faint sound coming from downstairs. He climbed almost soundlessly and witnessed a painful scene. Dev was crying out loud holding onto Geet's waist and whimpering as geet was trying to console him. Maan felt the pain as he witnessed two of his loved ones in pain. He could not stand there and watch them break down and left for his room to spend another sleepless night.

Dev composed himself a bit and said, "I am sorry Geetu!!! Had I not urged you to fight you would not have been in this pain..."

Geet: "Hush!! Don't say so Dev!!! In spite of all the pain I have bore I don't regret it, not a moment of it."

Dev: "He hurt you Geetu!"

Geet: "But he had also been the reason for the happiest three years of my life. He taught me to be patient and composed in face of problems. If today I can bear this pain it is because he made me strong enough to bear it. "

Dev: "How can you still love him, after what all you went through because of him?"

Geet:"Tell me did you honestly stop loving Sam after all this?"

Dev was silent yet he knew that he can never ever stop loving Sam. Geet might have understood his unsaid words so she continued, "I don't know how to not love him. Loving Maan seems as important as taking in air for breathing. It is the only way to survive. I don't know how I had survived before he was there but I can't not love him. For a certain span, in the initial few months I did try to hate him but later I realized I can never really hate him, not even for what he did to me."

Dev: "He doesn't deserve you Geetu."

Geet: "Do you honestly believe Maan had changed in that one month after farewell?"

Dev: "What do you mean Geetu?"

Geet: "You know I had at that spur of moment thought he really meant those words. For all the four years I had blamed him for faking it, for using me. But today when I saw him in the function I again saw his deep pain in his eyes which seemed like had witnessed too many storms. But beneath all that I found that love I thought did not exist. Maan still loves me and I am sure of it. It was there in his eyes. He can lie with his lips but his eyes never knew the art of lying, neither then, nor now."

Dev: "You mean he is not the wrong one?"

Geet:"He was wrong. He definitely was. He could have trusted me with his reasons. I would have done that had I been there. But now I know for sure that he had reasons or he would never have taken that step."

Dev: "How can you Geetu? How can you still trust that man?"

Geet:"May be I had never really stopped trusting him. Maybe I had been in pain because my heart never really believed his act and my mind, my self-respect did not let me do what my heart wanted. I don't know Dev. I can't explain you why I trust him. Maybe this is what is called leap of faith. I would rather trust him and be proven wrong than distrust him and find out later that my take was wrong."

Dev:"But I don't want you to break again Geetu?

Geet: "I would not break again. But most importantly I trust him not to break me again. "

Dev: "I don't know what to say Geetu. Your optimism and belief in love makes me want to trust your belief. But I can't. I won't allow this madness. Fine, I agree that you want to trust him again just because you saw flickers of some emotions. But he will have to prove his love before he can get anywhere near you."

Geet:"Oh!! My possessive brother! I am truly lucky to have you. But don't take any decision in rage. Remember when we are enraged we tend to take wrong decisions. Let the morning come and think fairly. You had known him far more than I have. Do you honestly believe that he is capable of this? I wish I had thought with this clarity then. May be he would have confided to me the real reason and our story would have been different."

Dev was speechless in front of her selfless love. He just wished she was right.

Geet:"Why did Sam look so much hurt upstairs?"

Geet's question made him recall his own words up on the terrace. He softly told Geet about the entire exchange. Geet was furious and said, "What? How dare you Dev? How could you hurt her like this? "

Dev:"I was angry then but I don't take back my words Geetu. She deserved it."

Geet:" Nobody deserves such words Dev. Least of all a person who has the courage to accept her folly. I am disappointed Dev. I hope she forgives you for this."

Dev:"Why are you worried for her? She herself said she was the cause of our break up."

Geet:"I am getting curious Dev. May be there is more to it than we thought. But whatever it is, go and apologize to her."

Dev: "I will apologize once I feel so Geetu. I can't fake it, not with her at least. "

Geet:"Fine Dev. I am going to bed. Tomorrow is the sangeet function so I have got lots of work. Good night Dev. I have a feeling this storm is not over yet. It has just begun."

Once Geet left Dev turned to leave only to come face to face with Samaira. The completely numb and broken look of her made Dev recoil back as her pain pained him as well. They stared at each other for a while before Sam left the corridor with her lifeless from. The way she left without accusing, without even complaining a bit made Dev think whether he was wrong. A new dawn was coming yet to Dev the night seemed never ending.

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