Chapter 16 - Start of Destruction
Her heart was beating furiously and her mind raced to every memory to pinpoint one occasion which could confirm this bizarre proof, she was searching for so long. It was so unbelievable that even her memory accepted defeat.
Out of all the people, it had to be Kabir. The real culprit. Her so called boyfriend. Destroyer of Maya's life.
The black overcoat wore by him being the vivid proof. There was no denial. It was clear as day. It was him all along. The face, she couldn't see and the face destroying Maya every second.
Now it made sense why Maya was so reluctant to tell the name. Why Maya was told to keep away from her, the night Kabir proposed her. Why it was so difficult to punish the culprit as per Maya.
He was b****y Royal and it was going to be hell to prove him as a culprit and punish him.
And top of all, he was so called brother of Danish. Danish, boyfriend of Panchi and fiance after tonight. Dobriyal, Danish and Kabir, they all were too closely linked. Much closely bonded than her who might be closer in relation but held no authority or importance.
Who would believe her, was a nagging insecurity.
And then how would this revelation effect Panchi and Danish relation was a whole new matter. Her sister could face break down since there was this possibility of Danish breaking off the engagement in support of his brother. After all, blood comes first. Though not when its her time.
The only best thing happened was Abhay came out clean. He wasn't another Arnab Dobriyal in her life, just like her heart believed.
But she had no idea whether to rejoice that Abhay wasn't responsible or cry because her so called boyfriend was the culprit. She even didn't know whether she should be happy that she didn't give him any right or cry because in the end he too turned out to be a cheater.
"Hey Piya" her thoughts broke on being called by Kabir, the person messing with her peace before and now her mind.
The usual smile on his face was hurting her today. Her eyes searched his face trying to find the telltale of his misdoings or the evil behind his smile but it seemed he was a fine actor. A very fine actor. Or maybe too evil to feel any guilt.
"What's wrong?" Kabir asked, confusion covering his eyes and Piya wondered how could he walk so guilt free after ruining life but she felt she was going to know it soon.
Disgust was what she felt of his inhuman calmness when Maya was in hospital.
Her eyes were throwing accusation towards him but she didn't let them out of her mouth and his face. Lesson was learnt last time and she didn't want to repeat of accusing someone without confiding Maya. Though she was hundred percent sure, she let the requirement of confirmation persist.
Turning on her heels, she walked out of the party hall on the empty road without caring to spare a glance to Kabir who was waiting for her reply.
Hailing a taxi, she reached City hospital with several thoughts. Considering it was late evening, the hospital was deserted with minimum staff roaming around.
Already being permitted to stay with Maya in nights, Piya had no one to stop her when she barged in Maya's ward.
"Maya, please tell me who's it" Piya said impatiently, boggling the resting Maya with her sudden presence and deep desperation in her voice.
Maya opened her mouth to deny the explanation and name but Piya wasn't ready to accept it today.
"Its Kabir, right? It was him all the time, right?" Piya gritted knowing it would get her answers. She wanted answer right from the mouth of people trying to hide his name despite knowing he was playing with her life too and could indirectly effect her sister's life too.
"No no... Its... Its Abhay" Maya said closing her eyes after coming out of her frozen state on hearing Piya. It was wrong to blame Abhay but he had already fed that lie to Piya so it was better to use his name to ensure Piya's safety considering all the threats she received.
"You are lying. I did the mistake once. I won't fall for it again. Its Kabir and I have proof" Piya said firmly. This time truth was in front of her and she wouldn't let anyone confuse her with lies. Though she didn't understand why was Abhay taking the blame, she thought to investigate it later.
She took out her phone and moved through the gallery for the pics she clicked.
Maya sat shocked. A hope grew in her. If Piya had proof then she could be freed from tyranny.
Piya showed her the pictures she clicked yesterday. The back was shown in the unique overcoat. Then she showed the recent one. Full face of Kabir in overcoat, the picture she clicked right at the spot when she caught him in party.
"Piya this...." Maya stammered with misty eyes, she couldn't believe finally the proof was in her reach. She could punish the culprit.
"Its him, right?" Piya said this time much softly. She watched as a look of defeated came all over Maya's face and tears rolled down her eyes. This was the confirmation itself not that she wanted anyway.
"Oh God, Maya. You should've told me" Piya said pulling her in a hug. It was a shock that both of them ended with the same monster. Though Maya faced the worst.
"Am sorry.... He... He threatened me.... I had no choice other than to keep silence in front of you and Abhay even when you guys were trying to help me...." Maya cried finally finding solace in Piya's arms, finally letting out the cruel truth
"And I kept on blaming Abhay" she whispered painfully remembering how she cursed him even when her heart rejected her mind's explanation.
"Well you have to keep on blaming him"
The voice froze both the heartbroken girls. They looked at each other with wide eyes trying to comprehend how was it possible.
Piya gained her composure and turned around to see Kabir standing with a smirk. The mask was finally down and evilness was clear on his face.
"You'll pay for what you did and I'll make sure its you who pay and not Abhay." Piya said vehemently standing in front of him and looking directly in his eyes. The hate in her eyes was clear for the guy who just didn't two-time them and betrayed their friendship but destroyed a girl's life and tortured her to the extent of killing her unborn while keeping a show of good friend and letting another person take the blame of his horrendous crime.
Anger flashed in his eyes before an evil smirk returned on his face.
"No baby, you can't do anything. Am your boyfriend and no way I'll let you take Abhay's side after snatching you from him." Kabir said grabbing her from shoulder
"Kabir please leave her..." Maya shrieked, she couldn't let all her silent bearings to protect Piya go in vain but one threatening look of Kabir and she knew she couldn't stand a chance against him.
"You are not my boyfriend. You are a monster. How can you be so evil, Kabir? Everyone trusted you!! But you turned out to be a monster behind the mask of friendship." Piya spat while struggling to come out of his grip "I'll expose you. I'll tell everyone what a monster you are. Boyfriend to door ki bat hai tum to ache insan bhi nhy ho (boyfriend is too far, you can't even be a good human"
"No girl can reject, Kabir Singh Rathode. Did you hear it? No girl!!" Kabir gritted, harshly pulling her towards him with a maddening glint in his eyes. "and you'll remain my girlfriend as long I'll want, and like a good girlfriend, you'll do as I say."
Piya winced as he kept on digging his nails in her bare shoulder but she didn't let it stop her. This man destroyed Maya's life and was the reason Abhay faced humiliation without reason. She couldn't bend in front of his monstrosity.
"How can you be so cruel, Kabir? How can you act so good when you are anything but good? How can you do this to Maya? And why? What wrong she did?" Piya said with disgust. She didn't care for the betrayal she faced. She never considered him a boyfriend by any means. But Maya, Maya trusted him with her innocence and protection and what did he give in return? Betrayal in worst possible way.
"Maya was just a fling gone wrong. I can't settle down to her, can I?" Kabir said with an evil grin
He turned to Maya who was looking at the unfolding sight with unmasked horror.
"Can I, Maya?" He said and laughed out menacingly when Maya shrunk under his gaze
"Beautiful girls come and go, doesn't mean I'll settle down with one just because one of them wants me to." Kabir said forcing Piya to look at him as she tried to escape from his disgusting grip
"You don't love me either, do you?" Piya managed to question amid her struggle and Kabir laughed out wickedly
"Nope. Love is too overrated. L*st is what I admire. Just a night or two and its enough." Kabir said and Piya cringed at his disgusting words laced with so much of inhumanity.
Kabir continued keeping his grip on Piya - "The beautiful girl having every eye turn to her, will be always girlfriend of Kabir Rathode. And you were one of them. The moment you entered there was a stir in whole college and I couldn't let the chance go, can I? I tried to be your Knight in shining armour, by cutting down your rope on rappelling point and then saving you. Unfortunately, you ended up falling down."
Piya gasped forgetting her struggle and looked at him wide eyed. Never in her wildest dreams, she could imagine him to play so dangerously just to get that person. She understood now how dangerous he could be and why was Maya so scared.
Kabir enjoyed her misery and continued the tale of his doings as if they were his achievements - "even after failing I thought you'll accept to be my girlfriend like every other girl. But you turned out to be tough nut to crack. You tried to resist Kabir's charm. It was a challenge and I accepted it. So I did everything to gain you. From being a Romeo as lead to bringing a broken balcony to cause your fall. From forcing you to attend Abhay's party, to purposefully give you a spiked drink that was a trick of T. From forcing you to celebrate your birthday, to fill your ears against Abhay. From writing and purposefully distributing the love letters, to act as drunkard to force you to accept my proposal. I did everything to make Misha believe in the honesty of my proposal and to gain you but Abhay always came as an obstacle. Saving you from my every trick except for the proposal one."
Piya was aghast, she was so oblivious of so much of tricks. Kabir, the guy she thought to be so nice was actually playing such a big game and Abhay who always ended up with blames was actually helping her whether knowingly or unknowingly, but he had always been her saviour.
"Even after you become my girlfriend, he was always there around you doing don't know what and that's why I hate him. I hate him so much to keep an eye on my thing and always trying to put me down. He was always there around you and even after I degraded him, you were being too close to him just like the way you ended up in his arms on our date." Kabir spat with so much of venom against certain Abhay Raichand.
Fear clouded Piya's eyes. The maddening glint in his gave so much of psycho vibes and she had no idea how would she break the web he had so skilfully weaved while maintaining his good boy image.
"But never mind, now you are mine and you'll remain mine, right?" Kabir said with a strange glint in his eyes and a wicked smirk showing he had plans.
Piya gulped trying to gain the courage to face him, no way she was going to bend in front of him even if it meant facing dangerous consequences - "no!!! Am not yours and I won't remain yours. I'll expose you for sure."
The anger darkened in his eyes and he gripped her much more tightly causing her cry in pain.
"Kabir, please leave her" Maya cried helplessly but Kabir was too far in his madness to listen her
"You won't tell anyone, anything or else your past won't remain past anymore and the way I'll assassinate your character, you won't be able to face anyone " Kabir said dangerously halting Piya's struggle who looked at him wide eyed. Kabir smirked knowing he had hit right chord.
"So my dear girlfriend, stay silent okay? I'll keep your secret and you keep mine, done?" Kabir said ever so sweetly even when his eyes were laced with poison
The breath got stuck in her throat. The past she was trying to run away and was so much trying to hide from the world was known to Kabir, don't know how. Sudden helplessness struck her.
"You... You won't..." Piya stuttered with deep fear enveloping her. She couldn't imagine the havoc it would bring in Dobriyal mansion and what was it about assassinating her character, of course Kabir could do that when her birth was so controversial and her father, a cheater.
"You won't wish to test me" Kabir said shrugging keeping a tight hold on her shoulder
"Besides, if you'll open your mouth, I won't just destroy you but Maya will be destroyed along you." Kabir added
At that moment, Piya knew she was trapped. Like a moth in a spider web. Even if she wanted, there was no way out of this hell, she wilfully jumped in.
"And Maya, if you'll say anything to anyone then your dear friend will suffer alongside you." Kabir said turning his evil stares towards Maya who sat weeping helplessly
"Am I making myself, clear?" Kabir turned to Piya demanding her verbal defeat "am I clear?" He gritted dangerously on not getting any response from Piya
Piya nodded with a crushed confidence. She couldn't let Kabir destroy the lives of so many people by disclosing her past even if it meant being his pawn, she would do it to keep the past safe where it was.
Satisfied Kabir, pushed her away letting her fall on the tray of surgery tools. Ignoring her winces as a sharp tool sliced her palm, Kabir straightened himself as if nothing happened. As if, he didn't just torture two innocent girls, mentally and physically.
"And yeah, I want you both to stay away from that Abhay. As far as possible. None of you should be seen talking to him or else removing him from the path will be inevitable." Kabir said putting up his last life threatening condition at the cost of their happiness before walking out of the ward.
Helplessly, Piya watched the blood dripping from her palm. Standing up, with teary vision, she wondered where life had brought her. Stifling her sobs on her cursed fate, she ran out of hospital not caring for Maya's shouts.
Somehow, she managed to reach the Dobriyal mansion with numb state. She made sure to cover her shoulders, having deep devilish marks, with her veil. The bleeding palm remained forgotten and unattended.
The colourful dresses, smiling faces and beautiful decoration with spacious airy hall was having a contrasting effect on her. Her world was stuck in the darkness. It was as if darkness had kind of special relation with her life. Wherever she would go, darkness would find her.
The smiling and laughing faces of Dobriyal family seemed to mock her. Her heart envied and cried at their lucky fate, crafted of her mother's tears, built up on her mother's dead body and shining with endless pain inflicted on her.
How more she had to suffer just because of these people who didn't give damn to her? Why does child has to suffer for parents misdoings? Why always Her??
Feeling too suffocated, Piya rushed out of the hall to decorated platform in hall. Sucking in air, she stood holding the pillar, unable to believe her cursed fate. Unable to believe it was happening to her. Why was life being so cruel to her, she had no idea. How many more tests she had to pass, was also a question.
The moment she had stepped in hospital to see the mystery man clad in black overcoat, fear had gripped her. But she had no idea at that moment that it was going to be so macabre. That the darkness of overcoat was going to plunge her life in deep shadows too.
She cried watching the gloomy sky and night shades. For Maya and for her sisters, her fate was sealed with her silence in a way, she didn't know if she was going to be happy ever again.
The river of her eyes kept on falling and her sobs grew louder with every second. It was getting too cruel. Too unbearable. How would she be with a man like Kabir? He wasn't even a human but a monster. The sight of him was disgusting, how would she act as her girlfriend?
"Will I be ever happy?" Piya whispered with defeated tears as her eyes linger on moonless sky
"Piya" the voice pulled her out of the darkness she was living.
He was truly the moon of her life but she had to be away from him too. Her sky had to live without his light. A few more tears rolled down her eyes as the harsh threat of Kabir stabbed her heart.
She had to be away from Abhay for his own safety.
Closing her eyes and gulping the pain, she wiped her tears quickly before turning to him with a mask of strength.
Abhay waited as Piya took her own sweet time to face him but his eyes surely noticed her every movement even if it was slightest, he was faster to catch it. The way she raised her head towards heaven and the way her hand reached her face, he knew she was crying.
A monstrous fear was eating him from the time, Piya had disappeared from the party when Dobriyal held him for formal greetings. He couldn't even trail her scent, damn know why. The feeling that a power was hiding her location from his senses was even more terrifying. He even thought he lost her when his restlessness grew to its peak but then he saw her entering the party with tear streaked face only to ran outside and he knew something horrible had hit her life.
This fear was the reason, he couldn't stop himself from following her after finding his way out of people trying to gain his attention.
But right now, as he stood watching her back, waiting for her to turn, he dreaded to see something he was anything but ready. He dreaded of an invisible force shaping their life and putting its claws on her happiness. He dreaded her destruction.
And that's what happened.
Something stabbed him when she faced him and a tale of disaster danced on her face. The mask of her strength was too weak to hide her scars from his sharp eyes. The sadness living in her eyes was too poisonous for him to control himself.
"Piya" her name escaped from his mouth with pain lacing it. This wasn't image of her, he ever wanted to see.
"Are you responsible for Maya's state?" Piya questioned, the answer was known to her but all she wanted was to listen truth from his mouth once, before walking out of his life just like he wanted her to, just like it was necessary for his protection.
"Piya.." Abhay tried to reach her and hold her, a deep fear scaring him. Her happiness was all he wanted, the question meant nothing for him.
"I want truth, Abhay" Piya gritted stepping out of his reach and showing her palm to him without realising it was injured one.
Abhay froze on seeing the blood dripping from her palm. His eyes travelled to her shoulders having deep bluish monsters with blood spots. He was aghast to see her state. The questions and answers got buried under the overwhelming concern and fear.
He rushed to her taking her palm in his hand uncaring of her protests. The blood laughing at his failure to protect her. His mind racing to find the reason behind the cruelty.
"Who did this, Piya? How did all this happen?" Abhay questioned with overpowering fury for the ba***d who hurt her. He would kill that person who did this to Piya.
"Its none of your business" Piya pulled away her hand from his grip. Her eyes showing rudeness. She had to stay away from him. Falling weak wasn't option.
"Who is that person, Piya? Tell me right now" Abhay demanded not giving damn to her rudeness. All he wanted was to kill that person right at that moment with his bare hand.
"I'm not telling you anything when you aren't willing to share your truth" Piya countered. She didn't know from where all this strength was coming when her world was falling apart. Maybe because he was her strength and she knew it without an ounce of doubt now. He wouldn't hurt her or hate her or even judge her, she was sure. Somewhere her heart believed that her rudeness would help him to save her world.
Abhay was left speechless. This was a Piya, he never encountered before. There was something wrong. Something definitely wrong to force her to behave this rudely when she was hurt in fact. Besides, Piya always trusted him then why was she being so bitter was a question in itself.
"Piya he needs to be punished and you need to be treated" Abhay said softening his tone to make her understand and to find the reason or clue behind her eccentric behaviour.
"Why do you care, Abhay? Why does it matter to you? " Piya threw questions at him with her eyes searching his for answers while her face covered with a forced fury.
The words got struck in Abhay's throat. He had no answer to her questions. He himself had no idea why was he panicking to the extent of losing his control, for her.
"You wanted this right? My tears gave you happiness then be happy, am upset. Be happy am hurt and be happy am not going to interfere in your life anymore" Piya shouted letting the tears drop from her eyes. She wasn't angry of him but his self control was hurting her already lost heart. Why couldn't he simply accept he cared, so she could live at least with little of peace in the hell of Kabir. So, she could live with a faith that he would help her while being safe himself.
For him, her words were daggers thrown at him. They were hurting him too much and for that split moment, he forgot he had to stay away from her, that he had to let her hate him.
"Its not like that, Piya. Its not like that. I can never see you hurt. Please tell me what happened? Please tell me who did it? Please let me help you." Abhay pleaded trying to hold her but she didn't let him hurting him further, her broken self blowing away his guards one by one.
Piya sighed painfully. These were the words, she yearned to hear but she got to hear them when they couldn't help her anymore. Though she felt a bit of peace followed by overwhelming tiredness. Her life seemed so miserably ironical that she wanted to cry and laugh, all at same time.
"I know who is behind all that happened to Maya and I know its not you." Piya said in weak voice, her eyes showing the crushed life as she finally gave him the hint of the storm that hit her life.
"You didn't want me in all this before and now I don't want you in all this. Stay away from me, Abhay and I'll stay away from you just as you wanted." Piya said feebly before drifting out of the garden
Abhay stood pale. He watched her going but had no strength to run behind her and demand the name of person behind the hurricane destroying their lives. He was too numb to respond. It was a bitter experience to hear his own words being thrown at his face when all he wanted was to help her. He knew at that moment how bad must've Piya felt when he kept on pushing her away.
But more than the guilt and pain on her words, he was scared for her. Her pain was too deep and the way she held on her memory to not let his powers reach the incident which shook her, was the proof that like Maya she had been deeply threatened and tortured.
At that moment, he knew he had to do something much more powerful to erase pain from her life, to pull her out of the hell she had fell and he was ready to go to any lengths to assure her happiness.
The darkness of night saw his determination and heard his whispers but fate had most cruel plans to test his promises.
"You didn't listen to me when I told you to stay away from me and all this mess, then how can you expect me to listen you, Piya?"
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