Tere Bin Nahi Lage Jiya~IshVeer story(Updatd on Pg8) - Page 3

Shikhar looked confused for a moment, before he uttered confused, "Ishaani? Isn't she your ex-wife?" Even in such pain, Ranveer shot him a look of such strong rage that Shikhar recoiled his glance away from him. Taking a deep breath, Shikhar once again sat down on his chair and took on a professional air now. "You'll need to tell me everything."

Ranveer started with Shikhar telling of the magical noon he had left for the business conference promising Ishani to come back soon. But when he had next seen her, she was accusing him of murdering Chirag. The memories of that night once again were crushing his heart as he continued composing himself every moment. "Ishani was sentenced to death, Shikhar, for a crime she had not committed. She refused to take any help from me or anyone else." Shikhar looked thoughtfully at Ranveer, "But she has admitted her crime. That's what makes it harder go in her favour." "I know!" shouted Ranveer, his voice shaking with anger and pain. "That's not important. The important thing is she is innocent and you've got to win this case. I'll pay any amount of money you want. Please save my Ishani, Shekhar." "Okay, fine! I'm going to help you. No one can sentence Ishani to death until Shekhar Mehra is in the profession." Shekhar ended little sarcastically which Ranveer did not find funny at all. He had seen a ray of hope of getting Ishani out of the hell she had landed herself into.

As Shikhar escorted Ranveer out of the room after their half an hour meeting chat, the latter headed towards his car and sat in it, but somehow, he could not get himself to drive home. Or anywhere else for that matter. He buried his head into his hands and let himself loose from the shackles of memories that still bound him to a life that was too good to be true. Ranveer could no longer cry, for he has exhausted his ability to shed any more tears. Instead, his now felt his grief and fear building up within himself, scorching up his insides and licking his heart away in an acid-like hiss.

He was gaining his hope back due to shikhar but he still felt that extreme pain due to fear of losing her. He started his car and drove aimlessly. Suddenly he halted his car and realised he had reached the beach. He still could remember that day about 3 yrs back when he was just her friend and for him she was his life. She had curled her arms around his while he was a taking photos and he being servant had told her not to do it and she had innocently asked kyun??? How he would do anything to bring that day back..

Ranveer set out from the beech of late. Having no clear destination in mind he drove across slowly until a thought dawned at him. He wanted to see Ishani. He wanted to ask her again why she did this to him. To her. Why she left him saying the lies that were not cooperated by her feelings. He had felt her love in her eyes when she told him how much she loved him. He had felt her touch to be true when she had embraced him- it had felt an everlasting moment to him. In oceans of lies and hatred her love shone like the brightest of the stars. His car halted at the jail Ishani was kept in. His heart throbbing hard in his chest, his soul thriving after the wait for the eternity, he headed towards her cell.

(Elvish - Can you please edit your post's end to make him sit in the car..so that this one goes with it..)

As he slowly faced himself in the car's mirror, he realized that he had opened up an avenue of hope where there was none before.. Shikhar had never lost a case he had said... Ranveer fervently hoped that his record will remain intact with Ishani's case too.. He allowed himself a wry smile, after what seemed like an eternity..

Memories kept rolling in and out of his mind as tried to concentrate on how to convince her.. or should he even try it..he wondered. The deep wounds that she had given, the insults she had hurled at him and the mockery she had made of his love calling him "naukar", all came back to him, freezing him in his place, making his every muscle cringe... Was he ready for another of those soul sucking injuries.. what if she refuses to cooperate with Shikhar..

Ranveer just wished he could hold her by her hands at that moment and make her listen to him, just the way he used to when they were friends .. He remembered how much she trusted him for every decision, more than herself..

(Sorry, this became much longer than a sentence...!!)

He knew that hope as he might, some thing can never go back to the way it used to be. Sighing, he got down from car and walked over the shoreline aimlessly, a strange calm taking over his mind and his thoughts began reducing until all he could do was to admire the now-setting sun and the irony of life along with the beauty of the sunset happening before him.

After what seemed like an endless journey of memories, Ranverr returned back to his car once again and drove off to the only destination he had in mind, a place where all his answers awaited him, a place where part of him now resided - in jail.

The cold, gray walls of the jail came in his view, bringing in shadows of doubts again to his mind. But he chose to look at the stars slowly appearing in the sky one by one..

As he entered through the gate, he felt that distinct feeling that someone was waiting for him, wishing to see him, just for once..

Ranveer felt hi heart thumping loudly, as though his heart wanted to burst through the prison it being kept into, while he took firm steps into the station. The female inspector who had refused him entry the previous time he came there, stood up suddenly as though caught in some guilty act, even though all she was doing before Ranveer's entrance was stare at the wall, lost into some thought that seemed beyond her understanding.