MehRya FF: Discovering the Magic Chapter28 pg148 (10/12) - Page 25

...So I, a virtual stranger matter, but Mehek Sharma someone you actually came to know did not? Even if you hate everything about her, your humanity should have made you realize that everyone matters: that dignity and respect should be a given. There is something wrong with your thinking, especially since you needed someone to tell you this.

...Like I said I'm not perfect. However, I can attest neither is Mehek Sharma.

It took everything not to defend herself, and Mehek suspected that he probably had begun to wonder about her prolonged silence.

...I may never care for her, but in all likelihood, she probably didn't deserve everything that I did.

Still bristling over his previous note, Mehek scoffed aloud, and shook her head contemptuously, on reading his latest concessionary message. Oh really, she thought: his choice of words jumping out at her and sticking in her craw. In her mind, it felt that he was leaving himself an out; that deep down he may actually still believe some of his actions justified.

Or maybe, she contemplated, maybe it was her being unreasonable now. Perhaps she had been expecting entirely too much from the cold man Shaurya Khanna was.

...But for certain, I would want to kill someone for doing the same to you. Which doesn't make sense.

...I don't know, maybe being my mother's only child, is my reason for my inability to empathize the way siblings learn to do.

...Aacha, so are you saying that recognizing that you would have issue with such happening to me is your way of saying that you see me as a sibling: a little sister? Is this my cue to start call you bhaiyaa? Should I start fashioning a rakhi now to gift you should we ever meet, Shaurya?

His response was swift, and to the point.

...Like Hell. I am not your bhai. Nor do I ever expect to be categorized as such, MS. Save that rakhi crap for your chef friend, not me.

Instantly, Mehek regretted deliberately baiting him out of spite. He was obviously at an impasse in trying to reason out his own behavior. Being dismissive and throwing up these roadblocks to his ruminations would not help.

...I'm sorry, that wasn't called for. Thik hai, let's back up, and start again. For real this time. I will try to keep my passive aggressive comments to a minimum, and you can tell me what you need from me.