Pain of the past

I was dumbfounded .

I wanted to say something but not a single word is coming out of my mouth.

He was saying a lot of things, none of which makes sense so I controlled myself and tried to calmed him down .

It was not a easy task but somehow I calmed him down.

we sat down on the bench and I asked him -" how do you know that I'm gonna be here? nobody knows I'm going to be here."

Arjun answered -" few minutes ago Sakshi came to my room and told me that you are going away . she also told me that you're going to be here so I came here to bring you back."

I knew Sakshi was not going to let me go this easily - I thought to myself.

Then Arjun continued -" You probably have s lot of questions. please whatever you do please don't leave. I will do anything you say but please don't leave"

I asked Arjun -" why do want me stay. you of all people should be happy that I'm going away. your friends and your girlfriend would live there life peacefully now. I can't understand what's the problem".

he answered-" I want you to stay because I love you more than anything in the world. "

I was astonished by his statement.

I asked -" no you don't love me . you have a girlfriend . and your actions towards me kind of trumps your statement. so I'm having a hard time believing in it."

he answered -"first of all I don't have a girlfriend. Shama is a dear friend but that's all. nothing was ever going in between us. and I know my actions towards you has been very harsh but whatever I did was to protect you."

I asked him angerly -" protect me ! from what?"

he answered -" me . I wanted to protect you from me."

I asked him -" why?"

he said -" you don't know anything about me. I thought if you knew you would've ran away from me..

I'm not what you think I'm."

I asked him -" what do you mean by that?*

he answered -" do you know who I am ? I'm Arjun Singhania son of Ram Singhania"

I said -" The owner of Singhania textile Ram Singhania. who's wife and girl died in a accident 2 years back."

he answered-" yes . I'm his son and reason of my mother and sister's death. "