I wish I could say the same!!

"I was found by a blessed soul after I had passed out on the street starving…" Zeenath started talking all over again. But she did not move from her place.

Srinivas pulled away and looked at her…

"You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to, Zeenath… You don't have to do anything at all with me if you don't want to. I am okay… I was wrong." Srinivas said interrupting her without letting her continue.

He was not going to let her relive things she had long buried just to quench his misplaced curiosity. He would love to listen to her story- yes… but he did not want to be by force or by letting her feel that she got to say it to him if she wanted him here… he wanted it to be because she wanted to share a part of her with him.

"I am not telling this for you… I am doing this for myself… I want to give myself a chance!" Zeenath replied determined. Maybe then she will not hurt the people who are truly sincere towards her…