she destroyed us

"you bitch? how dare you get in my freaking apartment?" an unstable Dev freaked at his step mom. "really? like really my son? just look at you Dev. you can't even stand steady in your foot." she mocked at him but Dev was not in a mood to face her tantrums. "I don't need you here, I am enough to take care of my best friend" he screamed at her. "step brother not best friend, he is your step brother and he is my bloodline. do you expect me to leave my son with a drunkard like you" Dev hated hearing his best friend as his step brother but the truth is bitter. " hey lady, out" he dragged his step mother to the door. "everything is because of her, she destroyed us." tears were rolling from her eyes. "not a word about her" Dev warned. "you have gone mad dev, even after what she did with you and your brother. you are still crazy about her. she is a curse" she screamed at doorstep. Dev stammed the door at her and ran to see his step brother.

he held paralyzed Manas's hand and cried his heart out " I know man, you are paralyzed. your freaking mom think its because of her but I trust her more thank myself. you know what Man, the list is gonna get over soon. trust me, i will find her even if she hid in the darkest places of the world."

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JANUARY 1

She might have felt sleepy which made her lie on my back unknowingly. Each and every single act of her made me fall for her. Even though I am in the front seat and can't see her glorious face, I could still feel her breath very closely. I felt her close to my heart. My heart unknowingly inspired her with the permission of my brain. I feared for that. I know it is a sin to think about someone whose is already belongs to someone else. I made my mind clear with the facts that "Anuradha is Manas's not mine. She is not meant to me" but heart become stubborn and start confronting me "there is no wrong in creating feelings for someone". I harshly replied to my heart "it is a betrayal ". The argument went on, unexpectedly a police man stopped our vehicle near the check post for checking purpose. I stopped my bike and Anu woke up suddenly and looked from my shoulder sleepy whether to check we reached our destination but seeing the police officer she felt feared which made her hands to tighten on my shoulder unknowingly.

"Where are you both roaming in this morning 4.00" he asked furiously seeing his wrist watch.

"Dropping my friend to her home nearby sir" I answered politely but he didn't look convinced

"Show me your id proof and girl,say me your parents number now" he roared without considering his health conditions.

"Why" a sound came from my back. It was her. Anu, she asked very confidently without any fear in her face.

"Who the hell are you to question me, hold your tongue otherwise both of you would be in the lockup for the next 3 days" he roared and gave a grief warning which made me dumbstruck.

"Inspector, I am Anuradha, S.I.R (senior investigative reporter) in q tv. So I guess you must hold your tongue before a media person. Otherwise you would have to face the consequences for your vulgarity" she said and threw her id card at the inspector. With a frown face inspector analyzed the id Card "I leave you both for tonight..hmm so..rrr..rr..yy mam" he said with a feared face and made us free to go.

The road was empty expect our bike. I could feel the freshness of air in the early morning ride. It made me tired and sleepy. I struggled to keep my eyelids open. The silence between us made me more sleepy. She saw me yawning and understood my battle with my eyelids.

"Stop the bike Dev" she said my name with her sweet voice which gave a life to my ears. I stopped the bike without any question. "What happened "I finally asked seeing the time in my wrist watch. It was 4.20 (the encounter with inspector made us late). "Dev I know that you are sleepy now. The time is almost 4.30, i think it is not good for you to ride the bike in this condition so please get down from the bike" she said caringly. On that moment I felt like my mother came to meet me in her form after 10 years. I literally enjoyed each and every word she said. "I agree I am bit sleepy but it's not safe for you to be in a road in this early morning 4.30. Anu, you are my responsibility. Your safety is more important compared to my sleepiness" she was totally impressed by my collection of words which made her to smile. "Dev I didn't ask you to take rest in this middle of the road. I am just asking you to get down from the bike" she made me literally confused which made me to suspect my ears for combining wrong set of words. I kicked the Side stand and got down from my bike silently. She saw me smiling with the shaking legs I am standing. Unexpectedly something happened. She took the side stand herself and sat on the bike then turned the bike key to the right and started my bike(which made my bike even more special ). "Do you know to ride a bike?" I asked surprisingly. "Of course I know. I even know more things. I'll show them all in right times " she answered confidently. I sat on her back and put my shoulders on her arms for support. I don't when I closed my eyelids but when I woke up we were on her apartments. I realized that i was lying on her back during my sleep which made me so feel embarrassed. She understood my embarrassment and didn't say anything about that.

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He wiped his tears and went to kitchen to make something to have. he took a apple from the fridge and decided to have it. he searched for a knife, only to find it under the plates with dry blood stains on it. he wiped the blood stains and cut the apples remembering his mother's departing words.

"prioritize yourself before others if the decision you're taking will affect your life"