Swaraaj : The Devil

CHAPETR SEVENTEEN

"I have to tell you something....." Kairav sneaked behind SK, just when she was eating soup with Nitu, his sudden warm breaths near her neck startled her and also alerted her, she almost spilled soup back in the bowl with little bit of squeaking.... Nitu chuckled at that, SK looked back at Kairav darting glares, and Kairav backed off a little, "Whoa.... Not a good timing?" Kairav asked, 

"Whatever you want to tell me, better be worth a sip of soup that I spilled back..." SK was pressing her teeth hard, 

"It's worth a lot, I promise!" 

"What is it?" SK got excited and curious, 

 "Its about your Boss!" Kairav replied in kind with same excitement, 

"About Dada?" They completely forgot about their audience, and both of them looked back the fifteen year old.... "What is it?" Nitu asked, Kairav looked at SK, he hoped that she'd stall her and would distract the conversation, 

"Alright Kiddo, as you have noticed that your Dada's been hiding so many things, I'm trying to find out one more of a thing from his very well kept past...." SK came out front.... Kairav was whelmed seeing SK came forward with this whole thing, 

"Hey Hello....." Kairav interrupted, SK looked back at him, "What are you doing?" Kairav whispered, 

 "Why are we being so loud?" SK asked in sarcasm, 

"You seriously wanna tell her about her brother?" 

"I don't hide things from her.... neither will I ever...." SK retorted, 

 "She's just a child...." Kairav widened his eyes.... 

"Hey, I'm right here, and I can hear you...." Nitu tried to make herself present, 

"If she's old enough to handle a family secret then she's old enough to handle this too..." 

 "I don't think she'll be able to handle all the truths...." 

"Guys not to be persistent but I'm HERE.... So talk to my face about me...." Nitu got little over herself, both of them startled, they looked back at her, and Kairav was the one start, 

"Look Nitya, your brother's holding so many things from you, from her and from all of us.... And I have found few people who can tell about his past to us, so I'm gonna ask you this once," Kairav paused and looked at SK for approval, she nodded, "Are you sure you're ready to handle the dark truths about your brother's, our brother's past?" Nitu was boiling from inside, she didn't know how to react to this, how can this man who claims to be her Dada's family, is trying to conspire against his own brother, 

"Look, Mr. Shah, I don't know what do you think about YOUR brother, but MY brother, My DADA only has one past, and in that past he has seen only pain, sorrow and struggle, and whether you know it or not, but I was there to witness all of it, and now that he's back with his family, with Panchhi Di, I don't think I'd allow anyone to ruin it, just because someone wants a juicy cover story out of it....." Nitu was as firm as she could be, but it was enough for both Kairav and SK to be overwhelmed..... "It's your sister's wedding Mr. Shah, I think you should be concentrating on that instead of digging into my Dada's past," 

"Nitu, we're...." SK was stopped instantly by Nitu, "ENOUGH...." Said Nitya and left SK speechless, "I can't believe you're involved in all of his schemes.... It's Dada, SK.... My brother, your best friend, our only Family...." Nitu darted glares at her, SK realized how angry she was, 

"Mr. Shah, I'm not gonna ruin everyone's enthusiasm by outing you, but stop your schemes, or next time Dada will be dealing with you...." Nitu said and took her soup with her to someone she just spotted on a wooden bench out in garden..... Mira.... She went to her,