Love or Revenge

Chapter 45

Zoya and Grace were siting on the couch talking in low tone. Zoya said, "Yesterday was too much for me... I don't know why I felt so weak and vulnerable... I couldn't even take up the thought of parting away from you... and now Aditya is behind me on reopening my parents' case and he wants to bring my parents' murderers to justice..."

"What?" Grace exclaimed. "Sush... Keep it low... I told him everything about my parents' death and it was all because of you..." Zoya said. "What do you mean... because of me?" Grace asked and then added, "Wait a minute... You told everything about your parents' death... I mean about Harshawardhan and others too..."

Zoya sighed and said, "Well... not exactly... I just told him how my father's employees tricked him and killed my parents'... And if you hadn't tell me that you have planned to leave me so early... then I wouldn't have felt so vulnerable and told Aditya about my parents' death but I was sure to not to tell him about real murderers..." She paused for second while looking at Grace constipated reaction. 

"Now I don't know what to do about it... He is so stubborn and keeps on bugging me to reopen the case... I don't know how to stop him from doing so..." Zoya added with frustration when Grace gestured her with her eye brows asking "What?"

"Zoya... Why don't you tell him who is behind your parents' and his mother's murder?" Grace asked. "No... Grace... I don't know how he'll take it and moreover, without being honest about everything I can't tell him about who murdered my parents' or his mother... I have come clean about how I murdered others to exact my revenge and also I have to tell him why I murdered Aman too...  And I can't give him that pain... and... and..." She hesitated as her eyes tear up.

Grace took her hand in hers and looked at her. "I can't lose him too... I don't want him to leave me after coming to know what I did to the people he thought as his family... I can't lose him, Grace... I can't lose him... I love him so much... and I don't want more than anything... than to have a normal life with him..." Zoya said.

Grace sniffled and said, "I'm happy for you... Finally you found someone to love you and to move on with your life... I don't know what to say... You found your family once again... But I think it's right time to say... You don't need me anymore..."

"Gracie... Don't say like that... You're my family after my parents' death... You're more than a friend... You're a sister to me... And I would always need my sister..." Zoya said. As they hugged, Grace saw the reaction on Arjun's face and he was looking at them time to time.

"Aww... Babes... Bad news..." Grace said breaking their hug. Zoya looked at her perplexed and Grace added, "I think Aditya is updating Arjun about your past". "What? No... He won't..." Zoya exclaimed. "Nope... He is... I can tell from Arjun's reactions... and he is looking at us time to time... I'm pretty sure, he told everything to Arjun..." Grace said. Slowly, Zoya looked behind her and saw the strange reaction in Arjun's face and said, "No... I don't think so..." and then when his reaction changed deep, she added, "Oh God! Damn you, Aditya" she cursed.

Then they saw the brothers hugging each other and patting each other's back. "I wonder what they are talking about... I just hope he is not asking Arjun's help to find my parents' murderers..." Zoya said with a worried look. "Well... We'll be gone in a week's time and I don't think so, he can be of any help to Aditya... Don't worry, Arjun can't help him unless..." Grace paused and Zoya asked, "Unless..." then Grace added, "Unless if he suggests to get someone else to help Aditya", Grace finished with a surprise look.

Arjun and Aditya came towards them and Arjun said, "Bhaabhi... I'm so sorry for your loss... Just now, Bhai told me..." he hesitated and said, "About your parents'... If you need anything, you can always look forward to us..." Zoya smiled and said, "Thank you, Arjun. That means a lot to me... And I'm happy to have you all with me..."