Dark Love

Dark Love: The Half-Truth

 Author's POV

A man is sitting in the corner of a dark room of a dilapidated house. Moonlight is peeping in through the only window in the room. The man's face is partially visible due to the darkness but it can be seen that he is holding a photo frame which contains a picture of a young girl , maybe in her early twenties. Trails of tears can be seen on his face.

M(crying): why did you leave me? Wasn't my love enough for you. What didn't I give you. I always tried to fulfil your each and every wish ,still you left me. I will never be able to forgive myself.

Suddenly the man felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked back and recognized the person standing behind him with a worried face.

 M1: You? Here?

M2: I was getting worried about you. Are you OK?

M1: Ya , I am fine.

M2: You don't look to be.

M1:  How I can be after losing her?

M2 : Even I feel guilty. It's my fault. I could have saved her.

M1 : No its not your fault. It's destiny. We can't bring back who has gone but we can live for those who are with us.

M2: I think you are right.... We can't bring back who has gone but we can live for those who are with us....  Let's go back to home.

M1: You go I will come back in an hour.

M2: No I am not leaving without you.

M1: You will not listen to me na .... You are very stubborn.

M2(with a smile) : Yes I am.

M1(with a sigh): OK let's go.

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(The scene shifts to Vansh Riddhima' s bedroom) 

Riddhima is reading a book when suddenly her eyes fell on the wall clock which shows 1:20 AM

R: It's been so late . Where the hell is Vansh. His phone is also switched off. Nowadays he is behaving so strangely. I have to talk to him.

Vansh enters the room. He looks exhausted.

R: what happened dear? Today you are so late . I tried calling you but your phone was switched off. Even Angre didn't picked up my call. Where the hell were you two. I was so worried.

V(tiredly): Had an important meeting with some foreign delegates so I came late and battery cell drained out so maybe phone automatically got switched off. I am really tired Sweetheart.

R: Still you could have informed me na, at least you could have called me from Angre's  phone....I was so worri....

V(angry , cutting her in between): Enough is enough Riddhima ....I told you na I am tired and instead of letting me take some rest you are shooting questions at me.

R(surprised): Why are you shouting ? I was just asking that....

Vansh takes his towel from the wardrobe and without listening to her goes to the washroom to  freshen up.

Riddhima was astonished at Vansh's behavior . She couldn't understand why he was behaving so weirdly and  what pissed him off so much. She was just asking him that why didn't he informed her that he will be late. She was so worried and as a wife she has right to know that. She was sad and didn't realized when she drifted to the world of sleep.

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It's morning. Riddhima is still sleeping. Opening her eyes lazily she looks at the clock and gets up with a jerk.