Tangled Ties

Chapter 20: Competition between two!

I couldn't even speak a word. I just couldn't stand there and see their faces. 

My parents were looking at me as if I lost a war. Those pitiful eyes, those sorry faces! I hated that!

"Abigail! We are so sorry for everything. We have decided to let Oliver marry Anuka. Plus, Anuka is giving us our grandchild. We hope you understand! Hope you move on!" Oliver's mom said as if it was the most normal thing on earth.

"And the marriage is tomorrow!" My mom added, painfully.

I was getting shocks over shocks. Oliver cheating on me, my own sister betraying me, the love of my life and my better half marrying each other, my parents supporting them.

Is it okay to break someone's heart and just saying sorry?

Everyone understood their point of view but no one was trying to understand how I was feeling. I was just wondering how it all happened! Oliver always thought of Anuka as his sister, but how?

"Just tell me why you guys did that?" I asked in a broken tone. I was hurt.

"Anuka! Since the day you were born, I promised myself to give you all the things that you want. Why did you betray me? You could have just told me that you like Oliver. I would have happily supported you. But why did you hurt me? WHY?" I started crying, Anuka didn't speak a word. She was just facing the ground.

"And Oliver, didn't you say that you love me? Then why? Why??? Answer me? Why did you break my heart?" I shouted; I couldn't even say anything after that.

"Trust me Abigail, I loved you! And I never faked my feelings!" Oliver started explaining.

"But I don't know why and how, I started getting attracted towards Anuka. And she too was interested in me and it just happened! We are really sorry!" Oliver added, his eyes were saying sorry.

It was hard for me to stay there and listen to them, it was just too much, without a word I went out from my house.

"Abby! Wait!" My dad followed me.

I ran too fast, to avoid him but he caught me. He hugged me and I started crying. I was broken down. I cried as if someone died. Well, that day a lover in me died!

"Abby, it's okay!" Dad patted my back, trying to control me.

"I loved him!" I broke down.

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have introduced him to you." Dad started to blame himself, drying the tears from my face. 

"No dad, it's him who broke all those promises." I managed to say.

"You have to understand, Anuka is pregnant and we can't just leave her like that. And Oliver is her child's father so she must marry Oliver." Dad said, hoping I would understand. I nodded for his satisfaction, even though my heart was ripped off.

"Dad, can I spend some time alone?" I asked, and he nodded. As he nodded, I ran outside, I was suffocated there.

Everyone was expecting me to understand the situation. No one tried to understand me. I ran to a river and sat on the river bank and just kept on staring at the fast-flowing river.

"I CHEATED ON YOU! I AM PREGNANT! THEY ARE MARRYING TOMORROW! ABIGAIL MOVE ON! PLEASE UNDERSTAND THEIR SITUATION! WE ARE SORRY!" The things people said were loud in my mind.

"STOP IT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I shouted. I was so frustrated.

For hours I just kept on staring at the water. I didn't want to go back home. I was tired of everything. I was hopeless. The life I dreamed with Oliver was flowing out being my tears. It felt like I was having a beautiful dream from a year and suddenly I was awake. I was so much used to the life I dreamed that I couldn't accept the reality. A part of me was dead, a part of me left me forever. I didn't just lose my love; I lost my sister too. It was impossible for me to treat them normally after all that. My little sister was going to be a mother and I never thought that thing would be the reason for my pain.