Entangled

Part 15

Thank you all for your votes and comments! It always motivates me to continue writing. Hope you continue to enjoy the story!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Next when Manik met his friends and they asked him about the progress, he told them about the drowning and saving incident.

        Alya : "My mom says that God is always with people who are right. You didn't want us to devise another rescue plan, but destiny planned it for us. You would have surely become a hero in that girl's eyes by now."

        Cabir : "That means our plan is going to be a success very soon."

        Manik : "I am not even sure if we are on the right track, and you are talking about success."

        Cabir : "What makes you say so?"

        Manik : "If she is really selfish like how you have been saying, then she wouldn't have risked her life to save that boy's life who is no one to her."

        Mukti's thoughts : "Even I had seen her helping others always, that is what made me think that she can't do anything wrong with anyone. But after she cheated me, I have begun to think that probably she had a motive behind everything she did. It was just that I couldn't figure it out at that time."

         Alya : "Then probably that girl has a motive behind this too. She is no fool to get into the water and drown herself."

        Manik : "What motive could Nandini have had behind saving an orphan? I could only see her selflessness in that act. She has to be brave to overcome her fear and risk her life to save that boy."

        Manik told them about the conversation he had overheard between Nandini and her caretaker.

        Alya didn't like hearing words of praise from Manik for Nandini. She also noticed that he had used Nandini's name for the first time when talking to them. She wanted to change Manik's opinion about Nandini desperately.

        Alya : "That girl left her bag deliberately in your jeep, so that you overhear their conversation. The conversation was an act put on to either impress you or gain your sympathy, and it seems to have worked. You are taking her side in spite of me and Mukti telling you that she has a motive."

        Alya : "That girl knows that you are wealthy, so she might be putting on these acts in an attempt to trap you. Or it could also be that she doesn't have anyone, so she doesn't like to see others happy with their friends and family."

        Manik wasn't convinced with Alya's explanation, but he didn't argue about that matter further. He felt that everything that had happened that day couldn't have been planned. Nandini hadn't asked him for help at any point of time, he was the one who had volunteered. He felt that she really had an issue with her health.

        Manik : "What if that was true and not an act? What if something would have happened that caused her depression or illness after Mukti left her? I can't say for sure though because I know how she was earlier only from Mukti's description. I haven't seen how she was back then."

        Dhruv : "It is quite possible. Karma comes after everyone eventually. May be she is suffering the consequence of what she did to Mukti. In that case, we don't have to continue with our plan and dirty our hands by taking revenge."

        Alya : "It shouldn't really matter to us if she is sick or depressed. Her suffering won't make Mukti feel better, but revenge will. Check with Mukti if you want."

        Mukti : "I don't care what has happened to her anymore. I just want a closure, and if this revenge will help me with it like how Alya has been saying, then we should continue with it."