Entangled

Part 27

Harshad was explaining what had happened on the day Mukti approached him, and all of Mukti's doubts were cleared. She was already feeling guilty for not having trusted Nandini and Harshad. Now, she felt ashamed of herself for misinterpreting brother and sister's affection as an affair.

        Mukti : "I am very very sorry. I believed Samaira and misunderstood you both. I misinterpreted what I saw."

        Alya was still in denial.

        Alya : "My dad isn't like that. If he said that she isn't his daughter, then she isn't. How can you believe her so easily and leave home? You decided to leave dad who brought you up all these years and trusted that girl 's words and left us. How could you do that bhai (brother)?"

       Harshad : "Back then, I wouldn't have trusted her if she would have told me so. I heard Dad accept the fact that he married her mom under a fake name for her wealth and cheated her. In pursuit of wealth he cheated our mom too. I didn't leave home because of that. I thought of leaving that behind for mom and your sake. I left because dad wanted me too."

        Alya : "Dad didn't want you to leave home, he wanted you to correct yourself. You were spending a lot of money and you weren't telling him what you were doing with it. He didn't want you to take the wrong path, so he told something in anger and you just left. If I am right, you were spending all that money on Nandini right? She found a way to trap you and extract money for her own comforts."

        Harshad : "You are always on dad's side. Even after knowing what he did, you still feel that he was right and I am wrong. I did spend that money on her but she doesn't know about it. He built his wealth using her mom's wealth, what is the use if that wealth doesn't come to her use when she needed it the most. Moreover, he was responsible for her state, I tried to rectify the wrong he had done."

        Harshad continued to explain what had happened on that day.

Flashback

        It took a while for Harshad to come in terms with both the incidents that had happened one after the other in succession. He then remembered that he had told Mukti that he would meet her later. He had just started from his apartment, when he got a call from Arya.

        Arya : "Harshad, I need a favor from you. I know that you don't like Nandini, but I am getting worried for her. She didn't seem to be fine when I called her earlier. I have been trying to call her for sometime, but she isn't picking up her phone. Can you please check on her?"

        Harshad agreed immediately and went towards Nandini's hostel. 

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        A few people had gathered on the road, and someone was lying on the road. On going closer, he found that the girl lying on the road was Nandini. People standing there were talking that a truck had hit her. Harshad rushed her to the hospital. She had lost a lot of blood by then. They had some in the blood bank, and Harshad could also donate since their blood group was the same.

        For the operation Harshad needed more money than he had in his account, so he rushed to his dad thinking that his dad would help after knowing that Nandini's life was in danger. He used his key and entered the hotel room and he heard his dad talking over the phone.

        Dad : "Did you finish the work?"

        Truck driver : "Yes, she might be dead by now."

        Dad : "Good. After confirming that she is dead, I will give you the remaining amount."

        Harshad's dad disconnected the call.