Entangled

Part 37

Harshad asked Nandini why she didn't want to return.

        Nandini : "Your life was perfectly fine as long as you disliked me and were away from me. But then our equation changed and along with it your life became complicated too. Mukti left you, and you left home. What if my destiny is such that my bad luck rubs on people close to me. I don't want to complicate things for you, or Arya, or anyone else."

        Nandini somehow felt that even her mom would have lived longer if she wouldn't have been born. She also felt that even Manik's life had got complicated after he supported her.

        Harshad : "My life only looked fine, but it was all an illusion. What do you think would have happened if you wouldn't have been there that day? .. Mukti would have still trusted her friend over me, and she would have left me. She wouldn't have forgiven me, and probably I wouldn't have been in a position to ask for forgiveness too. Our relationship would have been broken forever. I would have got trapped anyways - either with her friend, or in prison because of guilt, or trying to save myself from getting imprisoned if I would have come to know that I wasn't guilty. You saved me from all that mess."

        Harshad : "After knowing dad's true nature, it had become very difficult to pretend as though nothing had happened for mom and doll's sake. Leaving home only liberated me from living a suffocated life like that. All that happened only made me understand that my family and girlfriend didn't care or trust me as much as I did. I wasn't as important to them as they were to me, that's why they never bothered to get in touch. That realization made my life much simpler. .. Your life definitely got complicated because of me. My dear one's went to extremes to hurt you. If you want to stay away from me for that reason, then I won't force you."

        Nandini : "You are talking of complications, I owe my life to you."

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        Meanwhile, Arya excused himself and left from the restaurant. Cabir also didn't try to stop him since their work was done. He and Dhruv joined the rest of his friends who were outside the hospital building, beside Harshad's room's window. They were there to ensure that their plan had worked, and they could overhear Harshad's conversation with Nandini. Arya who reached Harshad's room was surprised to see Nandini there.

        Arya : "You here? .. How?"

After telling him what had happened,

        Harshad : "You traitor, you knew where she was all the time, but you didn't tell me."

        Nandini : "He isn't at fault, I asked him not to tell you."

        Arya : "Not asked, she threatened me that she will leave from here too."

        Harshad : "By the way how did you manage to find her?"

Flashback

        Arya went to Nandini's college and on enquiring he came to know of Nandini's only friend Navya.

        Arya : "Hi, I am Arya, Nandini's friend. Do you know where she went?"

        Navya : "No, I don't. She didn't tell me where she was going."

        Arya somehow felt that it wasn't possible for a good friend not to know about their friend's whereabouts. Her brother had just met her and left when Arya went to meet her. He didn't know if it would work, but he tried. He never thought he would have to tell it to someone else, and not Nandini. Initially, he hadn't told that to Nandini thinking that she wouldn't believe him when they had just met. Later, he didn't feel it was necessary to tell it out, and he continued to always be there for her.