𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 [𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡]

ＣＨＡＰＴＥＲ 81

The woman smiled at the boy who looked a bit startled and suspicious of the sudden entrance of a woman is that he did not know.

"Do I know you? If you are a relative, you have to get a clearance."

She smiled tightly. "We are not relatives yet. However, do you know what exactly is going on with the brain of yours?" She pointed to his head as he frowned.

"I-I am supposed to get a surgery if that is what you're talking about. Uh. . I don't see how that is any of your concern." He shook his head slightly at the concern the woman showed. Has he seen her somewhere?

"That surgery alone is going to cost your sister twenty lakh rupees at least and in that I am not counting the cost of bringing you from Canada with trained medical staff and making a station in a private hospital." The woman dutifully informed him as she said beside him with her hands on the stick that she carried. "Now it would have been no problem for your sister to pay off had she not used all that money that she got after your mother died to shifting to Delhi and then to your education. Now," the woman raised her empty palm slightly closed, "she is left with nothing." She then changed the face of the palm towards the ground indicating that it was empty.

"N-nothing?" Advik repeated. That was not good. What was he supposed to do now?

"Yes," the woman smiled, "can you imagine what your darling sister would be going through to get the money around when she already has a loan on her head and a barely paying job that she might get fired from."

"Fired!" Advik gaped at her. "They fired her?"

The woman nodded. "yes, someone the sold company and they had to downsize and since your sister was not there, who also had an accident which meant that she would need recovery days they had to fire." She shrugged, "I would say from business point of you it was pretty convenient."

"Ac—Who are you?" He accused the woman, " how do you know all of this? Did my grandmother send you?" He glared ay the woman, hitting her already with everything he had.

As if, the woman scoffed. "No no one has sent me. I can hear myself to see what you going to do about the money we are loaning you."

He shook his head. "My sister is too proud to take the money from anyone especially a stranger. She would never do that."

"Interesting to know that you know your sister that well," the woman smiled, "but then she also cannot leave you alone to suffer and she can gather the money. What would you have had you? Come on the road and live on the roads? Or sells herself to the stree—"

"Hey! Watch it!" He hissed blocking harin saying what she was about to say. "I understand that men would be different but I am not supposed to support other women?"

"I am," she replied family, "which is why I am giving you the money that you need for your operation and even further for your education which apparently has gone to waste because you cannot continue the semester and fact for the whole year you are going to be buried in after post surgery rest."

Advik's expressions turned sullen. He had not thought about that. All the money that her sister had owned and taken as known for his year had gone. They won't refund it.

The woman continued, "but I need something in return and I think it would work well for you."

Advik look at her with a weary eyes. The woman could change the conversation in a second if she wanted.

She placed a hand on his knee ans patted it. "I have no problem in spending crores for my family members which is why I want your sister to marry into my family. I want your sister to marry into the Chaudhary family."

". . ." Shaan gaped her at her. What?

She nodded. "I think it will be in the best interest for both of you. Not only will your sister be able to provide financially, Armaan would do it willingly. More than he is willing to do now and your sister will living and luxury for her entire life."

"She won't have to work," he said in a small whisper, "ever?"

"Unless she wants to then she can," the woman provided, "however it would never be needed for her to work and provide for anyone in the family but herself. You all will have a family again and this time no one would be leaving you."

The boy remained silent and the woman stood up to pat his head. "Family is very important, Advik. Who knows when we might need each other. No one knows how your surgery might end because there is internal damage and the repeated MRI scans are not good. That is only providing your sister with more stress than necessary and god forbid it but if something happens to you then what would become of her?" She whispered in a sad voice. "I worry for her and you."

Advik's words were instant. "She would stop living her life more than she did after mum died."

"Yes," the woman agreed, "she would and you would never want that for your sister, right?"

Advik shook his head. "Do you have brother Armaan's number?" She nodded.

"Well done, my boy." She praised. "It takes great courage to make such efforts." She said as she handed him the landline available in the room. As the boys spoken to the phone she walked out of the room to meet another woman.

"It's done." She informed. "Can I go now?"

The elder woman smiled. "Yes, the tickets are ready."