SAVIOUR ✅

9: Mysterious girl

[If you guys like listening to songs while reading, then I would highly recommend you all to listen to Darshan Raval's song Barsaat while reading this chapter]

It is raining cats and dogs this night. Thunders and lightening accompany the heavy rainfall. Even though Mumbai is a busy city, hardly few people are there on the road in this stormy night. It is raining too heavily and people might not want to get drenched. But amidst all the choas of rain and thunderstorm, a car is spotted driving through the empty streets of Mumbai- it is Darshan's car.

Darshan is driving alone through the streets of Mumbai on a rainy night. It is an almost deserted and dark road but at a distance he notices one girl standing alone. Her face is covered with her hands, maybe she is crying. He stops the car and steps outside.
Darshan is getting wet in the heavy rainfall. But he does not care about that, he keeps on looking at the girl. As if something is attracting him towards her. He then whispers to himself, "Is that her?"

He is about to cross the road and go near her to see her face clearly. But suddenly his mobile phone rings. He looks at the phone to find that Siddharth has called. He answers the call.

"Darshan where are you? Why were you not answering my calls?" Sidharth screams from the other side.
"What happened? Why are you shouting?"
"What's wrong with you Darshan? It is 2:30 at midnight, you're not at home! It's raining heavily and you expect me not to be worried about you? Do you even care about us?"
"Siddharth.."

Darshan turns around to see the girl who was standing there, but to his utter surprise she is not there.
"Where did she go?"
"What? What are you even saying Darshan? Who is this 'she' now?"
"Sid....Siddharth..she was here. Before speaking to you..I saw her here..just one minute ago. Now where did she go?"
"Darshan what are you even saying? Come home."
"Siddharth I'll speak to you later."
"Listen to me Darshan...DARSHAN?"
Darshan ends the call.

Darshan hurriedly goes to the other side of the road. He could not find a single trace of that mysterious girl- nobody was there. "Where did you go? I'm here, please come back. Please let us give each other a chance and destroy the pile of unspoken words", he says loudly in a deeply shaken voice. He walks a few steps and suddenly he finds something near his feet. He switchs the flashlight of his mobile and fimds a pendent lying. He bends down to lift the pendent.

He picks up the pendent from the ground. And then his confusion about who the girl was, clears within seconds. He opens the pendent and sees their picture. He thinks with a sad smile, 'I know that pendent belongs to her, I gave her that as a gift on her birthday five years ago.' 

[Guys I'm not a pro editor, so please don't judge this picture which I have edited]

Darshan's eyes are fixed at the pendent. Then he grabs the pendent and it close to his heart and says "I knew it was you Diksha. Why did you leave me again? It has been three years Diksha..I almost found you today..but why did you leave?"

He keeps the pendent in his pocket and starts driving the car. He turned on the radio and it was playing Barsaat.

Barsaat ki uss raat mein
Toota tha dil mera
Mujhe yaad hai bheega hua
Sa chehra tha tera

Barsaat ki uss raat mein
Toota tha dil mera
Barsaat ki uss raat mein
Toota tha dil mera
Barsaat ki..

He does not realise when tears start rolling down his cheeks. He opens the door of his house with a spare key. As soon as he opens the door, he notices Siddharth constantly calling someone and walking around the room.
"What happened Siddharth?"
"You know what Darshan, you deserve a tight slap right now."
"What did I do?" Darshan questions surprisingly.
"You went out outside the house at 2 am and I don't know where you were...and after soaking yourself completely in rain, you're coming back at home after an hour? What do you think of yourself? Do you even know what will happen to your father if he gets to know about this? And Divya..she would have started crying if she got to that her father is not at home at midnight"

"Stop scolding me Siddharth. You know what all is happening with me over these years..I needed a break. So I was driving and earlier I used to go for long drives every night.. remember?"
"Darshan you know very well that those days were different."

After a pause Darshan says with a heavy heart, "I almost found her today."
Siddharth is too surprised to say anything.
"Yeah..I saw Diksha today while I was driving. I mean I could not see her face properly, but she was Diksha" ,
Darshan tells about that girl who he had noticed. He shows him the pendent.

"Darshan, I don't know what you should do. Neither do I know why she has not contacted us since three years. I know you might think I'm stupid but now, after so many years I feel that..."
"That..what? Tell me? No..you will tell me to move on, right?" Darshan coldly replies.
"Darshan honestly I can't see you suffer like this anymore. I know it's difficult but please try and start your life afresh..please Darshan."
"And what will I tell Divya? Tell me? What? Why are you quiet now..huh? What will I tell her when she asks about Diksha? What where is your answer?"
"Please try to understand.... Darshan listen to me..."
Before listening to any further explanations, Darshan barged inside his room.
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So as promised, I revealed the name of the character. What do you think..is Diksha the reason for Darshan's sadness?
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