BREAKING FREE (pragya's story) (ON HOLD)

Chapter 5

hey guys, so I've heard your requests for me not to discontinue this story and I just want to take this moment to appreciate you all for your immense support. that being said, I have decided to continue it . so here we go!

Tarun and jojo stood frozen in their positions not knowing where to begin to explain themselves now that their secret was out. the usually quick witty response jojo was dumbfounded, this time her sharp tongue had proved blunt as she could not even gather the courage to make a single sound, let alone construct a sentence in their defence while poor slow witted tarun could not mentally comprehend his predicament as he stared at the faces of his most loved ones, the looks of shock, anger, hurt and disappointment on their faces absolutely broke his heart.

king was the most hurt out of the trio, he did not know what to say or do. the hurt he felt learning that his only brother, a boy he'd watch grown into a man and shared his deepest secrets and pain with, a boy he would readily take a bullet for, that same boy who never hid anything from him no matter how insignificant, was a man standing before him making the biggest decision of his life without so much as informing him. king was teary eyed, he fought his hardest to hold back his tears as he felt his throat close up, he was on the verge of crying when he felt pragya intertwine her hand in his which gave him the strength to hold back the tears.

Dholi was no different, she felt like someone had put a steak through her heart, her little boy took such a big decision in his life which she as a mother always looked forward to making with him, to council him and guide him on his journey into the next phase of manhood, she dreamed to fulfil a right of passage on behalf of her husband whom she lost before he could see his son become a man, to pass down the mantle to him as she did with her older son king, but all these dreams came crashing down in this single moment hearing her beloved son's plans to elope and she stood there with tears streaming down her face in absolute shock'

pragya who was just as hurt as king and dholi was the only one of the three to try and see beyond her pain in discovering that the boy she loved like the baby brother she always wanted was planning a whole wedding without telling his di. she was just as shattered by this revelation and furious at him but also knew that tarun was too innocent to have had any intention of hurting his family, she knew there must have been some very important reason why he felt the need to keep this hidden from the people whom he loved and loved him the most. so pragya being the only one of the trio to be able to compose herself gathered the courage to break the deafening silence that held the room and walked towards the kids and spoke with a chilling sternness in her voice

Pragya : Explain

tarun and jojo exchanged a glance nervously trying to decide which one if them would answer the question which simply infuriated pragya even more and she shouted

Pragya : I asked you a question damnit!

tarun had tears flowing from his eyes now, he had never seen his di so angry before, it sent a chill down his spine when he saw the coldness in her eyes and behind it pure hurt and pain. so he decided to take the bull by the horns at speak up but before he could get a word out jojo spoke first

Jojo : it was all my idea!

the trio were taken aback by this, they knew jojo was a wildcard but this? why? while tarun was equally disarmed by jojo's statement, she continued

Jojo : it was all my fault, the wedding, the flying back to india. it was all my idea so please don't be angry with taru, I am the one who planned all of it, punish me, I-

she was about to continue when tarun held her hand and signed her to stop, he had enough of the lies and did not want her to take responsibility for his actions, she tried to protest but in vain as tarun had already made up his mind. meanwhile the trio where completely thunderstruck hearing jojo mention "flying back to india" so much so that everything else jojo said after that statement fell completely on deaf ears. tarun stepped forward knowing full well that his family were still lingering on that onr line, he knew what he had to do and spoke