Part 24

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"Karan, our child...didn't die... our child is alive... Promise me to take care of our child if I don't make it alive. Promise me..." and she welcomed the darkness with open arms, not knowing if she would ever see the light again or not.

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5 years ago, night of graduation

Karan and Preeta were lying on the beach, enjoying the cool breeze. They weren't much wasted but still drunk enough.

"We should get going. I'm sure Sameer and the rest might have noticed our absence." Karan spoke up.

"I don't want to go home like this. Mom will not spare me if she saw me that drunk. Why did we drank so much?" Karan chuckled.

"Because you are finally out of this hell called university and you wanted to celebrate by getting drunk." Preeta groaned.

"Remind me not to do that again. We are going to have a hell of hangover next morning." Karan giggled and stood up.

He stumbled a bit but quickly regained his footing. He forwarded his hand to Preeta. She took it and pushed herself up. She also stumbled but as always, her bajarbattu held her. Preeta smiled cheekily at him.

"Hi," She said, resting her head on his shoulder and looked up at him.

"Hi babydoll, how are you feeling? " Karan asked amused.

"I feel like I'm on the top of the world. Yohoo I'm graduated baby!" Preeta screamed and took a sip of her beer.

"We really need stop drinking if we want to return home in one piece. Right?" Preeta asked, pouting at her bottle.

"I have a better idea; what about we crash at Luthra Villa? It's only like 10 minutes drive from the beach?" Karan suggested.

Preeta eyes light up in excitement but then it went away. Noticing her reaction, Karan asked her what happened.

"But mom will be worried if I don't come home. Rakhi aunty also will be worried about you." Karan face-palmed himself.

"Babydoll, that's why we have phone. I will message Sameer and I will ask him to tell Sarla Aunty. What do you think?" Preeta smile came back.

"I think this is the best idea ever! Let's go before I fell asleep here itself." Preeta stumbled but Karan held her again.

Karan shook his head at her. He quickly messaged Sameer of their plan and picked up Preeta in bridal pose. Preeta just smiled and snuggled in his chest.

Karan unlocked his car and put her on the passenger seat. He went to his seat and drove away from the beach to the Luthra Villa.

"Aren't you drunk? You shouldn't drive. You should have ask someone to pick us up." Karan smiled at her concern.

"Don't worry babydoll, I'm not too much drunk. That's why we are going to Luthra Villa rather than our house. I know I wouldn't be able to drive for half an hour."

"You are becoming smarter I see. Thanks to me." Preeta said smugly. Karan just shook his head in disbelief

In less than 10 minutes, they reached the Luthra villa. All the way, Preeta babbled any thing on her mind and Karan just listened without stopping her even once.

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