When Love Conquers [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 3

Mantu clenched his knuckles as Rama walked towards them. "Where is Amaya?", he asked Rachita, furiously. "Don't shout at her... ", confronted Mantu. Rama turned his head to look at Mantu as he took a deep breath and walked towards him. Rama raised his finger in front of Mantu as he spoke, "Don't you dare, getting involved in my family matters again. Amaya is nothing to you! Stay away from my wife!" Rama looked straight in Mantu's eyes, filled with anger. Mantu couldn't help but ponder how much Rama has changed with these 2 months or he was always like this; an obsessive, crazy, lunatic lover; only he couldn't recognise it before. "Amaya is my friend and fine I accept that, I love her more than a friend, I love her most in this world. I don't care what the world thinks, she is my world and I will not go anywhere till I see her SAFE which is not possible if you are there. Hence, I won't be leaving her alone. Also, her sisters. Do you get that.", said Mantu, trying to maintain his calm as he was avoiding a scene in hospital. He walked towards the ward as a doctor came from Amaya's ward. "How's she? Is she awake!", questioned Mantu impatiently as he looked inside the ward through the window, she was still unconscious. "No, she is still unconscious but I don't think there is anything to worry about. She will be fine.", replied the doctor. Mantu thanked God. "Between, we have called the police. This is a case of severe domestic abuse and won't be tolerated. Hence, I have called them up! Also, we will be doing certain tests to get her overall body reports, as she looks exhausted and extremely weak.", continued the doctor. "Do you have any knowledge, if she has gone through any sexual abuse?" "I... I am not sure.", replied Mantu. "Then we will have one test for that as well. Just in case." Mantu was about to ask something when Rama interrupted him. "How the hell you called the police without informing us. And why are you telling him everything, he is an outsider. We don't know him." Doctor looked at him disgusted as she said, "What's your relationship with Amaya?" "I? I married her. I'm her husband and she is..." "Your supposed servant. Your slave.", completed Mantu with clenched teeth. "How dare you cut me off?", shouted Rama as he stepped towards him. "Oh! Just the way you brutally beaten her. She is here, in this state because of you! Remember Rama if anything, anything happened to her, believe me, I will destroy you and your family just like Mahadev did when his Sati died. I don't care what you or your merciless family thinks of me or Amaya, but she will not stay with you after this and I'm not leaving her alone, ever again. DO YOU GET THAT!", bitted Mantu as he controlled his anger and tears. Rama lost it as he shouted, "You came between us and now..." "I came in between or you and your family came between us. I... I purposed to her on the day your mehandi was with Rachita di. She promised to answer me the very next day on your marriage, but we never reached that conclusion because of your mom. She loved me since 5 months before that. You took her away from me and couldn't even take care of her. She is one single person in my life, I could die or kill for and you came between us, way before we could make this relationship something special. You never valued her, you and your mom treat her like she is your property. She is the best person who would have been with you, if you treated her right. She gave up on her love, her 1st love for her family. That's how powerful and wonderful she is, if she truly values something. Just like she denied sleeping with you because she loves me. And you are saying, I came in between you both. I am roaming around like a dead animal since you got married to her but never ever thought of cheating.", shattered Mantu as he said everything that was rotting inside him, in one, single breath. "Ehh, you will take side of this characterless, shameless woman, who I don't know, must have slept with 100s of men while living alone in a foreign land. She is nothing less than a prost..." "Ramaaaa!!!!", shouted Mantu as he punched his face. Rama fell on the ground as everyone around them gasped. Mantu jumped on him like an unleashed tiger as he started punching him mercilessly on the face. He grabbed his collar as he uttered, "You made a huge mistake" Dishoom... "I was trying to control myself but you proved that you deserve this." Blood was oozing out of his nose and mouth as Mantu dragged him by his hair just like Rama did with Amaya and banged his head to the wall. Rama stumbled on his feet as he tried to get away from Mantu. His hands were frozen, he wasn't even trying to fight him. "What happened haan, now beat someone who is your level. Come on Rama, I give you a chance. Come, and beat me.", provoked Mantu. Rama stood up as he raised his hand to punch Mantu, but Mantu grabbed his hand, twisted it and kicked on his ass. Then grabbed a near by stell plate and crashed it on his head. Without even wasting a second, Mantu grabbed his neck, pinned him against the wall and said, "I have beaten the shit out of goons who just glanced dirty at Amaya, I got beaten just to save her from the goons. You made her cry. You disrespected her. You made her life miserable. I'll not leave you Ramashrey Gupta. You will regret ever speaking about Amaya like that.", shouted Mantu as he punched him again in the stomach and alot of blood oozed out of Rama's mouth as he fell to the ground unconscious. "THAT'S ENOUGH!", shouted the doctor as she stood on her shaking legs. "This is a hospital. A public place where we cure people, not kill them. I will ask you to leave Mr. Mantu." "I'll not! I'm sorry! But he started everything." "But you punched him first!" "And he punched her first. He deserved it. He got it. I'm not sorry and I am not leaving this hospital. I AM NOT LEAVING HER.", said Mantu, firmly. "Mr. Mantu.... I understand... " "No you don't. No one can. She is my life. Can you imagine me listening to her pain and plight while I was so miserable, that I couldn't even help her. She has been going through this torture since two months. She is a whole different person now. They killed her. And you are saying, I can't even punish the man who is behind this.", said Mantu as he simply walked off from that place. Tears flowed through his eyes as those words ringed in his head. She must have been bearing all this for atleast a month now... For him... And he wasn't even there for her. "How much is the ward 203's bill. The patient is named as Amaya Math.... Amaya.", said Mantu as he reached the reception. "Mantu...", whispered Rachita as she kept her hand on his shoulder. "It's all my fault. She took my fate." "No it's not di! Don't blame yourself. And Amaya will be fine. I'll take care of her until she is like before. Until she is like your dad's daughter." "Dad is not my dad. Remember I told you!!!", whispered Rachita as they walked towards the canteen to sit. "Oh he is! Don't you remember, he loved you for 25 years of his life. He never made you feel, you are not his own. Look at Amaya, she gave up on her happiness, just to protect you. Blood doesn't matter di, love does, and your family loves you. So you are fine. And if you are not, you will be.", said Mantu as he caressed his bruised, bleeding knuckles. "How dare you beat my son up!!! ", shouted Sumitra as she walked where Mantu was sitting, along with everyone else except Jazz. Mantu just rolled his eyes as he looked away. Sumitra was about to say something when Jazz came running and said, "Amaya woke up. She opened her eyes!!"