Tears of Insecurity

Chapter Fifty Two

Previously -

"So we have our semifinal contestants with us. Rahul Dev, Saniya Sharma, Sumit Kumar and Susheela Ruhail. The next match will be scheduled in a few days.", One of the judge who was sitting around the panel said smiling warmly at the four contestants.

Winners went and ran towards their parents/friends and hugged them tight. Susheela used to feel bad when she went on to win matches alone, none of her family members were present whenever she won any match. Soon it had stopped bothering her, but today she didn't feel so lonely and sad as three over-excited people whom she called her family came running towards her.

Pramod came running down the bleachers to hug Susheela, to congratulate her on her spectacular win. Lily was running behind him and Mini was fast walking towards her with the biggest smile she has ever seen.
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Pramod was running towards Susheela to hug her tight and congratulate her. Just when he was about reach her and hug her, Lily shoved him off to the side, rather roughly and hugged Susheela. Susheela laughed and hugged Lily back. 'This girl was really something else', Susheela thought in her mind.

Pramod looked at the ground and then at his bestfriend, Lily, who was hugging his girlfriend. He was about to push her away when his mom did the work for him. Mini came and shoved Lily out of her way and wrapped Susheela in a warm embrace. Lily fell right beside Pramod who was now sitting on the ground.

"Congratulations beta! I'm so proud of you my baby! What a terrific and thrilling match it was, kept me on the edge of my seat! Wonderful!", Mini praised Susheela once they broke the hug.

"Thankyou so much aunty!", Susheela grinned from ear to ear.

"How mean aunty, you pushed me away!", Lily pouted as she got up dusting herself.

"And you pushed your bestfriend.", Mini said rolling her eyes playfully.

"Congratulations Susheela! You did so well! The moves girl, what moves they were indeed! Especially the last knock out punch babe! Loved it!", Lily said hugging Susheela.

"Thankyou so much Lily!", Susheela sighed happily.

"Main bhi hu yahi par....", Pramod trailed off as he got up and went to hug Susheela.

"Congratulations Susheela ji, I knew you were going to win this easily! I'm so proud of you!", Pramod said as he hugged her tightly.

"Thankyou!", Susheela whispered in his ears and buried her face in the crook of his neck. Lately, his scent drove her crazy and calmed her racing heart at the same time, insane combination, Susheela feared that she might die young of heart attack, and that was all because of one man.

"Susheela?", Somebody called her from the back. Susheela and Pramod broke the hug and turned towards a sorrowful looking Monali and her coach, Rahul. Purab and the referee were standing behind them too, joining on their conversation.

"I'm sorry Susheela. Wo end end mein maine rules break kiye aur tumhe bohot jor se punch kiya. And yeah, congratulations! You're really a very  skilled player!", Monali said smiling warmly, her coach, Rahul looked at his student rather proudly.

"You don't have to say sorry about anything. It's just a boxing match, we get frustrated and then we hit, what else can I expect in a boxing match anyway?", Susheela said keeping a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Thankyou for understanding! Waise aap jaise skilled player se hardly kabhi mulakat hoti hai, aap mujhe kuch tips dijiye na.", Monali said keeping her ego and attitude aside for a minute. She wanted to become a professional boxer in the future and she needed all the advices that she could get, anything to master her skills and win the competitions.