Tears | [BoyxBoy] | English

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I did not feel well as I watched Shanalka get into the vehicle and leave. My thoughts were telling me that something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what it was. He left me alone to see Sahesh as I was sick for the past few days and could not even get out of bed. Yeheni went to her room and closed the door and after Shanalka left I also closed the door of the house. My whole body was burning with pain and I lay down on the sofa, covered myself with a blanket, and closed my eyes. The cup of coffee that Shanalka had made before he left was steaming on the table, but I had no energy to drink it.

'Ayya...' it was Yeheni's voice.

I tried to look up but Yeheni came and sat beside me. 'Still sick?'

I smiled. 'Not a big deal but my head hurts a lot. I want to drink the coffee too.'

Yeheni sighed and got up and brought the cup of coffee from the table and placed it in my hand. 'Drink it. I was wondering...' she said, showing me something in her hand. It was Mehansa's diary. I sipped my coffee and watched her. 'I was wondering whether or not to tell you the contents of this today. Some things are too difficult for me to read...'

'I want to.' I looked at her and said firmly. 'I want past to stay in past. I don't want to hurt myself by reading her diary again. So let's leave those in past.'

Yeheni pursed her lips and nodded in approval. 'I think that's a good idea.' After a moment of silence, she looked at me again. 'But ayya... what I want to say is... she loved you so much... in every page, she has written something about you. She loved you a lot.'

I smiled. 'I know she loved me very much. I loved her just as much.'

Yeheni put her feet up on the chair. I looked at her for a moment admiring the beauty of her long legs. 'Mmm... I told ayya about this. If you don't mind, I'll tell you too?'

I was looking at her. Her gaze wavered for a moment, but she looked straight at me again. 'That... the accident that happened a few years ago. My face and chest were operated...'

'I remember. I carried you.' I replied.

'So... this is how it happened. That night amma came to my room. In her hand was something strange that I still don't know the name of. I guess it's an electric vibrator or something like that. She dragged me to the kitchen saying that if something is done in my room you will hear the sound. In the kitchen, she tried to put it inside me. When I was about to scream...'

My heart was filled with fear as I remembered her face covered in blood.

'When I tried to scream, amma took the pestle next to her and hit me in the face. I fell to the ground and she hit me nonstop with the pestle. I don't remember everything in detail but I remember that it hurt a lot.'

I stared at her and froze. 'Then did the police cover up all those tortures your mother gave you?'

She smiled softly and nodded her head in approval. 'It's over now. Now the three of us are in a house of our own... I'm happy about that.'

Before I could say anything, she stood up from her chair. 'I'm going to my room. You drink your coffee and go to sleep. We can eat when ayya comes. I'm going to make pizza in a little while.'

As I watched her leave the room, I regained consciousness when I heard my phone ringing. I was getting a phone call from an unknown number and I answered it annoyed.

'Mr. Samarasinghe?' It said the call and I said nothing and waited for the next line of words to come out. 'Your boyfriend is with me now. If you don't want to see him in trouble, please leave the house quietly. Don't go out without saying anything to the girl who's in the house with you.'

I froze and held the phone to my ear. 'Hello?'

'Get out!'

Startled, I turned off the phone, put the blanket aside, and walked to the door of the house. My hand was shaking and I couldn't think of anything to do. I didn't want to see Shanalka in danger and I was too afraid to leave Yeheni alone at home. Placing a trembling hand on the door, I opened the door. Suddenly someone dressed in black pounced on my body and I tried to scream but cloth was put in my mouth. I was picked up by several people as if nothing could be done and I had to struggle and protest against them.

Moments later I was lying on the floor of a vehicle. Two or three people had their feet on my back and pinned me to the ground, stopping my efforts to remove the piece of cloth stuck in my mouth and tied my hands behind my back.

'Boss went inside. They'll take care of the girl. Let's kill him.' Hearing someone's voice fills my heart with fear. It was hard for me to believe that my death was near, but I had no way of escape.

'Wait a minute, let's show him videos.' Someone else's fingers tangled in my hair and lifted my body up.

A phone screen came before my eyes and it was split into two parts. On one side, there was a video of Shanalka being beaten, who was tied to a chair. On the other hand, there was a video clip of Yeheni naked and tied to her bed, and seeing the three men next to her, I felt unbearable anger.

They were my father, father's boyfriend, Sahesh's father and Yeheni's father. They were brutally torturing Yeheni and I couldn't bear to watch it. On the other hand, some tough-looking men were torturing Shanalka until blood flowed from his body.

'This is Shanalka Samarasinghe, isn't it? Boss said to kill Miniru Gamage.'

I heard a third voice above my head and I suddenly wanted to yell. They mistook me for Shanalka. They were trying to kill Shanalka thinking that it was me. I wanted to say that I should be there instead of him, but the cloth pressed against my mouth blocked everything.

I tried to yell until my throat dried up. Finally, I let the men above me trample me, leaving my body paralyzed on the ground of the vehicle from sheer exhaustion.

After a long time passed, I heard someone's voice again.

'Miniru was found by the police. Let this one go. I guess the police are looking for this one too.'

Five minutes later I was lying in the middle of the road and the belt had untied my hands. As I sat in the middle of the street half-conscious, removing the piece of cloth from my mouth, my phone rang in my pocket.

I picked it up and answered it. 'Hello...'

A disturbing voice answered me back.

'Mr. Shanalka Samarasinghe is currently in Jayawardenepura Hospital. Get there as soon as possible.' 

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TEARS

2022. 08. 05