Tears of Insecurity

Chapter Ninety One

Previously -

Susheela broke off the hug much to Pramod's displeasure, Susheela looked in his eyes and smiled warmly. "You really are my lucky charm, you know?", She said that with so much truth in her words and eyes that his heart swelled a bit and his hands moved automatically to cup her cheeks as he wiped her seet tears with his thumbs.

"And you are my world.", His reply was simple but enough to skyrocket Susheela's heartbeat, and once again forcing her to think about getting a check up at the nearest cardiologist, incase she was suffering from last stage of heart disease that was causing her heart to go on a bumpy ride around this sweet man.
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Susheela and Pramod walked down the bleachers hand in hand as the crowd around them continued to clap for her win. Susheela smiled at them a little and continued her way down to come face to face with a very ecstatic Meenakshi Chautala. Mini pulled Susheela in a bear hug and congratulated her over and over stating how proud she was of the girl and how amazing it is to have her in her son's life. Susheela's heart was yet again doing it's favourite thing, being extremely active at the mention of Pramod.

Lily was next to throw her arms around Susheela while yelling in her ears and deafening her in the process. Lily was looking like a small child let loose inside the sugar isle. She was jumping up and down on her feet as she held Susheela's hands in her, forcing her body to jerk up and down, left and right.

Garima, her twin sister was next in line to throw her sobbing self in her sister's arms. This whole thing was very overwhelming for her. Seeing Susheela win was probably the best thing to see in her life. Her sister was winning hearts, medals and making them all so proud. Garima pulled away and wiped her tears on Susheela's clothes while Susheela scrunched up her face in disgust.

"Behen, aaj toh tune mujhe proud feel karwa diya.", Garima sobbed some more, and Puttu was the last one among their group to hug his sister and congratulate her for her terrific win.

Purab, the referees, the judges, all came and congratulated Susheela personally as they had known her for quite some years now. Susheela's friends from her college, her academy, people from rival colleges, her team mates, her batch mates, and even the parents of some students who were here to cheer came and congratulated Susheela with pride shining brightly in their eyes.

Susheela smiled at them all and received all their wishes with gratitude. She excused herself to go and meet Saniya who was backstage. She quickly rushed by her friend's side when she saw her groaning in pain as she clutched her swollen jaw. Her parents and friends were around her to comfort her while a doctor checked if she was okay.

Once the doctor gave a green signal, saying that no major injuries were there, Susheela finally heaved a sigh of relief. Susheela held Saniya's hand and looked at her apologetically.

"I'm so sorry Saniya. I shouldn't have hit you so bad.", Susheela apologized, feeling guilty.

"Oh come on Susheela. What can you expect in a boxing match? Giggles and laughter? And I know you could've knocked me out completely but you didn't, somehow you still had grip over yourself. Ye sab toh chalta hi hai yaar, so relax.", Saniya said wincing from time to time as her jaw pained like hell when she moved her mouth to speak.

Her parents and friends all looked proud of Saniya while Susheela still felt guilty. She didn't know why she punched Saniya that bad, maybe it was all the adrenaline and the rage she felt towards her father that was all transferred into her fist.

"Don't feel guilty Susheela. I'm actually happy that I got to be your last opponent before you left this game.", Saniya said squeezing Susheela's hand in her's with a light smile on her swollen face as she laid down on the stretcher.