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Ch-6 Face Off

Recap:
Hi, it's Riya back again. If you remember, in the last chapter, I told you that we decided to take a big group trip together to celebrate the end of the semester. Well everything was going great at first but then when we were on our cruise, things started to go downhill. Nisha caught Arjun cheating on her, I found out my parents had filed for bankruptcy and then to top it all off I started receiving nasty hate mails forcing me to leave the mansion immediately. So one night, I decided to leave Plutus Heights - 'Riya,you clearly aren't welcome there' - was what the hate mails said. But Shiva spotted me leaving and made me come back home with him so that we could sort it all out.

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Everybody was so confused about why Shiva had called an emergency meeting - no one had a clue what was going on. Sameer saw me crying, so he rushed over to comfort me. 

That's when Shiva told everyone that I'd been receiving threats and hate mail over the past week and that the person who'd written them had said I should leave the mansion ASAP. 

I looked around the room and everyone was suddenly suspicious of each other. Shiva spoke up and said, "Whoever wrote these letters is a coward and I'm gonna find out which of you did it and kick you out. This kind of bullying is not acceptable at Plutus Heights. Riya, show them the letters."

So I pulled the letters out of my bag and handed them around. Suddenly Nisha said, "I don't believe it.. could it be?"

We all went silent and stared at her waiting for her to finish the sentence but she didn't say anything more. Sameer got mad and said, "Just spit it out, say it already.. who the hell did this?" 

Nisha continued, "I'm not sure but a few days ago I went to Aliya's room to get my lipstick that she borrowed. I accidentally dropped it under her bed and when I picked it up, I found a piece of paper with the letter 'e' that looked like it had been cut out of a magazine or something. Now looking at this letter, it looks pretty familiar. Um... Aliya, its you, isn't it?"

This made me so confused. "Nisha do you know what you're talking about? How could it be Aliya?"

But Nisha was adamant. "The evidence is all there Riya..."

"I think this is some kind of misunderstanding..." I said, "Aliya would never do something like that."

Then suddenly Aliya interrupted us.

"Just stop it! Yes, it was me! I wrote those letters okay... you act like you're some angel but I've seen the real you. You're a snake - you knew I liked Sameer and I asked you to help us become a couple but what do you do you? Go behind my back and betray me and steal him from me? You're a traitor - you don't deserve to live here, and you definitely don't deserve to have friends like us."

Oh my god, I couldn't hold back my tears. I burst out crying and Nisha rushed over to hug me. 

Sameer said, "Stop this Aliya! you're insane. I don't like you and I never will. What were you thinking when you sent such hate mails? You've stooped really low this time."

I kept crying as I said, "This is why I wanted to leave the mansion... I don't belong here... all this is happening because of me..."

"Yeah get the heck out of here - I can't stand living under the same roof as you. Thank god you finally get it. Now pick up your baggage and fuck off!" Aliya looked at me and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Shiva suddenly stepped in and said, "The only person who needs to leave is you Aliya. I can't believe how cruel you are! I vote that Aliya leaves the house right now. Who's with me?"

Everybody raised their hands except me. I was just standing there looking at the ground wishing it would swallow me up. Then Sameer said, "Okay, it's been decided - Aliya will leave Plutus Heights by tonight."