Echoes of Fate (Part 2 of Hallway love series)

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Nandani and Manik were both coming back home after talking to her mother. They were both silent and after her mother dropped the emotional bomb on her she was in a fix now! She looked out the window thinking about it when a ringing sound distracted her to see it was Nyonika calling Manik.

Manik: Yeah Mom?

Nyonika: You are coming here or are you going to Nandani's?

Nandani: Mom we are coming there only I will stay there!

Nyonika: oh you guys are together! Is everything good?

Nandani: Mom should we talk when everyone is together? We will reach there in 10 minutes!

Nyonika: yeah okay I am just starting on dinner!

Nandani: Wait I will come and help you!

Manik: Wait both of you! We will order something from outside! Mom, Please ask everyone to be together we would like to talk!

Nyonika: okay you guys come!

She hung the call as Nandani took a deep breath and said,

Nandani: Manik I don't want to call them!

Manik: Nandani let's just reach home and talk about this okay?

Nandani looked at Manik and saw his focusing straight ahead but she shrugged the thought as she saw they were minutes away.

As they reached home Mukti opened the door with a worried Abhimanyu behind her as they asked her. Manik just ignored them and went straight in. The trio soon followed in and as they entered they saw the entire gang sitting there waiting for them.

Nandani went and met everyone as Manik arranged for drinks and food for the dinner. Once everything was set he sat down beside his father with his head in his hand.

Raj: What happened to you?

Manik: I am so tired right now!

Raj: What did you wanna talk about?

Manik: Nandani will tell you!

Raj turned to Nandani and called her out from between the girls and asked gaining everyone's attention,

Raj: Nandani What is the matter you guys wanted to talk about?

Nandani looked at Manik and then told them everything that happened from the start. When Nandani completed Nyonika and Raj looked at each other before Raj asked her,

Raj: what do you want to do?

Nandani: I don't want to call them!

Manik: But Nandani they are your family I don't think your mother is wrong in this case! I mean yes she bailed him out without your consent but everything else I guess she is right!

Sanket: Manik bhaiya what are you talking about? Did you forget what did that man do to her? You, me, Mukti dii, Abhimanyu bhai we all were there when she was crying that night and the next and the next. You were the one who was hovering over her the entire time when she was in pain did you forget that?

Manik: Sanket I have not but! Okay, you tell me tomorrow if because for any reason you are in this position you have done something terrible to your child and he is not forgiving you will you leave out to be a part of his/her life.

Sanket: Yeah! Hell! I would have killed myself if something like this would have happened to me or my kid!

Everyone including Zoya was stunned listening to him as silence continues. After a few moments, Nyonika got up from her place and sat beside Nandani and said,