Devil: Love And Conquest (Kissing A Devil Season 2)

Chapter 10

Harleen sobbed while sitting on the couch in Sidharth's hotel room. He placed the glass of water on the table and looked at her. His heart was breaking into pieces but he didn't show any emotions.
He said to her, "Drink.. You will feel better."
She wiped her eyes and picked the glass. After drinking some from it, she said, "I am sorry. I.. didn't know he.. would be here.. "
Sidharth said, "You have done nothing to say sorry."
She looked up at him, "I trusted him over my father, that's my fault."

Sidharth sat on the chair opposite to her and she began saying.
"About 3 years ago, I had an accident. When I woke up a month later, I.. had forgotten everything including my name. Papa.. he was there with me. Unhone.. mujhe Canada laya. He took me to a small town named Elora where he had rented a villa for me and appointed maids and nurses to take care of me. Doctors and physical therapists visited me regularly. When I asked why he had kept me there while he worked in Ottawa, he said staying away from the hustle of the city will help me heal faster. It took me a year to learn everything again, to eat, to walk."
Sidharth sat listening to her, clasping his hands tightly.

"I was physically getting better but mentally I wasn't. Mujhe jyada kuch yaad nahi aa raha tha. I felt strange in that place. Mera ghar woh nahi tha, woh kahin aur tha. I wanted to go somewhere, call someone, be with someone very important but I couldn't put my finger on it. Babies.. I cried when I saw babies. My name sounded so alien and everyone looked new to me including Papa. Doctor said things would slowly come back once my brain started healing. I had to stay with my family, live in the house I used to and it would help. But Papa was adamant about not taking me back to Ottawa."

He thought, "You are not Harleen. You are my Shehnaaz. You mind, your heart was looking for us, me and our baby. You had left behind your six month old toddler, the mother in you cried because of that. I am sorry, I wasn't there for you. I am sorry, sweetheart."

She shifted in her seat and continued.
"I went to Ottawa one day without informing Papa. He was upset seeing me but.. he agreed to let me stay on the condition that I won't go out of the house alone. However I went only to get my memories back.. nothing came back. Everything still felt alien to me."
He muttered to himself, "Because that place wasn't your home. Your home is with me. Just think.. "

"A few months later I came across him at a cafe. He was surprised to see me. Mujhe usne bataya that I was engaged to before the accident. I suddenly disappeared and he had tried to search for me but didn't find me till now. I asked Papa and he was upset. He didn't want me to see him. Bole woh acha nahi hai but I was angry at him for hiding things so I defied him and started meeting him. He was sweet, a gentleman at first but then.."

The veins in Sidharth's neck stood up.
"I started feeling sick, drowsy and tired all the time. Things were blurry all the time. One day I woke up to a fight between Papa and Ravinder. He threw him out. I came to know later that he was drugging me. Papa sent me back to Elora but Ravinder reached there too. He tried to take me with him, marry me. Police ne bachaya aur usse arrest ki. We left Canada because of him when we heard that police had left him without registering a case. He wanted me away from him, safe. And then Papa fell ill."

Sidharth lowered his head and asked, "Why did you keep meeting him? Did you have any feelings for him?"
"No. I met him only because I was searching for answers. Mujhe uske ke liye kabhi kuch feel nahi hua."
He looked at her, "And did you? Did you find what you were looking for?"
She looked back at him and thought,
"Not there but here. With you..Sidharth Raichand.. and her, my Poochi. "

Sidharth called her name to break her thoughts.
She said, "Nahi. Uska saath nahi mila kuch. Par jo bhi mila sab.. complicated hai. Confuse hun.. jo bhi feel karti hun."
"Confused about Ravinder?"
She shook her head and tears filled her eyes, "Usse darr lagta hai.. bahut darr.."
Sidharth left the breath he was holding up.