The Man Next Door🤍

Chapter 8

"DID YOU JSUT IMPLY TAKING YOUR OWN LIFE?" I couldn't help but raise my voice

she smiles slightly, no emotions in her face or in her eyes

"I don't have the courage to say this to abhi so I will tell you, I have something written for you, for cabir, for abhi. The letters are in a box under my bed" she says

"Hell you are, there is no fucking way you are going to go anywhere and no way in hell are you going to take your own life"

"No one's here to stop me, I dont' want to bother my brother, he is already dealing with so much and all I do is pile my problems on him"

"YOU ARE SO FUCKIG STUPID, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU ARE ILLITERATE" I scream at her

Her words remind of something that broke me years ago

"IF YOU WANT TO DIE GO AHEAD BUT DO NOT SIT HERE AND TRY TO EMOTIONALLY BLACKMAIL ME INTO BEING NICE TO YOU. IF YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR BROTHER'S LOVE FOR YOU THEN YOU ARE FUCKING BLIND" I yell in her face

"DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME? HE IS CRYING AND DROWNING BECAUSE OF ME, I ALREADY KILLED MY MOTHER I AM NOT GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY BROTHER'S DEATH TOO" she screams back in my face

My heart stops for a second, her blinking was rapid as she tried to blink her tears away. It hurts a little to hear her say that and the fact that she is blaming herself for her mum's death is huge. As far as I know her mum passed away due to an accident or something

"Im tired Manik, I can't do this anymore. I am caged in a place where I am suffocating every single day" she whispers wiping her eyes

i grab some water for her placing it in her hands

"You said you don't know me enough and it's true you don't. I am getting engaged today so I am going home" she says sipping on the water

"Hell you are, if you think I ma letting you go in that house and do exactly what abhi doesn't want, you are wrong"

she gets up but I grab her arm

"Let go of me"

"Sit down little doll" I whisper politely

"Please let me go"

"Nandini I am not letting you go back home, not until I get abhors approval"

"Please manik" she begs

i sigh at her words

"Begging doesn't ever get you anything, not with me nandini. I understand that you are doing it because you are forced to or you think you have to but abhi will never let that happen. Hell, not just him, cabir and I won't let it happen either so give us something, anything that tells us you don't want this"

"What's the point?"

"The point is, we can help"

her eyes lower from my face as rests her head on my chest.

she doesn't say anything, she just holding onto my arms hugging me, I try to to hug back but I fail when my arms wrap around her back as I pull her closer to my chest

"You are okay, you will stay here until abhi and cabir figure the rest of it out okay"

"Sahil hurts me, he hurt me that night at the party, he came yesterday and he hurt me, he doesn't even want to know my opinion on anything" she whispers

"He touched you?"

she nods vigorously in my chest

"He slapped me" she whispers barely audible