SHIKWA

Chapter 16

Swara came back to her room only when Ragini went away. With a sigh, she laid down on bed. The pain in her wounds was very less compared to what she had gone through. She heard a knock over her door.

"Come in" She said.

Sister Rama was standing with a medicine in her hand.

"I am fine! How is Ravi?" Swara said trying to sit up on bed.

"Keep lying ma'am!" Rama got near her and forwarded the medicine.

Swara smiled and took the medicine from her. "Thank you so much!" She replied.

"Ragini ma'am asked me to give it to you!" Rama replied helping her to lie down comfortably in bed. Swara smiled and nodded.

"You are very brave ma'am! Why did you not retaliate to that beast 1.5 years back?" Rama asked gently massaging her head, "If once you have retaliated na, he would have..."

"A bird in a cage! That was me 1.5 years back sister! What you saw was just the physical trauma! What I bore was mental trauma! I forgot that I had even a bit of courage left inside me!"

Rama sighed. The way Swara spoke still had a chill of terror in it.

"Can I ask you one more thing! Just for you know..." Rama hesitated a little.

"Sure!" Swara replied.

"When you were in coma, still a name did not left your lips. Why I feel that person and the person you are treating are same!"

Swara smiled. With a deep sigh, she spoke, "You are more experienced! But it does not matter now. The girl he loved was someone else and the girl who is here is someone completely different!"

Rama smiled and bid good night to Swara. But they both were completely unaware of the fact that a pair of ears was completely aware of the conversation now.

Laksh came inside his room and saw Ragini fast asleep. Gently covering her with a comforter, he sat on the couch.

What retaliation were they talking about! What is the thing that Swara was hiding! Was that beast Yuvraj!

He opened the Public page of Yuvraj raisingh. He went back to the timeline of 2021. To his surprise, there was not even a single mention of his wedding there. He had deleted all the photographs.

Even in google, there was just a mention of his marriage. Not even at a single place was the name and photographs of the bride was mentioned.

Laksh was getting a little restless. How was this possible! A public figure like this, famous for his humanitarian work and not even a single mention of his divorce. With a determined look, he took his phone and dialed a number.

"I want all the information of Yuvraj Raisingh's personal life!"

Cancelling the call, he sighed. His heart wanted to know a lot of things.

The next morning came with a lot of rains. Rainy season was on it's peak. Thunderstorms and rains, the combination made even the morning look like dusk. It was 8 in morning. Sanskaar was wide awake having breakfast. But Swara did not leave his mind. The way she protected him last night, the way she did not care for herself tending to him, the way she fought, nobody could say she had changed a bit. Sanskaar knew he saw love in her eyes. The same love she had for him 3 years back! The same love he saw the last time he met her.

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"Government had given us tender again!" Sanskaar was dancing with joy that evening. After a long time, he got a little privacy with Swara in his office. Swara was beaming with joy too.