I too want a love story - KarEena

2(28). Deceit

A few days later:

"Irene, everything is set. Diablo is also not in town. Do you want me to talk to Ali now?" Carlos entered Irene's room

"Hmm" Irene slowly nodded looking at the raging ocean

Carlos stood for a moment looking at a lost Irene, he knew this is the most important step, from here there is no turning back from the revenge plan.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

Irene turned toward him, her face stoic, she gently nodded. Carlos sighed and went out of her room.

Irene turned towards the ocean and a tear drop left her eye, she let it be.

"Am I becoming the monster, I hated all along?" she sniffed as more tears left her eyes, she closed her eyes while disgust for herself started spreading in her being, and past flashed before her.

Flashback:

Irene lay on her bed staring at the ceiling lost in the past, it's been a month since she saw the news of her brother's death on the TV. His body sprawled on the sidewalk like a dead rabid dog which everyone despised to touch. She is not only mourning Miguel-her brother but also Haseena, a friend she found in that hell hole.

Because of Haseena, she is here safe and sound, it pained her to know that Haseena was in that blast and lost her life. She wished she could have Haseena accompany her here but it's too late now.

To distract herself from guilt and pain, she opened her phone and went scrolling through her feed, seeing everyone's lives moving without any break while she lay here depressed burned her. But her eyes struck on a photo, her breath hitched seeing the date of the photo.

"Carlos!" Irene shouted

"What happened?" Carlos barged into the room

"See!" Irene passed the phone to Carlos.

Carlos frowned seeing the photo, it's one of Irene's colleagues who worked with her in the boutique, but his eyes widened seeing the background.

"Is it?" Carlos looked at Irene

"Yes! It's Haseena" Irene smiled, "She is alive" She jumped in delight

Haseena who recovered from the accident, went to a boutique when Raj said that they needed a new wardrobe and fake identities to move out of the country unnoticed. And Haseena visited a mall that Irene suggested long back and as fate had it, she had been in the background of a photo.

Carlos smiled seeing Irene finally smiling after a month.

"Carlos, we need to know what happened to her! Let's log in to the old camera records of the mansion" Irene suggested, "we need to contact her soon"

"But us logging in can tip off the department" Carlos sighed

"It's been a month, Carlos; they would have moved and if Haseena is alive, I would take all the chances I have to get a hold of her," Irene said determined

Carlos nodded and they swiftly logged in but what she was turned her blood cold. Haseena leading a team of officers, Haseena shooting her brother and the bomb blast.

Irene stared into the sea with her face drenched in tears.

Haseena and her treachery, the guilt of leaving her brother and going away from him started to bleed her heart but most importantly the pain she felt seeing her brother's body on the street like a ragged doll, broken and punctured in many parts, she didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. Whatever he was, he loved her dearly, he was the only family by blood she had, the guilt of leaving him to his fate and living her life burned her alive, and now she blamed Haseena for everything bad that happened to her.