For Infinity

Part 6: The Harsh Reality

Nandini's POV:
Last night I didn't sleep at all. His words kept haunting me. I really wanted to know the reason behind his warning against Harshad. As I was walking with these thoughts in my mind I heard some screams coming from the back yard. It was clearly a girl's voice. I immediately understood that some very bad thing was happening to her. Without thinking further I ran towards the yard to help her. What I saw next creeped me out. That jerk Harshad was forcing himself on Mukti. She was trying her level best to free herself. But he had held her with all his force. No matter how rude and cold she had been to me I had to save her from him. A girl's dignity is no one's possesion. I saw a wooden stick lying there. I quickly picked it up and with all my force banged it on his back. It was strong enough for him to release Mukti. She was really scared and broken. She was crying her eyes out. It was enough. I raised my hands once again to beat him black and blue. I understood why Manik told me to stay away from him. But before I could beat him he held my hand,jerked away the stick throwing it far away. Mukti wasn't in a condition to react. I was scared for myself now. I saw him raising his hand. I froze. In a fraction of second his hand was on my face. He had slapped me so hard that I fell on the ground. Blood was oozing from the side of my lips. I was praying to Aiyappa to save me. He was approaching towards me. "Ab tumhe kon bachayega Miss Nandini?! You are so naive man! Mukti ko bachate bachate khud he fass gayi." He laughed with all his evilness and pulled me towards him. I was crying and begging him to stop. I thought that this was my end. I was going to lose myself. Suddenly I don't know from where I got this zeal. I had to save myself. I used all my force and kicked him on his b***s. That was going to be painful. Haha! Indeed it was. He was rolling on the ground whining in pain. I loved that scene. I quickly took Mukti and went away from there. We ran like maniacs. We stopped near the music room. It took me a while to digest what had happened just now. I couldn't control myself. I started crying. Tears weren't going to stop anytime soon. I was hurt. How cruel can a person be? Suddenly I felt two arms hugging me. It was Mukti's. I was amazed to get such reaction from her. "Thank you so much Nandini. Agar tum nahi aati toh I would have been destroyed. You're my saviour. I swear I'll never ever be rude to you." Mukti spoke after a long time.
Her words warmed me. I just smiled.
But the incident was still haunting me. I was still in pain because of that slap. Blood still oozing from there.
"What the hell happened to you both?! Who did this? Kya hua bolo!!" It was Manik. He had a furious look on his face. Without giving it a thought I got up and hugged him crying my heart out. I found solace in his arms.