The ODD Couple

17. Revealed - ii

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SASCHA

At first, nothing.

What followed, was the worst pain I've ever felt. True I had trained in karate for a while, but this was after 7 years of no practice.
I turned towards the girl expecting her to hit once more, but when I saw her face frozen in shock, I realised it wasn't her who hit me.

It was Derek.

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HARRY

I didn't think twice before jamming my fist into his already-a-little-deconstructed face. But I was pulled back by an unknown person as soon as I lifted my hand to round another.

"Fucking leave me! I'm going to never let you see the light of the earth again!"

"Mister, calm down. She's my daughter. And I'm just on a thin thread of not smashing this boy's face right here."

Did he just say daughter?

I turned around to find two men, probably British. The older man seemed to be in the fifties and was standing a little away. The boy holding me was in the twenties for sure. He had an uncanny resemblance to Sascha. Yes, definitely her brother. She'd never spoken about her family before. Nor had I. Families were intimate topics to talk about.

"I'm sorry for stopping you. But the police needs to get the work done their way. If they don't, I'll be sure to call you. I'm Nathan Brewston by the way. And this is Carter, my son."

He smiled and offered a handshake.
I had no reason to be rude to them although I was still sweating from anger. No, it was from the heat around here in Mumbai. Yeah.

"I'm Har-"

"Harry Styles. We know."
The boy, Carter, spoke.

"We stay in London. That's how we know."
I could see that Nathan's eyes were still stormy with all the pent up anger within him.

"You should go get cleaned up." This time it was Serena.

When I finally made it into the washroom, the reality of what I had done hit me. I was beyond embarrassed. Having three people and a few others in the hallway notice my feat. How could I have got to this?
Then again, hitting a girl is unforgivable.

Is that the excuse you have?

Just then a phone started ringing. My phone.

"Niall? This better be urgent. If you've called me fo-"

"Ben's been asking for you. We can't make any more excuses Harry. He's already got wind of it. He knows you're somewhere down there."

Fuck. This couldn't get any worse. I could only hope no one comes to know what I did here.

"Tell him I'll be back in two days."

"You need to leave today Harry. Mate, you know it'll get worse if you don't come ASAP."

I had a choice to make.
The shoot was for an upcoming single to be released next month. But Sascha was here, seriously wounded. What if she needs me?

What if she doesn't?

"I'll be there."

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