The Naivety Of A Heart (Original Unedited Version)

Chapter 17- The Heart-Rending Words

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Pain and hurt are those two integral words of our lives which are inevitable. No physical pain is more excruciating than the mental and emotional trauma one feels through when they have to bear the heart shattering words constantly in their lives. Every human has one patience level till which they can bear the pain of words or actions which are inflicted upon them, by those who enjoy one superficial power in hurting others. But it's also said that, when that patience level breaks, the person finally breaksdown not able to handle the traumatic experiences of the lives which drives them on the edge to finally realize that they need to stand up to those who are about to hurt their special ones. It is an experienced fact of life that you might get thousands of stabs at your heart but stil you can survive but when the question is about your love, then the thought itself scares you away.

Aayush and Shipra were staring at Raisha speechless since the second she had dared to reject their mothers call. They have never seen her so blank yet so determined. It felt to them as if she was going through some inner turmoil which was instantly wounding her soul but she was not able to voice it out. Aayush exchanged a confused look with Shipra who was still staring at Raisha, too stunned to even react. The girl infront of her was surprising her every day, and she couldn't help but feel immense of respect and proud on her for her strength and phenomenol capabilities.

Seeing both Shipra and Aayush still in a state of shock, Raisha decided to break their trance. She took a deep breath and said the hardest words, she had ever spoken in her life, "If she calls again then tell her that I no longer can hear on mobile phone, hence she needs to wait to order me around".

"What??" Both the siblings gasped in shock, while Raisha kept a blank look, and then stealing one glance at Aayush, she stated, "I will bring your juice. You lay down!" Aayush kept on staring in the direction she left with an open mouth while realization dawn on Shipra about the changing behavior of her, and a smile crossed her face.

"Now why the hell are you smiling? And what the hell happened to her all of a sudden?" Aayush yelled seeing Shipra smile at nothing in particular while his head was bursting in anger, as well as curiosity. His Raisha disconnected his mothers call for the first time and not only that, she told that she didn't wanted to talk to her. Did the earth became square or has he officially lost it, to hallucinate things now on their own?

"What is going on? Will you tell me?" Aayush screamed losing his patience and Shipra sighed and replied, "Stop increasing your BP, little brother. I will tell you but not now. When the time is right, you yourself will get to know everything. For now, get well soon because you have to do lot of important works and it is very important that you are in a pink of health to do all that".

She winked at him, and before he could blast her with his queries, she ran out of the room, confusing him like anything while he laid back, still trying to grasp the turn of events.

"Are you okay?" Shipra asked Raisha joining her in the kitchen as she made the orange juice for Aayush, while her mind was constantly going in the backward direction to the other night, which had finally made her realize a few things clearly and which were the cause why she wished to stand up to them in a more determined way than before. It was no longer her fight, it was their fight now.

"When things are broken they can be mended but when people are broken, it takes a lot of time for them to be mended," She replied painfully as all the memories of the nine years made their way infront of her eyes, but the most painful was the one, which had broken her soul. She was smiling but only for him, but inside she felt shattered knowing the harsh truths of the people around him.

Shipra stared at her as she realized the depth of her words and spoke in an emotional tone, "I am sorry you have to hear all that. But It is not in my hand. I can't change them."