TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU

CHAPTER 23

MANU FASHION HOUSE - MANIK'S CABIN

After the phone call, Manik holds Nandini’s hand and brings her to the sofa which is in his cabin.

Manik: Sit here, and I will be back in a minute...

Manik went to lock the cabin door from inside using some pin code so that no one will be able to open the door from outside...Then he comes back to Nandini and sits beside her on the sofa...

Nandini: Manik, what happened? Why did you lock the cabin door from inside?

Manik: Actually, I need to tell you so many things, and I don’t want any disturbance!

Nandini: Okay!

Manik: Why won’t you trust me?

Nandini: Manik, I trust you more than anyone in this world!

Manik smiles and holds Nandini’s hand...

Manik: Nandini, when I was young...I always waited for my birthday to come because my dad always made it special...Even if he had so many meetings or anything on my birthday, he would cancel everything for me and spend time with me...In fact, at that time, I felt I had everything...a perfect family...awesome friends...but everything changed when they divorced...

Manik becomes so emotional until he couldn’t continue...

Nandini: Manik, it’s okay...don’t continue if you feel it’s not okay to share it with me...

Manik: No, Nandini...I need to tell you...After they divorced, Dad asked me to promise him that I would be with my mom, and since I couldn’t resist his request, I promised him...After that, he went overseas, and then only I realized my so-called mom doesn’t love me, and all the while she was pretending in front of my dad...Yes, she only loves money, and after my dad left, she doesn’t even remember my birthday also...The saddest part is she only comes to me to talk lovingly when she needs me to get money from Dad...

Nandini: Manik, when you got to know your mom’s true colors, why didn’t you go back to your dad? After all, he loves you, right...

Manik: Remember, I promised my dad, right...so even though it hurt me so much knowing my own mom loves money more than me, I stayed with her to fulfill the promise I made to my dad...But she crossed all her limits when I was 21 years old...

Nandini: Why? What happened, Manik?

Manik holds Nandini’s hand even more tightly and he continues...

FLASHBACK...when Manik was 21 years old...

Manik is packing up all his things in his bags angrily...Nyonika enters his room...

Nyonika: Manik, where are you going?

Manik: I am going to my dad!

Nyonika: Did you forget the promise you have done to your dad?

Manik: Yes, I remember that, but now I am feeling suffocated being in the same house with you...

Nyonika: Oh, come on, Manik, not again...I married him as he was willing to give me all his property, and he is richer than your dad, so how could I leave this chance...

Manik: I don’t know when your greediness for money will stop...do you know how much Dad loves you and how much it will hurt him knowing you married someone else...

Nyonika: Oh, just shut up, Manik...Didn’t I tell you before that money is everything, so just accept him as your dad too!

Manik: Look, you can change your husband with time for money, but I can’t change my dad, so I am going back to my dad, and it’s my final decision!