SanDhir - Along Came She

CHAPTER 18 : Armageddon

"Save your advice coz I won't hear,

You might be right but I don't care,

There's a million reasons why I should give you up,

But the heart wants what it wants!"

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As the first rays of the sun at daybreak hit his face, Randhir took a glance at the mirror. His eyes swollen, his face drained of life, his hair disheaveled....he looked wrecked. All his life he had aimed at getting revenge, and when that revenge was now staring at his face, he didn't know if he actually wanted it.

"I am an avenger...I can't move on until I get those bastards who created this havoc in my life...I need to avenge them...mom, dad, chacha, Ishita..."

They say that hitting rock-bottom has its benefits. You can't possibly descend any further. The only option is to rise back up...and to rise stronger. Randhir had lost almost everything...What more could he possibly lose?

"My life? Huh! I lost my life a long time back...this is mere existence...I might as well exist with a purpose..."

But...he had a purpose...a reason to live...Her.

"She is better off without me...She deserves happiness...I can't drag her into the darkness that envelopes me...I can't risk her life...I won't...Sanyukta Agarwal will not be a victim of my mess...."

And that sudden determination was enough to make him rise and take a deep breathe. Today was the day when he would finally meet the people who destroyed him.

"Even if they kill me, I won't go down without taking a few of them first..."

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Parth Kashyap still couldn't believe it. This was too shocking to be true. How could he believe that his own father was the one behind all this.

"Should I ask him point blank? No. What good would that do? Dad....I don't want to even think about it...How could he..? And...Ishita is dead and my father is the cause...Oh God...!"

Parth took one last look at the specimen copy before him and stood up. He took a deep breathe and steadied himself. A picture of him as a kid sat on his father's desk.

"He is my father....And he is a murderer...I know what I have to do. Perhaps this is the path I was meant to follow...", he thought and left the room.

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Sanyukta Agarwal woke up that morning with a headache.

"Sanyu, you look dreadful", commented Kaustuki.

"Mat bol yaar...I had come here to study medical, but looks like I have joined some investigating agency", Sanyukta groaned.

Kaustuki sniggered and replied, "Cons of falling in love with a man who had a bad past!"

Sanyukta winced at the mention of Randhir. It reminded her of Ishita's death and the events that ensued. She was still unsure about her current status with Randhir.

Kaustuki noticed her expression and asked, "Is everything ok with the two of you?"

"I don't know Kaustuki. Right now, all I can think about is Ishita and how she gave up her life for Randhir.."

"But Sanyu, you risked your life too remember? And Ishita knew Randhir all her life. Heck her family is involved in this foundation. But you? You did everything selflessly. I am not demeaning what Ishita has done. But you would have done the same and Randhir knows that."