I felt the heat escape my body, I must have heard him wrong, maybe he'd said something totally unrelated. I gulped as I willed myself to ask him to repeat himself.
"Come again kya bola aapne?"
In a voice softer than I could have ever imagined coming from him, Naksh spoke the words I just realized I never wanted to hear.
"We're going to meet someone who might know where Tara is." He looked at me to gauge my reaction and I had no idea what expression my face carried at the moment. Was I happy, relieved, scared or angry? Did I want to see the woman who had ruined so many lives and however unintentionally had destroyed mine the most? Why was Naksh doing this? He had lost as much as I had but did he still love her?
He read my expressions and assured "I just want to clear this up jab tak we are stuck in the past we just can't think to future ahead"
My heart ached at how selfish I was being. How could I think about myself when this man in front of me deserved to get all the answers he that he wanted? My sister had broken his heart, she'd broken and crushed his soul and had robbed him of the desire to love, and the least he deserved was to hear from her own mouth why she did that to him.
"Par aapko kaise kab pata chala ki kya aap bahut dino se yeh pata karwarahe the?" I asked quietly as stood in front of the door.
"Nahi!Main sab bhool chuka tha, But this man called me a few days ago; he said he had some information for me and that if I didn't come see him he'd go the press with it." He said all of this like it wasn't a big deal, like things like these happened on a regular basis. His voice had become cold again, detached and I didn't like it one bit.
He rang the bell before I could say or ask anything. Almost immediately my hand reached for his, a way of my body telling me that I wasn't ready for this. He gazed at my hand, tightly clasping his and he must've understood my state of mind since he didn't let go.
We got buzzed in and entered the building hand in hand. A metal stairway led to the upper floor and it creaked beneath our feet as Naksh led me to it. Honestly I never wanted the staircase to end, if it ended I'd have to face the truth and that I didn't want to have to do, it seemed like the problems never ended. I'd gotten used to my life but it was like someone was constantly reminding me that I'd never find peace in the life I'd been forced to choose.
We came to a halt outside a room labeled DJKaran. Loud music vibrated through the doors. By now a knot of tension had formed in my stomach and was constantly making my fists clench in pain. What if Tara was inside...?
Naksh knocked firmly on the door and we waited with baited breath. I dared not look at him and he was avoiding looking directly at me. I knew my nails were digging into his palms but I couldn't let go of his hand. It just wasn't possible for me in the moment.
The door opened slightly and a foot popped itself between the small creak that opened up. The foot led to a leg covered by ripped jeans. I followed the trail to find a somewhat familiar face grinning at us.
Karan. I took one look at his face and my heart stopped. She couldn't have, she couldn't possibly have done this.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
