As Long As I Have You // A. Ghale

Intel

"Jesus! I'm so glad you're okay!" I see Ajay and rush over to him. I didn't realize how tight I was clinging onto him, until he spoke.

"Can't. Breathe." I laugh, letting him go in the process. He doesn't look that b ad after being brutally attacked by wild animals and bloodthirsty people.

"How the hell did you get in there?" I ask him, wanting to know how two high men could have kidnapped Ajay. 

"Yogi and Reggie." He tells me, not needing to say anything else. I already knew, and he probably saw that.  I was just as aggravated as he was.

"Yeah, I met them at the homestead. They were high as a kite." I say, and Ajay laughs at the statement and nods at me. He was pretty calm for someone who was just being chased by tigers.

"Yeah, I'm going back there to give them a coming to Jesus meeting. You know, as payback for throwing me into a fucking arena." I laugh, but I know that he's not joking. When you mess with a Ghale, shit is going down.

"I don't blame you..." I say, moving in front of him. He gives me a strange look, but has yet to say anything. There was a moment of silence before our eyes met.

"Ajay, there's actually something I need to talk to you about...It about Mohan and Ishwari." He instantly looks at me and his eye glisten. I was getting nervous, I didn't know if he'd be ashamed or betrayed by the information.

"What is it?" He looks down for a moment before looking back at me. I didn't know where to start...

"So, Ishwari and Pagan were actually a lot closer than anyone knew." I carefully stated. He only gets more serious than before.

"What does that mean?" He asks, stepping closer to me.

"Mohan married Ishwari, sent her to spy on Pagan, but fell in love with him and they had a daughter, Lakshmana." The name must have meant something, as he looked like a deer in the headlights. He looked stone cold, like he was shocked.

"That's where, who I need to see." What?  Why was he. suddenly just ready to go?  Did he know something?

"What? What are you talking about?" I ask him, out of curiosity.

"I need to find this Lakshmana, she's my half sister."  My heart sank, as I knew the ending of the story wasn't as happy as Ajay would have hoped. It made my body tingle and my hands sweat.

"Ajay, I wasn't finished...Mohan found out and killed Lakshmana. Ishwari got so mad, she murdered Mohan for killing Lakshmana. Ajay, I'm so sorry." I try to be as calm as I can, but Ajay's eye gloss over with pain bleeding from his eyes.

The man let a tear slip down his cheek. It was the first time I had seen him cry, or show any form of weakness for that matter. It was like the man had cracked into little fragments...which one would he follow?

"Ajay..." I try to soothe him, but he breaks down and hugs me back. We stayed like that for a while, until he was back to himself again.

"Thank you, you're such a good person, D."  Ajay says, placing his hand around my face. My face started to get warm, and my heart started to race. He slowly leans in and kisses me for the first time.  His lips were soft, and his breath was matched with mine. I place my hands around his neck and he adds another gentle hand around my head. 

We were shortly interrupted by phone call from, you guessed it, Amita.  She seems to always have the worst timing.

Damn.