Lifeline

Chapter 14

"You have had this doubt for how long?", he asked with anguish. The nurse quietly left as she sensed the tension in the room.

"Since the day it happened.", I whispered.

"3 years?" I nodded.

"In these 3 years, not once did you think of telling us? Are we nothing to you Sameera?", he asked in a hurt voice.

"Seb, you know you people are my family. I can't bear if anything happens to you guys. After all that happened I didn't want to put you guys through this. Especially when I don't know whether it's all true or ju..just thoughts in my head. And Amaya.. She...she would be broken if she gets to know this. ", by then I was sobbing hard. All the pent up emotions were bursting out all of a sudden. Dhruv's murder, Amaya's rape, someone trying to kill me, the thing with Arjun. It was all taking a toll on me.

Seb rushed forward and hugged me slowly. He was shaking hard. I can imagine what effect this news would have on him. Being the only two boys in the gang, those two were close. Dhruv was like a brother to him. They always had each other's back. He was distraught when Dhruv died. But he held himself together as he had to take care of us girls. He was never the one to show his emotions. But now he had tears in his eyes as I moved him back by his shoulders. He wiped them off trying to avoid my gaze.

"Who was it? Who killed him? ", he asked burning with rage.

"I don't know. My detective says the police found another set of unknown fingerprints in the car that day. He suspects higher authorities involved in this. They tried to erase all the evidences. But my detective some how got through and managed to get the evidences. They clearly show that it was murder. We just have to dig in a little deeper. We will find them and they will pay for what they did. ", I said with a sudden determination.

"And this time you better not hide anything from me. We are in this together. If you do anything without telling me, I am going to reveal all this to Amaya.", he glared.

"You evil spawn", I glared back at him. He shrugged

"This is the only way to ensure that you don't do anything stupid without me knowing."

"Okay, I won't. Just don't let the girls know anything for now. We will tell them when we know more.", I mumbled. He nodded. Meanwhile all the others came inside. So we had to compose ourselves.

"We can take you home now.", Amaya smiled.

"But only if you promise us to stay put and let us help you with everything. You are not supposed to move on your feet for another 1-2 weeks. And until the cast is removed no office for you. I will send the work home if you are bored. But you are not coming back to office. You shouldn't go anywhere out for sometime. Atleast until we know who is behind all this. Even if you go out one of your friends or I should always be there with you. If.... What? ", Arjun stopped his rant midway looking at my scowl.

" Don't you think it's a little tooo much? It's not as if I am dying or something. Just a minor accident "

"Shut up", all of them shouted in unison.

"Listen to him. What he is saying is right.", Amaya said. I rolled my eyes at that.

From the day she got to know that he was the one who saved her, she has become his greatest admire. She agrees with everything he says. Suddenly he has become a God to her. Arjun said this, Arjun said that, Whatever Arjun says is right blah blah blah. So I didn't argue with her and let them take me home.

It's been one and half month since the accident. And the most torturous period of my life. I wasn't allowed to do anything. It's like I was house arrested with a room full of overly sweet and caring people. You might think that is so nice of them and I should be appreciating IT.

HELL NO.

It is pure torture when you can move a muscle without someone warning you to be careful. As if I am just born and I don't know shit.

And during this time something else happened which is torturing me. Arjun became very close to everyone. So much that he stays at our home most of the time. It's like he became a part of the group. Even I grew very fond of him. I found a good friend in him. He scolds at my mistakes, teases for the silly things I do, takes care of all my needs. He is slowly replacing Dhruv in my life. And I am not liking it one bit.

Dhruv is an indelible part of my life. No one can take his place in my life. Not even Arjun. So I tried to avoid him as much as possible without being obvious. But here I am, getting ready for the promised date with him. They removed my cast yesterday. So I can finally do things on my own. But still this two girls are fussing all over me. Deciding what dress I should wear, how my make up should be and all.

"I think this is tooo simple for a first date", Veronica said

"Exactly, its just the first date. We can't go overboard and look too desperate.", Amaya argued and then another round of argument started. This has been going on from past 2 hours. I can't take it anymore.

"Okay shut up now. Both of you", they cowered under my glare. "I know how to get ready. You people just go out." They silently left keeping the dress on the bed.

I looked at my wardrobe collection and chose a solid black dress ending at my knees with halter neck. This should do.

I quickly changed and added on some accessories. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I looked good. Even though I wanted to stay away from Arjun, this date somehow got me excited. I want to look good for him. What? Shut up Sameera. This is just a one time thing. It is not going to happen again. Remember you are going just because you promised him you would go. I reprimanded myself and gave one final look to myself. Okay, let's see how this one ends.

I walked down the stairs. Arjun was already waiting, talking to Rishi and Seb. He was wearing a black blazer over a grey t-shirt. He looked handsome. Okay, maybe hot too. I was looking at him when he noticed me coming down the stairs. He froze. We stared at each other for a long long time until we were both standing in front of each other. We were brought back to world by the throat clearing of my stupid friends. They all had smug smiles on their faces. I blushed and looked down.

"Let's go?", he asked clearing his throat. I nodded still not looking at him.

We both walked out to his car. He opened the door for. I settled in after thanking him. He walked over to the drivers side and got in. We were silent as he drove towards the restaurant he made the reservation in. It was getting awkward. So I tried to switch on the radio and our hands touched midway as he was trying to do the same. I withdrew my hand immediately and looked at my hands.

"Wow, I never thought I would see you blushing", he said in wonder. My hands went to my cheeks. No doubt, they are hot from all the blushing.

"Oh shut up", I said hiding my smile. He chuckled softly. I looked at him. His smile is very mesmerising. The best thing about him. I didn't notice that I am staring at him until the car came to a stop infront of the restaurant. I quickly turned away and got down the car.

We went inside and were waiting at the reception for them to show us to our table.

"Look at the hot piece of ass. You have turned more ravishing since the last time we met Sam.", someone whistled near my ear.

I turned around with a jerk.

What is he doing here??

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