His last breath(Completed✔)

Chapter 21

"Listen, look at me. Relax and tell me everything," I said removing her hands to make her face me. She hold my hand tightly.

"Arjun, my father passed away when I was 19, leaving my 8-year old brother to me. My father was everything to me. He took care of me and my brother really well. He would give us everything we ask. But, he couldn't spend his time with us. I know it is not his fault. He worked so hard to provide the best for us to live with. When he passed away, I felt like I was lost. I could not do anything. That time I decided I had to live well to take care of my brother, Arav. I started going to the office to take care of my father's business. I was too busy in business, to the point I neglected my brother," she tightened her grip on my hand.

"I didn't notice the changes in my brother's behaviour. One day, I found out that he was addicted to... to drugs. Can you imagine a 12-year old boy being addicted to drugs? He was so innocent that I could not believe Arav will be addicted to drugs. I hated myself the day I found it. I felt I did the same mistake my father did. I didn't give my time to my only brother causing him to seek for outsiders help. I admitted him in rehabilitation centre. One day I received a call from the centre telling that my brother escaped from the centre," she said.

Anjali pov

Flashback

"What do you mean he is not there? I left him under your care. How can you all be this careless?" I shouted.

"Ms.Anjali, please relax. He beat two of our security guard and went away. We are searching for him now," the in-charge told me.

"Anjali, we already found out the place Arav is in. Don't worry we will go and save him," Sid said.

"Sid, I want to come with you," I said and he agreed reluctantly. Sid and me together with some policemen went to the place where Arav was. The place looked like a small hut. I went inside with Sid following me closely. Inside, I saw Arav holding a knife in a girl's neck.

"Arav, what are you doing? Leave that girl. Please Arav. Don't do this," I shouted to him.

"Akka, even you left me alone in that centre. I thought only appa and amma didn't love me. But now it seem like you also don't like me. What wrong I did to deserve his akka?" he asked me and I was dumbfounded.

"Arav, I have always loved you da. I know I did the same mistake appa did for us, but now I have realized my mistake. I left you there so that you can recover from your addiction. Please Arav. Don't do anything stupid. Leave that girl. If anything happened to her, they will arrest you Arav. I don't want to lose you. You are everything I have. Please listen to me," I begged him.

"No akka, you don't love me. You are lying. Even if I let the girl go now, you are going to leave me at that centre again. I don't want to go there. They don't let me go out. They don't give me what I want. I am so lonely there akka. I want to play with you again. I want to live with you again. I want to be happy again," he said.

"Arav, I will let you live with me. You don't have to go to that centre anymore. We will play together, happily. Please leave that girl Arav," I said.

"No!!! Don't fool me!!! I wont let her go. You all go away," he said and he tightened the knife around her neck. The police pointed their gun towards him ready to shoot.

"No, please don't shoot him. I will talk to him," I begged the policeman. "No mam, we can't afford to risk that girl. She is the daughter of the commissioner.  We have to take the shot. Please let us do our job," he said.

"What do you mean by that? He is mentally unstable. You can't shoot him. I will talk to.." before I can finish, Arav kicked the policeman's hand and the gun in his hand fell down.

"If you shoot me, I will kill her," I heard Arav said.

"Arav, I cant believe I have an animal as a brother. Do you not care about a life anymore? You are not the brother that I used to play with. You are an animal. How can you be inhumane like this. You have no rights to take one's life. Drop the knife Arav. Please come to me as my brother. I will protect you always. Please!!!" I said.

"You made me into this akka. You admitted me in that centre when I begged you not to. You changed me. You were so busy when I needed you the most. When appa passed away, I needed you to be by my side. But you? You went to take care of your business ignoring me. What is the difference between you and appa? Both of you didn't care about me." He said and my heart shattered.

"I wont forgive you akka. I WONT FORGIVE OR FORGET what you did to me. If I kill her now, I will get death punishment. Then, I wont have to live in the same world as you. I wont have to be tortured in that centre anymore. I can be free after that," he said.

Before he slash the girl's neck, I took the gun on the flour and shot him. I shot him. My shot went straight in this hand and he dropped the knife on the flour. The girl managed to escape from his grip and he fell to the ground holding his hand. I ran to him.

"Arav, why did you force me into this? You are going to be okay. Nothing is going to happen to you. I wont let anything happen to you," I said hugging him tight.

"Akka, don't act in front of me. I know you hate me. Don't worry I hate you also. I wont be a hindrance for you. I wont prevent you from living your life. You can go live happily without me!!!" with that he took the knife from the ground and slashed his neck. Blood oozed out from his cut.

"ARAV!!!!!!" I shouted. He just smiled and exhaled his last breath on my lap.

Flashback ends

"He died right in front of my eyes Arjun. And he died because of me. I hurted him so much to the point he think I will be happy without him. He was too young to die Arjun. I killed him. His eyes carried so much sadness when he died. And when I think about I am the reason for his dreadful situation, I couldn't forgive myself Arjun," I said.

Sorry, for the late update. I will try my best to upload as soon as possible. Comment how was the chapter. I don't know if I really wrote it well or not.