Chapter 21- " We are still in dark."

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Inside the tree hut: 16th July Saturday: 1: 50 am:

"How dare you touch her? I will rip your hands off...you bastard..."

Manik sprung on Maddy who was sitting on the floor by holding his head. Due to the sudden attack, he dazed for a minute. On the other hand, Manik was hitting him continuously like a maniac.

"I will kill that bastard, Harry. How dare he lay his dirty eyes on her? I will pluck those eyes. You bloody pimps..."

Manik continuously gushed out and kept on kicking Maddy. Suddenly he felt a touch on his shoulder and in an impulse he pivoted to give a bunch of five on the face of that person...who was none other than Nandini.

"Yeeeee....."

Nandini yelled in shock and palmed her face in fear. She already untied herself as her hands were open. She wanted to stop Manik as his uncontrollable anger could have killed Maddy on the spot. Manik refrained himself and yanked Nandini in a bone-crushing hug. Nandini couldn't control herself anymore and bust out in a loud cry. Her tiny frame was quivering. Her words were mingled with hiccups made them hardly lucid.

"Whe..re..were..y..ou (hiccups)..? I...I was...so...sc..scared (hiccups)....My...leg..it..it's paining....they..(hiccups)..brought...me...here...He...killed that (hiccups)...man (she pointed to the dead body of Tonny)...They could...have...killed me...too (hiccups)...I..I..was praying...that you...you would come...(hiccups and cried profusely)

Manik was frantically pecking her head and the sides of her face. He hugged her so tightly that he wanted to absorb her whole self, her all pain.

"MANIK...!"

Suddenly Nandini screamed and jostled Manik with her both hands. She stepped back too with a jolt. Manik stumbled and fell to the ground. The packing box which Maddy tried to crush on Manik's head hit the floor with a loud thud.

"Enough...of...your lovey-dovey...love birds. Now, it's a man to man business."

Maddy's hoarse voice broke Manik's trance. He leapt up from the ground and looked around for anything to use as a weapon. But Nandini rushed and stood in front of him as a shield. Manik was startled for a second and tried to push her aside when Nandini cried out,

"Don't shoot...Harry told you to take care of me. He wants me right? But not my dead body. Because you can't get him before killing me."

"Honey, what do you think? You can save your boyfriend like this? And you...Manik Malhotra. The rich spoil brat or should I say a rat. You think that you can save yourself by hiding behind a weak girl? COWARD! I will smash you like a mosquito and hand over your girlfriend to Harry. As she said, he wants her...to warm his bed."

Maddy said with a filthy smile. He aimed his revolver towards Manik and Nandini. With a lusty wink, he addressed Nandini,

"Don't worry honey...Harry doesn't linger on anybody. When he will be satisfied...we can enjoy it afterwards. Trust me I am also good in bed. You will fully enjoy..."

On the spur of the moment, too many things happened at a time. Without thinking anything Manik sprung to Maddy with a howl, who couldn't resist this abrupt push and both of them fell on the floor with a loud sound. Manik held Maddy's hand which had the revolver with both hands while Maddy was trying to free his hand with his other one. Both of them were lurching on the ground trying to gain dominance. Nandini was watching them helplessly. The most dangerous thing was the gun was frequently being pointed at her in this commotion and she could be shot in a blink. Suddenly Maddy grabbed Manik's neck, trying to strangle him. Automatically Manik did the same. Both were struggling to breathe but no one was ready to quit. At a point, Maddy managed to bend his hand and the gun became a sandwich between them. Nandini gaped in anticipation.

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