Destiny or Coincidence?

Chapter 75

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Athira Patel

"You.... You mean that he is Go... Golu?" Dad stammered wide-eyed while asking with a tone of an above whisper as if saying out loud would make it even more real. I was shocked to know that dad knows Golu from his childhood. It's making all the more complicated than before.

Aunty silently nodded her head in agreement with her head hung low that Dad stumbled back a little in shock which made all of us look at them in wide eyes except for Abhi. It was clear that it was taking a toll on him with the way he clenched his fists for the confirmation he just needed. On the other side, dad was breathing heavily due to the revelation that I wanted to go near him for support but was held back because of the betrayal I just remembered. I clenched my eyes shut to control the emotions that were resurfacing again.

"WHAT?" Abhi shouted getting up, that me and Adi immediately got up and ran to his side to control him from doing anything.

Aunty jerked a little because of his reaction and gave a weak sob in return that Adi went to her rescue for support, giving me a little nod to handle Abhi. I nodded my head slightly in agreement and captured his hand in mine to control his emotions from bursting. I can feel that it's taking everything in him to control himself but the moment he felt my touch, he relaxed a little and pressed my hand in return to control himself. It was tough but I can see that he is trying to do it for the sake of all of us. It was all a mess that it's taking a toll on our lives for good.

All our life became lies and fake that it's eating our heart from inside and making us crumble little by little like a slow poison. The more we are listening to their past and getting to know the secrets, the more it was shaking our ground from beneath us with the twisted truth.

"Abhi...," she whispered with trembling lips after a moment of composing herself and wiping her tears with the back of her hand.

Abhi clenched his eyes shut and turned away from her towards me while breathing hard. I touched his cheek with my palm to assure him that everything is going to be fine. But when? I too don't have the answer to it.

"Abhi... please listen to me fully before you react" Aunty asked with a pleading tone that it made Abhi clench his fists in frustration but just gave a stiff nod in agreement. I held onto his arm for assurance that I am there with him in all these. After all, it looks like we both were the ones who had been subjected to all of this mystery and incident. He silently squeezed my hand in return by keeping his hand on mine to make sure I was with him throughout this.

What a mess we are in, to begin with... We all became silent for her to continue with tensed looks on our faces but dad spoke instead.

"But.... But I thought he was with their grandparents?" dad asked more to himself than her. "I remember it clearly until today about Mr. Dhillon's words. He... he said that he was going to take care of Golu from that point. I don't understand...." he drawled out fisting his hair in confusion and frustration that I looked away from not being able to see him in pain.

"That was my doing" aunty whispered, not meeting anyone's eyes but looking at the floor while speaking.

"I wanted to compensate for the loss I have done. So I have pleaded with him for a chance, he was reluctant at first but he trusted me with his grandson because he knew about us too well. Of Course, for the first two years, he watched over every step I took for Abhi, but when he fully realized that I love Abhi as my own son, he left us alone and went back to his town. But not soon after that he died because of a heart stroke and wrote all the money on Abhi's name. He wanted his grandson's money to be invested in the business I have started for the sake of our families and wanted me to give him when the right time comes." she said looking at us with regret in her eyes. I can see her love for Abhi in her eyes but there was also regret about not telling him the truth beforehand. But I think even if the situation comes again where she can tell him the truth, she won't choose to tell him. I don't know why but I feel that she wanted to protect him from the breakdown he was feeling at present. She would easily choose to hide it from him in the blink of an eye without as much thinking. I can't blame her though because anyone's mother would do the same to protect her son from all this hurt and breakdown.