BROKEN - to be healed by her (manan ff)✔️

52: The unspoken past (B)

Nandini's pov:

                  It had been a while since he started narrating his past to me and from that instant my heart failed to beat at a normal rate..I could feel it thumping loud in my chest while I stood facing his back as he spoke...

" they..they were talking about some deal..about di..how..they were waiting for dadu to die so they can..." he started breathing heavily..I rushed to him and held him by his arm rubbing his back to get him back at ease..

" Manik..Manik..shh..it's okay..it's alright" I whispered into his ears with a hope that my words could sooth his inner turmoil..at the same time fighting my almost wrecked self...I knew he needs me and I had to stay strong for him.

" Nandini..they..they were planning..to make a deal out of my sister...voh..voh log aaise kaise kar sakte hai Nandini....voh log yeh bhi bhul gaye that she is a fucking human and not a thing goddammit....I..I heard Nyonika saying ki how di was a burden to her all these years..and..and.. she was waiting for this opportunity....main vahi khada tha Nandini..right there jab voh log yeh sab bol rahe the..

I was so shocked that I had lost all my capabilities to think or do anything sane..I just stood there stunned looking at them failing humanity..main kuch kar nhi saka Nandini.. unlogo ko meri behen ke baare main aaisa sochne pe hi I should have wiped their existence off but I didn't I..couldn't...aur meri issi galti ke wajah se I..I lost my di forever..main vahi khada raha I saw them finalizing the deal with my own eyes nandini...mujhe kuch samaj hi nhi aa raha tha ki main kya karu..I still somehow managed to get a grip on myself and did the First thing I could think off..I went and confronted Nyonika..that was probably the first time I stood uo for something that mattered to me, I warned her to stay away from di otherwise she'll have to face consequences..I knew somewhere she was bound to listen to me as otherwise she would get nothing out of the property...she was scared with my outburst I could see it in her eyes...she knew I could go to any extent if it was about di....I was assured she wouldn't think of creating any mess for herself atleast for a while..but ..." when these words left his mouth they had the power to leave me shaken....how can someone get this cruel in their greed..

Is the greed so strong that it posses power to suppress every other emotion..Manik's parents greed Scarred his childhood or maybe a part of him forever in a way that there was no going back ever..I pity this innocent soul who was unaware of everything that was being plotted against her....I couldn't even imagine the pain she must be hiding behind that gorgeous smile of hers..I thought as I looked up to avya's picture that hung on the wall..

Before getting my attention back on Manik...I could see him breaking as he revealed that painful part of his life..I could feel him shuddering under my hold with the mere mention of that incident...and a part of me broke seeing him loosing himself..he stood leaning to the wall sideways as I held his arm that I could reach out to... a feeling of dejection took over his entire frame....it hurt me to see the ever so confident Manik Malhotra all wearied and lost..I somewhere felt that all these years deep down he has been blaming himself for the mishap.. And I knew this would be killing him inside..

I left his arm only to stand facing him..I cupped his face with both my palms and said as i got him to look at me..

" manik...I don't know what to say right now..I am stunned with..with all of this but one thing I am sure of is..you are not responsible for whatever happened so please stop blaming yourself !" I said wiping the traces of tears on his cheeks..he looked upto me perplexed..he was amused a bit but still looked at me with hope filled eyes..the little doubt that I had eloped with his reaction..

" you...thi..nk so!" he asked partially stammering..

" I know so..Manik I can feel the amount of love you had for your sister and I know in no way you would do anything intentionally that would have harmed her in even the slightest possible way, would you!?" I asked him to which he nodded in a no innocently..