And the story ends..?

Chapter 18

Kriya's POV

"Hello?"

"Kriya? Is that you?"

"No, it's Anjali"

"Anjali... Swayam here"

"Swayam???" she shrieked in the phone so loud that it got me out of my reverie. Swayam? Why was he calling from Veer's phone?

As soon as these thoughts entered my mind I took the phone from Anjali and put it on speaker.

"Swayam??" I asked through the phone.

"Kriya!! Oh thank god Kriya...!" he spoke in a broken voice. Almost stammering.

"Swayam!!! What happened??" I asked getting impatient but no words came from the other side.

"Swayam!!!!" I asked again and I got a reply.

A sob.

Shit!!!! This was bad.

"Swayam you are really scaring me now what's wrong? And why are you calling from Veer's phone? Is he... Is he there with you? Did he do something?"

Still no reply...

"Swayam answer god dammit!!!" my voice was so loud that it caused Anjali and Nia to flinch.

"Kriya... I am sorry!!!!" he said and then lost his composure. He was crying... like really CRYING...!!!! My heart got devastated. It was like he was mourning for someone so badly that my eyes could not control themselves.

"Swayam I am begging you please tell me..." I said while pleading him and sobbing through the phone. I looked up and saw Nia and Anjali were in the same condition.

"It's Veer..." he told and then swallowed to continue.

"Veer has got some severe injuries on his whole body and some burns too... He is in the ICU right now" he said and we all screamed.

"WHAT!!!"

"Yeah he is injured... lost lot of blood even when I reached on time" he said almost like mumbling to himself.

I lost the hold of the phone and we both fell on the floor together. Nia came to console me and hugged me tightly. I was thankful, I didn't know how long I could have managed without any support. I was scared in the worst way possible. If anything happened to him I won't be able to forgive myself ever. I behaved so rudely with him all these months and when I decided to talk to him...

My cursing process was halted when Anjali came and stood before us. She was struggling to speak. Her face was marred with tears.. lips were trembling and eyes lost their white portions..!!! If she was affected like this then.....

She sat down in front of us and began...

"Swayam met Veer by accident in a mall and then he went home with him. Veer wanted to talk about you with Swayam. He wanted to sort things out, he wanted you back in his life as his best friend because he was missing you and he was lonely."

It loomed on me that Veer never really had any close friends except me. I was the only one. He had friends but none with whom he would share his sorrows or pain. I messed it all.

The realisation hit me hard and I broke down in Nia's arms. If I had the choice of dying right now I would have chosen it without a second thought. It was all my fault!!!!

"Although he left your place but after few minutes Swayam got to know by his security guard that Veer was attacked.

Some drunkards were probably meandering around your studio and were trying to damage it by throwing stones and alcohol all over. Veer just happened to pass by that area and intervened.