Stay Away

20- The beginning of a love story

****Flash back continues****

As a small remainder.... the last flash back chapter was chp15 and the next few would be flash back chapters too. Hope you guys like it.

Manvi pov:

Getting married? Seriously?
But why...... why..... why does it hurt me so much?
Why am I even bothered?
Since yesterday when I heard it from him.... my thoughts were only about that. I just got discharged from the hospital.... and most importantly he was there to help my family with the formalities. But my family never knew him before and the relationship between us which served as a great boon. He spoke several times through phone to check on my health condition too. I find it confusing.......why is he spending time with me.... just few days before his wedding with an other girl???

But....  how come? I sat on my bed in the room and ate my breakfast while thinking about him.
That is when I heared a knock at the door.
"Come in." I said and noticed my mother bringing me the tablets.

"He seems to be a nice guy." She said all of a sudden.

"Who?" I asked eventhough I knew whom she meant.

"The guy who helped earlier..... your friend. He had visited you atleast 5 times a day. And he keeps checking on your health through phone too. I wonder how I had never seen him before." She said.

"Hmmm......" Was all that I managed to say. She left after I had the medicine. After few minutes... there was again a knock.....

"Come in." And it was my father this time. He spoke genrally check on my health and left.

And again there was a knock on the door ..... I seriously got annoyed and said "come in" without even bothering to look up.

"How do you feel now Maan.....  I mean... Ms. Manvi?"
The voice brought back my attention.

"Mr. Shah?" I looked around to conform that I was in my room and not anywhere else.

"How come you are here?" I asked and looked at him in complete shock.
He smiled and said... "I felt like checking on your health. So yeah just came around. Should I not come?" He asked.

"No...no.... you are most welcome sir. But.... my parents..... are they not down there?" I asked

"Oh yeah they are there. I just said I'm one of your friends from media. And you know what... they remember me well as I helped them with the hospital procedures . And they had also accepted to take you along with me now." He said.

"Oh.........  they what?" I asked in shock.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you.... yesterday I spoke about you to my mother and she said she wants to meet you. So just thought I could come meet you and take you to my house. Willing?" He asked....
I was beyond shocked. Am I even dreaming???

"Most interested. But I don't think I'm fit enough to travel and all."

"No worries... I will take you in my car and drop you back in an hour or so."

"Ohhh...."
Finally I asked the question which kept running in my mind....

"Won't you have wedding works to do.... as your wedding is approching in less than a week?"

His face changed to look a little disturbed but he regained himself quickly.

"We have people to look after all that. Now get ready in 5 minutes. I will be waiting outside." He said and left the room without even waiting for my response.
What else can I do?
I slowly stood up from the bed and kept the plate on the table and then moved towards the shower. Took a quick bath and dressed up simply but formal enough. When I went out he was waiting for me and I went along with him to the car. Most suprisingly I felt a  fear rising up and I certainly din't know why. The car ride was even more silent than expected adding up to my fear.