Fates

Part 1- Confusion

How can dad raise his hand against me again? First because of that lowlife Prachi and now because of my manipulative mother. She(the person who instigated Riya) was right when it comes to her mom, her papa doesn't think straight. Even if she isn't with dad she still has him in her trap. Riya thought with tears streaming down her face as she sat in the back seat of the car while the driver was driving her home after her fight with Abhi outside of the Fine Diner restaurant.

Riya wiped the tears off of her face and reached for her phone to call her Booji, but she came back empty-handed. She checked all over the back seat for her phone, slowly beginning to realize that she had left her phone with "Prachi's mom" at the restaurant.

"Oh shit, I think I left my phone with Auntie at the restaurant. Driver, stop the car." Riya said in realization.

"What happened Riya madam?" The driver asked as he quickly pressed on the break, making the car lurch forward slightly with the force of the stop.

"I think that I left my phone at the restaurant." Riya elaborated.

"Okay, Riya madam we can turn around to go get your phone. The restaurant is only two minutes away." The driver said about to make a U-turn.

"No that's okay, you go home. The restaurant is only five minutes away by walking distance. I need to clear my head, the open air will be good for me." Riya said with a heavy sigh.

"I don't know Riya madam. It's not safe during this time." The driver said worriedly.

"I will be fine. I can protect myself the self-defense classes that I took weren't for nothing plus it's only a short walk nothing will happen." Riya said as she got out car opening and closing the side door as she did so.

"Okay, if you say so Riya madam." The driver said hesitantly.

"Goodnight." Riya told the driver waving him off.

"Goodnight, Riya madam." The driver said, driving away.

After the driver drove off, Riya started her short walk back to the restaurant. She was too occupied with finding her phone that she did not see Pragya and Abhi sitting on a bench outside the restaurant with Abhi leaning into Pragya half conscious. Riya directly went into the restaurant and was relieved to find that her phone was still on the table where she left it with auntie, but Prachi's mom was nowhere to be seen and neither was her dad. They probably went home Riya thought.

She had to get home too and patch up things with her dad. No matter what she could never be mad at him for too long, and vice-versa. They were each other's life, him and her against the world. As she was deliberating this she heard a couple of ladies at the table in front of her gush about a cute couple.

"How cute were they, right?" One lady asked, with a bright smile.

"Right, the man was so angry but as soon the lady came he calmed down." Another lady said with a soft smile.

"The man even professed his love for the lady in front of everyone." A third lady said with a dreamy smile.

"Ah, true love! When will I get my prince charming?" The fourth lady asked bluntly, thinking out loud, with a bright smile.

And with that, all the women at the table burst out laughing. Riya smiled at the interaction and went outside to call another car to take her home. Riya was so concentrated on getting her phone to power back on that she once again missed Abhi and Pragya when she got outside. After numerous attempts to get her phone to work, Riya realized that her phone had died.

When Riya looked up to go back inside the restaurant to plug her phone into an outlet in order to recharge her phone, what she saw shook her to the core and left her with so many questions.

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