ETHAN

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If someone would have asked me what it feels like stabbing. I’ll have told them, fall in love with someone, make them precious things in your life, and one day if you get to know there’s someone who feels the same about the person you are feeling; You will know.
I closed the door behind me as soon as I can. He’s alive, he’s in love with her. He hadn’t said anything exactly but if you are considering someone while you know there’s a chance, your life will end, It must be love. It has to be.
I rushed through the corridors to get some fresh air, Ignoring Evan’s shouting my name from behind.
I stopped. placed my hands on my knees to catch a breath. It’s so difficult, So disgusting feeling I have ever had. Will I lose her after this thing, Will my story be like every other different sad story where people have to sacrifice their love for someone’s happiness. But still, I have to find it out whether it is the right news or not. Hesitatingly I pull out my phone from my pocket to dial his number.
“ Hey, Eth what’s up” He picked it up immediately.
“ Hey mark there’s Something you have to find out urgently, Can you do that?” I don’t have any doubts about his ability.
“ I intended to do, tell me!”
I told him all the things I have in my mind, the things I know. But I don’t know where he’s from neither Ishita knew, he was/Is undercover agent.
“ Okey, give me an hour or two I’ll get back to you” I hung up. Now I can just wait and watch for how long I don’t know.
I can’t go back to her room, I can’t see her face. It feels so heavy. I decided to go back to the waiting area.
“ Hey, Ethan, where were you?” Eve said
“ Just trying to catch a breath,”  He narrows his eyes on me. I released the breath I was holding. “ Mark will call after some time with Something’s we have to know” I declared and took the seat beside him dejectedly.
We sat there, eve was trying to console me, but I knew There’s a deep hole in my heart.
My phone rings in my pocket after two hours,
“ What you have?” I asked not bothering to say anything.
“ Man, Ethan. There’s news flying all over. You know who was involved in that?” His voice was shaken up.
“ Who, What are you saying? Just spit it out!”
“ There’s news about Shreedhar, The one from Siraj's, another one is Navin, it is the thing under them and many more people’s involvements in this, that was huge scam about Somethings.....He goes I... I haven’t heard anything afterword’s.
Every bone of my body feels stiffened. How was that? How could I tell her this, the one she’s trusting from her heart was the one reason behind her pain, she has been losing her personal battle, I can feel that. She’s been here trying to forgive herself, trying to move on. I held her hand with mine showed her this light and now I am going to lose her, For a while?
I opened the door with all courage I have. She smiled, God her smile is intoxicating!
I sit beside her on her bed, held her close to me. She looked up at me with confusion. I have to tell her.
“ Ishita, There was a big crime and stuffed behind that, few people are arrested, Rishabh was safe with the Cops this whole time. He is somewhere in northeast India, but he couldn’t call you because of his reasons.” She gulped, I took a deep breath. I can do that “ Ishita, the people’s were involved in this was Navin and Shreedhar and many more’s!
Her eyes widen, she didn’t say anything. Her body was stiffed. But that thing is bothering me, she isn’t crying. Not a single drop. I want her to scream, to shout but came nothing.
As if this was her last breath!
“ Ishita, say something please?” She shakes her head fiercely, “ There’s nothing left to say, Ethan, I have to go!” She replied coldly and moved from the bed.
I get up abruptly to stop her,
“ Where you think, you are going” I hold her elbow,
She turned, looked down at my hand. I loosen my grip.
“ Ethan, I have to go, now; it’s not my place to live” She sobbed. She’s thinking about going back to India.
I can’t tolerate this pain anymore!
“ Ishita, you can’t, what about the project, you are working hard on that” There’s nothing I could have said to stop her! Is there?
She looked down, “ It’s not my project anymore, I’m not with Siraj anymore, It’s really painful to accept that, I was with them this whole time. The heartache, the betrayal, the respect, trust, everything broke Ethan, everything. He was like my father figure, was he knew this thing this whole time?  It wasn’t coincident when Shreedhar asked me about Naveen, It wasn’t coincident when Siraj apologized to me for the thing I didn’t know. I was so fooled Ethan, so fool”  She hugged me tightly and clenched my shirt, this was the first time she had taken a step forward, yet she’s not with me.
She’s falling apart in front of me and there’s nothing I can do apart from holding her. She cried and I let her be.
“ Ishita, don’t go please, I need you in here” I won’t be selfish today but I need to say those things to her.
She released me, “ I’ll give you my colleague contact. he’s best for this project” This project shit doesn’t matter for me anymore.
“ I’m not concerned about this project anymore,  Ishita, I’m in love with you” She stared at me with unreadable expressions for a few minutes.
“ I know,” She said, “ But I’m not the one for you,”
Really! She knew this thing the whole time!
“ You can’t decide that who is the one for me or not, I can’t believe you knew this, Why Ishita?”
She didn’t say anything, The look in her eyes told me everything I wanted to know, She’s in love with me too!
“ Please, Ethan, take me to Mr. Nicole’s” She sniffles and closed her eyes.
I did the same thing with silence, and tons of weight on my heart, her tears won’t stop, She’s fighting with herself now. It’s not the battle she’s fighting, it’s the betrayal she’s facing.  With the feelings of leaving and loving me at the same time.
I haven’t imagined, how my story will be like. But definitely not this type.
We stopped in front of my condo, I walked her through the door but I let her go alone to my dad. After an hour she returned clenching her fist on his shirt, they both are crying. I can’t look at that.
Dad gave me a look and shake his head in protest. This wasn’t for his project now this protest was for he’s in love with her too. He doesn’t want her to go. And there’s nothing I can do it.
She loved me, she have to stop for me but I don’t know anything will hold her back, my love will take her back to me. 
She packed her stuffed and carry her luggage.
“ I’m sorry Ethan, I have to do this, I’m not capable for you” She hugged me last time at the airport.
My throat stopped me to say anything, “ Still, I’ll love you always, I’ll have you one day, And I’ll finish the story I started, We will together” I managed to say. To my surprise, she nods. It was the thing I was waiting for.
I held her close, it has to be different than this. And It will.
This wasn’t the goodbye we are saying. It will be a fresh start.
She needs time and I’ll give her world if she wants it.
Her flight took off in front of my eyes, I cried hard for the first time in my life. Now I know what she’s been through this whole time.
It’s difficult to be quiet and not to show any feelings to someone,  She is the best actress!
She told my dad, She has things for me. But she had to go. She’s not good for me, not now!
I will chase her down in India then, It will be us.

Sometimes we have to let them go,
Not because we have obstacles in our path, but because we love each other enough to let go of each other. But if we love each other enough we end up together forever and I know we will be one of them.
This wasn’t an easy thing for her too! But we need to clear our baggage before putting something new things in that.
I will give her that, It would have been together forever story, but I had to let go of her. It’s not the sad end we have had. It’s the beginning of the pure soul’ we will have for each other.
It’s not the Last thing we said, but there were unspoken words we shared with each other.
They will have their ways to come out soon!
When she will be ready to have me. She will be there for me with a spark in her eyes and love in her heart, only for me.

ONLY FOR ME.
WE WILL BE TOGETHER FOREVER.... ONCE AGAIN!!!
MAYBE!!

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