While Holding the Pain

Chapter_69

Titly's P.O.V.

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When Api asked about Shaan, I remembered about the news and turned to Vai. He spoke up sadly, "Shaan is leaving, Titly. He is leaving you, us as well as this country."

While moving my head, I spoke up, "No, Vai. He can't do this to me."

Hearing me saying this, Vai got near me and spoke up, "Right. I was waiting for your support as I wasn't being able to handle him alone. Let's go to him and bring him back to us."

I turned to Api and she spoke up, "Go dear. Bring him where he meant to be."

Taking their leave, Vai and me got out of the house and forwarded towards Mahmud Mansion. But the guard said Shaan left the house sometime before our arrival.

I turned to Vai sadly and he spoke up, "Don't worry. We will find him. He can't leave us like this."

I uttered while controlling my tears, "But Vai, where will we find him?"

Vai started the car as he spoke up, "I know where could be he now. Even if he decides to leave the country, he will go there considering that for the last time for sure."

I looked up at Vai and getting his word, I uttered, "To the park."

Vai nodded at me and increased the speed of the car. When we arrived at the park, it was almost evening exactly the time when we used to come here.

Without bothering to search all around, we got to our usual place and he was there as expected.

Vai and me looked at each other and got near him and sat either side of him on the bench

He was too lost in his thought to feel our presence. We kept sitting there silently and after a while he turned to us only to get startled.

He stood up at once as he uttered, "Vai, Tithy..Titly. You.."

Interrupting him, I spoke up, "Forget my name. Just tell me what are you doing here alone without us?"

Hearing me, he got silent and while keeping his head down, he spoke up, "I need to leave so that you all can live happily."

I spoke up glaring at him, "Yeah right. But may be you didn't hear me right. I asked you what you are doing here."

"I was just.." Saying this much, Shaan turned his face to other side. He was clearly trying to control his tears.

I kept glaring at him and Vai spoke up, "Shaan, you know very well what we think of you. You were never the son of your father to us but the son of our mother's best friend who was like our second mother. Don't be like this, please."

When Vai got silent, I spoke up, "You know what we don't care what your father did to us. But you? What are you doing to us Shaan? You are leaving me, leaving us? How can you even think of this?"

When Shaan tried to utter something, I just yelled at him, "What?"

Shaan got totally silent at that and I just got near and hugged him as I spoke up while crying, "Don't leave me, Shaan. Please don't do this to us."

He stood still for a moment then hugged me back as he uttered, "I am sorry."

We both were crying remaining like that when Vai got near us. I let go of him and Vai stood straight in front of us and while holding Shaan, he spoke up sternly, "Shaan, listen carefully. Firstly, we don't care who did that all as what matters to us is we are together now once again and we want to forget that terrible phase of our life. So you also should do the same.