MY LOVER MY WIFE...

chapter 47

"what is it that you two were talking about? " pradeep presses further and khushi let's out a breath she didn't know she was holding

"my father... " khushi replies trying to calm herself down

"arvinid... " rehan says out loud making pradeep face palm giving him a 'you screwed up' look

"so you knew... " khushi states looking at rehan as she wiggles out of pradeep's hold

"I said that outloud, didn't I? " rehan exclaims to no one in particular

"how do you know? " khushi asks void of all emotion

"how do I know what? " rehan asks acting oblivious

"this day has been the worst... and am not in the best of moods... am not in the mood for your clownery rehan. " khushi states

"I do not act like a clown khushi. " rehan states

"why am I even asking?? If you know it's because pradeep told you... the question is how long have you known rehan?? Answer me damn it..  " khushi yells getting angrier by the moment

"khushi listen---"rehan starts but gets cut off by khushi

"and why didn't you tell me... you knew the whole damn time... you knew. " khushi states looking at rehan "to think that I actually trusted you rehan....why is it that it's always the people that are closest to me that hurt me? " khushi asks

"so now your comparing me to your pathetic excuse for a husband. " rehan says

"this isn't even about arnav... but atleast with him, what i saw is what I got... atleast he was honest enough to tell me he couldn't handle it anymore... but you have been lying to me everyday and you were never going to tell me about it. " khushi yells

"I never lied to you... that was selective omission of information. " rehan says

"I can't believe you would do that to me rehan... " khushi states

"khushi I thought...

"you thought? " khushi interrupts "that's new. "

"khushi am the one that asked him not to tell you. " pradeep states

"so that's why arvinid showed up.. you, pradeep, arvinid... It was all one big consipirancy..."  khushi doesn't finish her sentence as she's interrupted by rehan

"khushi we thought---

"you thought wrong... What gave you the right to decide that I wanted to have my father in my life? That should have been my choice.. " she yells

"khushi I agree I should have told you when he asked to be a part of your life but... " pradeep is interrupted by khushi

"so why didn't you... I let a rapist into my life... that's who you let into my life... my son's life. " she states

"khushi if you knew he was your father... you would have had a different reception towards him. " pradeep states

"what gave you the right pradeep? " khushi asks

"khushi I had no right but I was thinking about you when I made that decision... " pradeep states

"which part were you thinking about?? the part where my grandfather entrusts me to you until am 25...so you just thought let me get rid of her once and for all... sometimes I wish I could just vanish without a trace, maybe everyone would be happy... If all you wanted was to get rid of me all you had to do was ask " khushi states

"khushi that's not fair and you know it... My father loves you like you were his own... " rehan says

"I don't drink alcohol...and when someone pours a drink for me at a party I make sure to see it being poured and I don't put it down and leave it unattended to only to come back to it, I walk around with a gun, I always look in the back seat of my car before I get in, i don't walk at night and if i do I make sure to stay clear of dark places ..the list of things i do to avoid an encounter with men like my father is endless... you taught me some of those things pradeep... you taught me to fear men like my father and yet that's who you let into my life after years of telling me to avoid him, because he's that man, he's every woman's night mare... that man is my father... that's who I let get close to ME... that's who you chose to let into my life....he's a rapist pradeep" khushi states