Chapter 48: Chapter 48

"Why are you here to hurt me more? To laugh at me?", I asked trying to sound unhurt. But I couldn't pull that act, my voice was breaking while saying it.

"No brat. I'm not here to hurt you", he told me evenly.

"I can't talk to you. I don't care why you are here so don't bother to explain just get out of my face?", I told him sharply.

"I'm here to talk to you. You will listen to me. I know I have hurt you. But it doesn't come close to what you have done to me?", he told me.

I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. What was he talking about? Is he going to put the blame on me some way. I couldn't imagine even he could be that low. I sighed to get a control of my emotions my tears threatening to come out of my eyes.

"I don't have nothing to say or listen let me go. Let us end this here and now", I told him.

"It is easy to end things for you huh? I thought you have some feelings for me. I guess I was wrong after all won't be the first time", he told me.

"I don't want to do this right now Raja. This is not the right time or place", I told him.

"This is the right time and place. I lost my job at your college canteen. I have lost my job before. Do you remember? I was working at your stable. You never left me alone. We even became friends", he told me.

"I remember everything", I told him quietly.

"You had come after me one night and your sister found out. She blamed me for molesting you. Do you remember that? Your father came with a couple of goons and beat the crap out of me. I didn't get my wages and was thrown out. Your servant saved me. If he wasn't there I would have been dead. He put me in a hospital. Tell me brat why didn't you tell the truth that time? ", he asked me.

" I couldn't ", I said. I have no explanation to give him other than that. I wanted to tell him the truth that I had told the truth to my father but he wasn't the type to care about the truth more than his reputation. He had silenced me that night. Forbade me to go outside alone not for the care he had for me. But for the sake of his honor.

I know Raja is so blind with his anger and mistrust towards me that he wouldn't see my truth even if I tried to tell him. I decided to listen silently so that he leaves this dark place he had gone to avenge me.

"I will tell you the rest of the boring details. My mother was very sick. I couldn't get a job nearby because I was labelled as a molester. I had no money to treat her. All my hard earned money was in your father's hand and he got rid of me without even paying me single coin ", he told me.

" I'm sorry", I told him.

"If your servant Ramu kaaka didn't give me his wife's ornaments then I wouldn't have been able to pay for her funeral.

How wrong he was? It was my mother's jewellery and some of my pocket money that I saved. I sent it with Ramu kaaka. But he won't believe a word I say. So I decided yo rest my case. He had already declared me as guilty.

"All those nights I layed in my bed hating you. I thought about a thousands of ways to pay you back. That gave me strength to fight my injuries. I got up from the death bed you sent me in. After I got well. I used my little money to treat my mother and when she left the world I left that awful place to start afresh.

"I only used some of the money and started another job and saved every single penny I had. I had almost forgotten about you until I saw you again. I never planned to avenge you that time. Because I had no idea how to do it? I saw you riding with equally rich boyfriend I never thought you would give me a second look. But to my surprise you did remember me. You wanted to continue where you left off. I let it happen then. I didn't plan anything. I was overjoyed that I could ruin you anytime I want. But I didn't act on it. Until Leila made me an interesting proposal. I took it. Because you owed me great deal of money anyway. I didn't rob your innocence. I only took what you offered. You wanted go go in bed with me before you marry your rich boy friend. I only complied. So don't make me a villain", he said.

"So why did you sleep with me when you hated me so much?", I asked quietly.

"I didn't want to initially it was all fun. To make you eat out of my hands. I tried to ditch you that night remember? But you insisted I took you out and it happened. That is the only thing I wish I hadn't done", he told me.

So he is basically telling me that he wished he hasn't slept with me. Could my life be anymore degrading than it already is? I couldn't control myself not anymore.

"You planned all revenge for what a twelve year old kid did to you? Did you listen to yourself? You sound so deranged. You said that you forgot everything", I told him.

"I only said I had forgotten not forgiven you. You made me spend time away from my mother when she was sick. You made me a molester infront of everyone. If Ramu Kaaka hadn't trusted me to be innocent where would that have left me?", he asked me.

I wanted to tell him that it was me not Ramu kaaka but I didn't. I didn't want to buy love from him. I'm sure he hates me. All happens for good. Now we are both broken up that I didn't want to worry About Raja anymore.