Chapter Fifteen

Vidya PoV:

Kiran showed his kid. I was confused with everything and Jay is so furious at Kiran. Jay punched Kiran on his mouth and it started bleeding. Everyone got terrified seeing Jay’s anger. Jay threw Kiran down on the floor and is beating him. I caught Jay’s hand but frightened seeing his face which is filled with rage. But somehow I composed myself.

"Jay, leave him please. This is a hospital. You are creating disturbance to the patients," I said.

"I won’t leave him until he reveals the whereabouts of my sister," Jay said.

Meanwhile the hospital staff gathered and stopped Jay from beating Kiran. They tried to call the police but I requested them saying that it's a family issue. Kiran too accepted that it's just a family issue, so they stopped calling the police. I somehow managed to take Jay to the home. Jay went directly to his room and I went to him.

"Jay," I said, patting on his shoulder understanding his pain and worry for his sister.

"Just go away from me, Vidya. I know you have no trust in me or my words."

"Jay, please listen to me," I said.

"Nothing is there between us to talk anymore. You are thinking that I am a liar and a cheater. It's ok. Now just leave me alone."

I got angry with his words. Jay is not even ready to listen to me.

"Fine, then divorce me. I will leave you forever," I said.

Jay caught my hairs and his eyes are fiery. I was scared of him and his tight hold made me scream.

"Divorce?? How dare you to ask me the divorce? Don’t expect it from me, Vidya. I will never leave you. Whether you like it or not you should live throughout your life with me as my wife. Don’t change me into past Jay once again. You can’t bear it," Jay warned me.

Meanwhile, Shwetha and others came to our room. Jay left me seeing them. I left the room while Jay told them what happened in the hospital.

I sat on the sofa and my eyes filled with tears remembering Jay's behavior. I slept unknowingly on the sofa sobbing.

"Vidya, why are you sleeping here? Go to your room," Shwetha said to me.

"It's ok. I will sleep here for today," I said as I don't want to face Jay.

"No. Please go and talk to Jay. Everything will be sorted out. Jay’s mom used to say one thing to us. We should never prolong fights with our family or friends. We should talk and sort out misunderstandings soon. Otherwise gap may increase. Finally, that may break the relationship."

"I respect my mother-in-law's words. I will talk to Jay tomorrow. He might be in anger now."

"Vidya, Jay is your husband. Can’t you handle his anger for sometime and convince him? Tomorrow it may too late or if Jay gets busy with work, you may not get a chance to talk. Talk to him immediately," Shwetha said.

I nodded and went our room. I knocked the door.

"Who is that?" Jay said.

"May I come in?" I said.

"Come in, Vidya."

I went inside the room. Jay looked at me. I didn't understand how to start the conversation.

"Why did you start knocking the door again? This is your room too," Jay said.

I didn't answer anything. Jay came near to me and I was frightened remembering Jay's anger when I asked the divorce. I moved backward. Jay held my hand and pinned me to the wall. I closed my eyes tightly. Jay cupped my face and kissed on the forehead. I opened my eyes and found Jay smiling at me.

"Are you not angry with me?" I said.

"For what, sweetheart?" Jay said.

"For asking……….."

"For asking?" Jay said.

"Nothing," I said.

I hugged Jay tightly and Jay smiled at me.

"I am sorry, Jay. I shouldn't have talked like that with you. I really didn’t mean it. I was in tension seeing you beating Kiran."

"It's ok. Leave it. I won’t divorce you even if you ask me. Because I value our relationship and I am sure we love one another a lot."

"I want to say something important to you," I said.

"What?"

"I think that person is not my brother, Kiran. Jay, I know well about my brother. But this person is quite different," I said.

"Yes, he changed completely."

"No one can change completely."

"I don’t understand your point, Vidya," Jay said.

"I observed his body language and the way he speaks. Kiran's body language will be always so confident and bold. He looks at the eyes of a person while talking to them. But this person’s behaviour is different.

Did you observe him? He didn’t see even once into our eyes and even his way of walking is different. Kiran walks straight but this person bent a bit. His shoulders are also not straight while walking."

"Do you mean he is not your brother? But both look alike."

"Yes but just remember about Kiran. If he speaks with any person, he will speak so affectionately. We can feel it from the way he speaks. But this man is speaking as if someone dictated him and I couldn't find any feelings in his words."

Jay looked at me as if he found some point.

"Maybe you are right, Vidya. Let's think n find out the truth in this way. Thank you so much for saying all this to me. When we returned home, you told you wanted to say something. Is this what you wanted to say?"

"Yes. But you didn’t listen to me and shouted at me. In anger, I said I need divorce. But I can’t live without you," I said.

Jay smiled and hugged me.

"I love you, Vidya. Please don’t ask for a divorce again even for fun. I am sorry for being rude to you."

"It's ok. You are rude just because my words. As I asked for a divorce, you are angry with me. I can understand you," I said.

"Tomorrow I wiIl prove you that your brother is really my brother-in-law."

"I trust you, Jay. I don't require any proof."

"What did you say?" Jay said.

"My heart says you are right. I trust you and I will be with you in everything you do. But I want to say one thing to you. That may make you angry at me. But it's ok. I will bear whatever punishment you give to me for that," I said slowly.

"Your trust means a lot to me, Vidya. Now really I will succeed in my trials of bringing out the truth. Punishment to you? But what did you do?"

"I….I acted...befriending... you just to steal pendrive from you and help my father. I am really sorry for that. I am ready to accept any punishment for acting friendship with you," I said and bent my head as I couldn't see into Jay’s eyes.

"Did you even pretend your love?" Jay said.

"No, Jay. I really love you. It's not action."

"How can I trust that your love is not an action?" Jay said.

"Jay, please don’t talk like that. I really love you. It's not an action. I don’t know how to prove this to you. But really I love you. Please, don’t leave me," I said, holding Jay’s hands with tears.

Jay took me close and kissed me.

"I won’t leave you, Vidya. I trust you. Do you still need that pen drive?" Jay said.

"No. I want only you. But please prove the truth soon."

"I am always with you, sweetheart. So now I will tell your punishment for cheating me. Are you ready?" Jay said.

I nodded with fear.

"I can’t punish you, my angel. I love you. You finally trusted me. That's enough for me. If you support me, I am sure that I will win in anything. Seriously, if you act love then I would have left you. But as u love me truly, I am happy. But never do it again. I hate lies, cheating and acting etc. It creates cracks in our relationship. So never repeat it."

"I promise you that I would never do anything that hurts you or breaks our relationship. Jay, I have a plan to expose that person who’s acting as Kiran."

I explained my plan to Jay.

"Jay, can you tell me actually what happened that day? I mean how did our family went missing?"

"Sure. I will tell you because today it's the first time you told our family instead of your family. Now I am sure you became not only my wife but also a part of our family," Jay said happily.