We gathered in a room with Ravi Sir, Bobby, Ayaan, Shalini and Karan. Ananya was going to confess her crimes once and for all. All eyes were fixed on her as we interrogated her.

"Miss Ananya aap aur Miss. Nisha Chaudhry best friends the phir aap logon ki jagada kyu hua? (Miss Ananya you and Miss. Nisha Chaudry were best friends then why did you have a fight?)"

"Uss waqt school mein yeh rumor spread hua tha ki meri character karaab hai jiski wajah se Nisha ne mujse baat karna band kiya tha bohot saal baat mujeh yeh patha chala ki yeh rumor Nisha ne hi spread kiya tha (At that time there was a rumor in the school that I was characterless due to which Nisha stopped talking to me, many years later I found out that Nisha was the one who spread the rumors)"

"Aapki aur Mr. Manish Sharma ki beech mein kya ristha tha? (What was your relationship with Mr. Manish Sharma?)"

"Main pyaar karthi thi use par jab mujeh patha chala ki voh Shalini se pyaar kartha hai main peeche hatt gayi use kabhi apni feelings ki baare mein nehi bathaya, hum friends the par jab Manish ne voh poorana rumor ki baare mein sunna ussne bhi mujse baat karna band kar diya aur mere peet peeche meri maazak udaane laga (I loved him but when I got to know that he loved Shalini I stepped back and never confessed my feelings, we were friends but when he heard the old rumor even he stopped talking to me and also made fun of me behind my back)"

"Mrs. Heena ki saat bhi kuch aisa hi hua tha na? (Something like this even happened with Mrs. Heena right)"

"Riya, jab collage ki first day use dekha that toh aisa laga ki bohot saalon baat ek dost mil gayi, meri galthi yeh thi ki maine usko uski abusive boyfriend se bachane ki koshis kiya, maine usko school ki rumors ki kaahani hamari dosti ki vajah se baathayi thi mujeh nehi patha tha ki voh yeh saari bathe Ayan ko bathayege mujeh neecha dikane ke liye, usne yeh sabb isliye kiya kyu ki use laga ki main usko apne sacche pyaar se door karna caahthi thi (Riya, when I met her on the first day of collage I thought I have found a friend after many years, my only mistake was that I tried to save her from her abusive boyfriend, I told her about the school time rumors because of our friendship I didn't know that she will use that to ruin my image in front of Ayan and she did all that because she thought I tried to separate her from her one true love)"

"Heena ko patha tha aapki aur Ayaan ki baare mein? (Did Heena knew about you and Ayaan?)"

"Ji maine yeh baat sirf Heena aur Ayan ko bathaya tha (Yes, I had only told this to Heena and Ayan)"

"Miss Ananya aap Ayan se peheli baar kabb mili? (Miss Ananya when did you first meet Mr. Ayan?)" Ravi sir asked.

"Collage ki pehele din (On the first day of collage)"

"Tumne pehele use baat kiya? (Did you talk to him first?)"

"Ji nehi collage ki first week mein hamari ek doosere se koi baat nehi hui thi ek din Ayan ne mujeh message kiya meri book ki baare mein poochthe hue vaha hai hamara friendship shuru hui (Oh no we didn't talk to each other on the first days of collage one day Ayan messaged me asking about my book and that's how our friendship began)"

"Fir aapko unse pyaar kaise hua? (How did you fall in love with him?)"

"Collage ki pehela doo saal Ayan lagathar mujse baat kartha tha message kartha tha collage ki baat jab mein apni bus ki wait karthi thi tabb meri paas aakar betha tha meri books aur life mein bohot interest letha tha (In the first two years of collage Ayan would often talk to me message me and when I used to wait for my bus after class would sit with me he used to take interest in my life and my books)"

"Sir inki message board ki hisaab se collage ki pehele 2 saal Ananya ne kabhi bhi Ayaan ko pehele message nehi kiya tha, sirf Ayan ki messages ki reply kiya (Sir, according to her message board during the first two years of collage Ananya never messaged Ayan she just replied to her messages)" I said.

"Aapko kabb patha chala ki aap Ayan se pyaar karthi thi? (When did you find out that you fell in love with Ayan?)"

"Jabb Ayan ne mazaak me mujeh propose kiya tha (When Ayan proposed me for fun)"

"Yeh bohot Mazaaki hai sir, aur sex aur sexist jokes toh bohot accha boltha tha (He is really funny sir Sex and sexist jokes were his specialties)" I said.

"Aura Ananya aap iss jokes ki reply kaise dethi thi? (And Ananya how did you reply to these jokes)"

"Sexist jokes todi uncomfortable the par maine mazaak samaj kar jaane diya aur jo sex ki baare mein jokes the uske liye pehele reply nehi dethi thi par baat mein jab pyaar hua tho sex ki baare mein mein use openly baat karthi thi isko meine yeh bhi bathaya tha ki main school mein molest hui thi (the sexist jokes were a bit uncomfortable but I let it go thinking of it as just jokes and I often never used to reply to the jokes about sex but later on when I fell in love with him I started talking openly about sex and I also told him about the time I got molested in school)"

"Do saal thak lagadar yeh ladka isse sex ki baare mein baat karhtha raha aur Ananya ne kabhi reply nehi kiya aur jab usne finally reply kiya isne uski screenshots poore classs mein baat diya aur kaha ki she was trying to woo him (For 2 years he continuously talked to her about sex but she never replied and when she finally replied he send the screenshots to the whole class claiming that she was trying to woo him)" I said.

"Haa toh, jo issne kiya voh galat hi taa na (Ya so what she did was wrong)" Ayan said.

"Un fucking believable"

"Tumne mujse kaha tha ki it was ok it's just you main tumse kuch bhi share kar sakthi hoo, maine tumpe baroosa kiya tha (you told me that it was ok its just you and I can share with you anything, I trusted you)"

"Kyu Mr. Ayan aap kuch bhi anaab shanab bakk sakthe ho par jab Ananya ne kuch bola toh apne usko ithni badi issue kyu bana diya? (Why Mr. Ayan you could talk all the rubbish in the world but when Ananya said something you made it such a big issue why?)" I asked.

"Kyuki voh ek ladki hai (Because she is a women)" Ayaan said.

"Exactly sir, kyuki mein ek ladki hoo iski jaise logon ko lagtha hai ki voh meri character peh beh vajah sawaal utta saktha hai meri baare mein anaab shaanab bakk saktha hai mujeh molest kar sakthe hai aur aise log kisis ladki ki rape karne se pehele bhi do baar nehi sochenge (Exactly Sir, because I am a women people like him think its ok to raise questions on my character they can talk rubbish about me and even molest me, people like this won't think twice before raping a women)"

"Par yeh sabb Ayan ne kiya tha baki theenon ko kyu maara (But Ayaan did all this what was the fault of the other three?)"

"Jabb Nisha ne rumor fahalayi maine usko maaf kiya, maine Manish ko Maaf kiya, Riya ko bhi, yaha thak ki jiss ladke ne mujeh molest kiya maine use bhi maaf kiya, par Ayan ne mera dil toda, toot gayi thi main peheli baar samaj mein aaya ki mein jitha inn logon ko maaf karoongi voh utha hi mujeh hurt karenge inke jaise log jine lagtha hai ki jo ladkiya inki banayi hui rules follow nehi karthe unko hurt karne mein koi buraayi nehi hai unko marna hi caahiye sir, aaj toh sirf rumor pehelaya kal ko jaan lege, innke jaise logok ko jeene ka koi haak nehi hai sir isliye maara maine unneh (When Nisha spread the rumor I forgave her, I forgave Manish, Riya heck I even forgave the guy who molested me but what Ayan did broke me and for the first time I understood that the more I forgave them the more they will hurt me people like them who thinks its okay to hurt someone because she is a women and doesn't follow the societies rules deserves to die sir, today they just spread rumors tomorrow they will take lifes, I killed them because they deserved to die)"

"Miss. Shabana arrest her" Ravi sir said.

"Par isne vahi kiya jo humeh karna caahiye tha (But she did what we should have done)"

"Meri tharaf se koi complaint nehi hai (I don't have any complains)" Karan said.

"Same here" Shalini said.

"Toh kidnapping ki case nehi file hogi (So we won't file a case for kidnapping)" Ravi sir said.

"Sir, aap usko arrest mat kijiye mujeh kijiye kyu ki uski yeh haalat ki zimeedar main bhi hoo (Sir don't arrest her arrest me because I am also responsible for her state)" Bobby said.

"Voh possible nehi hai, Shabana proof submit karo aur Ananya ko arrest karo (That's not possible Shabana submit the proof and arrest Ananya)"

"No Sir"

"Excuse me?"

"No, Sir main koi bhi proof submit nehi karoongi kyuki Ananya sahi hai aur hamare system galat hum uss law ko serve kar rahe hai jo rapist ko bhi sazaa nehi dethe aur iss Ayan ki tharah mentally torture karne walon ko toh criminals bhi nehi maanthe dil todne waalon ko bhi sazaa milna caahiye sir because it is the worst crimes ever abb caahe toh Ananya ko arrest kar sakthe hai but I will make sure that you won't have any proof against her (No Sir, I won't submit any proof because Ananya is right and our system is wrong, we are serving a law that doesn't even punish rapists and people like Ayan who mentally torture someone is not even considered criminals people who break hearts should also be punished because it is one of the worst crimes ever, if you want you can arrest Ananya but I will make sure that you won't have any proof against her)"

Ravi sir stood up calmly.

"Badla lena haar baar sahi nehi hotha lekin maaf kar dena bhi haar baar sahi nehi hotha, Jaise main Ananya ki dil todne ke liye Ayan ko arrest nehi kar saktha vaise hi Manisha, Nisha aur Heena ki dil todne ke liye main Ananya ko arrest nehi kar saktha aur jo kidnapping ki case hai voh kabhi file hi nehi hui Miss. Ananya aap jaa sakthi hai (Taking revenge is not right every time but forgiving is also not right every time, I can't punish Ayaan for breaking Ananya's heart in the same way I can't punish Ananya for breaking the hearts of Manish, Nisha and Heena and the kidnapping case never got filed so you may leave Miss. Ananya)"

"Aap aise kaise kar sakthe hai? (How can you do this?)" Ayan asked shocked.

"Agar aapne yeh baat kisis ko bhi bathaya toh yeh saare case aapki sar peh daalkar aapko arrest kar loonga mein Mr. Ayaan and Shabana well done (If you tell anyone about this, I will put this case on your head and arrest you Mr. Ayaan and Shabana well done)" Ravi sir said and walked away.

"Thank you" Ananya said coming towards me.

"Ek baat meri samaj mein nehi aayi, tume Ayan ki jaan kyu bachayi (One thing I didn't understand why did you save Ayan's life?)" I asked.

"Kya? (What?)" Ayan blurred out.

"Voh phone call tumne kiya tha (You made that phone call)"

"Madam mei voh ladki hoo jo saare sachayi jaanne ke baat isse sorry bola, main voh ladki hoo isse ithni pyaar karthi thi ki jab marne gayi thi thabb bhi iski favourite colour ki nail polish lagaya tha main usko marthe hue nehi dekh sakthi (Madam I am that girl who after knowing everything said sorry to him, I am that girl who loved him so much that I applied his favorite nail polish even when I went to kill myself, I can't see him die)"

Ananya said showing me her hand which had an almost worn out black nail polish.

Shalini and Bobby came forward ad tried to console Ananya. Ayan rolled his eyes and was about to walk away.

"Mr. Ayaan"

I called and walked towards him, I stood in front of him and looked deeply into his brown eyes.

"Bagwaan peh baroosa karthe ho? (Do you believe in god?)"

"Sacred games reference?" He asked with a smirk. I shook my head.

"Nehi (NO), Game of thrones, I swear on the new gods and the old I won't rest until you are punished for your sins"

I said and walked back. Everyone slowly walked outside the room only Karan stood there smiling at me, I went and hugged him tight.

"Sorry" I said as tears rolled down my eyes.

"Chodd na (Leve it)" He said slightly rubbing my back.

***

@Outside the police station
Kavya's POV

I have been waiting outside for so long, I had lied to my in laws to come here and finally I saw Ayan walking outside I ran towards him and hugged him tight.

"You ok?"

"Hmmmm"