"Okay this is getting out of control, both of you out of her" Markus said pointing at the door where Vikram was standing.

Both Vikram and me decided to ignore his outburst.

"How did you know I was here?" I asked Vikram.

He further entered the office and closed the door.

"I came back to our room to get my wallet, that's when I saw you, sneaking out" He said folding his hands,"I specifically told you to stay in your room. It is too dangerous for you to step outside"

"Dangerous for me? How?" 

Vikram went around the office and retrieved three glasses and a bottle of whiskey.

"Guess we are all in for a serious talk" Markus said removing ice cubes from the drink nearby. 

While he was making drink I made myself comfortable on the chair. It must be something pretty serious, that he needed liquid courage. He handed me the glass and sat on the desk in front of me.

"Lila, I have getting threats about your life" Vikram said taking a sip from his glass.

What the hell. Threats? My life? Who wanted to hurt me so much. 

I looked at the glass in my hand and quickly gulped a small amount of the bitter liquid. It burned my throat but succeeded to calm me.

"How?" Markus asked looking tensed.

"Text Messages" Vikram replied, "That Lila will go the same way Megan did"

"Shit" Markus exclaimed but then realisation hit,"The car accident today, it can't be a coincidence it has happened to you and Megan"

"What do you mean it has happened before? Who is Megan?" I asked Vikram.

"I think both of you need to leave now" Markus said chugging down the contents of his glass all at once.

"No. We won't. Nobody is leaving this room till everything is sorted out" Vikram roared making me jump from my seat. Markus had his head facing down,"And what is this thing about Mita? Why is she here? What is she blackmailing you about"

"You won't believe me. You will hate me once I tell you about it" Markus's voice was heavy.

"We are brothers. I will always believe you. No matter what" Vikram said looking at him his eyes showing the intense emotion he felt for Markus.

"First you need to tell about Megan" 

"Lila, please listen to me. Whatever I tell you today is my past and I don't want it to change anything between us" He said lowering himself and facing me.

"Vikram you are scaring me" Honestly I was, the seriousness of his face softened after hearing my voice.

"Don't be afraid princess, I will never let anything happen to you"

I nodded.

"I was in a relationship with Mita, when I first met Megan. They were sorority sisters, Megan was our junior. My relationship with Mita was not that serious, so whenever I visited her, I made sure Megan was there too. I started falling for Megan during that time and by some miracle she liked me too. After few days I decided to officially end it with Mita as I knew Megan was the only one. The fact that Mita felt betrayed was a understatement"

"She was hooking up with other boys, including Lucas behind your back. You were too busy staring at Megan to know that" Markus snorted.

"Don't you think I know that? Lucas was madly in love with her" 

Vikram again shifted his attention towards me,"Then after some months college ended. I started getting involved with Walter's business. My mom told me to look into our business back home, but the topic of India had always been a taboo, it reminded me too much about my father. But for my mom's sake I started to look into that matter. I even contacted your Kaka but I was surprised to know that Mr. Khurana, Mita's dad was the one who was looking into it at that time"

"Mita's dad? How does he fit into this?" I asked cluelessly.

"You don't know this? He and your ajji were the chief decision takers in our business. Your kaka was just a puppet" 

This was a lot for me to take in. Mita's dad was the only from their side of family who was nice to me. I would rarely see him as he stays in Delhi but I used to think of me as a cool dude.

"I met Mita's dad to talk about the business, he said it was running smoothly and that I didn't need to look into it. I was contented that I would have nothing to do with my father's memory so I left it at that" I saw a flicker of regret on his face.

"After few days, me and Megan, we were travelling to a theme park when our car met with an accident. I lost control of the car midway. There was some problem with the breaks. We barely survived it" I clutched Vikram's hand tightly. I thought I would feel jealous of Megan but honestly I felt none of that.

"Today we were supposed to travel in that car" I said, Vikram nodded.

"I was so scared of losing Megan after that accident that I never let her go anywhere without telling me. I used to accompany her wherever she went. If I was busy, I wouldn't let her go anywhere. I knew she was suffocating but I needed to know that she was alright all the time"

He got up and took another sip of his whiskey.

"Then came that night, that night was our college reunion, we were supposed to go to a resort there. Our rooms were booked, everything was set but half an hour before we were supposed to leave I got a call from Walter that he needed me right away. I informed Megan that we would have to go to the resort the next day. She threw a fit. Telling I was suffocating her but I didn't allow her to go there alone. After I left her apartment, she sneaked out and went to the resort to meet her friends."

He walked towards the window and looked outside.

"There was a fire that night at the resort. I lost Megan and Lucas that night. When I reached there, they informed me that she was no more. I wanted to see her, to believe that they were not alive. They warned me not to see, that she had 70% burns on her body but luckily she died of an heart attack just seconds into the fire, that she didn't suffer. But I still did see her, from that day I had nightmares, trust issues, temper which made people that I loved, people who loved me, go far away from me"

I didn't know what to say. How can life be so unfair. To take away someone you love away so cruelly.

I stood up and went towards Vikram. I hugged him tight. That was the only thing that I could do at the moment. Words would hurt him even more.

For first few seconds he was unresponsive but then he hugged me tight, pulling me hard into his chest.

"Sometimes I feel it was my fault, that I pushed her too much. I should have gone with her. It is my fault that she died" Vikram said in a small voice.

"No, it's not" Markus's hoarse voice came from across the room. He was sitting on the floor with his head in his hands.

"It might be my fault that they have died. I might have killed them" Markus said raising his head, his eyes bloodshot,"This was just your part of the story, mine is much bigger and uglier Vikram"

With that the tension in the room skyrocketed.

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