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FARI
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I froze as I heard Alice say that...I didn't have the words to respond back to it. I didn't want to ask her for the details but I secretly hoped she unveiled things.

His mother abandoned them? Alice's pre-marital pregnancy that too at the age of 16? I was trying to grasp all that left her mouth.

She took a seat on the chair as her eyes darted towards the ocean and she began shedding light on their painful past.

'Alex and I were born to our father Brendon Leonardo Dcruz however our mothers were different. Our father Brendon was of a British decent but our late grandfather had settled here post Independence and so did my father who was although born in Britain got a Indian upbringing with his family and friends.

He fell in love with his classmate and childhood friend Fiona. Families were happy and accepted Brendon's love. Once he got a small cafe set up and business began making a decent profit he proposed Fiona who instantly said yes.

Fiona and Brendon's life was all rosy. Within a year to their marriage they had a daughter whom they named Alice. But like they say everything doesn't last. Fiona had post pregnancy health issues. Eclampsia consumed her leaving a week old Alice into Brendon's arms.

Brendon was an excellent father but eventually he realised it's not easy to bring up a child so he decided to get married to his wife's younger sister Faye assuming she would take care of Alice as her own.

Faye although was a great mother initially but when she realised her dreams were getting compromised in this marriage it began frustrating her. She liked being with Alice but she also had her own dreams. She was a mere 20 year old girl who wanted to see the world, enjoy parties like her friends, wear expensive clothes like her rich friends but Brendon was a middle class man who couldn't afford heavy expenses and things doubled up when an unexpected pregnancy striked upon Faye.

Faye was hellbent to abort the child. But Brendon didn't let her do that and promised to fulfill her every dream. Only for Faye's expensive demands to be fulfilled during her pregnancy so she never thinks of abortion again Brendon ended up selling his dream cafe but the person who purchased it asked him to be his partner who could expand the business.

Wille was a rich big shot financer who was a disgusting man. He was cunning, cheap and a disgusting person in and out. But Willie simply wanted money in the business and although was ready to partner in Brendon's business never interfered in his decisions which gave Brendon all the freedom. Brendon was content.

Here Faye gave birth to a baby boy with blue eyes and they named him Alex. Willie started coming home and began developing a bond with his family. Brendon wasn't ok with it because he had heard about Willie's ill reputation with women. But because Faye didn't mind he didn't object.

However he noticed Alice wasn't very happy with Willie coming home but Brendon let that go as Alex was comfortable with Will uncle.

Things were smooth till a point of time until one day Brendon puked blood and it was discovered that he had cancer then onwards things started changing in the D'Cruz household.

Brendon got bed ridden, all the money they saved was used for his treatment, Faye started going to the cafe. She didn't like this life. She wanted her life to be smooth. She was still young. She was only 30 and when she saw her rich friends having a lavish life, filthy rich husband her bed ridden dying husband unable to fulfill her dreams annoyed her. She started hating both Alice and Alex.

Alice she considered a burden of her sister left over on her head and everytime she saw stretch marks on her waist she got for bearing Alex it irritated her so much that she would beat up a mere 8 year old Alex ruthlessly with the leather belt. And one nights when she would drink to death and loose her sanity she would burn a little log of wood giving burn marks on Alex's body. Strangely she wouldn't do things to Alice although she hated her step daughter more than her son.

Alice on other side wanted to run away from the home but still couldn't. She hated Uncle Will who tried to touch her inappropriately. She was still young. She hadn't hit puberty but his touches on her undergrown parts made her hate herself. Unable to tell anyone she would hide herself in the washroom whenever Uncle Will came home.

Brendon knew what his daughter was going through but couldn't help as he himself was bed ridden and on death bed but what was worse was Faye knew about the man trying to molest her step daughter who instead of stopping Willie asked him money to shut her mouth.

And one day dooms day arrived.

Angels took away Brendon leaving little Alice and Alex to their cruel mother who was a drunkard, money hungry witch in the name of mother.

Post Brendon's death things reached its ultimate when Alice got her first periods and slowly started growing. She could feel Willie's dirty eyes on her and her hiding in the washroom became too frequent as Willie's attendance to their house became more frequent. But strangely when Faye didn't care, Willie turned an animal and Alice was helpless one person noticed everything and understood what was happening. Alex!!! He grew up overnight when his own mother locked his sister with Uncle Willie in a room asking Alex to stay in his room.

A 10 year old Alex didn't care if his mother would burn his chest with more logs or hit him to death with leather belts all he knew was he couldn't leave his sister with Uncle Willie.

That night he became his sister's protector. A ten year old broke his mother's whisky bottle on Uncle Willie's head saving his half disrobed sister who was shivering and locked himself and his sister in his room. Both brother and sister didn't leave the room for two days and two nights until their school teacher Mr Kamath came in search of them as in why the kids didn't come to school.

He was shocked seeing the condition of both the kids. Brendon was his friend and seeing his children suffer this killed him. He knew it was no more safe to let the kids be with Faye so he confronted some elderly folks in the society who decided to talk to Faye.

But Faye had lost it completely.
She had decided to let go off everything for she had decided to become Willie's keep even if it meant to abandon her 10 year old and 14 year old.

Faye simply fled with Willie overnight leaving both kids to fate. All they had now was their father's home. No money, no job, no relatives to take care.

One man who stood as their support then was Mr Kamath. But Alex strangely had grown up overnight with the back to back lashes he received by fate.

He didn't want free food from the orphanage nor did he want to live an easy life. His mother left them for money and earning that and showing it to her that what she lost in life was his only goal.

Everyday and every night hatred increased in his chest for his mother and so did the desperation to achieve. He would attend night school so he could work during the day while his sister went to the day school and helped her brother fulfill little assignments like baking breads and cakes in the night.

With help of Kamath uncle gradually both brother and sister made a life for themselves at a tender age of 12 and 16 but then striked a bigger storm.

Alice announced she was in love with her senior Sherman. Alex was a 12 year old boy who had matured beyond his age but knew that marriage at 16 was stupid. He tried to convince his sister who did not listen to him. And one day she broke the bomb on his head that she was pregnant with Sherman's child.

Alice was 16. Sherman was 18. And Sherman chickened out. He did not agree to take the responsibility leaving Alice to fate. Alex was shattered when the society mocked him and his sister for the pregnancy. Kamath uncle also started maintaining distance from them after the matter.

Alice couldn't abort the child as it meant risking her own life as she was too young to conceive a baby but against all odds of society her brother stood by her side who was just 12. At 16 Alice gave birth to her son Ray while the entire Goa mocked and called her child a bastard and she was termed characterless.

But when the world mocked her and disowned her one boy stood like a rock for her and the child. It was Alex.

Alex practically turned a father figure to the little one just at the tender age of 12. He promised to give Ray every happiness and protect him from every evil always.

When nothing affected Alex's will power and Alex decided he would give his son Ray every happiness in the world is when he stopped drawing lines between right and wrong. He did everything possible which gave him money except things which involved harming children, women. He didn't kill anyone but he certainly turned a fear factor amongst the local goons of Goa just at the age of 14 such that he even ended being shot in his left leg trying to escape the drug racket however being caught making him have a permanent rod in his left leg causing him carry a walking stick until date.

He ended up in a juvenile jail for almost a year but that one year changed tables as when he came out he saw Alice was pregnant again. Alice was 18 and had married Sherman. Alex was enraged seeing his sister with that Sherman who abandoned her and his unborn child was now again a part of their life.

He tried explaining Alice who was blinded by love. It shattered Alex to see his sister who didn't even care that the little boy slogged all his life for his sister who didn't even care about his wishes and selfishly only wanted her 'so called lover turned husband'. To add on she was pregnant with another child just at the age of eighteen quitting her studies for which he sacrificed his education and comfort going to a night school.

That was the last stroke on him knowing love doesn't exist. People are selfish and only money or power can make people bow down to you.

And that's when Alex turned Alexander the monster which Goa had never seen. He worked hard and slogged day and night. Didn't care for right and wrong and at the age of 18 expanded his father's cafe to a hotel.

Hotel for people but the actual business there involved illegal smuggling. At the age of 20 he already had 3 hotels and a divorced sister who ended it with her husband who did not respect her and was back home with her two children. Ray and Roy.

Post divorce Ray stayed with Alice and Roy with his father who eventually settled in UK.

However Alexander became a loving uncle to both his nephews. Roy however didn't like Alexander much for he knows every wrong his uncle is involved with and hence maintains his distance from him but Ray is a blind Alexander devotee who didn't believe in any news. Uncle Al for him was an angel who can never go wrong.

But in all of this Alice lost her brother... her little Alex and only Alexander was left.

A selfish .. greedy...man.

Alexander Brendon D'Cruz isn't a bad man Fari...we all became the reason to take away his innocence. Yes we all were been manipulated by destiny but Alex was the one who never became selfish and have everything to every selfish being around him only to get one factor...

Love!!!

Which he never got truly from anyone!

Everyone including his own sister was selfish about her own comfort when Alex lost his everything in just trying to get a little love and when he finally got rejection and betrayal from everywhere he turned a heartless monster.

He became the lone lion in the forest who would roar louder to keep everyone away from him. Because he knew till he roars everyone would fear him and no one dared to come near him and the moment he softens the world would eat him up.

He is not a bad man Fari he is just scared of love.

He says he doesn't believe in love but let's just say he never experienced love so he doesn't believe in it. He is scared of love Fari but he will never express it.

Let's just say my brother has the purest heart but at times he turns like a tv serial vamp just that he doesn't keep hair on his head to twist his hair like a Komolika!' she said and although I had tears in my eyes hearing about their flashback I burst out laughing.

'Alexander the bald tv vamp!!!' I chuckled to which Alice wiped her damp eyes and said...

'I hope you know he isn't a bald man! He has really lush thick brown hair!!!' she said at once and my eyes popped out.

'Whattttt'

'He grows his hair like really really long for 6 months a year whenever he is in UK and the moment he lands in India he gets rid of them. Going all bald!!!' she said making me confused.

'My monster heartless brother donates it to the cancer patients! Ever since we lost our father to cancer!' she said leaving me stunned.

What is he??? Monster or a angel?

She held my hand and said...
'I know you are still thinking if he's a good man or a bad man...I don't know if he's good but he certainly isn't bad Fari so I don't want you to give up. Please don't give up on this because you give up on my brother means also that you give up on this marriage! This is the last chance to retrieve my brother back. Please don't give up Fari. I know you feel for him. I don't know if it's love, lust or attraction but there is a shine I see in your eyes everytime he is infront of you!!! And strangely Alex also carries the same shine when he is with you!!!

Please don't give up on this Fari. I'm not asking you to make my brother fall in love atleast make him believe it exists!!!'

Flashback ends...

My trans was broken when I heard a knock on the door. I quickly got rid of the wet bathrobe, pulled a fresh bathrobe covered my body with it and walked out at once wiping my damp hair.

'You are taking shower???? Again???' he asked and my throat dried up but I had to play savage.

'Yeah!!! You turned me on you see! Just had a cold shower!!!' saying I walked past him letting a deep breath but the next second I felt a tug on my waist and the next second I crashed into his hard chest while he whispered in my face....

'Do I really turn you on so much lil Dove???' he asked while his eyes were filled with desire.

My heart was already in my mouth. Damnnn this man!!!

Earlier it was just lust and now that I respect him too how am i supposed to stay away from him that too when he is so close to me

Fuck this is tough!!!