Abhi lies on his bed and is restless thinking of her kiss to him.

Abhi feels guilty of lying continously to Pragya. He feels whatever the consequences will be but have to tell her the truth.

Abhi "Not now Abhi. If you tell her the truth then Koyal's happiness will be affected. I think it is best to first finish this plan to make Pragya spend more time with Koyal. After that I will the reveal the truth."

Pragya was now visiting Koyal in weekends and as much as possible she avoided Abhi.

One thing that made her suspicious again was Purab bhai's awkward behaviour.

Whenever she talks to him, he says he is hesitant to talk or looks at Abhi first.

It seems as if he is asking hints from Abhi to talk.

Pragya wonders why is it like this? Is Abhi hiding anything? She doesn't know and doesn't want to know from him.

For her, she felt the lesser communication with Abhi, the lesser will be complications.

Now she was at Koyal's room, teaching her math.

Koyal "Teacher...."

Pragya "Now what Payal? You have been going out always. Now better sit down and do the sums that I am teaching you."

She said strictly which made Koyal upset.

Pragya "Teek hai. You tell me what you want now!"

Koyal "I left my water bottle in storeroom."

Pragya "Why you left it there?"

Koyal "I was carrying it to storeroom. Then I left it there."

Pragya "Why did you in the first place go to storeroom?"

Koyal "Buddy was cleaning it up. He asked for water so I passed him my water bottle."

Pragya "Ok, if you want water then I can bring you water from kitchen."

Koyal "No teacher....I want my water bottle. It's my mumma's gift to me. Dad  have told about it."

Pragya thought for a while and wondered how could Bulbul bought a water bottle when Koyal could be barely few months as a baby.

Koyal "Please.... Teacher....Help me get it! I am scared to go alone."

Pragya heard her pleading and finally said "Alright. I will get it for you. How does it look like?"

Koyal told the how it looks and Pragya asked her to continue do the sums while she will go and get the water bottle.

Pragya enters the storeroom and searches for the bottle.

Abhi at that time was walking out of his room and sees Pragya entering the storeroom.

Abhi thought "Why is she going in there?"

Koyal came behind him and screamed "Buddy!!!"

Abhi jerked and said "Why do you have to scream?"

Koyal laughed at him and Abhi asked "Tell me why your teacher went to storeroom."

Koyal looked around and said something to Abhi.

Abhi "You are very naughty Koyal. I will handle you later. Let me go and bring her back. The storeroom is in a mess. Anything can fall on her at anytime."

Koyal made a Sorry face and Abhi headed to the storeroom.

Pragya meanwhile for searching for the bottle but couldn't find anything of what Koyal had said.

She saw a ladder and thought of looking on top of the shelves.

Pragya climbed cautiously and still couldn't find anything like a bottle. When she was about to step down from the ladder, she was losing her balance and tried to hold onto the sides of ladder as much as she could.

In that moment, Abhi came and rushed towards her.

Pragya saw him and said "Help me! I am going to fall!"

Pragya looks astonished and was about to fall when he grabbed her by waist and carried her.

Pragya  "Let me down!"

Abhi letting her down said " Don't you think you are reacting too much?" he askes looking at her as she was frowning.

Pragya moving away from him said" You will be like this too when this happens to you."

Abhi" Ya right!" he rolled his eyes and Pragya got annoyed of his actions.

Pragya" Look Mr Abhi! I will never expect your help hereafter."

Abhi walked towards her and she walked backwards in confusion until she reached the wall.

Abhi softly said" I am saying you don't have to react a lot as you yourself now that I am always there for you."

Pragya" You can tell this being away from me. Why do you have to be so close?"

Abhi" You wouldn't have listen to me if I am not this close to you."

Pragya" I will listen to you! I will listen to you even when you don't want to listen to me."

Abhi says something and to that Pragya pushes him away and runs.

Pragya breathes heavily and stands near the door.

Abhi who stands behind her asked" I never said anything wrong. Then why did you pushed me and ran away?"

Pragya" I thought you have forgotten what happened in the past. If not why you repeat the same words that I am glad that you liked me as a fan?"

Abhi" Wo... I.... "

Pragya" Why are you again and again doing things that make me remember that I love you?"

She asks and cries unable to control herself.

Abhi" I'm sorry. I didn't mean that way. I told it for fun."

Pragya" You can take everything as fun. But not me!"

Abhi felt bad for her and tried to hold her shoulder but she budged him away.

Pragya" Please... I don't want you to touch me! No matter how much I lie to myself that you do all this out of friendly concern, my heart repeats whatever you do to me is out of love!"

Abhi" I'm sorry....I shouldn't have.... "

Pragya" No! I'm sorry for crossing your life. I shouldn't have asked you for help in the beginning. Everything is my mistake!"

She blames herself and continues to cry more.

Unable to stand her tears, Abhi tells loudly," It's never your fault! It's all mine! I should have tell you the truth and make you away from me."

Pragya" Truth?"

Abhi" Yes Pragya. I know you will hate me for this. But I will tell the truth today. I was prepared to tell you at many instances but whenever I see your innocent face, I don't want to turn your innocence to hatred."

Pragya looked clueless and Abhi said
"I never married your sister. I am not your brother in law. In fact, I am the person who is responsible for your sister's death in a way."

Pragya" Kya? You are lying now right to make me hate you?"

Abhi"No Pragya. There is no point in lying further. It's high time I tell you the truth now and whatever the consequences are, I am ready to face it."

Pragya still couldn't believe until he hold her hand and bring her to Purab's room.

Abhi" See for yourself. Purab is your brother in law."

He said by pointing at the wall size photo of Purab and Bulbul together.

Pragya" You lied?"

Abhi" Yes but... It was to... "

Pragya slapped him and Abhi was left to shock.

Pragya" I trusted every single word of yours! And now you are saying everything is a lie to cover up your mistake."

Abhi" Listen to me Pragya. I lied not to hide my mistake. I lied so that you don't have to face any worries."

Pragya was not in a state of mind to listen to him. She walks away and Abhi goes behind her.

Pragya" Look Mr Abhi. Don't follow me if not I don't know what I will do."

Abhi" Pragya, you have to listen to the truth and decide for yourself whether I am in fault or not."

Pragya" What you want me to hear ah? Because of your carelessness of not checking the car she met with the accident. I know everything Mr Abhi. I was informed very clearly of this incident by the police. What else you have to say ah?"

Abhi" Yes it's true. I will never hide the fact that I failed to pass her the car that was in a good working condition. But the main fault was she drove the car."

Pragya yelled " She doesn't know driving. She can't drive at all!"

Abhi" Yes! Exactly! She knows that. Purab knows but how do you expect me to know of it? I was just a friend of Purab who visits him once in a while."

Pragya remains silent and Abhi" I know she was in a rush to meet Purab after visiting you at the hospital. I had to stay back at the hospital to look after someone and that's why I passed her the car keys to drive back to home."

Pragya " Wait.... So.... "

Abhi "I completely agree it's my carelessness to not have checked that my car had some faults but.... I don't want to tell that.... "

He hesitated and looks away unable to tell anything further.

Pragya "I need to talk to Purab. I can't just believe your words. You already lied and..... "

Abhi" Sure Pragya. Obviously you need assurance of my words. I am sure Purab will also say the same thing as me."

Pragya walked away in confusion. She just couldn't believe of what he had said.

Koyal hears everything that they had spoke.

To be continued........

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