Shock was clearly visible on Drishti's face as she lost her balance upon hearing about the unknown number.

Fortunately, Ishan broke her fall, holding her tightly.

"Drishti, what's wrong? Did Maira say something to you?" He asked, looking around the room, not knowing where I was.

Drishti moved out of his hold and just shook her head in response.

"Since when were you betraying me, Drishti?" I asked, crossing my fingers.

"I...I," She stumbled and looked at Ishan.

Taking a deep breathe, she turned towards me and answered, this time honestly.

"When I went to look at the CCTV's of Ice cream parlour and the alley " she answered, bowing her head in shame.

"And then you decided to hide your brother's fault by putting the blame on my loved one's," I stated, completing her unsaid words.

"That was the only way, I could think of. I knew that you wouldn't harm your parents and Aman but that wouldn't have been the case if you knew the truth. You wouldn't have spared Ishan," Drishti tried to justify her misdeeds.

"So you betrayed me. I guess blood is always thicker than water. I blindly trusted you. Here I was thinking that you were helping me find my murderer but you were actually trying to hide him from me."

Even though I was dissing her, in reality a huge weight had lifted from my shoulders. The pain from Drishti choosing her brother was nothing in front of the agony I went through when I thought that she had killed me.

"Drishti, what is she telling you?" Ishan asked looking tensed.

Seeing the direction, Drishti was looking at, he faced me.

"Listen Maira, Drishti is innocent in all this. She wasn't involved. I was the one who killed you, so please spare her," Ishan ordered.

Woah! When did this guy got guts to stand up in front of me, let alone order me in this situation.

Drishti immediately pulled him back and scolded him.

"Have you lost it? Just shut up and stand quietly."

"Don't ask him to shut up. Infact I want to hear him. I want to know the reason behind my murder. I atleast deserve that much, don't I?" I asked.

Drishti complied and asked Ishan to tell me everything. She must be feeling very guilty to agree with me so easily.

"You weren't supposed to die. The plan was to make you feel pain and restrict you from attending dance competition," Ishan answered, looking straight at me.

He still couldn't see me, but the way he was staring, it surely felt like he could.

"Why?" I simply asked, not understanding why did he want to hurt me.

Drishti again informed him about my question.

A snort left his lips, making me confused.

"Seriously? Don't you know why? How can someone be so self-centered? You wanna know the reasons, I will tell you.

"Remember when I proposed you last year. Yeah, Drishti I had a crush on your best friend. Don't give me that look," he stopped his explanation when he saw Drishti looking at him incredulously.

Drishti sighed but hinted him to continue.

"Maira, you told me that you would agree to be my girlfriend if I gave a dance performance in front of everyone as you always wanted a partner who could dance, knowing fully well that I couldn't dance and was also afraid of performing in front of a crowd.

"I foolishly believed you and practiced hard to fulfill your wish only for you to embarass me in front of everyone along with your boyfriend. My self confidence was crushed that day.

"You didn't have to go this far. A polite rejection was enough. You could have informed me that you weren't interested and that you already had a boyfriend, I would have left you alone but you decided to crush me.

"If all this wasn't enough then you stole Drishti's spot. You had refused the college to perform in the dance competition because you had bagged some audition somewhere else and you were going to perform there. Just because your performance there got postponed for few months, you wanted to perform in this dance competition as well.

"You took the position like it was always yours, not even considering Drishti's feelings who from a performer of this competition got demoted to become a back up. You stole Drishti's spot without any remorse and I gave it back to her.

"I wanted to injure you so that you could learn a lesson. So that you would think thousand times before hurting others. I wanted to injure you so that my sister could get her rightful place.

"I still feel guilty and would forever feel guilty for having killed you. That was never my intention but remember one thing, even if you give me cruelest punishment, I won't feel guilty for wanting to hurt you. Give me hell but leave my sister alone."

The timid Ishan, I knew from childhood was nowhere to be found as this new fierce Ishan stood in front of me, hiding Drishti behind him.