Chapter 27: chapter 27

Jamuni started crying as she felt like a puppet in the hands of shrewd and cunning people like Maya, Neelesh and Jiten.Jogya consoled her as he knew that Jamuni was an innocent dove who was trapped in the net of shrewd hunters who claimed to be her friends and family.Jamuni looked at Neelesh and asked him,"Why, Neelesh.....why....  I loved you.....but you betrayed me....  I trusted you....more than myself....  I gave you everything I had....yet ..  You broke my heart ...you took my love for granted.....you killed my goodness...you made me shrewd and cunning like you!"Neelesh told her,"I was unhappy with my life...after losing Megha....after losing Maya....after losing my best friend Sumit!"He cried bitterly like a small boy.Sumit patted his shoulders as if asking for forgiveness.He told Neelesh,"I am sorry, Neelesh for playing the role of a villain in your life. Everyone is a hero for some people and a villain for others."Neelesh looked at him as if trying to understand the meaning of his words. He recalled their past when they were the closest friends anyone had ever seen in this whole world.Neelesh told Sumit,"I was the son of a great man who used to work as an taxi driver to give me the best upbringing as a father, who gave me lot of love and encouraged me to grow like a gentleman who moves with the movers and shakers of the society. He was very ambitious and asked me to apply for a scholarship so that I could study in a good school where all the children of rich families go for attaining good education. He had helped Sumit's father after he was robbed by a gang of bike theives while going to bank to submit his entire year's earnings. I followed the bike theives and hit their bike. I managed to retrieve the bag from them and handed over the bag to it's real owner who was Sumit's father.After that, his father paid for my school fee, college fee and even funded my first start-up which became a huge success. He loved me and trusted me more than Sumit himself. My father always remain indebted to his father till the last day of his life..."Sumit told his story,"Yes, I hated him for always favouring you over me, he was in the habit of comparing both of us constantly which have me motive to destroy your life completely but I ended up destroying my own life in the end..."Neelesh asked him,"What are you saying, you are leading a happy life right now....you are the luckiest man alive on this earth...."Sumit cried as he could manage to utter few words,"I...Killed....Her.........We both killed her....You killed her...."Neelesh was shocked as he didn't know what to say in response to the sudden outburst of Sumit. He was scared that his secret might be out in front of everyone so he decided to continue with his story in order to distract everyone from the secret which was safely kept in his heart.He told Jamuni,"When you took divorce from me then Maya told me that she will give birth to our child which would be the best revenge for the humiliation I had undergone due to my nasty divorce.She was happy and was glowing like a fairy when in that unfortunate incident, I lost everything, I had ever claimed to be mine in this world.When you took care of me after the accident then I felt that life had given a second chance to me but then Jiten called you to his place because Megha had got married to Chip the CEO of the Multinational company. She chose to be his fifth wife and forgot about her true love as she rejected me and Jiten as she chose money over love!"Sumit laughed as he recalled his relationship with Megha, who was Neelesh's girlfriend and told him,"She was not the right girl for you as she easily fell for my wealth and prosperity as she chose to have an affair with me behind your back till she found Jiten and after him her present husband Chip. Maya knew about my affair and went behind my back and started an affair with you just to seek revenge for my infidelity!"Neelesh was shocked as Jamuni asked him,"Did you say Chip, I can't believe it, he asked me to be his third wife and I turned down his offer because I wanted true love of Neelesh but I didn't know that his true love will marry Chip one day!"Neelesh told Sumit in a complaining manner,"Why didn't you warn me about Megha, it could have saved me a lot of pain and tears, my friend!"Sumit asked him,"Why didn't you tell me that Maya had an intimate relationship with you before getting married to me and even during our married life she continued her affair without any remorse and guilt. If you had told me the complete truth about her true character and real face then I could have saved her life and the life of our unborn child!"Jamuni was shocked to hear that as she thought that Maya was pregnant with Neelesh's child.Neelesh felt that heaven had opened up and earth has formed a blackhole in front of him. He could see himself getting sucked inside the hole as if he was getting drowned inside the quicksand.He called for Jignesh as he felt a sharp pain in his chest as beads of sweat appeared in his forehead and he felt a sharp pain on the left side of his chest.He called Jignesh's name...."Jignesh....I am leaving you forever....Please forgive me for running away from my responsibilities....I wish that you call me father....Before I say my final goodbye...."Jignesh started crying as he told his father,"Nothing will happen to you...  I will take care care of you....You can't leave me alone...I....love ...you.... Father!"Neelesh took his last breath after listening to the last word of his son, his own wish got fulfilled as he wanted his son to call him, father!