BOOM!

The fearful blow of the explosion tore my ears as I pulled the phone away from my ears. I can feel the sweat drenching my skin and the throbbing of my own eyes. The ringing screams of Sonakshi vibrated in my ears and the thumping of my heart against my chest made me feel sick to my stomach.

The phone line went dead...

What happened?

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Sona's POV

Once Dev left the house, my entire life became a question mark. I turned behind and stared myself in the mirror near the wall. My tear stricken face, messy hair, chapped lips and pale face only reflected one image to me.

A failure....

I wanted to stand up strong, defend these people, speak up for my rights and walk away like a queen. But it wasn't as easy as it was said. All those could only happen in movies. Right now, I was too weak and crushed. The strong woman image which I had inside me, died a few hours ago.

Where would I go? Back to my parents? What would I tell them? That my marriage was a failure because the family suspected that I stole money from their company? Pooja and Jatin were not here and there was no use of calling them too. How could they help me here?

I really judged Ishwari and Nisha wrongly. They were cold-blooded animals... How could they be so heartless and tag my character like this? With Neil? Seriously?

Even Dev accused me of having an affair....Really? Is that, how much he knows about me? Was that how he has been seeing me all the time? Even after living together for so many days, he had the heart to throw me away to a bunch full of animals waiting to hunt me?

I was still standing there, watching Dev's car fade away from my vision. It was hard. Really hard to see him leaving me. It felt like my heart was ripped and chopped into pieces. The pain was both physical and emotional. As I stood there like a statue, I saw Jay approaching me.

"We had so many hopes beta.... I didn't expect this to happen. I am so disappointed with you." He said as he shook his head in worry. Pain was evident in his eyes.

"Please....trust me. This is all not true" my voice came out softer than a whisper.

"WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? HAVEN'T YOU DONE ENOUGH?" Ishwari's yelled as I turned and looked at her in dismay.

"You are really impossible. You are the reason why your son is leaving us today and yet, you don't feel any guilt towards your deeds huh?" I asked as her eyes widened.

"You see how she is talking to me?" she asked as she looked at Jay. But Jay was too heartbroken so without saying anything, he left to his room.

"Please just leave us alone.... I beg you! I just want Dev. I don't need your filthy money and wealth for me or my children in future. I just want peace!" I begged as Ishwari gave me a hard look.

"Didn't Dev clearly indicate for you to leave? Why are you still here?" Nisha roared as she entered the hall.

"I am not leaving this place until I get justice!" I stood strongly with a harsh voice.

"Are you going to leave this place or do you want us to push you outside?" Radharani spat as I looked at her and smirked.

"Oh really? Try me...mami" I said sarcastically.

"We don't need to go that far, maa. I think posting filthy images to her parents should be fine.... Just like how we posted the cash money." Nisha spoke as Ishwari kept mum. This time my eyes widened and my body started shivering.

"That means......Neil didn't post the letters??" I whispered shockingly.

"Of course not. It was me." she declared as my eyes started pooling with tears.

"I don't want you to suffer more.... Just leave now" Ishwari mumbled as she looked everywhere but me.

"What's more to suffer? I have faced the maximum here my dear mother-in-law." I laughed as she looked at me, paranoid.

"You know what? I have never seen you as my mother in law so far. I have always treated you like my own mother... But now, I regret it. Dev treats you like his god... Just recall what you have done for him. You claim that you love him but you don't because you snatched his life and soul away from him. How will he be happy without it? " I uttered as she looked at me gobsmacked.

"I......didn't..."

"Enough of your nonsense Sonakshi! Now get out! If you don't leave, then I will call your parents right away." Nisha threatened as I shook my head in disbelief. Finally, after lots of arguments, I decided to leave the house as I had no other choice now. I didn't want them to involve my parents here.

I slowly walked over to the table and took my handphone with me. Before I could leave, Nisha forcefully dragged me out and pushed me away from the house. Due to my extreme pain in my stomach, I couldn't fight her force and fell down on my knees.

That's it. Period. There was no going back now. I have lost my self-respect, happiness and peace in this corrupted house. This time, it was a test to me. Am I going to fight for my love or going to give up?

Give up Sona..... you can't....

No, I will not. I am stronger than that. I need Dev. I can't live without him. I need to fight. Yes, I will fight.

I was determined to go forward to the airport but there was no transport with me. I was chased out with nothing but my phone with me. I walked further to the main road and decided to call Dev. On my first ring, he didn't pick up at all.

I was angry, but I knew Dev too well. He was angry and when anger takes the worst out of him, he doesn't see or hear things well. But when his anger subsides, he would surely look back at things and regret. I didn't want him to regret lately because now, time was running out. I had to catch hold of him before it's too late.

I knew that he still loves me. He wasn't picking up because he was upset. He was disappointed that his wife hid too many things. I mean...who wouldn't be upset, right?

I called him again and this time he picked up. But there was no response from his side... Fear gripped me. Was he already inside the plane?

"Dev....Dev...please tell me you are there! Dev just listen to me.... Tell me you are there......" I said as I walked along the pathway finding for a rickshaw.

"Yea I am here..... What do you want?" he asked as I took a deep breath.

You can do this Sona...

"Dev.... Listen to me one last time.... We can sit down and talk it out. It's not like what you think. I swear everything can be solved. Please just listen to me once. I can tell you everything from the start. Somethings are so complicated that I don't even know where to start and where to end. There's a lot of things Dev. You need to know why I hid certain things from you....... You slapped me in the temple when I revealed half of my past.... You didn't trust me those days.... That was the reason I waited to gather some proves against everyone before telling you...................but before that you found out... Devvv tell me you are still listening.... Hello!" I kept blabbering but there was no response.

The tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down my face. I feel the muscles of my chin tremble like a small child.

"Sorry Sonakshi..... You asked for this. The minute you decided to steal the money from our office.... You have lost my trust. I didn't believe it even when everyone accused you but after seeing the proofs...."

"THE PROOF IS BULLSHIT! ITS ALL A CHEAP GAME PLAYED BY YOUR COUSIN NISHA!................Why don't you ever get it? Don't you even trust my words? I can never do that Dev.... You know me right? Why should I steal from your office when I know that you are willing to help my dad?" I screamed my lungs out.

"Then my mother's bangle? Is that shop owner also lying? The engagement ring and all? Come on Sona..... Why would Nisha do all this? Couldn't you come up with a better reason? Nisha was the one who helped me during my bad times unlike you.......You ran away three years ago when my family was suffering from bankruptcy. I was a fool for so long. And I don't want to remain being one hereafter. I have woken up.... I was blinded by love... but now I am clear..."

"Oh god......You are so freaking mean Dev! Your mother had chased me from our house now.....and you, have chased me from your heart..................................where do I go now? How would I face my parents? What would I tell them? My father would never be able to bear this pain............" I sobbed uncontrollably.

"My mother chased you?" he asked with shock.

"YES!!! She did, Dev. You know about her, right? Where would I go?" I cried with tears running down my chin.

"Go wherever you want but please never call me again." He said cold-heartedly.

"You know what.... I will never forgive you Dev! If I was in your place, I would have trusted you with all my life...........but you cheated me. You betrayed me........ You promised to take care of me but today... I am in the streets because of you. I didn't want this marriage but you assured me that everything was fine.............. I was afraid that our marriage would come to this stage one day and it became true......."

"Even now........I have a feeling that you are lying.............my parents would never chase you away..." before he could complete, I cut the line.

He was so mean. Such a moron! Who is he to believe me? I am not going to beg him anymore! Why should I run behind a person who doesn't value me and trust me? I didn't even do any mistake here and I was punished harshly. I thought that Dev knew me like the back of his hand. But now.... He wasn't the Dev who married me. He was the CEO of Ishwari Enterprises. He was the son of Ishwari Dixit. He was the friend of the cunning fox, Nisha.

I never thought that my life would end up like this. In the streets... without thinking, I quickly dialled the number to Jatin. But to my bad luck, he wasn't picking up. How could I go to my parents' house in this state?

Just as I was walking, I spotted Neil looking at me with shocked expressions. Instantly, he started walking towards me by taking long strides. Once I spotted him, I decided to take long steps back, literally running away from him. He had caused me enough danger. Now I can't afford to talk to him. Especially when I am alone... What if he takes advantage of me?

I could hear him screaming my name to stop but I couldn't. I ran like a mad woman in the dark streets.

"SONAKSHI PLEASE DON'T RUN. I SWEAR I WON'T DO ANYTHING JUST COME BACK..... I WILL LEAVE IF YOU WANT BUT COME BACK... YOU ARE STANDING AT THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF THE ROAD" his voice reached my ears but now, it was too late for me to believe him.

My mind was clogged with fear. I quickly called Dev again and thankfully, he picked up in just one ring.

"Sonakshi...."

"Dev.... Please come fast. He is here...... please" I pleaded as I kept walking away from him.

"What are you talking about? Where are you?...........Hello I can't hear you." He panicked as I heard the truck honking loudly. I moved away and escaped from the hit by just a few seconds.

"DEV....please save me...." I screamed with my eyes still shut.

"Sona.." he yelled.

My heart thumped loudly. It was as though someone had attached a live wire to each of my nerves. My body was painfully aching and the sharp pain in my stomach just increased with the scene unfolding. As I moved behind, I saw Neil standing far away like a statue. There was some kind of concern in his eyes unlike the other days. He was no longer chasing me but now, I couldn't move at all.

My stomach tightened and my feet slipped outwards on the wet autumn leaves as I fell in the middle of the road. The cold night air chocked my throat and lungs as I inhaled deeper and faster.

"I hate you.........for doing this to me......" I sobbed clutching the phone tightly. I slowly got up..... and that's when I noticed another huge van.

"DEVVV" I yelled as the front wheel connected with my body. My phone dropped on the road and broke into pieces.

Once the van hit me, I was flung to the nearby tree, landing harshly on stomach as my head hit the rough tar.

Everything went blank for a moment.

The dark red blood made its way out of my head. It oozed in the space between my neck and shoulders as I tried to cover my wound with a shaky hand. My vision became blurred as my peach-coloured shirt turned darker. All I could see was the scarlet blood, that once flowed in my veins. Each drop of blood slowly took away the life in me, leaving me pale and weak, yet defying death. The last thing I saw before closing my eyes was the image of Neil running towards me...

You lost Sona! You can't survive this battle..... Its time you take some rest....

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Precap : Neil's POV..... (A short update but an important one)