Swara had tried and tried some more to find the person who had been playing a game against her , now that he stood before her .She didnt know what to do with the knowledge of him when he had saved her life just few hours ago. The anger she held towards him was gone now leaving her free from holding back her gratitude.

" Thank You for saving my life " her words surprised him . She understood that because if she found out about him before today then she would have unleashed her fury on him ,along with letting his secret out in the open to his family. Yet she stood there in his room thanking him.

" I am sorry Swara, for everything. " He spoke up finally when he gathered control of his emotions but she saw them , without the mask of madness. The man before her was so complex that she knew his reason to destroy her wedding must stem from something that she couldn't decipher yet.

When she walked towards his room ,she had promised herself it was just to see him without his mask once, so she can really believe that he had been the one who had been trying to destroy her name for the sake of stopping the marriage but looking at the packed bags ,she knew he was leaving again and somehow it made her want to know everything about him because if he left like that she would always wonder what propelled him.

At that moment ,Swara wasnt thinking straight .She had a groom waiting dowmstairs for her to get married, the man she loves and yet she stood in Sanskar room trying to understand him. The truth was when Laksh had been more concerned about the man who saved her then her ,she wondered that if he didn't quite trust her . He stood by her so far and she believed that he trusted her but was there suspicion lurking around all those time ,suddenly she needed to know so much more about the man she wanted to marry .

And somehow she believed Sanskar holds all the answers, to pull this whole charade off he must be smart but he must also know about everyone in his family and she wanted to know his reason, just so she could find it in her to blame him and believe her fiancee had been innocent and was in no way responsible for Sanskar pain, because she saw that as well. The pain lurking behind his face without the mask of madness.

The man before her was hurt by his family, and unlike Ragini . His reasons were not born out of love but hate, she already gathered that from the few minutes in his room but she need to hear it from him before she walks down to get married to his cousin.

" How much you want to know ?" he asked her, the man was sharp and already understood the reason for her continued stay in his room. " Everything " she answered back because she did want to know everything about him..

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Laksh had been nervous when he couldnt find Swara in her room but Ragini told him that she just went to get some fresh air and he believed her because there was no reason ragini would lie to him but still he had been nervous as he waited for her in the mandap. Then she walked down the stairs attired in her bridal gown and he relaxed, maybe he had been too stressed the last few days that he had forgotten that he was going to get married to the girl he loves, after fighting against his entire family to marry her. He had been more excited about marrying the girl of his dreams.

When she smiled at him , he smiled back at her . Thinking this was it until he caught sight of his cousin and the smile faltered a bit. He loved his cousin and wished that he could get better and yet there was also guilt that his actions had somehow hurt him in the end. It was the guilt that almost propelled him to marry Ragini for the sake of his cousin but in the end he couldnt be that selfless .

And when it was time to tie the scared thread, he turned towards Swara with a smile but she was no longer smiling at him. " Do you trust me ?" She whispered to him and it bothered him that even after all the time he stood by her, she would still doubt him. " Of course I do" he answered back but then she surprised him by speaking up again.

" Then we should not get married.." She answered back leaving him shocked, she got up from the mandap and was already removing the garland by the time he got back to his senses , he heard several voice from both his family and her family asking her what going on but she refused to answer anyone and yet her eyes looked far beyond on them and held on to his cousin.

" Swara, Come to your sense " Ragini was speaking up and Laksh was still confused on why her fiancee was looking at his cousin when she was about to marry him.

" You have played enough games. Go and Sit in the Mandap " the stern voice had been from his father but Swara refused to move from her stand.

" Not until you tell me ..Where is Kavitha?" Swara words resonated in the room leaving Laksh shocked but the look of fear in his father face made him wonder if he really killed her , he had always thought that he had been dreaming it up because his father wasnt capable of violence. Yet he didnt know how Swara knew about kavitha when everyone refuses to speak about her .

" I dont know what you are talking about" his father lied but Swara turned towards him instead this time around looking at him now with hope that it bothered him because when it comes to kavita, he had made some questionable choices.

" Laksh, do you know who i am talking about and do you have any idea what happened to her " Swara spoke to him and he was taken back by the anger that coursed through his veins , he was about to get married few minutes ago and now she was delaying it to talk about the past that no one cares about anymore.

" It not important . And it doesnt matter " Laksh answered back which made her flinch as if he had hurt her by his choice of words.

" It matters to me Laksh, it all that matters to me " another voice chimed in , a voice he had always longed to hear but not like this and not about her. He turned in to see his cousin who was walking towards them in quick strides no longer mad .

" You are not mad" several voice uttered this sentence from his family as well Swara family, some with confusion, some with happiness and some with wariness wondering about the man who stood before them.

" Thank you but this is not the way" Sanskar spoke up towards his fiancee and suddenly all the suspicions he disregarded hit him with full force, the knowledge that his fiancee and his cousin planned it together was the last straw in his patience. Every time Swara went missing , had it been with his cousin . The suspicions that flickered turned into a doubt then in an fraction of second he almost believed it , Laksh had a choice to make at the moment , whether to trust his finacee or not. And sadly he choose the latter.

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Ragini stood in shock as the man she loves lashed at her sister blaming for every crime under the sun ,blaming her sister for plotting with Sanskar behind his back. It was all true but the sister in question had been Ragini and not Swara. She had been taken back when her sister stopped the marriage, further taken back when she mentioned the name Kavita, a name Ragini learned from Sanskar, it almost looked like she knew everything and her fear began to manifest when Sanskar walked up to her without pretending to be mad and thanked her in front of everyone.

Then she saw Laksh turn from the man she loved to a complete stranger, his grip on her sister must have hurt but it was his words that brought more pain from the tears gathered in her sister eyes. Ragini could no longer remain a mere spectator not when she had been the person who helped Sanskar all along.

" It was me..I helped Sanskar and not my sister. " Ragini shouted at the top of her voice, her sister face barely registered surprise making it clear she knew about everything but Laksh face held disbelief as if he refused to believe her .

" Stop trying to take the blame for your sister Ragini, just like how you would do anything for her even lie for her sake. But i know you and you arent capable of betrayal " Laksh answered back it was that words that propelled her sister to shake his hands of her in shock.

" And i am capable of that.. You promised to trust me" Swara words were no longer directed to him but it was as if her sister was coming to terms with the truth on her own.

" Lucky.. You have no right to talk about betrayal .. Not when yours caused me to lose her " Sanskar voice spoke up yet again and Ragini saw Laksh face lose its colour and she wondered what he did that would make him look scared to be faced with the truth, in our life we all get a choice at some point of time, to face our past and move on or to be stuck with in denial and sadly laksh continued to choose the latter..

P.S: "That it for now..Let me know your thoughts and Feedbacks. Hit the votes if you liked it , I didn't think it would need more than one update but apparently I still got story left ..So we got one more update to go ..

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Juanita Reid.