Hatred and Failure - two Things that can make an individual strong.

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Prisha dealt with a lot of emotions today. Being stressed in the morning, worried in the afternoon to being excited in the evening, now it's all numb.
Prisha doesn't know how to react. Ishan is unsure of what to do. He is questioning himself if Prisha would believe him, believe that he's innocent.

Ishan loved Aditi. It's hard for him to accept that she would do such a thing to him. Betrayal rushed down his spine like fast-flowing water, that morning when he heard the news of him being accused. He tried contacting Aditi and asking her. Everything failed.
She came live online after 3 days on her social media. She was a crying mess, dark circles ruled out her eyes and her cheeks were puffed red from crying.

She told the whole world about Ishan's shameful act, it was soon a trending coverage in the media.
" Ishan the characterless cricketer " To
" Ishan raped his Girlfriend"
Were the headlines on the first page of the newspaper.

Being a cricketer brings massive fame in country like india, where cricket, a sport is emotion to Indians. He's also respected cricketer after making double centuries Multiple times to wicket keeping in the speed of light. People have high expectations from this multi-talented young guy. At the age of 24, he has already imprinted his name in the Indian cricket squad.

After citizens found out about the accusations they left no page unturned in lashing him out in social media.
Millions of hate comments and messages were sent to him and the media house telecasted people who were bashing him and raising their finger at his characters. While full support was fledged to Aditi who would come in front of the media and cry about her misery.

People tend to believe what they see online and they think that's how the persona of   celebrities are shaped. Sometimes people forget to understand what's shown is not reality and what's reality is not shown.
The past couple of days were hard on Ishan, he didn't sleep, didn't eat. His whole team was trying to contact Aditi and her team, but they got no success after hundreds of trials.
Ishan is still numb and unaware why all these is happening, he still thinks it's a bad nightmare and he'll wake up soon. This is sadly, not a dream. It's true.
There are billboards of which contain Ishan and people writing narcissistic comments on it.

Getting hatred after being a celebrity is normal, getting cyberbullied after such coverages is also getting common in this world but the way people treat Ishan is not correct. They have crossed the limits of hating him.
This is also affecting his family.
They are being trolled and abused. None of us know the reality.
Nor ishan does, nor prisha does, media definitely doesn't. But people are acting like they know everything.

Even during his worst times, his friends like Shubman, SuryaDada, Rohit sharma, tilak bhai and other teammates came to his rescue. They started defending him on social media but again, this public and media didn't spare the poor guys too.
Even they faced such mean comments online. There are also requests sent to BCCI which selects the Indian team players for cricket and handles this whole sport in India, to remove Ishan from The team. The BCCI and its management are quiet about this whole situation, there are chances that he might be disqualified from the team and banned from the Indian Premier League.

Ishan is quite over this chaos, he isn't even going out or visiting anyone. Today, due to meeting purposes he had to be out. People have also made comments on Television stating that if they see Ishan, they'll waste no second in killing him.
Ishan received a legal notice of sexual harassment on the 25th of June and he has to be present at Mumbai high court on the 28th of June to give his statements.

His team hired the famous
Lawgical alliances and opted for the chairperson and head lawyer of the firm to fight this case. Riya is being Informed that Prisha is ready to fight this case and will be present on the 28th of June for the hearings.

But, what are they gonna tell the high court?
To discuss the matters currently Ishan has arrived at the Lawgical alliance with full security and media reporters are waiting outside to catch a glimpse of him so that they can make another dramatic headline on their channels.

After all the formalities were exchanged prisha directly jumped to the reason why this meeting is held. Prisha glared at her assistant and indicated her to control the media and not let them enter the premises of the firm.

She left with a quick nod and started working on the task upon her. Once everyone was left and when they couldn't hear the chaos created by the reporters outside it was time for a business talk.

" So Ishan, what are we going to tell on the hearing day? That you remember nothing " She asked this question in more of a rhetorical form. He shook his head no.

" Look Ishan, we can't come up with a lie obviously, tho we have zero clues of what might have taken place that day. But, I want you to do something very urgently and it's important. It can give us answers and ideas of what might have taken place. ".

" What is it that I have to do? "
Ishan asked in hesitation. He's ready to do whatever he can, however he can. He needs answers to this unsolved mystery and reach the core of the problem. No matter how tangled the path of the solution is, he is ready to walk on it and now it's not him alone, Prisha Rao is with him.

" You have to do a drug test! "

There was a long pause, he didn't answer. Tho he wanted to say something he closed his mouth again. That's a lot of information to process and he surely has a lot of questions related to Prisha's last statement tho he asks only one question...

" Why? "

Prisha sighed and gathered herself to answer him but he cut her off before she could start.

" Why prish? " His eyes beamed sadness and his tone was softer but it was sad. He was too weak and fragile mentally at this point.

" Hey, hey, hey, don't misunderstand me that's not what I mean, but you are not understanding. There are chances you might have,   you know consumed a drug, not by your own self but someone else might have done that. "

There came a no answer from Ishan he was deep in his thoughts, processing all the information.

" Look, there's a possibility you consumed drugs,  someone else was successful in getting it in your system because your headache started right after the Third shot of Brandy, plus you felt dizzier than before after having that lemonade didn't you?"

Everything was making sense now, he nodded his head. Yes, Prisha is right at her point. There can be a possibility that this happened.

" But, why do you think so? " Tho Ishan understood the point and how everything was connecting to the story. But, his heart was not ready to believe that someone might have forced a drug dosage on him and used him in such a way, let alone that person be his girlfriend.

" Look Ishan we don't have time to answer your dumb questions even though we ourselves don't have any answers, do we? There's only one way to find out, we have very less time left it's the 26th already. We have to show up with proof and a reasonable story that makes sense not some out-of-fiction story. Plus we don't know what Aditi has to offer us with her accusations. So please come with me let's take the test."

Ishan got the point. He stood up within the next second and was ready to do the tests. They both were bombarded with Journalists and camera men shoving their mics and cameras on their faces. Security helped them to reach The car. The driver drove off quickly leaving behind those barking reporters.

The car ride was silent by far none said a word. The driver was quietly humming a song which honestly irritated Prisha because it broke her chain of thoughts. Instead of getting irritated, she tried to divert her mind to something else. Her eyes caught a melancholic Ishan staring out of the window. His hand is on his cheek. He is wearing a white t-shirt that is perfectly fitting his muscular body and showcasing his tattoos, styled with skinny black jeans and white sneakers. Poor guy, it must be really hard on him. May things get right in the end.

" We have reached our destination sir and mam "
Ishan smiled at the driver and got out in the parking zone of the tall building which had a Narcotics drug department and testing long and big initials engraved on the large windows.
Prisha made her way out too, giving an encouraging smile towards Ishan as they took the steps towards the building. But before they could proceed further a voice called them out. It was the driver uncle who called them " Sir what ever the results may be, we will always support you and love you. Remember there are your supporters in these times too and God always lets the right win. God is by your side sir, Be strong."

This bought happy tears in Ishan's eyes. He quickly wipped them off and gave a big smile towards Uncle. Yes, he's absolutely right there are people supporting you in your worst times too.

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