Abhi remove his hands from face and looked at vaish with shock

Abhi (stuttering): Yo.. you.. too.. took... my.. per..persona.. personal.. diary
Vaish (scared): I am sorry. I am sorry. I know I shouldn't but I couldn't controlled myself and took it. I am sorry

Abhi nodded. He don't want to shout on her. He don't want to take his frustration on her. It was his past. He want don't want to punish her by shouting. He controlled on his anger

Abhi (controlling himself): After running away from family. We came to orphanage

Vaish nodded. She too has tears in eyes. Her heart was also aching listening his past. She tried to console him

Abhi (controlling from break down): At orphanage from very first day. I got to know our wardener wasn't right person. As he used to ask us to take drugs. Weather the child is infant, toddler or teen. Each and every child of orphanage have to take drugs as per his orders. (He starts biting his inner cheek to control himself) I objected as I got to know about the drugs. Cause of me Sid and avni also did same

He couldn't controlled himself anymore and broke down

Vaish (stood up from her chair and wiped her tears): Abhi

She was going towards abhi

Abhi (shooking his head): Don't come near me. I don't need sympathy or consolation. I am not coward. I can fight for myself. I can stand for my family. I am strong enough to handle myself and my family. Don't come near me (He was mumbling all this)

Vaish didn't moved towards him. She stood there only. Abhi took deep breaths for few minutes. He calm himself down. Whole time Vaish's eyes was also shedding tears

Abhi (wiped his tears and preparing himself for another break down. He knew how bad his past was. He knew that can break him again. He wanted to control himself but he knew he won't be able to this time

Abhi (pricking nails in his skin, hiding hands under the table): I used to get punishment for not obeying wardener. Vaishu I used to get electric shocks

Vaish flinched. Sob escape from abhi's mouth. His voice was deep but broken one

Vaish (broken voice): Abhi...
Abhi (shivering cause of haunting past, his voice was deep): For 40mins I used to be under electric currents then wardener used to lock me in dark room for 8 to 10hrs. No water and food. Room was full dark and insects was all around. For whole two months I used to suffer from all this. On every alternate day. Neither me nor sid nor avni was allowed to eat food. We used to steal food. We used to have food once in a day only. Just because we said no to drugs. Sid and avni used to obey me. So they don't used to get electric shocks but they still no food and water and have to do the work. We were not allowed to go out of orphanage. Orphanage was a criminal spot. I used to get bullied there. No one was there to understand our pain and you know vaishu wardener was there before me for almost 2 weeks. Avni took drugs for 2 weeks. She don't knew how to fight? How face? She was fully alone. When she stopped taking drugs. You know she became addicted but she used to control herself. Her condition always scares me like hell. I don't had money, source or anything to take her for treatment. She used to cry alot (He was speaking everything in low, almost wispering) After 2months somehow I ran from orphanage and went to police station and complain about wardener. Police did investigation and arrested wardener. He hanged to death later on. New lady wardener came to orphanage and De-addictition treatment started of everyone. New wardener knows our she always helped us and understand us

At last abhi broken. Vaish who was standing beside him. She finally went to him and hug him. As abhi was sitting. He hug her waist tight. Hiding his face in her stomach. He was crying. Vaish was also crying. She was crying his hair and kissing his hair. Both don't have any words

They took few minutes to calm down. After abhi calm down

Abhi: Can we order something?
Vaish (nodded): Let's wash the face first

Abhi nodded. Both went in washroom and after getting fresh. They had lunch in complete silence and after bidding bye they went home

To be continue.....

Abhi suffered alot in past. From away from family was right decision?