Aayana's pov -

Ira fell asleep, so I lay her on the bed and covered her with a quilt. Then I come out of her personal room with my phone as Sana is coming. In a few minutes, Sana calls me. I take the call,

Me: Sana, Are you there?

Sana: Yeah, please open the door. It's locked.

Me: Hmm, doing.

Then I open the door. Sana asked, "How is Ira ?"

"She is sleeping," I replied.

"What !! She overcomes it so fast. Thank you. You both really love each other." Sana said.

"You know about us !!!" I wondered.

"Both of your eyes show that. Besides that, I know how Ira feels about girls. Chhaya is the one who took advantage of her but she didn't reveal Chhaya's whole part to me. I got this name when she was going through counseling." Sana said.

"What !!! She went through this level !!!" I am shocked.

"Hmm. It's the time when Ira was 19. She didn't start a business just as a student and was doing something for survival. That time I completed my internship and started my career as a medical officer. I was passing by the road when I saw someone on the road, the time was almost 11:30 pm.

So I stopped my car and rushed there. I saw a girl whose chest was bleeding and she was fully covered with blood. Her hand, head, leg, and no part were left without blood. I got scared. Then I took her to the hospital. She was unconscious for three days.

She had no one who would take care of her. Since then I have been with her. She is like a sister to me. But she never mentioned why Chhaya did that to her or what happened to her. But after 8 months after that incident, She saw Chhaya and she reacted in the same way.

But that time she took 3 days to overcome. I asked her many times to share with me but she didn't. I told her that sharing can reduce the burden on her chest. But the girl never listens to me. Why doesn't she understand that if she suffers, I also feel that." Tears are rolling from her eyes.

So I hugged her and said, "You are a true friend. Your eyes show how much you love Ira. I promise you that I will try to make her overcome all of her past. But yeah due to CPR her chest becomes red. Please check that."

"Hmm, it can happen. I brought that medicine with me as I knew it could happen. By the way, you can keep that for future use. It also works on the hickey." By saying that she winks at me. I blushed at her lines and said,

"You both are the same. Never skip a chance to tease someone, especially me." She smiles and we both enter Ira's personal room.

I saw Ira is sleeping but the reaction on her face is showing fear and she is holding the quilt tightly. I look at Sana and get closer to Iru. When I put my hand on her forehead she held my hand tightly so I released myself and put a kiss on her forehead as Sana knows about us, so I didn't hide my feelings in front of her. Then I remove the quilt from Iru's chest to show Sana the red mark.

Seeing that Sana said, "Did you put your whole weight on her? She might be in pain."

"Yeah, I did. Actually, she was not responding so I was scared and I put my whole weight on her. She also mentioned that she is having problems moving her left hand. I am sorry." I said in an apologetic voice.

"That's absolutely fine. She is alive, that is more important, last night I gave you a few medicines that will reduce her pain. So don't worry." Sana said to me and put her hand on my shoulder. For our voice, Ira gets up but her reaction shocked us. She suddenly sat with fear and as she had pain in her whole body, she screamed in pain, "Uuh, ouch."

I instantly grabbed her and said, "It's us, me, and Sana."

"Sorry for my reaction, actually ......" Ira stopped.

"That's fine. You chill." I said. Sana sits beside Ira and says, "You are fine, that is more important." Ira hugs her and starts crying loudly. My heart is aching. Sana is trying to console her. I didn't dare to utter a word after seeing her in this state.

Sana and Ira really share a great bond. Why they wouldn't, Sana was with her that time, when nobody was there for her.

Sana releases her and wipes out her face. Then I said,

"Iru, if you want, you can share about Chhaya with us. That will help you to overcome that."

"Hmm. It was the time when I was just celebrating my 19th birthday. I was doing BBA. After completing higher secondary, I got admitted to this because I wanted to do business. My university offered open credits, so I used to take more than my batch-offered courses. There was a boy who was three batches senior to me who wanted me on his bed. He used to take every girl he wanted on his bed. He was charming and his dad was really rich. So, he was the successor of Royal Industries." Ira is saying.

"Riad ??" I asked.

"Hmm. He tried a lot on me. He has a sister Chhaya. Who was my batchmate but I never talked with her? After a few days, Riad stopped trying on me. I thought he was done. Suddenly she was really good to me. Then I thought she is not like her brother. Slowly slowly we became friends. She used to drop me at the mess where I lived. She came to the place where I worked. I was really happy with her. I trusted her a lot. I shared with her that I am a lesbian. She was shocked but then she admitted that she is also lesbian and she proposed to me. I didn't love her but I trusted her and I said that to her. She said that if I don't love that really doesn't matter. What matters to her is that I am with her. I became very happy and I accepted her......." Ira shivered.

So I hold her in my arms. Then she continued, "After one week of our relationship Chhaya wanted to spend time with me on vacation. I asked her where she wanted to go, and she replied at her father's farmhouse. I also agreed as my exam was finished. I was waiting for the result. I thought after getting the result I will be busy with my career so let's spend some time with her."

Ira sighs and then continues, "After entering I saw there was Riad with his friends, there was also Chhaya. I asked her what they were doing at the farmhouse. Suddenly her expression changed and she started laughing. Riad held me from the backside, he was strong enough that's why I was unable to release myself. Then Chhaya said,

'You fool girl. If I really loved you don't you think I would kiss you once? It was a drama which was set by Riad to bring you to his bed. So I helped him with nothing else. Now bye then, enjoy.' I was shocked by her statements. How could she do that with me?

So I said that I trust her but she kissed me by holding my collar. Though that was my first kiss, I felt like pushing her, but I couldn't because Riad was still holding me. Then Riad put a kiss on my shoulder and I gave him a kick on his leg. He got angry and threw me on the center table which gave me so many wounds.

I managed to get up and tried to run away but Riad's friends held me and they also started playing with me. I looked at Chhaya with hope but she was enjoying the views, then I ran to her and slapped her.

In reaction, Riad kicked me and I fell. The Center table's glass was broken, Chhaya took one piece of glass and came closer to me. She stabbed me with that my chest with her full force and said how dare I slap her. Riad got furious at her as he didn't get what he wanted.

Then his friends took me in their car to throw me somewhere. In that car, they misbehaved with me a lot but due to my pain, I was unable to move. Suddenly they stopped the car and threw me on the road.

That's why my head bumped into the road and I passed out. When I opened my eyes I was with Sana. Thankfully they didn't rape me but Chhaya's actions affected me a lot. After all of these things, my mum left me, my dad, my stepbrother, and my mother. I thought Chhaya was that person who will love me. But she was a deceiver.

When I got her voice on the phone today, all of those flashbacks were in front of my eyes. Those lustful eyes of those boys. That laugh of Chhaya showed me how dumb I was. Everything. I want to forget those but I can't. Why can't, I dunno."

Ira started crying loudly. She cried out of her heart. Sana and I also are crying seeing her like this. Suddenly I felt Ira pass out again. Sana started checking her pulse and I am stunned with shock by seeing her like this.

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Why Chhaya, why did you do this with Iru?

It was not required to fulfill your brother's wish, you did with a girl what is unimaginable. You are also a girl, how could you?

You DECEIVER.

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Hello readers,
Here is the story behind the mark on Ira's chest.
Can you feel her pain?
Let me know.
Thanks for reading.
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