Mayank Sinha's father had readily agreed to the terms and conditions put forth by Bhargavi, as he wanted no troubles before the elections. Mayank had been shifted to a new school in a new city, after his complete recovery.

Time ticked off easily. Prabir managed to visit Bhargavi twice daily, with excuses like giving her borrowed notes and sometimes took his friends along to make sure that she did not have a completely mundane day with no fun at all.

Bhawani had almost recovered from the shock she had received, now she only seemed to have scary nightmares and cried and yelped in her dreams asking for help, begging for mercy,pleading to let her go.

45days later.....

Bhargavi was now able to walk properly without pain and she had grown even more close to Prabir, whose plaster had been removed and he could again move his hand around freely and efficiently.

They had again joined college and started carrying out their usual routine day to day activities normally.

Keya never again interfered in Prabir's life and chose to avoid him and Bhargavi.

Prabir was waiting for Parul to return from school.

She was fifteen minutes late already, Prabir marched around the living room in a panic.

Did she again have a muscular cramp or did the school bus break down? He thought reasonably, with beads of sweat trickling down his forehead.

He heard the doorbell and strode hurriedly towards the door. He opened the door and was aghast to see Parul's right cheek bruised deep red. She was in tears, and had a very downcast look on her face.

"What happened Paru?" He enquired, placing his arms on her shoulders.

" Bhaiya...What does Sarvesh think of me?

I am just fed up with him. He annoys me, always... pestering me with endless number of questions - what did you have for breakfast? What did you have for lunch? What are you doing now? What are you studying? Why aren't you studying? Why are you still awake? What are you thinking? Why are you smiling? Why are you laughing?

Only What's and why's ...and then,

then .... comes the Don't's - Parul don't do this, You are... NOT coming to the party, you are NOT staying at home alone when your brother or father are not present, you are NOT talking with Purav or Mahesh or ANY BOY IN CLASS, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EVEN LOOK IN THEIR DIRECTION.

He's always so demanding, mean and rude. He wants to control me in every possible way he can.

And...and today...when Mahesh just shaked his hands with me congratulating me for scoring highest marks in the biology test, Sarvesh almost did beat him up in a pulp. I...I tried to stop him, and he slapped me before the entire class.

I can't deal with this anymore. Bhaiya I ...I feel like a prisoner," Parul blurted out angrily and went upstairs wiping her tears as Prabir stood motionless.

He took out his phone from his trousers and called up Sarvesh,
"Sarvesh I need you to come to my house right now! "He demanded impatiently.

"I am coming! "Sarvesh replied and disconnected the call.

Prabir made the next call to Bhargavi, " Bhargu. Did you have your lunch?" he enquired quietly.

"Yeah! But are you okay?" she asked curiously, remarking the distress in his voice.

"Bhargu...I need you here...at my place now...please,"he urged.

"I am coming...I am coming," she mumbled and immediately started to explain her mother that she'll be back in sometime.

******

Sarvesh was already at Prabir's door, and he gently pressed the doorbell.

Prabir opened the door instantly, as he was impatiently waiting for him. Prabir said nothing and let him in peacefully.

"Is she alright? " Sarvesh enquired biting his lower lip.

Parul who was already coming downstairs, having changed her clothes, knowing that Prabir won't eat anything untill she eats, heard Sarvesh's voice and screamed
"Bhaiya. What is he doing here? How did you let him in? Ask him to leave right now. I don't want to see his face."

" I did not come here because of YOU, I am here because he called me," Sarvesh yelled at the top of his voice, pointing towards Prabir.

As the door was not bolted shut from inside, Bhargavi had listened to their entire conversation as she quietly crept in without making even the slightest of noise. She had been held back as she had to explain to her mother - why Prabir needed her help and she had no answer to it herself.

She swiftly approached Sarvesh from the back and broke Sarvesh's finger, that he had pointed in Prabir's direction making him yell in pain, as his face turned deep red with pain and a sole tear drop rolled down his left cheek.

Prabir had not even noticed Bhargavi till he heard Sarvesh scream and yell in pain, as he was lost in his own world watching his Paru angry and crying. Her words were relentlessly playing havoc in his mind

Bhaiya...I...I feel like a prisoner.

"And you...you don't speak to him that way," she threatened Parul giving her a sharp nasty look.

"Come here now!" Bhargavi thundered at Parul.

Bhargavi made both Parul and Sarvesh sit opposite to each other in the living room, Parul was seated on the sofa while Sarvesh was perched on the opposite chair. She carefully regarded Parul's face and hissed, " Did he do that to you?"

Prabir shrugged his shoulders and swiftly brushed aside all his thoughts because any delayed interruption would mean Sarvesh would end up in a hospital.

He needed to calm down Bhargavi somehow, "Bhargu...please please listen to me first," he insisted.

Bhargavi glanced at him sharply and tenaciously continued ," Fine! You tell me what's going on here with these two," as she sat next to Sarvesh. Sarvesh's heart beat increased manifold.

Prabir stated, " Bhargu..I only know what Parul told me...that Sarvesh is extremely possessive and he tries to control her...she feels like being held up as a prisoner".

Bhargavi's gaze instantly shifted in Sarvesh's direction and she enquired with a treacherous calm, " Ah! I see. You like to beat up people don't you?

YOU slapped Paru?" Though Bhargavi's voice was calm, the look she had in her eyes said that she could create a mayhem in Sarvesh's life.

"Paru...What happened ? Tell me honestly...don't try to save him. If you lie to me, he won't go back with a single bone unbroken," Bhargavi snapped and regarded Parul's face with great pleasure.

Parul repeated almost the entire monologue speech she had shared with Prabir, but this time...she was stammering.

"Okay! Now you have something to say on your behalf Sarvesh?" Bhargavi asked casually with clear disgust reflecting on her face.

Sarvesh gulped hard, he did not even know he made Parul feel this way.

He softly mumbled, with his eyes fixed on the floor, " I ...I am sorry. I did not want to hurt her. I did not know she feels this way. I thought that ...that I...was protecting her."

"Wait! What? Protecting her" Bhargavi chortled.

"Hey! You moron! She has a much capable elder brother always guarding and protecting her.

How in the world did you think that you would be saved from my wrath after having vent your anger on her?

She's not your TOY, you stupid boy.

Learn to BEHAVE Sarvesh, if you again end up encroaching upon her FREEDOM with your unjustified reasons of 'protecting her', I swear I'll make your life pretty easier by breaking each and every bone of your body.

This time I am letting you go, because of him," and everyone's gaze in the room shifted towards Prabir.

Prabir was continuously staring at Bhargavi with pleading eyes, to let Sarvesh go. He had seen Parul's reaction when Bhargavi severed Sarvesh's index finger and he howled in pain.

A/N: Hi Guys!

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