<<Maybe happiness is not for everyone.>>

Ragini

I woke up from my sleep, sweating profusely. The scene was not ready to leave me alone. It was haunting me. I could see blood everywhere and could hear the screams and cries. I got scared when I felt someone's presence in the room.

'Not him please.' I prayed closing my eyes.

I then opened my eyes to look around. I took a breath of relief seeing a lady cleaning the blood from the floor. I didn't say anything but kept sitting, hugging my knees closer to my chest. Don't know how many more people he must have killed in this house. The thought was making me feel disgusted.

The lady left after a few minutes, closing the door behind. I tried moving my leg but it was paining. It'll be, because the doctor didn't give me any pain killers. I sighed feeling helpless and frustrated as I fell back again.

After a few seconds I looked towards the door as I heard it opening. The door got open and Kabeer's face came into my view. He entered inside and stood by the bed. I also sat leaning to the headboard of the bed.

"Hey, are you okay?" he asked looking at me.

I wonder if his brother must have told them what he did to me? But don't know why I was having a feeling that they already knew their elder brother was going to do something like that with me, for not following his so called order. They must have witnessed him punishing people in his way almost all their life, most probably.

"Yeah, I just can't move my foot. Besides that, I'm absolutely fine." I replied not looking at him.

I heard him sighing audibly. I turned my face to look at him.

"I'm sorry about that but he can't tolerate or withstand anyone going against his orders." he said and I couldn't figure out whether he was just stating a fact about his brother or was trying to defend his action but I didn't care.

"I didn't know that because I was a normal girl. I didn't belong or lived in Mafia world know." I replied trying not to sound rude because he wasn't at fault to be treated like that by me.

He was at least trying to be nice to me. He didn't say anything about what I said, maybe because he knew I was right.

"Uhm... You didn't have anything from the morning. Would you mind me helping you to the dining table?" he asked politely as he smiled warmly at me.

He seems good at heart, unlike his beast brother.

"Thank you but I guess I'm not hungry." I replied shifting in my place.

I was hungry and my body absolutely needed food after so much blood loss but I didn't want to eat. I wasn't feeling like eating in that house.

"That's not a good idea. You need to eat." he said.

"Please, I don't want to eat." I told him.

He just nodded at my sad tone as he sighed and left the room. I closed my eyes to relax but not for too long as I heard the door opening again but with a loud sound this time. I jerked and opened my eyes only to find the beast standing right besides my bed. He changed his clothes. Now he was wearing a black round neck T-shirt with a pyjama. He was looking at me with his cold stare.

"Why did you deny to come for the dinner?" he asked angrily.

"I'm just not feeling hungry." I replied in a low tone

"I just don't care if you want to eat or not. If you're hungry or not. Just get up and come with me. I don't have time to waste for your childishness." he said in an irritated voice.

Then who's telling him to waste his precious time after me?

I wanted to deny but I didn't want to anger him. I couldn't even bring myself to think about the circumstances. I threw the comforter off my body as I forced myself out of the bed. An unintentional and unwanted cry of pain escaped my mouth as I kept my injured foot on the cold floor.

He looked at me and then shook his head as he picked me up in his arms.

"I can manage." I said not wanting him to carry me.

I just want to stay away from him but the situations are completely opposite. Nothing is in my favour these days.

He didn't say anything or cared to respond as he made his way out of the room and downstairs. As we reached the dining area, I saw the brothers already seated there and talking. He made me sit on a chair as he himself moved to his chair and everyone started eating. I was just looking at my hands which were resting on my lap.

"Eat!" he ordered glaring me as he noticed that I was not eating.

I immediately started filling my mouth with the food without caring about what actually I was eating. I started coughing badly because of the spices in the food. I looked at the thing I was eating. The biryani was all red because of chillies. I can't handle spicy food. My body doesn't favor it. In fact, once I landed in hospital because of it. My tongue started burning and my eyes watered.

"You alright?" asked Arjun as he filled a glass of water and passed it to me.

I drank it in one go but it didn't help much and I kept coughing nonstop, holding my chest which was burning. Kabeer started rubbing my back. All four brothers besides Laksh were looking at me worried.

"You can't even eat properly!" said Laksh gritting his teeth.

"Bhai please... She didn't do it on purpose." said Yuvraaj but Laksh didn't budge as he kept eating.

"Wait a minute." said Ryan as he ran into the kitchen.

He came back with a small bowl containing strawberry ice cream.

"Here, have it. It'll help your burning stomach." he said passing the bowl to me.

I took it from him as I started filling my mouth with the ice cream not even caring about the fact that I hate strawberry ice cream. And it did help as the burning sensation started to get less. I took a deep breath as I gulped.

"Are you fine now?" Kabeer asked looking at me.

I nodded my head in response and all of them again got seated on their chairs and started having their dinner.

"Great!! Now you've a child to do baby sitting and pass your time." said Laksh rolling his eyes.

I fixed my eyes on my plate. I didn't lift them to look at him again because I knew he must be glaring me.

"Yeah! And the credit goes to you only." said Ryan trying to hold back his chuckle.

After a while when we were done eating, he picked me up again and took me back to my room.

"Infact I'm also doing the same. Baby sitting!!" he said irritated as he placed me on the bed.

He himself settled down on the bed besides me. I looked at him scared as I moved away to keep some distance from him. He gave me a death glare and I stopped creating distance between the two of us.

"What was his name?" he asked looking in my eyes.

"Wh... Whose name?" I asked stammering.

"That bloody fiance of yours." he said and I saw him making a fist of his hand.

What he wants from him now? He'll not let him live in peace after death also?

"J... Jai..." I said.

"Full name!" he said.

"Jai Malik..." I replied timidly.

"What he used to do? Work and all?" he asked giving me a suspicious look.

"Uhm... He was a manager in a hotel." I answered.

He was looking at me like I was an idiot.

"You're more stupid than I thought. You got engaged to a man and was going to get married to him without even knowing anything about him. Leave anything, you don't even know his real name." he said shaking his head.

What? What did he mean by that? His name was Jai Malik!

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"He was Jai but not Malik." he said as he moved his hand and rested it on my cheek.

I didn't move or say anything. Although I wanted to push his hand away but I didn't. Can I afford doing that?

"You're lying!" I said.

He gritted his teeth as I said that while I gulped.

"Believe whatever you want. I don't care." he said pulling me to him through my waist.

"Do you know anything about his family?" he asked moving his head into my neck and taking a deep breath.

I shuddered at his action.

Why is he asking about his family? What if... No! He can't kill his family just because their son was going to get married to me.

"No! He told me that he was an orphan." I lied.

I was praying to the God that he don't find out that I was lying but I guess he was too busy to catch my lie. My luck!

"Again, you're fooled." he said with his face still in my neck.

I shivered as his hot breath fell on my skin.

He already knows about his family! God! What is he going to do with them?

"Means?"

"He wasn't an orphan." he replied.

"Bhai, you've a call from... Oh sorry!!"

Laksh groaned in annoyance as he pulled himself away and both of us looked at the door to find Ryan standing there keeping both of his hands on his eyes.

Dramatic much!!

"Who's that?" asked Laksh getting up.

Ryan removed his hands from his eyes as he looked me and then at his brother while smiling sheepishly.

"Your oldest and dearest friend." said Ryan and I felt that he was being sarcastic when he called the caller as Laksh's friend.

Laksh clenched his jaw as he made his way out of the room, followed by Ryan.

"Romancing with a child!" I heard Ryan's teasing voice from outside the door.

"Shut up!!" said Laksh

"Ouch... Bhai, it hurts..." with that their voices faded.

I got up from the bed on my one leg and moved towards the door, jumping on my one leg only. I closed the door and moved back to the bed.

'God please keep Jai's family safe. Please don't let him harm them. They're innocent just like Jai. He already killed him because of me. I'll die in guilt if he harmed anyone else from his family.' I prayed as I laid down on the bed.

I didn't turn off the lights because darkness is scaring me more than anything these days. I don't like dark. I'm feeling like a prisoner who is kept in a beautiful house but there are dark and dangerous secrets hidden behind the beautiful and designer walls of this Mafia house.

I have to take small steps to find a way out of here. First I have to know where exactly I am. Where is this place? How far we're from the city because I saw mountains when I was peeping out of the window. That means this place if very far from the main city.

I wonder if my uncle and aunt must be looking for me and Rohit? They always wanted to somehow get rid of us so I doubt they must be looking for us. They must be very happy.

Can I take help from the police to keep this Mafia out of my life if I managed to escape from here? Will they help me out? They will! It's their duty to keep us safe. But how will I escape? I can't see any way out of this place. And I don't even know where he has kept Rohit. How will I find him if I even get out of here? In the meantime he can harm my brother if he came to know that I ran away. No no... I can't take a risk. Aarrgghhh... What should I do? God, please help me. Please...

I thought that I was going to get a happy life after years but I was wrong. Maybe happiness is not for everyone.

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