"Aaahhhh. .."

Vikram cried out louder, as his every single muscle pained as though it had torn out because of his devilish overnight workout. .

   He wasn't able to accept his defeat ...His every move hit the blind wall. ..He thought of destroying the research by killing suman. When it turned out negative, he planned to blow her as a final choice when she's in ISRO. His final ray of hope too destroyed by ramnath. ..

  Ramnath  tracked the device that had been fixed to Suman's leg. .. He  identified the dark side of vikram too. ..

    Without having a choice, vikram killed ramnath. even after his death, things weren't quite good. .before his death, ramnath had sent some mails. ..vikram noticed it and he took his laptop with him  ..

   
     His laptop didn't  help him anyway as ramnath had set an auto destruction software. ..

Vikram was damn annoyed and approached his tech team to handle it. .While waiting for their positive feedback, one of his employers called vikram and shouted for his failures. ..

  
  " I knew what I am doing. ..I accept that I am paid highly and I will do what you wanted anyhow. .let's stop yelling at each other now, give me time. .."

Vikram didn't faced any humiliation until now .He sat in quite reverie for a while after his call ended. He had worked for his current employers for last ten years. His missions had taken him all over the world and entailed surveillance, assassinations, kidnappings and coercion. But, this mission had been a strange one and was difficult than he thought. ..

  His worries soared higher as the troubles are double now. ..He desperately wait for ramnath s laptop to help him. ..then, he had to handle his employer, finally, his mission to destroy ISRO 's research. ..

   His tiredness enforced him to fall asleep. ..

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   "Suman. .."

Daisy didn't mean to scold suman for her attitude towards shravan. Yet, she did. ..her tone was cold and  strong enough to convey her anger. ..

She sped to her fastly. ..her intense gaze made suman to shiver a bit. .

Suman couldn't hold her .Her tears overflowed. ..she held daisy s hands and spoke ...

    " Daisy. .. you can't find how I feel now. ..I feel myself changing. .I don't smile. ..I don't laugh. ..I don't talk the same anymore. ..I am so tired of everything mentally. .."

Her voice croaked .she covered her face into her palms and sobbed. ..

Daisy didn't expect her display of hurt. ..she immediately pulled suman to her warm embrace. ..she stroked her back ,at times patting her head. ..

 
" suman beta. ..sometimes, you've to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be. ..life must go on dear. .."

   Suman looked into her eyes deeply. ..

" Daisy. ..what was my fault. ? I didn't mind to be an orphan. .I dedicated myself to the country. ..I didn't  enjoy the worldly happiness. ..I didn't experienced a pure love. ..I didn't have my own family. ..all through my life, I lived with the research. .In turn, what did I have. .? I was accused for what I didn't even know. ..and shravan. ...."

She paused as her throat felt harder. ..she gulped to hold her back. ..

" I met him and honestly, I loved him. ..trusted him ...I have seen his magnificent  love and care for me. ..I was happy. ..flying out of world. ..Suddenly, everything turned out black. ..Daisy. ..I was broken to see shravan today. ..He didn't trusted me. ..I am again forced to be an orphan. .."

  Her sob hit daisy. .she tightened her embrace. ..

" suman. ..it's not like what you see. ..he's struggling mentally. ..one side your arrest and accusations. ..otherside, his father's murder. ..he's literally on trial of fire now. .."

  'His father's murder. .?'

Suman looked up baffled. .her eyes got widen  with shock. .

" Daisy. ..what you're saying. .?what happened to ramnath uncle. .?"

  Her voice resonanced the intensity. ..

  Daisy was shocked that suman wasn't aware of ramnath s death. ..

"Suman ...ramnath was murdered at his farmhouse on the same day when you're arrested. ..don't you know this. .."

   Suman's ears went numb to daisy. ..her heart wept harder . it was like a mountain crushed all of a sudden infront of her. .. ..her body shuddered with shock  when she felt Shravan's state. .

She scolded herself for not understanding shravan. ..infact, she should be his shoulders to hold him, to console him. But, what she had done, she double folded his pain by breaking his heart. ..

Suman felt ashamed of herself. ..she sat in trance by holding the bed frame. ..

Daisy understood suman and she sighed as she had cleared her misconception ...she left suman to ensure her space. ..

     For the next two days, suman expectantly passed her days. ..she longed to see shravan and she badly wanted to say sorry and hug him. ..

     Known to her thoughts, daisy and Ranjith tried their maximum best to make suman diverted. ..

    Suman was getting cured. ..she started to walk by her own. ..the next day morning she was going to be discharged. ..

  
Suman sighed to see her right leg which was heavily packed with POP. ..until yesterday, her life had a meaning to serve country, now her only mean was to say sorry to shravan for not understanding him. ..the rest was with his decision. ..

'Shravan. ..yet another night. ..when you are not by my side, I am recalling our memories and fall in love with you repeatedly. ..no matter what,you will abide in my heart ever and ever. ..'

  Suman scared of Shravan's eyes. ..she would break further if he eyed her with hate. ..the next  morning should bring her back his love. ..that's the only prayer she had as of now. ..

   
   The sun rose earlier next day. ..the nurse changed the wound dressing and she gave the discharge summary. ..

   " Miss. Suman. ..don't strain your  operated leg. ..take your medicines and after two days, we will remove your POP. ..now, wait for the in charge officer to take over your custody. .."

  The militant nurse left with a smile. ..

"Daisy. . Shravan would be coming. ..right. .."

Suman asked her expectantly. ..

" yes, he will. .."Daisy outlined. ..

  Suman's eyes passed to the door every now and then. ..

  When the door opened, she leapt out of bed. ..and her gleefull face turned down to see an old man. ..followed by Ranjith. ..

    " Ranjith. ..take care of the legal formalities man. ..where's shravan. .?"  He asked...

" sir. ..he's on a call. .."

Ranjith saluted him and left to meet the doctor. ..

  The old man looked like an orthodox militant. ..His old age spoke his experience. ..He seemed to be strict yet his eyes were calm and compassionate. ..

" Miss. Suman. ..I am sukla. ..the brigadier. ..best friend of ramnath. ..he's like my family. ..I heard of you from him and feel proud of you for your contributions for our nation. ..I knew, you had been a prey for a terrorist group. ..though we trust you, we need solid proof. ..mean, papers. ..it's all the law and court needed. ..let's see ..how shravan  work on it. ..now, have a speedy recovery beta. ..the enquiry commission will held a formal session by evening. ..be prepared. .."

   
While he was conversing, shravan got in. ..Suman's eyes met with him. ..her long awaited heart hammered heavily. ..her eyes fixed at him with loads of love. ..shravan do understand her mind. He wanted to hold her in his hands as he too  needed it so badly. ...He managed to get himself strong as his brigadier observed him curiously. ..

Shravan saluted him and relaxed. ..

Sukla smiled mischievously. ..

" I think. ..I should leave now. .."

He turned to leave and stood at door step. ..

" lover boy. ..don't take too much time, you're running out of time. ..be prepared for the enquiry commission. .."

He winked at shravan. ..

Needless to say, daisy slipped out of room. ..

Shravan stood unsure of Suman's  feelings. ..He avoided her eyes and turned away. ..

Suman got up from the bed and grasped his hands. ..she hesitantly leaned at his Back. ..

" shravan. ..I was stressed. ..scared. ..hurted. ..broken. ..I...I
..."

 
She couldn't speak as her voice loaded with emotions. ..

Shravan made her to face him. ..

" ishhhh. ..I know suman. ..I know how it would be hard. ..I left you to give your space. ..even if you don't trust me, I would wait for you years and years, because you are my life. .."

Suman failed to hold her back. ..she buried her face into his chest and broke out to inconsolable sob. ..

This time, fortunately it's joyous tear...

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  Hello friends. ..here's the next chap. ..hope you will enjoy this too. ..shraman s misunderstandings vanished and what would be vikram s next move. .?how would shravan prove suman to be innocent infront of the inquiry commission. .?

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