Chapter - 19
A: You had no idea did you……..He said calmly….laughing at her a little mockingly…… after waiting for the reply for some more time……….He was not only in love with you, but he was crazy about u and he was just obsessed with it.
K: This can't be true. He would have told me…….Kripa said with her hands on her mouth…….You are lying…..she shouted at him angrily…..
A: Yeah, If he would have, you would have no doubt reciprotated his love…….he said looking at her bitterly……
K: Angad….you are lying……she cried out……….
A: No, I am not….he said calmly…..looking at her anguished face……..he knew this would hurt her……..more than he could probably imagine……I wish I would have been…….but it is the truth…..
Kripa turned away and closed her eyes……and stood there for a long time…..then slowly she turned around..……….
K: Is this the only reason you hated him…….She asked calmly, folding her hands and taking a deep breathe…………
A: No….he said sadly looking at her white face…….
K: So there is more?
A: Yeah……
K: I never thought about him ever from that angle…..I always thought him as my brother figure…… He never acted like he was in love with me when he was around me………
Angad shrugged………
A: May be, he did not realize his love till you moved out of his house I guess……..He missed you and his life was falling apart. His and Tanya's relationship started falling………He called you at nights some times……..to talk to you. At first, I thought he just missed you…..and I gave you the phone…..but then he started to call at most odd hours….I told him, not to call here at nights and you would call him, when you will get the phone….but he started calling me names and talking rudely over phone……I cut his phone most of the time at nights, when you were asleep and then started putting the phone down and turning down the mobile to stop his calls. I had warned him couple of times to stop calling this way. But he was just acting like a total jerk on the phone. His voice was as if he was drunk, whenever he called you…… And when I tried to talk to him, he would call me names, and insult our relationship….Insult our love….I was getting annoyed and angry at him, and even felt like killing him some times…..It went on for 6 months after our marriage….. I started having my doubts about him, when he came to meet you after we were married, He was constantly besides you trying to get ur attention. Trying to take you out, without me tagging with you….. My doubts turned to be true on the night I arrived at Nainital, without informing you about my arrival, because I was a little fearful about his intentions. That was the reason I did not want you to go to Nainital………. I saw him near the station with some other person and followed him. There I heard him talking to his so called drinking partner and friend……….. You want to know what he was talking about.? Angad asked mockingly……… Kripa just kept looking at him……..with out any emotions……..
He was planning to divorce Tanya after the babies were born, then take the babies and live happily with you…………... He was planning to break our marriage. And most of all he was planning to put some drugs in your drinks so he could make you his………He was so obsessed with you that he was not even thinking about what you might feel afterwards……He was not even thinking about his children…..His wife was there struggling with the pregnancy..…..And he wanted you back in his life by hook or crook and when I confronted him, his exact words were to me…….. "You will one day know that Kripa too loves me as much as I love her and one day she will prove my words to you and you will be all alone and regret marrying her."……Angad's jaw tightened………..I was disgusted by him…………... How could he talk in such a way, when his wife was at home sick carrying his babies………… How could he think in so ill way, about his friend, who had always trusted him so much……We had several rows, and then he threatened to kill me too…..Kripa shivered at the thought and looked wide eyed at Angad.. and you too and then himself…..His words, his obsession his thinking….made me sick……I was just surprised at his sudden transformation….…. I and Prithvi had a bull of a fight and we were arrested. Later in the morning we were left and I warned Prithvi, that if he wants his babies and if he wants my mouth shut then he would just do as I told him to. I had recorded all our conversation that last night…And I threatened to take him to police, for threatening me and you and expose him before you and Tanya….. and And then I told u to pack off and come with me and I warned him not to call u ever again. I warned him that if he ever called you then, I will tell the truth to Kripa and Tanya and then he will neither have his kids nor his so called love……I did not tell Tanya, because I was worried about her health…..but if I would have allowed you to stay there, then she too would be in problem along with you….…I told him, that if he ever bothers us, he would make sure that he would spend his remaining life in jail and the person, for whom he was doing all this would hate him the most…..
I think that threat worked and he stopped calling. Later I got a call 2 months prior to his accident…..and again I warned him ….But he kept threatening to kill you and me and told me that I was not meant for you and he was the one, she always depended on and she loved no one else but him…and on and on…….Kripa's thoughts took her to the phone calls Angad got and he used to go out to talk….and tell that they were office calls…..He used to be little frustrated and tensed….and when asked would tell that there were some problems at work……She realized that they were all Prithvi's call…..she looked wide eyed at Angad….hurting at the thought of how Prithvi could do this, to her…..Angad continued……He talked rubbish and then would just keep babbling how you would realize that you were missing him and come back to him….... He died due to accident, but not due to over tiredness, but alcohol. He was not only a alcoholic but also became a drug addict in his last couple of months……..Tanya died due to over stress during pregnancy…..He was the reason, she lost her life……If not for him, Tanya would have been alive……..The children would not have been orphaned…….. I suppose she came to know about Prithvi's intentions and she could not bear it……..…He even abused her some times verbally and once or twice hit her too….Her delivery was complicated due to his constant torture…… I came to know this from police, as the maid in his house had told them………..Angad looked out at the silent night………….I did not want the kids because I hated Prithvi……….But I did not have the heart to leave them……..I wanted them to have nice family who would love them, and who would care for them….After what prithvi had done, I was fearful I would hurt them, some day, due to the bitterness I have for Prithvi.…. So I told u that we could give them to good parents for adoption…………. I was sure I could not love those kids after what Prithvi did……When ever I would see them, I was sure I would remember what Prithvi had done…and I could not live in constant reminder of the only person, I wished to forget..……How could have prithvi thought I would be ready to take his kids, after what he had done………I was afraid for your safety…….I was mentally frustrated at his constant calls, for a year…….It was all getting out of hand………...But when you told that you would not let the kids go away from you and you choose them, then I thought………..
K: That Prithvi was right………..and I loved him and you thought I had proved his point……She whispered and slowly looked up at Angad…….…..Angad looked at her with tears in his eyes and just looked away…………
Time stilled and only thing that moved were curtains, cool wind rushing in from the open window..…………..
Kripa kept looking at Angad…….with tearful eyes………..And Angad kept looking out side the window…….not able to look in her eyes……………
In those moments she had lost another man who she thought was the closest to have been her family………….First her father left, then Angad and now hearing Prithvi's betrayal sent a knife through her chest……….She still could not believe that Prithvi had done this to them……….But she also knew that Angad was telling the truth……….His eyes said it all………The only person she had ever trusted had tried to destroy her married life……Not only hers but his as well and the thought of Tanya's death both shiver in her body……Tanya and she had been good friends and were close to each other too………She talked about how much she wanted to have kids and how much she loved to be a mom……..But Prithvi had betrayed her……And without knowledge, she had become part of Prithvi's crime too…..She was the reason, for Tanya's death too…..She felt disgusted at the thought………….She felt betrayed herself and she felt hurt……It was the worst nightmare of her life…..
K: If u thought that about me after living with me for a year then u did not know me at all Angad…..…..She whispered………And no relation can survive without understanding and trust, just like ours…………..Saying this she turned away……….Tears falling down her cheeks uncontrollably…………Didn't he ever feel her love, didn't he ever trusted her words…….She had declared her love from time to time………..But when time came to trust those words, he had believed some one else over her………He wanted her to prove her love to him, by giving away the children to some one else……But how could she………..The moment she had seen those children, she had been bestowed upon them……..They had become her life……..She had loved Angad with all her heart……….but these children had taken a special place in her heart too……There helplessness tore her heart and their innocence made her fall in love with them instantly……..They were the kids of her friend was a different matter………..But for the moment she saw them all alone……….she felt like they belonged to her and in her arms………..
She closed her eyes and remembered all the time she had spent with Prithvi………He was every thing to her, her best friend, a brother figure, a person she could depend on……….During the 10 years they were together, he had supported her every step of the way, then how could he try to destroy her family behind her back……..Why couldn't he declare his love to her directly, when they were together every hour of the day………Joking, sharing hopes and sorrows, laughing together on silly jokes………It was just confusing………..They were so close together, but still he could not tell her his deepest wishes in open……..The love had become obsession some times, she realized by what Angad had just told her……….He had been so focused to get her back in his life, that he forgot to ask her about what she wished……..Or if she loved him too……….She felt so hurt that her heart was breaking into pieces……..Yes she believed Angad…..There was no doubt in her mind that he was telling the truth……..
K: I wanted those kids, because they were helpless, they looked so lonely and all alone in this big world……….I wanted them to have a nice family and not live like orphans like us………..I wanted them to feel that they are loved and most of all I wanted to give them what I could give……….What I felt for them the moment I met them…….Mother's love which I missed so very much all this years that I still cry some nights to feel my mother's arms around me consoling me that everything would be alright………..Yes I cared for Prithvi and loved him, but just like a friend……….and I would have taken those kids, no matter who they belonged to, if they were trusted to me………She whispered and looked at him………….
A: I was not sure that I could love those kids Kripa……….And I did not want to hurt them…….I can't love them, but that does not mean I would like to hurt them……….I was so angry and disgusted at that time on Prithvi that I realized that I could not take them with me and love them as our kids, and that would be injustice to those kids….They would constantly remind me of a person, I wanted to forget……Months and months of torture, had taken toll on my mind……….I did not want to talk ill of a person or have bitter thoughts about him after he was dead…….but I could not help my self……….That is why I wanted to give them away……..But you were so adamant to keep them, that my anger overlooked the love you had for me and I just convinced my self that Prithvi was true that you loved him and not me…………I thought you might not have realized it before, you must have taken him for granted or must have loved him subconsciously, Just like he had…….but still those thoughts kept haunting me…..You might think a particular person as a friend and be close to him Kripa……….But you don't know how the other person is feeling for u……..….That was the reason I did not like u getting so close with Nishant………..He said looking away a little sadly…….
K: Why did u not tell me all this at that time Angad………I asked you again and again…….but you never told me the real reason about your fight with Prithvi………..For 6 months after we went back to Delhi I asked u at least 100 times about it……….But you never spoke a word……….I abided by your wishes and did not talk to him….I never went back to meet him…I did everything I could so you would not feel that I disobeyed you or disrespected you…….I even asked you after Prithvi's death, before you left me…..but still you did not tell me………..
Angad sighed and looked deep in her eyes…….
A: I did not want u to get hurt……..I knew what Prithvi was for u……..how u looked upon him for every small thing….........After what ur father did, I know you only trusted one person with ur problems and that was Prithvi…….. u respected him and cared for him like ur own family. I did not want you to be hurt like you are now. I know I should have told u, but I did not have the heart to tell u at that time……..You were grieving for a person, you thought as a brother, and this truth might have shattered your illusion…..….I wanted u to keep the image of the only family you had to be pleasant for the rest of your life, because prithvi was already dead…….I would have told you if he would have still been alive and kept interfering us, but he was dead and I thought it better not to let you know……….But at the same time I did not want Sur and Prateek, because they would remind me of Prithvi and his evil intentions and hurtful words………I wanted to come back to Nainital, after couple of days, but still I was unsure….but then I angrily told dadaji that you were not coming back and he got a stroke…..I know it was my fault…but at that time, I was grieving and I took out my anger on you and moved further away once I came to know about my dad, thinking may be this was my fate and it was the only thing open for me now…..I didn't think I can ever love those kids Kripa…………And I am still unsure about it…….he said with tears in his eyes…..
How could he tell her that how much Prithvi's behaviour had affected him……He was continuously in pressure, trying to solve the problem all alone in the first year of there marriage, trying to protect Kripa from the hurt at the same time parallely…….And prithvi's constant threat were just making his life miserable…..…Trying to build his career for their future…....It was the hell, he had endured, which was relieved when he came to know about Prithvi's accident…..Yeah he felt guilty for the thought…..but he could not help himself……He had felt as if a rock had been lifted from his head.......But not for long……..When he read the letter, he was again in a fix…….But when he saw the little kids, he was unsure that he could do it…..He shivered at the thought of hurting the kids, and taking out his anger on them, which he had for Prithvi some day…..No, he could not do it……He could not separate them from Prithvi and he could not have the constant reminder with him as well…..The best thing he thought for everyone was adoption…..Back to the present, he looked at Kripa……with sad eyes…..
Kripa's eyes filled with tears………….She knew he still cared for her……….His words just confirmed her how much……..But at the same time his determination to keep Sur and Prateek at distance hurt too………..Why couldn't he see those children as just innocent kids instead of Prithvi's kids………Her thoughts were interrupted by some movements near the door………Kripa and Angad both jerked and looked at the open door………….Both stood there shocked to see Sur standing there crying………..
S: Mommy, I am afraid…….I want to sleep with u……….She said crying…….looking at Angad fearfully………….Kripa at once rushed to her and took her in her arms…………She slowly turned and looked at Angad, with anguished eyes……. who was looking at them with wide eyes and deep yearning……His eyes confirmed her fears..……She closed her tearful eyes for a second and let the tears pour down her cheeks…………She did not know what Sur had listened or what she had made out of it………Sur was far smarter for her age and Kripa feared about her a lot lately….….She then suddenly wiped her cheeks and made her way out with out a word….But suddenly she lost her balance and was about to fall with Sur in her arms, when Angad shouted her name loudly and ran to her and held her before she fell down….His heart beating heavily with concern for her…….Kripa for a minute, just stood there a little shocked…..and looked at Angad blankly while he held on to her…..looking at her concerningly…..
A: Are you ok? he asked…….Kripa just nodded without a word and slowly turned around…….Sur was also holding her a little tightly frightened…..Kripa immediately hugged her and said sorry for her carelessness and went out…..Angad's hand slowly slipping from her arms, as well as the other which was on sur……The little hand in his felt like they belonged to him…..It felt as if they cried for protection……Sur's tear filled and fearful face said him what she might have heard….He closed his eyes in anguish and silently prayed for strength…….Life was challenging him every step of the way…..It was making his every nightmare, come to life..……Kripa on the other side felt his loss as soon as she was out…..His touch for a single moment, made her shiver all the way to her toes……but then her attention went back to Sur..…..She took Sur to the kitchen and gave her some water…………..Sur held Kripa tightly as if her life was depended on her and cringed to her all the way to her room………..Kripa made her sleep on the bed and then lied down besides her, gathering her close to her………
After a long time and lots of sweet talk, Sur was sleeping again……and Kripa heaved a sigh……………But sleep was the last thing in her mind right now…………..Her mind was full of questions and felt heavy with the truth she learned today………….It all felt like a bad dream………….And she wished that when she opened her eyes next, it would all be a dream and not the truth………But she had no such luck………….She wept and wept, till there were no tears left……Thinking about what Angad had said about Prithvi….It just felt unbelievable…..Her heart was breaking into pieces…..She was drowning in the sea of pain and sorrow……She had given prithvi the place in her heart, no one had ever had…..She had trusted him….loved him as her brother….and thought that he was her support…….But everything shattered…..It was all a wall of glass which had shattered along with the illusions she had about him……Her dad had betrayed her, her best friend had and she had lost her husband too…..May be he did not betray her, but still she had trusted him to be there for her in times when she needed him and support her decision, but he had not………A tear again slipped from her eye…….after long time…..when her eyes were all dry….making her sob……
In Angad's room, Angad too spent a sleepless night tossing and turning on the empty bed………………..Remembering the sweet moments he spent with Kripa after their marriage……….
He wanted to console her and tell her that everything would be ok and he was with her…..Some how he had always known that the hurt she would feel at Prithvi's betrayel would be far worst than his leaving her……He had known the bond Kripa shared with Prithvi from his school days…..Though he was her love and life…..Prithvi was her family….who she looked upon as her protector, her anchor, her friend, who she could lean on to when times were rough…..Her fathers betrayal had hurt her…..he had seen how she would throw away the gifts he had sent and how she would cry her heart off…..and those times, only Prithvi could console her……..no one else…..He had taken the place of her father and brother in her heart…….and that persons betrayel would have wounded her too badly….That was the reason, he never could tell her any thing about Prithvi………He could not see her tears…..he could not see her so much in pain…..
He went to childrens room, to look if Kripa was alright…..He heard her sob, in the dark room…..And his eyes filled with tears too……How he wanted to take her in his arms……
He stood there silently for some time…….and when Kripa looked up, she knew that he was in the room and he knew that she knew….He slowly walked near her, and gathered her in his arms and took her to their room…..Kripa did not utter a word…..She did not protest…..she was just too tired…..He laid her down on their bed and covered her…He took a glass of water and gave it to her to drink….She took it with out a word and drank it…..looking down…..Then he turned the covers and joined her….He gathered her in his arms and caressed her hairs slowly…..trying to calm her sobs….Kripa could not help, but cry again…….her tears soaked his T-Shirt……….She had cried for Prithvi before……..but today, she cried for their lost friendship…..She did not remember any thing else, no Angad's deserting her or her 5 years of hardship….She just cried and cried and Angad let her take it all out….He knew what she might have felt like and he was afraid of this only….But now he had to support her…..Support her through this and give her strength to come out of this….May be tomorrow she might hate him again….But today she needed him….And he wanted her to lean on him….To cry and wash off her grief leaning on him…..taking his support…….
After a long time…..he felt Kripa breathe slowly……….He slowly without disturbing her, kept her head on the pillow and tried to take his hands from her to cover her……But her fingers tightened over his hands and he did not have heart to leave her….He slowly wiped her cheeks, kissed her forehead and then covered them both and slept with her, with his arms, protectively around her waist and his face buried in the crook of her neck…….Her hiccups still filled with pain were piercing his heart…….His eyes filled with tears at the thought of hurt Kripa might have felt….
Next day, Kripa found herself exactly in the same position…..Her breathe caught in her throat…..Angad was breathing heavily….near her neck….His hot breathe making her knees week………and their fingers were tangled together and his other arm were on her waist…..She remembered how last night he had held her and let her cry…..How he had whispered to her that everything would be alright and he was with her….and she should be strong for the kids…..She shivered with the acknowledgement that he still cared…..Cared about her very much….His dried tears on his nose and cheeks were the proof…..She wanted to touch his cheeks and wipe his tears too…..But she could not…..She slowly got up…..very careful not to wake Angad, and left to freshen up……
As soon as Kripa was off, Angad opened his eyes….He was awake all the time….He was awake, when Kripa's fingers had tightened on him and she had looked at him for a few minutes…..He could feel her stare..….But he did not want to embarrass Kripa, so had closed his eyes and let her slip ….Though he wanted to take her in his arms and hug her and kiss her tears away…….He heard the shower running and sighed………His thoughts went back to Sur, she was here last night…….Had she heard him……The thoughts made Angad freeze……After last night, even his decision felt some what unsure……Had he made the right decision 5 years ago…..Yeah, leaving Kripa was not right……..But, what about the kids…….Could he have loved them eventually or could he just have hurt them as he thought before…….Like his words might have hurt Sur today……….The thought made Angad sick with worry…….
Kripa and the kids got ready and Sur was very quite that day………Kripa tried to talk to her, but Sur did not respond well and just kept her attention once with some talk from Prateek and Krish………..But other wise……..It was not very pleasant………like always. Kripa did not glance in Angad's direction once and neither did Angad, who was in deep thoughts..………..Kripa and children left to the school soon after Angad……….
Angad's thoughts constantly went back to Sur and her sad face…..Her eyes had lost their shine…..And when he thought about Prateek, he missed his non stop chatter too…….How he would constantly try to get his attention, but later he had drifted apart…….His thoughts went back to their innocent, trustful eyes……and kept haunting him for the whole day…..Kripa's sadness too haunted him….The reality might have shattered her, but he had no choice…..She constantly remembered the very person, he wanted to forget……..But, he wanted to take her in his arms this morning, and console her just like last night and say, that he was with her………But…..
The day went on busy as ever for Kripa………….But her mind kept withering as Sur's face this morning and yesterday night kept flashing in front of her……….Did she hear Angad……….his last words before they saw her were that he did not want Sur and Prateek and didn't think he could ever love them………Her face today had said it all…….She wanted to stay at home today for some reason……….But Sur was adamant that she wanted to go to school………..But Kripa was getting a very uneasy feeling……….Suddenly, she left the staff room in her free time and went to see how Sur was doing……..They still had 3 classes to go, before the school ended……….
She reached the classroom……She searched for Sur in the little heads who were looking at her with smile………..but could not see her………Frowning she called her name softly………but no answer came………The teacher who was teaching them also frowned and looked around…….Suddenly Kripa was stunned to notice that Sur and Prateek were both missing…………..She could not see either of them………….Panicked she looked at the other teacher to tell her some thing about their whereabouts………….
K: Where are Sur and Prateek?
T: I don't know……I just joined the children after the break.
Kripa ran out of the class and looked for the children every where in the school and kept asking the teachers………But no one had seen the children in a while………Kripa was scared out of her wits………..By the time she came back to their classroom Principal was already there and so were some other teachers who were enquiring the children slowly, without panicking them……………
P: Kripa, did the children ever did this before….I mean did they go any where without telling u, or just went to play without telling……….etc……..
K: Kripa shivered and shook her head in denial……….Tears forming in her eyes…….making her vision blur…….Suddenly her thoughts went to Krish……..She then ran to Nursery section of the school….…….She went to Jr. kg class to look for Krish and was relieved to see him there……….She went to him and slowly tried to ask him if he had seen Sur and Prateek…….Krish denied and Kripa told him to play in the class and went away. She did not tell him that Prateek and Sur were missing……….Many people were searching the kids around the school………..Kripa just could not utter a single word……….She spent again next 20 minutes searching the schools bathrooms, playgrounds and every where possible………But there was no sign of both the kids………….Finally Kripa broke down and started crying…………Teachers and Principal tried to console her saying they will find the kids……..But Kripa had a very bad feeling………She was getting sick with worry……..The security people on the gate were called to ask if any kids had gone out………….but no one had noticed them……….
Finally Principal called the police as there was no other option left……Soon, the police arrived and took the description of the kids………….They even doubted that the kids might be kidnapped as they were Angad Khanna's children…………And Kripa's heart sank a little further……….She did not know how her kids where…….where they were or what had happened to them…………Her tears kept flowing from her eyes, while she answered all the questions asked by Police…..After an hour of interrogations and asking around the school, police left………..The school time was over and other kids were all picked up by the parents………..Kripa sent Krish home in the car telling him that they will be late today and then called home and informed teddy what was happening and that she was sending Krish home and to look after him….....Teddy promised to look for Krish till Angad Sir came………He asked if he should call Angad, but Kripa denied………..For some reason she felt that Angad was responsible for what was happening to her kids today………..She felt anger towards him rising and asked teddy not to tell Angad and she would look for the kids herself.…………..
Whole afternoon, kripa kept looking for the children on the streets……….asking every single shop and person about them………….But she could get no clue………..Finally devasted and exhausted, she went back to the school in the evening………Where Principal and some staff were still waiting for the news of the children………They tried there best to console Kripa……….But Kripa was devasted…………..Evening turned to night and still there was no sign of the kids……….Then Kripa saw Angad coming near her from distance…………..His face looked grim and he directly stared at kripa……….
He could not believe that Kripa had not called her all afternoon……….when the kids were missing……………When he came home just half an hour back teddy had told him about Kripa's phone call………Did she think that he did not feel concerned towards the kids………..Did she think that he was such a monster that he did not care a single bit about the kids……………About what happened to them……..He had told her several times that, may be he could not love the kids, but he never want to see them hurt in any way…..like he hurt them yesterday, the thought came from no where and he was shocked….He was angry at Kripa as well as himself…..Angry at her because she did not inform him about the children, and on himself as some where he knew that he was the one responsible for all this..…..But one look at Kripa's condition, all his anger was gone…………..His eyes filled with concern and he too was afraid for the kids now………….He was almost sure today morning that Sur had listened to there conversation last night……….
He slowly walked towards Kripa………..who looked away……..Her face all messed up with dried and fresh tears……..Eyes red and swollen from crying and he knew she was having a bad head ache…………….Kripa suddenly got up from her seat and excused her self from there and started turning around to run to the rest room……..She did not want to face Angad just yet……….But Angad was too fast……….He held her hand before she could go and pulled her to his chest tightly…….Kripa tried to wriggle a little but then, knew that they had audience……and so just stood there with her hands on his chest…………Life draining out of her…..as she felt his strong arms surround her………..She could not help but feel a little consoled and confident now that Angad was with her………..She did not want to feel this with him……….but she did………..Fresh tears gathered her eyes and soaked his shirt…..Constant worry about Sur and Prateek made her lifeless…………She was afraid for there well being……….
Angad hugged her tightly in his arms and kissed her lightly on her forehead……….closing his eyes in silent prayer for the kids…..
A: Kripa, you should have called me………..he whispered………..in a gentle scolding way……………..
Kripa just shook her head …………but did not move…….
A: We will find them Kripa….Don't worry…..I will call the whole police department to search for them……Please stop crying……he whispered swallowing his own tears……feeling helpless at the moment….He did not know how to take the pain Kripa was feeling at the moment……Her tears pained him….He could not see her this way and he closed his eyes…..
The principal came to him…and they slowly parted…….Angad looked at her blinking back his tears and they talked about what had happened and every thing that followed………Angad listened carefully…….His arms never leaving Kripa, holding her to him and giving her the strength, she needed….……and then asked some more questions and then decided to go to police station himself to know if they have found out some thing………Suddenly the security person informed them that there was a call from police station………..Kripa ran to the phone and took it at once……………..Suddenly the receiver dropped out of her hand, while the police was talking to her and she almost fell down………But Angad's strong arms held her before she hit the floor………….He took the phone and talked to the officer……………They had found out the children………and they were in hospital. There was an accident and Sur had gotten hurt !!!
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