"I'm sorry for your loss" Mrs. Edwards suddenly said making me frown. I was walking past them to leave until Mrs. Edwards stopped me. A few minutes were just spent on her thanking me and now we were sitting on the seats in the waiting room with Mr. Edwards."Your sister...Riya right?" she asked with a sympathetic tone. "Yes, but how did you..." "I remember Sunny mentioning about it. He was really quiet that day, hardly ever left his room, became distant and that's when I confronted him. He broke into tears, he wouldn't even speak, he just cried and cried. He was a total mess. After calming down he finally told us about her death also mentioning that you had moved away" she explained. 

My palms clenched at the thought of him not telling the truth to his parents. Oh, Mrs. Edwards, you have no idea what your son did. "I didn't know you and Riya were close to him" I mentally gagged at that comment. We were never close and never will be close. "I remember her, beautiful girl...I may not have known her personally but I'm sure she must have been an amazing girl with great ambitions" 

"Yes...she did have great ambitions until someone snatched those from her" my voice turned hard but I quickly gave her a smile not wanting to seem disrespectful and rude because even though she is Sunny's mum, she had nothing to do with what happened with me and my sister. "If you don't mind me asking...how...how did she-"

"Suicide" I responded cutting Mr. Edwards question, who seemed to have a shocked expression on his face. "Oh...I'm sorry" he looked down. "Don't be sir...it happened 10 years ago...I've learned to move on" but have I really?

"Please...don't call me Sir...call me, uncle...I may not know you for long Eyshana but I still remember what you did for my family, maybe if you wouldn't have come, till this day mine and Sunny's relationship would have weakened more to the extent of being broken, so I truly am thankful to you" he patted my head in a fatherly manner.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were very kind and down to earth type of people, how on earth did they get a disgusting son like Sunny.

"So...where have you been all these years?" Mrs. Edwards asked. "I...I moved to another city, studied Law, and then moved to India where I finally pursued the career of becoming a lawyer" I replied. Her lips tilted up into a wide, happy smile while Mr. Edwards had an impressed looking expression. "Wow...that's great Eyshana, I'm really happy for you" "Thank you" I returned a smile at the two.

"So what made you get interested in law?" she asked making me feel like I was in some sort of interview. "Just in general, to help victims who have been through rape and abuse" I spoke the truth. "You have a great thought, I'm glad there are young girls like you in this world...this world needs people like...keep doing what you love," she said.

Before I could respond, a nurse walked towards us with a soft smile on her face. "How is my son?" Mrs. Edwards instantly jolted up on her feet rushing towards the nurse with fear. "Please smile Mrs. Edwards, you don't need to worry anymore. Your son is now awake and fully out of danger, he just needs to take some rest, making sure he takes his medication on time" Once the Nurse finished her sentence, Mrs. Edwards just froze for a few seconds until breaking down in tears. "Oh my baby...my baby is now fine...do you hear that? my baby is awake" she hugged her husband who had tears in his eyes.

"Thank you, nurse, when...when can we meet him," he asked with a shaky voice. "You can meet him right now" she smiled. "oh thank you...thank you so much," Mrs. Edwards said quickly before walking off at a fast pace towards Sunny's room and soon Mr. Edwards was behind her.

"Don't you want to meet him?" she asked me giving me a confused look. "No" I smiled and sat back down making her shrug as she walked off. I leaned my head back and sighed closing my eyes to rest them. "Why did you help him?" a voice spoke after a few seconds of quietness. I opened my eyes to see Aliya sitting down next to me looking at her fingers. "I'm not a monster Aliya...at least that's what I think," I said.

She suddenly turned her body towards me, her face looking hesitant like she was preventing herself to say something. "You... you could have had your revenge...by you not giving him blood would cause him to die...that would have made you happy right?" her face was masked with sadness. Her tone was dry and dull...she wasn't the same girl I knew back 10 years ago but then again, even I wasn't the same girl I once was 10 years ago.

"You have completely misunderstood me once again Aliya...non of your deaths matter to me, neither do they give me happiness but yes, seeing you all in pain, struggling with living your life, that makes me not happy but satisfied" I gave her an honest answer. "Eyshu-" "Eyshana" I cut her off making her look down with embarrassment. "E-eyshana...it's...it's been 10 years...we...we are all regretting what we did. We did wrong...and I know what we all did was unforgivable but-"

"but what Aliya? time is not an excuse, I don't care how long you have all been regretting, it could be 20 years...I don't give a damn"

"I know but...we all have been punished in some sort of way" her eyes filled with water, pleading for me to listen to her. "I understood what you went through"

"Oh really?" I raised my eyebrow giving her a 'are you for real?' look. "Yes," she added pressure to her word. "Yes... I do understand what you felt. There was a time when I didn't believe in karma but now I do since it hit me fucking hard nearly causing me to end my life. What I did to you happened the same to me. I s-spread your nudes...same happened to me. It opened my eyes, made me realize that what I did was wrong...utterly and truly wrong. As a female, a girl myself I stooped so low, ruining another girl's life because of jealousy but when the same happened to me...I understood how you felt and I'm...I'm so sorry" her voice started to quiver as she tried to hold in her cries.

"Yet, you will still never be able to understand what I went through," I said. "There is a difference between mine and your situation. My...my pictures are still out there...somewhere o-on the net an-"

"Same for me...mine are too...mine are out there, somewhere on the net" "yet I was insulted in front of hundreds on people that day...my pictures were stuck on the walls with people calling me disgusting names, guys taking pictures of me whilst I cried, getting texts and phone calls asking for me to have a night with them...so don't you fucking say that you know how it feels...because you don't" I spat with rage. Her body flinched away from me as she looked down with guilt and shame.

"You had everyone with you that time, your friends were ready to file a case, ready to get your pictures removed from the net by asking for my help. I had no one except my sister and Sagar. How can I allow you to have your photos deleted from the internet while mine are still out there? God knows by which eyes are watching. So why don't we just suffer together huh? it was anyways your idea, guess it came around and gave you quite a huge hit" I mocked her.

She sniffled, hands covering her mouth as she silently cried. "I didn't m-meant-to hurt you...I r-really didn't" she cried. "I didn't k-know he would do that to you...if I did I would have stopped him" "would you?" I scoffed looking at her in disbelief. Wiping her tears, a shaky breath left her mouth before giving me a nod. I laughed dryly...as if she would.

"Sona went through the worst...you saved her from getting raped once, yet she couldn't even repay what you did to her whilst you were going through the same thing. She is suffering Eyshana, I've seen her, I've been with her...she isn't the same girl we once knew...she has grown quiet, distanced...she flinches at every touch...even her relationship with Vicky has been affected. Eyshana...they are all suffering...I am suffering...I know we can't have you back as a friend but...but please free us from this pain...please Eyshana...I beg you...I beg you please" she folded her hands, crying as she pleaded but not once did I feel any sort of sympathy for her.

"and how would I free you from this" I paused "pain of yours?" I hissed with disgust. "Forgive us Eyshana...forgive us...only that way we will be at peace" her voice was indeed anguished with pain and sorrow.

I smiled with disbelief before standing up. I just walked away without saying anything. What could I say? I myself didn't know what to say. Do they deserve forgiveness? after what they did to me? It has been 10 years but their pain was nothing compared to mine. Truth to be told, they were all selfish and still are. To this day they all just think about themselves.

I was so lost talking to myself in my head that I accidentally bumped into someone making me jolt out of my thoughts. An arm wrapped around my waist sending a powerful electric tingle down my spine. "Woah...careful there beautiful eyes" a deep sexy voice spoke making me tense up. My eyes slowly trailed up to a handsome face smiling down at me. I moved back watching him take off his sunglasses. His soft golden hair was tied into a bun, his muscles big and tight making him look really attractive, especially with the police uniform he was wearing.

What the hell am I even thinking about?

"Officer Malin...you and here?" I asked trying to control my confusing emotions. "Got a call that an accident had happened...but why are you here?" his tone suddenly turned into a concerned one. "Uh...I.."

"Malin...he is in room C7" a man called out. "I'm coming" he nodded at his partner before looking back at me. "Ezhil Mital...you are here for him right?" his face turned black. "No" I sighed. "I came to donate blood" I answered honestly. He frowned giving me a confused look. "I'll tell you later as you're on duty right now" I gave him a smile before walking away from him but he quickly held my wrist stopping me from taking a step further.

"Yes?" I asked now looking at him. His eyes stared intensely all over my face like he was trying to memorize what he was seeing. "When?" he asked. "What?" I tilted my head. "When will you tell me?" he let go of my wrist standing closer to me. I could feel the warmth of his body touching mine making me feel....relaxed and safe. "When you are fr-" "I'm free tonight," he said in a rush not even letting me complete my sentence making me shocked. "Um...okay" I nodded.

He didn't move, he just kept staring at me but this time his face wasn't blank or expressional, they were revealing his emotions like he wanted to talk more...crave, desperation, care? he was showing it all. "I'll...see you later" I cleared my throat before walking away. I could still feel his stare so I looked back seeing him still standing there watching me before he smiled to himself running his hand through his hair.

What was that?

What was she doing to me? why do I act like a schoolboy who gets excited when seeing his crush? There was just something different about her...she was unique...intelligent and had a beautiful soul. What planet did she come from? Women like her are hard to find.

I smiled shaking my head before walking to room C7. Opening the door, I stepped in seeing my team members questioning the driver who was laying in bed. "You" he spat making me smirk. "Nice to meet you Mr. Mital but definitely not in this way" he glared at me making me sigh. Now I understand why Eyshana had a problem with this guy.

"How are you feeling now Mr. Mital?" I forced myself to ask politely. "Fine" he responded with a rude tone. "Well that's good to know but unfortunately we are here to arrest you for speed driving and nearly causing the death of a young woman" 

"What?" he blurted out shocked. "Woman? what woman?" his eyes went wide with utter confusion. "You were speeding over the legal limit and while you should have stopped at the zebra crossing, you passed it nearly killing a pedestrian. From what we have heard from the doctors, you were neither under drugs or alcohol but we still need to arrest you for driving over the speed limit" I answered.

"What is happening here? " a troubled voice asked from behind me. I turned around seeing a petite looking woman looking at us with confusion. "Preeti it's nothing, will you just leave us alone for a few minutes," Ezhil said. Ignoring the words he just said, she looked at me and repeated her question. "and who are you miss?" " Preeti...Preeti Mital, I am his sister" she introduced herself. "Miss Mital, your brother has committed the crime of speeding and we have come here to arrest him" "what...but.." "the rest can be said back at the police station but right now we will arrest your brother," I said in a cold tone.

"but he is weak...he can't even walk" she tried to explain. "That's okay Miss...once he is discharged we will return," I said. "Plus...it won't be his first arrest" I smirked making her frown. "What...what do you mean?" she gulped. "Nothing...enjoy your time with your brother as much as you can...you will be missing him soon" I gave her a cold smile.

"I need your help..."

"I was killed even though my heart was still beating"

"Sometimes I just want to end everything"

"I need to move on and only you can help me"

Her words played re-played continuously in my mind and I swear I will help get justice for her and they will all pay very very soon...

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