Kunal made her sit on the chair and gave her a gla.s.s of her and some time to relax. Kunal sat beside her and her father was looking at her with worry on his face he didn't know what to say to her.

Kunal said to Pratap "Uncle, if your don't mind I want to talk to her about something. Give me a few minutes". His vice was almost pleading but he looked confident about whatever he was trying to do.

Pratap trusted him in this and just nodded his head after a long moment of thought and said "Okay". With that Pratap went out of the room closing the door shut behind him. Outside the door he stood, took a deep breath and said "I hope she comes out of that pain soon."

After a few minutes Sony said looking at her man "Then her family was also killed in that accident just like my brother was". Tears rolled down from her alraedu puffy eyes continuously.

He took her face in his hands gently and hugged her to console her. And he asked after a few moments "So you know it all along that it was a murder ? It must have been very hard for you all this while."

Sony moved away from his hold and asked looking into his eyes "You knew it too" to which he nodded in agreement.

He explained "Well we investigated this matter earlier and found that it was a ma.s.s murder attack but someone fabricated it as an accident".

He asked her patting her head "How did you know?" to which she replied "Well, I saw the man talking on phone about installing a bomb to the kitchen cylinder. My brother was already at the entrance of the house and though I rushed to tell him, it was useless. It exploded when I reached the gate."

She was still crying "If it wasn't for that gift which I forgot in the taxi, I wouldn't have escaped that explosion."

He patted her head and said "It's okay". After she felt okay he asked "Didn't you tell anyone about this?".

She shook her head and said "I was unconscious for a long time and after I was conscious but went into depression. Later I forgot about the entire incident. But I can see that incident in my nightmares. Eversince that accident I had nightmares almost every night."

Sony asked him after a moment of thought "Did Shriya know all this?" and he shook his head and his lips became a tight line "No, but we are planning to tell her soon".

She nodded and said out of the blue with a sad smile "We were all supposed to meet five years. Aren't we ?"

He looked at her and she continued "Five years ago it was on the day when you guys went to meet Shriya, you people met with an accident and got admitted in the hospital. And when bhai and me went to meet Varun and Shriya the explosion took place. If it wasn't for those incidents today we would have been in other way".

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Five years Ago

H City, In a hotel room.

Five men are sitting on the sofa with their faces are all tensed. A man in his early twenties said "I will go meet her today."

Kunal who was sitting opposite to him asked with saracism "Do you even know anything about her like her name atleast. I don't even think she is eighteen yet. It'sa very bad idea to meet her now. I think you should forget about it".

Abhi said "Of course, she is eighteen years old. She is in her first year of graduation. I know her college too. She just looks younger for her age. I am not going to leave her without talking to her".

Kunal sighed and said "I am just worried. I don't want to get arrested for stalking and hara.s.sing a minor".

Abhi snorted with anger. Kunal said ignoring his angry friend "Moreover, you can't meet someone on the road just like that. You are a celebrity now and you have to remember about your status and keep watch." and Abhi nodded with a displeased look and uttered one word "Okay".

The manager who was appointed by Kunal's father was satisfied with their talk. He came there to keep an eye on them and not let them walk around freely.

Then he went to take a nap and both Abhi and Kunal decided to escape from there. They didn't know another person was following them.

They took their car and left. Those three people are fans of speed and they drove like crazy on the empty roads. They drove around the city and had full fun after a long time.

Later they reached a hill and it has too many slopes and it was an accident p.r.o.ne area. Every year a number of accidents takes place there.

They had to cross that hill to enter the other side of the town where Shriya's college is situated.

They were driving with a high speed but they both are very good drivers. Kunal was the one who was driving at that moment.

They took a sharp turn at a curve and it was then they saw a stray dog crossing the road. There was not much time for them to act to the situation. They made a sudden brake and the lost control over the car and the car fell.