Chapter 77

                                    

                                          

It was the time of night, the moon was shining in the sky and the Mehta house was decorated beautifully with fairy lights and other things. People were enjoying the night. Avni was sitting in her room and was shockingly looking at the person. Avni got angry. She wiped her tears harshly and was looking at the person. 
Avni: you? 
The person was none other than Juhi. Juhi was looking at Avni. Avni kept the picture frame on the bed and she got up in anger. 
Avni: what are you doing here? 
Juhi: Av… 
Avni: get out. Get out from here. 
Juhi: please, Avni, listen to me. 
Avni shouts: Get out, Juhi. 
Juhi was looking at her. 
Avni: now what do you want? What do you want to snatch from me now? You snatched everything from me. My love, my family. Everything. Now, what more do you want? 
Avni got emotional.
Avni showed her hands: see, my hands are empty. You didn't leave anything to me.
Juhi smiled. 
Juhi: there is Henna on your hands and that is of someone else’s name and the truth is you love someone else. 
Avni looked away. 
Juhi: Avni, Neil is innocent. 
Avni looked at Juhi. 
Juhi: there is nothing between me and… 
Avni: oh, just shut up. Your Neil has cleared everything to me so now go to him and (Avni looked away) stop troubling me. 
Juhi smiled sadly. 
Juhi: I wish, Neil was mine. 
Avni looked at her. 
Juhi: he was never mine. He was always yours and will always be yours. 
Avni was confused. 
Juhi: yes, that’s true that I have feelings for him but he was never mine. Avni, Neil loves you. Do you know what happened that day? Neil told me that he loves you. He was so excited to confess his love to you that, that I can’t explain it in words.
Avni’s eyes filled with tears and she was overwhelmed to hear that but then she recalled that day and got angry. 
Avni: yeah, he was so excited and happy that he was celebrating that happiness with you. Right? 
Juhi: you are misunderstanding, Avni. Neil didn’t call me there. I wanted to meet him. Actually, I was suffering from depression. 
Avni was shocked. 
 Juhi: and that is the only reason that Neil was overprotective towards me. 
Avni was looking at Juhi confusingly. 
Juhi:  He promised my brother that he will take care of me. I had done some tests and the result came negative but in excitement, I told him, the result is positive. I always get confused between positive and negative and he got worried for my health and that’s the reason that he called me there and when I reached there then… 
Flashback: 
Neil was sitting on the bed. The door knocked, Neil looked at the door and he thinks. Neil gulps. He kept the phone on the bed. He got up and wiped his face. Neil sets his shirt and hair. Neil sighed deeply by closing his eyes. Neil goes to open the door. Neil looked at the person. It was Juhi who smiled to see Neil. Neil also smiled to see her.