After leaving the hospital Tara immediately hailed a cab and went to the company. Arriving at the main gate she looked at the tall building for a while then walked inside. The whole building was in chaos because a certain cold blooded human being was creating a havoc in his office ordering people, canceling leave requests and of course shouting like the end of the world is next to him. The moment the receptionist saw Tara entering she heaved a sigh in relief now everything was going to be normal.Tara entered the second floor where her office was situated and was utterly shocked to see all her three brothers standing there with ridiculous faces. So scary. Tara moved forward and tapped on the shoulder of her eldest brother, the very person who was creating a havoc from the morning.
" Hi big bro, what are you doing in front of my office?".
All three of them turned around and their faces changed drastically. Sourav hugged her tightly as if loosing his grip means he will also loose her.
"Hey Sourav, u are hurting me!!"
"Oh sorry sorry... I was very worried about you".
The moment she saw her second elder brother, she moved forward and hugged him tightly.
"I missed you...so much".
"Me too... I am sorry" his voice was quivering.
"What are you sorry for?"
"For not fulfilling my promise"
"What promise?
"That I will always shield you from any problem and sadness ....but I failed miserably....that trash broke your heart and betrayed you but I was unable to do anything".
Tara was on verge of breaking but she controlled herself because she don"t want anyone to know her weak points or suffering.
"It was not your fault"
"I am OK".
All three of her brothers knew that she was trying hard to suppress her feelings so they played along.
"You are leaving for Australia tomorrow...to negotiate the project with "SEN GROUP OF COMPANIES"...it"s a very important project so grandpa have chosen you" Sid her eldest brother spoke in a calm voice.
"You want me to run away from the situation".
"NO... we want you to grow in this field and show everybody who you are".
"Okay....but after that I want a vacation for 5 days!"
"..."
"Oh G.o.d you forgot, it"s my friends wedding".
"Oh..ya ya anything you want"
"Okay now brothers go back to work... I will meet you in the evening.... I have a h.e.l.l lot of work to do...so bye bye." she smiled cheekily.
Like spring the whole atmosphere changed, everyone relaxed and started working again because there savior was here.
In the evening.
"Sarthaki go and check the final draft of the project and email it to me before tomorrow morning".
"And you are not going with me to Australia".
"Mam! you can"t do this...Mam....Mam".
" Its my order".
Then she left the office with the important stuffs for her tour tomorrow.
After coming down she walked towards the parking area. There was two people standing there and looking towards her with pity in their eyes. A feeling she hate the most ...pity. Before her was her "ex" boyfriend and his "new girlfriend". She was shocked for a moment but composed herself very quickly and walked towards them slowly but steadily. On reaching there she stood eye to eye with Dhruva and Aisha and stared coldly at them without saying a word.
"Tara...Tara where were you the whole day we tried to find you everywhere" Aisha said with a sad face and red eyes.
"Tara don"t misunderstand us please, I know you are hurt but that was not our intention...you are my bestfriend".
"I was..." Tara said coldly without any emotion.
"huh! what?" Aisha was shocked Tara never talked with her like this.
"I mean ... I "was" your best friend not "is"... U are n.o.body to me now...just n.o.body".
"Tara...how can you say this...from childhood till now you were always with me no matter what...how can a single person change our relation" Aisha was now crying and she looked so pitiful.
"That"s what my point is...Aisha"
"If you liked him you could have told me, we could have thought of a solution together...what was the need to lie to me".
"I am sorry...very sorry".
"Keep your sorry to yourself... I don"t need it".
"And I want to state something clearly from today onwards we are no longer best friend and for you Dhruva you are just a n.o.body to me".
She opened the door of her Oddi and drove out of the parking lot.
Dhruva was standing there and looking towards the direction the car went , this was new for him the ever so charming Tara changed overnight and he was the reason of this unwanted change he can"t believe it. After a few minutes he regained his posture and hugged Aisha lightly who was crying endlessly. He consoled her and open the door of the pa.s.senger seat for her and made her sit there carefully and wiped her face ever so tenderly and said "She will be fine". Somewhere he himself can"t make him understand what was happening exactly, why was he feeling so lonely...why?