Chapter 6

"Traitor……….

Jiya listened to Virat’s accusation on her; to which she astonishes as her jaws dropped and her lips form a circle. She was considerate that the Hulk-man locked up her, here in this dark room because her Head Doctor may file a complaint as she has not reached home or maybe Reshma, her best friend, has told the truth to Head Doctor. She felt a little guilty about her actions; as planned to escape from the bus by deception to see the Sundarnagar fair, not only this, She also made her best friend Reshma lie about going with her to Lucknow, Reshma home town. But here the matter was something else, Jiya would never have even dreamed about to clasped in such a huge trouble. “Traitor….” She knows very well that it is not a small allegation on her.

Jiya was getting ire on the Hulk-man standing in front of her, who accused her of such an immense crime on her, she was fuming inside, her blood started to boil and her eyes become red. “Traitor…” a word, that brings back her old painful memories, it unbolts her previous wound hide in her heart.

Flashback

It was raining, when a little bit crowds with media reporters gathered in front of a house, many policemen were blocking the crowd outside, a man in his thirty-two age was arrested from home and brought out to take in Police Van and seeing him; the crowd was rebel yell in anger.

“Punish this man...

“Punish this man…… punish him….punish him”   

“He is a traitor….. punish him”

An eight-year-old girl holding a doll in her hand with her weeping mother, watching all this from the balcony of the same house………. Suddenly …….  A sound of a gunshot was heard.

Flashback End

Jiya shook out by remembering that gunshot sound and back to her sense with pounding heart and clammy hands, a tear fall from her eyes and breath got a little faster.

Virat was astonished to see Jiya’s reaction, as he gets slightly anxious to see her state.

“Hey….girl…are you ok…?, He asked her in a calm and worried tone.

Jiya nodding her head up and down to indicate yes, but out of the blue, the realization of the current situation made her annoyed again, she looked up to Virat in full frenzy.

“What….. are you………. saying., by pressing each word, she said in a scornful tone.

Virat tilted his head quizzically, seeing abrupt changes of emotions on her face, “She did such a huge misdemeanor herself and now showing me fury and attitude with her eyes”, he said in his subconscious mind while glancing her back. 

“Traitor…………you are a Traitor…”, now……you understand my meaning…”, Virat answers in a calm tone with a slight evil smirk on his face.

Jiya slightly frightened and nervous; closed her eyes and take a long breath to relaxed herself, as she recognized that she had to act wisely otherwise it will be caused a big blunder for her.

“How could you say that…I am….. Traitor? Do you know me ..”, she said in a calm and soft tone while forcing her lips to smile at him.

Virat again amuses a bit by seeing her changes of emotion and expression on her face, “How can I say………….  because I have evidence…………..and the second thing ………to know about you!I am not interested in it………..”,  with a smirk on a face he answers her in his husky voice with clam and little playful tone.

“What evidence do you have……….”, she asked him with her widen eyes.

“You don’t need to know……………..  important is……….you have to tell me the name of others who involved with you in Bomb blast plan…………….otherwise…. We know many ways to speak out the truth from a stubborn person like you…………”,  While leaning down, he replied to her in a warning tone, by grasping her neck in a slight hold of his left-hand fingers.

Jiya shiver through his threats, and feeling his hold on her neck, made her heart hammering against her chest. Virat simper scrutinized her reactions and moved away from her and stand back to his position.

“Please…listen…… I……I think……. there is …some…..some misunderstanding……”, She said in a shaky tone. “I am a normal girl…………..a student……….a medical student……..Please believe me….”, a small sob comes out her mouths.

“Why should I believe you? you proved culpable……….. We have evidence…….” He replies to her in a calm and husk voice in a questioning tone.

“Please ……Please believe me…….Please …….Please give me a chance to prove myself innocent………..please………..please..”, she begged to him with her teary eyes.

Jiya’s childlike face with tears stained over her cheeks, her deep black eyes, her slightly red nose, her parted plumpy pink lips with loose strands caressing her one side cheek made her look in front of Virat, so cute and seductor at the same time.

Virat relented inside as his iris saw her, his heartbeat accelerating, his body started to feel a sensation but he nodded his head in negative and come to his sense.  

“Ok……………tell me ……What want to you say?”, he fists his palm to control his weird and unwanted feelings, and talks to her in a strong rough tone.

Hearing his words, Jiya’s face got lighten, “I am a final year medical student…………..studying at Delhi Medical College………. I come here a week ago with my medical college team………… for a medical camp near Villages…..But I…esc”

Suddenly her words cut by Virat, “Wait……………. the Medical team along with whole students and members were left from here yesterday at morning ……….How could it be that you were left alone here?”, he asked her in a suspicious tone.

Jiya bows her head in guiltiness and looks downward, “Actually………..I ran away with deception from the bus because I want to visit Sundarnagar fair……”, she feels ashamed of her deception.

Virat widen his eyes over her and said “Ok…………. Then prove your identity………Do you have any identity cards?

“Yes…………..in my backpack……..you can check it………”, Jiya response quickly.

“Really…………… are you saying the truth?”, He said in an apprehensive tone.

“Yes………….. Please check my backpack..”, she answers cheerfully.

“What do you think of us? We already checked your backpack when we caught you on spot……….. it had nothing but some imitation jewelry, colourful glass bangles, and some money…”, he raised his voice on her.

“What…” Jiya shivers crawled her spine, “O…yes… I remember now, I had my identity card in another bag…”, she responded in a shaky tone.

Virat folds his hands kept on his chest and asked Jiya in a calm tone, “Do you want to say something else…..

“Yes…..I am telling the truth……….You can call my medical college and asked them………You will know the truth…….Please …Please….believe me…..”, Jiya said in a soft and low tone with a puppy face gaze toward Virat.

Virat moved toward her, leaned down, hold her jaws up so that both face each other, “What is your name..”, asked her in a calm and soft tone in his husky voice.

“Jiya….Jiya Rai….”, she answers in a low tone, as due to tremble her eyes widen.

“Jiya…….”, the name of her rolled on his tongue so smoothly and a smile occurred on his face.

“Ok…….one last chance……..but…if you proved to be false…then…”, He gives a threatening in his husky tone.

 Jiya shut her eyes tightly, her lengthy lashes fanning her high cheekbones as petite lines come into view on the side of her eyes.

 Virat leaned more to bringing his face close to her, so close that his hot minty breath falls on her face, he squeezed her cheeks so that her plumpy pink lips were puked out, he tucks all the loose strands behind her ear.

“Right now, I am leaving from here………. And remember I hate all those who lie…….. If you prove to be a liar …..then……….You can’t think….What will I do with you…..”,  threatening her in a soft tone,  he leaves her face and took a step back while glaring at Jiya.

Jiya slowly opened her eyes, take a deep breath, and prayed to God to prove her truth.

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