Trouble child

I thought after Avanti sees the picture, she might get the hint that something is wrong.

However, she asked me not to interfere and squeezed her face till we got home.

She stormed in looking so angrily.

Everyone came and asked what happened.

Abhishek blocked her from leaving and asked who made her angry.

She turned around and pointed at me.

They all ogled me and Mrs. Anuradha picked up where she stopped in the morning and began to embarrass me further.

Mr. Ajay asked her to calm down. He walked to me and asked what happened.

I got the photo out and showed him, he looked perplexed viewing that.

Abhishek came to meet us and looked upon the same thing.

He lifted his head and said, "When was this?".

I replied telling them everything happened not quite long ago.

Abhishek tossed back my phone and asked Avanti to phone, her fiance right now.

Karan, he says.

Avanti picked up her phone and did exactly what he wanted.

After a few hours, Karan comes home.

He meets everyone in a weird sitting position and turns to his fiancee to ask why.

Avanti couldn't say anything. She lowered her head and Abhishek rushed him with a punch.

Karan falls to the ground. He lifted his head and stared at him.

"Bro, what have I done?".

He says.

Abhishek sends me to bring out my phone. I walked over to him and he grabbed the photo and showed it.

Karan got up from the ground and begged Abhishek not to misunderstand anything.

He looked at the door and we all gazed at it just to find the same girl I had met with him at the mall walking in with his parents.

Oh shit! Did I make a mistake?

Karan brings her closer and introduces her as his cousin's sister.

She had just come back from school and he thought he would take her on a shopping spree...

Immediately he explained, all eyes turned to me.

Mrs. Anuradha walked to me and expressed how sad she was for her daughter to befriend someone like me.

I grinned and hoped Avanti would say anything.

She turned her eyes away and watched how they backslide our relationship.

I looked at Abhishek. He takes his eyes away and somehow I noticed Karan smiling.

Did I see well or am I just hallucinating?

I got to my room and locked my door. I stayed indoors and refused to eat anything.

Avanti came and asked me to have something, yet  I refused to listen.

They all tried to get me out of the bedroom but nothing worked.

Thereafter, I sat on the balcony alone. I didn't know Abhishek walked in holding a tray of food.

He seated the tray on the bench and asked me to eat.

I refused to again. He grins and pulls me up to his gaze.

"Can you stop acting like a child?".

He says.

I knocked his hands away and back chatted with some aggressive attitude.

"Don't you ever say such words again,"

I looked away.

"Seriously, then have something," he replies, "do you think I don't know what happened downstairs?".

He added.

It got my interest.

"What happened, do you mean the fact that everyone thinks I am a bad friend,"

I got angry talking about it.

Abhishek laughed.

He sat on the bench, pulled his head up, and said.

"Do you think, I believed what Karan said, that lady isn't his cousin, there's something strange,".

We looked at each other.

It's unbelievable to think Abhishek did believe me and not Karan.

When everyone had something to say, why didn't he speak up?

"So you're telling me that, you believe me and not your brother-in-law?"

I thought of

He nods and takes a seat on the bench behind him.

I faced him and asked why then didn't say anything to save me.

Abhishek came up a little harsh however explained that it would be impossible to let his family believe anything I said was true.

Although he had once seen Karan with the same girl and is still trying to find out the truth.

And if we don't, Avanti is most likely going to get married to someone not worthy.

"So what can we do,?".

I asked him if he had any ideas, he got lost in thought and I did too, hoping to seize one.

Immediately he lifted his head and said, he had an idea.

I was hoping it would be something worth trying however, he got up and said the only way to find out the truth about Karan was to set him up.

I withdrew back from him.

"Wait, are you mad?."

I uttered a profanity.

He nodded against it and walked to the door.

He turned back again and said.

"If you change your mind, let me know,".

He strode out leaving me in distress.

I went back to the room to rest my head. I got a call from Avanti a few minutes later and she asked me to open up for her.

I went to the door and found her standing with her head lowered.

She walked in while I slammed the doors behind me.

I turned and she jumped in and hugged me.

"I am so sorry for everything,".

She apologized.

I'm guessing it was for what happened hours ago.

I pulled her away and we both sat down on the bed together.

I held her hand and lamented also

I admitted guilt for misunderstanding Karan, however, Avanti fell on my lap and told on I shouldn't bother myself.

I kept my hand on her hair and slowly caressed it.

I know she might not believe me now when I say, Karan isn't what he claims to be, however, I am glad Abhishek also knows the truth.

And with his help, I'm certain we would expose him sooner than expected.

Avanti slept in my room at night, the next morning, I heard a knock on the door.

One of the maids invited us down for breakfast, I woke Avanti up and we both got down after getting out of our pajamas.

I sat down on the chair and waited for M...rs Anuradha to get furious at my sight. Speaking of the devil, she came in with her husband and almost left after seeing me there.

I'm still lost as to why she hates me.

We all had an Indian-made dish, sauce, and apparatus.

It tasted like I was eating dried bread.

Mr. Ajay noticed I had difficulties eating that and asked me if there was something else he could ask the cook to prepare.

I quickly said an English dish and Mrs. Anuradha as expected went against the idea.

She was like, we don't prepare English dishes at home, we only eat Indian dishes.

Her husband hushed her up and asked the cook to get me whatever I wanted.

She tried the second time to fight that, but her son, Abhishek, grabbed her hand tight.

I saw that and she maintained facing her dish.

I waited for my breakfast while everyone left.

Mrs. Anuradha left her bedroom with her husband, Abhishek went to the office while Avanti got a call and decided to leave in a hurry without informing anyone of her whereabouts.