Big brother, is he?

Big brother, is he?

“This isn't fair.” Anger gnawed inside my chest.

"And don't even for a moment think I am not your friend. I am!” Holding my hands in hers forcibly, she argued with conviction as she cut in.

“Are you?” My eyes met hers.

“You only have to feel it to see it." Squeezing my hand gently, she nodded with a certain sadness on her face. “No matter what, you'll always find me by your side.”

My eyes veered downcast at her response. No one was going to tell me. Was there?

“You are just placating me, Sabba.”

“I- I am not.”

Sighing in defeat, I withdrew my hand from hers again, which she had taken hold of. “If you really were, you would have told me the truthful reason for us being here.” I gulped. “Do you really think it's fair to me?”

I was tired of the half-truths I had been told to believe. I wanted the answers. I needed the answers. The real ones. Not the ones that were perhaps made to placate me.

"You are kept here for safety purposes, Radhika. You both are," she said b