The Best (WO)man- Part 13

Oh my Gosh!! What I have done? When I came home, I saw the great Augustus crying. The only time I had seen him crying was when all my cousins had ignored him at the time when he was introduced by my uncle as his son. I saw him in same situation years ago and had promised myself that I would never let him break down. Now I had broken my promise. I had made him cry.

As I walked closer to him to console him, he had heard my footstep and rose up. He slowly wiped his tears while cautiously seeing whether I had not seen his tears. Well! I pretended as if I had not seen him cry.He was surprised to see me. I didn't ask him what had happened. Instead I let him ask me the question, " What happened? Why didn't you join Aunty?" " I have some errands to do. So I dropped her and stayed back.", I replied.

He looked at me suspiciously. I spoke suddenly to change his mind, " Don't worry! I will leave as soon as I am done. I won't burden you more." He nodded his head and smiled softly, " Don't say that! You are not burden to me. You are my darling child. You can stay here as long as you want" . I left him as I couldn't let the guilt tear me more.I started my mission. I hacked his mail ID as well as his social ID. I checked  social sites and his email whether there was any correspondence to her mail ID.

Unfortunately lot of time had been wasted in checking his social profile. He had been inactive since he had last proposed her for marriage. He had not even changed his status. The most startling part was that even she had not changed her status. This only meant that they were still in love. Oh lovely god! This also meant that there was golden chance that I could reunite them forever. 

I was happy again. Sometimes happiness can get doubled. But those times are very rare and that's why we call it as miracle. I was checking his mails and I saw one mail in draft. It was for her. Oh the words! They were filled with love. I reread it more than zillion times to make me believe he was still in love with her and wanted her back. It seemed that he was scared to send.  So this time I was playing the cupid. I sent it to her with little amendments made in the letter. I asked her to meet him if she still loved him. Before sending, I checked whether she was online. And she was online. A good sign that something will definitely happen

I waited for her response. Oh the wait! It is terrible. Now I understand how men feel when they desperately wait to get an answer from their prospective girlfriend or love. When they reply positively, it tends to add cherry to their effort of wooing the girl of their dreams. Well I felt the same now though I wasn't wooing anyone and I was not a man. Every single minute I refreshed the mailbox. I didn't want him to check his mailbox first. So I checked whether he was in the hall ,checking his mailbox. Fortunately he wasn't there. After fifteen terrible minutes, I received a mail from her.

(To be continued)

The Best (WO)man- Part 12

I had to bring them back. It is strange that I was thinking like this. Few months back, I was the one who would go to any extent to break their relationship. Now, here I am mending their relationship. Oh why? Augustus was supposed to be happy.. relieved at last. 

Augustus has been sitting for too long with the pain. He didn't ..never shared anything when he was in pain. He would never let me know about what was going through in his heart. I had always seen him sharing his pain with Nikki. I was jealous as he would never share painful feelings with anyone even if for her.
 
Anyway, love was the only solution to heal his heart. I hadn't heard anything about Nikki. Nikki must have been wounded badly. She would never leave the page 3 after any sad or happy incident. After her break off, she hadn't poured out her pain in public. Where hell she had gone? They cannot give up on love now. 

I will bring them together. An irony that hit my heart so bad. I had to do it now before it was too late. A week had passed and there is still few days for the wedding. I had to get this two love birds married on the date they had planned.

It was time to leave. I had not told my plans to mum. She had no clue that I was only dropping her to airport and not accompanying her home. As soon as I dropped her near the entrance, I hugged her and said goodbye. She pulled my ear and asked," Where are you going, young lady?" " I have some errands to complete. I will come as soon as I am done with the work.", I said. She understood and refused to leave without me. 

I begged her to let me go. I also tempted her with various offers of meeting the boys she had selected for my wedding. I also promised that I wasn't going to do anything foolish. She didn't listen until I knelled down with tears coming out of my eyes. Her heart melted and she said, " Go child! Fix these two love bird's nest. Don't break them again." I hugged her and kissed her cheeks before telling her goodbye.I began my mission of reuniting the love birds.

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The Best (WO)man- Part 11

Guilty tortured my heart. I felt I was somehow responsible for their distant relationship. After that fight both there was some kind of cold bitter air blowing between them. None of them tried to bridge the gap. They were bringing in lot of unnecessary issues. It was as if no one wanted to bend before anyone. They were fixed about their opinions. 

They had parted ways finally. When they were asked the reason for such decision, they blamed it on the incompatibility. Love is strange. When it happens, everything seems beautiful  and life is easy. But as the taste of love gets bitter, it tends to make life tasteless. Everything you set for becomes impossible to achieve. Maybe that's the power of what love can do to you.

I should have partied somewhere. I didn't. I had always thought I would get tipsy till four am. But I didn't feel like getting out or turning wild. I sat home , thinking about the events that had broken their relationship. I didn't know that I would feel so bad about breaking a relationship though I hadn't. It was just the situation that parted two people who were deeply in love. 

Days passed and nothing had changed. I still refused to get out of the room. I was still brooding over it. How could I be so immature in breaking their beautiful relationship? I asked my soul this question every day and night. I had no answer for this. 

Augustus was in pain. He had become so quiet and robotic in his life. He would hardly speak. He would come home, have his food and lock himself in his room. If I hadn't messed this up, they would have got married by next week.

The life .. the spirit.. the happiness was all gone. The house had become just place to stay. Mum was planning to leave. She had also asked him to join. But he refused plainly. I didn't want to leave him in this state. I had to do something.

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The Best (WO)man- Part 10

Mum didn't realize my motive still. She doubted me but couldn't prove her doubts. She made me promise on all the gods residing in this planet that I will never ever do the sin of breaking anybody's marriage even if it is my worst enemy marrying an alien. Ah! Whatever! I would be happiest if my enemy married the wrong guy. Anyway I made false promises. I was not going to stop.

Nikki understood it clearly. How did she get to know? Well! My luck turned bad when she overheard mum asking me to make false promises of not breaking the marriage. Adding to her suspicions was when Nancy had called me home. Unfortunately I wasn't present to take the call. So Ms. Nikki who would never pick up calls, picked it up today. Nancy spilled out the beans to her without even checking who it was.

When I had come home after visiting some old friends, I found her sitting with cross leg on her favorite bright red sofa. Her eyes gleamed of anger. If Augustus was not my brother, I guess she would have torn me apart. There was a dangerous frown on her face." I know why you are here but I will never allow you to succeed. You have tried to light the fire on my love life behind my back. Now you won't succeed.",she said.

The conflicts between Nikki and Augustus had become common. However one of these conflicts bought a turn on their relationship. As the fight turned wild, she pushed me into this mess. She accused blindly at me when I hadn't done anything. Since the time my mum had arrived, her presence was enough to create difference between them. It wasn't my mum's fault. Nikki was not used to words called gentle, respect or love. She was simply mistaken by lust with love.

Augustus slapped her. For the first time, I felt his love for me. I had thought I had lost his love due to Nikki's presence in his life. I had longed his attention. Seeing his brotherly love, I felt so proud of him.

Mum scolded her. No one questioned me. They blamed her for being too rude and incoherent. My heart ached. I didn't feel good. I didn't smile secretly in my heart. My conciousness scolded me. I was feeling guilty for whatever was happening to Nikki though she deserved it.

(To be continued) 

The Best (WO)man- Part 9

Mum had arrived before than the rest of family members. She had arrived early as she thought an elder was needed to guide youngsters with the preparations. She didn't trust us. She still considers us as the kids who were born yesterday.  Anyway her early arrival was a boon to me. With mum's arrival, everything I desired I got it served in golden plate. 

Augustus was very excited with her arrival. He had spent the first day of her visit only by eating her head with how much he had missed her. Since mum was here, she took over the house. The house was now no longer just a place to stay. Mum had filled it with her love and care. Unfortunately someone was burning inside though she couldn't vent it out.

Mum's constant interruption made Nikki go mad.She had made Nikki shift to my room. As per mum's rule, a lady is not supposed to stay with guy in same room... or to make more clear same roof. But Nikki didn't agree to this until he made both of them agree to shift the terror ( Nikki) to my room. Nikki was still fuming with rage.

Nikki hated mum instantly. Mum was known for her nagging. Since Nikki was used to dumping the household chores to Augustus. I used to see how poor Augustus used to manage the work. I used to help him though he would never let me do it. But mum always believed in equal share of work. So she made everyone help in with the house work.

Tiny rifts was normal between them. But they became more with every passing day. The always silent Augustus was revolting against Nikki. It was hard for her to digest. As usual mum was about to step in but I didn't let her. She tried questioning me. I told her that it was their life. 

Mum called me crazy to stop her.  I told her that sometimes it is good to to be crazy. She simply stared at me with suspicious. Maybe she did get to know that I didn't leave my idea.

(To be continued) 

The Best (WO)man- Part 8

With buddy gone, I was lost. The only hope was gone. How was I going to break this wedding. Augustus had reconciled all the differences with her. Worst part - he was the one to go forward to rekindle their relationship. Arggh! I hate him for doing that. I scolded him for losing self respect for that wrecked lady. 

I had to find another option. I cannot see my brother lose his individuality for someone who doesn't care of the existence. I don't see my brother now. My brother always stood for his right. Now I see a different person who bent down to other's whims. This was last time I would see him bending. 

I started missing family. You need your family when you are in deep shit... when you feel . what they said was right. Mom.. I missed her a lot. I missed her food. I missed her voice. Oh mom! Mom!!! Why didn't think about this first. She could be loud, obnoxious and irritating person. Indian ladies are known to be that. She fitted the role so well.

I called her immediately. As usual I heard her nasty scoldings during the first few minutes. It went on until she was done with her share of complaints about why I did that and how I should improve. Later she gave me time to speak about why I really called her. I asked her when she was coming and how much Augustus wanted family to be part of the wedding. She was positive about family coming. This solved my problem. But I hid the secret part from them. 
They knew that I had come here for solely to break the marriage. But after few days, they were in false belief that I had given up. Love is risky. But risk can also be good. I know bringing in family into this wasn't good. But I can't help it if it was going to help me.

I had to do this to save him. I can't see him tortured by her whims every day. They were different and had to be broken. If I didn't do now, he would lose everything to save this relationship and I can't see that.

( To be continued)

The Best (WO)man- Part 7

The dog bought needed chaos to their life. I should have named him as entropy instead of buddy. He was notoriously in his best bad behaviour. It wasn't that Buddy was bad. He was a sweetheart. But he bought lot of pain to her and that's what I wanted.

Indeed it was relief. I didn't have to do the mess. Buddy did that for her. Oh how much I love him for doing this. Every sweet antics of his won my heart while caused terrible tantrums from her. She hated the dog and she hated me too.

I remember the day we bought her. As soon as he came, she shifted to her den. She didn't like the sight of it though she didn't complain until he leapt out towards her room when we put him on the ground. Oh he loves exploring and like any curious dog, he had walked fearless into her room. It was a sight to see her standing on the bed and shooing loudly at the poor dog. But Buddy wasn't going to stop there. He peed at the door as if to show her who the boss was. This irked more temper from her. 

Buddy followed her everywhere. He followed her to the kitchen, to the bedroom, to the lounge or even to the bathroom. It was like as if he had shared some connection towards her. Or maybe it was just the way she acted when he was around. Oh I loved it.

One fine day when no one was not at home,Buddy, the mischievous one started to act like the one of three musketeers. He jumped on the sofas and tore the cushions. He had learned to open the fridge door with his paws. He dirtied the kitchen. And not the least, it excreted on her favorite cotton blanket. 

When she came back home, she was very angry.  That very day she returned the dog back to the store. Augustus didn't like this. How could she send Buddy back without even checking with him (leave me)? This hit us bad. 

(To be continued)