CHAPTER LXI
When we reached the garden, the woman and I started searching for the key together. The darkness around us felt heavy, every rustle of leaves making my heart race.
Suddenly, she looked at me and said,
"If your wife is so insecure, how do you even tolerate her?"
Her words made me stop instantly.
I turned toward her and said firmly,
"My wife is insecure? Who told you that?
She is not insecure...
and she would never doubt me."
I took a deep breath, my voice trembling but resolute.
"I'm not afraid of her mistrusting me.
I'm only afraid of her seeing me with someone else...
because I don't like that.
I belong only to her.
Without her, I have no one.
And I am no one else's."
My chest tightened as I continued, every word coming straight from my soul.
"What do you even know about my Sita?
She is the voice that stopped a defeated person…
from giving up."
Even today, that moment lives inside me...
the moment Sita asked me to wait.
Her intention may have been different,
but that single word became my anchor.
It stopped me… and kept me with her.
When I spoke to Sita for the first time,
it didn't feel like meeting someone new.
It felt like my soul had finally recognized itself.
Her gentle scolding, her words, the way she spoke...
without realizing it, my heart slowly, quietly became hers.
Back then, I didn't even know
whether fate would ever allow me to meet her.
But I knew one truth with painful clarity...
without Sita, I had no identity.
I didn't belong to the world… I belonged to her.
My heart speaks to Sita even now:
What my eyes fail to see, my soul already knows.
Every fear you face, my soul stands beside you and fights.
End this distance now... give me a life where I am yours,
where we breathe in the same body of time,
where only we remain,
and no other name exists between us.
I was still lost in my thoughts when that woman suddenly said,
"I found the key."
She unlocked the handcuff and freed my wrist, then looked at me calmly and said,
"I'm leaving now. I have other work to do."
I nodded silently and started walking toward Sasha and Mia, my mind burning with questions...
how could the two of them even think of making such a disgusting plan?
Just then, a loud car horn echoed sharply through the air.
I turned around.
Kanak and Jasmine were in the car.
The moment I saw them, my heart sank.
I knew... something was bound to go terribly wrong today.
If Jasmine saw Sita…
and told Kanak about it,
everything would spiral out of control.
Without wasting a second, I rushed back inside the bar,
desperate to take Sita away from there...
to pull her out of this place,
out of this chaos,
and far away from all the damage waiting to happen.
I reached the bar, where I saw Sasha and Mia. Panic was already tightening around my chest as I asked them urgently,
"Where is Sita? Where is Sita?"
Mia looked confused and said,
"We sent her to the red room. If you're here, then why hasn't Sita come back yet? It's been a long time since she left."
I turned to Sasha, my voice shaking with anger and fear.
"Sasha, if anything goes wrong today...anything at all...I will never talk to either of you again."
Without waiting for a response, I started moving toward the red room.
That's when I saw her.
Sita was standing there, talking to Kanak and Jasmine.
The sight made my heart stop for a moment.
A terrible fear rushed through me...
what if they told her something?
What if they revealed something that would destroy everything?
I began walking toward them, desperate to stop whatever was about to happen.
But Mia grabbed my arm tightly and said,
"Vedu, don't go there. Sasha and I will handle it. You go home. We'll bring Sita back safely."
I shook my head, my voice breaking.
"Mia… she's Sita.
I can't lose her now.
She's my wife.
She won't leave me, will she?
I love her so much."
Sasha stepped closer and said softly but firmly,
"Vedu, if Sita truly loves you, she won't leave you.
But if she doesn't… then no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to stop her.
We promise... we'll bring her home.
Now you go."
I looked at Sita one last time, my heart aching, my eyes burning with unshed tears…
and then I turned away and left for home.
The road stretched endlessly in front of me as I drove.
Streetlights passed by like blurred memories, one after another.
My hands were on the steering wheel, but my mind was nowhere near the road.
Inside me, a voice kept whispering...then screaming.
She's no longer yours.
Your truth will take her away from you.
You were never meant to keep her.
"Stop," I said out loud to myself, my voice trembling.
"No… she's mine. She loves me."
But the voice didn't stop.
When she knows everything, she'll walk away.
You're already losing her.
My chest felt heavy, my eyes burned, tears blurred my vision.
I tightened my grip on the steering wheel as if holding it could hold my life together.
"I love her," I whispered.
"I can't lose Sita… I can't."
The road shook suddenly.
A loud horn tore through the night.
Before I could react...
before I could breathe...
a truck slammed into my car.
Metal screamed.
Glass shattered.
The world spun violently.
Pain exploded everywhere, sharp and consuming, as darkness swallowed me whole.
And just before everything went silent…
only one name stayed with me...
Sita.
Sita (From a Lover Who Never Leaves)
If the world takes me away tonight,
If my truth breaks your heart,
Remember this...my love never lied,
I was yours from the very start.
When you feel alone in crowded days,
When your tears have no one to see,
Close your eyes, I'm still right there,
Standing where you left me.
I am with you in every breath,
In every fear you hide,
Even if life pulls us apart,
My soul stays by your side.
I won't leave you in the dark,
I won't fade with time,
Even if I lose this world,
Sita...you are mine.
And if one day you look at the sky,
And feel someone holding you tight,
That's me, loving you silently,
Every day… every night.
To be continue...