AFFECTION

Chapter 21

"Varun! What are you looking at?" Shouted Tania, who was staring at me angrily. Well! This will be bad time to tell her about Kriti. Since morning I am imagining about her every time.
"Nothing! Just looking out for water bottle."
" Why are you searching here, when you know it's inside the car," she said keeping her gaze again on the lehengas.
"Right! I will just go and.....and have some water," I started following the girl whom I think Kriti, to check whether I am imagining or it's true.
I was standing near her, she was just one inch away. When Tania called me, that was the time when I lost that girl. I saw Tania waiting near the car.
"Where were you?" She asked.
"Uh....I wanted to drink cold drink so I went to shop. Should we move?" I said opening the car door.
"Yeah! Sure," she said and kept all the heavy shopping bags inside the car.

Tania was busy welcoming guests for party and I was getting dressed up to go for the party. I did not wanted to go but Tania insisted, I agreed. In party, everyone was busy chatting and examining the house. Tania dragged me to each and every person for greeting them.
It was almost midnight all the guest went to the guest room where they will be staying. I was really tired, I was about to go upstairs to my room when I heard a familiar male voice calling my name.
"Varun! Can I talk to you?"
I turned back and found Arjun. All dressed up like gentleman, he was holding a gift that was all wrapped. He gave it to Tania, she gave him a warm smile.
"OKAY, We can talk. Come with me. Tania take some rest, I can see you're tired," Tania went to her room and we both went to drawing room. A waiter brought whisky for both of us.
"What's so important you want to talk about?" I asked taking the glass of whisky.
"Kriti is not dead. She is alive!" He said in one go, I was in shock that I didn't realise when I dropped the glass down. When I realized, it was all broken into pieces on the ground.
"What?!" I shouted and he noded. "Kriti?! She is alive? She wasn't dead? I knew it, I always knew that she can never leave me. Is she fine? Where is she? I really want to meet her," I started to shout with excitement.
"I—uh.....I am sorry, but I have lost her."
My heart skipped a bit,"What do you mean you have lost her?"
"It's a long story," he said.
"Tell me in short."
"Alright, here it goes.....I found Kriti near a village hospital, I had a big projects in the village that day.
Her left hand was injured badly. The doctor allowed me to take her with me. I took her to India for vedic treatment. When she recovered I took her to USA for other treatments. Everything was going perfect unless one day a gang came and kidnapped her. I thought you must have taken her back home so I came here to ask about her, but you don't even know she is alive." He said looking down with an upset voice.
"Okay, I will find her. No matter what but I will get my wife back." I said standing up.
"But there is a problem, Varun. You don't know an important thing," he getting up.
"What's that?"
"When I found Kriti, she had lost her memories," the moment he said that I fell on the sofa again. I don't what was going on. I really don't know, what to do now. Tear started trickling down my cheeks; I lost my control on my emotion.
"I am really sorry, Varun, but it is true. When we went back to USA, Kriti was really happy to be with me, she proposed me and we got engaged in a week." When he said that I was totally broken, I can't believe this, that this was happening to me. I really feel like killing myself for losing Kriti.
"Look, Varun, you'll think I am selfish but I need your help, I have many meetings in USA, look I need to attend this cause I have to pay all the money for her treatment. You're the only person who can help me. Please," he held my legs and pealded to bring her back.

After a minute of silence. I was thinking what should I do, help Arjun or not? I hate him but Kriti is my everything in my life. And for her I can sacrifice my life too. So I made the decision to find her.
"Okay! I will help you, not for you but for Kriti. She is my life and even if she doesn't love me, I would do anything for her happiness." I said wipping off my tears. I saw Arjun smiling when I completed.
"Thank you, Varun. Thank you so much for doing that." He came to hug me but I walked away.
I stopped and said,"I will be searching for her, so you can go to USA for your works, I don't want to get frustrated by watching you moving around. I don't want to see you here tomorrow—I mean today morning. Just stay away from this matter, or else I am going to kill you. If you stay out of this matter, I promise I will get Kriti back soon......and send her to you......safely." I said and walked off.

   I went to my room and slept on my bed and cried out to bring out my sorrow and pain that's inside. I really am so broken, for the first time I felt like I am weak. I had lost my kid and now I have lost Kriti even. I am so weak right now, having everything I don't have anything. I don't have a reason to live for, now. I cried there all night, I wasn't able sleep even.
In the morning, I had made my decision to be strong for her, to live for her. Though we can't be together but I can't help stop loving her, she will be my first and the last love of my life. I think this is what is that is called, “Affection.”

  I asked my agents to search her everywhere. I said Tania to skip the wedding because I was having a big mission (but didn't tell her the reason), she looked broken but agreed. She went back to London and even the guests went back to their home. I stayed in India, cause I really didn't want everyone to bother me in London.

   Agents were searching Kriti about a month and till now have not got an information about her. I was getting more worried now. Numerous of bad thoughts came to my mind like, what if they are harreshing her? And What if they have killed Kriti? I was really scared, I didn't wanted to lose her for the second time.

One day, an agent came to me. He said that he had some information about Kriti. I hope it is a good news.
"Did you find kriti?" I asked him. He was looking down all the time, I asked him again, but this time I shouted: "I asked, did you find her?!!"
He looked up and said,"Y—Yes sir," when he said that I was see o happy, I felt like jumping around. I controlled myself and asked,"Where?! I mean where is she?!" I shouted in excitement.
"She is in India. I—I found her in.........."

[Kriti is alive!!! But unfortunately her memory is loss. But no worries, we know that our hero, Varun can find a solution.
Now the big question is that, where is she? To know.....keep reading Affection.]