Ash was fighting for his life. All the doctors are trying their best to keep Ash alive. But he already lost too much blood. There was a better chance to die than to stay alive. Doctors who were operating on him were sweating profusely. It was a time consuming operation. Roy and Levi were still waiting outside the operation theater. They did not inform anyone. They were too tense to think about it. And it was not like that anyone would come here to pray for Ash. Ash had all the money and power in the world but what he lacked was love. They thought that maybe Rose would be able to complete that lack. Who would have thought instead of filling his heart with love, she would fill it with a bullet. Roy and Levi waited for almost two hours when Levi saw that Bella was calling him. He thought about telling her. He received the call and moved away from Roy. Bella said, "Where are you? You are supposed to come by now." Levi said, "I have bad news. Ash was shot." "What! Who shot brother Ash?" "If I guessed right, it was Rose," Levi said in a low tone. On the other side, Bella shouted, "have you lost your mind? Why would my sister shoot Ash?" "Rose came to know about Ash being there in the hotel." "O my God," Bella said. "Yes, Ash was supposed to propose to Rose. They went to the beach. We do not know the details, but when we reached Ash was shot, and he lost so much blood. Now, he is in the Operation Theater. Don't know what will happen." "No, why did this happen? How did my sister come to know about it? Why Ash have to be there? Why did he do that to my sister?" Bella said. Her voice was broken. She was crying. "No, Ash was not in that room. Ash left the room before that." Levi said. "Then who was in that room?" Bella asked. "I don't know, and right now, I don't care. The only thing I know is that I want my brother's back. He is innocent, but your sister tried to kill him brutally." Levi said. His voice became heavy with each word. He was holding his tears. "I am sorry on my sister's behalf. But I know she won't do it unless she is sure." Levi remembered Rose asked Levi for the confirmation. So he was also responsible for her misunderstanding. He felt like slapping himself for his stupidity. When suddenly Bella asked, "Are you sure your sister killed Ash? Maybe someone else did it. By the way, where is my sister?" This made Levi think about it. When they saw Ash in that condition, they assumed that Rose killed him. But if she did, where is she? Levi did not find Rose when they called for them. So where is she? Levi said, "I don't know. We didn't find her." "O, no, what if rival companies planned it. We have to find Rose. Maybe she is in danger." Levi remembered about the east faction. They could do it. He said, "Bella, don't worry. We will try to find Rose. I will inform you if I find anything." "Keep me updated about brother Ash," Bella said. "I will." Then Levi cut the call. He called Xavier, Ash's assistant. Xavier received the ring and asked, "Where is the boss? We need to attend a meeting." "Cancel it. He was in the hospital. But first I am sending you an address. Send me the CCTV footage of that area and try to find Rose."
Levi said. "Rose, you mean madam?" Xavier asked. "Yes. Do it." Levi ordered. "On it, boss. Give me 10 minutes." Levi came back to Roy. He was sitting on the bench. Levi never saw his brother so hopeless like today. It broke his heart. He sat near Roy and said, "I called Xavier to know about Rose's location. And CCTV footage to know if she really killed him or not." "Can we get it?" Roy asked. "It's near the beach. We can only try to see if something is caught on CCTV footage." Levi said. Roy nodded. They wait for more. That day it felt like years. Time didn't move faster. They kept on looking at the door of the operation theater like a child looking for its mother. They want the assurance that Ash will be there like a child wants to be assured its mother was there. Though Roy and Levi have a lovely family, they still love Ash more than their own family. And now they only want their Ash to remain alive. They kept on waiting. The waiting seemed endless.
Rose
"Poor soul. You killed your fiance for the crime he never did. Now how will you live with this guilt? I am looking forward to it.
Poor soul. You killed your fiance for the crime he never did. Now how will you live with this guilt? I am looking forward to it." It kept on repeating in rose memory. She wanted to run away from it. She murmured, "No, no, no. He is alive, he is…." She sat up. She looked around and saw a similar room. So they took her to the same room. She was weak. She touched her head and found that it was burning with fever. She smiled. She said to herself, "You deserve this. No, you deserve worse than this." She looked at the second door. She tried to stand up. Her whole body was shaking so badly that she thought she would fall at any moment. But still, she went near the door. As she felt it was a washroom. She went inside and opened the faucet. She washed her face. When she looked in the mirror, she saw the same girl who was broken before. The same girl who stopped talking. The same girl who lost her will to live. The same girl who tried to commit suicide. She looked at her hand. Where she cut herself. One water droplet fell on the cut. She saw that blood was flowing out. Then she saw her hand covered in blood. Blood of Ash. She tried to wash it. She passed and washed. But the blood remained.
"It won't go away."
She looked up and saw Ash was there in the mirror. She stuttered, "A..sh."
"Yes, I am. The blood in your hand will never be washed because you commit a crime. A crime that no one will commit. You killed your lover. You killed who saved you. You killed who helped you in every stage. Because of you, no one will believe in others."
"No, please don't say that. I did not want to believe it. When I saw your tattoo, I was shocked. But you said only you three have that tattoo. Still, I believe you are not the one. Then Alina gave me the CCTV footage. I still did not believe it. And I went to the hotel. There I saw Levi and asked him. He said you were there. Tell me after all this proves how I should react. I wanted to love you. I wanted to live with you, but that evidence stopped me. In between love and self-respect, I have to choose self-respect. Because if I did not, it would be an injustice to those who went through this suffering. It will be an injustice to those girls who suffer this. So I choose to kill you. But I also choose to die with you. Because I can't live without you."
Ash gave a mocking smile. "You loved me, so you should have believed me. If you came to me and asked me, I would have given you the answer."
"I tried. But every time I did, something stopped me. One day someone called. Another day you were busy. And I thought you were not the one, so I never asked about you." Rose said.
"You should have asked me. I promise you that I will help you. Then why didn't you come?" Ash asked in a sad voice.
"I am sorry," Rose said in a guilty tone.
"Do you think your sorry will bring me back to life?" Ash asked in a low tone.
"No," Rose replied. She was crying. She cursed her. She cursed her why she did that.
"Nothing will bring me back, Rose. I am leaving." Ash said. This got Rose's sense back. She looked at the mirror and said, "No, please don't do it. You came back and killed me. I would not stop you. But please don't leave me." Ash laughed and said, "I didn't leave you, Rose." Then he looked at Rose and said, "You left me. Sorry, you killed me. Now live with this guilt." And Ash despaired. Rose called out, "Ash, Ash, Ash." But she got no response. She sat on the floor of the washroom. And cried. Because she knew this time, she really lost Ash.
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