521 Only one word
"Not today Vikram! Please not today!" she mumbled as deep down in her heart she was scared of his presence. He had been at one point of time the strongest anchor of her life, but then he had suddenly turned into the one who was the root cause of all the problems of her life.
More than fear, her tone had a hint of a cry for mercy which didn't go well with Raymond.
He looked at David, who was very much aware that such a calamity could happen. David already had bouncers employed around the wedding stage, in plain clothes just in case anything went awry Three of them covered Akira and Raymond as they stood in front of them, blocking them from any imminent danger and two more walked towards Vikram to take the man away from the venue who was nothing less than an eyesore.
That man who was always prim and poised looked dishevelled and devastated. His hair was unkempt and from the way his shirt was hanging loose Akira could guess that he had not changed his clothes for a day or two.
But before the counters could get a hold of him he took out his gun and pointed it towards them.
"Don't you dare!" yelled Vikram but the bouncers walked towards him unfazed, and he immediately realized that they were wearing bulletproof vests underneath. So thinking quickly, he grabbed the person next to him and placed the gun on his head.
"Now this would make you stop!" he hissed.
"Teddy!" yelled Akira and Mike at the same time. Mike wanted to run and save his friend but David held him back.
The pastor also had taken a step back for the ruckus had taken an ugly turn but undaunted and undefied by what was happening in front of him, Raymond pulled Akira close and slipped that ring in her finger.
With a mix of fear and relief in her eyes, she looked at Raymond, whose eyes gave her an assurance that everything was going to be ok. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and prepared herself for the worst to happen.
The bouncers halted their pace to see a civilian in danger.
"Vikram no... Don't do this. You can do so much better than this. You don't have to drop to this level Vikram," said Akira, with her voice filled with a plead for she couldn't see Teddy being the one who had to suffer because of her.
"Then ask your men to move away!"
"Move away!" screamed Vikram.
"Vikram listen!"
"Akira, I am telling you. It will be all your fault," Vikram screamed again like a madman. He was screaming at the top of his voice and those bubbles of froth which formed around the corner of his mouth were the evidence of the commotion that's as going inside his head.
"Move away!", said Raymond with a solemn voice.
All that they had to do was to stall him for a couple of minutes.
Upon the order of Raymond, the bouncers moved aside and that assured Vikram a bit, but he still kept Teddy under his grip.
Teddy's mind was going berserk as he had no idea what was wrong with him. Given that he was a close friend of Mike, and he literally used to perch most of the time at their place, he had known Vikram too in person and knew him as a kind gentleman. He was surprised to see him all violent and lunatic.
"Let him go now Vikram, he will choke!" said Akira and took a step ahead as she wanted to get down from the stage and go close to him, but Raymond pulled her back, holding her hand. That man's gun was loaded, and he wasn't sure what devil had got inside him.
Akira turned and looked at Raymond who looked quite disturbed now and then turning towards Vikram she asked,
"What do you want? Just tell me what do you want. I cannot see anything happening to anyone any more."
"Here! You don't want me to marry him right? Here, I am taking out the ring," she said and yanked the ring out of her finger in one pull and continued, "happy now? Can we talk? Can we not have a bloodbath on my wedding day Vikram? Please! I beg you please!"
She said and knelt on the stage, crying her eyes out. She couldn't believe that eventually her perfect day had been ruined.
Vikram froze for a moment seeing her broken like that. He released Teddy from his grip and said,
"I just want to talk with you Akira. I just need your five minutes. That's all. For old times sake Akira," said Vikram, still pointing the gun at the guests.
"Vikram please don't do this...! Please!" cried Akira as his gun now pointed towards the guest like a dangling pointer.
"Akira, listen to me Akira. We need to talk. If you just listen to me once then probably you are never going to marry this man. You will hate this filth Akira... You will regret Akira... This man ...." but before he could utter a word further, someone hit on his head from behind with a champagne bottle.
Blood gushed from his head and everything started to swivel for him and in no time he just slumped on the ground. The gun that he was holding fell down along with him.
Only one word came out from the mouth of Akira,
"Jaby!"
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