I decided to give her some space.
Let her first digest what I said today and give enough time for the roots of suspicions that I planted to become firmer.
"You go to your girls' dormitory first."
"The shock on your face is too vivid. We will talk about it tomorrow."
Without even hearing her next words, I directly went past her and started walking away.
'By now, Mithsua should have told everything about Shouta to Radhika and Michelle, right?'
'As the next person closest to them, they must be eager to see me so that they can express the insecurities surging in their hearts, right?'
Beatrix just stood there in a daze.
It was 10 minutes after Elandor left, that her hysterical personality finally calmed down.
"So, did I agree with him to keep carrying on our discussion tomorrow?" -She wasn't sure.
Yes, she did hear Elandor's words to go back to the girl's dormitory where she had shifted her stuff this morning.
But how can she go back?
Shouta is talking her Louis to a local bar in an hour.
Just this thought alone was enough to make her feel worried.
What if he slept there with some prostitute?
Or what if Shouta, taking advantage of this opportunity, made some intimate moves towards Louis?
If he did that, Would Louis protest against his shameless actions?
Just as she started thinking about it, she realised she didn't have any confidence.
If earlier she had thought about such a scenario, she would have laughed at herself for overthinking about such useless and unrealistic things.
But Elandor's words changed her perspective.
No wonder, it is said that words are the strongest weapon if spoken correctly.
Unable to calm her agitated heart, she decided to follow after Louis and see things with her own eyes.
——-x——-x——-
Since his place was adjacent to the university, Elandor had already reached and was about to open the door of his home.
I could hear the sound of weeping and crying bitterly even before I opened the door.bender
The moment the door opened, I saw Radhika and Michelle hugging each other and shedding tears non-stop.
Mitshua was sitting at the side trying to console them while Claire on the other side was looking at them with amusement.
Hearing the sound of the door being opened, all the girls present looked at me.
"Elandorrr? Great..now, you are also here!"
"Elandorrrrrrr!"
"Hmm, Elandor?"
"Elandor, thank God you are here!"
Shouts of four different pitches were heard and echoed throughout the room at the same time.
Mitshua, Radhika, Claire and Michelle spoke respectively, each having their own thoughts.
Mitshua's shout was initially full of surprise but later part was filled with satisfaction like saying praise me- I have shown Shouta's true colours to his sis and mom.
Her round eyes, like a puppy after fetching a ball which was thrown, begged her owner's affection.
Radhika's shout was a bit extended, although step by step, Elandor had replaced Shouta's presence in her heart, Shouta was after all, someone with whom she had grown up, blood-ties are the most difficult to cut.
Her heart was shaken seeing all the immoral things her big brother was doing behind their back.
Especially the video of Shouta today playing with his boy-toys in the class and kissing a third guy shocked her too much. She never knew her brother was gay.
The more she heard Mitshua saying he used to go to a bar to sleep with random girls, he used to live in high-class society and spent lavishly while at home, she and her mom were dying because of a little money, her heart completely cracked open.
She understood why Shouta never bothered to contact them after leaving their family. According to her, it seems he had forgotten that he even had a small sister and mother.
Upon seeing Elandor, being the youngest and most inexperienced, she couldn't hold on and wanted to jump into Elandor, her big brother's embrace directly.
Claire's shout was filled with anticipation, the moment she saw his face, she felt that Elandor was here to plot another strategy. She wanted to see what he will say to console this mother-daughter pair.
Michelle, being the eldest of all, had the politest tone. Sure, she was disappointed that her son cheated on her and her little sister. She raised him with so much hard-work since his father died but so many months have passed and he has not even sent a hello? He was well aware of her illness before he left, isn't it too unfilial of him to leave her rotting in the house? When she heard from Mitshua that he was Shouta's ex-girlfriend and when he used to pursue her, he used to buy her bouquets of expensive roses, used to wear gold watches, used to drive in top-class cars, used to party whole night, was a well-known local gang leader, her head started spinning. She never thought that this person in Mitshua's and Claire's mouths was her son. But when they showed her the videos and photos, and even said Elandor was aware of it, she had to eventually believe it.
The most important fact by which Michelle was worried was now, that Shouta turned out to be gay, who will carry their bloodline? Having no other male in the family, will their surname Duchison end here?
And, when she saw Elandor opening the door, in her heart…she sighed- Even if my son failed us, At least there's still Elandor to support me and Radhika.
I very well perceived the depths of their emotions.
If our eyes are the doors to see through one's soul then our voices are the tool for it to communicate.
I realised that Radhika was not able to control her emotions as she was crying the loudest. She was already panting heavily.
Disappointment, sadness, betrayal, anxiety, worry, anger, and so many emotions were written on her little face.
Even though all were sitting on dining table chairs just a few centimetres away from each other,
Under the watchful eyes of all, I went to Radhika.
Radhika, who thought Elandor would first go to her girlfriend Mitshua or his friend Claire who also seemed to be a top-notch beauty or perhaps her mother, never expected him to first come to her.
She didn't know why?…she got up from her seat.
"Ell.."
Before she could speak his name, she felt a sudden surge of warmth.
A pair of strong yet reassuring hands held her tight as she head those tender words,
"Radhika, Shhhhhhh!"
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