Chapter 75: chapter 75

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 74 : Sreekar’s face was filled with grief and his eyelids were  heavy with the drink he took, making him feel tipsy.Deepak was dumbfounded to see him in such a condition and realized that Sreekar was totally fascinated by Swetha and was head over heels for her though he  didn’t open up with anyone.“Deepak! Why don’t you speak? Why does  these ladies couldn’t acknowledge the true feelings of a person? Why do they go behind wealth rather than true love? Why is every woman like that? Can’t we see even a single lady who can show unconditional love in this universe?”, queried Sreekar while slurring on his words.Deepak was unable to answer his question as he was aware of his trauma due to his brother’s death and the reason behind it. He slowly reached Srrekar and held his shoulder to balance him.“Boss! You drank too much. It’s not good to stay  here in this condition for a long time. Let’s go home”, suggested Deepak.Sreekar swatted his hand  and rebuked,I don’t need your advice. I will drink more and will stay here  for the night. You leave from here, I am not coming anywhere”.“.Sreekar turned to the bartender and ordered  for another bottle for which Deepak shook his head towards the bartender as denial for Sreekar’s request. Sreekar noticed Deepak’s gesture and stood on his feet while grabbing his collar.“How dare you deny my order?  What do you think of yourself?”, Sreekar started reprimanding Deepak and stopped by realizing a hand on his shoulder.Sreekar immediately whirled back by clenching his fist to hit the person but stopped his hand in the air by realizing the person, though he was tipsy. He glanced at the person for a while and to the person’s dismay, he hugged that person and sobbed in his chest.“Gautham! Why  did  she do it? What do I lack? Why didn’t she think of me before going behind that guy? WHy?”,started to throw his question at Gautham who stood bewildered by Sreekar’s actions.Gautham, who came to the pub along with his colleagues for the  party, saw Sreekar emptying the bottle. He excused himself from the group and headed towards Sreekar feeling astounded to see him at the  bar section.Gautham crossed his hands around Sreekar and consoled him by patting his back.“Sree! Calm down. Calm down for god sake. What have you done to yourself? What’s wrong with you?”, queried Gautham.Sreekar slowly composed himself and retreated from Gautham. He glanced at Gautham who was looking at him suspiciously. He gave  a faint smile to Gautham and sat back on the revolving stool in front of the bar counter.Gautham took the seat beside him  and gave him the questioning looks while asking,“Who is the girl that  made you drunk?”.Sreekar glanced into the space and replied,“You don’t need to know. It was my mistake to get fascinated by that girl knowing their quench for wealth and fame. They can go to any extent  for the fame, attention and popularity”.Gautham glanced  at him for a while and slowly queried,“Sree! Are you in love with that girl?”.Sreekar immediately spun his head towards Gautham and stared at him in astonishment. He  gazed at him for a while making him nervous with his question. Later Sreekar laughed out loud attracting the people nearby and held Gautham’s shoulder tightly.“Oh my god! You are really awesome! You cleared my mind.  Hahaha! Love! Me! Never! Not even in my dreams. I don’t believe in it. It is the word used by the woman to  attract the men and after utilizing him for their needs, they will dump the person like a scrap. I never loved her. Why should I feel betrayed seeing  her with another man when we never shared anything. Why should I feel dejected when we had nothing between us. It is her choice with whom she should live or with whom she should be with. Unnecessarily I slapped her when there is nothing between us”.After completing his words, Sreekar  spun his head to Gautham, looking deeply into his eyes while pointing his finger to his heart, he queried,“But why is this aching by seeing her with another man?”.Gautham gaped at him in bewilderment by observing the grief in Sreekar’s  eyes and the tears that were streaming from his eyes without his knowledge making him look vulnerable. He immediately took Sreekar into his arms and patted his back to console him. “Sree! That woman is the most unfortunate person for losing you. You are a gem and deserve to have an angel in your life. Not those pretentious women who care for fame and wealth. You don’t feel downhearted for that woman who doesn’t deserve your tears”.“No…! No…! She is  an angel. I will be the most fortunate man  in this universe if I could get her. She is  not like other women but a pure soul. My eyes might be deceiving me by showing wrong things. maybe I mistook the  situation.. She is not like other women. But why is she in his flat in that condition? If nothing is there between them, why do they both look like having fun being alone in the flat”,blabbered Sreekar while defending her on one side and accusing on  the other side.Sreekar was so intoxicated that his words were surring  while Gautham was trying to balance him on his feet. With the help of Deepak,Gautham directed Sreekar out of the pub and headed towards their car.Throughout the way Sreekar kept blabbering about Swetha either praising her beauty  or reprimanding for choosing Arjun rather than him.“Gautham! Do you know? She is like a  blossoming flower  when she laughs”.“Gautham! My heart feels ecstatic in her presence”.“Gautham! Do you believe me? I was captivated not by her beauty but by her innocence and childish nature”.“Gautham! When there is nothing between us, why is my heart throbbing as if something is leaving me?”.By the time they reached the car, Sreekar was totally in  a vulnerable state  and started wailing for slapping Swetha.“Why did I slap her when there is nothing between us? I slapped her with this hand. This hand did an atrocious act towards my  deity. It should get punished”, after speaking Sreekar slammed his  hand against the car glass but Deepak and Gautham were fast enough to grab his hand to stop his act.“Leave me! I should get punished for my act. LLeave me”, Sreekar started wiggling from their grip.“Deepak! It doesn’t look good if we take him to his house. I can’t take him to my house as Meenakshi aunty will get upset by seeing him in this condition. Do you have any other place in your mind or shall we take a room in the hotel”, queried Gautham.“Sir! We can take the boss to our company guest house. He rests there whenever he wishes to be alone”, replied Deepak.“Okay! We will take him there”, Gautham accepted and shoved Sreekar in the back seat.Sreekar hopped into the car without any protest and kept  mumbling in his unconscious state. Deepak took the driving seat and Gautham took the passenger seat heading towards the guest house.Once they reached the guest house, Gautham and  Deepak helped Sreekar get into the bedroom and made him lay on the bed. After tucking him with the blanket, both returned to the living room.“Deepak! Who is that girl? I never saw him in such a vulnerable state. When did this happen and about whom he is speaking?” queried Gautham while looking at Deepak very seriously. Deepak, without uttering a single word, spun his head towards the  window and glanced at the sky which had become dark. After a while he heaved a deep sigh and glanced at Gautham while  answering his question.“Sorry, but it is not my place to tell you about it. You ask the boss directly once he is awake. Please don’t mind for not telling you”, stated Deepak.Gautham nodded his head in acknowledgement and spoke,“I will never let it happen once again. One woman ruined his brother’s life, shattering Sreekar’s jolly life. Now he was drowning in misery because of another woman. I will  not let him drown in the agony. Once he  gains his consciousness, I will put some sense in his brain”.They both took the comfortable place to sleep for the night and dozed off into deep slumber.