12 Little hear (1/2)
He purposefully sounded irritated, ”How long are you planning to hide? Do you think you can solve everything by locking up yourself?”
Aarvi glanced at Tia who panicked and ran out of the shop to leave them alone. When she had joined the shop two years back, she had seen Aarvi throwing vases and pots at Doctor handsome in anger whenever he tried to control her so she escaped quickly.
Aarvi turned back to Aaron, ”Just because I'm listening to you regarding health conditions doesn't mean I will dance on your terms.”
Aaron saw her serene without showing her anger. ”Shouldn't you be happy that your case will help numerous people to get proper treatment and get well soon?”
She spat back without thinking, ”And do I owe them anything?”
Aaron's voice turned sharp, ”Aarvi, when are you going to wake up? You are burning yourself.”
She leered, ”I am burnt a long back, Doctor Rivas. Stop being a philosopher in front of me.”
Aaron asked a genuine question he never asked her, ”Tell me honestly, are you really liking your life of vengeance?... Don't answer me as The Aarvi Evans. Answer me as the real you. The real you who you are hiding from yourself and everyone.”
Aarvi's serene expression deadpanned. 'The real self! If my real self only hurts me, why will I want to be that?'
Aaron continued, ”At least do you even remember your real self? The one who always stood for the ones who needed help, the one who never had a single evil thought against anybody, the one who believed that evils aren't born bad, the who believed love and care can change a person's heart, the one who always smiled to keep everyone happy, the one who was considerate about others' feelings, the...”
Aarvi started trembling when he listed on and on reminding her past, she pressed her ears and yowled, ”Shut up! Just shut up.”
The very next second, she realized she lost control. She had decided to face everything calmly. She took a deep breath and raised her head.
Her eyes were bloodshot glaring Aaron, ”This is the real me now. If I look like a villain, Yes I'm. If you have a problem with that, get the hell out of my life. If you are so obsessed with your sister's heart, get someone, and remove it out of me. Being alive or dead doesn't matter to me.”
She turned to go inside the room but Aaron held her back forcefully without letting her shrug him off.
Dropping the bags on the ground, he gently wiped her tears away which she hadn't even realized till that. His voice was low and assuring, ”I don't know who wronged you. I don't know what you have gone through. I will wait, I will wait till the day you say it. Do anything you want, I will stand by you...”
It wasn't the first time he saw her crying so she wasn't embarrassed and she never felt crying as a weakness. She asked curiously with a hint of suspicion, ”How do you know me?”
Aarvi Evans wasn't emotional. She was objective and calculative. She wasn't the former self, she might have lost control remembering her past but in the senses, she will try to understand the behavior instead of words.