Enchanted Love

Alex stood there completely taken back by her attitude all of a sudden. Edward consoled his wife who could not stop her tears. Clara knew that this day would not pass peacefully for sure. Why did she say everything to Alina? Alina would surely create a drama out of it and that’s why she chose not to tell anything.

“Alina, what are you talking about?”Edward came out from the shock as he asked his wife.

“Whenever we talked about these people, you have always supported Alex. Even I thought Alex can never do anything wrong to Clara.” Alina was crying at this point. Jason stood there examining everything. Her statement accused Alex directly as his anger level reached its peak.

“But only if Alex asked her the reason, only if he had asked, their story wouldn’t have this turn” Alina spoke, closing her face with her hand. Clara ran to her friend’s side instantly to make her calm down. In this case, she will even physically hurt Alex for sure which she can’t let happen.

“Please Ani. Relax” Clara tried to console her.

“I am not talking to you. Can you not touch me?” Alina glared at Clara with so much anger. Okay, this is too bad now. She will never talk to Clara too now. Congrats Clara.

“What should I have asked? Like how she did everything? What should I have asked? How did my mom get a heart attack with her silly game?” Alex screamed all of a sudden. He just couldn’t accept how Clara was blaming him since they met and now Alina too joined the game. He was very careful not to tell anything to Edward or Alina which might make Clara’s image bad. But she is hell bent on proving him a jerk in front of these people.

“Yes. You should have asked her.” Alina yelled back as she jumped to his side to grab him again but Edward held her hands from hurting Alex.

“It’s not even about that alone. Of course I was angry. And I knew that I did cross the line that day. But she chose to leave to let me suffer all alone. My dad even went to solve everything. And now thanks to her, he is in this state.” Alex shouted as he turned to the window side to not show his vulnerable state. Alina looked at both and was hell angry at how their single stunt had ruined their lives. She walked towards Alex.

“More than us, you should have known that Clara is not the type of person to hurt anyone. You should have trusted her. You should have given her a chance to tell her side” Alina grabbed Alex’s collar as she was screaming at her top lungs. Even Edward can’t control this fierce Alina.

“Every story has two sides. If Clara is at fault, you are nowhere on the right side. You are equally, even more than her on the wrong side” Alina spoke in her sobbing voice as her grip over his collar loosened.

“Okay, let’s make it simple. Let me ask her now. I am also interested in seeing the truth which made my mom like this and still you guys feel that Clara has no part in it” Alex became historical now. He came towards Clara and she started hyperventilating. Did she expect this? She took back steps with the intensity of his looks alone.

“What happened when she had a heart attack that day? More importantly what happened that you chose to not come back to me ever?” Alex asked straightly. Clara’s eyes teared up automatically. How did she wish he would ask this that day? How did she even wish he would ask this when they met again? How she was longing to tell him everything and finally the day has come.

“What happened?” Alex asked again as he grabbed her shoulders not harshly though. He could feel her shaking under his arms. His anger vanished instantly as he looked closely. Is she panicking? Is she scared to say anything?

“Because” Clara mumbled as the whole room fell into silence. Everyone looked at her with so many questions. Alex tightened his grip when he felt her shaking so much.

“Because she came to know” Clara paused and couldn’t muster up her courage to fill the sentence. She looked at Alina to find help but Alina looked away from her side showing that she would never talk to her after this. It would take a hell lot of struggle to convince Alina now.

“What did she come to know?”Alex’s voice now became a little scary. He gets scared to hear her explanation and now he even could conclude that everything was because of him. What might have happened that day? If Alina and Clara are very sure of this, then he should brace himself to hear the worst thing.

He is certain about one thing: whatever she is going to tell him will not be a pleasant one and he might regret not asking her.

“That” her tears didn’t stop anytime. Alex could feel his heart rate rising. No, that can’t be the worst thing than her doing that day. Isn’t it? Whom is he kidding? He can see right through her eyes that something grave has happened and he would surely break down.

“That I had a miscarriage” Her words filled the silence in the hall as she broke into tears and fell to the floor. Burying her face inside her palm, she started crying.

Alex’s hands fell from her shoulders as he took slow steps back away from her. Clara slumped to the floor as she was crying loudly. More than the miscarriage pain, she knew that the pain of separation made her bleed.

Edward gasped, closing his mouth and the same with Jason. Now everyone looked at Alex who looked pale as chalk with realisation.

‘You are the best son, the best husband, best boyfriend. But only if you work on your anger, you will be the best human being” Alex recalled his mom’s advice back then. That made sense now. No blame, no mistakes can fill this gap that he did hurt her beyond anyone could imagine.

“I left the camp the same day you went. On the way, I had severe cramps in my stomach. I became unconscious on the bus and the driver admitted me to the nearby hospital. The doctor informed me about it.” Clara added her explanation.

Alex stumbled back as Edward came to support him. That can’t be true. His eyes filled up with not just tears but regret. Regret for not being with her during the most critical time of their life. His sweet gestures, his love, his every effort went vain in his one single mistake. He felt the floor skip away from his feet as he gripped Edward’s hand for support.

Alina wanted to comfort Clara but hell with her. If she can handle those alone back then, why does she want anyone now?

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Remembering the pain, remembering the incident is not at all doing good for Clara as she started shivering. Her sobs echoed all around and no one needed any rocket science to know the turmoil of Alex who sat in front of her closing his face. Mira stood there shocked hearing everything.

“She got to know about this” Clara mumbled in between her sobs.

“and suddenly she got extremely uncontrollable. I don’t know why exactly.” Clara continued explaining.

“She was reminded of her miscarriage” Alex concluded with a whisper which is audible to no one in particular.

“Her miscarriage was her second birth. She couldn’t come out from the shock for one year that time” Alex continued and regretted every damn thing he had done till now. Will he be able to correct everything?

“and about telling Mira’s mom about everything?” Alina paused as all looked at her.

“It was not Clara. It was me.” Alina replied with no regret in her voice. Edward looked shocked. That was not expected from Alina for sure.

“And I am not sorry for that” Alina yelled again, startling everyone.

“She was playing mind games with Clara and I wanted some elder to take care of the matter.” Alina knew that she was right about it.

Alex now has no hope to correct anything in his life. Why? Why did it happen to him?

“Did you really think that she would do such things without discussing it with you? Clara is not like other girls. She is too sensitive and values everyone like hell. How can you just accept this?” Alina blamed Alex directly? Alex didn’t have any words to defend his actions or ask for an apology. He lost words and his existence now is only physical. He felt as if he was floating somewhere far away from everything and everyone. His heart clenched with fear and pain.