Revenge...

Bella tried to meet the gardener everyday after that.. She couldn't find him anywhere in the garden.. She was feeling strangely frightened and sad now since he was the only one who may tell her something about her parents, and wondering whether he had vanished from this world taking all those memories with him...

She returned to her normal self after a few days, going for all sorts of work, in stores, in petrol pumps, as street vendors, as car cleaner.. she was an expert at every little job she do and was really quick at everything.

Peter had to attend an important meeting.. Everything was set ready and packed as he had to go abroad. He got on his car for airport.. On the way, he halted a while at the signal.. A girl in short hair started washing his cars. He opened the car windows to offer some money.. His face reddened with anger as he saw the face of the girl.. It was the same girl whom he had been searching for a week.. The girl did not seem to identify him as she received her payment. He lost his senses as he jumped out of the car, forcefully took hold of the girl's hand and dragged her to a shade.. Looking deep into her eyes, he demanded an explanation from her. When the girl remained to stay silent, Peter's anger raised upto his peak.. He glared at her harder, his finger nails piercing her wrist vein. The girl was struggling hard to come out of his hold. She was so thin and her hands were completely locked in his. He did not notice her hand bleeding until he heard whispers around him. People were watching them and it will be hard for him if someone recognises him. He immediately loosened the grip, still glaring at the girl.. The girl did not even try to have a proper look at him before turning away and running to a store nearby.....

Peter parked the car on a side and followed the girl... So she was a salesgirl there too. He immediately ordered Mark to meet him at the store...

"I want this girl punished by any means" Peter was clenching his teeth as he spoke to Mark..

Mark easily caught up what his boss was indicating..

He stealthily stole the purse of a consumer and went towards the girl whom his boss had pointed to.. He acted like speaking to her in front of the CCTV and shook her hand before slipping the wallet into her pocket..

The consumer while paying came to know that his purse had been stolen..

He started yelling and making a huge fuss out of it.. The shop owner finally decided to reveal the CCTV footage..

Everyone stood watching in silence..

To the shopkeeper's disbelief, he found someone handing over the wallet to Bella..

The police reached the spot immediately to arrest Bella.

Bella was having a very unlucky day today.. Back on the road she had recognised the man who hurt her.. He was the one on whom she had accidentally thrown wine. His hold was painful and scary. Her hands were still reddened and swollen even though the bleeding had stopped. The man had just wanted an apology from her but she couldn't even say that.. She had been crying with pain as the man squeeze had hands.. but she was weak and she felt herself responsible for it too..

On the store, Bella was shocked and had felt it strange when a stranger came to her all of a sudden and started shaking her hands vigorously .. He was speaking something to her too, and she thought it would be rude to ignore so she smiled shaking her hands back..But she had never imagined anybody would try to do this to her.. To put into so much effort for making her a thief.. Their was nothing now she could do in her defense.. all evidences were against her.. She did not know what to do.. She had no one in this world who would come to the police station to get her.. and she never believed in miracles.. She found the shop owner giving dirty looks at her as the police arrested and handcuffed her.. Her hands felt unbearably painful with the metal rubbing on her recent wound. Everyone there had a similar expression..of anger and contempt... and Bella hung her head, unable to defend herself, hiding her tears...

And someone was feeling content now.. He felt it was even.. He was watching the whole scene before his eyes.. He could see her in pain, people around her were despising her and she is at the verge of tears.. He finally got on his car leaving back to his apartment.. He had missed his flight but he did not mind it, he finally had had his revenge...

The police station did not seem like a bad place though to Bella, but they screamed a lot at her beating her on the face..

She had not eaten the whole day and was on heavy work so she couldn't tell when she fainted..

There were strange noises heard around her which all felt like a nightmare to her until some warm hands lifted her..She felt really safe on those hands and she slept peacefully, believing it all to be a dream...

She woke up as the sunlight fell on her piercing her eyelids... She was taken aback.. It were all not a dream after all.. She found her lips numb due to bleeding.. So someone had really bet her in her face.. She wondered where she was and was shocked to find she was lying on a bench in front of Mrs Mathew's gate.. She quickly got off and rushed to her Aunt's house.. She was locked up for two days in police station.. Someone at home really would have noticed her absence.. She made up her mind to explain to her aunt that she stayed at the shop as there were too much of work.. There was no way she can tell she was caught by the police.

There were no one at home when Bella entered.. It was Dona's convocation day and everyone were preparing for it for the past one week.. 'They would have never even noticed my absence', sighed Bella..

She went inside to take a shower. Bella was wondering who will be the one who sent her to jail, who is the one that cared her atleast to hate her..? She was thinking of those warm hands who lifted her,.. who could have freed her from the police station...? It all felt like a daze to her...

Peter did not know what was wrong with him.. Once he send the girl to prison, he expected him to be happy.. He had won atlast.. The girl had payed for insulting him in public.. But he was not happy.. He was in deep pain.. He couldn't sleep the two nights... He had missed an international conference too running after this revenge.. He knew the girl would have already called her parents and would be out of the jail by now, but he was restless and decided to visit the jail the first thing tomorrow..

Early next morning, even though it was still dark, Peter set out for the police station.. He just couldnt sit at home being restless..

As he inquired about a girl who had been send to prison for stealing, the policeman immediately pointed to a girl in the nearby cell.. He was shocked to find the girl still in the cell, she had fainted.. There were dried blood on her lips... He rushed to her unaware of the surroundings..

"Do you know her Mr Robinson?" , asked a surprised policeman..

"Yes, I know her.. Release her.."

The policeman immediately opened the cell.. Peter signed a few papers before lifting her in his arms out of the police station..

He did not know where she lived so he went straight to Mrs Mathew's mansion.. It was where he had met her the first time.. He placed her on a bench nearby, and watched her untill her eyes moved to the scorching sun..

He hid behind a tree watching her struggling to move as she walked across the street and disappeared.. He couldn't follow her now.. He promised himself never to meet this girl in future.. She drives him crazy, and makes him turn into a different side that he hated..