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“A little late for that,” I quipped.
“Stop it, Diya,” snapped Dheer.
“Don’t snarl at me,” I snapped back.
The lethargy of my grief was giving way to fury, and instead of biting it back as I had done nine years ago, I let him have it.
“How dare you bring that woman into our house?” I yelled.
“I can explain. Raksha is just a friend,” he replied placatingly.
I picked up the paperweight from his desk and lobbed it at the wall in anger. It crashed into the wall but didn’t make a dent in the solid construction of the past century.
“A friend who was the reason you dumped me nine years ago! Was it not enough that you broke my heart before? Did you have to do it all over again, and with the same woman?” I asked brokenly.
“I admit I hurt you nine years ago, and I know I can never make up for it, but I did no such thing this time, Diya. Please believe me,” he begged.
“Then tell me why she’s here.”
“Raksha is the private investigator I hired to find the dead woman,” he shouted.
I froze in horror at his words.
“Are you fucking kidding me? Was your ex-fiancée the only person you could have hired for the job?”
“What difference does our past relationship make, Diya? She was the best person for the job,” he argued. “And she got us amazing results.”
I crossed my arms over my chest and stared at him coldly.
“If that’s true, why didn’t you tell me?”
“What?”
“Why didn’t you tell me when you hired her?”
“Raksha is on permanent retainer with my company. I didn’t hire her just for this job.”
“Oh, so your ex-fiancée is still employed by your company, and you think this is okay? How is it okay, Dheer?” I yelled again.
“Because there is nothing between us! And there never was,” he yelled back.
You could hear a pin drop in the silence that followed his bombshell. I wasn’t sure I’d heard him right. Because why would he say that?
“You brought that woman to my twenty-first birthday party and introduced her as your fiancée. Correct?”
“Yes, but…”
I held up a hand angrily.
“I’m not done! You told me you fell in love with her at first sight, correct?”
“Yes, but…”
“You kissed her at my birthday party. Right in front of me! Correct?”
“It was just a tiny peck, but yes,” he said, sounding annoyed.
I liked how he had the balls to be annoyed in this situation. Fucking cheek!
