YEH LAMHA ?

DIARY OF TRUTH-26 ?

As Aahan followed her to the kitchen, I used the opportunity to search for her room. I knew I had to be quick, as I didn't want to raise any suspicion.

AUTHOR POV

As Srishti entered the house, she quickly realized it was not a spacious place. It only had two rooms, which made it easy for her to navigate. She entered the second room, which was shrouded in darkness. After feeling around for the light switch, she finally managed to turn on the lights.

To her horror, the room was covered in photographs of her, all taken without her knowledge or consent. As she scanned through the images, she noticed two pictures that had been overlaid on each other. One was of Srishti herself, and the other was of Isha. The two pictures were eerily similar, from the makeup to the background, with the only difference being the person in the photo. Srishti was smiling towards the camera, and on the other side, Isha was also smiling, with the same hairstyle and Srishti's dupatta draped over her shoulder. It was clear that Isha had tried to recreate the same photo with herself in Srishti's place.

yes that was isha

FLASHBACK

Srishti felt a sudden pang of unease as she stared at the image on the screen. Harsh and Aahan were both leaning in, trying to make sense of the blurry figure in the video. But Srishti couldn't take her eyes off the hand that was visible in the video.

"Look here, that person's wrist and hand is visible," Harsh exclaimed, pointing at the laptop screen.

"And here I thought you both were intelligent," he added, bursting into laughter. But Srishti couldn't find anything funny about the situation.

As Harsh continued to chuckle, she saw the bracelet on the wrist of the person in the photo. It was a custom-made piece that Srishti had gifted to Isha.

"How can she...this is not true," Srishti murmured to herself, her expression a mixture of shock and disbelief.

"Who?" Harsh and Aahan asked at the same time.

"This...this bracelet. I gifted it to her. It's custom made," Srishti said slowly, still unable to believe what she was seeing.

"But who has it on?" Harsh asked, his laughter fading as he noticed the serious expression on Srishti's face.

"Isha. I gifted it to her," Srishti said, her voice barely above a whisper. The realization hit her like a ton of bricks.

"But why?" Srishti asked herself, as she tried to find an answer to the betrayal she felt. The memory of that moment still haunted her, leaving her with more questions than answers.

NOW

As Srishti scanned the room, her eyes fell on a board that surprised her. It contained a collage of pictures ranging from her family to the juice seller from her college whom she talk normally. There was a new addition - a picture of Aahan and her from their engagement, but with her side of the picture torn off.

The sight was painful for her. She was still processing what she had seen when the door opened with a nervous-looking aunty. Aahan was also there, with a defensive expression. But Srishti didn't acknowledge them as her focus was on the picture.

There were two pictures on the board - first one with Isha, and the other side had a blank space with a drawn "H" and a question mark, and a imaginary person was drawn there. The second picture was of Isha, with a cut and-pasted image of Aahan on the other side. The picture looked like it had been taken from a magazine.

All of this was a shock to Srishti, and her eyes then caught sight of a diary lying on the bed, as if someone had been writing in it.

SRISHTI POV