Thanks to my amazing beta reader I was able to get this chapter written and beta in one day. I'm really excited because now we are starting to get into the exciting part of this story. I really hope that everyone likes this chapter because I think that there are only going to be about three to four more chapter left. We're on the down slide now. :)
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Chapter 7: White Lies
Not may people find their calling in life when they are ten years old, but Divya was one of those few. It was the day her friend Nigel threw a shovel at her friend Holly, cutting her above the eyebrow. While Nigel was laughing and Holly was crying, Divya had retrieved the first aid kit and cleaned, treated and bandaged the cut. Then, she had turned around and hit Nigel in the head and fixed his cut.
It was almost as if it had come totally naturally to her, and it was something she loved, more then anything in the world. But even a perfect day like that was also the day she realized how one lie could spiral out of control. She had run home that day, finding her mother and father speaking quietly in the den, and had spoken to them about wanting to go to medical school. She would never forget the look on her father's face.
Divya stood there in the den for what felt like forever waiting for her father to speak, but when he did, she felt her world come crashing down around her.
"Divya, an MBA from Wharton would mean so much more: you would become V.P. of development and acquisition at Katdare Properties International. You would have a secure future in the Industry."
She had run from the room crying, leaving her heart shattered to pieces on the floor of her father's den. All she wanted to do was make her parents happy, but she couldn't deny what was in her heart.
That's the day when the lies started. Divya hated lying to her parents, but the lies just started to grow and grow. Her parents expected her to graduate this year, expected her to get married to Raj and move to Paris. How had one lie start to spread like wildfire?
Now she was even lying to Evan, the only other person beside Hank and Jill she had left on her side. She couldn't keep this up much longer, she couldn't handle the stress anymore… But now, as Divya stood in the doorway of the hospital room she felt her world come crashing down around her.
Raj was standing on the other side of her father's bed side while Evan was sitting in the chair a few feet away from the T.V. not really watching it just using it as a distraction.
"Divya." Raj greeted softly as he walked toward her. He pulled Divya close to him and planted a very small dry kiss on her lips, which was kind of awkward because of the flowers in her arms. When he moved away from her she looked up and noticed that Evan was pointedly looking away from them now and Divya could feel the pain radiate though her.
"Raj what are you doing her? I though you'd be in Mumbai till the engagement party." began Divya. This was the last thing she needed, Raj to be here while things between her and Evan were still weird and while her parents were in town.
"We completed the deal early, as soon as I left here things went off without a hitch and we were so fair ahead of schedule that they didn't need me there anymore. I was hoping to surprise you after you competition tonight, but when I heard what happened to your father I came here right away."
"How nice of you Raj."
The silence in the room was uncomfortable; Evan refused to look at her, her parents were both watching Divya very closely while Divya was afraid that her baby bump was visible though her poor choices of dress. Divya now almost wished she hadn't changed out of her riding gear; at least the tight cloth of her gear hid the baby bump better the this thin yellow sun dress that she chose to wear.
"Um Evan, Raj, can I talk to my parents alone for a little bit," began Divya.. Despite the fact that she didn't want to be alone with her parents right now, the tension in the room was just making thing worse.
"Of course," replied Raj giving her forehead a small kiss before leaving the room, Evan rose from the chair not saying anything and walked out of the room. He never even looked at Divya as he left.
The door shut with a click behind them and Divya took a deep breath, hoping she had the courage to follow through with her plan.
"Daddy, how are you feeling?"
Her father didn't speak for a moment as her mother and father exchanged a glance. Divya didn't know what to do as she felt her chest tense slightly: her parents finally knew the truth (at least she though they did), but she couldn't very well say that there was a first aid class at Wharton that taught someone how to perform a tracheotomy.
"Alright, mummy and daddy there's something I want to tell you," Divya began quietly. Setting down the flowers on the nearby counter, she moved across the room and sat in the chair by the bed which Evan had occupied a few minutes earlier. She looked at her father and her mother placed a hand on her shoulder and she sighed softly before speaking.
"The truth is…"
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Evan and Raj stood out in the hallway watching the door of Divya's father's room, neither of them spoke, which wasn't too uncommon for two people that didn't know each other, and more so for two people that were in love with the same woman. But then again Raj didn't know that Evan had those kinds of feelings for Divya.
"Do you think that Divya's going to be ok in there alone with her parents?" asked Evan, "I know her parents don't know about what's going on in her life and I'm sure the stress isn't going to be good for her."
"I don't know. She has been so afraid of them finding out what she's truly been doing with her life, I don't know what they are going to do now that they have found out."
Evan nodded, turning back to the door. "It's really great that you came today to take care of Divya. I'm sure that with everything that's been going on with HankMed, the wedding, having to miss out on competing in the equestrian show today and everything, it was really nice that you were here for her."
"What do you mean that she wasn't able to compete?" asked Raj, turning to look at Evan with a look of confusion crossing his features. Evan looked at Raj with an equally puzzled expression.
"Jill talked to Divya a few days before the competition, she said it was best if Divya didn't compete in the competition. Something like the jarring of the horse going over the jumps wouldn't be good for the baby." Evan's voice was tight with pain as he spoke; he didn't want to be reminded of the fact that Divya's baby wasn't his…that killed him. "I thought Divya would have told you this already."
Raj stood there for a second unable to speak and Evan wondered if he was ok. Divya had made it clear the day that he had found the pregnancy test in her purse that the baby belonged to Raj. Evan, despite how much it killed him to do so, had told her that he wanted nothing to do with her anymore, hoping this would help her move on and go back to Raj, the one she would be engaged at the end of the summer.
"Evan, what are you talking about…what baby?"
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Divya stood in front of her parents trying to remember how to breathe; she had spilled her guts to her parents and she was waiting to figure out what they were going to say to her. Despite the fear, she felt a wave of relief through her heart; she had finally told them.
"And now you know everything." Divya finished. Taking a breath to calm herself she continued to speak to get it all out before the wave of nausea that was starting to build at their reaction. "I have wanted to tell the two of you for so long, and I'm so sorry that I didn't. I've hated lying to you for so long; I hope that you will forgive me."
Her father cracked a smile and for once Divya felt a small smile of her own start to grace her features. Her father, his voice slightly cracked and sounding rather tried reached out for his daughter's hands and held them tightly in his own.
"You saved my life, you took responsibility for your deception, and it is behind us," replied her father softly. Divya smiled for the first time in a long time, an actual genuine smile, and she soon came to the realization that she hadn't felt this good since she had been with Evan…
Her mother moved forward and hugged her daughter, speaking reassuring words to her in their native tongue and Divya smiled at her mother when she pulled away. "Besides," continued her mother, "It will be all over soon."
"What are you talking about?" asked Divya.
"Soon you won't even be in the Hamptons."
The smile faltered slightly as she glanced at her mother, she glanced out the window before turning back to her mother and father. "Yes, soon I be moving to London and engaged to Raj."
"Exactly."
Divya felt the familiar pressure of lying rise back up in her chest and she sighed softly to her self: another lie, another manipulation she has told to the people she loved. They didn't know that she was pregnant, caryring the child of the man outside, the man who, despite the way he had treated her lately, she still loved with all her heart.
"That was your plan all along, yes?" asked her father. She could still sense that her father was exhausted and weak from not only the tracheotomy but the bee sting as well, and she almost considered not telling her parents the other facts of the situation as well, but she hated lying.
"Yes…No." she replied quickly. Divya stood up from the chair that she was sitting in and walked over to the window and glanced out. The beach was visible from the window and she wished she wasn't in this room right now.
"No?" asked her mother, coming over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. Divya tensed slightly under her mother's hand and felt the tears starting to rise in her eyes. She was going to do this, she was going to tell them the rest of the lies that she had been making up in her life right and she was going to do it right now.
"Mummy, Daddy, there is something else that I have been hiding from you, and if I don't do it now I don't think I ever will."
"Divya what is it?"
Divya sighed softly, it was now or never, she was going to tell them right now. Taking a deep breath she began to speak.
"Mummy, Daddy, I'm…"
The door to the room flew open and Raj and Evan entered. They didn't say anything to Divya's parents despite the protests that came from her father and walked right over to Divya. Her mother moved away from the two men as they stopped right in front of her and Divya could clearly see the mixed emotions on both of their faces. Hurt and confusion.
"Divya," Raj began, "is what Evan told me true? Are you pregnant?"
Alright! Another chapter down. That was fun to write. I really hope everyone review because I really want to see what people think. More to come soon! I promise!
