I'm late in updating. So, so, SO late. Work has been a royal pain and I've had 2 exams in the last 3 days. So here's a small update until the next chapter is edited and uploaded on time next week, promise.
You say I was the best brother when I failed. I failed you, Taani. Failed as a protector, as a confidante, as a brother. That's why you found it easier to leave than to confide in your brother about everything you were going through. You say that you don't blame me. How Taani? How can you be so self-less? The only thing you should be doing is blaming me. I- why Taani? Have the distances between grown so much that you couldn't come to me? You say that as family, it was my duty to teach you life lessons, so why does it feel like I let you down? Why does it feel like I failed in that duty? Why does it feel like I've lost the most precious thing to me?
Taani you can ask anything of me and you know I would give you the world if I could, but after what Sharon did to yours and Rey's relationship, forgiveness is the one thing that is not in my heart. Because of her, I drove my sister away from me, albeit unknowingly. I inadvertently contributed to yours and Rey's heartache. So how can I be happy when I was a source of your misery? You're right, I didn't see this coming, none of us did. But you're also wrong Taani.
Out of all of us, you were the only one who was not to blame. Blame me, blame Rey, blame Sharon, but Taani, nobody will ever lay any blame at your feet. None of this was your fault. We dropped the ball. Even now, as I look over at Rey, I can't help but feel that we let both of you down. We interfered where we had no right to. I knew about Sharon's plan and yet, I never said a word. I let her hurt that which was most precious to me. I was supposed to protect you. That was what the rakhi you tied on my wrist over so many years meant. I failed. I failed as your brother and as your protector. I failed as a friend. And now, you and he both are suffering and may suffer for the rest of your lives because of it.
And Rey… Taani, Rey doesn't deserve my forgiveness for going along with Sharon's plan. But I know why he did it. I'll forgive him, the day you admit that you were not at fault in any of this. If his stupidity, or if I'm completely honest, all of our combined stupidity has cost me my sister, there will be no forgiveness coming from me. Not for anybody else and certainly not for myself. But I'll do what I can for you Taani. Because you trusted me enough to ask me to take care of your love. And he is, you know? He is your love. The two of you are meant for this path, even though life may make you take detours, each one will always lead you back to each other.