LOVE FOOLS

getting away

this chapter is dedicated to ishita,happy belated birthday to you :)

After cutting the call I checked for Lauren's number but I saw a new number in my cell. As usual she's lying, what do I expect from Lauren?

As I went to my room I told Ravi about the new developments that happened .he advised me to hire a detective so that we could get proof of her past lover if they were meeting secretly.

"I am not concerned about it anymore. I just want to stay away from her; she can meet whomever she wants. I am done with her!"Saying this we ended our chat about that and talked about our work. Bella had still not come back in the room as I finished my call with Ravi.

When I came out changing my clothes, someone's mobile started ringing. It was not mine; I saw it was Bella's. I went to my bed and laid down letting it ring, surely it was her lover boy's call thinking about him made my blood boil. I didn't wants to talk with that sucker guy who made my life hell with Bella!

It didn't stop ringing, I had to get up frustrated .before I could talk, someone squealed in the phone "Bella, where were you? What took you so long to answer the call? My husband is coming too. I have a booked the resort at Narkanda as you wanted and guess what our college friends Angela and Genelia are coming too...!"

I interrupted her "I am Jacob .Bella's husband .she is busy somewhere in the house right now .I will pass your message "

"Am so sorry, bhai. It's me Priya! How are you? It's a long time since I heard from Pranav bhai? He says you forgot about him as he hardly sees you at his place "she said cheerfully.

"Am fine and how are you .how do you know Bella? We become friends while I was away in Sweden for two months"

Priya began to laugh "no, she's my best friend .we are friends since we met in college, goodnight bhai"

"Wait, Priya, Pranav told me about Bella's boyfriend in college. Do you know how deep it went?"I said as she was ending the call.

"I am sorry that I know about your state of marriage. Bella cried when she received your letter and divorce papers ." and then she told me about how she met her in hospital, before I could ask the reason of her ignoring me she changed the subject " I didn't knew much but she didn't allow him to touch Eric her hand in public. So it was quite tame, I was hoping maybe it will turn serious after college but after that I went to other city for job and then I got married and shifted to Australia with my hubby "

"But your friend never told me about it? I got to know that from your cousin brother so I don't know what to believe what happened after they finished college?"

"She told me that she broke up with him after college, what was the need to lie to me when she was lying in hospital. I am sorry she treated you like that but she has her reason for it, but believe me, she is not a girl who hurts anyone intentionally" Priya said in an anguished tone .

"So you know what she did to me. you are her friend but believe me I have stayed with her for those four months and she did nothing but ignore me .I got to know about that from Pranav at a party and I had no problems with that but she told me she loves someone when we came back from the party. She could tell all our problems and her secret to you, but not to me. She saved my life recently and I asked the reason but still she refuses to tell me the truth. It's okay now if she doesn't want it, but the pain I have gone through those months; you have no idea about It." Feeling anguised, I said in a choked voice, trying to hold back my tears.

"I do have an idea, Jacob bhai" she said and her voice got soft before she replied" my husband was in a one sided love affair .he told me that at the start of our marriage, but it still hurt when he was distant and was trying to move on from his past. I was lucky he told me about it and I got to know the reason as I waited for him to come to me "Priya said haltingly.

"Do you know the reason? Please tell me"

"What's the need to tell you now? You are with Lauren now. I am happy that you have moved on, if not then I would have told you now, but it's not my place to tell you about it even she did then. A big mistake and now she has to pay for it. I am her friend and I have to be with her when she's goodnight, bhai" and she cut off the call.

I had just cut the call when Bella entered the room, and gave the message about resort to her .she nodded and went to sleep on the couch "where had you gone for so long?"I asked Bella as I laid in my bed after closing the door.

"I was with your mom and told Emily about your mother's medicines before I go to my tour. Good night Jacob" she said and covered herself with the blanket.

Bpov

The office work was hectic in manali as I ploughed with the technical glitches for the three days I was holed there, but I was glad for that, the hectic work helped my mind to take my mind off from Jacob's horrid plan to get rid of me.

"hi, Bella" I was brought to the present and saw Genelia was hugging with gusto as my other friends Angela and Priya , smiling at us.

"Am fine, Gene. Finally I reached here. Thanks for coming to meet here at such short notice" I said and hugged all of them in a hug, and mustered to smile cheerfully at them after the hug.

They showed me the resort the next day it was so beautiful as it was nestled at the foothills of mountains. Priya and her husband were in one room and while rest of us were in another room together.

The week passed wonderfully as we all spent the week water rafting in the nearby rivers of Narkanda, camping trips around cherry and apricot orchards nearby the resort with a guide. It was nice seeing Priya happy with her husband as her husband too mingled with our group so easily. I even purchased apple and cherry jams from factory we had visited to see and learn about packing nod grading of fruits, along with Angela. The only time I could think of my mistakes when the girls were asleep at night, I used to cry in the lobby of the resort.

"You are enjoying so much that you called me so late, Bella "said Sarah as she laughed when I called her late today in the evening.

"Sorry, I was tired" and told her about the visit at the factories and my trek at the new cherry orchard today. "be sure to bring lots of these jams for me otherwise..."she teased me and ended the call laughing.

Jpov

I was irked that she called my mom every alternate day .why can't she mind her own business? It will break my mom's heart when she will go away, I was right she needed to meet Lauren. I had started feeling guilty after the talk I had with Priya before she went Manali. But as the days went by I could see no change in her goody two shoes act with my mom.

My cell phone ringing disturbed my chain of thoughts "hello. Jacob its Ravi "he sounded little awkward

"What happened, why are you so afraid?"I asked him with concern as I noticed the uncertainty in his voice.

"Jacob, I am sorry but I send some detectives to spy on your wife. Till now, no one came to meet her only she had few bouts of crying in the hotels lobb..."he said.

"You should be sorry, how could you do that? I had told you not to poke your nose round her, happy you got no clue? I told you the Lauren idea is fine." I said to him in a bored voice

"Wait Jacob, did you know your wife had a broken engagement before she married you?"Said Ravi "no" I said shocked and he filled me in about the details he got from his spies snooping from Bella's relatives.