Chapter 58. Revulsion

Khushi's POV

I asked, turning to Mandira, "Why? Why on earth must it be you out of all the people? I loved you the most."

Mandira remained mute while she slumped her head low.

"Mandira! Speak up!" I yelled in anger and disbelief. She slowly raised her head and looked into my eyes for a long, uneasy minute.

"BECAUSE I HATE YOU!" Finally, my cousin-sister yelled back. She looked at me with utter revulsion, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU SO MUCH THAT MY STOMACH TWIRLS IN DISGUST EVERY TIME I SEE YOU!"

My ears didn't make sense to me. The sister I cherished so much said she despised me so much that it made her sick from the inside?

"Why? What have I done?" My voice was scant because I was still reeling from the words that Mandira just blurted out.

"I've treated you like my own sister. I have always looked out for you. You received everything you asked for from me. Food, clothes, shoes—everything, even when I