Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Charan was in the office… working when he got a call.

"Hello…" he talked into the phone without really looking into who was calling.

"Hey… this is Akash. Can you check up on Shreya now?? She… I would go except that she wouldn't let me in. Maybe you will have better luck!" Akash said without really making much sense.

"Why?? What happened?? I just talked to her yesterday morning. She said she is going to be really busy at the office for a couple of days." Charan said frowning setting aside his pen.

"Yes… She is fine… I mean at least physically. It's… today is her parent's anniversary... SO she is not really in a good place. She should be in her house, can you please check-up on her??" Akash explained.

"Yes, don't worry. I will go now." Charan replied and was out of the office in two minutes straight. He stopped to take a breathe only when he reached her house and stood there in front of her doors. And to his surprise, the doors won't budge. He tried the bell, but there was no sound coming from the inside.

"Shreya…" Charan called out concerned. He pounded on the doors rapidly. Thankfully Shreya's was the only place on this floor. Or else he would have had hell to face from the neighbors.

But there was no movement from inside even after half an hour of trying.

Then he called Akash.

"Hey, are you sure she is in there??"

"Yes… She usually just shuts herself in there whenever she… Just let her be. She is not going to open up until she is ready." Akash said resigned. It had always been like this. She never let anyone near her when she mourned. When she gets like this, she won't come out for days together at times. But when she comes out, she always behaves as if nothing had ever happened.

Akash just thought maybe this year it could be different since she had Charan but it seems his hope hadn't paid him off just yet.

Charan just sat there for a while… thinking. An idea came all of a sudden when he sprinted from the place all of a sudden.

An hour passed when he came back with Akira. Akira was still in her school uniform and she was being carried by Charan.

Akira pounded on the doors with her small hands and called for Shreya.

When Charan thought about it, he somehow felt like Akira would be that one person who could make Shreya do something she did not want to.

A few minutes passed but still no movement from inside.

"Shreya, I am hungry…" Akira w.h.i.n.e clearly faking it. Charan looked at his own daughter surprised. He brought up one smart kid.

As soon as the words escaped her lips, there was the sound of rustling on the other end of the door and the door cracked open slightly while Shreya peaked out before letting them in.

"I don't have anything to eat here. Just bread!" Shreya mumbled in a heavily rasp voice. She looked extremely haggard and that was actually putting it lightly.

Akira did not reply but instead fell right into Shreya's arms and held her tightly.

Shreya was startled for a second but she circled her arms around Akira just as tightly.

Charan let out a silent sigh in relief. He then took the food that he had bought on the way and kept them on the table.

Shreya gave him a questioning look.

"What? I knew you wouldn't have anything to feed yourself and us! So I bought them on the way. Akira's choice of course." He added with a wink.

That's when Shreya understood she played right into Akira's hands.

After a minute or so, Akira pulled away crunching her nose.

"You need a shower!" She said making a funny face.

That's when Shreya actually looked at herself. She looked like crap. She was on her last night's clothes and her hair looked like a bird's nest.

She let go of Akira and excused herself to her room while a slight color spread through her cheeks.

Charan gave his daughter a reprimanding look but Akira just shrugs her shoulders and went to her own room to change.

Charan went to Shreya's room.

The room was dark and was quiet except for the sound of water running. When he went in, he saw that the doors to the bath were actually open. And inside he found Shreya standing in front of the shower fully clothed. She was just standing there letting the cold water drench her.

Charan went in and switched off the shower. He then brought her into his embrace without really saying anything. Shreya clung to him weakly. She just rested her head against his c.h.e.s.t and stood there closing her eyes. She did not cry or say anything. She just stood there blankly completely out of it.

Even though she was right there in front of him, Charan felt like he couldn't reach her or touch her. She looked as if she had retreated to her cocoon where she was hiding all of her emotions.

Charan pulled away and took her face into his hands and looked at her. She looked exactly what you would expect. Her eyes had that tinch of vulnerability with a lot of despair and anguish while her face looked blank as a white sheet.

"Hey… Remember a few days ago you told me to let Akira be there for me??" Charan asked softly.

Shreya frowned and thought for a second before nodding.

"Let us be here for you too! Don't push us away Shreya…" Charan whispered once again tucking her loose strands of wet hair behind her ears.

Shreya just stared back at him for a while before leaning back into his embrace. She stayed like that for a long while without really uttering a single word.

When Charan thought that he hadn't gotten through to her, he heard her whisper.

"I miss them so much…" Shreya's voice was barely audible but then in that still room, it echoed through the walls. Then a lone tear escaped from the corner of her eyes and tumbled down her cheeks.

Charan could clearly hear her voice crack from anguish. If he could, he so wished to take that sadness away from her. But he knew nothing he could say or do that's going to take it away. All he could do was be there for her and wish it would give her enough to make it bearable.

So he just tightly held on to her until that time she was ready to be on her own.