Chapter 200 - Trust me, a family is not made from blood.

Zack's eyes, at last, blazed with anger. He had been controlling himself given Meera was young and naïve… but still, he couldn't control the surge of anger in him when she accused Shreya of things she never did.

Unknownst to herself, Meera's cheeks were covered with tears rolling down them but Zack could not really be bothered by it at that moment. He was seeing all red and nothing else.

"I am looking at you, Meera. I have been. But you have been so warped in your self-made hell of envy and jealousy and hatred that you do not realize it. And don't even start on what Shreya did to your so-called family. She had actually given you a lot more than your self- conceited selves have ever given her. And that is despite what your family did to Shreya…" Zack uttered in an ice-cold voice suppressing all of his anger by a thin thread.

Meera looked at Zack dumbfounded. She was so surprised by his voice and tone he was using against her that even the tears stopped. It was the same tone of voice he had used on the goons that had tried to assault her in this very apartment. But more than anything she was shocked by the content of speech. "We did not do anything to Shreya… She is the one who robbed us of everything… everything her father had given us. And we did not get it for free… my dad worked his ass off and Adithya uncle gave us the reward. But Shreya couldn't take it… so she robbed us of even that…"

Zack gave her a deprecating smile as he said, "You guys never did anything to Shreya? That's the joke of the year… And she robbed your father! Sorry to say this but you are wrong on both accounts. And for your information… Your family is the reason Shreya is without her parents now. SO, please come out of your self-righteous bubble…"

Zack did not bother with her anymore. He just walked past her closing the doors behind him. He could really bother any more to even drive her out of his apartment. He can always come back and deal with it.

Meera stood there frozen for a second facing the empty apartment. But then when the meaning of what he had just said came to her, she followed him out to the elevators yelling on top of her voice, "That lying bitch! Is she going around telling everyone that my family caused her parents' death? Shameless liar… I have never seen someone more despicable. Zack, listen to me… our family has no hand whatsoever in Adithya uncle and Susmitha aunt's death. I swear… She is just lying to gain sympathy. She just wants to frame our family to cover up her selfishness… it is just something she must have fished out reason justify her robbing my dad. That is all."

"You can wake up a sleeping person Meera. But you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be sleeping… You are the second category Meera. So I am done with you. I thought maybe you will be different from the rest of your family since you have grown up without them. But I should have known better. You are all cut from the same fabric after all. You self-centered self-conceited people… you never find faults in yourselves but will be the first when it comes to accusing others. Somehow the same thing is done by you… it suddenly becomes forgivable."

"You are so warped in your self-righteous envy and jealousy that you have turned too blind to even see yourself clearly. I cannot put up with a person like you Meera. Get out and don't ever come back. You are no longer welcome in my house… The house, that your cousin whom you just called as selfish and self-conceited, had paid for," Zack said and closed the car doors to her face.

Meera just stood there shell shocked. In all the time she had known Zack, he had never reacted like this before with her. He had never gotten angry no matter how willful she had acted. That is why she had thought she had a place in his life. But looking at his cold eyes starting the car, she did not know what to think anymore.

Zack, on the other hand, tried to calm his nerves and reminded himself several times that she was just a little kid... not mature enough. Looking at her face looking like an abandoned puppy, he, at last, softened his voice a bit and reminded her in good intention, "You are not a kid any more Meera. You need to grow up. You can't judge anyone just like that based only on your own presumptions or on the say-so of your family. You can love your family… but that doesn't mean you should agree and accept with everything right and wrong they do…"

He then got down from the car and stared at her blank eyes as he continued, "Trust me, kid. Shreya never harmed you or your family. In fact, she is the one protecting you guys... from some very bad people. And remember the guys that misbehaved with you... they are rotting in a hellish jail because of what they did to you..."

"Do you really think someone like that is selfish and self-conceited?"

Meera couldn't help but shake her head subconsciously even when she hadn't really comprehended what he was saying completely.

"Stop wearing your jealousy and bitterness as a cover to hide your loneliness, Meera. It might look like that now... but you are not alone, kid. Trust me, a family is not made with blood. Not everybody is what you think them to be... some might surprise you... stop trying to please your family... your family failed you doesn't necessarily mean everyone is going to fail you..."

He then ruffled her head and drove off.

A few minutes later, another car came and stopped in front of a really dazed Meera. She did not know how, but she reached home safely.