Chapter 306 - Open the door, kid. I am outside!

Shreya had always hidden her true feelings when it came to her parents since the depth of those feelings felt as if they would consume her happy side… And she did not want to drown herself in negativity and hate. That was not what her parents would have wanted. That was not the person she wanted to be… That wouldn't have been a person her parents would have been proud of. That was not how her parents had brought her up.

So, she carefully put all those feelings in a box and stashed them away in one dark corner of her heart. She never dared to open that box fully…

But at this moment, somehow all those feelings flooded her senses to the brim as she snapped Aleesha's right hand with her bare hands.

The sound of bone cracking can be heard followed by Aleesha's wincing.

Violence hadn't been Shryea's way of expressing her anger… it had never been. But at that moment she really wanted to break every other bone of Aleesha…

Her own anger and anguish blinded her to the point she could not feel anything else at the moment. It almost felt as if someone was setting her heart on fire… and it burned like a wildfire and consumed everything on her path.

Shreya stepped away only when Aleesha was knocked out unconscious. Shreya herself did not seem okay but she did not say a word as she walked to the elevator.

Zack checked Aleesha's pulse and sighed in relief when he felt them pounding under his fingers.

Just as he reached their car, Shreya ordered, "Send her to our hospital and send the location to Delaney. Make sure things go as said… And you stay back here and follow through. Don't have to follow me…"

Shreya then got in her car while Zack called up one of his guys to drive her.

"Drive her to the hospital…" He started his instructions while Shreya interrupted him sternly, "I am fine, Zack. I am not going to a hospital. You just follow up here… I can take care of myself." For once there was an absolute authority in her voice as she said it. The orders rang loud and clear to Zack.

Zack helplessly let her be…

"The Imperial!" She said one word before closing her eyes.

The car came to life and swiftly navigated through the city… the driver was so scared by Shreya's aura that he gripped on the sheering wheel as if he was holding onto his life straw as he so carefully drove her to the Imperial

And even when they reached, he did not dare move a muscle. He even signaled the security guys to stay put.

Shreya opened her eyes when she felt the car standing still for a long time… when she looked that they had already reached, she alights the car wordlessly and walked through the reception.

Some of the staff and guests gasped at her state… But with a look from her driver, nobody dared to approach her.

He made sure she got into the elevators before walking away.

Shreya went into her suite and her hands straight up went to the fridge and got out the available booze… she wanted to drown herself in alcohol so that she does not have the mind to think or feel anything at the moment. But just as she opened the bottles, her phone rang…

"Hey, uncle. What's up?" Shreya asked casually. At last, some semblance of emotion seeped into her cold demeanor.

"Open the door, kid. I am outside!!" Anand said straight off the bat and simultaneously the bell rang.

Shreya absent-mindedly went ahead and opened the door. This was a reflex for her when it came to Anand… she would listen to him no matter the place or time or circ.u.mstances… She would never miss his calls either.

That is why Zack found Anand to check up on Shreya because he knew Shreya would listen to him no matter what… and given her mood now, Zack was not sure Shreya would listen to anyone but Anand at the moment.

Anand let out a gasp as soon as he saw Shreya…

Her whole face was covered with bruises and blood dried up on her cheeks.

That is when Shreya realized her mistake… she really wished to bash her head against the wall beside her right at that moment. But all she could do was stand there hanging her head down.

Anand silently stepped in and dragged her to sit on the couch. He did not ask any questions because Zack had already filled him in briefly. But more than that he did not want to put Shreya through that all over again.

He just went to get some ice and the first aid kit and came back to the couch Shreya was sitting.

Shreya did not even flinch when he disinfected her wound and closed it up… except for the slash in her cheeks there was no visible bleeding on her body. Once it was done, he handed over the pack of the ice to her.

Shreya did not move… she just sat there like a statue pursing her lips.

Anand helplessly sighed and took back the pack and pressed them on her face on the places where there were visible bruises.

Once her face was done, he even pulled up her sweatshirt sleeves…

At last, Shreya came back to her senses and took back the ice pack, and said, "It's okay, uncle. I will do it myself…"

Anand did not let go. Instead took her hands in his and kept the ice pack on her knuckles.

At last, Shreya remembered to wince… but she still did not open her mouth to talk.

This went on until Anand had tended to almost all of her visible bruises… except for her ribs.

"Do you need to go to the hospital?" Anand asked when he saw her hands unconsciously going for her gut.

He could see that it hurt… but he also knew the stubbornness of his niece… So, he did not force her for now.

She was already hurting, he did not want to add to it by forcing her to do something she did not want to even when he knew it was for her good.

He first wanted to tend to her mind before to her body… because he knew she probably hurt more on her mind than her body seeing as she had a full bottle of bourbon beside her.