"What? To get me for yourself, didn't you kill my Shravani ? —the one I loved more than my life and your own best friend—and then deceive me by making it look like an accident?" Mahi roared at Vini, his voice deep and trembling with rage.
"What are you talking about, Mahi? Me killing Shravani? Why would I ever kill my own best friend? Tell me!" Vini replied, shedding crocodile tears and acting innocent.
Suddenly, Arya stepped forward and slapped Vini so hard across the face that she went flying and crashed into the distance.
As Vini tried to get up in anger, Arya barked, "Stop your crocodile tears! Do you think we'll believe you just because my sister did? If my sister believed you, it wasn't out of ignorance; it was because she considered you her soul sister. But you... you heartless monster... just to get your hands on my friend Mahi, you took away the sister who used to call me 'Anna' with such love!"
Arya lunged at her again and slapped her once more, sending her back to the floor.
"Look at me!" Arya commanded, grabbing Vini's throat firmly. He spoke in a low, terrifying base voice: "Do you know why he is standing there silently even after knowing you killed his life? It's only because of the 'life-gift' my sister gave you. She made Mahi promise not to kill you.
That is the only reason you are still breathing. Otherwise, by now, he would have erased your very existence and hung your photograph on your house wall. That is Mahi's love for my sister—he stopped himself just to keep her word."