"I have no answer to your question, but I do wonder at your brave stupidity to think that I would help a girl whose worth is nothing but being a whore to her professor."

The stormy rustle of flipping pages echoed through the dark room as I stood before Samiksha, feeling like a tattered book revealing its darkest secrets to the worms. Tears fell from my eyes as I endured her harsh words, knowing that if I responded now, I would lose any chance of returning to Nishaan.