Chapter 3

It was a list of tests and their results. The final thing on the page gave Arnav shudders.Diagnosed with Congenital heart disease on October 13 2012 at 16:12.

His heart couldn't take the pain anymore and he cried on the floor until he finally fell asleep.

The next day he woke up with a start. He held his hand to his chest to calm his breathing. Once his breathing was regulated a little, he got up to feel sores and aches all over from having slept on the floor. He realized that he had to find khushi and the girl. He just had to. He realized that he didn't have their address and cursed himself. It wasn't until about 30 minutes later that his brain registered the address he had seen among the pages. Quickly he went to grab the page and stuffed it in his pocket as he ran to the door.

He ran across the hall once again ignoring his families protests and stormed the car out of the garage. He took the address out of his pocket and realized that Khushi lived in Lucknow. He drove as fast as he could and whizzed down the roads only stopping at red lights missing a few close calls. But he didn't care he just had to see her- his daughter.

Finally he reached the address and looked at the sight in front of him. It was a small house just enough for a small family. It was surrounded by many other houses and it was just like another version of Laxmi Nagar. He could already tell this house was Khushi's as he could see the Lucknow designs on the walls of the house and most of all he could smell the sweet scent of jalebis. Oh how he missed that scent.  He moved closer to the door.

He took in a deep breath and prepared himself to knock on the door when something caught his attention at the window. He looked through it and saw the most beautiful sight in the world. Khushi was cradling a wailing baby in her arms cooing at her to stop crying. The baby continued crying while Khushi's expression turned into a pained one. It sent daggers to his heart to see that look on her face. She looked to hopeless...so desperate.

He went back towards the door and realized it was open. He walked slowly through it.

Khushi's gaze went up immediately to meet that of the man at the door. She looked at him with straight eyes with the baby still crying in her arms.

What surprised Arnav the most was Khushi's lack of reaction of his just entering her house after 3 years. She stared at him, her face expressionless. His gaze shifted to the little 2 year old in her arms. Arnav closed in on her leading Khushi to hug her tighter into her embrace. But the child wiggled and cried even more with the tight grip. Arnav got closer and closer until he was standing right in front of Khushi. She looked up at him.

He knelt and looked at the child. The girl looked back at him in awe. She had stopped crying and was now analyzing the face of this new man.  She reached her hand tiny hand up and rubbed it along his jaw.

This little action alone melted Arnavs heart as he felt soft fingers rubbing across his face and her little expressions at seeing him. He extended his arms towards her as if signaling to her that he wanted her to come into his arms. And she struggled out of Khushi's hold and into his arms.

Khushi was too amazed to do anything at that moment. Her baby just went into the arms of someone she had no idea of. She hadnt ever see this man yet she was so comfortable with him. Shaila was never willing to go into the arms of others except her mothers. She was a enthuisiastic child who did all sorts of silly antics but she was never one to enjoy being held captive in peoples arms...she always wanted to move around. So the fact that she had willingly gone into the arms of Arnav Singh Raizada surprised Khushi to new lengths.

She watched as Arnav stared at the baby in deep awe, his hard stare fixed upon her beautiful features. Shaila stared back equaling his curiousity. She stoked her hand across his prickly jaw in awe. Khushi's heat melted at the sight and after a few minutes did she come back to her senses.

She abruptly destroyed the father daughter bonding time and grabbed Shaila harshly. The baby began to once again cry as she was pulled out of this man's comforting embrace.

Arnav fists clenched at the new, lonely empty sensation the childs absense had left in his arms. Khushi moved backwards, out of range of his arms trying to hush the child.

Arnav couldn't stand it anymore, what the hell was Khushi doing? He abruptly took the girl out of her arms and cooed to her and walked around until she was asleep on his shoulder sucking her thumb. Khushi was so shocked that she didn't move when Arnav began walking away. But finally she saw that he went to her room to set the baby on the bed. He did it so lovingly making sure that she didn't get even the slightest bit hurt. He made sure she was comfortable, and was about to get up when the sweetest thing occurred.

Shaila was holding his collar with her tiny hands forcing him to stay where he was. Tears threatened to invade his eyes as he remembered all the fond memories of khushi. He looked at her for a few seconds. She was indeed very beautiful. Milky white skin that was so soft, plump pink little lips just ...just like Khushi's... and her beautiful eyes, they were deep brown pools like his. He looked at her and realized she was the true representation of the purity of their love, she was a symbol of them. He removed the hair lovingly off her face and kissed her forehead and slowly untangled her little finger from his collar, gently kissing them as he did so. Once he had done that he put pillows around the little creature and looked at khuhsi who was standing so extremely still, she looked as if she had just seen a ghost.

He got up and grabbed her wrist harshly, leading her out of the room. When he was sure they were out of earshot of shaila he let get her go just as harshly forcing her to fall on the couch in a sitting position. He looked down at her and sneered

"What the hell Khushi...what is this?"

She looked him straight in the eyes but didn't answer. This infuriated him to no level. He grabbed her by the shoulders and forced her to stand up.

"TELL ME KHUSHI! TELL ME WHY YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT HER? TELL ME WHY? WHY DID YOU HIDE HER?" he shouted at her

"What do you even mean why?" she spoke in an expressionless tone " it was your choice to kick me out of your life".He pulled on her harder and shouted

"YES! YES IT WAS MY DECISION TO KICK YOU OUT OF MY LIFE! NOT HER! NEVER HER! IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT HER-"

"THEN WHAT?! WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? LET ME STAY WITH YOU? WELL GET THIS CLEAR IN YOUR HEAD MR. RAIZADA...I. AM.SO. GLAD. I. LEFT. THAT. HELLHOLE. I DON'T REGRET IT FOR A SINGLE SECOND WHAT YOU DAMN DID TO ME BECAUSE I AM HAPPY HERE!" she shouted back with equal force.

He was surprised when a burst of emotion appeared from her- he was not ready for it. for the pain that those words brought to him. it hurt him somewhere so deep that he was unsure he could ever forget these words from her. He spoke more quietly this time almost in a whisper.

"Please khushi...I came here for her

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