Healing

Shivansh sat quietly as his thoughts wandered , everything tasted bitter that even the lollipop wasn't helping it made him miss Agni more

Why did you marry her ?" Yug said

He ignored him , Yug got annoyed raising his voice

Am I not talking to you , Shivansh I am your father "

You are not I have no other family in this world now , grandma is no more are you happy ?"

Shivansh ! Don't talk to me like that if only you had listened to me and stayed away from her you won't be feeling this much pain "

Shivansh angrily standup throwing away the lollipop " just let me be , let me mourn my grandmother in peace . Yes I am now Prarthana's husband and I don't regret it so leave me alone .

Fine Rajvansh and his family will be here in a week time for a vacation "

I don't care just go , get the hell out of my life , and take your dayan wife with you . You both are the ones who deserves death but yet my grandma had to die

Prarthana heard Shivansh voice and ran to him , he hugged her " tell this man to leave me alone Prarthana I want to be alone "

Prarthana had just spoken with Harleen , she came rubbing salts to her wounds .

Just know one thing Shivansh the path you have taken will destroy you

So be it but I won't be destroyed alone "

It was already a week after Agni's death but Shivansh still wasn't himself , he would sit in Agni's room all day and when Prarthana return back from work she would force him to try something else , he would work all night . She was sad and worried . She didn't know hat to do anymore

Shivansh I am going to meet my family do you want to come along "

No I am good here , will you return today ? "

Yes you don't have to feel alone Shivansh I will always be with you , I love you

Shivansh nodded " you look beautiful in that saree , pick suits you . My regards to my little friends

Prarthana smiled happily pecking his cheeks , he haven't spoken that long ever since Agni past on . She locked the door and left.

Shivansh looked at the time , he got scared . Prarthana haven't returned yet and it was raining . He quickly stood up searching for his phone and he found it dead . He got angry at himself grabbing his car keys .

He saw her crying in a shade she was already drenched , he ran to his wife pulling her in for a hug , she grasped unto him letting out a loud cry . They went home

Why didn't you call me ?"

I called you several times but you didn't pick up and later on it said your phone was switched off

I am sorry

I know you are hurt but why are you hurting us both , I know it's tough for you but it is for me too . I met grandma and loved her also not just you . She was my mentor I learnt a lot from her . It's her wish we are happy but you are not seeing my efforts. I am trying how else should I pacify you . I love you Shiv and I want to see your smile again."

Shivansh stood close to her wiping off her tears " I am sorry, I am truly sorry baby "

Prarthana went in to change her clothes while Shivansh made hot tea for her. She came out in warm clothes holding Agni's written note " It's about time we read what grandma want to tell us right ?"

Shivansh smiled and nodded sitting on the couch with her. She rested back on him and opened the letter.

" My dear grandchildren I actually reached seventy , a fortune teller once claimed I would die at sixty but see I lived ten extra years, I know you both must be angry at me for not keeping my promise, please forgive grandma

Don't you dare cry for me because I have no regrets . I had all my bucket list completed and even got to see your marriage. Never lose your smile Prarthana because you look like a goddess when you twinkle and Shivansh thank you for choosing your happiness above wealth .

You both must always live happily and also love each other very much . I spent my best moments with you and as I said everyone must go someday and grandma too.

I dropped a little gift for you grandson , it's in my drawer . Celebrate grandma children

Yours lovely , Grandma .

Shivansh finally cried holding Prarthana. She patted him assuring him she love him " Grandma dropped a gift for me too in it there were bangles , she also told me I shouldn't stop roaring like a lioness and I should love you well. Shivansh have you seen my locket, I don't even no where it is

I don't know what it looks like , when last did you see it ?"

I don't even know everything that has been happening lately made me forget about it

They decided to search the house for it

Shivansh later went into Agni's room and opened his gift . It was a little box he got astonished to see his gift , it was evidence and records of Harleen and Yug hidden secrets. All Yug mishaps were in it , his hidden unpaid taxes and also evidence of constructions that destroyed lives years ago . Shivansh laid back on his bed staring at the ceiling

" You are truly awesome grandma , who knows you had such backups for me ? I knew of dad's mishap but never Mrs Harleen"

She instructed that he didn't strike first and instead should wait for them to strike which he agreed.

Rajvansh and Poonam went for a long drive. Poonam happened to crave sweets and they were directed to Mr Parikh's sweet shop. They went in and Rajvansh saw a photo of the three sisters hanging on the shop's wall. He asked curiously

"The girl in the middle, who is she ?"

She is my older daughter, she is beautiful isn't she ?"

Rajvansh nods staring intently and then his eyes landed on Piya's shoulder there was a moon shaped mark there just like the one their baby had .

Is the little girl also your daughter?"

Ofcourse dad they are all his daughters, right sir ?" Poonam said impatiently

Excuse me uncle" Piya's voice echoed from behind " Dad I want the best sweet from you "

Ok dear , sir here is your sweet "

Thank you "

Sir why are you staring at me, do I look that georgous " Piya teased Raj

Yes infact yes , what's your name little girl "

I am Piya Parikh nice to meet you , what's your name ?"

Dad let's go already and also little girl you don't have to know

Piya frowned " you should go sir your daughter is a rude person

Poonam gets annoyed , Rajvansh shun her to behave herself telling Piya he is Mr Rajvansh Malhotra

She shakes his hand and smiled

You see there your older sister looks just like my Piya and your birth mark is just like my Reeva.

These days girls always look alike "

You are right sir , I will go now . He waved at Piya smiling

Poonam leave her parents to talk alone , she got irritated by their questions. They first talked about the little girl she met a the sweet shop and when it was diverted from her, questions about Shivansh was raised . She had to lie saying he was out of town .

Frustrated and annoyed she angrily drive to SKY hoping to get answered from Shivansh. She bumped into Prarthana and shouted at her. Prarthana gave it back to her and told her she was the wrong one .

Poonam lowered her voice and decided to talk politely . She introduced herself as a Malhotra and Prarthana introduced herself as Prarthana Randhawa.

Randhawa ?"

Is there a problem"

No can we be friends I am sorry for how I spoke to you, I was just annoyed " they exchanged contacts as Poonam insisted and Prarthana walked away.

Prarthana stopped by a florist and got some flowers for Shivansh. She stepped in and saw Poonam trying to get touchy with Shivansh, he was already drugged by her but still resisted.

She had gone to the house and saw Shivansh in Agni's room, she claimed she was there to sympathise with him . He let her stay but kept his distance. She told him to share a drink with her like old times and she would leave . He got two glasses meanwhile she had spiked the wine . Shivansh quickly gulped his own glass asking her to leave but she being cunning returned after some minutes

"What are you doing with my husband, ?"

Your husband? , he is my fiance " she claimed

He is my husband miss Poonam , please leave our home"

Your home , you are mistaken I ...

Prarthana grabbed her hand pushing her out of the house slamming the door on her face .

Shivansh struggled to stand hugging Prarthana " I didn't betray you Prarthana"

I know Shiv, are you ok let's go to the bathroom "

Prarthana trusted him but still needed answers . After the drug effect had calmed down they sat to talk

" Why is she claiming to be your fiancee ?"

She was but it anymore I rejected her long before I started chasing you , I only love you "

Are you sure Shiv?"

Yes baby , believe me "

Are you ok now or do you need something?'

Yes I need you "

What do you mean?" He dragged Prarthana into the sheets , she giggled

Prarthana went out after a mysterious call and came back later that evening, her face was bright at all

I need a divorce Shivansh "

What ?, I have been looking for you and when you show up you ask for the impossible, what's wrong with you?"

I said give me a divorce and that's all "

Is that what you really want ?"

Yes that's what I want "

Maybe you want that but I need you and I am not letting you go ,we are tied for enternity that is for life ."

You can't force me to be with you Shivansh I don't want to stay anymore , I want to go "

Shivansh took her to Agni's room grandma loves us , she wished us happiness and told us to love each other "

Please just divorce me I don't want to be with you anymore" Prarthana run to their room packing her things

Shivansh grab her hand " what's your problem ? Talk to me , you went out for a whole day and when you return ,you act like a crazy person"

Fine , you don't want to divorce me right ? I will still leave your house and life "

Can you stay without me ?"

I have been doing that all my life and I will continue to do so , Mr Shivansh Randhawa, takes off her wedding chain forcing it into his hand " Grandma truly wanted us to be together but now I can't stay with you anymore"

Shivansh stand in a daze as Prarthana walk out with her box , she took nothing that would remind him of her . She stepped out of the house and smiled at Poonam

We are no longer together are you happy?"

Poonam nods cleaning off her tears and hugging Prarthana remembering her conversation with Purvi.

Poonam I have been looking for you I called a designer and she said yes Ur wedding attire will be magnificent, do you want to see how it looks

There will be no wedding mum , Shivansh is now married, he left me for a sweet seller's daughter

What are you saying? Shivansh himself agreed with the alliance he didn't even tell us how did all this happen ?"

I don't know mum " Poonam hugged Purvi crying " when he told me he didn't want to continue our relationship I thought he was joking"

Don't tell your dad about this , I don't want him to vent his anger on the boy "

Mum are you on my side or on his side , I will not let Shivansh go , Shivansh is mine

Purvi tried to stop Poonam from leaving but she angrily left threatening to kill herself if she doesn't get him

She called Prarthana out trying to guilt trip her but Prarthana doesn't budge also saying she can't leave Shivansh for Poonam .

Poonam angrily brought out a pocket knife placing it on her own neck " will you divorce him, if you don't I will kill myself and my father will not let you off so easily , he will bring you down with your whole family"

Calm down Poonam , Shivansh is already my husband and nothing can be done put down the knife please .

I won't "

No please Poonam don't destroy your life"

Poonam picks up Purvi's call crying. "Mum I am sorry I will kill myself now , Shivansh wife doesn't want to leave him

Prarthana grabs the phone from her " don't worry ma I won't let her kill herself, I will make sure she doesn't

Please girl I have already lost two children before I can't lose another please help a mother "

Ok ma please stop crying , " she hands Poonam back her phone " ok I will divorce Shivansh don't kill yourself, if you don't believe me I will send you photos

No let's go now

Prarthana quickly grab the knife from Poonam's hand " I will not divorce Shivansh, so stop your madness, he is already married to me "

Prarthana's phone ring it was an unknown number " who is this ?

Poonam went in back hugging Shivansh "Shivansh I love you , have you seen she have left you but I will never leave you "

Shivansh turned his eyes were red " get the hell out of my house ,can't you accept rejection "

Shivansh I ...

He dragged her tossing her out of the house

Seema stood surprised at the sight of Prarthana asking her why she was with her box

"We are over I and Shivansh"

What are you saying Prarthana? Are you kidding me?"

I am serious Maa please ..

Shut up ! , what the heck ! Have you come back here so you would stay with us in this house and disgrace us further, our neighbours no longer gossip

Seema that's enough our daughter just returned

After all your tainted luck a good man finally married you and now you want to leave him . If you don't go back there I will seize to be your mother and I will tell Piya and everyone that she isn't my real daughter and her mother is dead. So make a decision and fast I don't care about these tears you are shedding I will really tell her

Prarthana finally exploded " fine , go ahead tell everyone tell our neighbours, tell the world I don't care anymore , I always obey your wish do what you want but you are never satisfied ,you told me to choose among my education and Piya's I chose Piya , you told me to get married I accepted but got rejected multiple times but ,now I have made my own decision you can't accept it

Seema angrily land two slaps on Prarthana's face " Shut up ! "

Piya stood frozen at the door , some moments ago she found Prarthana's locket hidden deep underneath their bookshelf , she didn't understand the photo in it but after hearing their heated fight , her confusion was cleared the woman she called mother all her life wasn't her mum.

Am I not your daughter?" Piya voice wobbled

No Piya she is your Maa " Prarthana tried to touch her

"You are lying to me sister Prarthana, Gayu is mum my mum , dad are you my dad ?"

Gayatri gulp telling her to calm down she stepped back a bit running out of the house , Go after your sister " Mr Parikh said sitting down

Gayatri and Prarthana ran after her

Piya we can explain , Piya ! Piya ! Prarthana tripped

Piya run in front of Shivansh car almost being run down by him

Brother Shiv don't let her run off " Gayatri ran closer breathing heavily

Shivansh came down holding Piya ,are you ok Piya why are you crying? Is Prarthana alright ?"

Please take me away my family are liars"

Shivansh signal Gayu to head back that he will take care of Piya

Piya talk to me , why are you do sad ?"

My real mum is no more , and sister Prarthana and I are orphans "

Don't say that Piya , even if mum in law isn't your real mother she still loved you and took care of you

No she doesn't love me , she just accepts me because I am young . Once I am grown , she will also start hating me and she would hit me like she does to sister Prarthana. Sister Prarthana sacrificed everything for me and got torture whereas I lived happily "

Shivansh consoles her " don't cry no one will torture you "

I am afraid , I want to find my real family maybe I might have a dad or grandma "

Do you have any proof ? "

Yes my sister's locket but in the locket my name is on it maybe it was mine actually it is in our home but I am too scared to go back , mum slapped sister Prarthana twice today "

I will go home with you , no one will hit you "

Prarthana and Gayatri look at the door countless times waiting for Piya

Have your sister returned "

Did you care mum , if not you would have tried stoping her from running off "

Gayu it's enough , Piya is coming" Prarthana hug Piya crying " Piya please don't feel bad "

Shivansh and Prarthana glance at each other then Prarthana says " thank you for bringing back Piya ,she is everyone's favourite , you should go home now "

I miss you Prarthana"

Prarthana close the door on his face . Piya cried holding Mr Parikh . " Dad I love you and you love me too how are you not my dad ?'

I am your father "

The next day Shivansh went to visit the Malhotras at their villa in Delhi

Poonam opened the door happily " I knew you would come to apologize to me"

He ignores her touching Purvi and Rajvansh's feet he saw Yug sitting in the sofa

Eversince you came back to the country you didn't come to see me , or us "

I am sorry Aunt and today might be our last time ever seeing each other "

How are you coping I heard your grandma is no more , "

I am sorry Mr Malhotra but i can't marry Poonam

Shivansh have you lost it ? How can you say that to Poonam's father ?"

Because it's the truth , I am now married to Prarthana everything happened so fast I couldn't invite you for our wedding"

Rajvansh asked him to sit

This is because of that grandma of yours right ?"

Yes and I don't regret it I don't, Poonam might be the heiress of the Malhotra family but I don't want to ruin her life for money " his voice trembled with tears " I love Prarthana I only love her . Thank you Poonam for staying true to me but I will always love Prarthana Randhawa

Poonam shouted " no Shivansh you can love me too "

Poonam shut up, you don't force a man to love you . Do you really love the girl ?" Rajvansh said

"Yes uncle I do "

That's fine , you should be with her then

Purvi hold his hand when you were just fourteen years old that when we met I loved you and we checked your stars and it aligned well with Piya's, so that's why we decided to betroth you both. Our Piya left us but we still have our Shivansh and I want you to be happy , go to Prarthana. Yes it was your destiny to marry a Malhotra but since you wrote your own destiny then we support you

Shivansh hugs her tightly " thank you Aunt Purvi thank you "

Piya waited for Shivansh at his door with the locket necklace

Piya did you come alone ?"

Yes see this is my Maa

"Shivansh opens the locket surprised to see Purvi's picture in it

Aunt Purvi ?"