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Anuj: Did u invite that woman to stay at our house for 15 days? Are you out of your mind? We don't even know whether she is CAâs real mother or not. Is CA only your daughter? Don't I have any rights on her?
Anupamaa: Of course you do. But, there are certain things that mothers know the best. I have raised three kids. Trust me, from my experience I can vouch that what I did was the best for CA.
âTrust me, I am a mother, I know whatâs best for CA. "Trust me, I used to be a housewife, I know how to run my house perfectly.â Thatâs how all of their conversations came to an end for the last 4 months. It was always her taking every decision on his behalf. He always wanted her to have freedom in their relationship. But, he never realized the freedom he gave her would one day suffocate him.
10 days later...
The three of them were supposed to take CA to a doctor for her frequent fevers. Due to some unavoidable emergency, AnupaMaa could not go with them. Anuj and MAAya took her to the doctor. After returning, MAAya put CA to sleep, and made a decision. MAAya went downstairs to look for Anuj. She found him in the kitchen heating the khichdi Anupamaa made for him.
MAAya: I have decided to take my daughter away from here. We can do it peacefully or otherwise I have to take the legal route.
Anuj: You ungrateful lady. She won't go with you.
MAAya: She will. I talked to her. Initially, she refused to go as she thought it would hurt both of you. She was more concerned about your happiness than her happiness. Your wife has successfully taught my daughter to put her happiness at the last. Now, I have to teach her to prioritize her happiness. And, your wifeâs presence will never let my daughter get rid of her people-pleasing habit.
Anuj: Donât you dare talk behind my wifeâs back. She is the best mother my child can ever have.
MAAya: if she were the best mother, she would not have missed her childâs appointment. She knew how important todayâs doctor's visit was, yet she afford to miss it.
Anuj: She had to attend an emergency
MAAya: What emergency? Her eldest son trapped a rich dumb woman for money, his wife found it out, they had a huge fight, so your wifeâs ex-MIL called her to resolve the fight. Immediately, after getting a call from her ex-MIL, your wife rushed to that house leaving your sick daughter. I am staying in this house for the last 10 days, and a single day did not go by where she did not visit that house. Sometimes, it's her sonâs illegal activities, sometimes itâs her daughterâs self-curated marital problems, or sometimes it's her ex-husbandâs marital conflicts. Each time something goes wrong in that house, she abandons my daughter.
Anuj: Donât you dare talk about abandonment. You abandoned your daughter...
MAAya: I did not abandon her. I sent her to a safe place which I was unable to provide her at that time. I was married to a man with temper issues. He used to get angry when things did not go his way. He used to throw things at me, hurled abuses at me, and mentally harassed me every day. My MIL who I thought to be a supportive MIL wiped my tears daily and asked me to put up with her son as she believed her son to be good at heart despite his anger. I made peace with his abusive nature as he financially supported me and my would be kid. It was few days after my daughter was born, I discovered a hard hitting truth. One night I was feeding my daughter, my husband barged into my room, and screamed at me for not filling the jug with water. When I told him that the baby kept me busy so I forgot to fill the jug, he threw the glass jug at me. We had a narrow escape as the jug hit the wall few inches away from us. I left feeding my daughter to clean the shards of glass. While cleaning, I was surprised to find my daughter sleeping comfortably. Breaking of things was a daily phenomenon in my house. Each time her father broke a thing, the sound scared my daughter forcing her to cry out loud. But, that day she was sleeping peacefully. She has got accustomed to the sound. She has gotten used to the shouting. She has started to grow comfortable with the abuses. I did not want her to get used to violence. I knew if she grows up in this house either she will become an abuser or an abused. I did not want my daughter to either create a mess or clean othersâ mess. When I left my husband, my MIL fell at my feet begging me to give another try. But, I knew if I listened to her that day, I would have become a mother and MIL like her who found peace in violence. I wanted to break the chain. I was good at dancing. I got the job of a background dancer. It was a very low-paying job. It was hard to do the job while taking care of her. It was hard for me to manage two square meals a day so I could not even think about admitting her in a day care. I was a single woman with a kid. I became an easy target for the pervert men. I was abused multiple times. I did not want the same for my daughter. So, I was forced to leave her in an orphanage. I vouched to bring her back after improving my living condition. I enrolled myself at a school. I worked at the day to meet two-ends meet while studied at the night to give my daughter a better life. I always kept contact with the orphanage. I knew my daughter was taken care of while I was taking care of her future. It took me almost 7 years to graduate and get a decent job. When I was ready to bring her back, you took her for fostering. The orphanage people was scared to decline your request as you are a powerful man. I also thought my daughter has been blessed with a happy family. But, after I discovered some horrific truth I decided to being her to me. I bribed your driver to give me information about my daughter. I was horrified to know that your wife left my daughter in a broken-down car. She got out of the car to search for her mother. She was roaming on a busy road when the driver spotted her. He saved her from being hit by a car. I was terrified when I got to know you send my daughter at her friendâs farmhouse. Did you know anything about the friend? Her friend is a troublemaker. Her parents are fed up of taking care of her. So, they took CA with them to keep their kid accompanied as their kid has no other friend other than CA. While my baby was putting up with her friendâs tantrums, the parents were enjoying. But, you two even did not know it. You called her just once whereas your wife did not bother to call her or do a background check on the parents. How can a mother be not concerned at all about her kidâs security? She called her Sweetudy multiple times to check on her when she went to resort with Adhik, but could not lift a finger to call my baby. My daughter was suffering from high fever. If I were not there she would have suffered alone. She told me that she had fever almost every night. But, what measures did you take? Your wife suggested some gharelu nuskeys to fight the fever. Though you wanted to taker her to a doctor, your wife stopped you from taking her to a doctor as she believed her MAA wali nuskeys can cure any disease. And, you being an educated person believed her. You think your wife can't be wrong ever. But, she is wrong. She was abused her whole life, and now she is doing the same to you. You two will do the same to my daughter. It's a chain. It passes down from one generation to another. Look how your wifeâs kids turned out to be. I want to break this chain. I don't want my daughter to turn out like Anupamaaâs kids.
The sound of CAâs screaming interrupted MAAya. She rushed to her room. While she was going towards CAâs room, her ankle hit Anujâs chest. Though the touch was soft, but the the truth she kept in front of him hit his chest hard. He found it hard to breathe. Suddenly, he lost the urge to fight any custody battle. Suddenly, the anger he had for MAAya turned into respect. She uprooted the fear he buried deep inside him. He always knew he was wrong. But he could not come to terms with the fact that for the past 26 years he was worshipping an illusion. Though MAAya means illusion, but she is the one who broke his year long illusion.
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Arjun
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