FF:Out Of Darkness *Part 29* (Pg 75) *Updated* 9/7 - Page 44

Originally posted by: chalhov

Loved the update Angelkiss the gentle way Dev dealing with Radhikas nightmare and fears and how he assured and promised her that he will never hurt her and the way he comforted her ur narration and story is very good and different ur preview is making me very curious about the next update. Wish u and ur family a very happy new year and all the best.Just curious r u a psychology student. or studied psychology.

Originally posted by: abhilasha_dream

Beautiful update AngelKiss, i liked muskaan's point of nt intervening as even I want radhika to slowly reveal all her past miseries to Dev and Only dev, that too in full conscious...

I don't want radhika to reveal her misery by some hypnotism done on her by Muskaan

Originally posted by: sonia122

grt prt👏 Hope finally one fear of radhika that she well be whip by her husband (dev) is gone... loved the dev cared her... now dev is in a doubt that he acutally married a woman or a girl😆

Originally posted by: billo77

Nice update Angel Kiss😉 So RAdhika revealed a little about her brother ....She gave more hints to Dev about her brother ...He will try to figure out why her brother told her that Pati would hurt her he will surely investigate ?? And loved the way Dev promised RAdhika that he wont hurt her at least now she beleives him 😊..dev is such a caring husband towards Radhika ..he still doesnt know her age ?? Wonder how will he react knowing that ? But he will still accept her as his wife because he has a strong attraction towards her ...Muskaan sure knows how to do her job ..Hope Dev will cooperate , im sure he wants his wife to be cured from this fear ...

Cant wait for the next update ..Very interresting ...Oh the precap looks cute ..I think when RAdhika will see Muskaan scolding the little boy she will probably be shocked and scared or she will pretect him??....Or Muskaan wont do anything since she knows that RAdhika is quite fragile to these things ...

Thanks Angel 😃

************Part 24************

"Tell me this, Dev Bhai, what would you like more; to see Radhika free of all her fears or would you like to see your relationship with her moving forward?" Muskaan questioned once again breaking the silence that surrounded them because Dev bhai refused to cooperate with her.

"What kind of question is this? I want both, I want her to be free of whatever it is that is hindering her to function normally like us all and move forward with our relationship" Dev answered with a scowl.

"So basically you want no part in her treatment? You won't accept her as your wife until she is fully treated and cured from whatever disorder she is suffering from. Is that it?" Muskaan asked twisting her words to rile Dev bhai so that in the end he relents to do whatever Muskaan instructs him to do. She knew he was already smitten by his beautiful wife but refused to deal with her problems, did not want to be involved with her treatment and therapy procedure which Muskaan did not like. The treatment and therapy procedure she had designed especially for Radhika would not succeed without Dev Bhai's involvement. Muskaan had knowingly planned it in such a way hoping it would finally bridge the gap between the two.

"What? I have already accepted her as my wife!" Dev corrected Muskaan.

"Then as her husband you need to be involved with her therapy and be fully aware of her treatment procedure. You can't just be a mere spectator!" Muskaan informed him as she reached for her reading glasses.

"What do you want me to do? I can't be with her 24/7! I have a life, a career. I have an empire to run, Muskaan! A dream project to finish" Dev pointed out not liking the way Muskaan kept accusing him of being an irresponsible husband.

"I am fully aware of your responsibilities; I am not demanding you to forgo them. I just want you to realize your responsibility towards your wife who has entered into this new life with you, she depends on you, seeks your approval and fears your anger. She is nervous, apprehensive and cautious of everyone. I want you to accommodate some time to your wife, make time for her, she needs to realize that you are her husband, a big part of her new life. How is she going to understand this when she hardly sees you around, how are you both going to understand each other when you hardly spend time with her? Do you know what she does the whole day? Do you know whether she has her lunch or dinner? Do you know-"

"OH God! Not you too! I have already gotten an earful from Didi about this, please not again!" Dev pleaded interrupting Muskaan's long speech. He was tired of it all, annoyed with his family members who seemed to make it a point to interfere in his married life. what did they think he wasn't trying? Well… okay, maybe he hadn't really put too much effort into getting to know his wife but she wasn't trying either… why couldn't they give this same lecture to her too…

"You want me to be involved in the therapy right?" Dev questioned.

"Yes, I expect you to show more interest in her treatment, be aware of how I am treating her, the methods I am using in her treatment" Muskaan replied satisfied with how well this was going, she didn't think Dev bhai would give in so easily, especially not when he was so engrossed with working on his dream project.

"I will be at the hospital tomorrow" Dev announced as he rose from his seat.

"Why?" Muskaan frowned at his announcement.

"Didn't you say you wanted to discuss about Radhika's treatment and such?"

"That was then. It doesn't apply anymore" Muskaan stated.

"Why not?" Dev snapped, scowled when Muskaan indicated him to sit back down.

"I just need some time to reevaluate everything, maybe run some tests on her" Muskaan explained, taking hold of her notebook once again.

"Tests?"

"err… assessments actually…. Now can you please sit back down so we can finally discuss about Radhika's dream or nightmare or hallucination or whatever it was" Muskaan requested, tired of the meaningless arguments they seem to be having so often.

Dev once again bestowed his angry scowl at Muskaan who chose to ignore and simply waited for him to seat himself back on the loveseat. They both sat in complete silence, Dev scowling while Muskaan marked, scribed and read through the sheet of paper she had picked from the printer.

"I am waiting Dev bhai" Muskaan spoke, breaking the long silence that surrounded them, she glanced at him as she placed the sheet inside her notebook.

"What are you thinking?" Muskaan asked realizing Dev bhai was deep in thought.

"Just about the nightmare Radhika had… what could be the reason for her to dream such a thing?" Dev questioned.

"Ah! The nightmare…" Muskaan remarked understanding Dev's worry.

"The cast…. Her cast was taken off today right?" Dev asked as if finally realizing the reason for the nightmare.

"Yes, papaji was here in the afternoon, checked Radhika's hand, said it was fine now, no need for the cast" Muskaan informed him, having an inkling about why the sudden topic of the cast.

"Do… do you think… I mean…. Maybe she is fearful of hurting her hand again… maybe this fear triggered the nightmare?" Dev suggested his theory.

"You think her fear of getting hurt might have led her to dream such?" Muskaan restated his suggestion in hope of trying to understand whether it could have been the reason or not.

"Yes that's what I think" Dev nodded his head.

"It's a possibility but…"

"But?" Dev probed wanting to know her views.

"She dreamt that she burnt her hand… right?" Muskaan asked wanting to confirm what she had witnessed.

"Yes"

"I think I heard her mention her father?" Muskaan questioned staring at him over the rim of her glasses.

"Yes, she dreamt that her father burned her hand…" Dev replied confused at where this was heading.

"hmmm.. I thought so…" Muskaan mused as she wrote something down in her notebook.

"You don't think…" Dev asked not liking where his thoughts were leading him. "Her father?"

"Oh…NO! of course not. I have met her father… he seemed to be like a typical father…. You know the overprotective, stern but loving father" Muskaan cleared Dev's doubts. She understood why Dev bhai would think such a thing, she probably would have too if she didn't know what actually triggered the nightmare…

"I believe the nightmare happened because of what transpired today… because of what Radhika heard and witnessed… which led her to concoct such an illusion… I mean nightmare…"

"Mayank!" Muskaan called as she ran after her son.

Mayank giggled as he quickly ran inside his kaka's room.

Radhika had been walking towards the dresser when she heard the loud thumping noise of coming towards her; she turned around only to shriek out loud in surprise when she saw Mayank rushing towards her in such a speed. Mayank ignored his kakima's shriek and quickly hid behind her. Radhika gasped when Mayank held onto the back of her kameez. She rested her hand on her upper chest, rubbing it gently, trying to calm the frantic beat of her heart. Mayank had scared her with the way he had rushed towards her, she hardly had the time to comprehend it was him when he wrapped his little hands around her waist.

"Mayank! Where are you? Don't play these games with me! Mayank!" Muskaan warned as she entered Dev's room, her voice loud and firm which gave Mayank and Radhika both shivers of fright.

"Radhika! Have you seen Mayank?" Muskaan asked as she darted her eyes around the room in search of her spoilt son.

"Dekha Mayank ko?" Muskaan asked again.

Radhika bit her lip and quickly shook her head in denial at Muskaan.

"That boy! I swear he is going to get it real good from me today… I have had enough of his disobedience! Let me just get my hands on him" Muskaan muttered as she stepped back and made to turn around but stopped midway when she saw her son's head peeking out from behind Radhika, his hands tightly gripping onto his KakiMa's kameez.

"Mayank!" Muskaan screamed walking towards him.

Radhika clenched her hands seeing Muskaan stalking towards her in such anger. She couldn't help but wonder if she would punish Radhika for lying, for hiding Mayank….

"Bohut ho gayi aapki badmashi! Now come out!" Muskaan ordered her son as she grasped his hand and pulled him out from behind Radhika.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry. I won't do it again, I promise I won't" Mayank pleaded with his mother seeing how furious she was with him as she pulled at his hand. He quickly grasped onto his KakiMa's hand using his free hand. He did not want to be alone with his mother when she was so angry with him.

"Sorry? Huh!... now you are saying sorry? What should I do with you! You never listen to me!" Muskaan cried frustrated with her son.

"Have I not told you not to touch my things?"Muskaan asked her son, glaring down at him.

"Yes, but I-" Mayank tried to explain.

"Then why were you going through my purse? Chori bohut bada guna hain kaha tha na maine?" Muskaan reminded her son pulling at his ear gently but firmly.

"Ouch… ahhh… awww" Mayank yelled feigning pain as he slapped away his mother's hand which kept pulling at his ear. "I wasn't stealing! I was just… KakiMa, aap kahiye na mamma se" Mayank pleaded burying his head on Radhika's stomach, his tiny hands tightly wrapped around her waist.

Radhika held her breath when she felt Mayank's little hands wrap around her waist, his head poking at her stomach. Radhika chewed on her lip in nervousness and lightly patted on the boy's back, hoping it would give him a little comfort… she knew all too well the need of physical touch; the touch of comfort and love… something she had yearned for after her mother's death… after she kill-….. after Manneee left…

"Haye Babaji! Ki karun main is nautanki ka!" Muskaan exclaimed looking upward, all too familiar with her son's antics. "Radhika, ab tuhi samjha isnu… meri gal toh sunna nahi hain isne!" Muskaan complained to Radhika.

Radhika nodded her head, stared at Muskaan and then stared down at Mayank whose head was poking her stomach… not knowing what to do….

"KakiMa, maine kuch nahi kiya! Main toh bus mamma ki chocolate le raha tha!" Mayank explained lifting his head and peering at his KakiMa

Radhika stared down at Mayank, looked up at Muskaan and then back down staring into Mayank's pleading eyes. She chewed on her bottom lip trying to work out everything… how was she to advice the boy?.... she didn't want Mayank to get punished, he was very nice to her, always talking to her and asking her to play with him… but then again she didn't want to be punished by Muskaas; who looked very angry at him… if Radhika tried to help Mayank then his mother might get angry at her and punish her for trying to protect Mayank from his punishment. Radhika did not want to get any punishment, she didn't want to make anyone angry at her, they were all very nice to her, always smiling and talking to her…..

"Mayank… aap idhar aao mamma ke paas… Mayu, please?" Muskaan requested having finally calmed down. Mayank lifted his head and turned slightly staring at his mother warily.

"Mayank, come here" Muskaan called to him with a smile on her face. Mayank cautiously walked up to his mother, a big frown on his face.

"If you want chocolate or anything then you must first ask me… sneaking into others things is very bad" Muskaan explained calmly, bending down and leaning over a little to reach her son's level.

Mayank nodded his head at his mother's words not wanting to get her angry again.

"Will you sneak into my things again?" Muskaan asked as she stared at her son, raising her brow to give him one of her serious looks.

"No, I promise I won't" Mayank assured his mother.

"Next time if I find you digging into my purse again then I swear I will burn your hands!" Muskaan threatened giving her son a glare, hoping her threat would keep him away from repeating such a mistake again. Although she knew he hadn't really committed any big mistake but she feared the future; today he was sneaked into her purse to steal a chocolate but tomorrow he could be sneaking in for money…. It wouldn't take him long to cross the line from chocolate to money….

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"So you believe your threat triggered the nightmare?" Dev questioned, it did seem possible.

"No, not really… I believe it was what happened after that… what Radhika witnessed later in the evening was most probably the real reason for her to dream about such" Muskaan explained to him.

"What happened in the evening?" Dev asked leaning towards Muskaan.

"Mayank burned his hand…." Muskaan informed him.

"What? How is he? Did you take him to the doctor's? how did he burn his hand?... d-did you-"

"Of course not! He is my son! I may be stern at times but not cruel enough to burn his hand… yes, I admit I did threaten to do such but I had no plans to execute it… it was only to scare him enough to not repeat such mistakes" Muskaan huffed, upset at Dev bhai for even thinking such a thing.

"But how did he get burned then?" Dev asked.

"Apparently Radhika had promised Mayank that she will bake a special cake for him once her cast was taken off. Now don't ask me how Radhika promised such a thing to Mayank without verbally speaking but Mayank seems to understand her silence or maybe he is just interpreting it the way he wants to …. It's really quite funny actually to witness their interactions, Radhika nodding or shaking her head or just giving facial expressions while Mayank is all words…." Muskaan smiled as she recalled the scene, they both had looked so adorable and it was the first time she had seen Radhika so relaxed and smiling.

"Anyways… Radhika baked the cake and well… Mayank was a little too eager to get his hands on the cake and in his eagerness he placed his palm on the burning surface of the oven"

"Goodness! Did you take him to the doctor?" Dev asked with concern.

"No, I was at the hospital with a patient and by the time I returned home Radhika had it all under control" Muskaan replied.

"Radhika? She took Mayank to the doctor's?" Dev asked with surprise.

"No, she became the doctor" Muskaan clarified, correcting his notion.

"What do you mean?" Dev asked with confusion.

"Apparently Radhika had hurried on to place Mayank's hand under the cold water, gave him an ice pack to place on his burned palm while she quickly prepared a salve and concoction for Mayak's burn. She had first prepared the concoction and made Mayank drink it and later applied the salve on his palm and did the dressing….. and well….within minutes she had Mayak laughing and talking again"

"What was your reaction?" Dev asked as he tried not to smile.

"There I was frantic and worried as I rushed home from the hospital only to find him sitting with Radhika and playing his play-station, talking and laughing as Radhika fed him the cake. And of course he was very quick to proudly display me his injured hand as one displays trophies as he went on to dramatically describe about how he burned his hand and how bravely he sat still not even cried when his KakiMa dressed his wound"

"And did he get some cuddling from his momma?" Dev asked knowing too well that was something Mayank always demanded whenever he injured himself.

"Oh yes, but after I told him that Babaji punished him for not listening to me and stealing chocolate from my purse" Muskaan winked fighting back the urge to smirk at her quick thinking. Her little sentence had completely shocked her son into silence; even Radhika looked a little pale at hearing her words.

"I am sure Mayank believed your words"

"Yes, I think even Radhika did. They both had that fearful and stunned look as they kept darting glances towards the temple and then down at the injured hand" Muskaan replied laughing as the scene replayed in her mind.

Dev shook his head and smiled in amusement, he knew his nephew being a young kid was gullible and believed everything they said but Radhika? was she really that naive to believe such a thing?.....

"I see why this could have triggered the nightmare… first your threat and then later Mayank burning his hand, seeing this must have caused her to illusion it in her sleep" Dev agreed nodding his head towards Muskaan who simply smiled at him.

************Angel************

Don't you all just love little Mayank.... 😆 No? 😔 well, no worries, soon you will love him to bits... *hint* *hint* 😉

and so begins the long awaited treatment of Radhika.... which I can only say is going to be a little different then regular treatments but still keeping in with all the therapy format.... I am quite sure you all will enjoy reading the future parts.... the pace will pick up from here on.... today, I started writing down a very important scene.... and so far it's as dramatic as I have pictured it in my mind... lets see how that turns out to be.... but I wonder if you all can stomach such a horrific scene when it's time for me to post that particular part (which won't be posted for a long time )