Thunderstorm...that was what she could see happening very soon, palak and rithwik are under same roof after 2 long years, 2 years after which nothing is same but rithwik, he never moved on from the moment palak walked out of his life holding naman's hand in her's, she broke his heart in the worst possible way and he is still not able to mend those broken pieces of his heart, it was like everything inside him died that day
Mamta Noon stood still as she tried to look deeper in those eyes, those eyes which don't sparkle anymore, those eyes which have no hope to live anymore, those eyes which aren't like her ricky's, her son whom she misses a lot that it hurts, it hurts for not be around him even though she knew that whom he needed the most after palak in these years was her but she was not with him, tears rolled down her cheeks as she finally took a step ahead, her heart skipped a beat and she smiled through her tears when her dear son ended this distance between them and in no time her son was in her arms hugging her tight, hiding his face in her embrace, her son, her Ricky, she could sense him crying, she could guess that he wants to let it all out, that he has so much to say and she wants to tell him that she can hear him out for the rest of her life
The mother son duo, cried hugging each other, lost in their own world when their trance was broken by aman who just came back 'rishab bhai, I had a talk at reception, they are coming and we can shift papa ji upstairs in VIP room' aman informed everyone in particular and once done he looked around for palak but whom he saw made him shock, palak was gone but now who stood in front of him was his best friend Ricky, he couldn't understand what he felt, his buddy, his brother is back and is standing in front of him, after two long years, his eyes moistened as he went closer to him and without exchanging any set of wordsk hugged him, he too hugged back
'Ap logon ka yeh melo dramatic reunion hogya ho to hum bhe mil le ricky bhai se?' It was shivam, chuckling lightly they broke the hug and soon rithwik was taken in a hug by his siblings, reeva, shivam and shanaya hugged him together, making him choke for a moment but he didn't complain and hugged the trio back, as tightly as they did, soon they too broke the hug and Rithwik turned to rishab, knowing there was nothing like before between them, they just shared a small hug after which rithwik did the same with sanchi, and then he turned to his other two best friends
He went closer to hug them both but in return got a slight push from ananya, he narrowed his eyes at her but she turned to the other site 'bat nahe kar tu mujhse Ricky' she said without looking back and he shook his head at his best friend and covering the distance between them wounded his arms around her and back hugged her 'I am sorry' he whispered softly and a few tears rolled down ananya's cheek as she sniffed a little 'I hate you' she said 'but I love you aur tujhe pata hai I missed you a lot too' he said pulling her closer and she finally held on to his hand around her and turned around to face him 'jhuta, miss karta to jata kiya?' She complained and he just held his ears 'ab nahe jaonga.. promise' he said making a baby face and she smiled through her years after which they hugged each other
He then turned to rohit and just like aman, nothing was their to say, both of them hugged each other, his eyes then landed on sethu whom he acknowledged just with a nod who nodded back, he took blessing of both his grandmother's and then of Mr and Mrs.Puri, and that same moment two ward boys walked in with a doctor 'hello everyone, I am Doctor Sumit Mishra and I will be handling this case now as Doctor Sharma have to look after her daughter, I hope it's no problem with you people considering that she is one of our best doctor here' doctor mishra kind of asked them on which mamta shook her head 'it's fine doctor, go ahead...' He nodded his head In reply and continued 'So we are shifting patient to the VIP room, one of you can accompany us for now while you all can wait, because we don't want to get the corridors crowded, so once we complete the shifting, you can come to him' Doctor explained 'that's fine doctor, I will come with you' rishab said and till then ward boys had already shifted vijay into the stretcher and then they left
Rithwik then turned to mamta 'Mom, dad ko hua kiya, the last time we talked, he was all fit and fine?' He asked and mamta sighed 'you mean six days back ricky?' She asked and he looked away 'i know mom, I am sorry' he apologized while she shook her head , she don't want him to apologize, she dont even feel that he is at complete fault, it's each and everyone's doing, only if they had support him properly then today he would had been happy, with her, with them all
'Lets go to your dad ricky' She said after a while changing the topic as all of them moved out of the room, somehow few of them had already forgotten how they came across palak just a while back but as they walked out mamta noticed sethu going in a different direction, she knew where she is heading to and so without wasting any moment she excused herself and went behind her
Sethu inquired about children's ward and made her way there, mamta followed her behind and once reaching there, both of them saw a very stressed palak crying silently hugging that same lady she saw earlier 'aunty she was fine till the morning, why is this fever getting this bad? What if anything happened to her aunty? Mai kiya karunge? She is my only family' mamta could easily hear Palak helpless questions, she saw sethu going closer to her and placing her hand on her shoulder
Palak turned and her eyes moistened even more, she let out a painful sigh before pulling her best friend in a hug, mamta couldn't see sethu but she did saw palak crying silently in her embrace, she held on to her tightly while sethu ran her hand on her back calming her down, the other lady excused herself and went to anaya who was being checked by the doctor, after a few more seconds, they broke the hug as the doctor called Palak 'Dr.Sharma, please don't worry, she will be fine, I know her temperature is really high right now but its simply because of the change in weather, it had turned even more colder then it was last week, and of course it can easily effect the baby which it did so you just keep her here tonight and you will see she will be fine by next morning' the other doctor explained her on which Palak nodded thanking her after which the doctor left
'Palak go and eat something, mai hun anaya ke sath' Anita told her but palak was ready to argue when sethu held her hand 'she is right palak, chal mere sath' saying so sethu dragged palak along with her and it was wiitnessed by mamta who didn't have the heart to leave her alone in such condition, she very well knew how it feels to see your child suffer, she has been through this torture from past two years and thus she followed the two best friend at the cafeteria
Sethu placed a plate of sandwich and a cup of tea in front of her and sat beside her, palak was eating quietly but sethu had a lot of questions to ask and thus she couldn't hold back anymore and held one hand of palak 'Kaise hai tu Palak or tu yhan kiya kar rahe hai? I mean how can you be here Palak, we got to know that you moved to U.S after you married Naman Kapoor?' Thou sethu was angry with her best friend for the decisions she took in past, she very well knew what type of a girl palak was so she never believed all those things which were said about palak after she disappeared from their lives, but a news was spread soon after her disappearance that she married Naman Kapoor and moved to U.S
Palak sighed 'can we please not about that sethu?' Palak requested on which sethu shrugged 'so what do you want me to talk about palak? How about what a beautiful weather or how good it is to live in such a beautiful city? Or what about anaya? Who she is basically?' Sethu asked raising her voice a little on which palak looked away 'tu kiya chahti hai palak mai kiya kahun? 2 saal Palak, 2 saal, tu janti bhe hai kitna kuch Hua hai in salon mai, kitne sawal uthe hain tere character pe, do you even have a slightest idea ke kaisa deal kiya hai humne sab and look at you , you are living your life like this, far away from everyone, Didn't you really care about anyone else Palak? You didn't even think about your parents.. Were all those blames true...bol na palak, answer my God Damn questions, you can't stay quiet like this, in past two years I have been fighting all those people who dared to talk shit about you, even though my so cold best friend didn't find it important to let me know about her leaving but still I never let anyone talk any kind of shit about you ,I never let anyone insult my palku, only because I knew you are not any of those...you truly and whole heartedly loved rithwik phir kiya hua palak, what went wrong? bol na? Did you really betrayed rithwik? You cheated him?' Sethu knew she was pushing her to the edge but she had no other option, she had to do that for the sake of her own sanity, Palak has to let it all out, she needs to utter those words out loud which sethu has been telling everyone in past 2 years that her best friend can never betray rithwik
'Enough sethu' and that was it, sethu smiled a little knowing she will finally get some things out from her 'koi dhoka nahe tha, koi bewafai
nahe the, Maine aj tak rithwik k liye srf ek hi chez feel ki hai and that's love, just pure love, but that is not enough sethu, that never was, I know I have taken a few decision which were against me and had been difficult for you all too but sethu, when you love someone unconditionally, this all somehow doesn't matter, or ab isse ziada mai tujhe kuch nahe btaongi because for me whatever I did was right...now please excuse me, my daughter needs me' palak spoke curytly as she stood up to leave but was stopped by sethu 'and anaya?' Sethu held her and stood up facing her straight in her eyes 'wo kon hai palak, kiski beti hai wo palak? Kiya tu mjhe nahe bataege?' Sethu asked softly cupping her cheek from her other hand
Palak closed her eyes tight as a few tears rolled down her cheeks 'Sethu, maine sirf ek insan se pyaar kiya or ushi se shaadi ki or uska prove meri beti hai, meri or rithwik ki beti' sethu gasped 'par sethu rithwik kuch nahe janta, koi bhe kuch nahe janta or tujhe mjhse yeh vaada karna hoga key yeh baat humare bech hi rahege, sirf hamare bech...dekh 1 2 din ki bat hai, you all will go back or sab pehle jaisa hojaega, no one needs to know..' 'Par Palak, wo rithwik k bhe beti hai, he has a right to know' sethu argued 'you don't understand sethu, rithwik ko pata chala to sab khatam hojaega, his happiness, his life, everything, sethu for him his family comes first and I don't want to make him relive his horrible past by telling him anything, sethu try and understand, I don't know why he was not here with his dad today, but that was somehow in my favour too and I strongly feel that he had moved on by now, because he had his family by his side, sethu he must be living a happy life, ushe yeh sach batake, I don't want to ruin his life and I am also happy with anaya, and it's all good and I guess he shouldn't know about it ever' saying so palak released her hand from sethu's grip and walked away in other direction while sethu turned only to find mamta standing there, a little far but it was clear that she had heard everything and sethu sighed 'Palak usse aj bhe pyaar karti hai aunty lekin lagta hai usne rithwik k bagair jeena sekh liya hai' Sethu said sadly and walked away
Mamta slumped on the couch on her left shocked after whatever she heard 'lekin mere rithwik ne to aj bhe uske bagair jeena nahe sekha, in fact mera rithwik to jeena hi bhul gaya, yeh mere bete ke sath theak nahe kiya sabne, sabne ushe tod diya, apne decisions usper force Kiye, they all broke him, but I can't let it happen anymore, I have to do something' she thought before she finally gathered all courage and went where here son was.
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