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Rey looked around the room, it was messy. Things were scattered here & there, the light lamp was broken so was the mirror and his hand was bleeding while his eyes were blood shot red.
"Destroying the room won't help you, son. You have messed up big time, i hope you know that." Came a voice from the entrance, he knew its his father. Ranvijay entered the room, he took out the first aid box from the closet and come toward him, He sat on the bed beside him.
"She left me." His voice croaked as he spoke.
"And you are the reason behind it." Ranvijay was quick to reply. Rey didn't said anything, he knew his father was right. Ranvijay caught his hand and started cleaning his wound from which blood was flowing out. Rey tried taking his hand back but ranvijay had his firm grip.
"What do you want, Rey?" Ranvijay questioned his son who look at him in confusion.
"I mean, what do you want to do now? Go back to alisha or want your wife and kids back?" Ranvijay asked him once again.
"Offcourse i want my wife & kids back." Rey replied almost immediately which made his father smile. He was happy. Atleast his son know what he wants.
"Why? Why do you want them back? Is it because they are your responsibility?" Ranvijay questioned him. He wanted to make sure, taani doesn't suffer due to his son once again. If he wants his wife & kids back, then he needs to be aware of their importance in his life first.
"I love them." Rey whispered brokenly. It was something he never admitted, never showed to her. He was never been vocal about his feelings toward her or his son.
"But taani said you are not happy with her. If you love her, then what gave her impression that you don't?" Ranvijay asked as he was done with dressing his wound.
"Because i never told her what she means to me." Rey murmured. Since the day he had got married, he had always tried to find reasons to not to like her. Like every other person, she too had flaws of her own which he picked out and ignored her good qualities.
He was known for his bad temper and mostly, his wife become victim of his anger. He would remind her of her flaws, not because he wanted to put her down but because he wanted to prevent himself from falling for her which was wrong in his eyes since to him, it was like betraying Alisha, the girl he loved.
But he was proven wrong. He fell for her without even realizing. It didn't happened suddenly, it was a slow process.
Ranvijay listened to his son quietly. He knew taani was right on her part to take the decision of divorce. Its not easy for anyone to live with someone who thought of them to be unwanted and here, his son has made his wife feel unwanted.
"And what about Alisha? Are you over her?" Ranvijay questioned him.
"I don't know. I mean, i don't feel same way about her, When i went to meet her yesterday, even in being in same room as her felt wrong now. It was like betraying taani, going behind her back to meet her." Rey whispered. He was being honest and it felt light to finally to let out what he feels.
"Then why did you went to meet her?" Ranvijay asked him back.
"I feel guilty. The way i moved on when she was in coma. I feel responsible toward her, and even doctor said she is delicate state, if we disclose about my marriage to her, it might cause harm to her health." Rey explained about the reason behind his visit to alisha.
"Rey, i understand your point of view but it won't change the fact if you try to bring your past in present, it will ruin your present and future. Past should be remain where it belong, in past. Alisha is your past and taani & kids are your present & future. You need to understand your responsibilities toward them." Ranvijay told his son who nodded in response.
"And i want to talk to you about something else too." Ranvijay said to him. When he knew he had his son's full attention, he continued.
"Avantika talked to taani's doctor to know about her health and there is a bad news-" Ranvijay started off. Rey felt air leaving his lungs as gush of panic ran through him.
"Bad news? What bad news, dad?" Rey asked his father impatiently.
"There are many complications in her pregnancy which can cause harm to both baby & mother. She needs proper care during this period-" Ranvijay told him while Rey closed his eyes in disgust of his own self.
How selfish of him it was to take out his anger of his wife and told her things he didn't meant and drove her to leave him when she needed him the most.
He realized. But it was too late. Wasn't it?
"Dad, where is she now?" Rey asked his father, concerned for her & his babies safety and well being.
"She returned back to her paternal home, but since Rishi & Anjali has shifted to london long back, she is alone there with Arhaan." Ranvijay replied to him.
"Take rest for a while. I will send maids to clear this mess." Ranvijay patted his back. He got up and left from there, leaving his son behind who again drowned himself in guilt which seems nothing compared to her pain.
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"Ari! Baby, don't trouble mumma and have this-" Taani sighed heavily as her 8 months old refused to eat the baby food and continued to cry at the new place. And also, deep down she knew, he was missing his father who used to sit next after returning from office while he play with his toys in their room.
"Maa." Little Arhaan pouted as he jerked his mother hand away who tried to feed him spoonful of baby-food.
"No doubt you are Rey's singhania's son. Always troubling me." Taani huffed and look at her son who passed a toothless grin to her. Taani groaned mentally but was thankful, atleast he stopped crying.
The decision to leave her husband, wasn't easy. But it was important for her own good. There was nothing left in their relationship and everyday's fights & arguments were not healthy either. And she would have hated herself if she had let her children grew in such environment when their parents fight over anything & everything.
"Ari! Be a good boy now and eat something." Taani crooned softly in his ear, she placed a sloppy kiss on his cheek which caused the little one to frown.
She smiled slightly as he ate something before he yawned, indicating his mother about his sleeping town. Taani picked him up in her arms, after telling the maid to cook dinner for her, she went in her room.
Taani made arhaan sleep on the middle of the bed and covered him with blanket. She lay down on the bed next to her son. Lonliness once again engulfed her as the memories of her husband came crashing down at her.
Her heart plummet at the thought of him. She was missing him already, but this time her heart was too bruised to go back to him. She didn't had that in herself to go through the emotional pain once again.
Three years she waited for his acceptance and got nothing but pain in return, now she couldn't bear anymore.
At one point of her life after marriage, she thought She couldn't live without him, but now she couldn't live with him either.
It will always remind of the failure that she is. She failed as a wife. She failed as a lover.
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