Alone
She threw the vase at the farthest corner of the room. It landed on the floor with a loud thud shattering into million pieces. But she doesn’t care. Like she didn’t care about all the other things she had been throwing around for last 10 minutes. She wouldn’t mind if she brought down the entire mansion today. Her blood is boiling. It is not even 15 days that the mighty Vansh Raisinghania has died and here they are talking about marriage and celebration. The man who protected his family more than his own life, didn’t even get proper mourning from them. Someone is after the property, someone is after their newly founded son, someone is after marriage. It seems like a pit of selfish people swarming and grabbing anything they are laying their lands on. But what happened today was the last straw.
Ishani Raisinghania totally broke down today.
Ishani wasn’t pampered I guess won’t be uttered by her bestest of friend. In fact pampered would be a small word for what her Vansh Bhai did for her all his life. True they were at loggerheads at times due to her reckless life, but what others didn’t know that she was reckless because she knew her Vansh bhai would be there. No matter what, she can never fall in any danger as long as Vansh bhai is there. This was her belief. She clearly remembered in childhood Vansh bhai always giving her his share of chocolates saying he didn’t prefer them. If she liked any doll, he never waited for their mom to step in. He would buy it for her then and there with his savings. And Ishani took it all. Be it a small toy or an expensive car, Vansh always kept giving and Ishani kept taking. She didn’t know any other way of survival. It was always her Vansh bhai who came through. A life without Vansh bhai wasn’t allowed to be her worst nightmare. But here she is living that hell of life.
Without his tight security for her, or those warm hugs she always craved.
What Ishani failed to understand how both her brother and sister could fell victim to life threating accident on the same day? One lost his life, another slipped into coma. As if losing Vansh bhai wasn’t enough, she had to see her sister fighting for her breaths everyday. It breaks her inside but she keeps up a straight face for the sake of being Ishani Raisinghania. But what astounded her was their step mother Anupriya. She knew she wasn’t what she showed herself to Vansh bhai. Her level of cruelness reflected potentially when she gave her the idea to torture Riddhima. She would never admit, but when she later thought about the entire scenario she did feel bad putting her through that torture. But her mother was nonchalant. Ishani Raisinghania might be bratty, short tempered, ill-mannered but one thing she was never that is being a fool. She could clearly see through the façade Anupriya is putting up after Vansh’s death. Something changed in her gait since the death of Vansh bhai. Her try to hide the joy of getting her so called estranged son Kabir is clearly visible in her every move. That bloody Kabir, Ishani thought. The more she see the mother-son due the more suspicion she gets about them. The way Anupriya mom is comfortable around Kabir, seems like they have known each other for a long time. Those stolen glances, those long hour conversation behind locked rooms can not just be a coincidence. They have a different motive and Ishani could see it coming
This is all because of Riddhima, Ishani gritted her teeth. If she didn’t allow Kabir inside the mansion then she wouldn’t have to tolerate that low life. One of Ishani Raisinghania's prized possession, her shared trait with her Vansh bhai is havinga sharp eye to know people. It is true she never liked Riddhima for spying around. But not for once she doubted her character. But today, she doubted that too. After Vansh bhai’s death she had seen a different Riddhima. Those lost looks, those red eyes that cried night after night can’t be a façade. If it were, it would have fade out soon just like Anupriya. But her better judgement is questioning her how someone who was mourning for her husband’s death even two hour ago, say yes to getting married to a stranger. Was Kabir really a stranger to her? The hatred, the resentment she had seen in Riddhima’s eyes couldn’t have come in just one day. But then again, didn’t her eyes already betrayed her? The way Riddhima mourned for Vansh bhai, going against her judgement she for once thought maybe RIddhima genuinely cared for Vansh bhai but who she was fooling. Riddhima managed to take away her prized possession. Something she was proud of sharing with her Vansh bhai. She made her question her judgement and she would never forgive her for that.
Ishani let out a heart wrenching haul cursing Riddhima, for trusting Riddhima.
Ishani with tears in her eyes looked at the showpiece beside her that she had thrown away when she entered her room. The metal piece managed not to break itself, but the dent was quite visible. Just like the Raisinghania empire. Ishani could see it coming. The downfall of the Raisinghania empire and the name of Vansh bhai. These people wouldn’t care about anything. All they need is their property and money. And this mother-son due has a different game plan she can tell it from miles away. Everyone is here after ruining her Vansh bhai’s name . But she wouldn’t let anyone do that. She was after all a Raisinghania. Her Vansh bhai’s doll. It iss time for the doll to turn herself into a warrior. She will fight back. Her Vansh bhai would expect nothing less from her. She would protect the fort.
The king isn’t there, but the Knight is here.
And it will do everything possible so that no one forgets the king.
But before that , she needed to sip into her agony. The agony of being alone for the very first time. She let these lone moments reflect on the situation. She will rise tomorrow. But today she let herself feel the pain. She knew she had no one. No Vansh bhai, no Siya, no Aryan, no Riddhima who she made the mistake of considering an ally. She will fight the war alone. But tomorrow. Today she has no more strength left.
She let the pain tear through her.
Ishani Raisinghania is truly alone today.
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The idea to write something on Ishani was haunting me since last evening. Wrote it once but mistakenly deleted it . Wrote the entire thing again. Couldn't put lots of things I had on my mind as it was going off the track. Will write another one soon with those.
Do let me know how it was
OS : 01 - Alone - Pg 01
OS : 02 - Consort - Page 04
OS : 03 - Verity - Page 06
OS : 04 - Loyalty - Page 08
