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Part 2 : Healed
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She walked aimlessly on the road, not sure about her surroundings. She had lost her everything, her life, her brother.
Reason.. Mr Shivay Singh Oberoi...
She felt her feet go limp as she had been walking for hours not really sure where she was heading.
It started raining as if saying that even God sympathised with her. She was drenched not only in the rain but also in her defeat. But, her luck, her destiny had been so cruel to her always that she was over these things now.
She was... Broken...
And she knew that she couldn't be Healed...
She heard a sound behind her, a sound of a horn, she turned around to see a truck speeding towards her but she didn't move or to say she couldn't.
Her feet went weak and she stood frozen to the spot. She was expecting death to engulf her when out of nowhere a hand pulled her.
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Shivay needed to find her. He grabbed his car keys and went out in search of her. He searched for her everywhere but she was nowhere to be seen.
It started raining. Fear started gripping him as he realised she would probably have no clue of her surroundings.
She could be easily hurt by someone. He started driving frantically looking everywhere for her.
He saw her. She was completely drenched and walking as if she had lost herself, completely lost, defeated and broken.
His heart ached seeing her like this. She had no clue where she was heading, it was as if she was walking waiting for someone to kill her.
A sound made its way to his ears and he almost died watching a truck speeding towards her while she stood rooted to the spot completely blank, just waiting for death.
He ran as fast as he could, as if reaching to grab his own life. He pulled her hand and engulfed her in a tight hug.
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She felt herself in the tight embrace of someone ... familiar.
But she wasn't in her senses.
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"Anika..." he said softly while pulling out of the hug.
But she didn't respond. He stared into her eyes only to find that utter hollowness engulfing her.
It didn't took his reflexes long to react when she slumped unconscious in his arms. His arms gripping and supporting her almost involuntarily.
He carried her to his car and drove back home.
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He carried her in his arms to his room and he could feel how weak she was in his arms. He felt his blood boil at himself for being so blind and making her so vulnerable.
He laid her on his bed and looked at her. Even with her eyes closed he could see the trauma she was going through.
He felt his grip tighten on the edge of the bed making his knuckles go white and reopening his wounds which was now successful in staining his already drenched bandage.
He called a female servant and told her to change her clothes before she catches cold, while he went to change his. He also told her not to tell anyone about this.
He changed and entered the room to find her sleeping form on the bed.
He looked at her as the moonlight entered into his dark room directly hitting her face and making it glow like an angel.
He felt a twist in his heart. He was not familiar with this kind of feeling.
But the look on her face immediately reminded him of the agony she had gone through, how lost she would have been, how broken she would have felt.
With her eyes closed she still conveyed many emotions and the ache they gave to his heart was something that made him loath himself.
He was such a beast. In his pride he had destroyed her to the extent that she was broken...
And he needed to heal her before she goes away.
He went near her, sat on the floor and kept his hand upon hers.
"I will heal you Anika... It's a promise... I will give you your smile back, your life your brother back, and solve all your problems. I am sorry for hurting you, for breaking you. But I will not lose you.. I will heal you.." he said to her sleeping form, very well knowing that she wasn't listening.
He too slept with his hand resting upon hers.
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Sun rays entered the room through the windows making Shivay stir in his sleep and wake up to realise that he was still holding her hand.
He looked at her, she was still sleeping. The sun rays were peeping through the window curtains making her stir in her sleep.
He quickly shut the curtains and her features relaxed.
He went towards her, gripped her hand and gave it a squeeze. Something fluttered in his heart which he himself was unaware of.
He didn't knew when it started but he had started caring for her. Sure, it was his guilt that was making him do so but deep down in his heart he knew there was some other feeling he had for her.
Some more powerful feeling which he hadn't felt in a long time.
He saw as she stirred a bit and the next moment she had her eyes opened. He quickly left her hand too scared of what her reaction would be if she saw him holding her hand.
She rubbed her eyes, adjusting them to her surroundings.
And then it was, she saw him smiling at her.
A sudden wave of anger and disgust went through her when she saw him grinning at her.
She quickly got up from the bed and the moment she stepped onto thefloor she felt dizzy, and stabled herself quickly stopping a worried Shivay who approached her for help.
"Anika... Please rest you are weak.." he said softly making her look at him wide eyed.
"Yes.. you are right I am weak and I can clearly see the reason behind my weakness, my defeat, my broken self !!" she said and almost screamed the last part and then falling unconscious in his arms again.
He quickly lifted her and placed her on the bed softly making sure not to harm or hurt her.
Because he had done enough damage to her, and he didn't want to lose her.
He had to do something, put everything in place, clear the mess out of her life that he had created.
He quickly grabbed his phone but stopped midway when he met with four pair of eyes.
Dadi, Priyanka, Rudra and Om all had come to his room when they heard someone scream.
And to say that they were shocked would be an understatement because watching Anika lie unconscious on his bed was something hard to digest.
All of them quickly sat on the bed beside Anika, sick worried about her.
"What is all this Shivay ?" Om asked his voice calm.
Shivay told them everything and by the time he was finished telling them everything they all had tears in their eyes for Anika.
And Shivay for the first time had his head bowed down because he was guilty for ruining her.
Om kept a hand on his shoulder and he looked up.
"Shivay what you did was wrong beyond wrong, it was cruel... And you have to correct this.." he said and looked at him in the eye.
"I will heal her Om, that's a promise. I realised that breaking her in my Selfish motive caused me to suffer seeing her in pain. I don't know what I am feeling, but I do really care for her and I know for sure that it's not sympathy, this is some different emotion..." he confessed while Om smiled.
Om, Rudra, Dadi and Priyanka were still a bit upset of all this but now after hearing this confession from Shivay, they all knew that he was feeling worse making her suffer like this.
They knew that the feeling he was experiencing was...Love. But he had to figure it out himself, to feel it and to heal her.
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Shivay grabbed his phone and called Anika's lawyer who told him it was very difficult to reopen the case.
He warned him that he wants the case reopened by any cost and would do anything for Sahil's custody to transfer to Anika.
After much paper work and obviously the name of the Oberoi's the case was reopened.
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Anika opened her eyes slowly and carefully watched her surroundings, she was still in His room.
She felt anger building up inside her, she quickly sat up straight and was about to get up when a hand grabbed her wrist.
She turned to find Priyanka holding her hand.
"Anika please rest..." she said and Anika could feel her worry for her in her voice.
"Priyanka is right, please rest Anika..." Rudra said entering the room with Om and Dadi following him.
"Anika.. you are not going anywhere, please stay here till you are completely alright.." Om said while Dadi sat on the bed beside her having a bowl of soup in her hands.
"Here, take it... This will give you energy..." she said not listening to her protests and shoved a spoonful of soup in her mouth which she gupled.
"Shivay Bhai made it for.. You." Rudra said and as soon as she heard it she started coughing.
Priyanka quickly gave her a glass of water and patted her back softly.
"I want to go to my Sahil.. I want to see him, Bua must be torturing him !" she said and quickly got up.
Rudra and Om blocked her way.
"Let me go !" she said panicking.
Dadi made her sit on the bed while she was reluctant.
"Let me go !" she said and was about to get up again when -
"Didi !" she heard someone, not just someone, it was her Sahil's voice.
She turned her head to find him on the entrance of the room with Shivay behind him.
She quickly went to her Sahil and hugged him, it was as if she got her life back.
She was so afraid when her Bua had taken her Sahil with her and she had kept protesting, but there was nothing she could do for the fact that she had lost the case.
She looked at Shivay who was smiling at her and the moment their eyes met something happened.
There was something in his eyes she was not familiar with, she quickly broke the trance not noticing the frown it caused on his face.
"Are you okay Sahil ? Did Bua hurt you ? Are you alright ?" she asked him in a single breath.
"I am alright Didi, bhaiya came and saved me from her even before she could do anything." he said looking at Shivay.
Shivay kneeled to his level while Sahil hugged him.
He hugged him back.
Anika was more than just shocked seeing this.
"Your case has reopened and now you can fight for Sahil's custody..." Shivay said breaking apart from the hug and looking at Anika.
Anika's jaw dropped. She wasn't expecting this. Wasn't he the only one who had caused all this and now he was helping her, God knows why ?
"The hearing is tomorrow.." he said while Anika nodded.
"Thank you..." she said clearly looking at everyone except Shivay.
"We should leave Sahil... Let's go." she said holding Sahil's hand.
Shivay knew that preventing her from leaving would only mess things up, she needed time, and he needed to give her that space so that he could apologize to her properly.
She left while he kept looking at her retreating figure.
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The next morning, the court room was filled with bustling noises because of the presence of the great Shivay Singh Oberoi.
The judge entered and silence prevailed in the courtroom making way for the lawyers to proceed with the hearing.
Shivay had cleverly made everything smooth, he had kept evidences already submitted to Anika's lawyer regarding the real side of her aunt, her blood relation with Sahil and all that stuff that would help Anika get Sahil's custody.
The verdict was announced, Anika had won the case.
Her happiness knew no bounds. She glanced at him and saw him looking at her fondly.
There was that same emotion in his eyes that she had seen yesterday, yet she was unfamiliar with it.
She quickly walked out of the court. She started walking only to find herself being pulled back as her hand was held by someone.
"I am sorry..." Shivay said staring deep into her eyes.
She tore her eyes away from looking at him and instead looked at the ground.
It came out as a shock for her that Shivay Singh Oberoi was apologizing to her.
She had so many questions to ask and she needed to get them out of her chest.
"Why ? Why did you do this, huh ? Wasn't insulting me enough that you chose to tear me apart from my life ? And now after everything you did, you just gifted me my life that you yourself snatched as if all that I suffered was nothing ? Yes.. I am happy that my Sahil is with me.. And I thank you for that... But you broke me, made me go through so much pain that I almost lost myself.." she confessed and he could feel the pain in every word of hers.
"It's actually not worth talking and asking all this to you... Good bye Mr Shivay Singh Oberoi..." she said and was about to leave when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her in a tight embrace.
She was shocked, she struggled and started hitting him until she gave up and burst into tears, sobbing and crying with him supporting her.
She let out all of her pain and he could feel her getting relaxed in his arms.
"Sshhh... it's alright.. it's all over now.." he said comforting her.
He knew that he had pushed her into the darkness before but now feeling her getting relaxed in his arms, he knew that he had pulled her out from the darkness but he also knew that with this morning and it's win he had enlightened her... Healed her..
She finally felt peace build up inside her as she was in his arms, she didn't knew why she felt it but she felt secure.. she felt a sense of healing in his arms.
He kept his words...
She was Healed...
And none of them knew that this was just a start of Their Story...
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So, this was it...
It turned out to be a little long then I expected...
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Edited by pearl.16 - 9 years ago