Suffocating Silence Chapter-8 This is the last chapter of this short story... I hope you all like it... You can grab a tissue box if you like 😊
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Shivay's POV
god knows or how many times i tried talking to anika but she wasnt even ready to hear a word from me!!
flight landed on the perfect time...it was 4 PM and we all came out of the airport
that airport for once again was giving me the vibe that there was smthn wrong but i ignored that horrible feeling of enetering in the city which changed mine and anika's life!!
i turned to see others.. riya was holding anika's hand while anika was on a phonecall and gauri and om were talking smthn secretively in whispers
"chalo gyzz...ghar chalte hain"i said in order to drive thier attention
"ummm...shivay hum i mean mai aur gauri mumma-papa I mean gauri ke mom dad ke ghar par rahenge..wo mummy specially gauri se Milne Mumbai aayi hai "said om... i could see om fumble
i knew they didnt wanted to go in our house with all those negative vibes in there.. they were right...even i didnt wanted to go there but i cannot ignore that home..thats my home the place where riya's birth took place..but the other thing is that...that home even contains the memories which threw me and anika apart!!
"its ok...i understand" i told them and they both left from there calling a taxi as they both left anika even freed herself from the phonecalls
' riya aap mere sath chaloge yaa phir apne dad ke sath jana hai? waise bhi kal se aap mere sath hi rahoge"
i was hurt by what anika said that time!! before i could speak anythn riya spoke up
"can i ask you for smthn...from both of you?"
"offcourse beta you can" both me and anika said together
"kya ham aaj raat...i mean hum teeno sath reh sakte hain? waise bhi kal ke baad aisa kabhi nahin hoga"
i didnt knew what to answer that time i never expected riya to ask us something like that!!
i looked at anika and she was looking down
"please" riya said and i dont know why but we all three had tears in our eyes that time ...we all three hugged at the same moment and that hug lasted for five minutes and it could have lasted for even more but a guard came to us said the public was watching them!!
we too called for a cab and left for the house!! it was an hour away from airport but mumbai's traffic delayed us and the ride was made of upto 2 hours!!
i was sitting beside the driver's seat and was observing all the buildings of mumbai which were all changed in 5 years!!
backside anika was lost in her thoughts while riya was aslept in anika's lap
as we reached there riya woke up but she was too lazy to walk soo i picked her up and went inside telling anika that i told kaka to clean the house
Anika POV
i and shivay entered in the house and trust me i was feeling horrible that moment shivay went upstairs with riya to freshen up!!
as i kept a little step forward and looked up i could see everything flashingback in my mind all together..my head was aching badly and i was feeling a bit dizzy too!! i sat on the sofa and then suddenly the worst flashback of my life flashbacked in front of my eyes
****flashback****
i was in the mumbabi branch of my academy when i heard my fears becoming viral between all of the members of academy
I heard them talking that shivay had an affair with lilly and was planning to leave me..god knows how badly i shouted on the students and told them its nthn like that and i trust my shivay more than anything in this world
i immediately left academy and went home...i was confident that shivay would never ever cheat on me and all these news were just rumors as lily was the owner of our rival academy and they would surely want us to fight so that we close down our acadmey!!
i went in the house and directly went in riya's nursery to see shivay and riya but to my surprise riya was sleeping their peacefully in her carrier and shivay was seen nowhere...i thought he might have gone to room so i went in our room just to see him but as i opened the door i was hell shocked...my heart was in my mouth. Shivaay was...
i kept my hand on my mouth and banged the door running out
i could hear shivay screming my name but i didnt stop and was running... i ran out of the house and i was suddenly hit by motor bike and fell down with my head hitting to a stone!!
and when i opened my eyes i was in the hospital and shivay was sitting beside me with gauri and om standing nearby!!
i tried to sit up when shivay touched my hand to make se sit properly..i just jerked his hand away with all my energy..and stood up... shivay came near me trying to make me sit back..but god knows how the energy came in me and i just pushed him making him bump in the wall
"meri nazroon se door ho jaon"i shouted at him but he came near me again
"suna nahin aapne jao yahan se" i once agin shouted but this time with tears streaming down my eyes
"Anika..listen i was"
"listen what!! listen what shivay listen what!! yahi ki jo sab log aapke aur usss..uss lily ke baare mein bolte hai wo sab sach hai!! :'( "
"nahin" shivay said grabbing my shoulder once again but this time I was very high...my hand automatically raised and slapped him... next I remebr was Gauri caught me when I was about to faint while shivay stood shocked!!
****Flashbacck Ends****
I was patting badly..it was another attack I was struggling to get to my bag but was unable to go near when shivay came running from upstairs and started searching the pump in my bag!! He gave the pump to me...
After this thing I was left with no energy to cook smthn so we ordered pizzas...after a good meal of pizza and coke we were all about to stand when mine and shivay's phone beeped at the same second...we both checked it even together!! It read
"the date for hearing of both the cases is shifted for day after tomorrow I was shocked and when I turned to see shivay he was smiling..
He started jumping taking riya in his hands telling her that they won't have to go to court tomorrow...I could even see riya squealing in happiness
But I was...i just picked up the left overs and went to throw them!!
then we all went up...but as I stepped inside the room I could feel thousand negative vibes hitting my face...when I last visited the room I saw shivay on the bed with lily above him...and both under the same sheet...the scene was coming in my mind and I could feel my trust shattering in trillion of particles...few tears rolled down my cheek
I wanted to shout at that moment that I don't want want to sleep here...but riya's little request stopped me!!
Shivay's POV
I could see the discomfort on anika's face while entering this room and later I even noticed those tears ...I knew why!!
"umm... riya lets...lets sleep in some other room
"no no no...i know this is yours and mumma's room so we will sleep here
"look riya
"no no no
"its ok shivay!! anika stopped me...i know all she wanted was riya's happiness but hurting herself more and more was not good...
"but anika
"I said its ok shivay this time her voice was higher and I know it was all because of her frustration on entering this room
I became quiet!!
Jumping on the bed she announced she was feeling sleepy \after anika came out changing in her usual white anarkali and legging!!
All three of us went in the bed riya was in middle of me and anika!!
The lights went off and we pulled the blanket up..
riya took anika's hand and place above her stomach and then she took may hand and placed it on anika's hand...both me and anika were lying silently by facing at riya... riya demanded for a story!!
Anika told her a beautiful story!! It was happy time for all of us...in some time riya slept and my whole attention shifted on anika's face and eyes which were looking beautiful but her eyes had glimpse of tears in them..in no time a tear rolled down her cheek
I tried to interlock our finger just to console her a bit but that was my biggest mistake...she broke and ran in the balcony jerking my hand away!!
I went back of her and saw her crying badly holding the railing...she is a very strong girl...very very strong girl..or should I say the circumstances made her one of the strongest woman in this world but way she was crying told that she was very weak inside...she was actually crying all her emotions out that time...from nowhere it started raining that time...
I came near her and held her shoulder but she just jerked me away...I myself became weak at that moment and tears too started rolling down my cheeks..
I just pulled her and hugged her but she constantly tried to push me away by hitting my chest crying badly with no noise..at last she just gave up and rested her head on my shoulder crying with deep sobs!!
After 5 minutes I separated a bit and held her face in my hands at very moment rain became even more bad...she stopped crying badly...it was just silent tears rolling down her face now.. I with my thumb just rubbed her face and then our eyes got locked we both came nearer to each other with every passing second and then I pressed my lips on her already wet lips... my lips started moving a bit but then gathering all her strength anika pushed me away and sank on the floor and was once again crying badly
I still didn't gave up and pulled her back again to stand...I grabbed her by her waist
"I know how you are feeling anika
noo..no you don't..you don't know how it feels when you enter the room and when you sleep on the bed on which you saw your husband making out with someone else she spoke it in one breathe looking in my eyes...she was true I don't know how she was exactly feeling I can never even know...don't know how or why we both in another next second our lips just met each other and we were kissing passionately...the kiss lasted until anika pulled herself back realising what she was doing she went on the opposite railing with red eyes
"please shivay...jao yahan se
I followed her orders and went away.. I changed and lied back on my place next to riya and closed my eyes
I could hear crying badly in the balcony..after 10 minutes she came inside and went to change...she came out in another 15 minutes and lied next to riya...falling asleep in no more than 5 minutes!!
Next mrning as per riya's wish we decided to visit out college...whie Gauri and om were out with gauri's parents...
we showed riya each and every place of our college..it was a good day but the worst part about this day was anika was not glowing like her usual self...today her eyes were red and face pale...she wore a weak smile whole day for riya... either I was laughing but watching anika like that was eating me up from inside...I was feeling very guilty...this night too we slept the same way and finally the day we had to visit the court came...
first hearing was for our divorce..it was silent one judge had nothing to do with it as she read all our files she gave her decision of divorce with no trial days too...because five years was already a long time to get together...even anika demanded no alimony as she was now the Owner of one of India's leading companies...
after the hearing of our divorce we all went out... riya was very sad she was crying hearing her parents would never come back together in their whole life...even Gauri was mad at everyone that day, anika was silent as she was yesterday she had no emotions on her face and talking about me I was vulnerable..i was guilty..i was feeling like killing myself right at that moment but it was om's support which consoled me some how... Before the hearing of custodies case Gauri took anika aside
"I need to talk to you anika I want to tell you the truth
"I don't care for the truth anymore Gauri...I am hurt enough and I cannot let my daughter live with that person anymore
"fine but atleast listen once
"afterwards Gauri
Anika said going in the court room
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riya was shivering in their while i was sitting emotionlessly...judge asked both me and anika to put forward our views on the custody
Anika was first one to speak
"mam...I don't want my daughter to live shivay..i remebr five years back riya's custody was given to him because he was stable and mentally perfect..while I was not and that we all no was a mere lie..today..i am mor stable than him...and perfect...
I want my daughter back with me...she is my life I can not live without her
"she is my life too and even I cant live without herI shouted and should I say i again did a mistake
"stay calm Mr. Shivaay Singh oberoi judge ordered me
Our hearing was listened for more half hour with many outburst..including riya's too she was literally crying in the court she told judge that she want her parents together the hearing was leading to a no way
The judge at last said that the hearing for this case is adjured for right now!!
we all exited the court room and sat in the car..om was driving the car this time...everyone was really very angry and riya was aslept in gauri's lap as they reached home shivay ran straight in the bar room while anika took riya upstairs and made her lay in the room making her sleep peacefully
she too came in the bar room then and came straight to me
"what do you think of yourself shivay? she was shouting badly at me
"aapko kya lagta hai ki aapke is rone dhone se ya phir in sab tareeko se mai..mai maan jaungi...no no way...
I was drunk a bit that time and I don't really wanted a fight or anything that time so I sat quietly grabbing a bottle of bear
"I am talking to you shivay she shouted once again at me and I ignored her even at that moment!!
"shut up anika its enough I shouted at her throwing my bottle on the floor
Om grabbed me "shivay shant ho jaa
"can you see him gyzzz... inki wajah se I was about to take my life..inki wajh se meri beti 5 saal tak mujhse door rahi and ye mujhpar aise chilla rahe hain anika said with disgust...
Gauri then grabbed anika's hand
"come with me anika she said dragging her out and taking her upstairs
I was dumbstruck that time what did anika say...she said she was about to take her life...
I then realised it was related to the thing about which Gauri and om were talking in the kitchen...
"om...tu aur Gauri kya chupa rahe ho mujhse?
"shivay tu kis baare mein baat kar raha hai
"anika ne apni jaan lene ki koshish...what is this all
"shivay listen tu abhi ruk jaa plzz dhang se baith
My temper was out that time...I wanted to know the thing I just picked up the broken glass from the floor and pointing it at my hand I forced om to tell me
"acha sun...jis din tu riya ko leke waapas Liverpool chala gaya tha..uss raat hame mental hospital se phone aaya tha ki anika is going mad and wo continuously apni jaan lene ki koshish kar rahi hai...I and Gauri went at mental hospital that time and watching us arrive anika hospital ke terrace pe chali gayi thi...hum dono aur kuch doctors ki team bhi hamare sath upar aaye and that anika ws walking on the cliff...she was about to jump of the cliff saying ki kisi ko uski parwah nahin hai aur wo pagal hai toh jeeke kya karegi...but at mean time hamne use riya ki kasam di aur wo neeche aa gayi thi...
With every preceding word of om I was breaking more and more...I was feeling very bad...meri wajh se itna sab...I wanted to puninsh myself that moment!!
"om plzz ja yahan se...plzzz
"shivay mai tujhe akela nahin chod sakta
"bacha nahin ho main om...plzzz jaaa
Om went out of the room and went up to Gauri and anika
As om went out of the room I started throwing everything on the floor
Narration...
Om went up and he saw anika sitting on the bed and Gauri at side of her...they were both quiet
"om we have to tell her everything
Anika hugged her knees and was playing with her hairs...
"anika...it is the time and you should know everything now...you single decision can change everyone's life
"huh!! Aur meri life ka kya wo toh already ek game ban chuki hai she said slowly..
Gauri and om couldn't tolerate anymore of this soo they started telling her whole story
Story...
Shivay and anika have always had a happy life in Liverpool...approx one week before than anika shivay came to mumbai to handle the work of Mumbai academy...everyone in the academy was celebrating the birth of shivay's and anika daughter even the whole town was happy as shivay and anika were no less than celebrities in Mumbai...but their biggest rival academys owner lily who always had loved shivay for his styles and money was very jealous...being a Casanova in college days shivay had once dated lily too butt shivay was destined to be with anika
After a week when anika came to india with their one month old daughter she came to see them and watching the love between them made her very furious and she decided to snatch shivay from anika...
She smartly clicked vulgar pictures of anika which would spoil her reputation in front of whole world... Then she started blackmailing shivay with the pictures and asked him to hang out with her which led to the rumors of them dating eachother
At another day when anika was out in academy and shivay was home with riya she went to their home and mixed some pills in Shivay's drink making him half conscious and injected riya with a poison whose antidote was merely available...that poison would kill riya slowly in a week and it was very less time as the antidote may take 1 month to be prepared so shivay had to agree her all her terms...and the term was he had to leave anika...divorce her and prove she is mentally unfit...
Due to shivay's half consciousness that day lily pulled him in the bed room so that anika could see them both making out together...to her luck she was successful anika saw them and became furious...she met with an accident...
While she was in hospital she mixed a drug in anika's glucose which slowly and gradually disturb her mentally...the outcome was seen and recorded by her when anika was acting furiously at shivay in hospital by pushing him and shouting at him badly...
She then forced shivay to file a divorce case as riya was dieing...shivay forcefully filed a case he was broken and that time no one was ready to support him even...everyone was against him..
In the court next day while the hearing lily showed judge the video she recorded...due to this the custody of riya was given to shivay but the divorce was not given any mercy..shivay and anika were still together but miles apart...next day shivay left for Liverpool with lily and riya while anika was sent to mental hospital where the doctors were treating her...2 days after she tried committingsuicide but was saved by Gauri and om...she was then treated within a week as it was revealed to her that this was just temporary madness...furious at shivay Gauri and om left for Liverpool but anika decided to stay in india as she was not given the permission by court to visit her daughter...
She was completely broken and it took her an year to become perfect and at that stage she was supported by her mother who passed away in few months after that... it was the last time she contacted with on and gauri to tell them about her mom...
Meanwhile in liverpool om and gauri decided not to talk to shivay and shifted to London in order to manage the academy there...lily who lived with shivay and riya in Liverpool was even accidently dead...shivay removed her everything from the house and decorated the house with anika's picture just to tell riya that this was her mother and she was somewhere far away and would surely come back some day...
Anika grew up as a business woman there in india and shivay was now becoming the businesses tycoon... He forgot dancing and gave all responsibility to gauri and om...
After 2 years shivay exposed the whole truth to Gauri and om which made them unite but anika was yet far and she broke every contact with Gauri and om too...
Present...
After knowing the whole truth anika was broken she could not understand why shivay didn't tell her even a single thing..then she realised that she was the one who never heard him and told him to shut up...
Gauri and om were busy in consoling her while down there shivaay was broken thananyone on this earth
Every single glass of the room was broken and he was heavily drunk... He inscribed sorry on his hand in order to feel the pain anika was suffering from...today he could understand how anika was feeling...
He stood up and went to the car...taking the keys he drove up rashly to the mental hospital..he was having the bottle in his hand he went straight to terrace and sat their crying badly...
After some time when anika came down to talk to him she was shocked to see the room...
Everything in there was broken and there was blood on the floor she shouted badly waking up riya too...
All three rushed downstairs ...in an instant when Gauri saw the room she closed riya's eyes
"om shivay kahan gaye hai? anika asked om
"ohh no...kahin wo hospital...
"tum..tumne use sucide wali baat batayai!! Gauri shouted at om
"om pointed at riya and told Gauri to be with her while anika and he will go to the hospital...
Gauri followed his orders and took riya inside...
Om and anika rushed to the hospital taking the car... anika was very tensed and om was driving as fast as he could as they stopped the car anika jumped out and ran up to terrace...she was actually feeling that the stairs were never ending but when she reached up there she saw her worst nightmare... This time shivay was standing on the cliff...she was hell shocked but before she could speak anything shivay spoke
"I am sorry...bahut hurt kar liya tumhe par abb aur nahin...byy
He flipped down from the cliff...
Last word he heard was his name from anika's mouth
"Shivayyy" anika shouted his name and ran forward to the cliff to see him hanging there so that she could give him her hand but no he was not here...he was lying down on the road with blood oozing out from his whole body!!
Om came and grabbed anika before she would do any mad thing...
She left him and rushed downstairs thinking now she would take him to a hospital and he would be correct after few days or months
She went down and tried to pick up shivay but was unable then om came to her and made her far from him
"om chodo unhe hospital leke jana hai
"anika he is no more...
"om chodo mujhe om left her and she started shaking shivay
"utho...utho naa shivay she was saying him but no he wasn't responding
"please utho this time tears started flowing down her cheeks
She hugged him and cried badly
She was vulnerable at that moment!!
She screamed out all her pain that moment but even that was not enough...
In no time police arrived there and seprated anika and om from shivay's body both of them were covered in blood...
Police took shivay for post-mortem and anika sat shattering there...
Om picked her up and they both headed to home...
Gauri opened the door for them and riya too was down there
"kya hua...aur ye tum dono blood
She asked shocked
Anika came inside and went straight in the bar room...
She saw shivay's blood footprints and touched them breaking down there...
"om kya hua hai...
She asked with tears rolling down her face too...
"shivay...shivay ne suicide in no time Gauri hugged him and cried badly...
riya who was shocked and couldn't believe what she heard went staright to her mother stepping on the glass pieces not caring about her pain...
"mumma kya hua hai papa ko
Anika looked at her she was even looking vulnerable
"pa..pa ..papa bhagwan...bhagwan ji ke..ke paas chale gaye" she said trembling...with a shaking voice..riya hugged her breaking down badly..
"Mumma...papa apna promise kaise tod sakte hai" riya asked anika crying really bad
...that was the worst day of their life...
Om called their few realtives in the house and told them about it too the whole family was broken none of them was ok everyone was at the verge of breaking down badly but they didn't wanted to do any such thing in front of riya and anika who were already having a bad time...
In no time the crowd in house increased...the news was now spread world widely and each and every branch of the academy and oberoi companu was in gloom...
Soon shivay's body arrived in the house and riya was first one to hug shivay...she was totally broken the man she loved most in her life was now no more...she was just 5 and loosing her dad at that age was a very very big deal...
Anika locked herself up in a room and avoided to come out that day..she didn't even went at the ending ritual of shivay's body!!
After coming from the ritual riya entered her mother's room... She went straight and hugged anika
"Mumma .. Papa ne apna promise kyun toda...Mumma papa bahut gande hai"
Anika looked at riya and held her face in her arms
"Sshh! Baby papa iss poori duniya ke best insaan hai... And pappa ne apna promise bhi break nahin kiya...wo yaha hai ." she said pointing at riya's heart...
Both mother and daughter couldn't control but broke down hugging each other..
Days passed...everything and everyone slowly became normal but anika was vulnerable...she was worst...her days were ok but the nights were bad...she never entered that room again and shifted to Liverpool handling her company from their itself and even the dance academy by taking shivay's place...
She always kept herself busy in work trying to forget about shivay and even trying her best to make riya do whatever shivay wanted her to do...
riya was anika's soul support and anika was riya's soul support...
Anika once showed her the inner and most beautiful part of their house...and from then the mother and daughter lived in that place itself to be with shivay because they knew shivay was near them always in that place
After 25 years...
riya was now married and anika was a bit older...but looked as beautiful as she looked back then...
At that day riya gave birth to her first child he was a son and she decided to name him shiv just to owner her father!!
That night when anika returned to home she stood in front of the big portrait of shivay and as usual started talking to it telling about her whole day she was happy but that day she was missing shivay more than any other day of her life
It was then a while light appeared and shivay appeared in front of her
"meri zindagi ke saare maksad poore ho chuke hain shivay...please le chalo mujhe apne sath...mai yahan aur nahin reh sakti...is ghar ki chuppi mujhe bahut suffocate karti hai...mai aapke sath jana chahti hoon aabb
Shivay forwarded a hand to anika but she fell on the floor...insted her soul came out and kept the hand in shivay's hand!!
Their souls hugged each other...and they both were finally together...together in the heaven...
Next morning riya got to know about her mother mysterious death but she know it was her dad who took her and they both were together now...for forever and always!! She was happy that they fulfilled her promise of being together always...!!
The end...
A story by Vidhi Bansal***********
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Edited by vidhu1 - 8 years ago
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