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Part 19
They reached the hospital in some time and got down the car. Today was a different experience all together for Rishabh. He had come here a couple of times before to see Malik uncle but today, he knew who Malik uncle was. Malik was his father's so dear a friend that he had decided Rishabh to get married to his daughter. And moreover the condition that Malik is in is because of the same accident in which he lost his parents. Rishabh was nervous today. He prayed for something to someone but neither he knew what he would pray for nor he knew to whom he prayed.
As they reached the corridoor of the private ward, Srishti ran through the corridoor into her much familiar private ward room. Madhu understood Rishabh's condition when she obsereved his nervous short steps. "You know RK... The first time I came here... I was so nervous. I didnt know why I am here. Couldnt believe that this happened to us. I hadnt seen papa in that bed until then so it was as if I had been misinformed about Papa's coma. After a week long trial and rigorous treatments the doctors had told us that he has gone in coma. I was praying to God that it be wrong. And it need not be him. I didnt believe it would be him. But you know what I understood that day... Its not in your hands. Whatever happens, the best thing that you can do is accept it. Because unless you accept it you wont be able to move on. You wont be able to think what next best thing you can do to save whats in your hands. Worrying about what has happened 6 years back would give us nothing RK... it would only take our time and our energy. Something is definitely planned, why do you think the events that took place yesterday actually happened. Just be confident in what you are doing. And RK... you are not doing anything wrong. Everything has to go right this time."
Rishabh realised that Madhu was right. Being nervous would only make him weak. Running from the reality would only hurt him like he had been hurting himself since last 6 years. He has to be confident and accept the situation he is in, instead of wasting time in blaming others he has to support himself so that je can plan what he has to do next. He smiled at Madhu. At the same time he thanked God that Madhu came in his life. The support the motivation that lacked in his life all these years, he could find it all in her. Just by the tread of his steps she understood whats going on his mind. We maylove each other or not. But I can never loose a friend like her.
They reached the room. Madhu entered first and went to Riya. She hadnt met her after what all events took place the night before. Riya too was unaware of anything. Madhu went and hugged her tightly. Riya couldnt understand her sudden emotions. Just then she saw RK standing at the door. He was staring at the two sisters. Riya gestured RK through her eyes what was wrong. Rishabh assured her gesturing to her that its nothing wrong. Madhu pulled apart fom her embrace and by now she had controled her tears as she didnt want to cry. Rishabh entered the room.
He saw Malik lying in his bed through the glass wall. He went closer to the wall and touched it with his hand. 'I so wish I had known this earlier. I wish I could be here when you all needed me.'
Riya watched this and couldnt understand whats happening. Not that RK came here for the first time. Then why is he behaving as if he saw papa the first time. And di is also getting so emotional over something. Just then she felt a tug on her kurta amd bent down. Srishti was gesturing her to make her eat as she was hungry. "O sorry baby... mumma forgot... just a second dear." She quickly kaid out food for her and sat to make her eat.
Rishabh entered the ward. He saw Malik's face more intently this time. His feet felt heavy. Each step he took towards Malik made him feel closer to his father. He sat on the stool beside his bed. He couldnt understand what he should say. Madhu and Riya saw him sitting like that. Riya looked worriedly confused towards Madhu, she didnt know what was happening. Madhu held her hand assuring her.
Rishabh was blankly staring at Malik. He felt a hand at his shoulder. " hey papa... see, who comes to meet you... Ohhooo... Haan haan he is my friend. But you know... He is your friend's son... So papa... Meet Mr. Rishabh Kundra... Mohan and Radha Kundra's son... " She said with a proud smile. Riya stood behind and was now utterly unable to understand what is happening.
Rishabh looked at Madhu. His eyes were red with emotions although without tears. Madhu looked at him and saw the pain through his eyes. "RK.. dont mind... told you na.. He is a bit lazy. But he is very happy to meet u"
Rishabh smiled through his tears at her. Rishabh turned back to Malik.
"We have met before Malik uncle but my father you see... you both were friends and ammm I dont know what to say... b.." Rishabh stammered as he was not getting proper words and moreover he was nervous.
Madhu felt that Rishabh needs some time alone and went away from their silently taking Riya with her.
Rishabh was now alone with Malik. He felt a tears dropfrom his eye. "I want to hug you Uncle. My father... He had always been a support for me and now without him I feel so bare. All these years I tried to cope up his loss. But I couldnt. You were his friend... You were with him when he died. I wish I could hear you... I wish you could tell me what he wanted from me. What he expected from me. Was he happy or not. Was he happy with me or not. Did he want to give some message to me. Your presence here today makes me feel closer to Dad. Holding your hand right now makes me feel like I am holding his hand. I wish I could have done something, for you, for my parents for everyone. I wish you were sitting healthy and happy. I wish my parents were with us. I am so sorry. Its because of me that you are here. I am so sorry... so sorry that I couldnt save you all, so sorry that he brought you in this condition. He wanted money... He could have asked me annd I would have given everything... I would have sold up myself. But why he did this to you... to us..." Rishabh's voice croaked and he felt a lump in his throat. He just sat there and held Malik's hand. It was as if he was trying to keep something close.
"Rishabh..." came sweet and innocent voice from behind him. He turned around and saw Srishti standing behind him. Srishti came running to him.
She saw his face intently. "What happened?" She asked worriedly.
Rishabh smiled at her and nodded his head in a negative. He felt so blissful on seeing her innocent expression, untouched by the worldly vices.
Srishti wiped his tear. "Why are you crying Rishu...?"
Rishabh was taken aback by this. Rishu was what his mother used to call him. The other times that he heard that was whenever Balraj wanted to stab him with his words.
He pulled Srishti in and hugged her. Srishti was confused and worried for her best friend. He hugged her for a while. Srishti fidegted to get free and he left her. She looked at him and saw tear stung eyes.
"You know Rishu, when mumma cries with Malik, how I make her laugh.?"
Rishabh nodded his head side to side. Srishti went close to him and gave him a big kiss with sound. Rishabh smiled at her. "wow Srishtu... you know magic..." Rishabh said to her widening his eyes which were still filled with tears.
"Yeah... I know that... Maasi says I am their angel" she said proudly.
"You are my angel too..." Rishabh said to her.
"Really Rishu?" Srishti said cupping her cheeks.
"Really angel" Rishabh said as he pinched her nose.
"wont you kiss Malik... he would feel jealous..."
Srishti's eyes widened as she realises that Rishabh was correct. She turned to Malik and gave him a kiss too. "Malik, you should not sleep so much. Mumma gets angry when I sleep late." She tells him stubbornly and turned around to Rishabh again. Rishabh smiled at her innocence.
Riya was still confused as Madhu was busy in her own thoughts and Rishabh was very much into the a pool of emotions. She turned her face from Rishabh and Srishti towards Madhu, who was smiling as she saw her RK laugh with Srishti.
"Di... you really need to tell me whats going on in this place?" Riya said now wiyh a warning look as it was impossible to control her curiosities anymore.
"Chhotu... I dont know how to tell you... "
"Please no more suspense here... already there has been a lot of 'Build Up' going in here for that"
Madhu sighed as she realised that she would have to tell her now... " Chhotu... papa... actually you remember his accident?"
Riya looked at her with opened mouth with a clear expression of how stupid her question was. "Di... Do you think I need to remember it... Its the biggest damn reality of our life... why we are living in this God forsaken place like our second home?"
Madhu nodded her head as she realised how stupid her question was." Well Chhotu... Mumma-papa's accident was actually not an accident... they were yried to be killed"
Riya looked at her sister in shock... "Di..." she said as if trying to confirm what she heard.
"Yes Chhotu... It was not an accident... It was a planned murder " Madhu said disgusted and angry now.
"But Di... who would do that... and why... are you sure" Riya asked all the questions that cropped up her mind at the same time.
"Balraj... He did that... " Rishabh said from behind furiously as he clenched his fist, he had left Srishti to talk to Malik when he had felt that Madhu might feel it difficult to tell everything to Riya.
"Balraj... who the hell is he..." Riya said as she was now getting enraged and tears were threatening her eyes.
" Ammm... My... My Uncle... Balraj Kundra" Rishabh found the courage from somewhere deep as he felt guilty that his uncle was responsible for their plight.
"Huh.. Why would he do that?" Riya asked confused.
" well... to cut the long story short... your father and my father were friends.. and they had decided to get me and Madhu married. while my father had this will that untill my marriage his share of property and business would belong to Balraj, he decided to have all that to himself as he didnt want to part with that share too. So he planned to kill all of them like.. your parents as well as my parents..."
Riya looked at him shocked while Rishabh's throat now choked as he realised that however much he tried to get the whole story out of him without feeling all teary because of that, but he failed actually at the last part.
Madhu decided to help... " He wanted to have the property and thought as Papa and Mohan uncle are very good friends, him being alive might threaten his plans so... They had decided to meet up at a place... and he did all this. Unfortunately... amm.. Mohan uncle and Radha Aunty died in the very same accident in which mumma papa reached this situation..."
Riya looked at them with tear filled eyes though she had a volcano erupting inside of her.
Rishabh looked at Riya's situation. He came forward and sat beside her. Looking at his feet he decided to speak up. "Riya... I am sorry... " Riya looked at him confused.
" All this... that has happened to Malik uncle... Its all because of me... my family... It had nothing to do with you all. I wish I could have done something... I wish I could turn back time... I would never have come in your lives..."
Riya looked at him as tears started flowing through her eyes... She just looked down to where RK was looking and kept quite. Rishabbh thought that Riya too felt the same way, and closed his eyes in pain, as he knew it was the truth. Madhu felt helpless not knowing what to say or do.
"You know RK..." Riya spoke in between her silent sniffs, Rishabh still looked down at his feet as he thought it would be easier to take the painful words of Riya not lookig at her hurt face. He had never wanted to be the cause of their pain. "Di had always been right... You are... You are one big dumb jerk..."
Madhu broke into a giggle through the tears in her eyes. Rishabh looked up at her baffled.
"Come on... Dont be all that filmy to say those dialogues and dont even dare to act that stupid to think such things..." Riya said looking at her in a dangerously serious tone.
Rishabh smiled at her, though it was difficult for Riya to smile or giggle like Madhu and RK as the news was a shocker for her and she obviously hadnt accepted the turn of events so soon. She looked back to where she and RK had been looking for quite a while now. Madhu came to sit on her other side and hugged her from side. Riya hugged her back and the two sisters cried silently. When they queited down Rishabh said to them.. " Thank you both of you for not holding me responsible for it, though I know its the truth..."
Riya hit him with her elbow. "SHUT UP RK... You have been going through a greater loss. Though papa is not able to talk to us... but at least he is here... we have him... and mumma... she is there for us... But you... " Riya stopped in between not knowing how to say the next words.
Rishabh looked down. "And by the way... where is that man... Is he still alive..?" Riya sad getting angry as she remembered about Balraj suddenly.
" He is... but dont worry... i am not going to let him be in that state anymore... He will be going down his knees for what he did to us..." Rishabh said determined.
Riya nodded her head. She decided to go to Srishti and Malik as she felt like sitting with her father for sometime.
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Rishabh had been sitting silently in the room as he saw the sisters sitting together with Malik. They seemed to be in a sort of conversation with Malik and smiled and lauged in between. Srishti was sleeping beside him on the bed. He had tried to go back to office but Riya and Madhu had stubbornly made him stay. Rishabh smiled seeing Madhu make an animated face about sonething, and then both the sisters burst out laughing. Madhu's presence in his life had made him live his life again. He had started to enjoy life. He had started to have peaceful sleeps and wait for the morning. He felt as if he got a reason to be here. Her happiness was what he wanted and her presence around himself was what he cherished. He remembered Madhu kissing his forehead and how he had got goosebumps. But at the same time he had felt such a contentment that he had not felt in years. It felt as if nothing existed around him except for her.
He remembered Madhu confessing her feelings with her eyes closed. She had looked so pure and naive. He had wanted to take her away from this cruel world. He could no longer imagine his life without that innocent face of her's. Her beauty was his drug that could get him out of anything. Her wet towelled image came to his mind. No... he can no longer live without her. He would be with her. He wanted her.. But... what about that I had decided. I had wanted to stay away from her.
" Rishabh..." He looked up to find Madhu standing in front of him. Again his world stopped at her voice and her beautiful face. Yet again all the turbulence going on in his heart came to a stop and he felt so light. So light that he has not felt in years. Madhubala was his peace, his angel.
" Rishabh..." She called again as she didn't get any respeonse.
"Yes Madhu... " He had to get her. He wont let her go... No... He cant let her away from him. If his conditions will hurt her then he will work for it. He will make her happy at costs, but he would be with him.
" Are you okay...? " She asked concerned
"yes Madhu... I am fine... In fact I am good... Thank you... " Rishabh had decided to be with her.
"Oh my god.. Another Thank you... Where am I going to keep all this collection. "
Rishabh smiled at her as she said as if its a real problem for her.
"Madhu... I want to end this... I want to end this agony... I cant take it anymore... Sonetimes I feel I am also tired of it now... tired of being like this.. tired of having to feel this loneliness... I want to move on Madhu... I want to really move on... "
Madhu looked at him stunned. She had not thought Rishabh wanted to come out of it. He felt so engrossed in the pain that it seemed a part of him almost. She went and sat beside him.
"Thats great RK... you must... move on... "
"But Madhu for that I will really have to set everything straight... I cant take all this anymore and neither can I take that man moving about freely who took our happinesses... who took the last 6 years of our lives... He will be paying for what he did to you... to Malik uncle and Padmini aunty... to mom dad... to us... " he said as he remembered that if Balraj didnt enter in this affair then they might have been married years before.
" I cant wait any longer to make him repay his game..." He said determined as he thought of the next move.
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They reached the hospital in some time and got down the car. Today was a different experience all together for Rishabh. He had come here a couple of times before to see Malik uncle but today, he knew who Malik uncle was. Malik was his father's so dear a friend that he had decided Rishabh to get married to his daughter. And moreover the condition that Malik is in is because of the same accident in which he lost his parents. Rishabh was nervous today. He prayed for something to someone but neither he knew what he would pray for nor he knew to whom he prayed.
As they reached the corridoor of the private ward, Srishti ran through the corridoor into her much familiar private ward room. Madhu understood Rishabh's condition when she obsereved his nervous short steps. "You know RK... The first time I came here... I was so nervous. I didnt know why I am here. Couldnt believe that this happened to us. I hadnt seen papa in that bed until then so it was as if I had been misinformed about Papa's coma. After a week long trial and rigorous treatments the doctors had told us that he has gone in coma. I was praying to God that it be wrong. And it need not be him. I didnt believe it would be him. But you know what I understood that day... Its not in your hands. Whatever happens, the best thing that you can do is accept it. Because unless you accept it you wont be able to move on. You wont be able to think what next best thing you can do to save whats in your hands. Worrying about what has happened 6 years back would give us nothing RK... it would only take our time and our energy. Something is definitely planned, why do you think the events that took place yesterday actually happened. Just be confident in what you are doing. And RK... you are not doing anything wrong. Everything has to go right this time."
Rishabh realised that Madhu was right. Being nervous would only make him weak. Running from the reality would only hurt him like he had been hurting himself since last 6 years. He has to be confident and accept the situation he is in, instead of wasting time in blaming others he has to support himself so that je can plan what he has to do next. He smiled at Madhu. At the same time he thanked God that Madhu came in his life. The support the motivation that lacked in his life all these years, he could find it all in her. Just by the tread of his steps she understood whats going on his mind. We maylove each other or not. But I can never loose a friend like her.
They reached the room. Madhu entered first and went to Riya. She hadnt met her after what all events took place the night before. Riya too was unaware of anything. Madhu went and hugged her tightly. Riya couldnt understand her sudden emotions. Just then she saw RK standing at the door. He was staring at the two sisters. Riya gestured RK through her eyes what was wrong. Rishabh assured her gesturing to her that its nothing wrong. Madhu pulled apart fom her embrace and by now she had controled her tears as she didnt want to cry. Rishabh entered the room.
He saw Malik lying in his bed through the glass wall. He went closer to the wall and touched it with his hand. 'I so wish I had known this earlier. I wish I could be here when you all needed me.'
Riya watched this and couldnt understand whats happening. Not that RK came here for the first time. Then why is he behaving as if he saw papa the first time. And di is also getting so emotional over something. Just then she felt a tug on her kurta amd bent down. Srishti was gesturing her to make her eat as she was hungry. "O sorry baby... mumma forgot... just a second dear." She quickly kaid out food for her and sat to make her eat.
Rishabh entered the ward. He saw Malik's face more intently this time. His feet felt heavy. Each step he took towards Malik made him feel closer to his father. He sat on the stool beside his bed. He couldnt understand what he should say. Madhu and Riya saw him sitting like that. Riya looked worriedly confused towards Madhu, she didnt know what was happening. Madhu held her hand assuring her.
Rishabh was blankly staring at Malik. He felt a hand at his shoulder. " hey papa... see, who comes to meet you... Ohhooo... Haan haan he is my friend. But you know... He is your friend's son... So papa... Meet Mr. Rishabh Kundra... Mohan and Radha Kundra's son... " She said with a proud smile. Riya stood behind and was now utterly unable to understand what is happening.
Rishabh looked at Madhu. His eyes were red with emotions although without tears. Madhu looked at him and saw the pain through his eyes. "RK.. dont mind... told you na.. He is a bit lazy. But he is very happy to meet u"
Rishabh smiled through his tears at her. Rishabh turned back to Malik.
"We have met before Malik uncle but my father you see... you both were friends and ammm I dont know what to say... b.." Rishabh stammered as he was not getting proper words and moreover he was nervous.
Madhu felt that Rishabh needs some time alone and went away from their silently taking Riya with her.
Rishabh was now alone with Malik. He felt a tears dropfrom his eye. "I want to hug you Uncle. My father... He had always been a support for me and now without him I feel so bare. All these years I tried to cope up his loss. But I couldnt. You were his friend... You were with him when he died. I wish I could hear you... I wish you could tell me what he wanted from me. What he expected from me. Was he happy or not. Was he happy with me or not. Did he want to give some message to me. Your presence here today makes me feel closer to Dad. Holding your hand right now makes me feel like I am holding his hand. I wish I could have done something, for you, for my parents for everyone. I wish you were sitting healthy and happy. I wish my parents were with us. I am so sorry. Its because of me that you are here. I am so sorry... so sorry that I couldnt save you all, so sorry that he brought you in this condition. He wanted money... He could have asked me annd I would have given everything... I would have sold up myself. But why he did this to you... to us..." Rishabh's voice croaked and he felt a lump in his throat. He just sat there and held Malik's hand. It was as if he was trying to keep something close.
"Rishabh..." came sweet and innocent voice from behind him. He turned around and saw Srishti standing behind him. Srishti came running to him.
She saw his face intently. "What happened?" She asked worriedly.
Rishabh smiled at her and nodded his head in a negative. He felt so blissful on seeing her innocent expression, untouched by the worldly vices.
Srishti wiped his tear. "Why are you crying Rishu...?"
Rishabh was taken aback by this. Rishu was what his mother used to call him. The other times that he heard that was whenever Balraj wanted to stab him with his words.
He pulled Srishti in and hugged her. Srishti was confused and worried for her best friend. He hugged her for a while. Srishti fidegted to get free and he left her. She looked at him and saw tear stung eyes.
"You know Rishu, when mumma cries with Malik, how I make her laugh.?"
Rishabh nodded his head side to side. Srishti went close to him and gave him a big kiss with sound. Rishabh smiled at her. "wow Srishtu... you know magic..." Rishabh said to her widening his eyes which were still filled with tears.
"Yeah... I know that... Maasi says I am their angel" she said proudly.
"You are my angel too..." Rishabh said to her.
"Really Rishu?" Srishti said cupping her cheeks.
"Really angel" Rishabh said as he pinched her nose.
"wont you kiss Malik... he would feel jealous..."
Srishti's eyes widened as she realises that Rishabh was correct. She turned to Malik and gave him a kiss too. "Malik, you should not sleep so much. Mumma gets angry when I sleep late." She tells him stubbornly and turned around to Rishabh again. Rishabh smiled at her innocence.
Riya was still confused as Madhu was busy in her own thoughts and Rishabh was very much into the a pool of emotions. She turned her face from Rishabh and Srishti towards Madhu, who was smiling as she saw her RK laugh with Srishti.
"Di... you really need to tell me whats going on in this place?" Riya said now wiyh a warning look as it was impossible to control her curiosities anymore.
"Chhotu... I dont know how to tell you... "
"Please no more suspense here... already there has been a lot of 'Build Up' going in here for that"
Madhu sighed as she realised that she would have to tell her now... " Chhotu... papa... actually you remember his accident?"
Riya looked at her with opened mouth with a clear expression of how stupid her question was. "Di... Do you think I need to remember it... Its the biggest damn reality of our life... why we are living in this God forsaken place like our second home?"
Madhu nodded her head as she realised how stupid her question was." Well Chhotu... Mumma-papa's accident was actually not an accident... they were yried to be killed"
Riya looked at her sister in shock... "Di..." she said as if trying to confirm what she heard.
"Yes Chhotu... It was not an accident... It was a planned murder " Madhu said disgusted and angry now.
"But Di... who would do that... and why... are you sure" Riya asked all the questions that cropped up her mind at the same time.
"Balraj... He did that... " Rishabh said from behind furiously as he clenched his fist, he had left Srishti to talk to Malik when he had felt that Madhu might feel it difficult to tell everything to Riya.
"Balraj... who the hell is he..." Riya said as she was now getting enraged and tears were threatening her eyes.
" Ammm... My... My Uncle... Balraj Kundra" Rishabh found the courage from somewhere deep as he felt guilty that his uncle was responsible for their plight.
"Huh.. Why would he do that?" Riya asked confused.
" well... to cut the long story short... your father and my father were friends.. and they had decided to get me and Madhu married. while my father had this will that untill my marriage his share of property and business would belong to Balraj, he decided to have all that to himself as he didnt want to part with that share too. So he planned to kill all of them like.. your parents as well as my parents..."
Riya looked at him shocked while Rishabh's throat now choked as he realised that however much he tried to get the whole story out of him without feeling all teary because of that, but he failed actually at the last part.
Madhu decided to help... " He wanted to have the property and thought as Papa and Mohan uncle are very good friends, him being alive might threaten his plans so... They had decided to meet up at a place... and he did all this. Unfortunately... amm.. Mohan uncle and Radha Aunty died in the very same accident in which mumma papa reached this situation..."
Riya looked at them with tear filled eyes though she had a volcano erupting inside of her.
Rishabh looked at Riya's situation. He came forward and sat beside her. Looking at his feet he decided to speak up. "Riya... I am sorry... " Riya looked at him confused.
" All this... that has happened to Malik uncle... Its all because of me... my family... It had nothing to do with you all. I wish I could have done something... I wish I could turn back time... I would never have come in your lives..."
Riya looked at him as tears started flowing through her eyes... She just looked down to where RK was looking and kept quite. Rishabbh thought that Riya too felt the same way, and closed his eyes in pain, as he knew it was the truth. Madhu felt helpless not knowing what to say or do.
"You know RK..." Riya spoke in between her silent sniffs, Rishabh still looked down at his feet as he thought it would be easier to take the painful words of Riya not lookig at her hurt face. He had never wanted to be the cause of their pain. "Di had always been right... You are... You are one big dumb jerk..."
Madhu broke into a giggle through the tears in her eyes. Rishabh looked up at her baffled.
"Come on... Dont be all that filmy to say those dialogues and dont even dare to act that stupid to think such things..." Riya said looking at her in a dangerously serious tone.
Rishabh smiled at her, though it was difficult for Riya to smile or giggle like Madhu and RK as the news was a shocker for her and she obviously hadnt accepted the turn of events so soon. She looked back to where she and RK had been looking for quite a while now. Madhu came to sit on her other side and hugged her from side. Riya hugged her back and the two sisters cried silently. When they queited down Rishabh said to them.. " Thank you both of you for not holding me responsible for it, though I know its the truth..."
Riya hit him with her elbow. "SHUT UP RK... You have been going through a greater loss. Though papa is not able to talk to us... but at least he is here... we have him... and mumma... she is there for us... But you... " Riya stopped in between not knowing how to say the next words.
Rishabh looked down. "And by the way... where is that man... Is he still alive..?" Riya sad getting angry as she remembered about Balraj suddenly.
" He is... but dont worry... i am not going to let him be in that state anymore... He will be going down his knees for what he did to us..." Rishabh said determined.
Riya nodded her head. She decided to go to Srishti and Malik as she felt like sitting with her father for sometime.
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Rishabh had been sitting silently in the room as he saw the sisters sitting together with Malik. They seemed to be in a sort of conversation with Malik and smiled and lauged in between. Srishti was sleeping beside him on the bed. He had tried to go back to office but Riya and Madhu had stubbornly made him stay. Rishabh smiled seeing Madhu make an animated face about sonething, and then both the sisters burst out laughing. Madhu's presence in his life had made him live his life again. He had started to enjoy life. He had started to have peaceful sleeps and wait for the morning. He felt as if he got a reason to be here. Her happiness was what he wanted and her presence around himself was what he cherished. He remembered Madhu kissing his forehead and how he had got goosebumps. But at the same time he had felt such a contentment that he had not felt in years. It felt as if nothing existed around him except for her.
He remembered Madhu confessing her feelings with her eyes closed. She had looked so pure and naive. He had wanted to take her away from this cruel world. He could no longer imagine his life without that innocent face of her's. Her beauty was his drug that could get him out of anything. Her wet towelled image came to his mind. No... he can no longer live without her. He would be with her. He wanted her.. But... what about that I had decided. I had wanted to stay away from her.
" Rishabh..." He looked up to find Madhu standing in front of him. Again his world stopped at her voice and her beautiful face. Yet again all the turbulence going on in his heart came to a stop and he felt so light. So light that he has not felt in years. Madhubala was his peace, his angel.
" Rishabh..." She called again as she didn't get any respeonse.
"Yes Madhu... " He had to get her. He wont let her go... No... He cant let her away from him. If his conditions will hurt her then he will work for it. He will make her happy at costs, but he would be with him.
" Are you okay...? " She asked concerned
"yes Madhu... I am fine... In fact I am good... Thank you... " Rishabh had decided to be with her.
"Oh my god.. Another Thank you... Where am I going to keep all this collection. "
Rishabh smiled at her as she said as if its a real problem for her.
"Madhu... I want to end this... I want to end this agony... I cant take it anymore... Sonetimes I feel I am also tired of it now... tired of being like this.. tired of having to feel this loneliness... I want to move on Madhu... I want to really move on... "
Madhu looked at him stunned. She had not thought Rishabh wanted to come out of it. He felt so engrossed in the pain that it seemed a part of him almost. She went and sat beside him.
"Thats great RK... you must... move on... "
"But Madhu for that I will really have to set everything straight... I cant take all this anymore and neither can I take that man moving about freely who took our happinesses... who took the last 6 years of our lives... He will be paying for what he did to you... to Malik uncle and Padmini aunty... to mom dad... to us... " he said as he remembered that if Balraj didnt enter in this affair then they might have been married years before.
" I cant wait any longer to make him repay his game..." He said determined as he thought of the next move.
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I love you all so mich for loving this story like this... I really didnt expect it... Thank you all so muchh... 😃 😃
Bindi
Udne Ki Aasha
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
