Ishita went to her room silently and fell on the bed lifelessly wetting her pillow with her continuous tears. Baba saheb came to her and caressed her hair softly and said-i am sorry, Hume maaf kar dijiye ishita bitiya, yeh sab kuch hamari wajah se hua hai. Naa hum zid karte aapki aur raman ko shaadi ki aur naa yeh sab hota. Humne aapko narak mein phenk diya, Hume maaf kar dijiye bitiya. He said pecking her hair softly. Ishita raised her head slightly and adjusted it on baba saheb's lap and said-aap kyun bura maan rahe hai baba, isme aapki koi galti nahi hai. Aapne joh hamara achcha ji chaha tha, chaha tha ki hamari zindagi mein bhi kisi ka pyaar aaye, par aapko bhool gaye the, ki hamari kismat mein kisi ka pyaar nahi. She said and sobbed hiding herself in her father's arms.
Baba saheb too cried seeing her condition. Being a don he has the power and guts to kill anyone who will hurt his only daughter but being a father he wasnt strong enough to console his daughter. He was sleeping patting ishita and slowly she drifted in sleep.
Baba saheb caressed her cheek softly wiping the tears and said-maa bhavani hamari jaan le lijiye par hamari bachchi ke saath aisa mat kijiye. Yeh bahut masoom hai, iski koi galti nahi hai. Isse mere kite ki saza mat dijiye. Iski takleef ka antt kijiye naa bhavani. He said and went pecking her temple softly.
On the other hand, Raman hugged Ruhi tight and went inside her nursery. Though he was feeling bad that ishita went without taking anything which was lawfully her right but shrugged the feeling thinking, he has offered her money and very soon he will be out of the guilt.
He kept Ruhi on the round pink bed and said-hey rooh, see where my little princess is back, to her room. Dekho baba, this is ur pram, that is ur cupboard, Jisme meri chotu si rooh ke chote chote kapde rakhe hai. Ab papa Ruhi ko nahai nahai karayenge aur phir papa aur rooh khai khai karenge. Aur phir soyi soyi karenge. He said trying to forget about ishita and get engage in Ruhi.
Raman tickled Ruhi and she giggled, seeing her laughing, Raman too smiled. He slowly took out her clothes and took her to the washroom. He arranged water for Ruhi and hold her giving her bath slowly, Ruhi was happily enjoying the bath while Raman remembered ishita giving water to uski plant seeing the flowing water. He was looking at Ruhi while his mind was captured just by Ishita's thoughts. Her innocent face, her melodious voice, her beautiful style of talking, he wasn't able to forget it. He was lost in her thoughts when he heard ruhi's cry. She had enough of bath and now she was yawning to sleep.he picked her in his arms, he wrapped Ruhi in a fluffy towel and all he could remember was her long hair wrapped in the towel. He shrugged her thoughts and put Ruhi on bed. He take out a pink frock for her and start dressing her when he remembered how Ishita's pink duppata came on his face when she was passing by him. He again shrugged her thoughts and went out to ask for ruhi's milk and dinner for her.
The help served palak paneer and kulcha with matar pulav and raita along with ruhi's milk. He fed ruhi her milk and very soon she slept holding her bottle. He smiled seeing her sleeping peacefully ,he softly pecked her temple and all he could remember was the pain in baba saheb's eyes when he was taking ishita back. Yes he don't said much coz ishita stopped him but his eyes were cursing him for giving so much pain to his daughter.
Raman looked at Ruhi and thought-agar koi meri beti ne saath aisa karta, toh main kya karta. Shayad usse maar hi daalta but even after being a don, he didn't said a word. Yes he put gun on me but ishita didn't let him shoot me, aur woh maan bhi gaye. How much he loves his daughter and I gave so much pain to them. He was thinking and was about to eat but stopped thinking, kya ishita ne kuch khaya hoga.
He thought so and got up without having a bite. He took ruhi to his room and make her lay in the bed. He slide next to her and tried to sleep but his mind was full of Ishita's thoughts only.
On the other hand, baba saheb came to wake ishita up to have dinner but she hide her face in the pillow and said-i don't feel like eating anything.
Baba saheb sat next to her and said-i know u r hurt, but aise karne se kaise chalega, yeh Ek din ki baat nahi hai, ab aise ho zindagi bitani hai bitiya, chalo khana kha lo.
Ishita cried hearing this and said-please baba, hume akela chod dijiye, kuch din ke liye, hum thik ho jayenge, sach mein. Bas hume kuch din se dijiye.
Baba saheb -thik hai, hum khana bhejwa rahe hai, kha lena. Hum kuch nahi bolenge.
Ishita nodded and baba saheb went downstairs. After sometime, a help went keeping food for ishita. But she didn't got up to have it. She was just sobbing silently wetting her pillow when she heard, ishita.
She raised her head hearing Raman's voice and look around but Raman was nowhere. She again hide her face in the pillow only to hear again her name. She raised her head only to see him sitting next to her smiling.
Ishita got up from her place and said-hamara dil tod kar has rahen hai.
Raman wiped her tears with his thumb and said-kyun karti ho itni mohabbat mujhse, jab ki main sirf tumhe aansu deta hoon. Ishita closed her eyes feeling his soft touch and said-hum nahi jaante kyun karte par ab bhi aapse bahut mohabbat karte hai hum.
Raman hold her tight and pulled her to himself, he make her sit next to him and tore a chapati. He dipped it in the curry and said-kha lo, tumhe bhookh lagi hogi naa.
Ishita nodded and said-hume bhookh nahi lagi, Aap bas hume itna bataiye ki kyun aapne hume apni zindagi se nikal diya, Humne toh Aap se kuch nahi maanga tha, siva aapke dil mein thodi si jagah ke.aap woh bhi nahi de paaye hume. Kyun nahi pyaar kar paaye aap humne.she said crying while Raman hugged her tight, ishita rested her head on his chest and cried her heart out.
Itni mohabbat karo na
Main doob na jaaun kahin
Waapas kinaare pe aana
Main bhool na jaaun kahin
Dekha jabse hai chehra tera
Main toh hafton se soya nahin
Bol do na zara
Dil mein jo hai chhipa
Main kisi se kahunga nahi
Bol do na zara
Dil mein jo hai chhipa
Main kisi se kahunga nahi
Main kisi se kahunga nahi
On the other hand, Raman was also trying to sleep but sleep was far away from his eyes. He was just sitting and remembering all the moments they spend together, all the time she fight with her father for him and the time she stood by him against Shagun. He dont want to remember them but he wasn't able to forget those days with her.
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