Epilogue
"And Then they live happily ever after." She speak caressing the head of 4 years old girl as she closed the story book.
"Mumma, I want to listen another story please please please." The girl request in her baby voice while making puppy face to make her mother accept her request.
Her mother sighed, shaking her head and said loud enough to make whole room listen "Like father like daughter. Always made puppy face to make me accept their request. Huh. Blackmailers."
"Arre!! When did I blackmailed you? Jaan, Why are you tarnishing my reputation infront of my childrens, haan?" Said the Man sitting on recliner while typing something on his laptop.
"Oh! Tarnishing. Really? Your daughter is just copying your act, Mr Rawte, to make me do what she want. You are spoiling her." Lady replied angrily.
"Riyu tum...?" Arjun tried to protest but got cut by his daughter.
"Haww! Daddaa! You are spoyilingg me. Look mumma got angry on me too." The girl said while her eyes got misted.
"Pari, baby, it's not like that. Ok. Come, tell me which story you want to listen, Hmm?" Riya said before pecking her daughter's forehead and wiping her tears.
Arjun rushed towards Pari and picked her up while kissing her whole face, worriedly. He said in between his kisses "Sorry baby, mumma and daddaa aren't fighting, we were joking. Look."
Riya smiled, seeing a worried Arjun, who can fight with anyone but can't see a tear in the eyes of the two girls, around whom his life revolves. She put her hand on his shoulder while other hand on her baby's back and said lovingly in soft tone. "Love, relax. Its ok. She is fine."
Arjun looked at Riya and nod his head before looking at his daughter again. Pari look at her mumma and said "Mumma, I want to listen my favorite story."
Riya and Arjun look at each other and smiled widely. Arjun sit down on bed while making Pari lay on his chest. Gesturing Riya to lay on bed beside him, properly and said softly "Pari, baby, come I'll tell you, your favorite story today, not Mumma."
Pari look at Arjun and asked innocently "Par kyu daddaa? (But Why, Dad?) I love it when Mumma tells the story."
Riya caressed Pari's head affectionately after making herself comfortable on bed.
"Baby, You know Mumma is going to bring your Chotu (little) brother or sister na? So she become tried as chotu baby is very naughty na. So now dadda will tell you the story while you and Mumma listen, okay?" Arjun explained softly. Riya smiled on this while Pari nod her head before putting her head back on his chest.
Arjun start telling the story while his mind drifted back to the time.
"So there was a beautiful sweet girl who isn't less than an angel, and a boy who was always upset, sitting alone, his two friends tried to talk to him and make him happy but he wouldn't smile at them instead get angry on them to do these things. Then..."
As he turn to look at the two beautiful girls of his life. He saw both of them slept in the mid of the story, he smiled and tried to get up but stopped as he felt some hold on his left arm. He turned and saw Riya's one hand is holding his arm while her other hand is half kept on her abdomen and half on Pari's head, his smile widen. Arjun kissed her forehead then Pari's hair and Riya's abdomen while caressing her there. He stood up from bed, carefull enough, to not wake up his precious girls.
He stood near window while looking out from it, he drifted to the time when he was worried about his both girls. Four years ago, he didn't thought that the day would ever come in his life, where he could see his love and his daughter, together, infront of him, happy and satisfied. When he got rid of his aim of revenge, Laksh and thought to live his life happily with his love and their symbol of love. He still shuddered when the memories of that night came to him.
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Riya open her eyes, groaning, by her mother's splashing water and whispered "Arjun." On feeling his presence. While hearing her whisper Arjun rush beside her and said caressing her head "Riyu. I'm here look. Dekho mai aagya. (Look I'm back) Riyu, love I came back to be with you for forever. Promise. Hmm.?" Riya smiled widely showing her dimple and said weakly "Thankyou for coming soon. It was becoming unbearable. Our distance. Thanks love." He kissed her forehead and said happily "Now I'm here to be gathered by you. To gather you together again. For forever."
Riya smiled weakly but started feeling dizzy. She felt pain in her abdomen and gasped.
Arjun look at her worriedly and said "What happened Riyu? Are you ok? Is there any pain?" To this Riya nod her head slightly with a painful whisper "Arjun!" while her vision get blur with tears in her eyes.
Arjun eyes widen in panic and he dialed Doctor while looking Riya's mom asked in a bare whisper "Oh my God! Aunty, hume kya karna chahiye? Riya is in pain." ( Aunty what should we do?)
Mrs Mukherjee called Riya's Father while Riya started yelling in pain "Ahhh!"
Arjun held her hand to support her and caress the back of her hand with his thumb and fingers in soothing circles while dialing Dr. Kulsum's number with his other hand.
As soon Kulsum received the call, he said in panicked voice "Doctor, she.. she is feeling pain, extreme pain. What should we do? Can you please reach here fast. She is in so much pain. Please come fast."
Kulsum sighed and replied calmly "Listen carefully Mr. Rawte, I will be there in few minutes till then try to keep her calm and made her somehow relax or divert her mind with something so she forget about the pain for sometime and yeah we have to admit her in hospital. So please contact any best hospital because the one I worked in, isn't good that much and also lacked in some facilities. Riya is my best friend so I want best for her. Please you do these I will be there soon. And please, first you yourself calm down as seeing you hyper and tense wouldn't help Riya much or even cause her more stress. So please. Hmm?"
Noting down everything in his mind, Arjun nod after taking a deep breath and said little calmly "Okay Doctor."
He turn towards Riya, bend down at her level and kissed her forehead with lots of love, care and affection, he whispered in her ears calmly "Take a deep breath, Riyu, and relax. I'm here only Jaan nothing will happen to you or our baby. I'll make sure of that so just trust me. Hmmm?"
Feeling his lips on her forehead had already divert her mind somewhat but his words to trust him caused her to lost herself deep inside his eyes which is showing his true love, care for her. She forgot her pain as she started to relish his presence which she was longing to feel in last seven months which seems like hundred years to her.
On the other hand, Arjun was relax to see her diverted from her pain and dialed his PA come manager, Rehan and ordered him for booking in best hospital with best gynaecologist but his eyes were still locked with his love, his life, his Riya.
"Hello?" Confused Rehan speak in sleepy voice.
"Rehan, it's Arjun here. I want you to book a room with every facilities in the best hospital and a best gynaecologist should be waiting there. And yeah send me, my SUV here at Mr Mukherjee's place. I want everything be ready in next 30 minutes, got it!??" Ordering so Arjun cut the call without listening anything from other side.
Shock would be an understatement for Rehan. As he got a call from Arjun at 11:30 in night with an unknown landline number which he later found out to be registered on Mukherjee's name. But still keeping his shock aside, he did whatever his boss ordered him for, and with the hospital's name he understood that something serious has happened and he knew his boss hate delay in any work he ordered to do, especially when it comes to his family. So before due time Rehan did everything while he himself drove Arjun's SUV from the garage of Rawte Mansion to Riya's maiden house.
Dr. Kulsum took a deep breath, entered inside the house and saw the thing she had already expected. There in the hall outside of Riya's room, Mr Mukherjee was pacing with worriness etched on his face. But soon Mr Mukherjee stop on seeing her there and said in concerned voice while gesturing towards Riya's room "Kulsum bitiya, go inside and look, she is in very much pain aur wo Arjun tou aisa lag rha hai ki ( and that Arjun looks like that) he will passed out in any minute."
Kulsum smiled inwardly knowing Mr Mukherjee and his concern very well, she knows the truth about him that maybe even Riya and her mother don't know. 'I know you and your concern about Arjun and Riya very well, uncle. I know when you claimed to hate Arjun and disowned your own beloved daughter, you did that to protect your daughter and her love from society and it's abuse like remarks. You disowned your own daughter as you trusted your daughter and her choice of love, only for her better life because you knew this society's inside out. You never hate Arjun instead you felt proud of your daughter for her stand for her love.'
Thinking so Kulsum entered the room and couldn't help but chuckled on the scene infront of her. There is a very much worried and highly panicked Arjun beside Riya, exactly looking like he is going to faint any momemt. While Riya is comforting him, forgetting her own pain and her mother is holding her head with one hand while caressing Riya's head and arm soothingly with her other hand.
On hearing her chuckle, everyone's attention turned in her direction and soon questionaire of Arjun started but Kulsum cut him in mid saying "Relax Mr Rawte. And Ri you tell me, what happened exactly?"
Riya told everything in barely audible voice with painful gasp in between. Though knowing the situation is very serious but Kulsum said calmly after taking deep breath "Mr Rawte did you do the things I had asked you to do?" She thought 'Its a useless question seeing Arjun's condition, I knew we had to do...'
But her thought interrupted by Arjun's calm and composed voice "Yes, Doctor. I had arranged everything you asked."
Soon they heard a door bell and Arjun continued knowing very well who is on door "Should we take her hospital now?"
Shocked Kulsum on hearing this all unable to say anything, just nod her head as she didn't thought that Arjun would do anything other than panicking. Soon they reached hospital and there Kulsum and the India's Renowned Gynaecologist, Dr. Sheena Mittal checked Riya then explained Mr Mukherjee and Arjun about the seriousness of the situation that because of the sudden slip, Riya's abdomen stretched which in turn hurt her internally and baby because of the sudden movement start to search for release from this suffocation, so in short they have to made Riya deliver the baby now anyhow because the delay can cause danger to her life.
"But Mr. Rawte, if we made her deliver the baby now we can not say that it is save for the baby. As it's seven week early birth and pre-matured delivery isn't always successful. So if you want to save your wife then be prepared it is very dangerous for the baby, I just wanted to warn you for the worst. Still there is 40% chance that baby will be fine. Rest the decision will be yours." Dr. Sheena warned him before leaving both men to decide, alone.
At this revelation, Mr. Mukherjee was stunned as well as worried for his daughter and her baby but he controlled his cries and turn to look at the person who was going to become a father and his love, his wife and baby is in grave danger. There, beside Mr. Mukherjee, sat a very devastated looking husband and to be father numbed on his place while his eyes is filled with unshed tears. Mr. Mukherjee don't know what to suggest him to do or say to console his Son in law, thinking, how he (Mr. Mukherjee) can ask him to save Riya where Arjun had to lost his child, neither can he ask to save the baby as he can't even think of loosing Riya.
Experienced man of age 58, Shubham Mukherjee gulped down his fears and placed a hand on Arjun's shoulder to support him, understanding his pain. Tear filled eyes of Arjun turned towards him in trance which made a father in Mr. Mukherjee shuddered on seeing the eyes filled with dread and fear of loosing his life. But composing himself, Mr. Mukherjee said "You have to take decision soon, Arjun. I'm with you in whatever you decide and have faith in God."
Listening this, Arjun started crying badly on the shoulder of the person who is his father figure after his Dad, Shubham too hugged him tightly to give his support. Then and there, Arjun found his Baba after his Dad while Mr. Mukherjee got a Son in his son in law, which he never had.
Soon Arjun signed the paper declaring that he can breath in the grief of his beloved baby's loss but he can't stay alive without his Riya, who is his breathe, his heartbeat, his life, she is his everything. So he asked to save his Riya. Though he knew that Riya would die every day when she got to know about their baby, but he will make her come back to him anyhow.
Soon enough, delivery happened and Doctors were able to bring out the baby, alive, but they don't know if the baby will be able to survive or not. After baby was delivered, they put the baby on incubator as its pre-matured birth. While on the other hand, unconscious Riya was treated and after few hours which seems like eternity, Doctor Sheena along with partially relief Kulsum came out and declared that Riya is out of danger but do not told her anything which caused her any kind of stress which isn't good for her health.
Arjun hugged Mr. Mukherjee in his happiness while his heart and eyes are partially crying in fear and anguish for their baby, who is still in danger as well as worried how Riya will take this news. Mr. Mukherjee too hugged him tightly supporting the father, knowing Arjun's inner thoughts very well.
Soon Riya got concious and called Arjun, as she did not feel her baby in her womb anymore which is making her restless. But chidding her thoughts as she know Arjun had promised her that nothing will happen to their baby, which means Arjun wouldn't let anything harm their baby at any cost.
After composing himself, Arjun with bated breathe and sweatbead on his forehead entered inside her room, and reach beside her bed. With a fake smile and hoarse voice, he asked holding her hand carefully "Riyu, Jaan, how are you feeling? Is there any pain?"
Riya smiled and shook her head in 'No', before tightening her fingers in his hand assuringly. She asked in weak but happy voice "Love, how is baby?"
And her three words brought an ache in Arjun's heart as well as worry lines formed on his forehead while his eyes filled with tears of anguish and his breathe stuck in his throat. Riya got worried on seeing his state, she conclude something happened to their baby or worst they lost their baby. She went numb, her eyes shed tears, her hold on Arjun's hand got loose which bring him out of his trance. 'NOO.!!!' Horrified Arjun thought on seeing her numb.
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