Chapter : 03
4 years later, Capetown
A girl in her late 20’s was trying to bend the hand of the child in front of her. “Relax, just relax. Slowly bring down your hand. Just like this. Very good. That’s a really nice progress you have. You deserve something sweet.” She went back to her cabinet and brought a chocolate and gave it to the patient. Here you go. See you next week.’ Saying this she looked at the other person in the room. “Jimmy is improving a lot. If he continues the exercises his hand will be functioning by next week”, she smiled.” All thanks to you Dr. Raima,’ said the mother. “If it weren’t for you we had given up hope.” “No worries, hope is what we live on. Even at the darkest hour of your life, never lose it. If there is hope, there will always be a way;’ Said Raima hugging the mother.
After the session it was time for her to go home. She looked at the time. She is already one hour late. Ved might have reached home by now. She hoped he finds the food on the fridge and eats something rather waiting for her. No matter how late she is, he never eats without her and this is something that hasn’t change in their four years of blissful life together. Raima smiled thinking of her husband. Even after all these years, she can’t get enough of him. “I wish I could just close my eyes and be in his arms,’she sighed. She had a social camp yesterday and directly came to the clinic as there were some emergency patients. It’s been two days she had been away from her love and this thirty minute distance is now too much for her.
She arrived and looked towards her home. Her home. That solely belongs to her. She bought every furniture with her own hand. Planted every plant together. This house screams her name. All thanks to her husband who ensured she could call this her own home. How silly he is. Doesn’t he know her home is where he is? Raima stopped in front of the bright orange tulips in the middle of her garden. This was a special requirement of her to plant this orange flower. Something that always reminds her of him. Someone who she will worship all her life and cherish. Someone who taught her how to love and the meaning of sacrifices. It was his sacrifices that she is here today. Happy and healthy. Only if she could return the same to him. A tear rolled down on her cheeks. Suddenly she saw few flowers are plucked. “He is here,’ Raima inhaled a sharp breathe. Leaving all the thoughts behind her, she ran inside the home.
The living room was quite dark. “Why didn’t he switch on the lights? ‘,Raima thought. “Ved !!,’ she called out. There was no response. She again called his name but there was no response. Her heart sank. This never happens that he doesn’t respond to her. Did something happen? Is he okay? She called his name once again. Still no response. She fell down on the floor hitting the lamp beside her. No, no no no no. This can’t happen again. She can’t be alone like this again. Suddenly someone came hurriedly and sat beside her. He gently shook her. “Raima??!!” She looked up to see the dark brown eyes looking down with her with all the concern in his eyes. “Vansh!!!!” she murmured. “I need Vansh.”
Somewhere in West Bengal
A man in chains sitting in the corner in the dingy room. His long hair and unruly beard has more dirt than the walls. His clothes are torn and there are blisters in his hands and legs. But he doesn’t care. All he does every day is to look at the portrait he made on the wall. Portrait of the girl he hates so much. It’s his hatred for her that is keeping him alive. He went through everything only to get out of here one day and take his revenge on her. She was his pawn. She was supposed to obey him. Only he had rights on her thoughts. How dare she betrays him? He knew something wasn’t right when he saw her jumping off and embracing her death. And he understood the reason within 2 days. Riddhima might have written off the property in Anupriya and his name but she cunningly hid one important clause of the property paper. That if Vansh and Riddhima dies in an unnatural way the entire property will go out of Anupriya’s name. Moreover Riddhima had previously collected proves against Kabir and Anupriya that she had handed over authority and showed doubt for their safety. They had cunningly lodged an complaint suspecting their security and life and in case of their unnatural death the entire blame will go on Anupriya and Kabir's shoulder. He smiled. His pawn played double games with him. She showed him that she is trying to hide her love for Vansh and staying true to her promise. She used her naivety to outsmart him. Whereas she had been plotting against him with her so called love Vansh to frame him for life. Yes Vansh. He knows. All this plotting can’t come out of Riddhima alone. It was all a foul play. Vansh coming for Riddhima. Dying together. All are farce. He is pretty sure they are alive. And there could be only one mastermind behind this. The one and only Vansh Rai Singhania. He smoothly pictured that he is out of the game and behind that pretense threw him out in his own game. But if he is alive why no one knows about him or Riddhima either ? Where are they ? Last time he heard they both were declared dead and it's Aryan who is running the business. No matter how much he tried he just couldn't make sense out of it. To understand he needs to go out of this hell and he has been patiently waiting to go out and take his revenge. But would he be able to? These are only few sane moments he gets in days. Then again they will put him in the cellar and give him electric shock. Shock that is meant to make him sane according to law. He laughed. Vansh and his plotting. The very law abiding citizen who played his dirty trick even after his so called trick. He has ensured Kabir never gets out of this misery and even if somehow he does he is unable to reach him. Earlier it used to be for few hours he forgot everything. With time passing slowly, he is forgetting about his reality for days. Only for few hours he remembers the ploy they played. Soon he will forget that too. They put Aupriya in a better place considering Vansh once considered her as mother. But Vansh showed no mercy on him. For the first time, he admitted Vansh is much better than him. He not only punished who betrayed him but also took away everything from him. Even Riddhima. With that thought, Kabir Sharma closed his eyes waiting for the torture to end and embracing his fate.
