HI all I'm finally back with the update of BOY after almost two months. I'm so sorry for such a long delay. I know that many of you have already forgotten what the first part was about. Don't worry even I forgot all about it. (Btw the link is on the first page, in case you want to refresh your memory, cause I did). I had no intention of continuing it further. But since some of my friends still wanted to read further, I gave my best try to do justice with the original vision of the storyline.
I think you all know the reason of the delay. It's because of MTB.
I hope you'll like this belated update.
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" Because Of You - Chapter 2"
Two days had passed since Aayu went missing. Yash was still not talking with Aarti, no matter how hard she tried. He was avoiding her at every possible way.
And this didn't go unnoticed with everyone in SM, including the kids. The whole environment in SM was changed. The house in which just few days back the whole family was singing and rejoicing for the arrival of baby Aayu, was now lost in gloominess and sadness.
The only person who was Now rejoicing and dancing in the inside, was Ishita. Though she was pretending to be sad on the outside, but from the inside her happiness knew no bounds, whenever she saw Yash's rude behavior towards his Aartiji.
But Ishita's happiness was short lived when Raghu, the leader of her goons called her the third day.
Raghu " Madam we've run out of the money that you've given us for the baby kidnapping, and we want more money, plus you've to still pay us the remaining amount of money that you owe us".
Ishita " What do you mean by you want more money? And why should I give you the money, when my job is done? You've got rid of the baby, so now I'm least bothered wether you all live or die"
Raghu who was angry at first, calmly said" Well madam think twice before you say something. Ok I'll give you a good news. The baby is very much alive and is in a safe place"
Ishita was shocked to hear this "What? What do you mean that the baby is still alive? Didn't I asked you to throw him in jungle? Then how can he be alive? And how do you know that he's alive?"
Raghu laughed " We've been in this business longer than you can imagine. And We know how to deal with people like you Madam Ishita. That's why instead of killing the baby we've kept him in a safe place"
"What." Ishita screamed " How can you do this? How can you disobey My Orders? Don't you know who I'm? I'm MLA's daughter. If I find you I'll kill you. Did you hear me, I'll kill you? If you want to save your life tell me about Aayu's whereabouts, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life"
Raghu was not scared of her " Ma'am don't try to act smart with me. Even I know your dirty little secrets. If you try to threaten us, then don't forget that I can also contact Aartiji and tell her everything. She's anyway one smart lady it won't take her time to figure out everything. She even saw my face that day in your garden. She can easily identify me. So for your own betterment, you pay us our money before that JKR finds us. Or else we will bring baby Aayu and give it to her. Don't try to contact us, we will contact you for money" said Raghu.
Ishita had lost her temper completely " Aayu. Where's Aayu? Tell me about him. If you kill him I'll give you more money. Hello...hello...hello... Answer me Raghu you fool answer me" but Raghu had already disconnected the phone.
Ishita threw the phone on her bed and started saying " First Aarti made my life miserable and now that Aayu is making my life miserable. I swear I'll have to take care of this Aarti and that also very soon. To make Yash my own, I'll have to kill Aarti and if possible her pampered Ansh also. Then only I'll get my Yash. But first I've to find that Aayu and take care of him"
"MBKK, so it was you who had kidnapped our Aayu" Ishita's face turned white as a sheet as she saw Maya Bua entering the room.
Buaji came to her and asked" Tell me you stupid woman. Do you have Aayu with you or not? Tell me or I'll scream and call everyone. I know very well that you're in love with Yash and you'll go to any extent to make Yash yours. To separate him from Aarti you've got Aayu kidnapped by your men. And don't lie to me cause I've heard you talking with your goon Raghu"
Ishita was not ready to reveal anything so easily.
Seeing her reluctance Buaji said " MBKK, woman, don't worry, even I don't like Aarti. Everyone in this house, including Aarti, knows how much I hate her. Even I want her thrown out of this house for good. So you better tell me the truth or else I know how to use other means to make you spit the truth. I'll give you a minute and if, by then you don't tell me then I'll call and tell everyone all that I've heard just now. I assure you that everyone will believe me over you. So you're left with no other option"
Fearing that Bua will call everyone Ishita admitted to her "Yes it's true that I love Yash and I'll go to any extent to make him mine. And for this reason I had hired men to take away Aayu and kill him"
Buaji got scared " You've killed Aayu"
Ishita tried to calm her down " No Aayu is not dead. My men didn't killed him. They've kept him in a safe place"
Buaji asked " Where is Aayu? Where have they kept him?"
Ishita replied "I don't know Buaji. Raghu, one of my men had called me few minutes back and told me that they've kept Aayu in a safe place but I've no idea where he is"
Buaji " Then call them and ask where is Aayu"
Ishita " I can't do that Buaji, cause they call me from different numbers every time. And they've told me not to contact them they'll contact me as they want more money"
Buaji asked " Are you sure that they're telling the truth? What if they are lying?"
Ishita replied " I don't think that they're lying. They want money and they know very well that I won't give them money till I see the proof that Aayu is alive"
Buaji sighed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment. Then said " Now that you know that Aayu is alive and safe, you're planning to kill Aarti and her son Ansh. But what will you gain by killing them? Do you think that after Aarti dies Yash will forget her and will come running to you?"
Ishita looked confused so Buaji added "MBKK, you really don't have a brain. When Arpita had died in that accident it took years for Yash to say yes for his PV. And it took so much efforts for Aarti to make him fall in love with her. Even it took so much time for the girls to accept Aarti and Ansh as a part of their family. So if you kill Aarti in an accident, believe me this time Yash and the girls won't accept any other woman in their life. They won't give Aarti's place to anyone else"
Ishita got into thinking " Then what should I do? I want Yash and if I don't get him soon, I don't know what I'll end up doing"
Buaji said " MBKK, the only way for Yash and Palak and Payal to forget Aarti is to make them hate Aarti to the extent that yash will throw Aarti from this house and from his life and heart forever. And if Aarti leaves this house, she'll take Ansh also with him. After she leaves, you can take care of the girls and Yash also. And then you can bring Aayu back home. Yash will be impressed with you and Yash will accept you as his wife. Even the girls will accept you with open arms for bringing their Aayu home"
Ishita loved bauji's plan and immediately agreed to do as Buaji told her to do.
Next Day
In the kitchen...
"Aarti Bhabhi, where's your attention? Can't you see the milk has already boiled and spilled? If you can't do a work properly, then please don't do it. At least don't add to our work." Paridhi lashed at Aarti when she saw the boiled milk spilling on the cooking stove.
"Paridhi" Radha Ma came from the behind " Is this the way to talk to Aarti? Don't you forget that she's your elder. Do you have any idea what she's going through? Her son is missing and she's still trying it work and help around. If can't share her pain then you've no right to add to it".
Paridhi scoffed " Yes I know that Aayu is missing and we all know whose fault is that. Even Yash Bhaiya thinks the same, but no one questions him. And all I told her that the milk is spilling I'm getting attacked from all sides". Paridhi angrily left from there.
Radha went to a Aarti, who had tears in her eyes "Aarti, please don't take her words to heart. We all know how insensitive Paridhi can be at times. Please dear go to your room and rest. After the kids come from school spend time with them, you'll also feel fine and they'll also feel better, as they miss you and Aayu also"
Aarti nodded, wiped her tears and went out of the kitchen. But not before she heard Vidhi saying " Ma the way Paridhi said is wrong. But she's not completely wrong. Aarti is not in a state to work. She should rest in her room. It's good that you sent her from here"
Radha was surprised to hear this "Vidhi you too? How can you also talk like Paridhi?"
Aarti ran from there without listening to Vidhi's answer. As this had become a daily routine, every time Aarti tried to do some work around the house, this is what she got to hear.
Aarti went to the temple and sat there with unshed tears. Radha Ma came to her and sat beside her. She gently moved her hand over Aarti's head. Aarti kept her head on Radha Ma's lap and started to cry "Ma I don't know what to do? Everyone is angry with me. Yashji is not even looking at me. I need him so much right now, but he's not even giving me a chance to hear to what I've to say. I know I made a mistake by acting compulsively, and I'm so sorry for that. But how do I make Yashji to listen to me?"
Radha Ma said " Aarti, Yash is angry right now. We all know how he is when he's angry. Give him some time once he calms down he'll start to talk and behave like before Aayu went missing".
Aarti " I know that he's hurting. But so am I. I also lost my son. It was not intentional. Why don't anyone understand that?"
Radha Ma "You are strong Aarti, you can't give up hope like this. You've to stay strong for yourself, for Yash and for your three other kids. They also need you and miss their brother and mother so much"
Aarti sat up straight and looked at Radha Ma, and smiled with still tears in her eyes. Radha was surprised to see Aarti smile and confused as to what made her smile suddenly.
Aarti said "Ma you reminded me of Mummyji (Gayatri ) today. When Ansh got kidnapped for the second time. She too had come to me like this and had reminded me that my other kids also needed me. Mummyji was the only one who stood by me and helped me when everyone in the family turned their back on me. Whenever I need my family, whenever I needed them the most in my life, they all turned their back on me. And this time even Yashji turned his back on me. Why Ma why? Am I so bad, that they don't think I'm worthy enough for their love and support?"
Radha wiped her tears "Aarti time is the best medicine. Give everyone some time and they'll all realize that whatever happened was fate and destiny and bad timing. They all are angry and hurt right now. But soon they'll calm down and give you all the love and support that you need"
Just then they heard the cars horn. Radha Ma said "Kids are home from school. Wipe your tears. We don't want them to see their mother like this after coming from school, now do we?"
Aarti nodded and wiped her tears and got up when she saw kids come running to her "Mumma, Mumma " and they all came and hugged her. Aarti hugged them back and said " Ok kids go and freshen up and change your clothes. Mumma will make your favorite pasta in five minutes. It'll be ready by the time you change. So tell me where do you want to eat?"
Hearing the word pasta all three got excited and said in unison " We want to eat it in your room. We know that Papa is in your room. So we want to eat with him. Can we Papa?" They saw Yash coming and asked him.
Yash came to them and tried to smile a little "Yes kids you can eat in my room. I've to go for an important meeting in a while. So you can have your pasta while I get ready for the meeting"
kids got excited once again and holding Yash's hands took him from there. Aarti looked at Radha with a confident smile and went to the kitchen to make pasta for her kids.
Ishita and Bua watched the whole scene from the other side. Seeing Ishita all furious, Bua said "Don't worry Ishita, these won't last for long, if you follow my advice, Aarti will loose this within days. Now you know very well what you have to do" Ishita nodded.
Aarti finished making pasta and was looking for a bowl to take pasta to her
Kids, when Ishita came and said "Aarti I think one of the kids is calling you. You go and attend them. I'll bring their food in their room"
Aarti looked at her angrily " Ishita I know how to take care of my kids and my family. You stay out of this. I'll come and take the food myself" and she left.
After Aarti left the kitchen Ishita added lots of sugar in the pasta pan and stirred it and left from there.
After few minutes Aarti came and stirred the pasta again and transferred it into the bowl and took it to her room. Kids were hungry and were waiting for her, so she severed them their food and went to take Yash's clothes from the wardrobe for his meeting, while Yash was on a call.
Yash saw Aarti putting his clothes on the bed for his meeting. He went and took out different clothes and went to change in the washroom. Ishita was watching from the outside. She was waiting for the kids to eat their meal. As it was hot, they were waiting for it to cool down.
Finally they started to eat and after first bite, immediately spit it out. Yash who came out saw the whole thing and went to them, when he saw them screaming" What is this Mumma? This pasta is so sweet and not salty. How will we eat it?"
Aarti was surprised to hear this " How is this possible? How can the pasta be sweet, when I didn't even touched the sugar container?"
Yash looked at kids crying faces and tasted the pasta, and almost shouted "what is this Aartiji? What have you made? Instead of salt you've added sugar. Now how will they eat it?. You can't even do one thing properly. Couldn't you check what you are putting in the food?"
Aarti "Yashji I swear I didn't put it"
Yash "If you didn't put it then who did? Was there anyone else in the kitchen besides you? No? I thought so. So stop making excuses"
Hearing Yash's words Aarti remembered seeing Ishita in the kitchen "Yashji Ishita was there in the kitchen. She was there when I went to check on the kids. She lied to me that kids called me, but none of them had called me. I'm sure she did it"
Yash got angry "Stop blaming others for your mistakes, every time you do something wrong. Why would Ishitaji do that? What will she gain by ruining kids meal. If you can't do a simple thing properly. Stop doing it from now on"
Yash then turned towards the kids " Kids lets go from here. I'll ask Vidhi Bhabhi to make something nice for you that you can eat" he looked angrily at Aarti and left the room with kids leaving behind an confused, hurt and crying Aarti.
An elated Ishita, who watched the whole drama from outside was rejoicing with happiness.
That evening after dinner when the whole family was sitting in the living room. Paridhi came and said " It's good that the whole family is here. We want to say something to all of you. You all know that I can't conceive. So Prateek and I've made a decision about this"
SP asked "What is it Paridhi bahu? What sort of decision you've made?"
Paridhi said " Bauji, since last few weeks Prateek and I've been thinking about adopting a baby. We can't wait any longer. We've talked with a few adoption agency and few orphanage. We want to adopt an infant not older than one month. They've told us the moment they get a baby this old, they'll inform us, and we can adopt immediately after signing few papers and documents".
Buaji "MBKK Paridhi, how can you think of adopting a baby who's not the blood of this family? How can you bring a baby whose background also we don't know? Who are the baby's parents? Which cast the baby belongs to? How can you make a decision without asking Bhaiya and Bhabhi about it?"
SP "Will you keep quite Maya and let me do the talking? And don't forget, even Ansh doesn't belong to this family by blood. But we all accepted him and now he's as much a part of this family as other kids. And Yash has adopted him legally and now that bond has become unbreakable ".
He then turned towards PraDhi " I'm not against the adoption thing. I think it's a wise decision. But don't you think that it's too soon? I mean Aayu has gone missing only few days back. If you bring an infant, don't you think what kind of effect it'll have on them. Seeing that infant won't it remind them of Aayu?"
Paridhi " I know Bauji and we understand, but we can't let go of the opportunity of becoming parents if they find a baby. Plus whatever happened with Aayu was because of Aarti Bhabhi's negligence and impulsiveness, so why should we suffer and sacrifice our happiness? If we get a baby we will adopt the baby without wasting any time. Be it tomorrow, or day after, or next week or next month"
Everyone were still shocked after hearing this shocking decisions and bold statement by Paridhi. They didn't knew how to react to this news. And how will it affect Yash and Aarti?
Yash, though was hurt, still said "Paridhi is right Bauji. Because of Aartiji's negligence and carelessness today my Aayu is not with me, with us. But why should Prateek and Paridhi sacrifice their happiness because of that?" And he looked at Aarti.
Aarti wasn't able to control her tears and went away from there.
After two days...
Aarti's life was the same.
Whatever Aarti cooked, it always turned out to be bad. Aarti ironed kids school uniforms, but when the went to wear it, they were all crumpled. So Vidhi ironed them again, because of which kids got late for school.
No matter whatever Aarti tried to do, it all came out wrong (because of the evil plan of Ishita with Bua's help). Now even kids were afraid to go to her for anything. Yash was slowly going more further and further away from her.
That day, Early morning Paridhi got a call from an orphanage, Mukti orphanage, that they had a baby who's only a few weeks old. (The baby was none other than Aayu)
An excited Prateek and Paridhi went and adopted the baby. They reached home after a few hours, after signing all legal documents and completing all legal formalities.
They brought Aayu home. Since Aayu had become couple of weeks old no one were able to recognize him. Not even Yash.
The baby received a very warm welcome by everyone in the family.
When they all went to sit in the living room, Aarti was not there, as no one had informed her that PraDhi had gone to adopt a baby.
After few minutes Aayu started to cry. Aarti who was in her room heard the baby's cry. She recognized Aayu's crying. She knew that it was her Aayu who was crying, who was calling for her, his Mumma.
She ran in the direction of the crying and saw the baby crying in his crib. She ran to him, picked him up and started to kiss him frantically.
Everyone were stunned, when they saw that, In between kisses Aarti kept saying "Aayu, my Aayu. You are home. You've come back to your Mumma. You are in your mumma's arms once again, where you belong" ...
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Precap..
Aarti will claim that the baby is Aayu. But will anyone believe her? Especially Yash.
Since its been almost two months now, when I last posted the first chapter, I lost touch with it. So I'm not sure how it came out. Though I tried my best to do justice with what I had originally planned to show in this OS.
And I'm not sure when I'll update next, cause after this I've to update "You Are My Rain (YAMR) and then my JAAN "MTB".
So enjoy this update, till you get another one..
Love
NIKKI. ❤️