More tears drizzled down her sickly-pale face.She felt choked up, with sorrow, guilt and an unknown fear.Suddenly, she flinched, clutching her stomach tight "Aaahh...tcchh..." A loud moan escaped her lips and then, immediately, two strong, muscular arms engulfed her into a concerned, protective hug.๐ณ
"Riddhima?...you okay?"He gently rubbed his hand on her abdomen, over her thin, cotton kurta, making her lean on him.๐ณ
"Why are you standing here?...You've been advised not to stand for long na? Dr.Kirti ne strictly kaha hai ki you won't be getting up from the bed for next 5 days toh what are you thinking, standing here, in the balcony?...Kitni tez aandhi hai...chalo..lets go inside."As he pulled her back, to make her move, he felt a tug on his shirt.He stopped and looked behind.๐
"Haan?..."He was taken aback!๐
"I..I..I am..sorry" Her eyes were raining tears but, he was happy!๐
Yes, he was happy due to the fact that she had atlast, said something...At last she uttered something.He had been dying to hear her as she had not uttered a single word since last 3 days, the days, which were their worst memories.
She hadn't expressed any emotion-no grudge, no grief, not even a single tear emerged her eyes but, finally, she spoke today.His eyes went moist as well.
"Riddhima...?"He cupped her face.๐
"I am....sorry Armaan..I am sorry"...Her voice cracked with more tears welling up her eyes.๐ญ
He sighed with relief seeing the ice-wall break as she was beginning to express her innate dejection, unresctricted.Still, his tears were torture to him.He engulfed her into a tight, protective hug and kissed her head.
"Arm...Armaan...I killed my ba..baby...I...I killed my baby...I'm sorry"Her hiccoughs were playing a havoc on his heart and he wanted to end her sufferings then and there, but, he realised, how important an emotional breakdown was, for her well-being...With this thought in mind, he let her explode, caressing her back, to at least, soothe a tiny bit of her anxieties.
"I started the stupid argument Armaan...I did not have trust on you...I ...I doubted...I doubted you and...Armaan I hate myself now."She sobbed badly, feeling terrible.He heard her confession quietly, letting her say, whatever she had in her heart and relieve her of all the pain and bitterness, she had been storing inside her, since the last 3 days.๐ญ
"Ar...Armaan di told me, it wasn't good for me to drive all the....way to Goa, but I listened to no one...I ...I wanted to catch you and Babli ...I thought you and she were....Armaan...I was the cause of that accident...I killed our own child.I haaatteeee myself...."She was hitting her own face, but, he held her arms...๐ญ
"No...No Riddhima... it..it wasn't your fault at all...you...can't blame yourself for a crime you didn't commit and...Riddhima??..."He brought her face closer to his and cuddled her up, closing his eyes, on listening her heart-wrenching sobs.๐ญ
"Sit here...hmm...come.."He softly made her walk up to the cane chair placed in the balcony, but she didn't sit down.๐ญ
"I couldn't be a good wife, nor a good mother ...infact, I am not even a good human being...maine apne bacche ko maar diya..."She could say now more, and gave enormous sobs...
Unable to see her cry anyymore, he held her close..."No Riddhima...it wasn't at all, your fault...tumne kuch nahin kiya hai...It was a complicated pregnancy from the beginning only...and its was not anyone's fault..."
But her heart, was heavy with the guilt of harming her own unborn child, and she wasn't ready to get a retreat from her self-made allegation..."Nahin....I know.."
"You don't know anything till now Riddhima...your reports say it loud and clear...okay just wait here..."He returned with some files..๐
"I never showed it to you Riddhima...it was not a normal pregnancy...read this..."He caressed her hair..๐ณ.
"Even if your pregnancy had sustained, it would've been a still birth...It was not your falut Riddhima...In fact, you know, I'm happy, that you are safe now..."He cupped her face..๐ณ
"ARMAAN!..."She didn't like him say that.๐ญ
"Professionally speaking, ...I am sorry but, it was not a normal foetus...and its not your fault...I didn't tell you all this earlier, and that's why I didn't tell you about Bubby having blood cancer and I went with her to Goa for a Japenese treatment.I couldn't let you worry, when your life was also in danger..."He caressed her back, as she cried in distress..๐ณ
"I'm sorry for everything Armaan...I'm sorry..."He kissed her forehead...๐ณ
"Tumhaari koi galti nahin hai Riddhima...please stop crying..."He wiped her tears, but she cried more, hiding her face into his chest.๐ญ
"aaah...aa..ahh..ahh.."Her moan, made him alert.
"Baskett....you are openly defying my orders hai na??...Tumhe pata hai na...aise khade rehne se..stiches stretch hongey...chalo..we'll go inside and rest now..hmm?? I'll apply your oinment.."He kissed her forehead, caressing her stomach.He closed the door behind them, hitting the storm hard in its face.๐
After injecting her, he kissed her forehead and she rested her head on his arms, feeling dowsy.
"So jao aaraam se...sab theek hai...I'm there for you, always"He caressed her hair affectionately.๐ณ
"I lov.."She coudn't complete, as she fell into a deep slumber due to the drug..
"I love you too baskett...more than anything in this world..."His gentle kiss on her aching lips made her feel complete again.She knew. with him, besides her, tomorrow morning would bring a new dawn to her life... their lives!
~Sonali
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