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Chapter 122
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Almost a fortnight later
Aryan woke up on his hospital bed in Mumbai and looked at his surroundings, which have now become familiar. He felt completely energised, for the first time.
He was waking up for a few minutes and drifting back to sleep for the past few days. He spoke briefly with Miku, Avinash and Raj Singh when they happened to be in the room. Raj Singh was busy back at Synergy as they finally hired a new CEO but still visited him every evening. Namrata and Sanjay Verma visited Aryan as soon as he arrived but Raj Singh requested the rest of the staff to wait till Aryan had fully recovered.
Avinash and Miku were quick to assure him that Aishwarya was behind bars, and a case has been registered against her for attempted murder, giving him peace of mind. Miku and everyone evaded answering questions about Chandni except to
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Next Sunday: Carrying grocery bags in both hands, Aryan slowly made his way towards the lifts from his car, parked on the street instead of the carpark of his apartment block. He was still resting in his apartment as per Doctor's order. Thankfully he was kept entertained and busy by his neighbours, who knew him since he was a teenager. Aryan's neighbour on the fifth floor had renovated his apartment, and sold it to a young couple and they were having a housewarming party. A Large statue of Ganesha adorned the corridor next to the lift near their apartment and they were using the emptied car park to serve lunch for all the guests invited. As Aryan pressed the floor button and waited for the doors to close, he heard frantic footsteps and Chandni entered the lift. Both kept
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Rocky, their neighbour’s dog barked loudly, jumping towards him and Chandni. "Aaaargh" Chandni shrieked loudly and grabbed his jacket, hiding behind his back. "This is Rocky, our neighbour's dog. I am just looking after him for a day till they come back. He is completely harmless." Aryan tried his best to reassure her, even though he knew it wouldn't make much difference, as Chandni had a phobia against dogs since her childhood. "Rocky Stop!! Go back inside!!" Aryan's orders were ignored by Rocky as he continued to twirl to his tail excitedly and sniff around Chandni, while Chandni continued her frantic shrieks and panic ridden gasps. Rocky was a gentle giant, a 7-year-old Labrador whose over enthusiasm and friendliness was somehow being misinterpreted as aggre
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"Oh God!!! Do you have to remind me of that? It was not my fault, you know. But your girlfriend's" "She was not my girlfriend!!" hissed Aryan as he advanced towards her. "Okay one of your wannabe girlfriends. But still, I must have made a mighty fool of myself that day. Did I blabber too much? I am sorry you had to see me like that. I don't know what came over me that day! You must have been embarrassed." "I wasn't and I will never be embarrassed because of you Chandu! In fact, that was one time when you spoke freely with me. And I am thankful for that! I can never forget that night in my life." Suddenly the space between them seemed to have shrunk and the rest of the room became oblivious, as he locked his gaze on Chandni's face, as her eyes darted rapidly, probably
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Aryan rushed inside the hospital to alert the medical staff of the emergency and soon Atharv was placed on a stretcher and wheeled inside the hospital. Chandni rushed to the registration desk while Aryan stayed with Nargis Chachi and made sure Atharv was taken care of.Half an hour later, once the duty doctor had done the initial tests and diagnosis, they met the Paediatrician who informed them that Atharv's appendix needs to be removed, as it has been inflamed. He congratulated them for bringing Atharv quickly before the infection spread and reassured them, multiple times, that it is a simple procedure and Atharv will be discharged in two days once he is fully recovered.Chandni urged the doctor to do whatever necessary. As the medical team began preparations for the surgery, Chandni urged Rashid Chacha and Nargis Chachi to have something to eat and drink at t
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Aryan blindly walked out of the Hospital without any idea where his feet were taking him. After sometime when he looked around, he realised he was sitting on a wooden bench in the playground area that the hospital built for its little patients. Small kids were playing under the loving supervision of their parents.Parenthood wasn't something he had even given a thought about till now. The tragic way his relationship with Chandni ended, he had no hopes of even thinking of marital bliss or having a family. He put all his energy into avenging his parents' death rather than looking for any female company. But few of his friends have become parents recently and he always envied their joyful life. His dazed senses still registered the sounds of the traffic outside the hospital and of dista
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"You never lie, do you Chandni?" He asked with a sneer before Chandni could gather her senses. "Dev! Hi! Come on in!!" She felt uneasy at the way Aryan was looking at her, with so much anger and hatred!! What happened suddenly?? He was quite normal when they met in the hospital in the afternoon. Aryan didn't move an inch but asked again. "You didn't answer my question!! You don't lie do you?" It wasn't her cold body or the wet saree, but something in the way he asked, that sent shivers up her spine. She looked at him for a moment. Aryan made no move to come inside but the same sarcastic smile continued to play on his lips, even though his narrowed eyes suggested how his mood was.
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"So, this is what you think of me is it? That I am like her?? That's okay Dev. I expected better of you, but I am ready to accept all the blame for hiding this since we met again, but please, I beg you, not to misunderstand me, that I have done this to take revenge on you or anyone. Even if you believe it or not, this is the truth. Before we met, I was truly under the impression that you have settled abroad happily with someone, that girl I saw you with. And I wished you nothing but happiness. I genuinely thought knowing about Atharv would only create unnecessary complexities in your life and I wanted to spare you from all that. Even after we met, seeing all the girls going gaga over you, my resolution became stronger. I wanted you to marry someone and have a happy future, unburdened with a hurtful past and a child...""Burdened my foot!! Who the hell are you to decide what I need to do with
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He tore a piece of Roti and filled it with the scrambled eggs and urged Aryan to open his mouth."But Mummy always blows my food first so that it is not too hot to eat!!" Atharv pointed out. "Hmm that's what mommy does. But D... I do it differently because I know that it is the perfect temperature, I have been rolling the roti piece in my fingers and know that it is not too hot, okay!" Aryan smiled at Atharv and began to feed him. For the first few bites, Atharv ate fast as he was probably hungry, but then began the trouble. He would chat non stop on every topic but evade eating.And then finally, "That's enough, I am too full now!" He declared.
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"Everything is about you is it? What you want to do, what you don't want to do? What If I am not in the mood to talk right now? What if I am finding my husband too..."? She didn't finish her sentence and Dev grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him. "Your command is my wish... my majesty." He smiled in relief. "This is what I want sweetheart!! That you tell me everything openly. I didn't tell you how you look in this dress because I was afraid I will get too carried away even without...forget it!! When I saw this dress in a catalogue, I knew you would look damn good in this, but when the time comes, I was hoping I could do this too...." His ran his fingers lazily in a feathery touch along her open back, making her shudder involuntarily and wrap her arms around him. She nuzzled his neck, kissing him slowly al
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A war-like atmosphere had descended upon the marble island counter in the kitchen, which also served as Dining table in the Bharadwaj household. "I want to come to Goa too.. I have never been there! Mummy! Mummy!! Tell Daddy I want to come too.. I don't want to go and stay with Miku Chacha!! I am not going to eat this breakfast anymore till you agree to take me along." Atharv crossed his arms and looked at his parents furiously, after making sure that he finished all but a few spoons of the huge second serve of his favorite Kheer! "Hey Buddy!! Why are you saying you don't want to come and stay with me? I am hurt... deeply hurt! We are friends, remember!! Goa is seriously boring! All you do is sit in front of the beach and stare at waves! And trust me, there too your Mum and Dad would be telling you don't do this, don't do that.... But you and me, we are going
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A flushed and pained Vikram slowly made his way out of the washroom towards his bed and sat down exhausted. He should have gone to the living room and joined others at Breakfast but he felt totally drained. Maybe he could rest for a few more moments. He sat upright against the propped up soft pillows on the head board and took some deep breaths. Just then he heard soft footsteps followed by a knock and his face broke into a smile. "Come in!" Chandni and Aryan entered with breakfast tray. "Aaah!! Mr. and Mrs. Bharadwaj! And with breakfast for me! I should thank my lucky stars huh!!" He cheered them jovially. Chandni gave the juice to Vikram with a smile and sat next to him on the bed. Vikram scooted over and tapped on the other side of the bed, inviting Ar
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Her heart rejoiced at the thought itself, even though she was still depressed thinking about her Didi and the drastic step she took. Committing suicide is such a stupid cowardly thing. It is not a solution to any problem. In fact, you leave so much trauma and grief for all the people you leave behind, who loved you all your life, and they get sometimes permanently scarred from it. Vikram ji had been through so much trauma after Didi died. If only she knew how much he loved her!! He went out of the way to help everyone from his wife's family and fulfilled the last wish of his wife. She and everyone in the family was sure that if only Didi had reached out to her Daddy, Vikram would have been so happy to meet them all in normal circumstances, and they would have been one big happy family! Now she understood the meaning behind each and every word Vikram ji said to her at the top of that hill cliff after he saved her..... Her thoughts wandered to that fate
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"Chandni, after I saw your father at Renu's Anniversary, I went through her things and found this letter addressed to me. And everything that I did afterwards was because of this. Please read it, it is nothing personal. And I have read it so many times that I know the contents of that letter by heart now." Chandni took the letter with trembling hands and began to read. ============================ Hi Vikram, By the time you read this letter, I am probably gone from your life, and this world. I know what I am going to do is a cowardly act, and something I will just add to the list of regrets that I now have in my life. I wish I was as brave as my mother who loved my father wholeheartedly and fought a
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"I know Sanjayji, what wonders women can do, to turn our family life into a bliss. But I also knew what kind of people my relatives were, Renu didn't!” Vikram rubbed his eyes and sighed. “ They would pass snide remarks about her to my father and other relatives or bring up the topic of her family just to unsettle her. Her nervousness only made things worse, as it made all of us suspect that she was hiding something from us. She began to have trouble sleeping and I took her to the doctors who ordered her to do some lifestyle changes, exercises and also prescribed some sleeping pills, but requested her to use them as a last resort. She became fidgety and moody as time went on. I asked her plainly one day, was there anything I needed to know? She flatly denied that she was hiding anything from me but was hurt that I am not trusting her word. She accused me that I was trying to spy on her, which made me
