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2024-10-29 19:42:56There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you? ~~Rumi
Aishwarya tried to contact Rana as to what was going on, but couldn't talk to him, as he had already started from his place in search of the Damini and family.
By ten o’clock, Raghav was genuinely worried as to why Sanjay hadn't returned home. Vasudha too pretended to be. When they called the factory, there was no answer, as it must have been shut down. Aishwarya gave up all pretense of niceties and insisted that she be allowed to go home. Raghav and Vasudha too agreed, and together they went to Sanjay and Aishwarya's home but Sanjay wasn't there either.
Just then Aishwarya got a call from Rana, who aft
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"Thank you for helping Sanjay in this critical time, when I couldn't. Sometimes I feel envious of you. He had become closer to you than me. So, he is at your mother's place in Bombay now. Does your mother know? She is my mother in law, but even Sanjay is scared of her." Raghav finally chuckled. Vasudha hit her husband playfully. "Of course, she knows. She is in Varanasi now helping Leela with the baby and would come here to our place too after few months. That's why I thought it would be best for Sanjay ji and Damini to go there. I have written a note to the neighbors who always keep the spare key to our apartment. And I spoke to them over the phone too. By the way Raghav, I saw Damini. She is so serene... such a lovely girl. She is the best thing that could have happened to Sanjay Ji." Vasudha said happily.
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Raghav debated a little whether this sudden decision to agree to divorce was just another ploy of Aishwarya, but finally concluded from everything he observed of Aishwarya, that it was not. Aishwarya definitely looked like a depraved soul.Once he decided, Raghav wasted no time in letting Sanjay know of Aishwarya's final change of heart. Sanjay's joy knew no bounds. Finally, he would be a free man to marry the love of his life, Damini. He rushed home to share the happy news with her and the rest of the family. There was a mini celebration in their home that night when Nargis Khan made an elaborate dinner with a lot of special sweets which were favorite of the would be mother Damini. They had a serious debate on what to name the baby, Shakthi, Chandni, Naina if it were a girl and Akhil, Rahul or Sameer
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Sanjay frantically hurried off to Darjeeling once he received a phone call from Damini's father which contained a long lecture about safekeeping of young daughters. Once Sanjay reached there, he could assess the situation clearly. Damini's father was not at all happy with the sudden appearance of Reshma and he made sure his displeasure was known to her. Sanjay picked up a tearful Reshma and took her to a nice hotel in Darjeeling, where the father daughter finally had a heart to heart talk. "No one wants me in their life... neither myBade Abbu(grandfather) nor these people." She cried. "Why do you say that Reshma? I want you to be a part of my life. I love you as much as I love Chandni. We can all be happy together.
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“ I agree, I have come to you out of desperation because I have nowhere else to go, but I also want to redeem myself. No more dealings with thugs, and there won't be any other man in my life. I have learnt my lesson. I don't know anything about being a mother, but I will give it my best shot, if you let me. I can't promise I will do a fantastic job but I will never neglect my responsibility. My mother was a very ambitious woman and she took care of me, groomed me but she died before she could see me blossom into a true woman. I know how important it is to have a mother in your life, all I can say is I will never let Chandni down. You will see a new Aishwarya that your daughter will like and feel secure around. And remember also this Sanjay. All my father's wealth will go wasted if we don't declare Chandni as our daughter officially. I don't want a penny of it, I promise, but you will be depriving her of that wealth if you let your hatred towards me di
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Dev and Chandu2002"You don't know how much more empty a broken heart feels,when no one is there to help pick up the pieces." Leo Christopher~~~~~~~By the time Sanjay reached Allahabad, it was all over. As Rana and his gang men celebrated a successful completion of "the job", boozing and making ruckus, it wasn't difficult for Shankar to slip away quickly to call Sanjay and explain exactly what happened.As tears streamed down his cheeks, Rashid stopped the car in a quiet road and just watched Sanjay cry inconsolably. Nargis felt as if a part of her heart had been ripped off. She became so close to Vasudha in the past few years. Rashid respected and loved Raghav and Vasudha a lot and this was
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But no matter how much he tried, he couldn't help but think of his best friends back in Allahabad. His heart missed his close friend Ahmed but more than him...Chandni. She was that constant presence in his life who always loved him and made him feel special, no matter what he did. He realised that she somewhat hero-worshipped him. How she would enjoy watching him play Soccer right now or become the topper in his class, he would always muse. And he would have loved to watch her grow. She was a brilliant student too, but always lacked confidence. He hoped someone was there to give her all that moral boost she very much needed. He wondered whether she knew he was alive, or thought him dead like everyone else, and that very thought would hurt him even deeper... to become non-existent to someone whom he loved and cared so much as a friend and companion. And Miku... his heart longed for his kid brother. Not jus
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"I am still waiting, you know!" He whispered slowly to her.She looked back at him, startled to find that he was still looking at her."You are waiting for me to speak... What should I say? I am not very good at this, you know ... All my friends know. I don't talk much because I have nothing to say. I am just a very boring person." She gave a small smile and cast her eyes down again."Let me be the judge of what kind of person you are. Why don't we introduce ourselves first? What's your name?" He asked her casually.She slowly looked up at him, and this time with more confidence but her gaze turned to something behind his shoulder. Aryan quickly turned to catch Meera signalling and shaking her head in warning.T
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