Akshara did a BLUNDER people! A huge one! Putting Abhinav as the father in the documents is a mistake. I get it that not putting Abhinav's name would raise questions and might hinder in formalities but I just hope against hope that Abhinav only filled the hospital form but Akshara wrote Abhimanyu's name in the actual birth certificate.

It is going to be difficult. Abhira need to redeem themselves. Abhir is in for a ride and I feel this time egos will clash from both sides. Abhimanyu will want his son and Akshara will fight for him. Later, she may let Abhimanyu have a relationship with the son but she will stop herself for sure. And Abhimanyu's anger is something we are all familiar with. However, if he does not initiate to mend their relationship, I feel Akshara won't make any efforts at all.

But, get ready to watch Manjiri cry and create havoc for her grandson- her 'chota Abhi'. Arohi's old grey form will return too because- ' Akshara stole her limelight and now her son is stealing her precious baby Ruhi's attention'. Sharing Abhimanyu will not sit well with Ruhi as we all can see, Abhimanyu has spoiled her and Ruhi's mom might share the sentiment as its relatable to her.

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Recap:- Harshvardhan, Shefali and Nishtha are at Shimla. Shivansh studies in Shimla hostel. Now, there is a football finale happening in another school's grounds. Along with these people, Akshara and Abhinav are watching the match as well. Back at Udaipur, Birlas and Goenkas are watching it live as well.

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Udaipur | Goenka House

Manish: Vansh aur Kairav yahan hote toh koi issue hi nahi hota. Ye aajkl ki cheeze meri samajh me mushkil se ate hai...

Manish said as he tried to play the live link Akshara sent on the television screen.

Swarna: (sadly) Kitna kuch badal gaya na. Humare baache is duniya me rahe nahi. Shubham, Kartik, Naira, Sirat. Aur jo hai vo humse saalo se mile nahi. Unke baache bhi humse itne door ho gaye. Arohi toh Udaipur me hokr bhi aa nahi pati..

Suhasini: humse zyada badkismat toh koi nahi hai. Upar wale ne humari ankho ke samne humare baccho ko bula liya. Ab toh bs ye hi prarthana hai ki aur kissi ko bulane se pehle hume bula le..

Manish: Maa! kaisi baat kr rahi hai subah subah? Mood thik kijiye. Dekhiye main start kr raha hoon. Aur...(presses a few buttons) Yes! Start ho gaya. Chaliye Abhir ka match dekhte hai.

The three huddled in front of the screen. The kids were lining up in front of each other. Manish recognised Abhir and pointed at him in his blue jersey.

Suhasini: Kitna bada ho gaya hai...*thu thu thu. Lagta hi nahi ki 4 saal ka hai.

Manish ignored the remark while the women fawned over their great & great great grandson.

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Udaipur | Birla House

Ruhi: Matashri! Popcorn!

Manjiri: Ruhi ke popcorn dida le ayi!

Ruhi: Yay! Thank You!

Manjiri sat down and stared at the screen.

Manjiri: Match kb start hoga Abhi?

Abhimanyu: bs hone wala hai Maa. Aap aur Ruhi yahin baitho. Mai Parth bhai aur tauji ko link bhej deta hoon. Waise toh dono ko kaam hai hospital me pr free hue toh thodi der dekh lenge.

Manjiri: aur tu? Tu nahi dekhega?

Abhimanyu: Maa, main to Ruhi ki zidd thi. Aap dekhiye. Mujhe ek patient se online consult krna hai. Mai thodi der me free hokr dekh lunga.

Ruhi: Aap jaa rahe ho Poppy? (pouts)

Abhimanyu: Aap match dekho. Mai bs thodi der me join karunga.

Ruhi sniffed but then heard a whistle sound on the screen. The match was starting and the ball was passed. She got distracted and started cheering her brother.

Ruhi: Pr Shivu bro toh pehchan me nahi aa rahe..

Abhimanyu laughed and pointed and Shivansh in his orange jersey before leaving.

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Mountain Valley School | Solan

The host school was situation between Kasauli and Shimla. The match was between St. Mary's, Kasauli and Bishop Cotton, Shimla. Shivansh Birla was the goal keeper for his team. He was defending all goals expertly for a small kid. He also helped keep the line of defence proper. The Birlas were proud of how good their son was. Shefali cheered her son loudly, her only reason to smile.

Though Bishop cotton trained its kids very well. They were a great school and hired many trained professionals to help their students in all fields but St. Mary's proved that it did not reach finals on pure luck. Abhir was a fast player. He played forward and almost never let the opponent team keep the ball in their side of field. By the time the match was stopped for a break, both teams had secured two goals each. It was neck to neck. One team had great defence, another had amazing frontline.

Akshara marched down, fully pumped up.

Akshara: Abhir, ye le

She gave him some glucose water but only let him take a sip. She wiped his forehead and left because it was the time when the team should listen to their coach and relax. She sat and smiled when the mothers around her complimented Abhir. She saw Abhinav standing a few feet away. He looked nervous and extremely proud too.

The match resumed. It was very intense and looked like it was headed for the draw when in the very last minute St. Mary's earned a penalty shot. Shivansh glared at the team-mate who made the error that gave them a shot. The coach gulped and asked Shivansh to focus. He lined up the other players for defence. St. Mary's kids also arranged themselves on the field as their coach had taught them. Abhir was sent to take the shot. He looked at his friend and they both nodded.

Coach: Abhir, Roshan. Jaise practise me kiya tha waise hi. Ho jayega.

The stadium was extremely silent. All eager to see the turn the match could take. The whistle blew and Abhir took the shot. However, while Shivansh expected him to hit closer, towards him; Abhir's shot was a little away, intended for his friend who just twisted his leg and it went straight inside. St. Mary's jumped and fist bumped while half the stadium cheered.

Shefali: Shivu! Uski shakal pr dikh raha ki usse bura lg raha hai.

Nishtha: Mai toh ye soch rahi hoon bhabhi ki bacche bhi itna tactfully kuch kr sakte hai.

Harshvardhan: Wahi, maine socha nahi tha baccho ka match itna interesting hoga. Abhi ke bachpan me toh mai tha hi nahi pr Shivu ko aise khelta dekhr accha lg raha hai. (mutters) Go Shivu!

Shefali and Nishtha smiled at each other. The match was almost over when Bishop cotton scored again and it was draw. They cheered thinking they have a fighting chance. Now only a minute was left and it means the match will end in draw. Most probably, they will all get five shots now.

A few seats away, Akshara pursed her lips watching the match intensely.

Akshara: Chal Abhir!!!

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Udaipur | Goenka House

Swarna: bacho ka match bhi kitna intense chal raha hai na...

Suhasini: haan.

They look at Manish who was frowning.

Swarna: Manish Ji? Kya hua?

Manish: ye samne wala school? (thinks and then his eyes widen) arey ye toh Shivansh Birla ka school hai!

Suhasini: Toh? Manish beta Shivu konsa Abhir ya Akshu ko pehechanta hai? Aur usse bada hone ke baad to Akshu ne bhi nahi dekha, vo bhi nahi pehechanegi..

Manish: (in mind)Bhagwan bs ab in rishto ko apas me mt uljhana. Akshu kam me khush hai aur Arohi Birlas ko handle krna jaanti hai. Dono door hi acche hai.

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Udaipur| Birla house

Manjiri had gotten bored, not understanding much about sports and left. Ruhi was watching the match but kept getting distracted. Abhimanyu soon joined in and Parth, who came home after work, sat with them. They both were watching with full focus.

They could hear the cheering of the stadium.

Parth: Match draw hoga. Sahi khelte hai bacche bhi

Abhimanyu: Khaskar Shivu, bohot accha defend kr raha hai!

Ruhi: sshh!!

Abhimanyu and Parth chuckled and returned their attention on the screen. As expected, match was headed for the draw when suddenly two kids from St. Mary's zipped through the field. They were passing the ball to each other and avoiding all other students. They reached quite close to the goal post and right in the final moments, Abhir took the winning goal.

Ruhi: YAY!!!!!!!

Parth: arey hum nahi jeete

Ruhi: Oh...NOO!!!!

Parth laughed and picked Ruhi up. Abhimanyu smiled and turned to the screen to see St. Mary's clapping their hands and Bishop Cotton looking sad. He saw Shivansh throw away his shin guard and sit down on the field. The other boy, the one who secured the winning goal was running towards someone and Abhimanyu felt all air leave his body.

Abhimanyu: (whispers) Akshu!!

He stood up and walked closer to the screen but the focus had been shifted to the stage where the host school had started to give out a speech post which there was going to be a ceremony. Abhimanyu had just received a glance but his heart told him he couldn't mistake in recognizing her. It was her. She looked a little different but it was her.

It was Akshara, he was almost sure!

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Solan

Shefali was talking to a sad Shivansh. The ceremony had ended and he was given a silver medal along with best goal keeper of tournament award. Parth and Anand spoke with him over call to cheer him up and soon he was feeling better.

Nishtha: Chachu!!

Harshvardhan: Kya?

He turned to see Nishtha has become pale.

Harshvardhan: Kya?

Nishtha: Bh-bhabhi...

Harshvardhan: WHAT!?

He looked ahead and sure enough it was Akshara walking with a child who had a trophy in his hands and was showing it to her.

Harshvardhan: Ye toh ussi driver ka beta hai.

Nishtha: Chachu?

Harshvardhan: Manjiri toh alag hi nashe me rehti hai pr maine dekha hai. Akshara ke bina mera beta kaise andr hi andr toot gaya hai bilkul. Aur ye yahan ek alag duniya basa kr baithi hai!? Isse mere sawalo ke jawab dene honge.

Shefali looked at Nishtha who ran after Harshvardhan. Shefali couldn't go as she could not leave Shivansh alone.

Nishtha: Chachu! Chachu rukiye!

She noticed Akshara was talking with her son who gave her his trophy and medal. She began to put in all in and something fell out of the bag. Harshvardhan was getting angrier by the second. He really adored Akshara and knew she was wronged but seeing her have a family without her son hurt him as a father. He tried to stop himself but when he saw Abhinav near the cab, he lost it. The boy jumped in his arms and the three got in the car.

Harshvardhan: Nahi-

He was about to stop them when Nishtha held his hand.

Harshvardhan: Kon- Nishtha! Chod mujhe warna car chali jayegi-

Nishtha: (with tears) Chachu ye dekhiye.

Harshvardhan: Ye kya hai?

He took something from her that looked like an ID card. The name was written 'Abhir Sharma'

Harshvardhan: uske bete ka ID card hai! good! Address bhi hai, mai aaj hi-

Nishtha: (cuts him off) Chachu DOB dekhiye.

Harshvardhan frowned.

Nishtha: Ye ladka Ruhi se do mahina bada hai.

Harshvardhan's frown deepened before the words sank in his mind and his wide widened. He turned to the see the car that was already gone.

Harshvardhan: T-that means-

Nishtha: I know- Abhir. Arey haan! Abhira ka Abhir. Abhir bhai ka-

Nishtha was running out of words. The shock was running through her mind. She ran her fingers through her hair.

Harshvardhan: Vo mera pota hai!

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That day, Abhinav-Akshara celebrated with Abhir. They cooked his favourite meals and took him out for ice-cream. Harshvardhan and Nishtha were confused but Abhir's ID card couldn't give them much except his school's name, house address and DOB. All other details were school related.

Harshvardhan: (caresses the picture in the ID card) iska aur Abhi ka blood group bhi same hai...

Nishtha: dhyan se dekho toh ye bhai aur bhabhi ka mix hai poora..

Harshvardhan: meri kuch samajh nahi aa raha hai. Akshara ka toh miscarriage hua tha na. Phir ye beta? vo bhi Ruhi se bada!

Nishtha: Chachu, yaad hai bhabhi ne ghar se jaane ke kuch months tk lagatar bhai ko kafi calls kiye they. Bhai receive nahi krte they aur phir achanak se pta chal unhone shadi kr li.

Harshvardhan: Jo bhi hai, hume pta krna chahiye. Agar ye mera pota hai toh mai isse aise nahi rehne dunga. Birlas ka pota ek driver ke bacche ki tarah pal raha hai. Bina un sb facilities ke jo iske papa-dada isse de sakte hai.

Nishtha: Chachu, aap us driver ko phone kijiye. Kl hum ass pass ghumne jayenge aur baaton baaton me cheeze puch lenge. Shefali bhabhi bhi free ho jayenge kl Shivu se aur unka journalist background research me kaam ayega.

Harshvardhan nodded and the two hatched a plan. A plan that was going to turn a lot of lives upside down.

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Harshvardhan knows!

What do you think happens next? I know this story is slightly less Abhira but it necessary for the starting of it as I want truth to come out from other source. 

xoxo

PS: Manjulika sahi me saste nashe karti hai. Kairav meant to give Arohi a CHOICE. She is a person beyond Ruhi's mom but Manjulika started her match-making, taking away the choice. She needs to stop forcing her ideas on people. Ek hota hai opinion dena, aur ye jo krti hai vo hai opinion thopna. Ro kr, chilla kr, khud ko beemar krke, blackmail krkr- she will anyhow manipulate to get what she wants!