"Randhir did you see her?" "How is she Randhir?" "Sara kaisi hai" Sanyukta said as soon as Randhir came out of the room

"She is in pain" Randhir mumbled

That was moment when he broke down into tears.
He never felt this weak and vulnerable.
He felt helpess,alone and guilty that time.
He cried badly.
The first time everyone there saw him crying like this.
He was not RANDHIR SINGH SHEKHAWAT right now...He was just a FATHER who is crying seeing his daughter in vulnerable condition.

"Randhir..." Sanyukta kept her hand on his shoulder

"I don't want to lose her" "Sara..." He mumbled Sanyukta hugged him
tightly

*flashback*

"I'll be late" "Order dinner from hotel tonight once you reach home" Sanyukta texted Randhir.

Randhir got a notification but choosed to ignore as the it was from Sanyukta.
Sanyukta kept her phone in bag and ignored a notification of message from Randhir.

"I'll be late today" Randhir has dropped the message but Sanyukta ignored.
It was 8 in the evening and Sara was hungry.
She went to kitchen to search for food.
Unfortunately their servant Shankar was on leave for the day.
Harsh saw her in the kitchen.

"Sara...what are you doing there beta?" Harsh said

"Dadu I am hungry..." Sara spoke

Harsh checked the time.
He was so engrossed in reading book that he didn't checked the time.

"Randhir aur Sanyukta aab tak ghar nahi aaye" He thought

"Dadu..." Sara broke his trance

"Yes beta..." "Okay...chalo I will make something for you" Harsh said.

Harsh somehow prepared khichdi for Sara and feed her.

The khichdi was half cooked but still Sara didn't complain.

Harsh too ate the same khichdi and then made Sara sleep in her room.

It was 11 at night when Sanyukta came back.

Harsh was awake.

She quickly helped herself with glass of milk and went to sleep.

Around 12 midnight, Randhir came and threw himself on bed next to Sanyukta.

They both didn't even care to look at their daughter nor did they care for each other.

Morning arose.

Sanyukta helped Shankar in preparing breakfast.

Harsh returned home from morning walk and joined Randhir on table.

"Morning Dad..." Randhir said but was quite busy with his laptop

"Morning..." Harsh replied

"Morning Papa...here is your tea" Sanyukta served him tea.

"Aap aaj jaldi aaye morning walk se..." Sanyukta asked

"Hmm...because I want to have a word with you both" Harsh said

"What happened Dad?" Randhir asked

"Will you guys tell me..what's wrong with both of you?" Harsh said

"Do you even remember you have a daughter to look after?" Harsh said

"Papa...but..."

"Let me complete first Sanyukta..." Harsh interrupted

"Do you know...your daughter was starving yesterday" Harsh said

"Starving?" "But I had texted Randhir that I'll be late so please order food from outside" Sanyukta said in her defense

"What?" "I didn't know that" "Even I had texted you saying I'll be late yesterday" "You didn't read my message that's your fault" Randhir said

"And you ignored my message that's your fault" Sanyukta said

"Stop it both of you" "Don't start your blame game for god sake...because I am not here to find your faults but to make you understand your faults" "What are you both doing?"
"You are acting like a blind people"
"Dikh nahi raha hai tum dono ki tum dono ki fight ki wajah se...tumhari baachi suffer kar rahi hai"
"Your ego...and selfishness is ruining our family" Harsh said

"Dad...I was busy..had meetings line up" Randhir tried to prove his point

"Even I had an important meeting yesterday" "I was busy..." Sanyukta stated her point

"I am not interested in all this" Harsh shouted

"Paise kamane main itne busy hogaye ho tum dono ke ki aapni beti ke liye time nahi" "Kya fayda itne paise ka jab aapni baachi ko khana tak nahi khila sakte tum dono" Harsh shouted in anger.

Randhir and Sanyukta looked down in guilt.

"This is not done guys"
"This is wrong..." "Kya problem hai tum dono main yeh tum dono hi jante ho aur solve kar sakte ho"
"Please don't do this..." "It is really hard...for Sara"
"Think about her"
"She is part of both of you"
"Please don't repeat the same mistake which Renuka and I did"
"It's really very hard to mend a broken family" "Ask me how it feels"
"I lost everything"
"Renuka is no more with us because she died in guilt"
"I am living my life in guilt"
"We failed to become good parents for Randhir"
"But...I thought history won't repeat itself"
"You guys love and understand each other well"
"I was so proud of you both...and I was relieved..ki chalo atleast my Randhir will have a good family" "With the arrival of Sara in our family...our family got complete"
"But in last few months...The frame of happy family picture has started developing cracks"
"Please...I beg of you Randhir and Sanyukta"
"I have been through this" "It's very hard...once its very late"
"Save your family" Harsh said and left Randhir and Sanyukta passed a look at each other

*flashback ends*

"We repeated the same mistake which my parents did" Randhir spoke

"Sara was turning into Randhir..." "We didn't even realise it" Randhir said.

He looked at Sanyukta who had rested his head on his shoulder.

Her puffy eyes were closed.

Her drained and wet cheeks made him realise that she had cried a lot. Randhir pressed his lips lightly on her hair and caged her properly in his arms.

TBC
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