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"You go back home" - Anika said to Atharv coldly when he accompanied her to her house. She had nothing in her mind other than the story which shivaay narrated to her when she was admitted in the hospital. When she saw atharv accompanying her, She just asked him to go out as she needed the truth from everyone.
"Are you sure?" - Atharv asked her. His legs weren't moving, Not because of the fear of losing her but he saw some kind of desperateness in her eyes.
"Yeah, I will call you..." - Anika said and waited in the entrance till he goes back from her place. When she turned around she saw her father standing nearer to the transparent window, looking at her. Anger fumes inside her when her father looked at her and their eyes locked. Wiping off the tears, She rushed inside. Her feet rushed to her old room.
"Anika... What are you doing? where are you going?" - Her granny asked her but she didn't listen to anything. She just rushed to her old room while wiping off her tears. Her dadi followed her when she saw her in a panic state. She don't know what she was doing. But She became insane when she found her room in the locked state.
"Ani... What are you doing?" - Her dadi asked her when she saw her in a very depressed state.
"Dadi... KEY" - She asked while shaking her shoulder. Her dadi found the urge of finding everything in her eyes and her heart was in a very depressed state. Her Dadi couldn't able to get anything. But opened her pouch and gave her the keys. She snatched it from her hand and opened the door. Only then, She could able to recognize her own breath flow. She walked inside. Her dadi stayed outside looking at her.
Tears rushed outside from her eyes when she found the reason behind everything. When she came back to her room after ten long years, She felt that this room keeping her away from some sort of secret, Now she recognized everything. Each and Everything. She couldn't even able to hold back her tears, She gazed her cupboard, table, her bed which was covered in white cloth. She got answers for all of her questions. It was him. She felt the constant pain of loneliness because she stayed away from him.
With her shivering hands, She took off the clothes from her cupboard and tried to open it. It opened in the second try. She saw a green round sweater along with sky blue jeans before her eyes. She cupped her mouth in shock. Her legs gave up and she thudded down on the floor. Her dadi came inside and looked at her state. She understood everything, But she couldn't able to take up the courage to console her.
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On the other hand, Shivaay entered his house after Seventeen long days, Over these days, He couldn't able to gather up the courage to enter his house. But now, Pushing everything aside, He came inside. Everything was like how it left. He calmed himself and took the seat in the couch. He re-think the entire incident which happened in the cafe where he worked when he was doing his schooling. He just came there casually, But when he saw Atharv in the cafe, He hid from his vision and moved towards the kitchen. When he confronted the waiter who was his friend, He confirmed Anika would be accompanying him soon.
He also wondered, How Atharv perfectly guessed her wishlist when it comes to breakfast. He wore the apron after a long time and started to prepare her favourite Mocha frappucino. He prepared it with all his heart. But when he saw Anika in the gate from the kitchen, He literally lost his control, wanted to go to her and confront everything. But He held himself back. He noticed her smile didn't reach her eyes, He badly wants to know the reason behind when the mere thought of her uncomfortably over anything tortured him. He gave his phone to the waiter and asked him to stick it under the table. On the other hand, He heard everything over the phone. Happy tears crossed his eyes when he saw his pure care over her. He never thought She will get a man like Atharv who completely understands her. He guessed his Genuity when he visited the hospital once. He never troubled her by asking what happened to her. But he diverted her from everything. He smiled at him for matchmaking his soulmate with Another guy. But he knew about his condition, He knew he's best for Anika and for her true heart. He wrote a well-wishing note and Asked the waiter to give it to her. She was blank, Shivaay noticed that. Tears crossed his eyes when he saw her in that state, She didn't even read the note. He wanted to go to her but he held back and came back to his home. Over then, His doorbell knocked. He acknowledged the door and saw his neighbour, Aashish, A bachelor living opposite to his house smilingly standing with his a package in his hands.
"Hey, Aashish... How are you?" - shivaay asked him with a wide smile.
"I should ask you, Bro... Where were you? How are you?" - Aashish asked him in a worried tone.
"Mussoorie, For some important work..." - Shivaay replied with a smile.
"Sorry bro, I am running late, A man named Tej, Came with this parcel to meet you when you are not there... He consequently came for three days, So I took this package from him and told i will deliver it to you when you come back... And yeah, Delivered" - He said and handed the package to him.
"Tej sir?" - Shivaay asked him, The chairperson of his Orphanage, The one who helped him a lot in persuading his medical degree. He took care of all his financial needs. He didn't fail to pay him back by donating some particular amount from his salary, Every month. But He had no idea, Why he came to meet him.
"There's a letter inside... I didn't read it," - Aashish said and waved him goodbye. He confusing took that package inside. And opened the letter first.
Dear shivaay,
How are you? Are you fine? This is my third day in Dehradun waiting for you, So i am leaving this letter with your neighbour. I thought this situation will never come to our life. Kapoor's stopped funding to our orphanage. I know you don't know anything about it. Till now, We, I mean, Me and Tarunvir Kapoor kept it as a secret. After Rishab Kapoor, Stopped funding, Media taking it as serious news. Before Anyone could know about it, I want you to know about it. Because you involved in it.
You guessed right, Shivaay. Your fees and all of your educational expenses were taken care of by his trust. He particularly asked me, not to enclose this to you, a day before he died. When I asked what if you asked about it. He asked me to send this package to you.
It has been ten years, shivaay. But he managed everything for you, You must be thankful to him. Because of him, You are here as a doctor now. Sorry for hiding this from you for a long time. I was bound by a promise.
With love,
Tej.
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Having enough evidence in her hand about shivaay and his existence in her life. Anika stood before her dadi in the drawing-room. Arpita was standing next to her confusingly. He mom, Rashi was in her room who had no idea what was going on. Her father was in his room, Least cared about her.
"You know about shivaay, Right?" - Anika asked calmly, With teary eyes. She was yearning for the answer. Her dadi stayed silent and looked at the floor. Arpita continuously shifted her gaze from her to her daadi.
"Please say something, Dadi... I know you know about him, please say something..." - Anika cried, This time tears crossed her eyes. She was crying badly. But her dadi stayed silent, Hearing her weepings, Rashi came outside.
"Anika... What happened?" - She asked while making her way towards her. Anika immediately gestured her to stop and held her Dadi's palms for Answers.
"Please, Dadi. You are only one whom i can trust, Please, I can't remember the time i spent with him but now, I just can't imagine my life without him. It's breaking me, Dadi... Please Dadi. You always say right, You just want me to happy forever... Please Dadi, Please tell me for my sake..." - Anika grouped her hands before her and asked her. She remained silent but cried along with her.
"Why are you asking her? Even I know about him, You could have asked me, I have answers for your questions..." - Saying so, Her father Rishab Kapoor, stepped down from the steps towards the drawing-room where everyone was standing. Anika looked at her father confusingly.
"You want to know about shivaay, Right... So listen..." - Her father started, She stopped crying and looked him shockingly.
"Shivaay Singh Oberoi is the person who destroyed your life completely and the reason for your suicide attempt..." - He said, Anika looked at her dadi who cried while bowing her head down, Helplessly. But he continues.
"You want to know, How?" - He asked her. she looked at him blankly when he moved close to her and held her shoulders. She looked at his hands and then his eyes.
"Listen to me, Carefully, Anika... You attempted suicide because you have been raped by him, He raped you, He's a bloody rapist..." - He said, His words were equivalent to hundred watts of shock. She dropped all of her photographs with him which she found in her cupboard along with his clothes.
"But thankfully, After that incident, You didn't remember anything. And you eventually moved on in your life...Now Atharv came to your life as a blessing, Don't loose him while thinking about the past..." - He said in a serious tone while holding her shoulder. Even though she was hell shocked by his allegations. She slowly released her from his grip and turned towards her dadi.
"Dadi... You tell me, Whatever he said was true?" - Anika asked her dadi. She raised her head and saw her. Her gaze shifted from her to her son who was standing beside her. She noticed that, But didn't turn towards her father.
"Dadi..." - She called out her name again. This time, she responded by nodding yes. Her heart stopped beating for a while when she responded like that. Again Another Heartbreak, This time, Her own dadi broke her heart into pieces.
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