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Vanya entered the room, her presence commanding attention. Laila watched her closely, trying to find the right moment to approach the subject of Purvi without arousing suspicion. "Is everything alright, Laila?" Vanya asked while her brow furrowing with concern. Laila forced a smile, trying to appear casual, "Yes Mom, Everything is alright". Vanya's eyes fell on her Mother-in-law's Tattoo and decided to ask her, hoping she can drive the conversation to where she wanted.

"Mom, You've a tattoo on your back" asked Laila and Vanya smiled at her, "Oh yes, I got it tattooed when Purvi was born then I later added on to the tattoo" said Vanya, Laila did get somewhere near where she wanted but she didn't want to jump on and seem suspicious. "What does it mean" asked Laila innocently. "So there were originally three hearts which represented Parth, Prihan and Purvi then Prachi and Pulkit were born then I  tattooed 2 more hearts for them" explained Vanya.

"That's so sweet mom, So Purvi sister is elder than Prachi and Pulkit" said Laila, "Yes, She's the third child" said Vanya with a glint of sadness in her eyes. "Is she studying somewhere, I haven't met her yet" inquired Laila sounding like she doesn't know anything. "She's at the hospital, she's in a coma due to excessive blood loss" said Vanya and Laila looked at Vanya all flabbergasted. "This all happened a month before your wedding, that's why she didn't attend your wedding" clarified Vanya.

"I'm so sorry" said Laila, "it's fine" said Vanya and Laila sensed that she's going to go off, she needed to know more before. "Where's she at right now?" Asked Laila innocently. "She's at the VRM hospital and still in a coma but the doctors say that her condition is getting better and she might wake up soon" said Vanya and Laila held her hand showing her support. "One of the reasons Rishi is taking me with him is not because I'm needed, because I'm not at all needed but he wants to take me away from this constant" said Vanya.

"It's going to be fine and I'm sure Purvi sister is going to wake up soon, then I'll finally meet my elder sister in law" said Laila and Vanya gave a soft smile. "I hope that happens soon and I curse whatever is the reason my daughter did this, she had everything what she wanted in her fingertips but she still did something so stupid" said Vanya and Laila tightned her grip on Vanya's hand. "She could've told us a single word, I'm Sure that Rishi would've turned the world upside down if Purvi said something" Vanya Muttered.

"Why would Purvi sister do anything like that when she has such a loving family who would do anything for her" said Laila softly. "I've no idea what went on in her brain when she did something so stupid, she didn't care about the consequences and our emotions" said Vanya while tears dripped down her cheeks. "Everything is going to be fine soon" said Laila and Hugged Vanya. Laila felt bad for making Vanya cry but she had no other way. "Don't remember Purvi sister in the condition right now but instead remember her smiling and laughing" said Laila in a soothing manner.

"Purvi being our first daughter, she was the light of our life and you know daughter's are always special, She actually changed all of us in an unforgettable manner and again and changed us by pushing us into this sorrow" said Vanya with a breaking voice. "Purvi will be conscious soon and then we will have a grand dinner with all of us, my whole family and all my daughter's together" said Vanya smiling at Laila. Laila felt her heart sinking when she realised that Vanya meant Laila too as her daughter and all she was making was cry.

"Our family went to a slump after this incident, Rishi went to an unknown state of mind and he's staying strong so I don't break, Parth went all crazy to find why and Prihan felt like he couldn't protect his small sister, Pulkit misses his best friend and his defender and Prachi misses her only sister she has" said Vanya and took a deep breathe. "She doesn't know the consequences we face because of our actions, I'm angry at her for that but I miss my baby, I'll scold her but first I want to hold my baby tight" paused Vanya

"Like how I held her for the first time at the hospital" continued Vanya after a deep breathe. Laila felt bad seeing the condition of Vanya, She decided to stop everything and move on. She didn't want to dwell more at the moment. It's like thin ice and she might break Vanya. "It's going to be fine and I'm sure she'll not like you crying, Also I need her to have a good impression of me and this is not it" said Laila and Vanya Meekly said,"yes". "Come with me, let's do something" said Laila and took Vanya's hand.

They did different things, Laila tried her best to take Vanya's kind off things. It looked like she was fairly successful but Laila knew that Vanya being in the position where she is, She was great at masking emotions when needed. She knew that Vanya was a master of composure when needed. Laila knew Vanya was leaving soon and finally the last familiar face she knew would be gone. The walls were closing on her and her in laws were leaving the house. From now it's going to be just him and her, that wasn't looking good for Laila.

"Laila, take care of yourself and Mita will help you with the house, don't overthink or overwork, Always prioritise yourself and Parth over anything else" said Vanya holding Laila's face. "Yes mom" said Laila and Vanya smiled at her. "It's going to be hard for a while but then it will definitely get better and I am well aware that it can do it" said Vanya.
"Parth come here" said Vanya and hugged Parth tight.

"Don't you dare forget me" said Vanya playfully, "how can I ever forget you" said Parth and hugged her back. "Take care of yourself and your wife, you've new responsibilities on you shoulders and you should put more efforts for it" said Vanya. "Yes mom" said Parth half-heartedly and Laila wanted to sarcastically laugh at that. She knew where his intentions lingered around, it wasn't anything good for her but the complete opposite.

"Also Laila wanted to meet Purvi so take her to the hospital, I think it will be nice if you both go and visit Purvi, it plays as a tribute to this marriage too, you saw Laila at Purvi's function so it will be right only if you both go and meet Purvi together" said Vanya without knowing what power her words held. Laila masked her emotions, she was on the verge of a full fledged fear attack. Now he knows what she has been doing all this while, she noticed him fisting his hands to control his anger.

His gaze fell on her and she looked at him with fear then his gaze went back on Vanya, "Yes mom, I'll definitely do that" said Parth reassuringly. "Do visit your sister often with your wife, your dad is taking me away from here just so I don't do that, God knows what cooking in his brain but he's way too stubborn, so go and meet your sister" said Vanya and gave her husband a side eye.

"Yes mom" said Parth. He too was well aware that his mother was hurting seeing her sister and the reason his father is taking her with him is so she doesn't cling onto the pain, a change of environment might help. "Vanya let's go" said Rishi, "Yes Rishi, take care kids and don't forget what I said" Vanya said and left with her husband. Laila felt the walls completely close on her. They walked inside the house and Laila wanted to run away, locking herself away from him. She heard his footsteps following her, the sound grew louder and so did her heartbeat.

He yanked her arm and made her stand opposite him. Facing him made her more scared of her fate, He made her look at him by clutching her far towards him. "Mrs. Parth Manvik wants to be Sherlock Holmes now? You want to meet Purvi now? Don't worry everything will happen at it's own and pace when the time is right" said Parth and let of her jaw. She was breathless and her mind raced thinking what his words held. "I hope you remember that no one is here to save you, I send all the helpers back so it's just you and me" said Parth in a terrifying tone which send chills down her spine.

"Whose going to save you from me Mrs Sherlock Holmes?" Asked Parth with a smirk

Author's note
It's going to get crazy from here and now there's no one stopping him. I must say this is a lame attempt of mine at a thriller at the same time and also you'll feel to kill Parth at several circumstances. Please do vote and give me motivation. The updates might not be often because it's hard to right and my internet isn't convenient