Jiju= Brother-in-law
Di= Elder sister
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Narrator's POV

In living hall, a man around 24 years age is shown watching TV by sitting on couch. His face is glowing with happiness. He gets up and goes near main door to open it as bell rang. As soon as he opens door, an elderly couple along with young couple walks in being exhausted.

"Bela beta, please get some water." Shouts the elderly woman. Man's face falls on hearing the name "Bela". On getting no response, elderly woman looks at man.

"Mahir,where is bela? Is she sleeping?" She questions raising her eyebrows.
Before mahir could speak, a girl starts speaking.

"Bela doesn't sleep at day time." That girl says with confidence.

"Yes. Kuhu is right. Then, where is bela?"
Elderly man asks.

"Stop chanting her name,you guys. She is not here." Mahir announces being irritated.

"What? Where is she?" Husband of kuhu, Rohit Jaiswal(RJ) asked being tensed.

"May be she went to visit her parents."
Andy, father of mahir guessed.

"Yeah. You are right." Sumitra,Mother of mahir agreed.

"No No Nooo!! I have just kicked her out from my house."
Mahir shouted with anger and frustration evident in his voice. Everyone present in hall stood up from sofa being shocked.

"What the hell,mahir."
It was sumi who came out of the shock first.

"Why did you do that,bhai?"
Kuhu asked with tears rolling down from her eyes. RJ side hugs her to calm her down.

"What did you say? You just kicked her out of your house? Who are you to do that? Are you owner of this house? If you think so, let me tell you Mr.Mahir Sehgal, I am the owner of this house. It is me who should decide if a person should stay in my house or not."
Andy shouts with all his rage.

"Dad"
Mahir exclaims and was about to speak something, but his words were cut by sumitra.

"What did she do that you sent opps kicked her out from house."
Sumitra asked stressing each and every word.

"I HATE HER. YES, I HATE HER FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART."
Mahir shouted.

"Then why the hell did you marry my sister?"
They hear a rageful voice and everyone snap their heads towards main door, only to look at an elderly couple with tears rolling down their cheeks along with a girl and boy looking at mahir with hatred evident in their eyes. The girl walks in and reaches mahir. 

"Tell me, why did you marry my di?"
She asks holding mahir's collar. Elderly couple and boy walks in by this time and stood behind girl.

"Vish, leave mahir bhai."
That boy separates vish from mahir. Vish hugs him tightly and starts crying.

"Yuvi, please find my di. I want her."
Vish requests her boyfriend Yuvi,who is also younger brother of mahir.

They all hear a thud voice and looks at the source, only to find sumi on floor as she fainted. Mahir goes near her but andy stops him.

"You don't deserve to be with sumi,mahir."
Andy announces and takes sumitra to room followed by everyone except mahir.

In room, sumi gets conscious and she starts mumbling Bela's name. Kuhu and vish sits either side of her on bed and starts consoling her.

"RJ,Yuvi, I want bela. Please search her and bring here."
Sumitra requests them sobbing.

"We shouldn't have gone out. Please forgive us, mukesh and sarika ji."
Andy apologize Bela's parents.

"No andy, don't be sorry. We know how much you love my daughter."
Mukesh states.

"She is our daughter too."
Sumitra says making everyone realize how much she loves her daughter-in-law.  Andy,kuhu and RJ nodes in agreement.

"Bhabhi ji, please eat something."
Sarika requests sumi and she nods in agreement.

"Yuvi, RJ bhai, please go and find bela di."
Vish requests them and they both go in search of bela.

Unknown to everyone, a pair of eyes were watching whole scenario with hatred filled in his eyes. As soon as he saw yuvi and Rj coming out from room, he goes to his room and starts throwing things in his room.

Mahir's POV

I don't understand what that cheap girl did to my family. They all are against me just because of that girl. Let her come, this time I will not kick her out. Instead, I will torture her in such a way that she herself should get lost of my life, unable to bare me. She made my life a living hell. I couldn't marry the love of my life,my queen, just because of her. I hate her from the bottom of my heart. I regret for treating her as my friend in my childhood. She is a backstabber. The day I got to know her intentions, I stopped talking with her.

Yuvi's POV

We have been searching for bela from past 1 hour. God knows where she is. I just hope she is safe. No one from my family can live without her. She is the heart of my family. I don't know why mahir bhai hate her but I am 100% sure, it is because of some misunderstanding. Our bela doesn't think of hurting someone even in her dreams. While I was thinking all these, rj halted car with a sudden break making me gasp. We looked out from glass mirror and found a crowd. We both got out from the car and went there. The scene in front, made us gobsmacked. Tears rolled down our cheeks. There, bela is on road with blood flowing from her head. We both instantly sat beside her on the road and I have put her head on my lap. I checked her pulse rate. Oh god! Her pulse rate is very low. We both immediately took her into the car and drove to hospital. On our way, I messaged vish about bela. Rj is driving as fast as possible.

Vish's POV 

Still we all are in sumi maa's room except my so called jiju. I swear, I will be his death if something happens to my di. Just then, my phone pinged with a message from yuvi. I got excited for the fact that they found my di. I opened my inbox and my world turned upside down after seeing his message. The message is saying that he found di but on the road with a pool of blood flowing from her head. Phone slipped from my hand and fell on bed. I shouted her name and started crying vigorously by hugging sumi maa who is just beside me.

Kuhu's POV

All of the sudden, vish shouted Bela's name and started crying. What happened? I took her phone which is on bed and started reading the message sent by yuvi bhai. Tears started rolling from my eyes. Though, I don't have courage, I said everything to them and everyone are in same position like me. Vish who was crying till now by hugging maa, got up from the bed cleaning her tears. I can see anger in her eyes clearly. I understood that she is going near mahir bhai. I joined her too and we both went to his room.

Mahir's POV

I was sitting on my bed being frustrated and my door got opened with a loud thud and that's when I realized that I forgot to lock it. There came, kuhu and vish inside my room with tears rolling down their cheeks but I can clearly see anger in their eyes. For the first time, I got scared. They both neared me and I felt they might beat me by seeing their rage. The thing they did next, shocked me. They are on their knees in front of me crying vigorously. What happened to them? Even I sat on my knees and hugged them from either sides. They both hugged me back and started crying more loudly. I stroked their hair to give comfort.

"What happened? Why are you both crying?"
I asked them softly.

"Ji..jiju... di.. is...in...hos...hospital"
Vish said between her sobs. What? Bela is in hospital? My heart clenched on the mere thought of loosing her which is unknown to me. Though I hate her, I want to cry now.

"Bhai, I.... want... my... bela... I... want... my... bestie..."
Kuhu cried out.

All of the sudden, mom and dad walked in and made vish and kuhu stand. They both didn't even look at me once.

"Kuhu,vish, we should go to hospital. Bela is in critical condition."
Mom said with constricting voice and they all went out. I don't know why, I so wanted to go with them. I can't let her suffer. I want her alive. Whatever it is, she is my wife.

I immediately came out from house and started following their car. God!! Please save her.

We reached hospital and everyone ran in including me. I didn't let anyone know my presence. I saw everyone fidgeting infront of operation theater with tensed face. Almost after 30 minutes, doctor came out. All my family members surrounded him. I just hope she is fine.

"I am sorry."
Doctor's words shocked me. He left and everyone started crying. Tears rolled down my cheeks unknowingly. I looked at my family. Everyone are crying vigorously. I went in Bela's ward without anyone's notice.

There she is, sleeping lifeless. I went near her and hugged her tightly by lifting her. This is the first time I am hugging her and probably it became last time too,unfortunately. I don't know why but I feel miserable. I want to live with her. I will find out the truth behind her marrying me. My heart is saying that whatever I heard and saw till now is not true. I should find out everything but I am too late. She left me.

God!! Please give me one last chance. I want her. I can't live without her.

Narrator's POV

Mahir laid bela on bed carefully and sat on the stool which is adjacent to bed. He held her left hand with both his hands.

"Bela, I am sorry. Please forgive me. I will not shout on you anymore. I will not torture you. You just be with me. Please come back". Mahir opens up his feelings with tears rolling down his cheeks continuously.

On getting no response from bela, his throat constricts and he cries out loudly.

"Be...Bela...please...co...come...back...I want...you...I want...to...spend...my...life...with...you...I want...to...grow...old...with...you...". Mahir exclaims after keeping his head on the crook of her neck.

"Do you really want to live with my di?"
Vish asks standing next to mahir.

Mahir, who was closing his eyes till now gets up startled on hearing vish's voice. He eye at his family, who are looking at him eagerly.

"Yes... I don't know how and when but I started falling for her. I want to live with her. But, it's too late. I lost her forever. I realized my love for her the moment I heard her death news. I felt like killing myself for kicking her out. This wouldn't have happen if I didn't commit that mistake. It's all my fault. I don't deserve to be alive." Mahir falls on his knees infront of vish with guilt.

All the others are having tears in their eyes on seeing his situation. Vish falls on her knees too and hug mahir.

"You didn't loose her jiju. She is alive."
Vish spits out truth,shocking mahir.

"You didn't observe her breathing,bhai"
Kuhu speaks.

Mahir immediately gets up and hug unconscious bela as tightly as possible. He plant kisses all over her face.

"Don't be too happy,mahir." Andy speaks making mahir confuse.

"What do you mean,dad?" Mahir asks andy being confused.

RJ, "Bela is in coma."

RJ's words make mahir shatter. He starts crying loudly by hugging bela. At the same time, Doctor comes in with nurse on toe.

Doctor, "You can take her home after 2 days of observation. We are sorry, we can't cure her from coma. It seems like she doesn't want to come out of it."

Doctor leaves. Mahir sits on the stool beside Bela's bed by holding her hand with both of his hands.

Nurse, "Only 2 persons can stay here. Others, please go out."

Everyone leaves except mahir and vish. Vish goes near mahir and keeps her hand on his shoulder. Mahir looks at vish with teary eyes and hug her tightly. Vish rubs his back.

"Vish, please say bela to talk with me. She is not getting up." Mahir requests vish, still crying.

"We can't do anything now,jiju. You shouldn't have kicked her out." Vish speaks with tears rolling down her cheeks. She continues.

Vish, "Why did you do that? She is innocent. You could have asked her the reason behind marrying you. She bared all your torture without any complaints."

Mahir starts recalling his life from the day he married bela.

15 days back...

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That's all for today. I hope you liked this chapter. I know it is emotional but trust me, upcoming parts will not be like this.

Do tell me if you didn't like this book. I will unpublish it.

~Anjana♡♡