The boss screams at her "enough, tumhari himmat kaise hui mujhse jhooth bolne ki? You broke the rule that was being professional true."

Manvi looks up at him and speaks up in her favour "but sir, kya single mother hona paap hai?"

The boss scolds her further in front of whole staff "don't argue with me, kaun hai uss bache ka baap koi nhi janta, na jaane kaunsi gandi naali ka khoon hai wo bacha bhagwan jaane aur tumhari behen ke bare mein jaanne ke baad mujhe to tumhare character par bhi shaq ho raha hai" 

Manvi got tears in her eyes listening to this, along with her friends everyone raised finger on her.

The boss speaks up "Miss Manvi Khanna you are fired!!" Manvi took her bag and left the office shading tears.

She was walking on the roadside, thinking about incident happened at her office. Her pov "itni muskil se ek job mili thi wo bhi haath se chali gayi"

She was deeply lost in her own thoughts that she did not realised when she entered inside her apartment, the watchman wished her but Manvi did not spoke up anything which was quite surprising for him. She then reached her flat and enters inside totally lost.

Anvi was already present at house and was surprised seeing her she asked her "Maasi, aaj aap itni jaldi aa gaye?"

Manvi does not answer her, she then says "come let's play in the park downstairs."

Anvi nodes and both move down locking the house.

Anvi was playing in the park and Manvi was thinking about whatever happened in her office. Anvi falls from the slide, she whispers "maasi.." crying for help.

But Manvi was in deep thoughts, Ruhana who had just arrived in an auto from her office, gets down and sees Anvi lying on the ground and looked at Manvi who was standing, she runs and shouts "Anvi.."

Manvi came out of her trance with her voice and saw Anvi bleeding from her forehead..

"Anvi kaise lagi tumhe? Your head is bleeding!" Ruhana said in concern.

Manvi bends down to Anvi, Ruhana turns towards her and scolds her "kaha khoyi hui ho tum Manvi, mere peeche Anvi ka zara sa bhi khayal nhi rakh sakti ho!"

Ruhana lifts her up into her arms and takes her into the house, Manvi comes in behind her.

Ruhana was trying to wake up Anvi but it went in vain, she then speaks in loud tone to Manvi "Manvi khadi kya ho? samne wale ghar se doctor uncle ko bulake lao"

Manvi nods and goes to call the neighbor doctor, he quickly arrives along with Manvi. He dresses up Anvi's wound and speaks up seeing Ruhana's concern "Ruhana, don't take any tension, your little princess is fine it is not a deep cut." he leaves from there.

Ruhana smiles a bit, caressing Anvi's head.

Nilima comes there and sees this she looks at Manvi and says "how difficult it is to handle all this!"

She further adds oil in the fire with her words "dekho, kaise apna saara pyar apni beti pe luta rahi hai aur uss din jab tumhe chot lagi thi tab bhi Anvi ki fikar zyada thi" saying so she left from there. Manvi who was already affected by morning incident in her office got easily into her words.

Soon Anvi opened her eyes and passed a smile to Anvi. Ruhana asked her "Anvi, are you hurt?"

Anvi got up and sits straight "no mumma, only very little but Anvi is hungry more. "

Ruhana ruffles her hairs and says "okay, I will make something for you"

Anvi nodes and Ruhana gets up to go to kitchen, Manvi recalls a incident which brings her into more darkness.

Manvi recalls how she was hurt while coming home..

"kya hua Manvi?" Ruhana asked her seeing her wound on her hand.

Manvi answers her "nothing Di, just slipped from stairs"

Ruhana scolds her "tumhe careful rehna chahiye tha na! jab upar aa rahi thi! aao idhar bandage karti hoon"

Manvi nods, Ruhana takes out the first aid kit and bandages her hand.

Anvi shouts from her room "mumma, please help Anvi"

Ruhana sighed and then says to Manvi "Manvi, I will be right back tomorrow is Anvi's exam and she is so much worried."

Manvi smiles and allows her "alright Di, I will take food myself"

Ruhana leaves to see Anvi.

She comes out of her trance and thinks "today, Di did not even bothered to ask me why I am so tensed. She doesn't care for me now. " and goes inside her room thinking all about the day.

Anvi was already inside her room and shouts in hunger "mumma, quickly bring the food for Anvi"

Ruhana answers her from the kitchen "yes, Anvi I am getting it"

Ruhana pours the food into the plate and goes Anvi's room to fed her. She sits beside her and starts feeding her with the spoon.

"Enough mumma, Anvi does not want to eat more" Anvi denies eating after few spoons.

Ruhana smiles and does not forces her to have further "alright, now be a good girl and lay down to sleep"

Anvi nodes and lies down on her lap. Ruhana pats her back slowly to make her sleep. After sometime Anvi sleeps, Ruhana slowly pushes her head on the pillow and covers her with the blanket. She kisses her forehead and leaves from there.

Ruhana comes out and sees Manvi sitting on the couch.

"Manvi, tumne khana nhi liya, aao main de deti hoon" Ruhana said while turning the plate.

Manvi answered her rudely... "I am not hungry"

Ruhana looked at her surprised, she noticed something is wrong with her. She went to her and sat beside her asking by placing her hand on her lap "what happened to you??"

Manvi jerks her hand away and says rudely... "toh finally aapko mere liye time mil hi gaya"

Ruhana was surprised with her behavior "Manvi why are you speaking with me rudely?"

Manvi gets up and shouts at her "kyuki I am tired for listening to the taunts of everyone. And it is all because of you."

Ruhana looked at her, getting up from the couch.. "hua kya hai? tum bataogi mujhe!" she demanded explanation from her.

Manvi arrogantly answers her "what? What Happened? Di, you never cared for me. You never think about me. Your only concern is for Anvi. "

Ruhana was surprised with sudden answer of her and nods in no "no, this is not true I love you both equally. You two are my life. "

Manvi interrupts her with "no, you don't! galti aapse hui thi na? fir mujhe saza kyun mili uski?"

Ruhana froze at her place listening to this from Manvi's mouth. For the first TIME, Manvi had spoken these hurting words. Manvi continues with anger "Anvi beti aapki hai, galti aapne ki, single mother aap ho but why am I troubled? kabhi koi mere character pe ungli utha deta hai to kabhi koi meri insult kar deta hai sirf aapki wajah se" she shouted.

Ruhana was shocked hearing all this and scolds her "Manvi what the hell are you speaking, do you realise? I am sorry, I shouted at you but I really got worried seeing Anvi's wound after all she is just a small kid"

Manvi smiles a bit with pain inside her "yes, she is a kid and you should take care of her" after a pause she says "mujhe... mujhe yahan rehna hi nahi hai, main bas thak chuki hoon ye sab taano se.. main jaa rahi hoon" she turns to leave to her room but Ruhana stopped her by grabbing her hand.

She asked loudly "Manvi, kal tune mere liye Nilimaji se ladai ki aur aaj tu mujhe gunhegar bana rahi hai aisa kya ho gaya ek din mein??"

Manvi points finger to her and screams "because I lost my job today, only because of your past. I lost it because I am your sister. mere dost mere character pe shaq karte hai, meri parvarish pe bhi sawal uth chukka hai.. sirf aapki wajah se.. m.." she had tears in her eyes, she then says "enough, now no more! I am leaving this house forever. "

Ruhana was shocked hearing this, she understood what she was going through. She calmly says "Manvi, please calm down everything will be fine, hmm"

Manvi looks at her in shock and says "nothing is going to be fine now di.. nothing. main aap nhi hoon  jise ye sab sunne ki aadat pad chuki hai aur himmat hai itni... "

Ruhana makes her understand and calm down her anger "Manvi, you are not understanding anything because you are in anger, listen to me we will find a solution"

But Manvi was not in mood to listen to Ruhana or understand anything, she walks out of the house. Ruhana shouts from behind "Manvi please stop" but Manvi had already left.

Ruhana sat on the couch with a thud, with tears rolling down her eyes. placing her hand on her head thinking about Manvi.
To be continued..

Manvi left home. Will she return?