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Misha POV

"Flight A324 has arrived at the Delhi International Airport"

I am back home. I turned around to pick up the luggage from the luggage belt and put it on my cart. I could not sleep properly since the last 2 days when Avi bhaiya called me. I sighed in content when I looked at my baby sleeping in the stroller, at least I can try my best to keep her from the stresses of life. I touched her plum cheeks lovingly.

"Misha... she will wake up" Tara swatted my hands away from my baby. Clearly she is very possessive about her niece. Even though she is not my sister by blood, I was glad to have her by my side with Vaani.

We both came out of the airport with Vaani and took a cab to the Hotel. 

We were staying here for the next few weeks. I did not want to bring Vaani back to India but I could not let her stay away from me so I brought her here with me.

We have arrived 

I texted bhaiya, he had insisted to pick us up but I did not accept. Honestly, I am not sure how to face everyone after what I did. I think I was definitely unfair with my family and there wasn't a single day I did not regret it.

The three of us settled at at our hotel suite. Since its 11 pm at night, I will go to meet my family tomorrow morning.

The next morning 

I got ready in a simple suit. Bhaiya is picking me up from the hotel. 

"Vaani mummy is going to come back in a bit okay? you stay with Tara maasi and don't trouble her" I kissed and hugged my baby. 

"Ok mummy" she smiled. 

"Are you happy to see mummy leave huh?" I whined at her cute smirks.

"No mum..mummy" she smiled again. 

"Misha she is just happy to spend some time with me, now you go you will get late"

I went down the elevator to the lobby and saw bhaiya waiting at the reception desk.

"Yes I am here to meet Misha Room 812, can you please call her" he told the receptionist. 

I saw him standing at the reception and Ifelt my heart twist. With shaky legs I walked towards him, his back was facing me. I held my courage and straightened my posture. Slowly, I took small steps towards him. 

"Bha..Bhaiya" I spoke softly. He turned and I could not stop myself. I hugged him tight and the tears from my eyes started flowing like a river. I did not even realize I was on the verge of tears.  I felt so secure when I felt his warm arms hold me tighter and I felt wet on my shoulders. He was crying too. 

"Misha, oh my sister" he hugged me again tighter.

Soon we both left the hotel and went towards the house. The car ride was silent as both of us were extremely emotional seeing each other. He was my brother, my support, my best friend and I had betrayed him 3 years ago. But he still welcomed me with wide arms and I felt so happy for that.

When we enetered the mansion doors, I felt all the previous memories come back and hit me hard. My parents, grandparents, my chachu, my cousins, everyone.

The car stopped and the only thing bhaiya said to me when entering the house was -- "Misha .. Please don't hate me"

I looked up at him confusingly. As soon as the doors opened, I saw my grand mother standing there smiling widely. 

She was okay? But she had a heart attack!?

Now I knew what he meant by please don't hate me.

My grandmother hugged me tightly and sobbed and I also could not stop myself from crying. Even though they had tricked me in coming here, I was happy to see them. I met my chachu, my dadu, Anu bhabhi and Priya and chachi. Everyone was happy to see me. Even chachi was silent, she wasnot behaving badly with me and I was glad. 

After greeting and meeting everyone, My dadi took me with her to the mandir in our house to take blessings. 

"Misha.. where is .. " she seemed hesitant to talk.

"my child" I completed the sentence for her and she nodded.

"I have a beautiful daughter dadi, her name is Vaani" I smiled.She was so happy to hear that.

"And what about your .. uh.. husband Ayush?" Oh shit! I did not even think of it. I had lied and there was no ayush. 

"Dadi actually, we divorced" I heard her gasp. 

"Beta but what about Vaani does not she need her father? You left us all for that man, you left your husband Vivaan for that Ayush and you are telling me that you both got divorced" she seemed very angry and I guess she deserved to be too.

"Dadi we were not happy together, we divorced soon after Vaani was born, she had hardly met her father" 

"Then why didn't you come back?" I knew she was hurt but How could have I come back. I did not want to Bring Vivaan into Vaani's life and it will say that way. 

Just thinking about him brought chills in my body. In the past three years, my heart always betrayed me and it always wanted to know about how was Vivaan. Even after the torture he put me through, someone where deep beneath the layers of my hate, I wanted to see him. But I am never going to admit that. 

"I was ashamed dadi, I was ashamed" and then my grandmother hugged me.

Soon we all had lunch and I told my family about Vaani. It won't hurt to tell them because everyone thinks she is Ayush's daughter and if Vivaan finds out about her then he will think the same. He never had faith in me, we did not have a love marriage.

Throughout the lunch, everyone was avoiding talking about Vivaan and I did not know why but yes I was glad for sure.

After spending the day with my family, I went back to the hotel to my baby after promising everyone that I will bring Vaani to meet them soon. Even though we all loved each other, there was still some sourness due to my departure.  

The next day Tara, Vaani and I went to drive around the city and visit few famous places. We also went to a temple nearby. Tara and I stood in front of the goddess praying while Vaani was in my arms. We took the prasad and were about to leave when I felt a tug on my dupatta. I looked back to see 6-7 year old boy standing there 

"Mami is that you?" Mami? I noticed closely and it was Vivaan's sister's (Akshi, the doctor) son. My heart raced and I bent down to his level and hugged him. He was so small the last time I saw him.

"Beta kaise ho?" (how are you?)

"I am good mami" mami that word again brought back the sour memories. I was not his mami anymore, there was no relation between his Mamu (Vivaan) and me.

"Beta why are you hear alone?" instead of replying, he just turned his body and pointed towards the other end of the mandir. 

I froze on my spot when I saw Vivaan's mother standing there holding a pooja thali. 

She was frozen too, her expression showed loved , anger, sadness all in one. I did not know how to greet her.

Before I could realize what was happening, I felt a strong sting on my cheek and I felt myself loose my balance slightly. 

She slapped me!

"Mumma..." I heard my doll crying and running towards me after freeing herself from the reluctant hold of Tara.

As soon as Vivaan's mother saw Vaani, she stepped back hurt. 

"Mumma ... you hurt????! mumma no cry no cry pweese" Vaani hugged my legs and that's when I realised that I was crying. 

Of course I was crying, the woman who loved me had just slapped me. And she did not di anything wrong, I left her son and her family and ran away.

"No baby .. no don't cry" I picked up my baby and hugged her "Mumma is okay" i Kissed her cheeks.

I saw Vivaan's mother's expression change from anger to hurt. "I am sorry but I don't regret slapping you" she said and all i could do was nod. 

"She is yours?!" Vivaan's mother asked me looking at Vaani and I nodded again. 

She was looking lovingly at Vaani and I remembered her words from the first day of my marriage with Vivaan - 

"Misha beta God is witness to my feelings. I always adored you and secretly wished to have a daughter-in-law like you. And now God has given you as my daughter in law. I know that you are pregnant but I also trust your parent's values they have given you. Your mother was my best friend and I know who is the exact copy of her. I will not ask you about how or why or who is the father because I believe this was meant to be, you were meant to be my bahu and this child was meant to be my grandchild."

I felt guilt cloud my heart even more when his mother touched Vaani's cheek lovingly but Vaani turned her face away as she was not easy with strangers. But this was her grand mother by blood. I felt a huge rock of guilt on my chest.

"Maa... I mean .. uh.. aunty I don't know what to say. I am extremely ashamed of leaving the way I did.. I just .. " she stopped me from talking. 

"The past is the past Misha." she again looked at Vaani with longing in her eyes. Vaani is her grand daughter after all but she just did not know it. "I know what he did, he raised his hand on you didn't he?" she looked at me ashamed.

"Yes" I gave Vaani back to Tara, trying to keep her from hearing this conversation.

"I should have raised him better. I did not slap you because you left him Misha, he raised his hand on you and he deserved it but I slapped you because you left me, left our family with out even giving us a second chance. I slapped you because of the way you left us. You have the right to be with your fathers child but at least you could have said good bye, you could have at least tried to love us back" she spoke with hurt in her voice.

So, she did not know anything about what Vivaan did except when he beat me. For a second I thought she knew about his plan to sleep with me and marry me out of rage and ego.

"Aunty  I am very sorry, I am truly guilty for the way I left, I know it was wrong but I could not get courage to .. you know"

"I know beta I know, where is uh.. where is your .. husband?" she asked hesitantly.

"Aunty we divorced soon after Vaani's birth"

She stopped and spoke " I know I should not say this Misha, but looking at Vaani I so wish she would have been the ray of sunshine in our family as our grand daughter. But I guess God did not want that" and her eyes went numb. "I know you would never give Vivaan a chance after what he did beta... but.... maybe....a second chance ..."

"No aunty, I am sorry. But I have a lot of self respect. He hit me aunty and I will never forget him for that. Even though I have forgiven him and moved on, but I can never forget it aunty, I just can't" I spoke with finality in my voice.

"Of course beta" and then she grabbed her grand son's hand and turned with  numb eyes.

I was about to turn as well when she turned back and stopped me. 

"Misha just to let you know, Vivaan has paid for his mistakes. Even if you don't give him a second chance, maybe you will feel satisfied to know that he was punished for his mistake of raising his hand against you" and then she turned and started leaving.

Punished?! He was punished?! What did she mean? 

I ran towards her before she could leave "Aunty what do you mean he was punished?" I asked her stopping her.

Her eyes showed a lot of pain and hurt "He got into an accident the day you left Misha. He was driving to find you but got into a massive accident and he ...." she sniffed back her tears " And he was in Coma for over a year and it took him many months after that to recover back to his old self. Even today he suffers beta. He truly suffers, trust me I know his pain. He suffered for what he did" and then she left from there leaving me standing rooted at the same spot. 

I stood there trying to hide my emotions. I was acting that he did not matter, what happened to him did not matter but the truth is that it was breaking my heart more harshly than I expected it would!

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Hello Readers 

Wow that was long for me to write.

Please let me know what you all think.

I know I have not shown Vivaan's side yet, so we don't know if he has changed truly or if he has suffered truly but from the perspective of his mother who saw her son in a coma, she thinks that he has suffered alot.

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-Lovestruck420