Location: Unknown

"Faisal?....Fasial?" Abdul was looking around the house looking for his brother when he came running in panting. "Faisal...tu bahar gaya tha?"

"B..B..B-Bhai..." Faisal stammered looking down.

"What did you do?" Abdul asked knowing his brother well.

"I tried to kill that girl"

"Tried?"

"That guy...the rockstar, I dont know where he came from and he saved her."

"Hmmm....What did I say? Dont do anything. Whenever Svetlana Ma'am and Saumya ma'am lets us, only then will we go outside. And what did you do? You went and attacked without thinking. Exactly what I told you NOT to do. And the result? The girl is still alive....and you could have been caught!" Abdul yelled. He then turned on a police scanner that they had stolen.

"Suspect last seen in a taxi going north....He was wearing a back hoodie, ripped light blue jeans and white sneakers."

Faisal looked down at what he was wearing and then looked back at his angry brother.

" You were SEEN you idiot!" Abdul grabbed Faisal's collar and pulled him closer agressively. "Next time....you better do what I tell you. I will take revenge for Javed's death...but if you get caught, I wont save you."

"Yes Bhai...Sorry Bhai." Faisal apologised. Abdul let him go pushing him back a bit as he walked away.

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Location: Hospital

"Doctor....How is Dadi?" Shivaay asked as the doctor came out. Om, Rudra, Gauri Bhavya, Anika, Tej & Shakti stood behind him. The others stayed behind at Oberoi Mansion.

"Well she had a mild heart attack." The doctor replied.

"Oh God!..a heart attack?" Gauri gasped with tears. Anika & Bhavya were also equally shocked and worried.

"Luckily you brought her here in time. She is stable now, infact she is awake. I will prescribe some medicine and I suggest that you dont let her get too stressed or worried. Try to keep her happy."

"Yes doctor, thank you. We will take care of that." Tej replied as everyone looked relieved.

"Anyways...who is Anika?" The doctor asked.

"I am Anika." Anika said wiping her tears.

"Well the moment she woke up, Mrs Oberoi said your name. She wants to talk to you."

Slowly, Anika entered the hospital room where Dadi was laying. Hearing the door open, Dadi looked and held her hand out to Anika.

"Anika Puttar." Dadi softly called out.

"Dadi!" Anika ran to Dadi and hugged her crying, "You scared us all."

"Anika....if I ask for something, will you agree?" Dadi asked.

"You are my Dadi, why will you ask? Just tell me what you want, and Ill do it." Anika replied. Dadi looked at Anika and then towards the window where everyone was standing. Although they were standing outside of the room, the door was open so they could hear everything.

"Anika Puttar, " Dadi lovingly caressed Anika's face and held her hand, "I want, you and Meera...to live in Oberoi Mansion."

Shocked at Dadi's request, Anika let go of her hand and stood up.

"Anika....I know, what Billu did was wrong. You hav every right to be angry but... there are other people in that house na? People who love you alot, this family, this house is incomplete without you. You are the elder bahu of this family."

"Dadi...."

"Pls.....Please." Dadi held her hands together begging Anika.

"Dadi, what are you doing!" Anika sat down on the edge of the bed and lowered Dadi's hands.

"Puttar, if not for anyone else, for me...for this Dadi of yours, please come back."

Anika closed her eyes and thought about what the doctor said earlier,"I suggest that you dont let her get too stressed or worried. Try to keep her happy."

Taking a deep breath, Anika opened her eyes as she made a decision, "Okay Dadi."

"BUT!" Anika said as Dadi & everyone started to get happy, "I have a condition."

"What condition?" Dadi asked.

"I am ready to return to Oberoi Mansion...only for you. I will have no realation with Shivaay. I wnt stay in his room & I definetly wont forgive him. If you gree to this condition, then Ill come back."

"I agree..." Dadi responded without missing a beat, "I want you to return home and I want you and Billu to reunite but I  wont froce you to frogive him. I believe in god....." Dadi says placing her hand on Anika's cheek, "..and I believe in your ishqbaazi (love). Everything will get better."

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Location: Oberoi Mansion

"This is all my fault. I dont know why I thought this stupid plan would work! Now KD is sick & Ma is also angry with me." Meera sobbed.

"Meera...pls dont cry. Its not your fault." Dev hugged Meera comforting her.

"Im sure....KD will be fine...and as for Anika mami, how long can she stay mad at you? Dont think about all that...here drink some water." Jai passed her a glass of water. Meera just pushed the glass away and continued crying.

"Meera knew that if Anika aunty found out about all this, she would be mad....but she never realized exactly how mad she would get. Until now, Anika aunty has never even raised her voice at Meera, and today she slapped her...Meera must have felt so bad." Alia told Sona, Pihu & Ishaan.

"And on top of that, KD....KD got sick. Who knows whats going on in the hospital right now." Pihu added.

"KIDS!" Pinky called out as she and Jhanvi entered the pool room where they were all sitting. "Shaktiji just called me, Mummyji is okay."

"Oh thank god!" Everyone hugged eachother happily.

"And there is one more good news." Jhanvi said.

"What?" Jai asked.

"Anika agreed to return to this house!" Pinky said happily.

"Really?" Meera asked.

"Haan...she hasnt forgiven Shivaay yet but everything is slowly getting better." Pinky replied, "Now smile a little."

"Ma is still upset with me." Meera frowned.

"Come here." Pinky held her arms out and Meera went to her and hugged her. "She is your Mom, no mother can stay angry with her own child for very long. Dont worry."

"Pinky...lets go. We have to get redy to wlcome your bahu back." Jhanvi said. Once Jhanvi & Pinky left, Meera turned to everyone else.
" I should go change. Ive been wearing the same clothes all day."
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A while later Shivaay, Anika, Om, Gauri, Rudra, Bhavya & Shakti returned while Tej stayed at the hospital with dadi.

"Wait!" Pinky called out before Anika could enter.

"What happened Pinky?" Shakti asked.

"One minute Shaktiji." Pinky said and took a puja thaali to Anika. "Anika, you are not only my bahu but also my daughter. Mummyji told me to do your  griha pravesh properly."

https://youtu.be/-vyhmKgOiIg

(*BG Music Starts*)

Pinky applied the tilak to Anika's forehead and placed a kalaash of rice and a plate of red alta down on the ground.

Anika lighty kicked the kalash and stepped onto the plate remembering her marraige with shivaay.

As she entered Oberoi Mansion, leaving red footprints behind, flashes of all her memories in Oberoi Mansion went through her head.

(*BG Music Ends)

"Anika.." Anika snapped back to reality as Pinky called her. "I cant tell you how much we all missed you."

"Ma..." Anika hugged Pinky. "I missed you all too, alot."

"Today is a very happy day for us all...today along with my daughter, I got a grand-daughter as well." Pinky smiled.

"Anika Bhabhi...come na. We'll introduce you to the kids." Bhavya said. She and Gauri then pulled Anika to where the younger Oberois were standing.

"Jiji...these two are mine & Omkaraji's kids. Our son Dev and daughter Pihu." Gauri introduced her kids.

"Hi Badi Ma!" Dev & Pihu greeted and bent down to touch Anika's feet. Anika looked at them emotionally and placed her hands on their cheeks before hugging them.

"Anika Bhabhi...this is Jai, Priyanka and Ranveer's son." Bhavya said.

"You are the one getting married na?" Anika asked.

"Yes Mami...uh- this is Sonali...my fiancee." Jai replied motioning to Sona who stood beside him.

"Hi Anika aunty! Sorry...Anika Mami. Such a coincidence na? I was in college with Alia & Meera but I never met you before." Sona said. Anika smiled and hugged them both.

"And-"

"And last but not least," Ishaan spoke up interrupting Gauri. "Me! Badi Ma...I am Ishaan Rudra Singh Oberoi."

"Mine & Rudra's son." Bhavya added.

"You look just like your papa, Rudy Jr." Anika ruffled Ishaan's hair.

"YES!" Rudra cheered and then hugged Anika. "Thank you bhabhi! I keep telling Bhavya that Ishaan is my carbon copy, she never agrees."

"Ma..." Meera stepped forward to talk to Anika.

"Btw...where are Prinku and Ranveer?" Anika asked Bhavya, ignoring Meera.

"We are right here bhabhi!" Priyanka and Ranveer entered. Priyanka went to Anika and hugged her while Ranveer smiled and greeted her. As everyone got busy talking with Anika, Meera slowly backed away and went upstairs to her room. Meera sat on her bed thinking of Anika slapping her and then ignoring her just now.

"Im sorry Ma." Meera whispered, "Pls forgive me. Pls."

"She will." Meera turned to her door and saw Shivaay.

"SSO....I was just...."

"Relax....I know. You are upset by Anika's behaviour...right? Because she is mad at you." Shivaay sat down on Meera's bed beside her.

"What about you? Aren't you mad at me? I lied to you too na?" Meera asked.

"To tell the truth....I was angry at first. But then...I just found out you are my daughter. So I postponed my anger for a bit....first lets have some father-daughter bonding? I can get angry at you whenever I want." Shivaay joked making Meera laugh through her tears. Shivaay smiled and wiped her tears away. "Dont worry, Anika will forgive you soon."

"Are you sure Papa?"

Shivaay nodded knowing his voice was going to betray him, "S..S..Say that again."

"Hmm?" Meera looked as Shivaay.

"Papa...say that again. Pls."

"Papa." Meera said with a smile. Shivaay pulled Meera into a tight hug as he ran his hands through her hair. Both Father and daughter cried happily.

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Note: Hey Readers! Anika is now in Oberoi Mansion but Shivaay is far from forgiven and now Anika is upset with her daughter as well. But don't worry, a mother can never stay angry at her child for long....its Shivaay you should worry about.