Connected Heart

My Child #3

"Ma, please listen," Siyali said,

"Why did you bring him here? Even knowing that family is responsible for our miserable lives." Nisha blankly said.

"He's innocent." Siyali tried to say.

"My child was also innocent, whatever you or others say but I know Kapoor has some secret they must have done something to her moreover they used to hate her especially that makeup queen," Nisha said, crying.

"Ma please, don't bring Payal in between all this. We have enmity with her Grandmother, not with her."Siyali said.

"You don't know anything, but I know she's not what she shows." Nisha tried to say.

"You know when he ate from my hand, I remembered her. When he hid behind me, I felt she's hiding and saying Mom saved me from Dracula. When I saved him I felt I'm saving her. I failed to protect her but I don't want to fail this time. I lost my child, but don't want another mother to go through the same. Ma, he's not in good condition. We should help him so at least seeing our goodness, our child would get peace." Siyali said, taking a photo from Nisha's hand.

"He's from that family only who." Nisha tried to say but interrupted by Siyali "still not, only marriage talk is going and even marriage happens then too I don't see his fault anywhere. He is still outside, terrified, sitting holding our door, please let me bring it here."

Without saying anything Nisha stood and moved to leave disheartened Siyali.

"Tell him, don't try to disturb me otherwise I'll not even wait for a second," Nisha said, wiping her tears.

Siyali happily nodded in yes, and went for the opening door but her smile faded seeing him not there.

She closed her eyes thinking she failed and turned to go inside.

"See, I bought flowers for Magician." All sudden Abhinav said from behind.

"Now, she'll not angry at me." He again spoke, Siyali turned towards him only to find a flower, and his hand was pierced with a throne but his lip was curled, and eyes were glittering with hope.

She immediately took his hand, and started to scold him "what is this stupidity?"

"I plucked this from the garden, but that fat uncle started to yell at me so for escaping from him I did quickly, in this process this happened. This isn't my mistake, it's because of the throne and fat uncle." He started to sniff, Siyali smiled, listened smiled listening and took him inside.

She started to dress his hand, in between he was crying and jumping.

"Aunty, paining." He yelled trying to move.

"Who asked to do that?" Siyali scolded blowing air.

"Don't scold me, you can scold them." He said yelling.

"Keep quiet," Nisha said angrily coming there scaring him. He kept his finger at his lip and looked down.

Siyali shook her head and finished dressing while Nisha gave him an unbelievable look.

"You didn't finish food; I will heat then make you eat," Siyali said standing and moving, patting his cheek, he happily nodded in yes.

He lifted his head only to find Nisha was sitting cleaning bowls. With a slow step, he moved and stood beside her. With all attention, he was looking the way Nisha was cleaning it, later he smiled and snapped fingers.

"I know this, I will help you." He excitedly said because a sudden voice bowl slipped from Nisha's hand.

He ran and sat at his place keeping a finger at his lip.

"I wasn't there." He said seeing her glare.

"I thought I would help you." He said looking down seeing Nisha is still glaring at him.

"After eating clean all bowls, if you break even single then I will sue you," Nisha said standing, he happily nodded.

"Magician, flower. I bought it for you." He spoke stammering forward to her.

"Nani, I know you can't be angry over me for long and that too when I gave you your favourited flower," Nisha recalled smiling little, but her eyes became glassy realizing that was passed.

Without taking a flower, she went wiping her tears.

Abhinav looked at the flower, and tears slid down on his cheek which he wiped, murmuring "bad Magician."

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Anjali was sitting on the floor and crying thinking about Abhinav.

"Mom, please don't be melodramatic. You're Abhinav’s mother, be like him." She recalled his words whenever she used to feel emotional.

"Oh! Please don't give me this kind of wife." He used to tease her next.

"Shut up, I will bring your wife like me only," Anjali said with fake anger, but next moment she burst in tears realizing he's not here.

"It has been 8 years since I hugged you, scolded you. Everyone used to say you're no more but I knew you were alive. See I was right, but still, I can't be with you." Anjali mumbled crying.

"Mom, please open the door." Arya banged on the door, Anjali stood and wiped her tears.

She opened the door and allowed Arya inside.

"What happened?" Anjali asked in a normal tone.

"Mom, please come down and eat something. In the morning too, you didn't eat and now it is night." Arya said.

"You eat, I am full," Anjali said, caressing Arya's cheek.

"You only love brother, if he asks you to eat then without even wasting a second you must run down but when I'm saying you're denying," Arya said, crying.

"How can I eat? I don't know if he even ate or not? He isn't fine, he needs his mother. You saw how much he was scared? His face had bruises and his hand was bleeding." Anjali said emotionally.

"Mom, brother will be here soon. I will ask uncle he'll not deny me." Arya tried to say but was interrupted by Ram's voice.

"He can't come here, if you both will not leave your stubbornness then you both can go and live with him." Ram sternly said, Arya, looked down and moved from there.

"If this is the way, then I'll go." Anjali angrily said standing but her feet froze listening to the next words.

"Then forget you have a husband too; he'll be dead for you." He said, Anjali turned and looked teary-eyed at him.

"I will never forgive you," Anjali said, sitting back keeping her head on the bed.

"Even I can't forgive myself." Ram thought to move.

Anjali lifted her head and picked Abhinav's photo which she kept hiding as nothing is allowed which is related to him.

"You take care of yourself; I'll soon find a way to come to you," Anjali mumbled.

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