Life was very unpredictable. Nobody knew that better then Naira. From her teenage years to adulthood to marriage to now, her life had been a roller coaster. It had been through so many ups and downs, so many twists and turns, that she had barely kept herself steady.
And when finally, she thought that she had gained some stability in her life, it had once again taken a turn, but this time, a turn so sharp, that Naira didn't know how much time it would take for her to steady herself, or at this point, if she would even be able to keep herself steady.
Life had changed for her once again. A single call made by Kairav had completely turned everything upside down. The life which she had built in Goa was now completely different. It felt like everything was falling apart.
Ever since she had met kartik again, her life had been turmoil of emotions. She didn't know what she felt. Anger, resentment, hate, guilt, bitterness, rage, worry, fear, stress. Everything had come together so fast, that she hadn't even able to fully process even half of it.
Inspite of everything that had happened in the past one and a half months, a ray of hope had also come for her. Her brother, Naksh. Naira knew that the truth was now bound to come out before there families. She also knew that the reunion wasn't going to be all sunshine and rainbows. If no one else, she at least would have her brother there with her.
It was dusk. Naira was at the beach, along with Kairav, Kartik and Lisa. Kairav and Kartik were playing in water while lisa was talking with someone on the phone.
Kairav was running around at the beach with Kartik following him everywhere. Even though he was running slowly, Naira could still notice the discomfort with which Kartik ran. It's only been fifteen days since his operation. It would take more time for him to completely recover.
As she looked at both of them, she couldn't help but recall her life. One question had changed everything. Even to this day she had never forgotten what had happened that night. And she didn't think that she could ever forget it.
She had felt angry, disgusted, violated but most of all, she had been hurt by that question. Her heart had shattered. Even to this day, she couldn't believe what she had heard. The next day, after the accident when she had gone back to the Goenka villa, her heart had shattered once again when she had heard Kartik talking to Mihir and had believed her to be dead. He wasn't even trying to search for her and was still blaming her.
At that moment she had decided to leave udaipur forever. She had decided to never look back. She had decided to live, only for her child. She had decided to dedicate her life to the sweet innocent boy.
To be honest, Naira didn't know what she felt for Kartik. Naira didn't know if she even loved him anymore. When she had seen Kartik that day at her home after five years, for a moment, her resolve had broken. She could still remember the way he had kissed her, had hugged her, apologised to her, cried to her.
But all of that was short lived. Because reality had hit almost immediately. And after that Kartik had run away and her resolve had come back. From that time till now, they have spoken only twice. The first time they talked had been a full blown fight between them. Five years of pain, anguish, suffering, frustration had finally broken it's dam. The second time they talked almost led to fight again, before they both controlled themselves.
At least Naira felt assured of one thing, that Kartik wouldn't try to take Kairav away from her. He was her lifeline now, and if he went away, she didn't think she would live.
These five years hadn't been easy for her. Many times making ends meet had been almost impossible. She had worked extremely hard to reach where she was now. And still, even today, she worked a lot, so she could give a good life to Kairav. He was her world, and she would do anything and everything for him.
