✅ ABHIRA (6-year leap)

OS - 1.5

AK - Abhi..... Abhi

ABHI - shhhh, Akshu.....Akshu, baba calm down. Why are you crying, is everything alright?

AK - Abhi, Ab...Abhir.... he....he needs you, he needs your help.....please, could you please come back soon, I...I ne..need you, ple....please come back.

Abhimanyu is stunned. He was going through multiple emotions, as her last line stuck to his brain. "I need you" was all he could concentrate on. He felt Happiness, love, pain, confusion, and anxiousness all at the same time. But then, his brain registered Abhir's name and he jolt's awake as if someone had splashed a tumbler of water on his face.

ABHI - Wh...What happened to Junior? Where are you right now? Don't worry, I am coming right now.

AK - I am outside the Goenka mansion. Please come soon as our son needs you, I will tell you everything after you return. I can't talk right now as Abhinav is coming my way, bye.

Abhimanyu is puzzled by the abrupt call. He has so many questions. Why couldn't she talk in front of Abhinav? What did she mean by our son......... is it what I think it is.........no, no she must mean Sharma ji and her, but what if......

Shit, he can't waste time now. Whatever it is, he will learn the truth eventually but right now he has to go and meet them immediately. She needed him and he will do everything in his power to help her.

ABHI - Dr. Arohi, there is an emergency at the hospital so I will be leaving right now. You come at your scheduled time, no need to hurry, let Ruhi enjoy her stay thoroughly, and don't worry I will send a car to pick you both up.

He left, without waiting for Arohi's response. He collected his phone and jogged toward his car while switching his phone on and soon was bombarded by multiple notifications. He sits in his car and starts checking his phone. There were more than 80 missed calls by Akshara and 10+ voicemails.

He opens the mail, They were all by Akshara, asking him to receive her calls or respond to her messages. He opened the last voice message, and instantly a fidgeting sound greets him after a small thud as if the phone had fallen. It must have unintentionally been saved to voice mail.

The sound was not clear, with very low audibility. He was going to cut but her laughter stopped him. The laugh sounded taunting, self-loathing, and in pain. Even with background noise, he could hear her talking to herself.

AK -  As time went by, the clarity of what happened during our marriage to our divorce got better and better. Even though I tried so hard to move on, I still couldn't cause deep down I knew, however much I blamed Abhi for saying those hurtful words, breaking my heart into pieces, and leaving me traumatized, I was at fault too. Divorce is never any one person's fault. I didn't try hard enough to save us. I was too hurt and shattered to think straight. When he asked me how come I moved on so easily, I wanted to scream and hug him tight and tell him that I never did. That I still loved him. But alas...now I guess it's too late for things to glue back like before. Anyway, I will fight though, I will fight hard for my child........For our child Abhi........Abhira ka Abhir......

The line automatically cuts and Abhimanyu is sitting shell-shocked. He was just grasping the words and trying to make sense out of them. This was too much for him. His guilt and pain had intensified hearing her pain-stricken voice, finally admitting that she was not ok, that she had not moved on. Her shell of " normal " had been shattered to pieces and she was vulnerable once again. He kept crying and apologizing to his Akshu.

Then her other words finally registered in his mind. Ab...Abhira ka Abhir. Does that mean Ab.....Abhir is really our child. Ab...Abhir is my son, my baby. His eyes start watering again, happy tears start flowing down his cheek as he remembered each moment he had spent together with his Abhir, his baby. He finally knew why he felt so attached to the child, why he felt at peace, which was similar to whenever he was with his Akshu. Abhir was their symbol of love. He had so many unfiltered emotions that he couldn't think straight. 

After a few minutes though his happy face fell and rage took over. He had even more unanswered questions now. He wipes tears from his bloodshot eyes. Keeps his phone down and starts the car, driving off at full throttle.

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NAV - Akshara, what took you soo long to reach here? Why did you leave in the middle of the night? Do you have any idea how scared I was, I thought you ran away. If you pull this stunt ever again, you will really face my wrath. How could you leave me after what I did for you? I have always been there for you, I am your friend, you could have confided in me. Did you run away because you didn't want to give our relationship a chance? Akshara you know na bhai ji is getting married himself. You can't get back together ever, you are with me now, I am Abhir's father.

Abhinav started rambling as soon as he saw Akshara coming out of the car. In his rambling, he forgot to filter his words into a constructive emotional sentence and was just speaking his mind. Now that Akshara had woken from her deep coma of Abhinav's good human chant, she finally started to notice the way he talked. 

The way he always was paranoid about her leaving him and how he cleverly, emotionally blackmailed her to stay with him. Akshara didn't want to raise any flags till the police came so she tried her best to speak as normally as possible while maintaining her stand of cutting ties with him.

AK - Mr. Abhinav, firstly I didn't run away. Secondly, let's talk inside, everyone must be waiting.

Akshara picks up a sleeping Abhir, who was deep in his slumber after taking his medications. She keeps a safe distance from Abhinav, not letting him go anywhere near her child. Abhinav was just busy staring at her mindlessly, to even notice the change in her behavior. 

They enter the Mansion only for the Goenka's to surround her and start questioning her like they were bargaining in a fish market.

BM - Akshu, what were you thinking beta? Jamai sa was so tensed because of your immature behavior.

MIMI - Akshu, beta you are a mother and a wife now, how could you behave so irresponsibly? You have disappointed me.

BP - Akshu, how could you not think about Jamai sa, he has done so much and you are treating him like that. Not done beta, you also didn't inform us, do you know how worried everyone was?

AK - BAS.....stop it, everyone. Will you let me speak for once? Why do you all always behave like everyone in the world is right and only Akshu is always wrong? Now to answer your question, I was not running away, I was coming here to meet Abhimanyu for Abhir's case. I came by road as flights might not be safe for him. And at this point, I do not give a damm about anyone's feelings. All I want is the safety of my child. He is my priority, so sorry if I took some steps to ensure his well-being.

BP - Akshara, firstly this is not the way to talk and I understand, you must have panicked thinking about Abhir's health. We will stand by you, you don't need to worry. Nothing will happen to our kuwar sa. After Abhimanyu comes back from the resort you can talk to him, but do keep in mind that Arohi and Ruhi's lives are connected with Abhimanyu now, they are finally happy and I won't tolerate anything or anyone ruining that.

Akshara just looks at him with sorrowful eyes. She had always wished for her family to understand her, to support her in her dark times but they never did. They still expected her to adjust or simply, just let go. Maybe, that's why she was habitual of letting go and not fighting hard for what she wanted. What was rightfully hers?

She just shakes her head in disappointment and turns to go without answering him when a bombarding voice stops her in her tracks.

M - Why the hell did you come back Akshara? and why don't you answer Manish Bhaisahab? 

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