AbhiRa(short story)- secrets revealed

ch-15

   "Ru, is that you?" Abhimanyu asked again.

" Yes" she replied while crying.

" How are you? and why are you crying?" He said being worried.

" I am missing you and everyone. I want to come home. Before coming here Mamma told me that we are going on vacation but now whenever I ask her when we will go back home, she scolds me and says that I have to live here only.
I don't want to live here. I don't like this place at all. Our house is very small and whole day I live here alone. Mamma lock main door from outside and go to work in morning and then she comes back in evening leaving me alone and when she comes back in the evening then also she don't talk with me nicely and keep scolding me only. She had strictly told me to not talk with you and anyone else and don't give me phone also. Today, I requested our maid aunty to give me her phone, she was not giving to me as mamma had told her not to but when I cried so much, then she gave it and I can only talk for 5 minutes. Please come and take me home, I don't want to live here anymore. I want to live with you and whole family in our home. Please come here." Ruhi said on phone and started crying even more.

  Abhimanyu and Akshara both were shocked after listening that.

  " Baccha, please stop crying. I will definitely come. Can you please tell me address of your house so that I can come there." Abhimanyu said to her.

  Ruhi shared her address.

  " Ok, I have to go now. Will you come to take me home?" She asked with hope.

  " Offcourse I will come and don't tell anything to your mamma ok? " Abhimanyu told her.

  " Ok..bye. I will wait for you and I miss you so much." She said and call got disconnected.

  Abhimanyu looked at phone and then looked towards Akshara with helpless and tearful eyes.

  " I can't believe Arohi will do this with Ruhi, I thought she.." Akshara said and stopped looking at Abhimanyu.

  " Akshara, is there something which I don't know?" He asked to her.

    She thought for few seconds and then realised there is no point in hiding it now
then she told him everything about Arohi

  Abhimanyu was angry after listening that would be understatement. He was fuming.

  " How dare she? I used to think that no matter whatever she did in past, she is changed now after becoming mother and atleast love her ruhi genuinely and will not do anything wrong with her but I forgot, humans can't change their habits this much easily. She should not have done this. I have forgiven her so easily for everything but not this. This time she will face real Abhimanyu Birla." He said with so much anger and determination.

   Akshara was scared to look him like that. She was fearing this only but now she can't even say anything to him because she herself was scared and worried for ruhi after listening her few minutes back. She can't imagine what that little girl was going through because of her selfish mother. She should not get punishment because of Arohi at all.

  " Abhimanyu, what you are planning to do? She is her mother unfortunately and we can't do anything about it because mother has first right on the child." Akshara shared her concern.

  " I don't give a damn about that woman.
Ruhi is my Neel's daughter too not only her and I won't let her suffer because of that selfish woman. Will you help me?"
He asked her.

  " Offcourse, I will." She said.

  " Thank you" he said to her.

  Next day, Abhimanyu forcefully got  discharged by convincing the doctors to give clearance.He came home in evening.
Whole family came with him to welcome him in the home including goenkas.