"Maink ki galti nahi hai iss sab mein" Raj said
"Haan kyuki galti aap sab ki hai" Nandini said loosing her shit
"Tumhari bhi" Raj said and Nandini looked shocked
"Meri?" she asked him
"Didn't you ask Manik to never tell anyone that Mahir and Niharika accident tumhari vajha se nahi Manas ki vajha se hua hai?" Raj said and Nandini's eyes widen. Nandini and Raj heard grasps
"How... you... Ma.."
"Manik ne nahi bataya mujhe" Raj said camly "Manas told me" he added and Bhaskar looked at Nandini
"It was not you?" Nandini heard her Appa ask but said nothing
"Why do you and Manik do this? Why do you both choose other's happiness over yours?" Neyonika asked Nandini and she said nothing
"You asked him to protect Manas or not?" Raj asked Nanidni
"Promise me Manik... Promise me, chahe kuch bhi ho jaye, no one should know that Manas ke vajha se hua yeh. Please. Please" Nandini begged him in the hospital corridor as they waited for the doctor to come and update them about their siblings condition and Manik nodded agreeing with her without saying a word.
Nandini nodded.
"And then you took the blame on you" Raj told her and she nodded again. "You thought you get the hate anyways it won't be a problem if you got some more" Raj said and Nandini sobbed "What you didn't expect was me asking Manik to break off your engagement with you and swearing not to make you my daughter in law" Raj said and Nandini look at him with tears "I wish I could see... I could see my little princess doing it. If only I was not blinded with grife and self pitty" Raj said creasing Nandini's hair "How could I forget that you were the selfless one?" he added feeling miserable
"I am sorry beta" Raj joined his hands "I know mera sorry kisi kaam ka nahi hai par phir bhi. I am sorry" Raj said and Nandini sobbed
"Main ne bahut galat Kiya tere aur Manik ke saath but ab nahi. Ab nahi hoga kuch galat" Raj said "Manik had no idea Nandini, he had no idea that I applied for sole custody" Raj told her and Nandini looked shocked
"I sent him off to Nashik for a made up strike issue when the decision was supposed to be taken in the second last hearing. If he even had a hint he wouldn't have gone there. He knew nothing. Not about showing how incapable you are in rasing Manas. And when he came back. He got to know. He was getting Manas to you but I stopped him" Raj said
"I asked he cannot take Manas to you. I even... Even said that it's what he can give us back to provide him with love, with family. It's what he can give us back for adopting him." Raj said and Nandini took a step back.
"Papa!" Nandini said in disbelief and pain.
"I said that he should do it because it's his responsibility after Mahir" Raj said and Nandini looked at Neyonika as if saying you didn't stop him.
"Why?" Nandini asked
"Because I wanted you to feel pain that I felt but I forgot it was not just my loss. It was our loss. I am sorry beta" Raj said and started to go down on his knees but Nandini held his arms and stopped him
"No Papa" Nandini said "I don't know if I can forgive you or not but I can't disrespect you like this. Please don't do this. Manik won't like it either" Nandini mumbled the last part and Raj looked at her with pain
"Itna accha hona, accha nahi hota" Nandini heard Raj
"Aap hi se sikha hai. Aap sab se" Nandini said looking at Raj and then at Neyonika, Naina and Bhaskar "Amms used to say so many bad things for me. Aap logo ne humesha uss baat ko kata, Amms ko roka. Especially you, you have always been nice. Haan you have hurt me, hurt me a lot aur I don't know if I can ever let it go, ever move on but with that I can never forget the good you did for me. You just didn't called me princess you have made me felt like a princess. Not once or twice but many time. Kuch galat hua toh main sirf galat kaise dekhu, I cannot do that. And yes that doesn't mean I am a pushover. I have learnt my lesson. Being good is not my weakness and it will never be but I can't act like a total bitch and keep the bad, just see it and not consider the good, the support I once had. But I need time." Nandini said
