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It had been a few months since Amrish had passed away, and Natasha had left Makwana house.  Things were different.  Dolly's was in her fifth month of pregnancy, and she was taking it easy.  Hetal and Pranali were taking care of her.  Hetal had changed since Amrish passed.    She was strict even more so than Amba.   Amba had lost her voice in the household.  She had no say in what was going on in the family.    No one gainsay her, as her word was the law in the Makwana house now.   She was no longer the sweet, innocent Hetal.

Bhavin and Chirag were working together taking care of Makwana Group, whereas Dhawal had had his own event company, which was doing well.   Dhawal was also trying to find out where Natasha went as she was dealing with a high-risk pregnancy.   He couldn't even mention Natasha's name at home.  So he had an apartment in his office building.    When Amrish's will was read, it turned out that Hetal was given the bigger share of Makwana group with smaller shares given to Bhavin and Chirag.  Bhavin and Chirag were given a few of the smaller companies within the Makwana group.  He was lucky enough that he was given just one company that used to be part of the Makwana group.  An events company.  Luckily, the company and the building of the business were all that belonged to Dhawal to do as he wished.

Dhawal hired private investigators and had even the police looking for her.   Dhawal couldn't even speak of Natasha at Makwana house because Hetal took out her anger at him and the rest of the family.   Dhawal learned it was better to stay away from Makwana house or just stay in his room.  

Dhawal was getting frustrated and losing hope in finding Natasha.  Dhawal was home for once when he heard screaming from the living area.   He rushed down the stairs and saw his Mots, his brother, Amrish standing in the doorway.   Everyone was crowding him, welcoming him back.  He couldn't believe it!  His brother was alive.

He rushed down the stairs to greet him.  "Mots!  I can't believe it!  You are alive!  Are you ok? Thank god!  Where did you go?"

"Calm down.  I am ok.  I am alive.  Yes, I did get hurt when I fell in the river, but I was saved and nursed to health."

After a few hours, Amrish explained everything that happened with his recovery.   Amrish was looking around and finally asked, "Where's Natasha? Why don't I see her?"  

"Mots, she left me.  I don't know where she is?  I've been trying to find her since she left, "  shocking everyone as nobody knew that he was looking for her.   Dhawal had changed since Natasha left, becoming colder.

"Why do you mean she left?  She promised to take care of the family.  And Natasha wouldn't break her promises."  said Amrish

"What promise?" asked Dhawal

"Well, that day, the reason we went to the Safari was that Shalini planted that idea in Golu's head.   She planned the whole thing.  You see, she wanted to break my marriage to Hetal, because she regretted leaving me during our wedding.  I had married Hetal afterward.  And, I was punishing Hetal and the rest of the ladies for Shalini's betrayal with Ma's blessings.  You see, Shalini was a career orientated woman, and I loved her.  But when she left, I hated career orientated women, and I refused to let the ladies of our family work, as I thought they would ruin our family.  Ma agreed with me.   Shalini faked her injury to stay in Makwana house.  She even took pictures and a video that looked like we were having an affair, so she could blackmail me during the Safari trip.  Shalini had fallen over the cliff during our argument, and I went to get help.   I found Natasha.   Natasha had found the pictures, and instead of accusing me, she believed me.  We went back to the cliff to save her, but we found Mithu had arrived and fallen over the cliff in trying to save Shalini.   After we pulled her brother up, I slipped over the cliff.  Natasha tried pulling me up, but Shalini had grabbed my leg, and the weight was too much.  I couldn't let her fall in.  So I made her promise to take care of our family before I let go of her hand.  I couldn't let her sacrifice herself or her child to save me."  stated Amrish

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