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Chapter 2

Chirag quickly brought Dolly down, as he knew that she wouldn't have wanted to miss this.

Slowly, Amrish started to take off his disguise off, shocking the ladies.

"Amrish, you're alive! I can't believe it! You're ok!" Hetal rushed towards him and stopped in front of him. She remembered he didn't like any physical contact in public. But Amrish grabbed her and hugged her. Shocking the rest of them. Dhawal smiled sadly. He was thinking of Natasha, how she would be so happy to see everyone. He discretely wiped his eyes, but Chirag saw, and he looked concerned. Amrish was surrounded by the ladies, and slowly, he reassured them that it was he and that he was back.

"Everyone sit down." said Amrish. Amrish grabbed Hetal's hand and led her to the sofa, shocking Hetal once again.

"Listen, I am back, but for the whole world, I still must be dead." said Amrish

"What? Why Amrish?" said Amba

"Shalini Dave. She is the reason why I must stay dead. She was the reason I jumped into the lake. She is the reason I faked my death. She is the reason for everything. Ma, why couldn't you let things alone. Let us live our lives with our wives. I was following your path, and then Dhawal left home. I realized that I was slowly changing, but then Yash stole our property. Ma, you blamed Natasha. Why didn't you blame Esha? When I stole Pandya Store, why didn't you blame me? Why didn't you correct me? Instead, after we got the property papers back, Natasha and Dhawal got married again. Do you remember how happy Dhawal was. He was the happiest I had ever seen him. But what did you do? On his happiest day, you decided to ruin it by blackmailing Natasha. You then sent Shalini after us. She has been trying to destroy my family. She wanted me back. She is trying to break my marriage." stated Amrish

"Amrish.." cried Amba

"Do you know that Shalini had been threatening the family. That is why we sent Dolly and Chirag away even after your disapproval. Even Golu. We had him sent to a boarding school outside of the country, just so Shalini couldn't reach him. Look at Dhawal. We just found out where Natasha is. Do you know that she is experiencing a high-risk pregnancy. She is living in a hospital due to her health. She needs bed rest. Do you know that I had to anonymously transfer her to a private hospital. She almost lost her child in that hospital she was in. She would have been safe at home, but in your anger, you hurt her by your words. So Dhawal took her to her Daama's instead her Daama left this world."

Hetal and Amba looked ashamed.

"Do you the sad part of all of this, Ma? Natasha is the one who lost the most in this. The private investigator that Dhawal hired to find Natasha found out that Natasha's family was the ones that lost their lives in trying to save our Papa. What did I do? I destroyed Pandya Store. Natasha was still forgiving. Yash did not, but Natasha did. You destroyed her relationship with Yash. Did you know that Dhawal found out from her brothers that Natasha was only 2 months old when she was kidnapped by Yash's birth mother. You see, Yash is adopted. She was away from her family for 7 years. Then she comes home, and a few months later, she loses them in the earthquake. I misunderstood her, thinking she was going to break my family. Only I did it. In the last year, I have only seen Dhawal happy when he's around Natasha. And now, he just sees her thru the pictures that he receives." vented out Amrish.

"I'm sorry, Amrishji." cried Hetal

"Hetal, stop crying. What's done is done. I am going to make sure that Shalini Dave is out of our lives soon. Dhawal, why don't you go to Mumbai. You can be around Natasha in disguise. If you come back frequently, we should have everything in control." stated Amrish