"Mumma, papa kab aayenge?" Peehu pouted as she was eagerly waiting for her father.
"Peehu baby, it's past your bedtime bacha, please go to sleep, papa se aap subah mil lena" Priya tried to explain their 5 year old daughter.
Peehu shook her head and stayed by in the living of their small flat, waiting for her father.
Just then the doorbell rang and peehu smiled wide as she ran to the door and opened it.
"Heyyy my rockstarrrrr" Ram grinned picking her up and planting a kiss on her chubby cheek.
Peehu giggled and kissed his cheek before saying "Papa I missed you"
"Aw, I missed you too my baby" He hugged her tightly and priya smiled seeing them bonding from a distance. She felt her eyes tear up. That moment, guilt hit her for keeping a daughter away from her father and vice-versa.
"Let's put you to sleep now hmm?" Ram came inside with peehu in his arms who nodded happily.
"You've spoiled her sleep schedule Mr.Kapoor" Priya said as she closed the door.
Ram turned to face her and clenched his jaws "Not my mistake that you kept my daughter away from me.."
"I just meant that you're coming home late nowadays when you know she must be waiting for you" Priya said in her defense "And can we please not talk about it infront of your her?"
"No! She has the right to know what her mother did" Ram was clouded with anger.
Priya was taken aback by that but she composed herself and took peehu from his arms who hid her face in her nape feeling scared.
"Please don't fight" Peeehu mumbled clutching onto priya.
Ram's anger dropped after listening to his daughter's sad voice.
"Sorry bacha.." Priya caressed her hair and eyed Ram before moving to the room.
Ram sighed before following them and he saw Priya laying peehu down.
"Papa, aao na" Peehu called him.
He smiled at his Rockstar and laid down next to her, who snuggled quickly to her father.
Priya smiled and ram looked at her with a smirk which made her frown a bit.
"She's already getting used to me, so I'm sure once she starts staying with me, she'll totally forget you" Ram smirked wider.
Priya's heart clenched at that. The corner of her eyes burn as a fear of losing her only daughter gripped her.
She gulped the lump down her throat and looked down at her daughter who almost slept in her father's embrace.
Priya walked out silently while Ram after ensuring peehu was in deep sleep, covered her properly with the duvet and put pillows next to her. He then came out of the room to find Priya standing against the railing in the verandah of the living room. Her back was facing him.
Priya silently cried knowing once ram takes the custody of peehu, she'll be left with no reason to live. Already, she's lost ram... he doesn't love her anymore, he's Ayesha's husband. He hated her to the core now.
She bit her her lip, trying to hold the sob which was threatening to leave her lips.
"In two days, I'll take peehu away from here... she deserves to live in the Mansion, get all the love from her family which she's missing from years.. and all that's because of you! Now it's your turn to stay away from your daughter, not only for a few years.. but for a lifetime" Ram gritted angrily.
"She'll never need you anymore" Ram spatted angrily while tears rolled down Priya's cheeks.
He left the house and Priya slumped down holding the railing and crying her heart out.
The pain is ripping her soul, she's not able to bear Ram's hatred towards her.
After about some hours, peehu woke up rubbing her eyes and looked around in the room to find it empty. She got down the bed and walked out in search of her parents.
It was still dark. She walked out and scrunched her face when she found someone laying in the verandah.
Peehu went closer and gasped seeing her mother lying on the floor. She quickly got to her side and called her out while tapping her cheeks "Mumma... mumma utho... aap yahan kyun so rahe ho...mummaaa.."
When Priya didn't wake up, peehu started crying. She instantly went and grabbed Priya's phone. She scrolled down the contacts and found her father's contact which she saved it as "Papa" some days ago to talk to him.
Ram was disturbed by the loud tuning of his phone. He groaned as he grabbed it off his night stand. He frowned seeing Priya's name flashing on the screen. It was 3am.
He sat up and attended the call "Hello?"
"Papa..." peehu's crying voice fell into Ram's ears which made him alert.
"Rockstar.. what's wrong baby? Why are you crying?"
"Papa.. mummaa... mumma Uth nahi rahi hai.. woh balcony mein hai.." Peehu cried into the phone.
Ram quickly got up and put on his slippers "Rockstar, I'm coming there okay.. stop crying baby.. papa will be there soon"
"Papa.." peehu cried out.
Ram was already out of the house by now and opening the door of his car.
"Rockstar listen, you're my strong girl na?" Ram said as he ignited the engine and took off to the streets.
"Go near mumma and be with her, try to wake her up.. I'll be there within 5 minutes baby" Ram said but within, his heart was pacing badly.
About 5 minutes later, Ram barged into the Sharma house as soon as peehu opened the door. He kneeled down next to priya who lay unconscious in the balcony.
As soon as he held her face in his hands, he put his hand on her forehead and knew she was running a high fever.
"Papa..." a crying peehu came to his view.
Ram got up carrying priya in his arms and took her inside to the room where peehu followed them, crying for her mother.
"Peehu baby, mumma is fine...." Ram said while covering priya with a duvet and dialling the doctor's number. He tried once again and sighed when the doctor picked up "Doctor, please come to the address I've sent you, my wife's running high fever.."
"Sure Mr.Kapoor I'll be there" the doctor replied before disconnecting the call.
Ram rushed out to the kitchen and got a bowl of cold water. He moved back to the room and pulled out his handkerchief as he took a seat next to priya. He placed the wet kerchief on her forehead while peehu climbed on the bed infront of him.
Ram wiped her cheeks and pulled her close to his chest "Shh, Rockstar... your mumma is fine. Doctor uncle is coming to check her"
Peehu hugged him while still staring at her mother.
Ram looked down at priya and kept changing the icy kerchief until the doctor arrived.
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I don't know what came up to my mind all of a sudden that I penned this down😅
Do vote and comment if you want me to continue and give y'all the second part❤️
