Family is Everything [COMPLETED]

Chapter 17

..."How could you do this Vishal...?" Shashank was the first to react; "...you did all of this for money...not for your child's happiness...and I can't believe that you would carry out such an act of murder..." he suddenly became furious; "...I have seen how you treat this boy as a servant when really he is your nephew...I just can't believe this is the real Vishal Modhi..."

"Shashank" Vishal began but he held his hand up to stop him and continued; "I end this relationship right here...my daughter is not a business deal for me...no child should ever be a business deal for their parent..."

He noticed Vishal looking at Abhi in anger and fumed; "I warn you Vishal...if you dare take any action against any of these kids I will make sure I have you behind bars for your past crimes..." Shashank threatened.

Hetal stepped forward and apologised to Shashank on behalf of her husband then moved over to Armaan who was still holding onto Riddhima's hand; "I'm so sorry Armaan...I'm sorry for everything I've done to you and your parents...she was my sister..." she cried uncontrollably.

"It's o-kay He-tal Masi..." he stammered as he looked at her in this situation; he had always seen her looking snobby and always being rude to him and to see her like this today his heart softened slightly; "...I've forgiven you..."

"I'm really sorry...please punish me...I deserve it..." she cried joining her hands in front of him.

Armaan held onto her joint hands and slowly put then down shaking his head; "I forgive you masi...if you want to make things better please give me all of my possessions which my parents left for me..." he whispered to her and she shook her head.

"That's not right Armaan..." he turned to look at Abhi who was still furious; "...she's asking for a punishment then give it to her..."

"Abhi...she's your mother..." Armaan replied.

"They are nothing to me any more...I have seen the way they have treated you all my life...and they blackmailed me into this relationship...I can't ever forgive them..." Abhi said.

"I understand Abhi...but look at them now...they know that they were wrong and are ready to start over...just forget about it and move on...now you have Nikita with you...if you leave them they will have no one...if Suhaani finds out about all of this she will hate them too and they will suffer alone...it's all over now...let's start over with a happy beginning...no ill thoughts..." Armaan told him.

Abhi looked down at Nikita who nodded her head slowly and he sighed; "I'll think about it..."

Armaan and Rahul smiled at him but he looked back at Nikita and noticed she was very quiet and was sneaking glances at her parents; he gave her hand a light squeeze grabbing her attention.

He walked her over to her parents; "Uncle...Aunty I'm sorry that our relationship has been revealed in this situation...the truth is that I wanted to make this official a while ago...once collage was over I went back home to speak to my parents about Niki but was forced into this engagement without my consent..."

They waited quietly and nodded for him to continue; "I told Niki that I would do anything for us to be together...but by then she had found out that my fiancé was Riddhima...her cousin...and you guys had just patched up your family relationship recently...she did not want you guys to fall out again...especially not because of her...she told me to get married to Riddhima for her families happiness...and this is the reason we have not been open about this until now..."

Nikita looked up at her parents finally but was unable to say anything as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I don't believe you would do this Nikita..." Natasha said; she had not yet come out of the shock from this news; "...you sacrificed your love for our family?"