Shikayat 2 - An AR SS - Completed!!!

Part 16

A MONTH LATER

Puja was going on in Mallik Mansion as Armaan sit with the Pandit, Karan and Nikki were also sitting behind them as the servants were standing not far from the place as they also be a part of it... After chatting some mantra's, Pandit look towards Armaan who sit staring at the holy fire...

'Jiske liye yeh puja kar rahi hai, uska naam batao beta...' Pandit said...

'Mrs. Riddhima Armaan Mallik...' Armaan said without any expression on his face...

Nodding at Armaan words, once again Pandit start with his mantra's... Nikki face were covered with tears hearing Armaan voice where else even Karan eyes were moist... Everything was quiet as the only voice were of Pandit, echoing in the house...

Soon the puja was complete and Pandit stood up, Armaan with Karan and Nikki also stood up as they just face to the holy fire... Pandit announce that the puja was completed by god grace, Karan move and thank him before leading him out...

Armaan and Nikki didn't move as Nikki stood just staring Armaan back, after sometimes Karan came to see still his kids standing like lifeless people... Karan felt so bad to see that their relation were so weak that the other didn't try to consult by supporting each other in their hard time like they used to do before...

How much Karan try to make Armaan and Nikki speak like they used to do before, nothing was helping because Armaan has just push every single person out from his life... All his time, he spend inside the four wall and if it's not important, he didn't dare to move out...

'Let's have breakfast...' Karan said breaking the silent between brother and sister...

Like a obedient child, Nikki move towards the dinning area while Armaan just move to the stairs to go back to his room... Karan call him but it didn't reach to him as he was too lost in his pain... Nikki stood looking towards the duo and seeing her brother didn't hear their father, fresh tears fall from her eyes...

Realizing somehow that, she was in fault for not understanding the pain behind his action... Not only her, even their father fail to understand it till a month ago when they get to see how Armaan broke down hearing the news of Riddhima...

Nikki wouldn't hold her cry, so she just let her body fall on the chair as her cries got uncontrollable... Karan look towards his daughter and quickly move, taking her in his arms... Hugging her father around his waist, Nikki left the tears fall from her eyes not daring to hold it back...

ARMAAN RIDDHIMA ROOM

Being lost, Armaan move to his room but stood at the entrance as he look inside the room which he share with his Riddhima... Those moment he spend with Riddhima came in front of his eyes as it his sight started to got blur due to the tears forming in it...

How much he try to keep himself strong, he was failing every time he step in the house... Every corner of the house, Armaan could feel Riddhima present and he curse himself for letting go off Riddhima when she was in need of him the most...

Armaan felt how wrong he was to think he was keeping Riddhima un-harm but unknowingly he has give the deepest pain to her... In return, today he was getting the pain and he knows, it was his punishment for hurting someone like Riddhima, who is not only his truly wedded loyal wife but also daughter to Karan and a mother figure to Nikki...