Adiya's destiny

Lost everything still breathing

Zoya's POV

"MA..."he shouted before everything else became silent. Everybody standing there were frozen by the incident that took place right in front of there eyes. The police took control over the situation, they went downstairs took the body inside along with the doctors and assistants and continued with there formalities as it was a suicide. Slowly everybody shifted back to there work. "Mr.Hooda aapko niche police bula rahi hai",saying this the constable dragged him as he didn't respond. I quickly followed them,I couldn't leave him alone in this state. He was made to sign a number of papers .He was absolutely oblivious of everything that was happening around ,it was Kunal who was checking on the papers he was signing on " thank god". After sometime the doctor came out and informed us that we could take the body home. To this, I looked at him and to my disappointment there was no reaction at all. I wanted him to react , to cry ,to talk, even to get angry but not to stay quite.

The door opened and the body drapped in white cloth was moved out in a stretcher, it was being taken to the ambulance. I never had a pleasant relationship with her ,she never liked me,she had never accepted me as her daughter in law, to be honest there was nothing that could make me feel for her but the last few days I was her PARI .Seeing her in that state I genuinely felt bad for her. The loss she had suffered was too hard for her. She couldn't accept PAPA'S murder and then even Arjun left her. Finally as she got herself back she couldn't deal with it any more and gave up. Tears refused to stop flowing from my orbs all of a sudden the lifeless figure of PAPA lying on the floor came to my mind and I couldn't look at her body anymore. I turned to face the other side until the body was taken away.

Suddenly all my emotions shifted towards him, he sat there motionless ,not a single tear drop left his eye. I went up to him and slowly placed my hand on his shoulder, he looked up ,those eyes were emotionless, the damage was too severe this time for he lost everything. The mother whom he had taken care of like a child for the last one year was no more. The loss was huge and I could see it in his eyes ,I knew no words would soothe him at this moment only the warmth of my presence could at least keep him alive and at present it was important to make him breathe more than anything because he was struggling with each and every breath of his. he was choking, he was dying and I wouldn't let that happen ,never.

I held his hand and out of the hospital towards the car. I made him sit and drove away from there towards HOODA MANSION.

We reached, I got down but he couldn't ,he dreaded the site which he would have to witness. I asked him to get down and firmly held his hand as we moved towards the main door. He quietly went and sat near his mother's body ,eyes pleading her to wake up. People were coming and offering her flowers . Kunal had taken everything under his control as I had asked him to coz I couldn't leave him alone.

"MOM...MOM...",it was Arjun who was followed by my family-Abbu , Ammi, Noor. We all were after all the same family...yes he and Arjun got engaged, there marriage was fixed after two weeks but fate never plays it straight. He cried hysterically and couldn't be controlled then my abbu came and held him .Getting the warmth of a father figure calmed him down. Aditya who was sitting right opposite to them looked at the, but not a single emotion displayed on his face. I was getting worried for him, I quietly sat beside him. It was time to take the body away. Arjun who had by know controlled himself became the responsible man of the family. he somewhere knew the loss had been caused and the duties of a son needed to be fulfilled. The body was being taken away Aditya was holding onto his mother's hand not wanting to let her go ,but as the body was taken away her hand was snatched away from his and it landed on his lap with a thud.

Aditya being the elder son had to burn the pyre, he did, he stood there quietly, whereas , Arjun was crying. People retreated back leaving the place empty. My ammi abbu came forward as the knew they were the only people left in the boys life to take care of them. Abbu placed a hand on Arjun's head assuring him that he was not alone ,he took him along with us and asked everybody to settle in the car. He did not even bother to look at Aditya who was standing behind him, this gesture of my father hurt me. I knew he didn't like Aditya but looking at his miserable condition even the evil's heart would melt. I looked at him with a questioning face, feeling my gaze on him he looked at me and said, "Zoya, hume aapse kuch baat karni hai ,jaldi ghar pahuchna jaroori hai" I knew what he was talking about ,after all I had lied to him and the guilt inside me didn't allow me to fight further. As our car moved away from the place I kept looking at him, knowing he needed me but not being able to stand beside him at this moment made me guiltier.

We reached home, I had a conversation with Abbu asking for his forgiveness for lying to him and to my surprise he didn't argue much and understood my point of view, this behavior of him didn't fit well with me , he is very strict with his principles and was always hard to convince but...I decided to leave it there as my mind wandered away thinking about my husband who hadn't returned till now. We sat on the dinner table everybody had something or the other but Arjun was having difficulty in swallowing his food .Ammi being the mother made him eat and he ate some to fill his empty stomach, but amidst all this my gaze was only on the main door worry visible on my face for my man since he hadn't returned. Besides me there was someone else who was worried for him- Ammi . She too was worried for her son , how could I forget it was her who had accepted Aditya whole heartedly as her son in law before anyone of us did. She genuinely loved him, even during this one year when I had refused to disclose anything that had happened between him and me that separated us it was only her who hadn't grown bitter towards him, she believed then and still believes that there must have been some reason behind him taking such a step. Twice or thrice she tried to convince me to talk to him telling it must have been difficult for him to let her go, he must be struggling and would need her but abbu's influence was always prevailing in the house. He had strictly refuse to even take Aditya Hooda's name in our house and my pain and anger didn't allow me to think straight. My brain started to see things clearly when Arjun came over and Abbu agreed to their marriage. On hearing MA's condition I realized he was really left all alone. Now somewhere Ammi's questions were making sense was it really any of fault or the situation separated us...the question to be answered and only he had the truth with himself...but were was he...fear was slowly taking over my senses. Everybody went back to there rooms but I couldn't ,I sat on the sofa, Abbu asked me to go to sleep few times but Ammi understanding my state asked him to let me be...thanks to her.

Early morning the sun rays hit my face and I slowly opened my eyes ,I had a blanket over me the ac temperature was reduced as I always preferred it to be when I slept and I knew who did that .It was him ,he had returned because only he knew the smallest of my need and comfort, he still cares for me...without wasting a second I ran to his room which I had cleaned in the afternoon knowing he would return back to his room after an year .

I opened the door...

p.s I am not blaming anyone for whatever happened between them a year back which caused there separation its only about self introspection which will only grow there relationship and there love being so strong will take them out of this darkness brighter and stronger