Stay With Me

Story cover and part 3

So the story cover is by Zephyr57 from India Forums. 

here is more! enjoy!

 Part Three- Homecoming

Aditya had been living like a zombie the time away from Kiara. The past several months he was on a path of destruction. His business kept striving possibly because his parents and sister Nyra were supportive somewhat in their own ways. Nyra was a medical student but came over to see him and her presence prevented him from destroying himself to the full extent. Nyra did not admit one truth to him.

She had a feeling that if Kiara was alive she had survived something besides a plane crash. Her parents and Aditya had always tried to protect her but that didn't mean she didn't know the evils of the world.

It seemed like an elaborate plan, the timing of Kiara's death or disappearance.

One night after her brother fell asleep after a drunken stupor, Nyra stepped into the room and caressed his head. Someone had wanted to destroy this amazing person who she was lucky to call her own blood. She wished she knew who had taken away his beloved.

" Agar pata chal jata mujhe, toh main Kiara ko jane nahin deti uss din. Thud mit jati, lekin usko ko kuch nahin hone deti," she said aloud not realizing her brother wasn't totally sleeping.

" You are crazy. I couldn't live without either of you. Now stop all this emotional talk. Give me a hug then you go get rest. You have a hard job, you need sleep just like the rest of the world," Aditya drawled.

Nyra laughed a bit before tucking the blanket over him and hugging him as she did so. He shrugged her off. She gave him one more concerned look before she headed off into her own bedroom.

Situations changed equations. For years Aditya took care of others, now he needed to be taken care of. But things changed the day Aditya got that fateful phone call. Another possible lead about Kiara's location.

This time though it was almost certain that Kiara had been found alive.

The Raichands excitement that Aditya would soon be normal again was at a standstill when they heard Kiara had been shot trying to save him.

Sumitra sighed as she joined her husband and daughter in what was nicknamed " the war room", in the household. Anytime a stressful situation was going on, the staff and household members that were at the residence usually spent their time waiting in this room.

" I guess Kiara is here to stay in your brother's heart. She saved his life as soon as she returned to his life," she commented.

" Ma she is the only one for whom he would leave his bachelor ways for. Besides bhaiya called me, she has been under a lot of stress. She doesn't remember being married to him," Nyra declared.

" Kya? Then why would she return here with him?"

" Sumitra she is his wife and our bahu. If you want our son to stay yours then you best accept it," Rajesh Raichand insisted.

Sumitra excused herself to gain her composure.

She returned sometime later to find the news channel on. Nyra had a bowl of popcorn in her lap and her husband held out his hand for some.

Both were staring at the screen as if there was some intense scene from a movie.

A reporter stood outside a hospital in Los Angeles.

Aditya emerged with a weak looking Kiara next to him. He looked a bit tense but was huddled close to her to prevent her from being hassled or mobbed by a sudden surge of a small crowd of journalists.

The voiceover continued ..

"As you can see Kiara Mehra aka Kiara Aditya Raichand has been released from the hospital today. She was shot apparently at the JW Marriot a few blocks from UCLA university medical center. Hospital staff are not able to comment about the case. However the LAPD did report the suspect had shot at famous Aditya Raichand the business man himself when the incident happened forty-eight hours ago. His wife Kiara was assumed dead in a plane crash over a year ago. But here what matters is that young scion has reunited with his ladylove today.

" I guess I should ready the staff to prepare for their return home," Sumitra said to no one in particular.

Meanwhile..

Kiara had been given a painkiller. She had never had to take them much before in her life so she fell asleep beside him by the time they got in the VIP waiting room for their flight back home.

They would return home for sometime. Once Kiara was up for it, they would go on a vacation wherever she chose. Aditya needed a break after all he did these past several months was work. Today he actually felt drained. But he kept going strong for his wife.

He traced her skin with a lone finger and tucked some hair behind her ear. When the plane arrived he picked her up gently and took her into the flight.

As he buckled her and then himself into their seats, he whispered," Everything will be all right now that you are back Kiara."

They would be home in some hours, then the road to recovery would commence.