Raglak - In to the heart

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Princess,  what is your nick name.  Soham asked.

Dahlia eyes widen.  A cute smile formed on her lips,  My mom,  Daadi and Daadu calls me Angel...  She touched her little finger on soham lips.  Shhh...  dont tell anyone,  my mom told me that i am an angel who saved her.  She said god send me to her as the saviour.  You know my mom is the best mom in the world.

Rohan caressed her hair,  we know and you are the best daughter.  What others calls you.

Her face changed like she want to cry.  She looked at the ground and went silent.

Saniya cupped her face,  oh....  my cutie,  why are you sad?

They will never called me my name.  Parth Daadi and Daada, Anakh and visakh Daadi and. Daada all call me kid. Sanskaar uncle and Adarsh uncle.... hmm... they never called me anything, I never talked with them.
Parinita aunty and swara aunty.... Her eyes brimmed with tears,  they sometimes calls me kid or ladki... but.. but

But what princess?  Vamshi asked.

But swara aunty sometimes shouts at my mom like Anakh and parth didas.

Vamshi took her in his arms,  then what your mom do?

Tears filled in her eyes. My mom silently hear whatever they shout. Mom never talked back to anyone. She only talk with me,  Daada and Daadu.

Laksh felt he is falling,  how dare his family to treat his child and wife like this?  He kissed on her forehead. Princess, Daada and daadu are.. Shekhar papa and sharmishta ma,  isnt it?

She widened her eyes. No... that is Anakh and Visakh Daada and Daadi.  I  am talking about my Daadu and Daadi... My sweetest one,  she pouted.

Parvati daadi and daadaji,  you are talking about them. Right?
She nodded her head. Hmm... They loves me and my mom the most.

Laksh kissed her cheek. Ofcource i know. Your daadi is soo possessive about your mom that some times she came in my dreams to hit me.

Dahlia laughed by closing her mouth by both hands.

You are my papa,  right?  Then i will tell you a secret that nobody knows.

Rohan pouted. Thats not fair princess,  we too love you.we want to hear the secret.

She touched her fingers on the cheek like she is thinking something serious. Then she nodded,  ok..... I will tell you, but promise me it will be a secret between us.

They all smiled and nodded.

Its a secret between Me and Darsh. Dont tell anyone.

They all thought who is Darsh and then it striked in their mind,  Darsh is the 4 year old child of Adarsh and Parinita.

Darsh Is not like any of them in the house. He loves me and mom. You know,  he loves my mom more than his and he calls her Ragu Ma. Mom too loves him soo much.
Do you know what darsh calls me, Sissy and I call Him bro. We are the best friends. 

The secret is we are made a plan. He said,  when he grow up,  he will take mom and me faraway and he will protect us.

Soham laughed. How can he? He is so small na.

Dahlia slapped cutely on her own head. This uncle,  i told you na,  he will grow up and he said he is a boy and he have soo much muscles.

Laksh felt happy. A 4 year little kid can understand his wife and daughter more than those grown up.

Why swara aunty is shouting at your mom?  Vamshi asked her again.

My daadu and daadi is angry on swara aunty. So she hate my mom thinking that my mom is the reason. I am actually afraid of them all. Dont tell them i told you this.. she said.

Maneesha grabbed her and placed  dahlia on her waist. Dont worry,  i am here for my princess and you know,  today onwards you will see who is the real devil, she smiled and dahlia laughed. She really loved maneesha. Dahlia kissed on her cheek.

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Its already night and everyone ate their dinner. He have waiting for ragini  to enter the room with dahlia. He never got a chance to talk.Time is passing and ragini is not come yet. Thats when reality striked him,  there is nothing regarding ragini and dahlia in his room. He wondered were they are staying.

Laksh opened his door and closed it from outside. All the lights are already turned off and he walked through the corridor. He doesnt know where to search them. He looked everywere and not seen them. He thought there is not a place  for him to go.. he turned to his mother room to ask,  when his mind have got a specific place,  no... there is no chance that they are in that room. He mumbled,  but to confirm,  he walked upstairs,  were in the corner there is a small room in maheswary mansion they used as their store room.

When he entered there he can see a small light coming from that room. His heart beated fast and he opened the room. It is not locked and what he saw made his blood boiled in anger.

There is a blanket covered in the floor and 1 pillow is there. He saw Dahlia is layed there with her head in ragini laps. Ragini is patting her and singing a song.

When ragini saw someone opening the door,  she looked at dahlia and her heart beated faster. AP and Sujatha strictly ordered her to off the light after 10.00 o clock. She never broken it and always did what she asked. Today it is not like every other day. Today he is back and her fears are back again. She prayed AP and Sujatha to not shout at her infront of dahlia again. She know how much dahlia is afraid when they are gone. Ragini is tired of her angel miserable life.

Ragini saw who opened the door and.........
Laksh,  the man who left her in the middle,  the man who she loved madly,  the man for whom she fighted with everyone,  the man who is the father of her angel and the only  one whom she loved her entire life and still struggling with her heart to not love. She want to stood up,  but she is tired and she doesnt know what to do.

Laksh saw ragini staring him and he doesnt understood her emotions. Her face doesnt shown anything but one thing is there fear and it hurted him the most.

Dahlia saw laksh and ran to him. Papa... you are here?
He grabbed his daughter in the arms and kissed. I told you wherever my princess is,  i will be there ofcource.

Are you staying with me  and mom today?
Laksh nodded. Not today,  from now on paapa will be always with you and your mom. He looked ragini.

There is no reaction there. She is still sitting in same position.

Laksh sat on the blanket, he looked at the room,  there is nothing other than a  small Shelf. He wondered how they are living here?

Papa... our room is small,  how could you sleep here,  you have a big room there,  isnt it?  I love you paapa,  but you should go and sleep there. I dont want my paapa to get uncomfortable.

Laksh caressed her hair,  My princess and your mom is staying here,  then why shouldnt paapa?

She giggled,  because we are happy here. I always sleep in moms lap. This is a small blanket and where did you going to sleep? 
He smiled and whispered in her ear. I will sleep in blanket,  you and your mom should sleep on me.

Dahlia and laksh laughed,  but inside,  laksh is hurt,  angry, sad and more than that hate, hate is growing above all for his entire family.

Dahlia dragged him near to the shelf. Paapa do you want to see my teddy bear?  She took a teddy bear hided behind dresses. A small one.

Dahlia caressed it and said,  Darsh Bro gave me this. He said to hide it behind and play on night so no one will see.

Laksh looked at the shelf. only a few old dresses of ragini and dahlia is there. His family didnt even completed the basic needs of ragini and dahlia and that made him hate them more.

Princess... why should you hide the teddy bear?

Dahlia looked down. Because They all didnt like me to play with toys. Once i accidentally took one of anakh toy car,  i swear papa, i got it outside in mud. Anakh is crying for that and his mom and dadhis consoling him. I dont know about that. When i took it inside sujatha daadi saw it and she shouted at me.
Swara aunty is soo angry that day because my daadi is shouted on her,  and anakh too fallen and a wound is there in his leg. When she saw it in my hand she shouted and angry on mom. That day they all said my mom is bringing up me as a thief.
I swear papa,  i never stole anything,  tears flowed through her eyes.
I know they are not meant that,  mom told me swara aunty is worried of anakh,  that is why she shouted.

Laksh hugged and kissed his daughter. I know my princess is the best. I will give you whatever you want,  today onwards nobody will going to hurt you or mom......

Laksh heared someone walking inside and saw his friends there. He realised they too heared it.

Vamshi walked near dahlia and took her in his hands.Princess, we will tell you a story and he then took her outside and closed the door.

Laksh looked ragini who is silent,  he sighed and moved near her.

She curled up to oneside and her heart is beating fast.

Ragini... Slap me,  shout at me,  do whatever you want but dont be silent. He cried.

She didnt uttered anything but tears filled her eyes.

He pulled her to him and hugged her.There is not even a single gap between them and he kissed her hair.

Ragini didnt moved,  just stayed on there without a protest,  but he can feel the wet patches forming on his shirt from her tears. he kissed her head again and again.  Cry ragini,  cry how much you want to. Dont stop,  i want you to let go all the pain and i promise tomorrow onwards i will not allow anyone to hurt you and our princess.

He can hear she is whispering  something and he tried to  understand what she is telling.

Please...  please dont take my daughter away from me,  please...

She is pleading with him,  she is afraid of him,  his ragini is afraid that he will snatch their daughter from her. His heart broken... His old ragini is gone,  that ragini who loved laksh more than anything. This ragini is afraid of laksh..  This ragini afraid of everyone..... How?  How muvh you struggled ragini...

Laksh didnt know what to do and he stayed there with ragini in his chest crying and Mumbling........