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Rishi and Sakshi were unpacking all their things. They have arrived Vizag in the morning. This time they are going to stay here till Nandan completes his studies and they settle some old scores. They have decided that they would go back to their village once everything is settled.

Nandan was helping them. Just then, Anju, Siri and Vicky came inside. Siri and Vicky ran towards Sakshi and Rishi and hugged them tight.

"I missed you peddamma", Vicky said, pecking Sakshi's cheeks.

"I missed you pedananna", Siri said, hugging Rishi.

"I missed my princess too", Rishi said, caressing her hair.

"Now you guys won't go anywhere, right", Vicky asked, snuggling into Sakshi.

"Nope", Sakshi said, lifting Vicky in her arms. "God, you have become heavy, Vicky."

"Of course, I'm a big boy now. Pedamma, I want to your handmade parota and veg kurma", said Vikram, making her chuckle.

"Chalo, we will make then", saying that, both of them moved to the kitchen.

(Vikram is 12-years-old and Siri is 16-years-old)

While the rest of them where arranging things. Sakshi made Vikram sit on the kitchen slab. She first kneaded the dough for the roti, and then started cutting veggies. She told Nandan to fill all the groceries yesterday. She washed an apple and gave to Vikram.

"Rishi bava, come here once", Sakshi shouted from the kitchen.

"What?" He asked, coming inside.

"Tell everyone to come here for the lunch", Sakshi said, turning towards him.

"Okay", saying that, Rishi went from there ruffling Vikram's hair.

"Pedananna, how many times I've to tell you? Don't mess up my hair style", said Vikram.

"This boy and his obsession for his hair. You know, pedananna, this boy spends half-an-hour in front of the mirror to set his hair. Even I take less than ten minutes to do my hair", said Siri.

"Even your dadda used to do the same. Adi used to take more time to get ready than Anju. He used to stand in front of the mirror and style his hair for hours", said Rishi.

"Is it amma?" Siri asked Anju, to which she nodded her head with a smile.

After sometime, Sakshi and Anju placed the dieshes on the table. Sakshi served veg kurma and parotas in a plate and started feeding Vicky, Nandan and Siri. While Anju served herself and Rishi. After the breakfast Nandan and Siri left to their respective colleges while Vicky left to his school.

Rishi was in his studyroom, doing his work. Anju and Sakshi were preparing lunch. Anju was chopping vegetables and was lost somewhere, while Sakshi was preparing halwa. Anju was lost somewhere and cut her finger unknowingly. She winced in pain, making Sakshi look at her worried.

"Ayyo, where are you lost, Anju? See how much blood is flowing", said Sakshi.

She cleaned the wound and applied turmeric and tied cloth on it.

"You go and sit, I'll prepare the lunch with the help of cooks", saying that, she made Anju sit on the chair.

Just then, Anju got a video call from Maya. As soon as, Anju answered the call, Maya shouted, "Anju maa", making Avi chuckle from behind. Maya was blabbering like a kid, making everyone smile.

Listening to Maya's voice, Sakshi stood still. She wanted to talk to her little princess, but would she talk with her?

Anju looked at Sakshi and said, "Ammu, akka wants to talk with you."

Sakshi glared at Anju, while Anju shrugged her shoulders.

"How are you feeling, kanna?" Sakshi asked, while doing her work.

"I'm good, amma. How are you and nanna?" Asked Maya.

"Your nanna is in studyroom, how is your morning sickness?" Asked Sakshi.

"Worst amma, this boy is troubling me already", said Maya, making a cute pout.

"Like father, like son. Even your hubby used to trouble Vani a lot when she was pregnant. But how are you so sure that it's a boy?", said Sakshi.

"Is it amma? And here he is complaining about me. About boy, we just feel it's our little prince this time. By the way, amma what are you cooking?" Asked Maya.

"Your favorite goduma halwa (atta ka halwa/wheat halwa)", said Anju.

"Wow", Maya said, licking her lips. "Maa, make it for me when we come back from our vacation."

"Hello madam, don't you think you are eating too many sweets these days?" Avi asked Maya from behind.

"What should I do, your junior was making me crave for the sweets? So scold your junior, not me", said Maya, making an angry pout.

"You idiot, when did you stole my chocolate?" They could hear Diya yelling at Arjun.

"I didn't steal it, I found it in your bag", said Arjun, defending himself.

"Why did you take my bag again?" Diya asked him.

"For the moisturizer", said Arjun.

"But I've kept it in your bag, right", said Diya.

"I forgot", said Arjun.

"Now I give me my chocolate, Arjun. That's the last one", said Diya.

"But I ate it already", said Arjun.

"You know what, I hate you", said Diya.

"Feelings are mutual baby", said Arjun.

"You know what, go to the hell", shouted Diya.

"Ammu, I will throw your brother from the cruise, he again stole my chocolate", said Diya, coming towards her.

Maya hit her head and let out a sigh, while Avi let out a chuckle. Sakshi and Anjali are enjoying the free show.

"She is my pumpkin, so she will support me", said Arjun.

Maya groaned, listening to him.

"So what, I'm her sister-in-law, so she will support me. Even my little nephew would support his atta (aunt) only. Avunu kada baby (Right baby)", said Diya, caressing Maya's tummy.

"Oyy, he is my little monkey", said Arjun.

"No, he is my little bean", said Diya.

"You already have Vansh in your team, so leave my little monkey for me", said Arjun, pouting.

"Then you have Varsha in your team", said Diya.

While Maya and Avi looked at them frustrated. Anju and Sakshi were controlling their laughter, looking at the grown up kids.

"Pumpkin, tell me in whose team you are", said Arjun, poking Maya's shoulder.

"Ammu, tell him that you are in my team", she said, pulling Maya towards her side.

Avi looked at them in disbelief and pulled Maya towards him and said, "She is in no-one's team, and Diya take a chocolate from Maya's backpack and you Mr. Arjun Reddy, you sit here with us."

Diya squealed and ran to take her chocolate, while Arjun pouted and sat beside Maya.

He then looked at the mobile in her hands and shouted, "Hello peddamma (badi masi/badi maa) and chinnamma (choti masi/chachi)."

"Why are you shouting like a godzilla, we can hear you?" Said Anjali.

"Sorry", muttered Arjun.

"What happened to your hand, atta?" Avi asked Anju.

"She has cut her finger instead of cutting carrots", said Sakshi.

Anju glared at her sister and said, "It's just a small cut, don't worry."

"Ammu, here take it. Don't you dare, share it with your brother", Diya said, sharing her chocolate with Maya.

Maya grinned, looking at the chocolate while Arjun poked her cheeks and made a puppy face, trying to melt her.

"I'll not share my baby with you", said Maya.

He then looked at Diya who was sitting beside him.

"Stop making those cute faces, I'm not going to melt", said Diya, licking her chocolate.

"Okay, guys we have a lots of work to do. We will talk with you later", saying that, Anju cut the call.

"They are crazy", said Anju.

"More than us", said Sakshi.

With that, both the sisters got busy in preparing the lunch.

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All the elders and youngsters sat in the living room in the first floor after having their lunch. Darsh was sleeping peacefully in his cradle. Varsha stood near the cradle, waiting for him to wake up. Siri was helping Vicky with his homework.

Vansh gestured Surya to pick him in his lap and sat in his lap comfortably and asked him, "Mamu, why is Dalsh (Darsh) shleepy (sleepy) always?"

"Because he is a small baby na, that's why. You can play with him, once he becomes big and strong like you", said Surya, kissing Vansh's cheeks.

But how can our jealous queen and attention seeker be calm, by seeing her brother getting all the kisses from her mamu. So, she ran towards Surya and pulled his pants.

Surya looked at Varsha, while she made a cute pout looking at him, making everyone chuckle.

"Surya, she got jealous as you gave her chotu kisses, but not her", said Sravya, picking up Varsha.

Varsha hugged Sravya, and snuggled into her. Sravya kissed her head, making her grin.

Arpita and Yash shook their heads in disbelief, looking at their naughty twins.

After sometime both of them fell asleep, while playing. Yash and Arpita picked both of them carefully, and made them sleep on the bed in their room. Sravya brought Darsh inside and made him sleep beside Varsha after feeding him. They put pillows around them, so that they doesn't fall down. They switched on the baby monitor and moved outside.

Everyone were talking when Sravya got a video call from Avi.

"Hi annayya (elder brother)!" Said Sravya.

"Hi chinnu, connect the call to the TV", said Avi.

"Wait a minute then", said Sravya.

"Bunny, come fast, everyone are here", said Avi, looking at Maya who was busy in searching for something in her bag.

"Hello everyone", said Maya.

"Hi ammu, how is your health?" Everyone asked her.

"I'm good", she said, sitting beside Avi and placing her head on Avi's shoulder.

"Where are Arjun and Diya?" Jhansi asked them.

"Don't ask about them, chinnamma. From the morning, both of them are eating our brains", said Avi.

"Yeah, atta, told us, how both of them fought for a chocolate", said Yash, chuckling.

"Both of them, went to their room just now. Maya said, she wanted to see you all, so I have called you guys. Looks like, you are enjoying without us", said Avi.

"Yeah, we are enjoying the food as the three big foodies are not here", said Arpita.

Everyone laughed, listening to her words.

"Where are my naughty munchkins?" Asked Maya.

"They are sleeping along with Darsh, akka", said Nandan.

Maya mumbled "okay".

"Where are you now?" Asked Aashi.

"Havelock Island", said Maya.

"Okay!!"

"Pumpkin" "Anna"

And there stood Arjun and Diya, glaring at each other.

Maya and Avi hit their heads, while the others giggled looking at them.

"Now, what?" Maya asked them.

"Ammu, I don't want your brother. He is flirting with Vidhi in front of me", said Diya. (Vidhi is Diya's best-friend, she is a big fan of Arjun. She is in relationship with Vishal, who is another best-friend of Diya.)

"Arey, Vidhi just wanted to tease Vishal, as he wasn't proposing her for the marriage", said Arjun, making a pleading face.

"Ajju, Diya", yelled Janaki and Meera.

That's when both of them noticed that, everyone were looking at them. Both of them gave their mothers a sheepish smile, and ran from there.

"This boy/girl will never change", Janaki & Meera said at the same time.

"I shouldn't have planned my honeymoon along with them", said Avi, making a pout.

Maya giggled looking at him and pecked his cheeks.

Youngsters cleared their throats and shouted, "We are here too."

Rest of them chuckled, listening to them.

They talked for sometime and cut the call.

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After finishing the call, Rishi and Sakshi looked at each other and said, "We have to share something with you."

Rishi looked Sakshi, she closed the entrance of the living room and switched on the jammer. While Rishi went to call all the elders who were resting. Everyone understood that it's something serious.

Sakshi looked at Rishi, while he hugged her and kissed her forehead. Few tears left from her eyes.

"Today, we want to share something very important. Whether you trust us or not, it's upto you", said Sakshi.

"What is it Sakshi?" Harinath asked his elder daughter.

His daughters are his pride, mostly his elder daughter. But from the last few years, seeing the change in his daughter has made him distant from her. Sakshi was closer to his father than her to mother, while Anjali was closer to her mother. Both of them used to share everything, but then he noticed the change in her. He asked her many times what was wrong. But she used to say work pressure. He scolded her many times for neglecting Maya and Nandan, but on seeing that, there was no change, he stopped his efforts.

"Have you ever wondered, what changed us?" Rishi asked them.

While Anju had tears in her eyes and the others stayed mum.

"Mr & Mrs Prabhakar and Kamala", said Sakshi.

It didn't take a minute for the elders to understand the matter.

"Aren't they parents of Adi mama?" Sravya asked them.

"Yes", said Revathi.

"They aren't only parents of Aditya, but our families all time rivals", said Harinath.

"Then how did they agree for aunty and uncle's marriage?" Asked Surya.

"Prabhakar and Kamala had two children, Preetam and Aditya. Rajveer's elder brother Rajveer doesn't have kids kids. So, when Rajveer and his wife Jamuna decided to adopt a baby, they gave Aditya to them. Rajveer is good at heart, not like Prabhakar. Rajveer business was already blooming at that time. Three of them used to live Mumbai. On seeing the success of his brother, Prabhakar got jealous. So he decided to start a chemical factory. At that lands cost were cheap, so he brought some lands near to our village. But more than profits, there are many losses due to that company. So, all the farmers along with us united and protested. So, Prabhakar went to the court. No lawyer was ready to take up the case from our side as bought all the lawyers using his money. Revathi was a lawyer in the high court at that time. He tried all his ways to win the case, but my wife again made the justice win", Harinath said with a proud smile on his face.

"Woah!! Ammamma is a lawyer? That's really unbelievable", said Nandan.

"I'm a lawyer and Vaidhehi was a lecturer. My father and brothers strongly believed in women empowerment", said Revathi.

"Then why did stop your practice after that?" Sravya asked her.

"I didn't stop my practice immediately. I stopped before the birth of Arpita" said Revathi.

"But why, nanamma?" Asked Yash.

"Before Arpita, a baby boy was born in this family. The eldest grandkid of this family, Abhiram", said Harinath.

Sakshi and Rishi had tears in their eyes, remembering their first baby, their Abhi. While Nandan widened his eyes, listening to the new found information.

(Maya knew that she had a brother, as Vani told her about him (chapter 23). But she didn't know the exact reason of his death.)

"What happened to him, thatha?" Surya asked him.

"He is no more in this world. He was there with us for two months. Revathi started getting threats, but we didn't take it seriously, as she had dealt many high profile cases. One day he got ill, so we took him to the hospital. Doctors kept him under observation, as he was weak and gave some medicines. He was fine for two days, after that we lost him. We noticed his body turning to blue color slowly. Narayan (Yash's father) got doubt and checked the medicines. He checked the prescription and found the medicines got changed. But we couldn't punish the culprit as there was no proofs with us. So, she left her profession blaming herself, for the death of her grandson", said Harinath.

"We told her many times to join back, but she didn't listen to us", said Gayatri.

"That's the one of the reason for the start of Medicare group of hospitals", said Raghu.

While the youngsters were processing all the new found information.

To be continued....

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