The car rushed towards the mansion while Sana called Ishani.

"Ma'am , hurry....... go to Riddhima ma'am room soon......"

" but what happended, Sana "

" Ma'am, we don't have time hurry..........."

She ran upstairs while other family members followed her in pertubation. She knocked the door.

" Riddhima........... Riddhima.... open the door.............. Riddhima"there was no reply.

" Riddhima......"

"but what had happened" dadi questioned." i don't know dadi Sana called me and said to head to Riddhima's room.................. Riddhima ..............."

Aryan came forward and banged the door.

"open the door......................."when there was still no reply,he broke open the door............

The car stopped before the mansion and both of them rushed inside. No one was in the hall,the lights has faded and there was eerie silence in the mansion. Vansh headed upstairs , no......... please god no........ if anything happens to her I, I will ................. he stopped before the room . He couldn't muster that courage to walk in ............. what if she ..... no ...... she can't leave me.

Sana stopped behind him," boss....."

Vansh came out of his thoughts, and stepped in . The family members looked at him , why they are looking at me like this............. no....... no please no..... he walked in holding his breath ...... he won't able to live if ............He quietly moved in .

Riddhima was sitting on the bed while Dadi sat beside her. A tear escaped his eyes. He ran towards her and took her in his embrace.

" Why ................... Why Riddhima you want me to die , what do you want, say.................... what . Why you are doing this to me why ......

......... just answer me why." His anger had no bound yet tears were continuously flowing down his eyes.

He released her from his embrace and looked up at her," what would i have done if something had happened to you " his tone soothed down and broke into tears.

Riddhima was looking at him with a regretfull eye." i am.... sorr..."

" what sorry , no .......no what is sorry if you weren't her then what had i done with this sorry hmmmmm.."

He looked at her eyes,"you don't love me no......... otherwise you would hadn't thought of leaving me."

" no Vansh ............... no". She broke into the tears she held all this time.

" i love you ........ then how could i watch you dieing due to my pain , i am the reason for your suffering..............."

" you are the reason of my life, you are the reason i am breathing, you are the reason i woke up everyday............................ you are my life Riddhima...... my heart cries when i see you in pain so what you want ,i live without a heart.................... how can i survive without you riddhima .............how".

He wiped her tears ," if you ever again thought of something like this then you see.............. i will not talk to you ................... actually i even won't look at you ......... then you will understand what pain is there in missing someone ..."

Both were crying, the tears that they had hold all this came out, all the pain all the cry all the regret everything was flowing away with those tears.

How light it felt........how new ....... How easy it became ...............

Dadi came near them and hugged them." you are the soul of this house........ , you make this mansion a home Riddhima, how will this home survive without it soul ....hmmmm.".

" promise me................... you would never do anything like that otherwise i will ki..............."

Riddhima stoped dadi," I won't ............. ever.......... i am sorry ".

Everytime she had spoken there was a pain in her voice but now her voice had a affirmation...... a rebirth.......

" Let's go down .......... no more sitting in this room................". Vansh held her and made her stand , Sana brought her immmobilizer and Vansh made her wear it.

The family walked down.Dadi ordered the servant to bring tea for everyone and got seated near her, Vansh stood up but Riddhima held his hand.

" I will come in a while , your medicines .... have you had them "

Riddhima looked at him .

" no .....na, i knew,..... wait i will bring it"

" Boss let it be i will bring it"

" No actually ... you too come with me, lets investigate how many medicines had Mrs. Raisinghania skiped".

Riddhima had a smile on her face. They went upstairs. Sana handed him the medicine kit while he checked it.

" Boss ..... I mean........"

" You can ask me...... "

" Actually ..... i mean kabir did so wrong with her , just because she loved you, then why he used her against you.... "

Vansh looked up at her.

" no... i mean if he used her then why he said she betrayed him in love ..............."

" Sometimes there are more than you can see or discover Sana and so is here....."

Vansh signalled her to sit while he checked the Medicines " We were in college together, me and ........ Kabir, Kabir was an introvert he had his own world but things changed when Vaidehi entered his life.... he started to smile........... he started to live and one day everything just ended."

Sana looked at Vansh," that day Vaidehi was standing at balcony ,...... i was horrified she was bleeding, her head was injured , she was crying, i ran to her but before i could .......... She jumped"

Vansh stopped ," Kabir came running behind and his hands were stained with blood . Before i could react, he held my collar and blamed me for her death, we had a really bad fight but the college authorities took the matter in there hands and Kabir was resticated from the college................"

" A life died before my eyes and this........... was the biggest regret of my life but today i saved one."

Sana smiled.

" He used the same manipulation on Riddhima and made her believe i killed her .......... But even I can't understand why. He did this to her..."

Vansh looked at Sana," ....but now I even don't want to know......... Now he will know ...... What he had done.......".

Sana looked at him in affirmation.

It was evening, the sun had setted but there was light somewhere . The light for life, the light of promise, the light of hope. Vansh looked at Riddhima , her face held a radiance ... a radiance which her heart felt.

Yes, she was broken till now but somewhere she mended today..... what game this life plays..........sometimes so harsh sometime just ..........

How true it is said , things start only when there time comes, no matter the efforts.... but when life says ,here you go..... you begin.

All were talking but he was looking at her, there was a weak smile on her face but a deep one ,so much this smiled has struggled , fighted with the pain but finally it won.

A moment before eerieness in her has just killed him but now the silence in her provided him serenity. Silence doesn't meant sadness all the time, silence also meant a hope............. a hope of that sunrise will fill in something............. something that was far stronger to face this life.

All this while he tried to make her forget whatever happened but finally he understood ...........you can't erase the past but you can stand over it and walk in future. finally he understood her.

Vansh made her have her dinner with the family and then took her to the room. They walked in while Vansh was holding her hand , he made her lay and went beside her, caressing her forehead he said,"I understand you, Riddhima...............".somewhere now, he got the perception of........ how i understand you was far more important than i love you,and he was so correct.....

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