BALH --Paanch Saal Baad --part 72

part 72

ALMOST MORNING 5.00 then  

Ram and priya walked to the ICU , it was almost morning then , ram asked priya to settle down , and he sat by her , leaning to him , priya rested her head on his shoulder , ram circled his hand around her, vikram and neha kept looking at them from a distant…

“ I wonder how they will live apart ….” Neha asked vikram coming closer to him.

“ you know neha , they are strong , and Australia hi toh hain , ram can easily catch up them when ever they will need him …” vikram smiled.

“ and when he will need priya ??” a blank question came from neha .

‘ I don’t know , let apeksha come , she can make them understand and I do agree wd ram priya that keeping pihu in India is not at a good choice …” vikram also sounded worried for pihu …

Vikram and neha stood apart as they saw doctor coming towards them …

“ ahh… mr.shergill , where is mr and mrs.kapoor…?” the doctor asked..

“ they are there …” vikram pointed to the couple and walked wd the doctor to them..

Ram stood up seeing doctor , priya was still sitting there …. The doctor sat by priya , he said , “ mam I know , you are going through the toughest phase of your life , seeing own child whom you carried for months in womb so helpless lifeless , is not  so easy , but I salute your stamina , now mam , I again need your help ….”

Priya for the first time looked at the doctor and uttered “ how…”

“ mam … pihu is in her sense now , you are the mother , you can ask her what really happened , coz tests are on way we can easily get for how long she is being exposed these things , mr.kapoor is handling all the matter very carefully , but health , that matters , and which drug she has been toxicated wd we will get that report by tomorrow evening …. And we guess we will shift pihu to a personal cabin by afternoon , we will monitor her there …” the doctor said in a consoling tone

“ ok … I will …” she uttered feebly …

‘ ok …” the doctor stood up , ‘ then come wd me .. talk wd her she is awake now ….”

Priya stood up , looked at ram , he blinked at her , in the gesture of support , priya walked into the ICU wd the doctor…..

“ when apeksha will land ….” Ram asked ….

‘ by 3 I guess…..” vikram said …..

Ram sat back on the chair , waiting for priya to come out ……..

Inside the ICU ,

Fully covered in green clothes priya walked wd much more courage to face her little princess , she looked at pihu , who is being monitored , wd eyes closed , lying helplessly in between the beeping of the machines …. The doctor whispered “ go mam , I m pulling the curtains , just feel free to talk wd her” , priya stepped near her princess , the nurse pulled the curtain around pihu’s bed , the light got blocked , pihu looked to the other side , to see who is standing , seeing her mamma she smiled …priya smiled and sat on the stool ….. she took pihu’s needle pierced hand on her’s controlling her tears she said ‘ how are you my love….”

Pihu kept on looking at her mom , she didn’t answered… priya looked back to her princess , she stood up as she saw tears rolling down through the side of pihu’s face ….. “ na beta …” priya wiped out her daughter’s tears very carefully …..

Caressing her head priya said “ my love …. We are not angry wd you .. neither me nor your dad ….”

“ but….I m…” pihu answered feebly ….

“ why baccha …..”

“ mamma … u asked me not to go … I went though .. and now see what they did wd me …” pihu cried again …

“ naa… don’t cry baby ….” Priya came closer to pihu … “ who did what …’

“ they .. were taking drugs , I wanted to speak wd chachu … all that I remember I went to masi , then something cut me on my right hand , and then I remembered nothing ….”  Pihu cried badly ……

“ naa beta chup …. “ priya chocked , when she heard about ayesha from her …. “ beta what you said you talked wd Ayesha ?”

“ haan mamma , then  I remember nothing …..” pihu answered …

‘ beta do you know what happened to you …’ priya asked wd courage …

‘ no mamma … what happened I don’t know …” pihu replied ….

‘ beta ….” Priya chocked , closing her eyes she said “ beta doctors said that you almost had a drug overdose …”

Shock ….

pihu shouted  “ no mamma .. this cant be….” She sobbed badly , the doctor came In … priya caressed her head , trying to calm her baby , she said “ I know baby , someone has given you , baby calm down ….”

“  I have not taken mamma , I was asking them not to take drugs , I wanted to inform chachu … I don’t remember n e thing after I meet masi …. I never took drugs mamma …. I never took it …. I hate those things …’ pihu was crying badly , priya was unsuccessful to calm her down , the doctor pushed some kind of medicine , to her body , which in few seconds , made her fall asleep …., priya covered her face , she suppressed her cry  she couldn’t believe what she heard , keeping pihu’s hand down , she ran out from there ….

‘ mrs.kapoor ,mrs.kapoor !!!” the doctor , who also heard what pihu said to her mom , before they drifted her to sleep …. They are now confirmed it is a case of forcible intoxication to keep a witness away from the illegal business .

Priya ran out of the ICU , ram stood up seeing her distressed , she ran and crushed herself into his arms , clutching his shirt , she cried  digging her face deep into his chest , ram took her in his embrace , he supported her head d one of his hands and asked “ what happed baby ….” Trying to move her face up to her ….

Priya nodded a no and kept on sobbing , the doctor came out …. He heard pihu talking about her masi , he looked at devastated priya , seeing the doctor ram asked “ our daughter is ok naa doc ….”

“ yes mr.kapoor …. She is alright and after what she said it’s a clear case of forcible intoxication , she became the witness of drugs somewhere in that disco ,but when her chacha and masi were there how this happened ….” Unaware of the truth doctor said , ‘ and I think mrs.kapoor is now tensed about her sister too , please find out quickly if she is ok or not , and pihu is out of danger now , and yes few symptoms can recur , we will fight wd it … don’t worry , just take care of mrs.kapoor and find out if her sister is ok or not I m sure that thing is bothering mrs.kapoor”  the doctor left inside the ICU again….

Ram made priya sit , moving her flooded face up supporting her chin , he said “ priya … masi …. Means what the doctor was saying ….”

Priya looked up in a heavy voice she cried out “ RAMmmmm…” breaking into teras , she spoke out what pihu said to her ,……

‘ WHAT !!!’ ram was shocked to know the truth , he said “ sidd and Ayesha did this …..”

“ what !!” neha stepped back … vikram was in shock too , he covered his mouth wd his hand , he looked to ram priya ….

“ now you will still say that I should keep pihu here at india or I must send her alone to Australia .. haan neha bol ….” Ram asked neha …, she nodded a no back to ram …. , in frustration and pain , ram sat back , he said “ sidd mera koi nahi hain , par Ayesha , wo toh pihu ki apni masi hain how could she …” closing his eyes , he hugged priya to consol himself and her………

MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT …..

@4 p.m.

Rishab was waiting for apeksha , she in a green suit and black glares walked out from the sirport , she waved to rishab , who waved back , hugging in brief , apeksha said “ kya baat hain rishab itni urgent mujhe kyun bulaya gaya ….”

“ wo apeksha …” with bit hesitation , risshab informed apeksha about pihu’s condition ….

“ WHAT !!!!” she is shocked too …. , “ take me to the hospital first ….”

Rishab drove to the hospital wd apeksha , she rushed inside , vikram took her to ram priya , she stopped looking at devastated ram priya …. Pacing down wd baby steps and accumulating courage ,s he stood by them and called priya by her name ….priya looked to her and hugged her , apeksha next looked at ram , he stood up and said “ baith I need to talk wd you ….”

“ no Bhai … first you tell  me … what the hell happened to our princess and how it happened …” apeksha managed to know about pihu’s health and the main reason behind it , but she don’t know that Ayesha and sidd did that , coz the secret of the vamp couple is still among the four .. only …

“ apeksha , apno ne dhoka de diya , meri bacchi ko marne ki koshis kiya gaya .. sidd Ayesha ne dhoka de diya …” ram looked down … apeksha was in shock still ….  Ram briefed from the very beginning to apeksha and also briefed what pihu said to priya and doctors ….

Apeksha turned , ram priya called her back , but she didn’t stopped … she left in a rush …..leaving ram priya behind …..

Kapoor Mansion ….

The families (Sharma and Kapoors ) are still worried about pihu , kk stood up when she saw apeksha rushing in , she walked towards her , she dodged her mother and turning Ayesha to her with no seconds with no second thoughts , her palms touched ayesha’s cheek to draw a perfect 5 finger slap …

“ What the …”Ayesha looked to apeksha and again in no seconds , apeksha’s palm collided wd her cheek for the very next time …. “ sidd is no one to ram priya , but you …tu priya ki sagi behen hain phir bhi tune itna ghatiyan harkaat kiya ….. why Ayesha why ??”

The family kept stunned …. They don’t have a clue what apeksha was talking about ….  , she next turned to  sidd , “ and you , jiske tukro pal raha hain uske saath …. I may not be nothing to this family , nothing to no one , but I swear to god , tum logo ko ka naquab uttar ke rakhungi , aaj pihu ko agar kuch ho jata naa .. trust me , jo gun humesha rehti hain mere paas , uske sarein goli uttar deti tum dono ke seene mein ….”

“ apeksha !!!’ kk shouted and turned her to herself …. “ kya bole jaa rahi hain , sidd and Ayesha are equally worried about pihu and they are guilty becoz It happened in their presence ….”

“ and by them …” apeksha added ….

“ what !!!!” nutz screamed out ….

‘  haan Natasha , they did knew all and they did it all …” apeksha said with red eyes rolling to sidd and Ayesha …, she briefed what she came to know from ram priya …

“all are lies ….” Ayesha shouted ….

“ apeksha calm down…” priya stepped to the KM …..

“ priya hows pihu ….” Nuts ran to her ….

“ theek hain , she is shifted to cabin , rahul and rimaa are there wd her , we will go again after changing and talking rest for few hours…” priya said

“ ok I m going too …karhtik come fast ….” Natasha rushed out from KM and karthik behind her ….

“ beta … apeksha jo keh rahi hain kya wo sach hain …” kk asked ….priya

“ sayed haan maa …. But mujhe koi naraazgi nahi hain inn dono se mujhe apne app se narazgi hain , mein fail ho gayi I failed to protect my daughter …’ saying this priya went upstairs ….

Ram inhaling a deep breath , stepped to the stair case , he turned and came back to sidd and Ayesha , “ maaf hum dono ne tum dono ko …. Maaf kar diya ….”  Ram rushed up stairs to his bedroom as ram knew that priya need him the most .

‘ priya ….’ Ram came in calling her by her name …. He scanned the room, but priya is not there , he heard her cry , bolting the door , he walked to the changing room , as expected priya was standing infront of the mirror and crying badly , she noticed ram , coming in , turning to him , she hugged him tight …. Ram hugged her back , brushing her hair he said “ shuuushhhhhh priya chup …. Pihu abhi thek hain naa…. And we are together naa , we will find a way out to protect her … and we have decided one naa….”

“ ram , mein reh nahi sakti app ke bina , har pal ek maut marungi app ke bina , par I will go away from you for our love , for pihu …” priya dug her face more into him…

“ I know baby ……” tears rolled down his cheek too ……

Priya looked at him , wiping his tears she said “ app toot jayenge .. toh mera kya ho ga ….”

Cupping her face , ram kissed her forehead , tilting his forehead on hers . he said “ hum dono ko strong rehna ho ga ……”

She nodded back in agreement wd her husband …. They hugged them each other once again ..

Ram asked priya to change , she took out her gown and went to change , ram came down to take some light food for him and priya , kk sudheer and shipra kept on noticing him only , without uttering a single word , ram again went up stairs wd some fruits and juice for themselves .

When he came back to his room , priya was sitting on the bed leaning back , resting on the bed rest ….. she opened her eyes when she heard the noise of  bolting of the door …

“ app bhi change kar lijiye …. And give the plate to me … mein karti hoon ….” Priya …. Said

“ hmmm…” ram handed the plate to priya and went to change , priya cut the fruits into pieces , she sat on the bed only …. Ram came out after few minutes , he saw priya sitting wd the fruits untouched , only difference is that they are now , cut into pieces …

He slipped into the bed , by priya , taking a piece of apple in his hand he said “ priya … take it .. baby ….”

She looked at ram , she couldn’t deny him , she ate the apple from his hand only , feeding each other , after two three pieces both of them became less interested to eat … ram took the plate from priya , and kept it on the side table , the juice remained untouched ….

Priya came near ram , rested her head on ram’s chest …. Ram slowly stroked her hair ……

‘ ram ….” Priya uttered ….

“ hmmm….” He replied ….

“ thodi der soo jau app ke paas , bahut pass ….” Priya said …

Ram replied her with his action , he took her more into his embrace …. Holding her wd his arms , near his heart … priya clasped her hand around his waist ….. the tears came back to their eyes … but they didn’t allowed it to ran down ….peacefully in each others arms unknowingly , after facing the toughest night of their life and after taking the toughest decision of their life , they slowly drifted off to deep slumber ……….

The thought of bearing pain of being staying apart from each other , made them weak , but for each other they stayed calm ,,,…. They tried to control their emotions …. They tried to hide their pain , but they …. Cried silently ,….. died a thousand deaths ….. when they thought of living apart …… TRUE LOVE , TRUE LOVERS …. RAM PRIYA …. ONE HEART ONE SOUL …. ONE NAME “ LOVE”

Precap ::::

Pihu grief to khush for hiding the truth from her parents and him , and ram priya has yet to face many more pains ….. apeksha stood by ram priya’s final decision ….