Opening her eyes, the first thing she noticed was her tiny treasure, her little girl.
Her tiny doe had tears in her eyes, her face looking swollen as if she had been crying for so long, and the way she had been staring at her made her heart bleed.
The scenario occurred in her mind when witnessed her world collapsing right in front of her eyes,
She thought she lost her everything once again,
Her body ceased to function.
She wanted to run to them and save them,
She wanted to take all the bad on her, but she was standing there all paralyzed.
"Mommy! " Just hearing her words, she lost it.
Getting up from resting posting, she pulled her little girl in her arms and hugged her tightly while her eyes started sobbing bitterly over her tiny shoulder.
Armaan was also sitting close to her, he put his palm over Nandini's head that was when she looked at him and put her palm over his cheek.
Armaan pulled his both girls into his arms and soon Alexa started crying again, fisting her mother tightly.
The poor little girl started trembling badly, mumbling under her breath but it was hard to say what she was saying.
"Bj, Alex! " Sid yelled,
That was when Armaan and Nandini looked at Alexa and their heart almost came into their mouths.
"Alex! " Armaan and Nandini called her name at the same time, Even Sid also tried to calm her but it was of no use.
They all started rubbing her hands but Alexa was lost in her, own dark world.
"Mommy... " Nandini hugged her girl tightly while kissing her.
"I am here baby girl,
I am with you... "
Nandini whispered in her ear but Alexa started mumbling that god would snatch her too from her.
Nandini shook her head, palming Alexa's face.
"No, no, baby, no my little doe
(Nandini was shaking her head terribly. )
No one snatches me from you,
No one... " Nandini looked at Armaan with tear-filled eyes who was trying to analyze his daughter's sudden panic condition.
"Do something, Armaan,
Please do something,
I can't,
I can't lose... " She begged him,
Sid tried to calm Nandini by putting his palm on her shoulder but she wasn't in her sense.
Pushing his palm away, she looked at Alexa who was in the dark side of her mind.
It was clear by Alexa's condition that the sudden attack on Nandini affected her innocent heart terribly.
"Armaan... (Nandini's voice was shaking looking at her daughter in panic condition and tears were brimming shamelessly. Since Alexa came back home Alexa was silent as her mind was occupied by the scene she witnessed)
Armaan she... She is... " She tried hard to speak but, it was hard.
Checking her eyes and pale skin, Armaan also panicked after all, before Doctor he was the father.
"Relaxant... " Armaan said,
"we... We have to take her to the hospital,
She needs a relaxant injection " Armaan said, picking Alexa in his arms.
Sid and Nandini sprinted after Armaan, it was Nandini who sat in the driving seat, Sid was in the passenger seat and Armaan was in the back seat with Alex, holding her close to his chest, whispering soothing words to her.
Taking the car to the hospital
Her speed was talking to the air, she was not only breaking the traffic rules but struggling with her internal condition as well.
Stopping the car, Sid opened the door for Armaan.
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On the other hand, Jannat was holding devastated Maya in her arms. A bunch of police were standing around them and talking about the incident that happened at the mall parking area.
"Dee... " Jannat patted Maya's back to encourage her but Maya was so devasted.
She was mumbling a signal thing that Aryan is all she has and she can't lose him.
She was remembering the time when she lost her parents.
Aryan and she may not in good terms but still he is her brother, the only blood relationship.
And today someone tried to kill her brother brutally,
She saw the video,
She witnessed his body,
She witnessed how the sharp nails were pierced in his whole body.
His clothes were covered in blood,
He was in pain,
His clavicle bone, arm bone, and right leg got injured badly, and his brain...
Thinking about Aryan's heart-trembling condition, Maya bites her back palm while squeezing her eyes tightly.
She needs arms to hold her, comfort her, make her feel that everything will get alright,
She needs assurance,
She needs a shoulder to cry.
She wants Armaan,
She wants to hear his soothing words.
Maya's cell phone rang but instead of Armaan, it was Rana.
Picking up the call, Maya started crying bitterly,
Rana asked her what happened to her but she was in no condition to explain anything.
Her cell phone slipped from her palm, then she was about to collapse but at the right time, Rudra grabbed Maya in his arms.
"Maya! " Stepping into the hospital and meeting with the DIG, DSP, Deputy Chief, and commissioner, Rudra came to know about Aryan.
With tear-filled eyes, Maya grabbed Rudra's collar and with her broken voice started explaining to him about Aryan's condition.
Rudra already watched the video, so he pulled her for a hug and started patting her head.
Muskie doesn't know what to say and how to react.
It's been almost more than one and a half months since she opened her eyes and surprisingly
This was the very first time she had witnessed her husband comforting her doctor in a civil manner
because all the time either they used to taunt each other or fight with each other.
If Meera was here, Muskie would surely ask her about her husband and Maya's relationship but because of office work, she had to go with Jay to another city.
"Relax okay, just relax (Jay cupped Maya's face and wiped her tears)
He... He will... He will get fine, and all the best doctors are treating him but if you flow with emotions who will deal with this situation? " Rudra said, pushing her hair back.
He can't believe he is saying this to her, but if Maya wasn't there and encouraged him to go close to his wife, he would never get his Muskie back.
It's his payback time, he wants to pay back that favor and kindness.
Rudra looked at Jannat, " Armaan? Where is he? " He asked.
"He went to drop Alexa at BJ's hotel but it's been more than two hours now and he isn't even picking up my call. " Jannat explained,
Rudra took Maya toward the sofa and made her sit on it, then looked at the officers and soon started interrogating them.
Rudra was stunned when he came to know that someone tried to Attack Nandini Ranawat as well, but at the right time, Mr. Ranawat saved her.
The officer's words made Maya stare at him.
"What? " Rudra, Muskie, and Jannat said at the same time.
Jannat instantly dialed Nandini's number but Nandini left her cell phone at their new mansion.
"What the f#cking is happening in the city? " Rudra ran his fingers into his hair.
Suddenly two nurses stepped out of the ICU and called the blood bank to arrange O- blood.
But unfortunately, the O- blood wasn't available which made both the nurses super terrified.
Maya got up, but the innocent voice pulled everyone's attention to her.
"I can donate, I have O- O-blood... " Muskie said,
"But they need two units, Muskie... " Rudra said, moving close to her worriedly.
"One unite will be enough,
In an hour, I'll arrange the next unit" Maya said, holding Muskie's palm.
Her eyes were pleading and her palms were shaking.
Muskie hugged Maya and assured her that her boyfriend would get fine as she wasn't aware of who was inside the ICU.
Rudra kissed Muskie's head and then took her to the ward so that the nurse could draw the blood from her body but before that, he told Jannat not to leave Maya's side.
Maya's cell phone again rang and this time Jannat picked up the call.
Rana started firing his questions one after another and wasn't given a chance to jannat to say anything.
On the other hand, Sid and Nandini were standing out of the neuro ward, where Armaan and the doctors were discussing Alexa.
The little girl went into a half-unconsciousness state, where her eyes were closed but her mind was awake.
If doctors give her a relaxant at this moment it will affect her brain negatively and if they don't, then her panic state might cause her a long time or maybe a lifetime half unconscious problem.
Moving towards the doctor, Nandini grabbed Armaan's collar and turned all his attention to her.
"Just do it,
Do it Armaan!
She blinked her tears but new tears welled up in her eyes)
Do anything but wake her,
Armaan, we... We can't... ( Her voice was trembling, she was trembling)
Please save her, please... "
Grabbing her arms, Armaan tried to calm her but it was of no use.
Hugging her, he rested his head on her head.
"You aren't understanding,
You aren't understanding anything,
It will impact her brain badly,
She is awake, her mind is awake but her eyes are closed. "
Shaking her head, she lifted her head from his chest and looked into his red puffy eyes with her red puffy eyes.
"Don't say like this Armaan (She sniffs, wiping her nose)
I can't lose her,
I have already lost too much (Her voice broke as she wasn't breathing )
Just do it whatever you think is right,
(She fisted his collar tightly then making a tough face she whispered)
I trust you,
I trust you won't let anything happen to her, "
"But Nandini. " She put her fingers on his lips
"Dr. Vinayak is right,
If making her relax is the only solution, then do it... "Nandini said, blinking her tears
Armaan kept staring at her, then wiping her tears he nodded his head.
"Sid... "
Armaan looked at his devasted brother who was peeping Alexa through the window.
Hearing Armaan's voice, Sid came near Armaan but leaving both the brothers behind Nandini started moving in the left direction aimlessly.
After six years,
forgetting her hate and anger she is moving toward the one who can cure anything, who is known for his miracles, who can fix anything in just the snap of a finger.
She stood in front of him barefoot with teary eyes then closed her eyes tightly.
**I don't have anything left in my life, Alexa is the only light of my life Deva ji dev (God of gods)
Spare her, please, I beg you, please spare her,
(Her pain and the tears rolling out of her eyes were heart-piercing)
Two times,
I lost kids two times, but not this time... Please ** She finally joined her hands in front of god.
"She will get fine Bj! " Sid assured Nandini when he wasn't sure.
She twirled to look at him but he pulled her for a hug.
Four hours later:
The doctor walks out of the ICU,
Jannat, Rudra, and Muskie were sitting with Maya and consoling her with their words but their words weren't helping her at all.
Maya had witnessed her brother's condition,
She knew something bad had already happened to him.
"Dr. Maya! "
Hearing Dr. Mathur's voice, Maya got up and instantly sprinted close to him.
With her swollen crimson eyes, she grabbed his palms.
"Tell me he survived,
Tell me, he is okay! "
Dr. Mathur nodded his head, but hearing his words Maya closed her eyes.
She felt as if tonnes of weight had been taken off of her shoulders,
She covered her mouth, then all of a sudden hugged Dr. Mathur tightly and he hugged her back.
Opening her eyes, Maya noticed that the other doctors were standing with serious expressions.
"What's wrong Dr. Seth?
Why are you so quiet Dr. Solanki?
Dr. Shree... " Maya turned her attention to Dr. Mathur.
"Aryan... He... He... He got semi-paralyzed,
And his... His corpora cavernosa and prostate gland got... Got...." Dr. Mathur halted.
"Just say it! " Maya yelled at him at the top of her lungs.
"Maya, His corpora cavernosa and prostate gland were badly injured so we... We had to do the operation of it.
We had no other choice... " Maya started taking steps back, shaking her head terribly.
She collided with the wall and soon she slipped down.
Sitting on her knees she started screaming and crying.
Her brother,
He, he never be able to...
No,
No,
No,
"Maya Dee! " Jannat holds Maya but hugging her back Maya starts whispering that this can't be true.
Rudra looked at Dr. And asked him the meaning of his words.
"We had to remove Aryan's p***s,
It was hard for us to save him.
(Rudra's expression turned pale)
I won't lie to you
But his life will be terrible after waking up.
He has to stay on medical drugs 24×7, and I have no idea how long. " Dr. Mathur said, then he left with the team as he had been operating on Aryan for more than 7 hours.
Outside the Neuro ward:
Nandini was standing out of Alexa's ward and staring at her daughter who was looking extremely happy with Sid and Armaan.
The joy in Alexa's eyes faded away all all her pain of what she just lost.
But she accepted the truth.
Wiping her tears, Nandini rested her back against the wall and closed her eyes.
She thought she died the day she got forced for the first time,
Then she thought the worst pain was when she lost her kids for the first time,
Then she thought nothing can be more bad than Armaan's molestation,
But then she lost her child a second time,
She tolerated everything then why?
Why she had been feeling as if she would burst any second.
The knot that formed in her throat made it difficult for her to even breathe.
She wants to scream,
She wants to cry out loud enough so that her scream reaches the almighty but suppressing her pain she covers her mouth.
The pain was killing her from the inside.
From childhood till now whoever she loved heartily, insanely, and completely she ended up losing them and today she lost her tiny treasure too.
Now no one would call her Mommy,
Or make complaints to her or request her for anything.
Now no one would demand things from her and make her dance on her fingers.
With the turtle steps, she once again moves toward the temple and is about to ask god why he punished her in such a brutal manner but thinking about her, own deeds nothing comes out of her mouth.
With tear-filled eyes, she sat at the feet of god.
Holding his foot and resting her head on god's toe she started sobbing silently.
"You know, there are chances that with time she will get her memories back! " Hearing Armaan's soothing, encouraging voice, she closed her eyes.
He sat beside her, then put his palm over her head.
"Why does it always happen to me, Armaan?
Why? "She asked, but without saying Armaan understood what she had been talking about.
"Nandini! "
"Never tell her anything about me!
Never... " Her words stunned Armaan.
"What the heck are you saying?" Armaan asked,
"Whatever happens, it happens for good.
You think why our... I mean you... Your Alexa forgot only six years of her life,
Why?
God is also helping us,
Now Alexa doesn't remember me,
She doesn't know who I am,
She won't bother you over my matter.
Now she... " She covered her mouth
Armaan made her get up then cupping her face, He assured her that nothing had changed,
She still has all the rights to Alexa but Nandini started shaking her head.
"No,
No, I lost her,
And it all happened because of me,
The killer came to kill me,
His target was me, not you,
But because of me, Alexa got affected deeply"
Patting her cheeks, Armaan pulled her for a hug while rubbing her back.
Before Armaan said anything to her, he heard the clapping sound from the back.
He twirled back to look at the source of sound but Nandini kept staring at god.
"Maya! " Armaan said,
Moving close to Armaan, staring at him with fire-filled eyes, she smiled mockingly at him.
"You know Armaan, the chameleon doesn't change its shade how fast you changed yourself... ' Maya was sounding so bitter.
"How? How could you do this to me, Armaan? "
"Maya, I was... " Maya's harsh tone cut him,
"Don't!" she yelled at Armaan,
She was upset with him, extremely upset with him.
Her brother's life was hanging between life and death,
She was devastated,
She needed his support,
His arms to care, his words to soothe her pain but all the time he was busy with Nandini.
The girl only caused him pain,
Who cheated on him with his best friend.
She doesn't understand what Nandini has that both the important men of her life are crazy for her.
Her brother, even on a hospital bed was mumbling her name, and on the other hand Armaan,
He was so lost in Nandini that he didn't even check his cell phone.
Nandini tried to leave them alone but Maya grabbed her arm harshly and pulled her in front of her.
"Look Maya, I am not in the mood nor do I have the strength in me right now to deal with you.
Just leave my hand before I break it... " Nandini warned her.
Maya started laughing at her, but soon her expression turned sore and her grip tightened on her arm.
"Who you trap men Nandini?
Show some skills to me as well..." Maya asked,
She was angry, very angry.
Her brother's madness for Nandini,
Armaan obsession with her, all are getting on her nerves.
She was in pain and her mind wasn't working properly.
?? I thought this chapter would end but ? there was so much to write.