Between Heaven and Hell (II)

6

Sid was feeding breakfast to Alexa, but the little one was continuously asking him about her mother as she had witnessed Nandini sitting under the shower in a bloody condition.

"Sid" Kaki Maa called Sid's name,

He instantly looked at Kaki Maa while shoving poha into Alexa's mount.

"Jee kaki Maa, " Sid asked,

"Why is your room looking like trash?

Did you guys fight with each other, "

Hearing Kaki Maa's words, Sid looked at Jannat, then he shook his head and once again started feeding Alexa.

Kaki Maa hadn't white her hair under the sun; she was an experienced lady as she had seen life more than Sid and Jannat.

It wasn't hard for her to understand that there was something wrong between Sid and Jannat.

As a lady, Kaki Maa could understand Jannat's pain, her feelings, and what trauma she must be going through, but now she wasn't old Jannat anymore. Now she was holding Ranawat's family name, and she had to take care of this family. The

Kaki Maa puffed out a heavy sigh while getting up from the couch; now, she was staring at both Jannat and Sid.

The tension lines over Kaki Maa's head was simply indicating that she wants to discuss something serious with the newlyweds.

Jannat wasn't looking at Kaki Maa as her mind was occupied by Ibrahim. Many questions were running in her mind, and she couldn't take Ibrahim's eyes out of her mind.

His eyes were accusing her,

He had been stunned,

What must he be thinking of her?

Would anyone tell him that she was forced by her Baba to marry Sid?

Will he trust me?

Kaki Maa called Jannat's name. That was when she came out of her thoughts and looked at Kaki Maa.

"I know what situation you both are going through at this moment, but keep that in your mind

Don't let others get the effect of your bitterness, especially Nandini and Armaan. "

Jannat didn't say anything but nodded her head.

Once Kaki Maa left, Sid turned his attention to Jannat, but she got up from the bed with a bitter expression and moved toward the washroom to take a shower.

"Is She upset with you? "Alexa asked Jannat, and Sid nodded his head.

"Can we now go to meet Mama? "Alexa asked,

This time Sid pulled his little girl in his arms and kissed her head.

"Let me call your Dad. If he says your mommy is fine, we'll go to meet her! "Sid said, pulling his cell phone out of his pocking and started dialing Armaan's number.

Alexa was staring at her Chachu (Uncle) with a curious gaze.

Armaan picked up Sid's call and informed him that Nandini was fine and he could drop Alexa to their room.

Sid cut the call and smiled, looking at his little girl, "Mommy is fine! "Alexa exclaimed with a giant smile, and Sid nodded his head.

After five minutes:

Nandini was lying on the bed, and her back was resting over the backboard. She was looking uneasy and was lost in her thoughts.

Her words which she told Armaan,

*He didn't leave me, but I escaped from him,

I left him**Was ringing in his mind again and again.

She could feel Armaan's gaze at her, but today, she was unbothered by his gaze.

Saying those words to Armaan, she had hit her own feet with an axe; she greened all her wounds which were healing silently but very slowly.

The day was still fresh in her mind when she planned to leave his life.

Rubbing her face with her injured palms, she moaned in pain, but the current pain was nothing compared to the pain she had been living with last 6 years.

Yes, she left him, but in the past six years, he has never come after her.

Even though she wasn't happy with him,

Even though she loathes him so much,

Even after enduring all his brutal atrocities and accusations,

Even after knowing about his affair and the fact that he had no feelings for her, she waited for him and was still waiting for him.

"Mommy! "Hearing Alexa yelling her name, Nandini came out of her thoughts and instantly looked at her daughter.

Sid put Alexa down on her feet, and she instantly covered the distance between her and her mother.

Alexa's little arms were wrapped around Nandini's neck like a monkey hugging its mother.

The little girl had many questions in her mind, and she started asking her questions one after another while sobbing bitterly in her mother's arms.

Sid and Armaan were quiet, but their gazes were fixed on the mother-daughter bond.

Soon Nandini put her fingers over Alexa's lips and started answering all her answers one after another.

Alexa's cute face was resting on Nandini's shoulder, her tiny butts were resting on her lap, and her legs were wrapped around Nandini's waist.

Alexa was completely hanging on Nandini like a panda hugging a bamboo.

"You should take care of your health BJ, "Sid let out emotionally while staring at Nandini with moist eyes.

"I wish you could understand the pain of losing a child Sid!

(Nandini paused for a second, then licked her lips)

I am trying, but it's not easy for me. "Hearing Nandini's broken tone, Sid started ambling near Nandini and sat in front of her.

Sid grabbed one of Nandini's injured palms and kissed her back palm with love.

Sid had been with Nandini since his childhood, but he had never witnessed her in this condition before.

Nandini's broken condition was stirring Sid's heart,

He was so engrossed in Jannat that Nandini had gone out of his mind, and this guilt was now consuming him.

"Love can heal every pain BJ,

This isn't the end of everything,

You can again try for a baby! "Sid was repeating the same words as Armaan, but Nandini was silent.

"Bj," Sid was cut off by Nandini's sharp tone.

"No, love can't do everything,

What is broken in me can never be fixed.

I will never forget what happened to me."Nandini said each word in a loud and clear tone.

She had made up her mind that she'll not continue this game anymore and leave the Ranawat family soon.

Armaan was quietly listening to her, but after receiving the call, his expression turned pale.

"Sid, we need to leave!

go tell Jannat to get ready! "Armaan yelled and instantly ran toward his closet to wear proper clothes.

Seeing Armaan's panicked face, Sid made a confused face, but before he asked his brother anything, his cell phone started ringing.

Sid left the room hurriedly, and at the same time, Armaan came out while wearing his pant.

He moves close to his wife and daughter, but Nandini turns her face in the other direction.

"Alexa, "

Alexa instantly lifted her face from her mother's shoulder and looked at her Dad

"Daddy is going to the hospital, but until I don't come back, please take care of your mom and don't leave her side even for a second." hearing Armaan's words, Alexa nodded her head like a big girl.

Armaan leaned close to Alexa and kissed her head, then he put a soft kiss over Nandini's head, but she made a bitter face that didn't go unnoticed by Armaan.

"If anything happens to your mom or if she feels any pain, whether it is minor, call me, " Armaan said, and Alexa once again nodded her head while kissing her dad goodbye.

On the other hand, Sid hurriedly stepped into his bedroom, and while moving toward the closet to change his clothes, he started yelling Jannat's name to call her out of the washroom as he thought she was still inside the washroom and taking a shower.

But Sid had no idea that Jannat was in his closet finding her clothes.

"Jannat!!!! " his sound was echoing in his bedroom.

Hearing Sid's harsh yelling, she twirled back with a panicked face as she had forgotten to lock the closet but seeing Sid standing in front of her eyes with wide-open eyes and a stunned expression

due to panic, a towel slipped from Jannat's palms.

Now she was standing completely naked in front of her childhood friend who had one-sided feelings for her god knows when.

Her heart stopped beating,

If her life was in her palms, she would slip it from her palms till now.

This was the very first time someone had witnessed her naked, and that pain and shame were killing her.

She wanted to grab her towel from the ground, but she was feeling too numb.

She never thought that her Allah would humiliate her like this in front of a stranger.

Tears started rolling out of her eyes, and every inch of her body was asking her to set herself on fire.

The body which she had promised to give Ibrahim was now got auctioned in front of the man who betrayed her and her friendship.

Sid's entire body turned on seeing the beauty in front of his eyes,

His length was also itching to come out of his lower, but before Jannat noticed the tent in his lower, he instantly turned his back to her.

"Baba Sahab is in very critical condition; we need to rush to the hospital, "Sid said and was about to leave, but before leaving, he told her to bring his jeans with her.