I am strong
Because I have been weak ~ Vansh
I am fearless
Because I have been afraid ~ Kabir
I am wise
Because I have been foolish ~ Riddhima
"Riddhima, you have to choose. It's either me or your child" Vansh declared shocking almost everyone from the family except Ishani who gave a cruel smile.
She knew she could emotionally blackmail her brother. Truth be told she should thank Kabir for this. It was his plan and it worked. She looked at Kabir who was looking at Riddhima with a concerned look on his face. Ishani frowned, what is he doing? Is he using her for his own benefit and what is it that he wants? She looked at Riddhima and her eyes widened in realization. Well if what she is thinking is true then she will be the happiest person on this earth. She will have the child and Riddhima will go away from VR Mansion and her brother's life forever.
No, she did not care for the child. She had a miscarriage but she was not sad about losing the child. It hurt her to think that she will never get the attention she used to get from all family members especially Vansh. For once her pregnancy gave her a free pass to do anything she wanted and because of Riddhima, it was snatched away from her.
"What if I refuse?" Riddhima asked. She was crying continuously but there was a fire in her eyes.
"Then you will have to leave. I will" he gulped feeling nauseated at what he was going to say. "I will give you more than enough money to live your life peacefully with your child"
"Vansh Bhai" "Vansh" Sia and Dadi voiced their disbelief. Vansh left for his room ignoring them all.
"Riddhima beta wait! Where are you going?" Dadi tried to stop her.
"Dadi please I want to stay alone for a while" Riddhima stumbled on a step
"Riddhima" Kabir held steadied her
"Don't. I can take care of myself" Riddhima stormed out of the house
"What is wrong with Vansh? How could he do that?" Dadi spoke anguish clearly visible on her face.
"Dadi I think we should give them time to cool off. Both Bhaiya and Bhabhi" Sia stopped her
Kabir looked around. Finally, the drama was over everyone left, now he was free to follow his Riddhima...
*****
Kabir reached the place and looked around "where is she?" he questioned himself
"That is what I would like to know," Vansh drawled out. "She left home before us and still did not reach. I thought you two were busy somewhere" Vansh continued there was an edge to his voice
"And what if we were?" Kabir asked him with a challenging tone "She is my girlfriend after all"
"Ex. She was your ex-girlfriend. Right now, she is my wife" Vansh smirked
"Temporary, pretend wife. Don't forget that" Kabir gritted his teeth.
Vansh turned serious. Both were staring at each other with a murderous look
"Oh god! Stop it both of you." Riddhima called out frustrated and tried to pull Kabir away
Vansh looked at her. Her hands were on Kabir's shoulder and she was telling him to back off. Suddenly he felt a green-eyed monster make its presence known. He wanted her attention, so he snapped "What took you so long? Always a latecomer"
"Don't talk to her like that" Kabir snapped back at him
"I will speak with her however I want. Even though temporary, she is still my wife."
This had the desired effect on her, she looked at him angrily. But at least her eyes were on him now.
"Enough. Stop this or I am leaving. We don't have much time. And for your kind information, I went to mandir and took the longest route to reach here just in case if someone is following me. I came by auto and not car." She snapped at Vansh
Then taking a deep breath she continued " What is it, Kabir? Why did you call? I guess it was decided that we will meet only if we have something concrete"
"Ask him. He called the meeting" Kabir glared at Vansh
Riddhima stared at Vansh
"It's not working. I do not think it's Ishani. We need a new plan. We should focus on Chachu and Aaryan. They are the real culprits. I am sure" Riddhima sighed she had an idea that it will be something like that
"We already ruled out Aaryan. He is not involved, and we agreed to that. And his father is never home" Kabir countered him "you sent Aaryan to me as a spy and you admitted that Aryan did not betray. He relayed all the information to you. We did match the information"
"Maybe he made a fool out of you" Vansh taunted...
*****
Riddhima sat on a chair this could go on for a while if she did not stop them. But What will she say? Even she was clueless.
She remembered the day all of this started. For her, it was all about Family. She had been taunted a lot since childhood for being an orphan. She made a promise to herself. She will grow up and be someone. Then she will find her parents to show them that, look you left me but where I am today. She always tried to enquire about her family, but the warden never shared anything. Many times, a thought came to her mind should she take Kabir's help? But it was a touchy subject for her, and she didn't want to share it with another. Anyways what a PT teacher could do about it she thought only if she knew. So whenever possible she kept searching.
She proposed Kabir. He did not answer anything but left in a hurry. Later that day she had to attend that blasted party where she met the Vansh/Monster Raisinghania. That was the same day she came across some shocking truth. As she was returning from the party, she got a call from Karun chacha. He was a security guard of her orphanage. He was one of the people who were nice to her since childhood. He needed money. His wife had a heart attack. Riddhima rushed to help.
Later that evening when she was returning to her hostel after she met with injured Kabir. She once again received a call from Karun chacha. Thinking it to be an emergency she rushed to the hospital. His wife was alright. He thanked her for the help and expressed he would like to help her in return. He revealed something that left her shocked. He told her about her parent’s car accident. He was on duty when she was brought to that orphanage. He told her that some lady dropped her here. The lady was Anupriya Raisinghania.
Next day when Kabir told her the truth of his profession. Her immediate thought was to take his help. But he asked her to do something that left her feeling angry and disgusted. She decided she will break up with him. Telling him about needing some time to think about this she walked away. He sensed her feelings and followed her to ask for forgiveness.
She thought about what he told her. Vansh Raisinghania, was he related to Anupriya? She asked Kabir. To which he confessed she is his biological mother and Vansh's stepmother.
"But how is that possible? From what I know Anupriya Raisinghania only has one child who is a girl."
This time Kabir looked shocked. She shared what all the guard informed her. He was with the old warden when she dumped Riddhima in that orphanage and told them about the accident. She gave them cash to keep their mouth shut. Guard only knew this much. But when Anupriya left that old warden told him that this lady has a girl child whom she kept hidden from all. The old warden was dead now. Some say someone killed her., some say it's suicide.
Kabir was beyond angry. He left. He called her back after 2 days. He was a broken man. He informed her. She lied to me. I am not her son. She used me for her own agenda. How did he get to know that she did not ask. But she had one question for him "what is your agenda?"
And he explained all about his rivalry with Vansh Raisinghania. What all he did till now. Riddhima could not believe this. She was angry at him. But more than that she wanted to find out about her parents...
*****
It was her plan, Kabir was reluctant to take Vansh's help. For her, he called Vansh. Their first meeting was a disaster. She knew she could not leave these two in each other's company or they will fight.
Finally, when she told him the about the findings, he was shocked at first. But then agreed to help them. He told them other than Anupriya someone else was helping her. She had outside help. He wanted to catch that person. He was already on the lookout for that person. Anupriya was a new angle for him.
They met few times after that in a very remote location. Vansh had doubts that someone was following him. They hatched a plan. Kabir will pretend as if he does not know anything and will keep helping Anupriya. Vansh will give Riddhima entry into his house so that she can search for her parent’s truth.
Whatever happened after that was their plan. Kabir was playing his part well making Anupriya think she has fooled him. Riddhima pretending to spy on Vansh and Vansh scaring her. Even she knew someone was keeping watch on her.
Ragini's death was another blow for them. Kabir told them he did not kill her. He was just pretending to shoot just in case Anupriya had sent someone to spy on him. And she had because someone killed Ragini.
After they caught Anupriya she thought they solved at least one part of the mystery but Anupriya confessed to Kabir. No need to worry. There is someone else in that house who is helping me. She did not reveal the person's name. And they had to continue their plan. They came to the conclusion that maybe it was her daughter.
No-one knew about this including Aangre because Vansh did not trust anyone. It was a miracle he listened to her sometimes. Her only regret was she could not find anything about her parents yet...
*****
"Are you even listening to us?" Kabir called her
"Of course,"
"So, what do you think?" Vansh looked at her with a challenging gleam in his eyes
"I think Vansh is right. It's not Ishani." Vansh gave a satisfied smile and Kabir frowned at her
"But I am sure it's not Aryan and you keep Rudra Chachu busy with work. I doubt it's him. We are missing something" she voiced her thoughts
"Riddhima, Anupriya has a girl child and she can be Ishani" Kabir started saying
"When will your slow brain will catch up with the fact that it's not Ishani" Vansh was getting angry
They had thought of dna test, but scrapped the paln if someone was keeping watch on them they did not want to jeopardize their plan
"I think we need to shift our focus on less suspicious people"
"What do you mean?" Vansh narrowed his eyes
"Siya and Dadi" Riddhima suggested cautiously
"Never" "Impossible" both refused the idea
"Why not? Sia is a girl. We will never suspect her even if she does something. I know, she is handicapped and all but don't forget she stood on her own two legs before this and she hid that from us"
"I knew about that" Vansh tried to interrupt
"Exactly, isn't it convenient that you needed someone to keep watch on me and she was alright suddenly? She tried to make me eat papaya a few days back and was quite insistent on that. Kabir stopped her otherwise..."
"She does not know that you are supposed to be pregnant though and you are not pregnant for real so what's the fuss?" asked an irritated Vansh
"Listen why are we are playing this pregnancy drama? Simple because whoever wants to harm your would-be child, will lead us to Anupriya's daughter or another lead from where we can find the clues to the actual culprit. We have tried everything till now but Anupriya is not revealing the name of the person who is helping her. At present she is in jail but what if tomorrow someone helps her to get away from there? We already know someone is helping her. The man that attacked Ishani wanted me dead, he killed himself before we can question him. We are keeping everyone under our radar why leave Siya and Dadi out of it?" Riddhima explained
"Why are you so sure that it’s Ishani or Sia. One of them can be Anupriya's daughter? For all, we know she must have kept her actual daughter hidden"
"I agree. And Sia is such a frail girl what she can do?" Kabir chipped in
"Honestly, this is the first time, you both are agreeing to something. In my defense I can only say this; Don't underestimate your enemy. When emotions are involved person can go to any length to take revenge." She looked at them pointedly.
That was true. After all, why were they doing all of this?
Vansh wanted revenge on a person who did those brake fail of their car. He wanted to know who killed his father and mother. Anupriya was involved alright but there was someone else who was playing them all, who was keeping an eye on them. Who tried to snatch his deal with Chang. Someone wanted to destroy him, by taking away his everything and Vansh Raisinghania will make that person regret even thinking about it.
The same was the case for Kabir, he wanted to avenge Anupriya for keeping him in dark for so long. For using him. If possible, he wanted to know where his family was maybe Anupriya knew about it.
For Riddhima it was simple she just wanted to find the culprit who killed her parents. She wanted to know if she has any other family of her own. Maybe a brother, a sister, or grandparents and then leave this hellhole once and for all.
"We are doubting all Raisinghania family, why leave Sia out of it?" Riddhima continued "Frankly speaking I can't wait for this drama to get over"
"I agree, for how long do I have to behave like a creep? It's disgusting" Kabir spat
"Feelings are mutual here" Vansh glowered at her...
*****
Kabir felt guilty for hiding Riddhima's parents’ truth. He had overheard Ishani speaking with Vansh. He knew it was her who caused the accident in which she lost her parents. He hated that he and Vansh made a deal to keep this secret till the real culprit is caught. They agreed on one thing once Riddhima gets to know the truth, she will get emotional and may decide not to help them and for him, his revenge and family were equally important.
He knew Vansh loves Riddhima and somewhere maybe even Riddhima loves him. Because no-one can act this good. When they pretended to be in love. That never felt like an act at all.
But that was fine he had it all planned out. Once the truth comes out, he will tell her about Ishani’s truth, how Vansh knew everything from the start, kept quiet about it. After that, she will leave Vansh.
Then he will try to get her back. She broke up with him when he asked her to go on a mission. What would have happened if Riddhima had not told him the truth that day? He shuddered to think about it.
*****
Vansh paced his room impatiently. Riddhima was yet to be back. He felt unsettled, can Sia do this. If it was Ishani and he went to jail for her, then he won't know what sort of punishment he will give her. Still, he did not think it's Ishani, she lost her child. He felt bad for her but that was that. She was blaming him as if it was his fault. For the first time he wondered did he do right by taking Ishani's blame? Then there was Chachu and Aangre. He had his doubts about them
Sia is his favorite sister, if she is doing this...he hoped that Riddhima is wrong and they are both his sisters. He was okay if the culprit turns out to be Chachu and his family or anyone else for that matter but, Ishani and Sia...
They were Riddhima's parents. He was glad that even though for his own selfish reasons Kabir was ready to keep quiet. He knows Kabir loves Riddhima. He had seen the way he looked at her. He knew one day Kabir will make use of this information for his own benefit. What he did not know was that he will not let Riddhima leave. He will keep her caged if required and once all of this is over, he is going to kill Kabir.
Right now, the most important thing was to find the culprit. He felt livid when he thought about someone wanting to harm his imaginary child. No, he will remove the looming threat over his child's head. Whenever his children are born, they should be safe.
*****
Riddhima was sitting in VR Mansion's garden. That home suffocated her. The never-ending attacks on her, the tortures, and taunts. If it were not for their plan, she definitely would have made them regret their actions. Whenever she leaves this home, she will make sure that all of them will regret their actions.
The only sad part was she will have to go away from Vansh. She loves him but was not sure about his feelings though. He was a master at handling his emotions. She got confused many times if he was acting or not.
But she will go away that was for sure. She didn't need Kabir or Vansh. Both were toxic. And it will be better for her if she stays away from them
As it is, she had her doubts about them. Lately, she got the feeling that both were hiding something from her. She always felt Vansh was hiding something. Kabir, if that man can ask his girlfriend whom he knew for 2 years to go on a mission...she was not sure how much she can trust them.
The reason why she had kept a huge secret from them. She knew you should never tell all your secrets to anyone especially if you don't trust the person completely. She knew something about them which was explosive. She will keep quiet till she gets to the bottom of her parent’s truth. They didn't know that Kabir is a Raisinghania. He was the son of Uma and Ajay Raisinghania. He is Vansh's real brother...
*****
Note:
1. Okay, I did not know, why I wrote this. Maybe because the way they are behaving in the show. Riansh being so oblivious to Kabir's action made me think are they working together?🤣
2. I am not sure if this story makes sense or maybe it is confusing. They always show someone is keeping an eye on Riansh, even in their bedroom they do not have privacy. The lack of security, and many more loopholes in the story, just thought of filing the gap. Not sure if this is okay.
3. Also this thing gives us a scope of nok-jhok wala Riansh and makes Kabir's acts bearable 😆
4. Typed on mobile, please ignore the errors.😳
5. For all, who are waiting for His Fixation update. I will update that on this weekend😊
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