A Fresh Start- An Abhigya Fanfiction Episode 15

Meanwhile, their private jet has landed in Mumbai and they are all not talking to each other…Everyone is lost in their own world thinking about their own family members…Kiara is the only one who isn’t bothered by all this because she has experienced worse things in her life…She remembers how she and Nikhil didn’t die and she had to live with him for one month until a private detective hired by King had someone find her…How King offered to take her home, but she refused because of all the things that Nikhil had told her about the Mehra’s…She promised to never go there but deep in her heart, missed her mother…King tried to provide Kiara with the best of necessities but then soon, with his career and health going down the drain got involved with the Mafia king, who later gunned him down…That day, she promised herself that she would take care of her mother, who she had just found on the day of his death…

One week passes by very quickly, and everyone is avoiding each other as much as they can both in Mumbai and Delhi…Ragini and Pragya get busy with their work and only look at each other when their manager informs them about the meeting with Dr Neil…Ragini sighs as they have gone ahead with the deal, they would have to keep seeing him again and again for another two years at least …Rhea stays to herself and didn’t even call her Nani because she didn’t know what to say to her…Sarla Maa has completely disappeared and no one knows what’s going on…Dida and her grandchildren are growing closer but they all miss Ragini, even Ranbeer who tries to ignore the feeling the most…Abhi, Vikram and Ranbir Kohli get busy in business as they have a gig coming up

Rhea and Neil arrive in Mumbai and drive to their hotel…They are living in a suite with two master bedrooms as Neil refuses to allow Rhea to live alone due to their mental health condition as he is afraid to leave her alone…As they reach the hotel, they are informed that it has caught fire and they should leave immediately…Neil hires a car and puts all their luggage inside…He tells Rhea they will look for a place after the finish their meeting…Rhea smiles as she knows that the meeting would be in their house,,,

Pragya and Ragini are preparing for the meeting…While Prachi,Nishi and Aarav have gone out …Kiara meanwhile is preparing for her fashion show and the whole hall of the ground floor and the 1st and 2nd floor is covered with her ethnic designs…Rhea and Neil enter into the gate and are in awe as they step inside the mansion…Neil tells her that they are here for a business meeting and the manager nods…Neils asks Rhea to wait in the longue…She agrees…After dropping Neil to the room she returns to Rhea and asks her to go to the 2nd floor lounge as there is an arcade and a movie room…Rhea’s eyes grow wide in surprise as she realizes how rich the her mother is…

Meanwhile Neil enters the meeting groom and greets the ladies ‘Ragini.’ ‘Pragya’…She greet him back and continue with their meeting…Their meeting goes on…

On the other hand, A girl spots Rhea and drags her with her saying that you are a model na? Here for the fashion show practice…Even before Rhea can reply she stops as she sees a beautiful Indian collection spreading across floors as they have a transparent flooring…’The designer is so talented, but i’ve heard that she’s very arrogant’….Rhea shrugs and goes with the girl….Rhea joins a few other models as they are all getting ready in their outfits for the trail…Rhea who is a born model happily joins and feels refreshed…What could go wrong?

Meanwhile, Neil, Ragini and Pragya are seen wrapping up their meeting when Neil says beautiful house,,,They both say thanks…Ragini then asks Neil if he would like to attend the special screening of Kiara’s runaway and he laughs saying he has already attended a few before because all his children used to get extra passes because of Ranbeer…Ragini’s facial expression changes a little but she quickly masks it…There is a tension in the air but no one wants to talk about it…Pragya tells them ‘chalo’ and asks Neil whether he would like to eat or drink anything to which he politely declines…He also informs them about his hotel and they tell him they would try to arrange for something immediately…He tells them not to bother…He is in awe as the show him the mansion and when they finally reach the area for the practice fashion show he tells Pragya ‘Your daughter is very talented Pragya, I’ve known her for 10 years now and I’m so proud of her’…’Although she has a bit of a temper issue…Pragya laughs at this and the all go and sit down

By this time, Prachi, Nishi and Aarav are back however they are viewing the show from the second floor and hence they cannot see Ragini, Neil and Pragya…The lights go off and a voice is heard saying ‘Here’s presenting, the Shaadi Collection 2020’ and Kiara steps out curtseying…Neil tells Pragya and Ragini that Kiara has always been doing this at the practice shows because she cannot do it on the runway…Pragya and Ragini think about how much more Neil knows about Kiara than the both of them…The fashion show starts and the lightings start going in and out…Rhea feeling confident as ever walks out beautifully and her face is not get visible…Kiara hoots ‘You’re a natural’ to which Rhea smiles…However while walking, she sees Pragya’s face and feels her body beginning to shake…Prachi notices this and waits for the face of the model to appear….The face that follows after shocks her…Everyone can now see the face of the model and everyone is shocked to see Rhea especially Pragya…Pragya then says Rhea to which Rhea’s body begins to shake terribly…Kiara yells’ STOP’ and she runs towards Rhea…Everyone gets up and runs towards Rhea as well and Neil takes her in his lap…Ragini asks him did Rhea come with you? To which Neil nods…However Rhea goes into panic seeing everyone around her and goes into a panic attack…Neils tells everyone to step aside while he checks her…That’s when Kiara goes towards Nishi,Aarav and Prachi and tells them, that’s your handsome father…Rhea doesn’t seem to be calming down and Neil becomes worried…Rhea starts murmuring ‘Mumma..Mumma…Mumma’ to which Neil becomes alarmed and tells them that Rhea has been having these panic attacks since she was a kid and she wakes up calling out for her mother…Pragya’s heart stops and she asks Neil is she can look at her child and Neil nods fully understanding that maybe a mother’s love may solve everything…He picks Rhea up and takes her to Pragya’s room and Pragya shuts the door behind her…promises to call him if anything happens…her eyes are fully of tears but she manages to calm Rhea down and Rhea falls asleep…

In Delhi, in the middle of his meeting, Abhi receives a notification that is daughter is having a panic attack through an app that connects their phones together…He tries calling Neil and Rhea but both their phones are unreasonable…he immediately storms out of the meeting and books tickets to Mumbai…

Meanwhile, Neil returns to Ragini her children and Prachi and Kiara and then Ragini tells him he can stay the night in their guest bedroom…He thanks her and she smiles…He looks at Kiara who simply just jumps onto him and hugs him tightly…’I missed you too’….’However, we should really be talking about your outbursts young lady’…Kiara just hides her face in his embrace and whispers to him ‘Won’t you say hi to your children you nervous wreck’ to which he becomes stiff and she pulls out of his hug…Okay so since no one is going to do their introductions Nishi and Aarav, this is your Dad to which Nishi and Aarav act startled even though Kiara told them 20 mins ago…They are just as nervous as him and just manage to say hi…he says hi back and that’s when the manager comes to take him to her room…Ragini tells him to tell her if he needs anything to which he nods…They both get lost in each others eye’s yearning for the other…Kiara gurgles and they both get embarrassed and walk away…’How cute’ she tells her siblings and her name sake cousins not realising that everyone is in their own worlds…

It’s late in the night in Mumbai, but everyone except Rhea is awake…Thinking about the day’s events…Kiara is scared seeing Rhea’s condition and her concern for Rhea is growing as all both she and Rhea have got Pragya’s anxiety and she too experiences nightmares and panic attacks…Kiara remembers a time when she was a child and Pragya was also having the same problems as Kiara and Rhea and used to wake up from her sleep…She worries so much that she decides to get up and go to her mother…Prachi meanwhile is on the verge of sleeping but her mind keeps on drifting to Ranbir and Sarla Ma…Nishi and Aarav are dealing with the aftermath of realizing that their father is there…While Ragini and Neil meet in the kitchen as they are both unable to sleep…

Kiara reaches Pragya’s room and finds it shut…She gently knocks and Pragya asks her to come in…Without saying anything Kiara just runs and jumps on her mother’s lap…Meanwhile Ragini and Neil get engrossed in a conversation as she tells him about Pragya also having the same anxiety attacks and then he tells her that Kiara has them too to which Ragini says I don’t think Prachi gets them…She’s a peaceful sleeper…to which Neil says ‘Just like her Dad’…The continue to talk about the past and that’s when Neil brings up their children and her family to which her eyes become teary and before she knows huge drops of tears are just falling and they don’t seem to be stopping…Neil who cannot bear to see Ragini cry even after all these ears wipes her tears…She is shocked by his action but then slowly holds his hand…That’s when Neil feels the urge to hug her and pulls her into his warm embrace…Ragini just fits against his body perfectly and they both feel so comfortable in each other’s embrace…They sit like that for a few moments until Ragini says something that irks Neil…’Toh Tumhari Beti Suhaani’…Neil jerks her away and stands up…Feeling bad to see her like that but his anger gets the best of him and he walks away…

In Pragya’s room…Pragya is seen talking to Kiara in whispers and asking her about how she knew everything…Kiara tells Pragya about attending the engagement and also tells her that ‘the man, who by the way is not her father’ is marrying his child’s caretaker…Meera…Pragya’s eyes grow wide in astonishment and she wonders how their relationship will finally be over…A few drops of tears fall on Kiara’s head and she instantly knows that her mother’s heart is breaking…’Do you love him still Mumma?’…Pragya doesn’t know what to say because she doesn’t honestly know what she wants…’Mumma don’t be angry’…Pragya looks at her knowing what her daughter has done is going to piss her off…’MOM ISENTHIMDIVORCEPAPERSWITHYOURSIGNATURE’…Pragya takes a few minutes to understand what her firstborn has said and when she realizes she is just about to open her mouth when…

Pragya is just about to yell at Kiara but is disturbed by Rhea’s screams,,, Rhea wakes up from her nightmares and begins yelling ‘Mumma, Mumma’…Pragya and Kiara grow shocked when Rhea wakes up suddenly…Rhea opens her eyes and sees Pragya caressing her and calls her ‘Mumma’…Pragya grows emotional and hugs Rhea into a hug while Kiara also piles onto the hug…Rhea laughs,,, feeling a different feeling that she has never experienced before…They all three slowly fall asleep hugging each other…enjoying the warmth of each other’s embrace…

Meanwhile…A flight from Delhi lands at Mumbai…Abhi is seen stepping out of the airport with his baggage and breathes a air of relief as Neil’s phone finally connects…Neil picks up and tells Abhi about everything that happened. However he doesn’t tell him about Delhi or his business partner being Pragya and how seeing her caused Rhea’s panic attack…He tells Abhi to stay at the hotel near the airport and him and Rhea will come meet him tomorrow…

Meanwhile,,,Sarla Maa is seen walking on the roads lifelessly and a truck is seen approaching her…

The night passes…

It’s morning at the the Mehra-Kohli mansion and everyone is going about their lives as normal…Everyone is sitting together like a happy family but their conversation is disturbed when Purab’s phone starts ringing and Ranbir Kohli manages to see the name of the caller and gets a bit worried…

Meanwhile,,,Abhi is driving towards the address that Neil gave him….He reaches there and is in awe of the mansion…He walks towards the main door and rings the bell…He sees Ragini driving out of the compound and wonders what she is doing here….The door opens and Abhi is shocked to see the love of his life in sports wear- wearing a sports bra and butt shorts…He looks at her shocked because she would never feel comfortable wearing these clothes and wonders what has happened to her…Pragya says ‘Aap’ and he says ‘Pragya tum’ with tears in his eyes…

However,,, their reunion is cut short by Purab’s call as Purab informs Abhi that Sarla Maa had an accident and she is very critical…He drops on his knees and drops his phone and this makes Pragya very shocked as in so many years she has never seen the love of her life so broken…Pragya picks up the phone and asks Purab what happened…He doesn’t have the courage to answer her so he just says…Sarla Maa…Hospital…Critical…Pragya is broken by this revelation and finally understands Abhi’s reaction….

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