New Delhi, India- MKK Mansion
Someone- PRAGYA ENOUGH {yelling}
Pragya looks towards the source of the voice and she doesn’t need to look because she instantly recognizes it. However she looks to reconfirm and she pinches herself to make sure she’s not dreaming. She then looks at Rhea who is completely sobbing and then wonders what she is doing here, in this house? this bed? with him. However before she has time to process all this, she sees the man walking towards Rhea’s side of the bed
Rhea{sobbing}- Dad! Dad!
Rhea hugs Abhi’s legs and he calms her down. He glances towards Pragya and tries to analyze what she just made of this revealation. Meanwhile, a shock hits Pragya, why is Rhea calling him Dad? Wait? Is he her father? Is Rhea my child? My youngest daughter? Abhi raises his eyebrows as he sees Pragya thinking something, he figures out that she isn’t dumb and must have put two and two together. Of course Pragya now knows that Rhea is his daughter- their daughter. A few seconds later, he grows alarmed. He tries to get Rhea out of his lap but the poor girl is still sobbing, hurt at the words and accusations her mother threw at her. He notices that Pragya is breathing much faster than usual, with each second her breathing is increasing it’s speed. He instantly knows she’s hyperventilating. Luckily for him, someone walks in just then
Sahil- Mr Mehra! Is everything okay? I just heard a glass breaking and lots of screaming
Abhi points at Pragya and Sahil goes towards her. However she tries to fight him off. Realising that the lady might still be in a shock, he gets his bag and takes out an injection. Abhi gets up and helps Sahil hold Pragya down while he gives her the sleeping injection. One minute later, Pragya has gone back to her slumber and Abhi sighs.
Sahil- Mr Mehra, you stay with your wife. Don’t leave her bedside. Also, if you don’t mind I can drop your daughter in her room for you.
Abhi- Thank you so much Sahil. I really appreciate your effort. Do you think they’ll be fine, after all this
Sahil- What am I here for then Mr Mehra? And like we discussed earlier, we’ll get a professional for Rhea too! Everything will be alright Sir!
Sahil goes towards Rhea and admires her face. However, he feels Abhi’s protective gaze on her and hence he tries to wake her up. However, she’s in deep sleep and doesn’t wake up. He picks her up and supports her against his body. Abhi looks at the two and feels a sense of relief. He goes next to Pragya and caresses her face.
Meanwhile, Sahil is taking Rhea to her room and slowly she is getting up from her sleep. She observes as her carefully takes her to her room and makes her lie down on the bed. She feels her cheeks heating up when he stares at her for a few seconds before finally exiting her room after shutting the lights.
London, United Kingdom- Court
Prerna- Mr Kothari, where is Mr. Khanna? You know how much I hate tardiness. I’ve been waiting for over and hour now and there’s no sign of this man. We both mutually decided on 8am, so where is he?
Mr Kothari- Prerna, calm down child! Something must have come up. Trust me, Anurag is one of the best
Prerna- He may be, but what kind of professionalism is this. Who doesn’t inform someone when they are going to be late…
Prerna is interrupted when someone taps her shoulder, She turns around and furiously looks at the source of the hand
Anurag- Ms Hothead, let’s get started shall we? We can discuss why I was late a little later
Mr Kothari- Yes Prerna, let’s go
Prerna- Mr Kothari, I’m sorry I can’t work with such disrespectful people. I’m going to have to step down if this man continues to work with you
Anurag- Mr Kothari, you please go to the meeting room. We’ll follow shortly
Prerna- Hello? What was that? I can’t work with you don’t you understand?
Prerna’s non stop yelling was suddenly interrupted with Anurag put his cupped hand over her mouth. Prerna was shocked with this sudden action. She looks into his eyes and they both get lost in each other’s eyes.
O Allah Waariyan
O main to haariyan
O tooti yaariyan mila de oye!
Anurag- Ms Khanna! I know my eyes are very beautiful but you can stop staring now. And before I remove my hand, Will you work with me if I make it up to you? I’ll take you out for dinner, today 7 o clock and I promise to never be late again.
Prerna nods and they both walk in together. They soon reach the door and like a kind gentleman, Anurag let’s Prerna go in first.
New Delhi, India- MKK Mansion
Girl: OMG Sahil! this is such a pretty house. Thanks for finding me a job on the first day of me being here! My momma and dadda will be proud of me!
Sahil- Should I tell them that I got you the job love?
Girl- You’re such a mood spoiler yaar:( and don’t call me that we broke up six years ago! Are you still obssessed with your high school girlfriend? {laughs}
Sahil- HA HA HA so funny
Abhi- Good morning Sahil! Would you like to join us for breakfast
Sahil- No we’ve already eaten, where are Pragya Ji and Rhea
Girl- No uncle, he’s lying! We would love to eat all this food
Abhi- Sure! and both of them have a fever so they are still sleeping. And who is this young lady?
Girl- Oops! Ahaha I’m sorry. {puts out her hand} I’m Aisha Mehra
Abhi- Hello Aisha! I’m Abhishek Prem Mehra
Aisha- Can we eat now if we’re done doing all these introductions
Abhi- Come join us!
Aisha sat down at the table next to Abhi and even Sahil sat down too! The only other person sitting on the table was Dadi, who was still in shock
Aisha- Uncle, if you don’t mind me asking, why do you have such a large table? when only two of you are eating at one time
Abhi-I’m sure Sahil must have told you what happened yesterday. I think after that no one is ready to face each other. We are actually three families and we usually eat together but i think everyone is too shocked after what happened yesterday. I hope the two of you and help us figure this out
Sahil- Surely Sir! I’m going to check up on Ma’am now and if you could brief Aisha about Rhea’s past and anything she needs to know so that this lady can stop eating and start doing some work
Abhi- Sure, come here Aisha! I’ll take you to the study and tell you everything
Aisha and Abhi go to study where he tells her everything, regarding pragya, kiara and something that’s he’s not sure of- Prachi. Aisha listens carefully, making notes every few seconds. Meanwhile, Sahil has reached Pragya’s room and decides to knock before going in.
Pragya- Come in.
Sahil- Hi Pragya Ma’am, how are you doing? I’m Sahil Khanna, your psychologist
Pragya- Hi Sahil {weakly}; I don’t know what to tell you
Sahil- It’s okay, I understand. I’ll help you get through this. Would you like you talk now? Or do you need sometime?
Pragya- No, I can talk! It makes me feel much better. I’ve done therapy in Paris too.
Sahil- Are you from Paris?
Pragya- Ya we’ve been living in Paris and Beverly Hills for the past 20 years
Sahil- You and your daughter? Prachi right?
Pragya{emotionally}- Ya
Sahil- How do feel about everything?
Pragya- I miss my children, I really do but I don’t know what to feel about the identity of my third daughter
Sahil- Mr Mehra has briefed us about your past, do you want to describe how you’re feeling after seeing him and your family after so many years
Pragya- To be honest, i don’t know. I’ve not spoken to anybody except him.
Sahil- Are you comfortable to stay here?
Pragya- Ya, I think I can manage. I don’t hate anyone, I’m just super overwhelmed. I didn’t know that Rhea was my child {voice breaking}. I just loved her so much but I’m pretty disappointed with her actions and then finding out she’s my daughter? I don’t know it’s just too confusing. I really wish I wouldn’t have left her here. Look how she’s turned out.
Sahil- Ma’am I understand, and we’ll work on this. However, I need your full consent
Pragya- Yup! Sahil if you mind could you leave me alone for sometime?
Sahil- Sure! Here’s my number, let me know if you need anything
Pragya- Thank you! Could you please send Mr Mehra over here?
Sahil leaves the room and Abhi walks into the room a few minutes later. Pragya is lying on the bed, silently weeping to herself. Abhi walks in and sees her like that
Abhi- Oh Pragya!
He goes towards her and pulls her into his lap. He puts his hand through her hair and responds by hugging his back. He shushes her and continues to cradle her as she sobs
Abhi- Pragya! Look up, We’ll get through this together okay? Pragya, I promise you I’ll never leave your side. You want to stay here right? With me? and Rhea?
Pragya nods and the two continue to remain in that position.
London, United Kingdom- Streets
Prachi was busy exploring the streets and shops of London, clearly amused. However, she looks at something and her mood instantly changes.
She sees a couple, cradling the wife’s belly. This brings back a lot of memories for her. Her times with Ranbir, that night, her finding out that she was pregnant, her coming to tell him the truth, her overhearing the conversation with aaryan and finally the miscarriage.
She rushes to her house and as soon as she is in her room, she breaks down, letting all the pain that she has been feeling, to come out.
New Delhi, India- MKK Mansion
Disha comes and knocks on Rhea’s door, interrupting her conversation with Aisha. Disha informs them that Abhi has called everyone down to inform them about something. They nod and say that they will be there in a few minutes. Aisha asks Rhea to wipe her tears and go to the announcement, after stating that she would wait for her here and then they could complete their conversation
About 10 minutes later, Rhea returns to the room and informs Aisha about what Abhi had to say to everyone.
Rhea- He told everyone that she was his wife, and the mother of his three children and that she would now be staying here. He also told them if anybody’s not comfortable with her, then they should go and lives somewhere else because he is not going to leave her side. That sounds so cute Aisha, I never knew my father was such a hopeless romantic
Aisha- All that is okay Rhea, but I want to talk to you about how you feel about this decision of his? Are you happy? Would you be able to go to sleep at night if your mother was still upset with you? not wanting to see your face?
Rhea- Like I was saying earlier, I loved her even when I didn’t know that she was my biological mom. But now things are different. It’s good to know that she’s home, but it’s weird, knowing that I hated her so much, even though she wanted to take me also with her. She left me here for Dad as Dad wouldn’t be able to survive alone. You know it’s funny, because I had everyone to support me but always missed her. Anyone coming closer to my Dad made me so insecure. I just have some unresolved issues with her that I’m willing to put in the past, but we really need to talk about it
Aisha- Thanks for bringing it up! I’ll definitely look into that option, but you must understand that she is suffering from very poor mental health; so whatever you’re feeling make sure you express it properly and after all she’s your mom, all mom’s love their children unconditionally. Don’t worry about Prachi, I’m sure she’ll be happy wherever she is
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