Chapter 2

Writer's p.o.v

Everyone returns to their home after the last rituals of Keeyan.

Bhavika entered Keeyan's room along with Amaya.

She looked around the room which looked exactly the same as the last time she had lived here during their early days of marriage.

Tears fill her eyes, remembering Keeyan. She made Amaya laid on the bed who had fallen asleep being tired in this traumatic environment.

She was sitting on the bed,not knowing what to do.

Suddenly she heard a knock on her door. She opened the door and found Keeyan's elder brother, Vidyut standing there.

“ I need to talk to you about something important”, Vidyut said, looking at her with expressionless face.

“ Come inside”, Bhavika said, asking him to enter the room.

“ Tell me everything in detail. Like where Keeyan was going at that time with his assistant, Naman and how this accident happened. I need all the details”, Vidyut asked in his stern voice.

“ Do you think it wasn't just an accident?”She asked him,her eyes widened in disbelief.

“ I am not sure. I need to dig deeper to know the truth. So tell me every single detail”, He said to her, wanting to know everything.

“ He was coming back from some kind of meeting with his assistant. On the way, a truck hit their car, which led to this. Naman died on the spot while Keeyan….”, She wasn't able to complete her sentence.

“ Okay!!”Vidyut said and left without saying anything further.

Two weeks later,

It has been two weeks since the Singhania family had lost their younger son. Everyone is trying to cope up with their loss.

Bhavika has been staying with them for the past two weeks. Bhavika was sitting in her room, trying to make Amaya eat something.

“ Come baby, See What I got for you??”, Bhavika said, giving her some fruits to eat.

But Amaga wasn't in the mood to eat anything. She threw the fruit piece on the bed and again got busy playing with her favourite toy.

Suddenly the door opened and Nitya, Keeyan's chachu’s daughter entered the room.

“ Amu baby, do you want to go outside?”Nitya asked Amaya ,who got excited seeing her Bua and started jumping while seated, wanting to go and play with her Bua.

Nitya picked her and went outside without greeting or saying anything to Bhavika.

In the past days, no one in the Singhania family is talking to Bhavika properly. But she can't blame anyone for this.

It was happening due to her past behaviour. Keeyan's family doesn't want to have any relationship with her but they are quiet because of Amaya, their granddaughter.

All of this started in the past. One day, Keeyan come back with Bhavika and declared to his family that he had gotten married to her without their permission.

Still they accepted their relationship and let them stay in their house, accepting her as their daughter-in-law. Everything was good in the beginning but later, Bhavika’s behaviour started changing with time. She was speaking rudely with everyone, taunting them, insulting the elders, causing trouble, not understanding her responsibilities.

Her behaviour caused many troubles in their family, leading Keeyan to take her and stay in the city, away from his family. Due to this, his family hates her for keeping Keeyan away from them. But they were helpless in front of Keeyan’s love.

And now they are helpless in front of Amaya. They are ready to tolerate her and again accept her in this family for their Amaya. Amaya is a Singhania, part of their family. They can never leave her alone with her irresponsible mother.

Bhavika was left behind in her room. She was thinking about what to do now. She has lost Keeyan, her only family.

“ I can't fall weak. I am not alone, I have the responsibility of Amaya. I have to take care of her,I have to”, Bhavika said mumbling.

“ But I can't stay here, being dependent on them. I should leave and go back where I belong”, Bhavika mumbled, taking the decision.

She decides to go downstairs. As she climbed down the stairs,she saw the Singhania family sitting in the hall, playing with Amaya.

In these previous days, Amaya had been the only one who has been able to bring smiles on their faces.

“ Ummm…I have something to say”, Bhavika said, looking at them without any emotions.

“ What?”, Keeyan's grandfather asked her.

“ I am thinking of going back home with Amaya”, Bhavika said, looking at them.

Everyone was shocked hearing her talking about taking Amaya away.

Keeyan's mother, Jeevika’s hands tightened around her granddaughter,not wanting her to go away.

“ You are not going anywhere neither Amaya.”, Vidyut Singhania said in a stern voice, entering the house along with Rithvik, his Chachu’s elder son.

Both of them had just returned from their office after finishing their work when they heard Bhavika talking about leaving this house and going back to her house in Delhi.

“ But I have to…My whole life is there”, Bhavika said, trying to make them understand.

“ No!! I have promised Keeyan to look after you and Amaya. I can't let you leave from here. It is Keeyan's last wish”, Vidyut said, making Bhavika shut her mouth.

She knows she can't argue with them. Moreover, looking at the family, she has no right to keep Amaya away from her family.

She sighed, accepted her defeat and left for her room.

Seeing her going back, everyone took a breath of relief.

“ Vidyut, Amaya is our family's child. Bhavika can't take her away”, Jeevika said,not wanting her deceased son’s only daughter to leave their house.

“ Don't worry. Amaya will not go anywhere. She will stay with us forever”, Vidyut said, looking at her,who was struggling in her grandmother’s arms to come to him.

His eyes softened seeing her innocent face. He picked her up and sat on the couch.

Everyone was happy seeing Vidyut spending some quality time with Amaya.

For Jeevika, Amaya is her everything, her only grandchild. Because Keeyan is no more and Vidyut had decided to never get married. That's why,he is still single at the age of 35 years,just engrossed in his work all the time.But now with Amaya, he has started spending some time with them.

Jeevika had lost her son but now she can't lost her granddaughter. Amaya is her only hope to live.