Continuation to the last chap..

Ananya's Pov

"Mama!"He called me,I looked at the baby boy I am holding,Mandira's baby.

He looked so pale and his eyes are drowsy as he needs sleep.I looked around and found some baby food soon I started feeding him,rocked him gently in my lap.He slept in my arms cuddled up,sucking his thumb.

"Mandira,Mandira"I heard a very familiar voice and turned around to see Malini aunty,Mandira's mom.

"Where is Mandira?"She looked at me questioning,inspecting the surroundings.

"Veer!"I am crying as I am unable to spell words,I am truly devastated and clueless where he is?Where did he take her to?

"Did he come again?"She shook me twice and I can see tears welled in her eyes,her hands are trembling.

"Yes!"I nodded and hugged the baby passionately,Don't know why I started feeling him like my own baby,may be because I am pregnant.This is the news which I wanted to share with my husband,My Sourya.

I was there waiting for him eagerly,All the euphoria of becoming preganant was squeezed brutally and turned into utter choas within no time.

I wanted to see Sourya, his face ,capture his priceless expressions ,his powerfull eyes sparkling at the thought of becoming a father and pictursed myself melted in his arms but What just happened?!It is truly very uncertain and my future became unfathomable with in a blink of eye.

"Ananya"I yanked my hand at her touch.Malini aunty,she caught my hand and asking me to get up.

"Get up"She snatched my hand again and dragged me to the entrance.

"He is coming"She budged me behind the door soon he saw Vinay approaching us quickly making hefty footsteps.

"Stay calm"She ordered me.I am holding my baby very carefully.

"Mandira"He is shouting her name angrily.

"Where the hell are you?"He banged the vodka bottle to the wall and pieces shattered all over the floor.

"Carefull"She pushed me out and closed the door quickly in a fraction of second locking it from outside.

"Let's go"She took us both to the cab and I got into it without ant question.

"Are you okay?"She asked me.

"I wish I were"I mumbled.

"I am sorry"She took my face into her hands and kissed my forehead.

"I am sorry Aunty"I felt somewhat relieved by saying those three words.

"It's all her ill fate"She shook her head with teary eyes.

"Sorry Aunty"I buried my face in the crook of her neck and cried for few minutes.She gently embraced me and patted my shoulder.

"We need to find her,Hope she will be fine"She said faking a smile.

"She will be fine"I assured her.

We reached home,Mandira's home and It was a very familiar place to me from my childhood.

"Sleep for a while"She patted my back and showed me Mandira's room.

I slept beside him,baby boy holding him in my arms.

I woke up early in the morning trying recollect things that had happened yesterday.My life has turned upside down!What should I do now?Should I runaway from here?Or should I stay here till Mandira's arraival?I turned around and shocked to see Malini aunty there in the lawn crying.

I ran to her,She is there sitting on her knees and crying burying her face in her hands.

"Aunty"I hugged her.

"Just look at this"She gave me a newspaper.

I looked at her finger and read very two first lines.

I felt gloomy and collapsed there on the floor.

"She is no more!"She said between her sobs.

I crumbled the newspaper and threw it away.

"Mandira is dead"I mumbled.

"Please aunty"I hugged her again.

"I know something would happen as such"She is still crying.

"But it was an accident"I looked at her.

"Yes!"She nodded.

"Vinay?"I questioned her.

"What all he needs is money,Nothing else.He is rapacious and greedy from the beginning"She sighed.

We turned our heads quickly as we heard a sharp cry.

"Prateek"Malini aunty ran to him.

"Ma....ma...."He is crying.

I went to him,hugged him.

She looked at me with a sad face.

"He is my child"I said firmly.

"Thank you"She hugged me passionately.

Another seven months passed quickly,Mostly hiding ourselves from Vinay and police.

I wanted to meet Sourya but something stopped me,Prateek?!What would Sourya say?What would my in laws say?Will they accept Prateek as a part of our family?I don't know why I am hiding here?But I am living in a wanted exile,may be for the sake of Malini aunty.I heard that people started thinking that I am dead.oh god!I just want to say Sourya that I am alive and love him a lot.

I got attached to Prateek a lot.He is my son and I can't imagine my life without him,It's all because of motherly instincts in me.I am afraid of loosing him,I wantedly hide my identity because of Vinay as he is Prateek's father and he can get his custody pretty easily,which a cakewalk for him.

But one day I couldn't stop my urge to see my Sourya.I didn't bother about anything.I just went to Banglore to see him,meet him once Sourya but I saw him with a girl called Akanksha,A famous model.

I came across a tabloid news few days ago that he is dating a model but I never believed those words,now I can see the truth with my eyes.I felt decieved and betrayed.My heart broke into million pieces.They are walking clasping their hands and smiling at each other.How could he do this to me?I just wanted to ask him but I couldn't pluck up my courage.I simply left away without a word.

I gave birth to Shreya after a month and started living my life as Mandira...