"No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief."
- Faraaz Kazi

Riddhima goes inside the room and pulls the duvet from her face when the person inside whines - "Ohho bhabhi..let me complete my beauty sleep for five minutes atleast!"

But already Riddhima has started to bring new set of clothes for her from the cupboard. Meanwhile, the girl gets up with a pouty face ; Riddhima sits beside her to place her right palm on her shoulder - "Siya, get up! Remember you've to complete all the assignments before going to school."

Siya opens her eyelashes with an irritation but seeing her bhabhi's serene face, a smile comes to her lips automatically. Kissing Riddhima's cheeks tightly, she hugs her and sleeps by placing her head on her shoulder. Riddhima widens her eyes at Siya's drama.

After few minutes of buttering her to get up, Siya atleast gets ready to freshen up.

And Riddhima leaves the room to enter into the kitchen. She starts to make toast and sandwich for breakfast with black coffee and juice. She's has already given dadi her breakfast in room..as due to old age and having paralysis from lower portion, she can't move that much so Riddhima has to take care of everything.

After some few minutes, the breakfast gets ready and she places his toast and black coffee on a tray and other things in another tray. Going to dining table, she places his breakfast on the particular head chair and keeps the newspaper just beside it....as she knows he has a habit of reading newspaper daily while having breakfast.

After couple of minutes, she listens them entering with talking with each other....but as usual he is silent. Going to each other's room, they come after freshening and changing their sweaty clothes.

As soon as they take their seat, the princess of the Rai Singhania family comes out. She goes to Riddhima and hugs her from back while Vansh tries to avoid the usual morning scene of this house....because he knows after few time, his trio siblings would fight for his so called wife's attention.

And as thought all get up to complete the scene when Aryan shrieks - "What is this, bhabhi?....how have you got this wound on your forehead and haven't even told us?"

The fear she's been getting till now suddenly arises. Being sleepy earlier, they've not noticed but now the extreme possessiveness of these siblings would touch the sky.

They make Riddhima sit at first on the side chair of Vansh and touches her wound softly with tearful eyes ; at this Riddhima smiles softly. Maan, twin brother of Aryan asks - "Is it paining too much, bhabhi? .. have you taken painkiller or should I call the doctor..wait, let me....!"

Vansh who's been looking through the scene has been little tensed some time before but now at their level of possessiveness, he rolls his eyes. While feeling a heated gaze of someone upon her, Riddhima answers quickly - "No..no..I'm fine..it's just a slight cut I've got while being absent in my thoughts! But don't worry and have your breakfast first....as today you've to submit your assignments in college..do you remember that? And Siya..I'm telling that to you too!"

At which they make bad faces because they've thought to bunk classes for today and be with their bhabhi.

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Mr Ajay Rai Singhania and his wife Uma had met an unfortunate accident twelve years back while coming from a buisness party. The road was too lonely that time as it was a cloudy night..upon that it was forecasted to be at home to avoid accident. While crossing the tunnel, one big tree got broken in storms resulting it to fall on the car. And three persons were spot dead at that moment with the driver.. just for their silly attitude towards such vital news.

At morning when police discovered their bodies, a hell broke in VR Mansion. Vansh - the elder son of the couple was only eighteen years to be legally independent. While his siblings were too little to realise the matter.

Aryan and Maan - the non-identical twins were in sixth standard and Siya was only ten that time. Mrs Indrani Rai Singhania felt extreme pain at her loss and thought to be strong for her grandkids and became the ruler of newly lost king of VR Fashion Industry. When their parents' irresponsible behaviour towards such weather forecasting was null, their dadi came before to protect her grandkids.

The grim loss in growing age made Vansh too hard towards earthly emotions that that day he decided to be strong for his siblings and give them everything to fulfill their parental love. And at an early age, a sensitive boy became parents for his siblings.

But today that Vansh Rai Singhania is lost before an outsider....and that too before a murderer!

He feels enraged at the thought his siblings have been never close to anyone except he and dadi after their parents....but today they're worried and tensed for her....the feelings were lost when they lost their parents or her. And it's not any vital..rather some scratches on her skin but seeing their worry for her makes him control his inner rages hardly and the raging veins on his forehead are proof to this.

Has he been defeated to shower them with unconditional share of love that they're seeking it from an outsider?

Unknown to the fact, grandparents could deliver love, care and earthly needs but the place a parent holds in her kids' life could never be replaced so easily..especially, a mother's role! Till day they've been satisfied with what they've got but now when they've a mother figure in their life....they're afraid to loss it!

Sensitive minds are too soft to feel hurts .. even they try to do anything to save and secure their loved ones! And here the kids are trying to do that only!

Riddhima is not elder to them to be their mother but her unconditional love and care for them from first day have made her a mother figure to them.

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In his inner turmoil and growing anxieties, Vansh hasn't noticed when all have finished their breakfast until Siya asks him in her as usual chirpy voice - "What happened to you, bhaiya? Why are you not having your breakfast?....(looking at Riddhima)....oh....bhabhi is okay, don't worry!"

Riddhima looks at Vansh being amused as she knows whatever be the reason he'll never think such for her, atleast!

So to ease the situation, she tries to stand up when a clicking of hills on the marble floor can be listened thoroughly. Being in each other's thought and the youngsters in their usual banters, none have listened the bell ringing when the maid has already opened it.

So when Siya speaks those words to Vansh, the stranger has listened those and her blood boils listening it. She clenches her jaws hard and tries to oil Vansh's inner vengeance with her taunts : "Oh....so all are worried for this girl, I see!"

Riddhima who has been going to walk away stops on her track while Vansh murmurs "Ishani" looking at the person and a guilt starts forming upward on his face to understand the reason behind her anger.

Riddhima clutches the table to control her strongest urge to cry somewhere and open up her emotions but gulps the bitter feelings inside as it's her fault to tolerate each and every hard words!

But three persons are fuming in anger at their bhabhi's humiliation from a mere 'friend' of their bhai. So Siya speaks in reply - "This girl is our bhabhi and we are proud to have her in our life. We've lost our mom at an early age to feel how secure it feels when you're stressed or tensed with growing age's problems and the chilling period while completing assignments. But God has sent her to us to fulfill those unsaid emotions so....we will NEVER accept such words against her....whether it's from our own bhai too!"

Vansh now breaks his silence as the mere thought of his kids like siblings' imagination....they just feel secured at her presence....who is the reason behind his love's untimely death.

So he rudely takes her name - "Siya..is it a way to talk with elders?"

With it fat tears start to drop from Siya's eyes and her brothers hold her from side. Vansh lowers his head with cursing himself in his mind to become the reason of his princess's tears. Meanwhile, Maan and Aryan looks at Vansh with pointed look.

Riddhima has noticed each and every eyeful interactions and thought to clear the confusion but as she takes a step, the uneasy feelings start to rise.

From a couple of days she's getting some uneasiness in her....her vision gets blur with dizziness and vomiting just after having those spicy foods. Even the lower abdomen pain is also in the list. Feeling headache and pain in abdomen, she stops abruptly in her track and holds the table to shriek in pain - "aahhhh!"

Till days she's tried to cover up her every emotions and pain under the facade of beautiful smile but this moment she feels extreme helpless....hapless before this pain! It's like someone is trying to break her every limbs and bones in tiniest parts.

Till now Vansh and his siblings have been busy in their thoughts but listening Riddhima's shriek they get tensed ; Maan and Aryan are the first to reach to Riddhima and holding her from side, they make her seated on a chair....Siya quickly comes to wipe the tear from the corner of Riddhima's eyes which has come out as the result of her extreme pain ; then Maan quickly takes a glass of water and makes her drink it slowly.

The boys hold her hands from each side with utter helplessness and worry that the gesture makes Ishani more angry. But she tries to keep her cool demeanour intact. So she looks at Vansh but gets surprised to see a little bit of worries in his eyes too. She can't understand how could he feel sympathetic towards this girl after her crime!

Maan asks softly : "What is it bhabhi..tell us your pain."

And Ishani couldn't control more - "Seriously? You fools are worried for this girl when she's the reason why you've lost someone special due to her....you should have loved HER not this girl who's just doing drama for gaining attention!"

Ishani just spreads poison through her words when Vansh gets back his senses that till now he too has been worried for the MURDERER OF HER! And with it, his expressions get hard to read out loud .. that's when Riddhima looks at him in pain seeing his silence at such accusations like as usual and seeing his blank look, a sudden wave of pain flows through her..and it's more painful than her physical pain. How could she forget everything and ask for his support?....how fool of hers!

But the silence gets broken with Aryan's words. With a hard and serious face, he answers Ishani : "You're an outsider and friend to bhai so be away from our family issues!

And one thing, NONE HAS BEEN THAT MUCH SPECIAL TO US WHAT RIDDHIMA BHABHI IS TO US! SHE'S NOT OUR BHABHI....OUR MOTHER AND GOD TOO. So we'll never appreciate anything against her..hope you'll keep it in mind."

Vansh looks shocked when Aryan speaks that and two others also support him with their gestures. He can't understand what's there in Riddhima that SHE also has been failed to her! But he lets go off the thought when his brothers and sister become stubborn to bunk their classes.

Riddhima controls her tears to become strict : "I don't wanna listen anything....you trio have to submit important assignments today. (To Maan and Aryan) You both are now in second year of graduation so you both must have to study hard and Siya has her higher secondary board exam..being a strict mamma that I am to you, I'll not compromise with your future anyhow.

Moreover, bhabhi is not happy with your behaviour towards a family friend..so you'll ask 'sorry' now only .. (when trio get shocked she adds more)..if you love your bhabhi .. a little bit also."

They look horrified at her blackmailing but do half heartedly as she asks. They try to reason of her health but she covers up saying : "May be I've had acidity as few minutes ago I was feeling of throwing up....but in tension it's recovered now!"

And that's when Siya has to drop another bomb - "Bhabhi....why have you not told us this before?....May be it's a good sign of baby coming! (with a glow in her eyes) Oh My God..bhabhi, are you PREGNANT?"

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