In kasauli ...

Ru was watching her tv when arohi headed to kitchen to sort it an prepare a whole meal for them...

Abhinav too came with the bowls that they ate....

Arohi wanted to talk but contemplated so much and finally spoke I am sorry abhinavji I know you miss abhir but ru ...i will not force her to call you papa...

Abhinav smiled..

Vo mujhe papa na bulyen vo hi teek hai ji.... Kyun ki... His eyes welled up remembering abhir...those football games those time he carried him on his shoulders came down on his mind flooding like rain ...as he choked and wiped his tears...

Aur main bhi ...usse lily bula lunga ji....abhinav said....

Aapka favourite hai?? Arohi asked...

Nahi ji... Abhinav choked on his words...

Ek baar na he adjusted himself... Jab abhir chota tha ... Matlab jab kg main ta na tab ...uski school se na project Mila tha ji.... Flowers ko dundke chipkane ka...

Wo kya naam hai uss phul ka lily ...haa..lily Hume nahi mil Rahi thi toh Maine Shimla jaake karid le aaya...

Isliye yaad ta... aur

Vo mujhe butterfly bolen... ya chipkali ya chamkadad mujhe bura nahi lagta ji...abhinav said ...and walked off...

Now Arohi's heart has silently turned heavy....

Chipkali...chamkadad words that she yearned to hear... And a thousands of memories of her Neil played in her heart....

She saw the way abhinav left and held her heart..... And peeked a little to get a glimpse of her ru pointlessly watching her tv...

One thing was for sure all three were broken in their own way ...arohi closed her eyes and silent tear quickly rolled down her cheeks....

What have you done akshara and abhi?? How am I supposed to deal with all this ?? How did you even think of hurting a child?? Aisa kya pyaar hai tum logon ka?? She cursed them in her mind...

Arohi soon wiped her tears and got into meal preparation as she knew she had to find herself a new job now...

Abhinav stood on the door of the kitchen... AAP kaam khatam kar dijiye fir main lekar chal ta hoon... Abhinav said without meeting her eyes arohi too nodded...

While aarohi was busy prepping the lunch...

In the hall they were two should who were blatantly saring at the tv screen...

There was a pin dro silence between them...

Abhinav and ru had sat on two edges of the sofas...and ru was in her own world not even acknowledging abhinavs presence not that abhinav too want to be acknowledged he was also equally lost...

After some time in silence abhinav finally realised it was telemarketing channel that they were watching and leaned forward to the table to switch channels that's exactly when he saw ru staring t the screen...

Abhinav gripped the tv Remote even tight...

How much this poor child had to go through ... He remembered how cheerful and bubbly she was ....and the ru who sat in front of him was nothing familiar to him....

He knew abhir liked football but ru ..he was as stranger to her as he was to him...

The destiny did tie them together and forever and made them look they had run together but both were way behind the strting line...in their lives...

Abhinav remembered how abhir climged onto abhimanyu happily and closed his eyes...

No...abhinav this baccha should not be punished for the betrayal he said to himself and sat back again still looking at ru...

Abhinav slowly slided and inched a little closer although not so much closer still respecting her boundaries...

Abhinav cleared his throat...

Toh kya bolthe hai...rrr...Mera matlab lilyji yeh vaccum cleaner le lain...??!?

Ru finally saw him in his eyes all confused...

Abhinav hinted at the tv and just then ru realise it was a telemarketing channel..

Abhinav bit his lips and went in front of kneeled to her level ..
Toh..ruhiji kya aap yeh vaccum cleaner lenge apne privar ke liye?? Haa ya Naa he asked and pretended to pass the mic to her...

Ru swallowed in her gut and adjusted herself...

Pehli baat Mera naam ruhi nahi hai lily hai butterfly aur dusri baat...

She got up from her seat and went near the tv...

Isme sirf busting kar sakte hai top nhi kar sathe....dekho....

Abhinav smiled how quick she was ...he admired...

Aapka matlab dusting aur mop he said and slowly lifted her and went to sofa and sat and gently made her sit aside
..

If it was abhir he would have tickled him and made him sit on his lap but abhinav understood that ru might feel uncomfortable and maintained that line...and made sure she was comfortable all along....

Abhinav looked at ru hoping she had not felt anything odd...ru smiled at him mlimg his lips to curve a little...

Toh yeh vaccum cleaner na kharide hum?? Abhinav asked again...

Ru nodded her head in a no vigorously...

Abhinav smiled ...

And then again there was silence between them...
Vo....

Pogo tv they both said simultaneously.and smiled at each other..

Abhinav switched channels but soon after Ru's smile faded ....

Vo abhir bhi yehi dekhta kya?? She asked slowly....

Abhinav had his pain in his mouth he sighed...

Fir mujhe nahi dekhna... Jo vo abhir dekhta vo to bilkul nahi... I hate him.. i hate pilla boy .. i hate poppy aur Massi k bhi... She said and was about run away while abhinav gently held her hand...

Beta... He slowly made her turn....while she held her head low...

He gently lifted her chotu sa and dull face with his two fingers under her chin and saw her and gently wiped her tears...

Sorry beta... He said gently...

Aap soory kyu bol rahe ho butterfly galat toh vo ...log ne Kiya hai... Maa kehti hai agar galti na ho na to sorry nahi mangte...

Vo toh alag baat hai ki kabhi kabhi jab meri galti hoti hai tab bhi I don't ask sorry for matashree se daant pdi hai...

Ru went on continuously and abhinav finally had a laugh at her antics...

He held her both hands in his...

Aapko yaad hai humne promise Kiya tha we will all be stronger lilyji... Abhinav asked ru nodded her head...

Abhinav rubbed her back of her hands in assurance...

Fir toh karenge ji... He said ru had tears in her eyes and wrapped herself around his shoulders...

Abhinav too with a thought hugged her and both let down a cry out ....

Arohi heard it from her kitchen and car and saw both of them...and wipped her tears....

They both broke the hug...

Abhinavsaw ru...

Abhir ka patha nahi Lilly ji par Mera fav show cartoon network pe aata hai Tom n Jerry dekhengi app?? He asked...

Ru nodded and abhinav switched channels and they both saw tv...

After some time ...

Arohi came and announced that her work had been done ...

Abhinav nodded. ...

Arohi took ru in her arms

Ru dekho please be with neelama while mumma and abhinav...matlab butterfly job dhoondh ke vapas aajayenhe?? Ru nodded ..

Soon she fed ru and they too are andfropped her at neelamas and left out in the car...

Abhinav was driving....

Abhinav slowly asked... Sunieji... Vo aap ki experience toh bahut hain...toh aap Shimla ke bade hospital main apply kyu nahi karte.??

Vaha opening nahi hai na abhinavji ... Isliye... Arohi said...

They stopped by near by hospital and arohi went inside to enquire but there was no vacancy there too...

In Birla hospital....

In Board meeting...

So as you all as akshara is back I have decided that she will have back we music department... Abhi said smiling through his teeth shocking one and all...

But but... Akshara was about to say something....but abhimanyu interrupted...

So it's final guys and we are happy to have you back he said...

All went dispersed after the meeting..

So akshu how about the surprise?? Abhimanyu asked akshara...

But for akshu  she remembered arohi questioning er the previous time that she got the department only because she was his wife ...all that were running in her mind...

Abhimanyu snapped his fingers in front of her face...

Akshara bit her lips in anger ...

Kisiko poochke yeh sab kiye tumne abhi?? Did I ask for all this?? She held her head... Seriously abhi ab tum apni manmani karoge??  Kabhi socha hai log kya lehenga aur mujhe aise lagega? She yelled at him and rushed out of the room....

Abhi got angry and punched the table to lessen his anger

It had dawned and akshara was never picking abhi's calls to his despair

Back in kasauli....

Abhinav and arohi had checke in all hospitals but nothing came up for him...on the way she noticed abhinav turning down some taxi rides...

She was all fed up but she wanted to know...and they were driving just then abhinav had received a call for his taxi service and he refused it....

Abhinav cut the call and arohi asked him  kyun abhinav ji apke paas toh doo aur gaadiyan hai na vo..bhej dete...

Vo abhir ke treatment vlthe Maine girvi... he swallowed his words...

Arohiji humne toh sari hospital main check Karli ab kaha??

They searched for hospitals and ended in a  dead end road...

It was as if representing their life ...

Arohi and abhinav sighed...

Just then both their messages buzzed with a message they read it and looked at each other..

Back here in udaipur abhi was trying to talk to akshara but she was adamant and was not even facing him...

All in dead ends not knowing what to do... Or is it the dead end?? Given how ru and abhinav spoke??

One thing with dead end is , to get out of it ...you have to trace your step back , will they be able to trace their steps back??

And whose message was it?? Stay tuned ..

Do drop in your thoughts this was a pretty lengthy one hope you all  liked it.

I am writing lost promise will update soon..