Chapter 138:

It was the time of the day, Maddy, Bebe and Shweta were sitting in the living area. Bebe was lost. Shweta was worried and angry too.

Maddy: Please, Bebe, talk to Neil.

Shweta: no, she will not talk to Neil. Avni and Neil had suffered a lot now it's a limit. It's a limit of their pain. They got happiness after craving for the child for three years and now I will not let anyone snatch that from them.

Bebe was listening to Shweta. She thinks by looking down. Maddy looked at Bebe.

Maddy: Bebe, why are you silent? Please say something. You will talk to Neil, right?

Shweta looked at Bebe. She was getting nervous.

Shweta: no, Bebe.

Maddy looked at Shweta.

Maddy: why not, Bhabhi?

They heard: because it is our child and it should be with us.

Maddy looked up and Shweta turned. They saw Neil is standing there. Bebe looked down. Neil came to them. Shweta got up and goes to Neil. She touched Neil's arm.

Shweta: Avni?

Neil holds her arm and nods.

Neil: she is sleeping. I made her sleep.

Shweta nods. She had tears in her eyes.

Shweta: Tillu...

Neil cupped her face with one hand.

Neil: Don't worry, mom, your grandchild will play in your lap. We will not let it go away from us.

Shweta smiled with tearful eyes. She nods and wipes her tears happily. She sighs.

Maddy: Neil.

Neil and Shweta looked at her.

Bebe: Sit, Neil.

Shweta looked at Bebe and her heart was restless. She turned to Neil.

Shweta: Tillu.

Shweta nods. Neil assured her by blinking his eyes. Neil sighed her sit and he moved to sit with her. They sat.

Maddy: Neil, Kareena is your sister, think about her once. She...

Neil: and Avni is my wife, I also should think about her and it is our baby. How can you even think that we will give our child to anyone else.

Maddy was shocked.

Maddy: Neil, she is not anyone else. She is your sister. The one whom you love the most.

Neil looked away.

Maddy: did you forget how you were used to running when she wanted something. You always fulfilled her wishes. You always gave her what she wanted. You...

Neil: maybe that was the biggest mistake of my life.

Maddy was shocked. Bebe looked down.

Neil: if I would have not been fulfilled her all wishes then she would have valued the things today.

Maddy: Neil, I know she did the mistake but now she is regretting it. Neil, only a child can mend her and Aman's relationship.

Neil: if it is the case then they can adopt a child but why would we give our child to them? Did you even think for a second that it is our first child? How can we give it to anyone? There was only a 10% chance that she will conceive. We had almost lost hope and after craving for three years, we got a little hope but we lost that too.

Neil's eyes got tears. His voice cracked. Shweta kept her hand on Neil's shoulder. Bebe looked at him then she looked down. Neil closed his eyes and kept his fist on his mouth to control his sobbing. Neil sighed by closing his eyes and he squeezed his nose.

Neil: and now when we have got a little happiness, you want us to give it to Kareena.

Maddy looked down.

Neil squeezed his nose.

Neil: ok, tell me one thing with honesty. If Kareena was pregnant and I and Avni wanted the baby then would you have told to Kareena to give her baby to us.

Maddy was shocked.

Neil: she was pregnant and you knew that I and Avni are craving for the baby then why you did not suggest her to give her child to us. Why did you ask her to abort the child?

Maddy looked down.

Neil: sorry to say, Bua but what Kareena is facing now is the result of her deeds. She did a sin by killing her child. What was the mistake of that child? That its mother was not ready for it or she came in her mother's words.

Maddy was shocked.

Maddy: Neil?

Neil: I am sorry, Bua but it is truth. You and Kareena killed an innocent child. I was really disappointed and angry with you both but what should I do, you are my Dad's sister and I can't stop you from coming here but you and Kareena lost your respect in my eyes that day. I know, Kareena is regretting it now but it is of no use now.

Shweta sighs. Bebe too.

Neil: I am sorry, Bua but I can't give my child to a murderer.

Maddy was shocked.

Maddy: she is your sister.

Neil: and Avni is my wife. She has suffered a lot but not anymore.

Maddy got angry.

Maddy: you are refusing to help your sister for that girl. That Avni? Who was a drug addict.

The Khanna family was shocked.

Neil warned her: Bua.

Maddy: don't shout, Neil. It is a truth. Avni was not able to conceive because she had an accident. She was driving the car while she was under the effect of drugs. Because of her, her cousin died. I wish she had died instead of her cousin.

Shweta and Bebe were shocked.

Neil got up while shouting Bua.

Everyone got up.

Neil: Avni was not a drug addict, it was...

Neil stopped as he remembered something.

Flashback:

Avneil were standing in the room.

Avni: promise me, Neil that you will not tell this truth to Bua.

Neil: But Avni, now everyone knows the truth then why not she?

Avni: she will not understand, she will try to break Aman and Kareena's relationship. Please understand, Neil. Please.

Neil thinks.

Avni: please promise me, Neil. Please.

Neil cups Avni's face with one hand. He nods.

Neil: ok.

Neil kept Avni's head on his chest. They hug each other. Avni thinks and she was upset.

Flashback ends.

Neil was lost.

Maddy: what happened? Why did you stop? Say, say it.

Neil looked away. Shweta got angry but she has also promised Avni.

Maddy: don't know, what spell she has done on you all that you all are just praising her.

Shweta: because she deserves that.

Maddy: Oh please.

Maddy looked at Neil.

Maddy: I did not expect this from you, Neil. There was a time when you were ready to give your life for Kareena and now you are refusing to give her a baby. People say right that man changes after marriage, now you are thinking about that witch more than your sister.

Neil got angry.

Maddy: she is more than Kareena to you now.

Neil came to Maddy.

Neil: of course, she is. Because she is my wife and I love my wife infinity.

Maddy was shocked.

Neil: and you know why I love her. Because she never balanced relationships with money. She knows how to respect relationships. We got married for Kareena but she earned my trust, my love and she earned me. You know why our relationship worked and Kareena and Aman's not? Because our relationship is of equality. We handle our problems by ourselves. If something was in our hearts, we say that to each other and the most important thing is our mothers never got involved in our personal matter.

Maddy looked down as she felt humiliated. Maddy looked at Bebe.

Maddy: Bebe, did you see?

Bebe: yes, Maddy, I saw and heard also and Neil did not say anything wrong. His each and every word is true.

Maddy was shocked. She got angry and she goes from there. Neil was looking at her. Neil turned to Bebe.

Neil: I am sorry, Bebe.

Bebe: no, you did right.

Bebe looked down. Shweta came to him.

Shweta: Tillu, you go to Avni.

Neil nods. He looked at Bebe and then he goes. Shweta and Bebe looked at each other.

On the other side, Avni stirs in sleep. She opened her eyes narrowly and looked at the room. She thinks and recalled what Maddy said.

Flashback:

Maddy: Bebe, I want you to talk to Neil.

Bebe: Yes, I will talk to Neil. I...

Maddy: that he gives his child to Kareena.

Maddy: Neil, you and Avni can have another child but Kareena will never conceive. Please give this child to Kareena and Aman.

Flashback ends.

Avni thinks.