Ch - 82

It is not bad if she calls the place a mansion, its living area is bigger than their whole place. Despite having a complete modern touch it still gives the ancient vibes, the place is filled with brilliant paintings on the wall with decorative things, sitting space in a corner and the fireplace on the other. A stare case on one corner..

The place is extremely attractive but not have the life in it, because it's only a place not a house. And by this thought naaz remember that she have to think of something to redesign his place, as he wants it to be filled with their taste.

They already did the half of shopping and manage two days leave for the settings. His words suddenly bring a flushed smile to her face. "It used to be my place before but now I want it to be our home. Will you help me to make it look like one?"

"What are you smiling at?" A voice broke her thoughts. The pitch is enough for naaz to know who might be the person is, now this is the time to dealing with her. Taking a breath she move towards the sofa and sighs by settling down, "You don't even know the normal courtesy to ask your guest have a seat..tch tch..so much to learn."

Clenching her jaw she sit in front of her by crossing her legs, her face has a glimpse of sidhant's. She is indeed his real mother, then why so much cruelty?
"Daring! You questioning me by sitting at my house?" Ryna winced.

Naaz chuckles a little, "Is it? I think it's sidhant's house." Ryna nodded with a wicked smirk, "I knew it, from the day I saw you this is the only reason you are behind him. The properties."

Naaz smiles slightly and says by roaming her eyes all over the place, "So sad, mrs. Arora. You know me in one meeting but failed to understand your sons, such an intelligent lady." Ryna narrows her brows by her sudden statement, "What did you mean by that?" She asked.

Taking out her phone she forward towards her, "This is sidhant's message, he wants something from his old room but doesn't want to see this house or your face." Naaz's words are harsh, but this is what she wants. To push him deeper, so may come to know the reason behind the cruel, careless mother.

Looking at the phone ryna turn her face to the other side, still maintaining a stern face. "I send someone, to help you with the directions." Said she call a servant. Nodded naaz get up to go but stop near the stairs and says,

"You are such a great businesswoman mrs. Ryna arora, but terrible mother. I don't know why and how a mother can be so harsh on her own children. Sad to say, you are worse than my stepmother. It says that mothers are the soft, kind-hearted souls. They can do anything to protect their children. Sorry to say you prove those words wrong." She moves upstairs without turning back.

She thought to be just sarcastic all the time but couldn't control her spiteful words when reminiscing how she locked sidhant inside a dark room for days. How destroyed his childhood? Not be with him, when he needed them the most. And how she neglects siraaj.

Sidhant told her that both brothers used to sleep in one room since childhood, as siraaj scared of being alone at night. The servant unlocks the door and leave, opening the door she enters and shocks a little. The room is all clean and set, she imagined seeing a dirty one.

It's a complete boyish room, brown in colour with posters of superheroes on the wall with few stickers, look like a sticker collection. Two bean bags on one corner, a picture of both brothers on the table beside bed and on the walls. Cricket set, balls a small cycle , video games all filled on the room.

Few books are scattered on the bed, can see a closet on the right corner. But the weird fact is, everything is set clean..not a single dirt. It seems like someone clean this room daily, but then why not set the scattered things.

Naaz decided to come here, for taking few things related to his childhood and siraaj. He doesn't take anything except a photo of the time leave this house, but this is the place where they born and make good memories also. She not only wants to celebrate his birthday, it's for both.

For sidhant the closure is important, in order to take the things of people leaving him alone from the mind. Opening her bag she takes few items, with her which is important for the surprise, then come downstairs.

Finding no one around she just decides to leave when heard ryna's voice from the back, "Wait, naaz." Narrowing brows she turns to her, the first time she addressed her normally. She wants to make a comment but decided to be quiet for some time.

Ryna comes towards her with a packet and sighs, "His birthday present, if you can..give this to him." Now this time she raises her both brows and chuckles, "Seriously? You remember the birthday or just search it on google."

Ryna smiles by patting her long fingers on the packet, "He really doesn't feel a little nice about me, right?" Naaz bit her lips, not really understand what to say. But before she utters anything, ryna held her hand suddenly and says,

"You know naaz, being in a business field for years, I at least good at judging people. I know taunted you two times but that because I hate how close you are to him. I am a very bad mother naaz, you are right but there is always two sides of the story.

I hope someday, you have time to listen to my side of the story too. And, I also love sidhant." She finished by giving naaz the bag which makes naaz utterly confused. She suddenly becomes the calmer one from the ruthless lady, but don't know why her words seem real.

Whatever she just said there is an unknown emotion hide behind her voice, maybe she is wrong but. This is what she been thinking that, what was the reason behind a mother being so cruel? Don't know what, but if there is anything she needs to know, now.

Taking a breath naaz says, "I have time, mrs. Arora.. Tell me the other side of the story." Ryna takes a deep sigh after thinking about something then gesture her to come with a smile. Nodded naaz follow her by checking her phone, there is a message from sidhant.

"Love you for the lunch, baby. How's your tour going? Do you want me to come?" Sidhant.

Smiling naaz types,

"No need to come, everything is going good. You better hit your gym, handsome. Love you." Naaz.

Taking the phone aside she enters inside a room, it might be ryna's bedroom It's classic with white painted walls. Ryna sits on the couch in a corner and gestures naaz's to sit. She settled beside her, "What do you want to say?"

Ryna looks towards the window and sighs, "We had an arranged marriage, heard about the business marriages? We both wanted a career and our families want to merge the business. Things happened, I get pregnant, not ready at all for that in the starting but had no choice, sidhant's grandfather want to see his grandchildren.

I had twins and I was happy, really happy. I and divesh already signed the open marriage contract, just after few months of delivery. When I came to know about his affair, I had to leave my career for three years because of the babies.

And that was the time, a bitterness filled inside me I don't know how. Divesh's affairs started, my career's breakdown, everything becomes frustrated. The time when I start detached from my own sons, give them to the nany and started to divert my mind by work and boyfriends.

Sidhant is right, I never be a good mother and no one regrets it more than me. The bitterness inside makes me cruel to my own son, maintaining the high class was being a burden over my shoulders. In order to become equal to divesh I started neglecting my own children.

And then the day, siraaj.. I never thought that something like that could happen but...the day I lose my son, I knew should be with sidhant but I lost drinking in pain at some corner, it's me because who upset him and he choose rash driving. The next morning i..I didn't have the courage to face sidhant..I know it was wrong, I was wrong..but I couldn't naaz.".

She winced the tear drops fall from the corner of her eyes. Naaz put her hand over ryna's with doubt, she doesn't know what to say how to react? Both sidhant's and ryna's words running on her mind, he is all right in his place but now she doesn't seem completely wrong.

Taking a breath she roams her eyes on the room and says by watching the photo frames of sidhant and siraaj, "Why you..didn't do anything after realising your mistake?" This time her voice is soft, a sudden thought hit her head. Is it any chance to give sidhant her mother back? She doesn't know..

Ryna sighs by wiping her tears away, "It's complicated, you know...um.. I never able to gather the courage to face him, especially because of not present with him at the time of siraaj's ... I fear the hatred he has for me. And with time distance just growing, now there is a hard wall stand between us.

He hates me more than divesh, it's obvious children crave more from their mother. You know naaz, I used to call him to come and signing the official papers as much as I can, so that at least i...can feel him near me..

The marriage things, I don't know about you. I just want him to have someone, he will never accept me but i..don't want him to live alone like me. Divesh and I rarely talk after sidhant left, with age the affair things are also stop... I miss my son." She said by patting naaz's hand.

Naaz just keep mum, she doesn't know what to say or do? Now things seem more complicated, she plans to give him a closure with his fear of losing. Maybe somewhere he inwardly craves for his mother yet, in childhood also he never shows..

She knows he still have a problem in expressing himself, needs to think about everything first before say anything to ryna. For the first time, she can saw a trace of her cravings for sidhant as a mother. All done mistakes in life, maybe she deserves a second chance?

Before leaving ryna give her the packet and says, "Please don't tell him, it's my gift. And..naaz be with him always, first time in life he loves someone. God bless you." She patted her cheeks , naaz simply nodded with a smile and leave.

All way, her mind is fixed on the conversation between ryna and she had. The moment she thought to do something, sidhant's hatred for her and the way he suffered in childhood is coming in front of her eyes.

Her thoughts suddenly broke by the ringing of phone, "Hlw?" Kushal replies from the other side, "You message me, about some psychiatrist help." Naaz sighs and tells him everything about sidhant and his behaviour, after a while kushal answers,

"See, actually it is a problem. He definitely have some calculations in mind, as per as I know him..he might having insecurities, about you leaving him..he always has this trust issues, and also. On the day of your accident, he was devastated.

A fear is building inside him, that make him overprotective. According to me, he tries to do all possible things, so that you never think to leave him. Hiding his real self is not good."

First ryna's encounter and now kushal's words make her mind feels blast from inside. Before closure, she needs to bring the real sidhant back. Why there are so many problems in their life? Can't they ever be a normal couple?

"What I have to do?" She asked.

Kushal replies, "Talking directly will not help, I know he never open up so easily especially when this fear is from some old wound. You try to take out his reaction, do things he doesn't like, be with the person he hates, everything that can trigger him. We need reaction first, before talking."

Hummed naaz sighs, "Ohk, thank you so much kushal."

After the call, she moves to the government hospital for checking on keyaan when saw him coming towards her in tension, "Naaz, there's an emergency. The patient needs to operate now and there is no senior doctor, I already dialled on orchids but because of some rally they are stuck."

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