Weeks passed and sanyu was still in bed with a plaster on her right leg.

A nurse was there 24 hrs for her service.
Even maids and vidushi used to take care of sanyu.
Even renu was taking care of sanyu like nothing happened.

Randhir no longer treated her like trash infact he tried to avoid her as much as possible by spending more time in office.

At night he used to cuddle with krishi till his heart filled.

He never asked about sanyu to vidushi or any other members nor did vidushi updated him with the recent happenings.

He only knew that a doctor used to visit sanyu in every 5 days.

Each passing moment sanyu was feeling guilty.
Guilty for hurting such innocent people.

Trying to hurt renu just for her so called revenge.

But renu never kept any grudges on sanyu.
Infact renu was the person who was pampering sanyu .

"Umm....aunty bas bas....i m full" sanyu chipped stopping renu from feeding her.

"Arey aise kaise bas? Aur tum mujhe aunty kyu bol rahi ho? I m ur mom right?" Renu caressed sanyus hairs.

"But.....aunty.. .main...maine aapke saath itna. ..itna kuch kiya hai" sanyu looked down unable to look directly in renu's eyes.
She was so guilty to hurt such a good hearted woman.

"Bachhe......" renu cupped sanyus face and wiped her tears by her palms.

"Mat ro....jo ho gya so ho gya......" renu smiled.

"Nahi aunty....kuch nahi khatam hua.
Infact ab toh shuru hua hai....
Meri saza. ..
Bhagwan de rahe hai mujhe saza.
Jo bhi maine aapke saath kiya uski saza.
Aapko uncle ko randhir ko.....kri...krishi ko bohot dukh diya hai maine.
Bohot tadpaya hai .
Main aapse maafi maangna chahti hu aunty.
Plz forgive me" sanyu cried and touched renu's feet with difficulty.

"No beta....dont do that.
Daughters don't touch their parents feets" renu caught her hands .

"No aunty....main aapke maafi ke kaabil nahi hu.
I don't deserve it.
I don't even deserve this special treatment.
Ulta aapko mujhe torture karna chahiye.
Randhir ne jo kuch bhi kiya mere saath it was justified and right.
I deserve all the humiliations" sanyu cried her heart out while sobbing silently.
She was slowly releasing her guilt which was killing her from inside since many days.

"Randhir se toh maafi maangne ka haq mujhe hai hi nahi.
But I can lessen my guilt by atleast apologising u and uncle" sanyu said.

"Bass sanyu....bass ho gya....dont be guilty.
U realised ur mistakes that's all matters.
Abhi chalo chup ho jao.
Don't cry" renu smiled.

Here vidushi heard everything and smiled looking at their beautiful bond.

Few days later sanyus plaster got removed.

"Sanyu maine suna hai tum jis chawl me rehti thi waha naya tower ho raha hai?" Renu asked cutting fruits for sanyu.

"Haa aunty" sanyu smiled sadly.

"Toh ab tu kaha jaegi beta?" Renu asked worriedly

"Mumbai mei mere jaise anaath ko kahi par bhi jagah mil jaegi" sanyu said.

"Chup kar....aise bola toh maar khaegi" renu scolded her.

"Tu ab yahi rahegi
Yeh tera bhi ghar hai" renu commanded.

"Nahi....main yaha nahi reh sakti....yeh...yeh ab vidushi ka ghar hai.
Aur vaise bhi uncle ko aur randhir ko mera yaha rehna pasand nahi aaega" sanyu chipped looking down.

"Unhe main samjha dungi . Tu bas apna saaman yaha mangwa le" renu smiled.

"Par aunty woh....." sanyu tried to stop her from forcing but renu cut her.

"No par war....u will stay here and that's final" renu finalised.

"Vidushi kaha ho yaar come fast. We are getting late" Randhir came home and started calling vidushi.

"Haa aayi" Vidushi yelled from room.

Sanyu was sitting on dining chairs .
She felt uncomfortable around randhir.

Randhir didn't noticed sanyu until he heard renu calling sanyu from kitchen.

Their eyes met for a brief second but randhir broke it.

Meanwhile vidushi came walking slowly with krishi.

She was having a regular check up today and randhir was accompanying with her.

"Are u done?  Chale?" Randhir looked elsewhere but sanyu.

"Haa chalo" Vidushi chirped.

"Mumma" krishi kissed vidushi making sanyu's heart pain.

Sanyu gave an awkward smile to vidushi as she felt like shez an intruder in their small happy family.

Later when randhir and vidushi left, some people came and started looking the mansion.

"Aunty yeh kon hai?" Sanyu asked renu.

"Arey yeh interior waale hai.  Krishi ka birthday aa raha hai naa toh randhir ko ghar ko paint karwana hai" renu smiled making sanyu serious.

It was her baby's birthday and she didn't even know that.
She was such a bad mother.

"Tum khaa lo main abhi aayi" renu chipped and reached kitchen.

Sanyu kept cursing herself in her mind of being such a cheapo before.
But once the milk is spilled it cannot be gathered again .

~~~

A big lawn was beautifully decorated with many balloons.
Right from the entrance till end balloons were scattered all around the lawn.

A small canopy decorated with flowers were placed in middle of the lawn.

In that canopy a yummy doraemon cake was placed along with a candle of shape 1.

Yes it was birthday of shekhawats prince krishi.
Today small cute krishi turned 1.

Exactly a year before sanyukta gave birth to krishi and gave all his responsibility  to randhir.

"Vidushi come here jaan" Randhir looked at sanyu and purposely addressed vidushi as jaan.

Sanyu turned her face to other side to  hide her tears which were threatening to fall on her cheeks.

Her heart pained watching randhir's love for vidushi.

Vidushi looked at sanyu.
She knew sanyu was hurt.
But didn't  wanted to create any scene and spoil krishi's birthday so vidushi walked slowly upto randhir and stood besides him.

Krishi was already chirping in his language sitting on randhir's arms.
He was looking cute in his small cute tux matching with his dadda.

Vidushi was dressed in a white colour saari.
Whereas sanyu was in colour co- ordinated randhir and krishi wearing a black saari.

"Let's cut the cake vidushi" Randhir smiled and took a plastic knife.

Vidushi took krishi and handed him a plastic knife and looked at sanyu who was standing in an extreme corner of lawn.

Her eyes were red as she was crying silently.
Whole day she didn't got any chance to wish her baby and cuddle up with him.

Only she knew how she controlled herself from kissing krishi on his face.

"Vidushi kya hua? Cut the cake" Randhir touched krishi's hand.

"Haan" Vidushi said and held their hands.

"Happy birthday to u. ...happy birthday to you " everyone sang birthday song for krishi.

Krishi was trying to blow the candle but was unable to do so.

He was searching someone.

"Krishi baby aapko pata hai yeh sab?" Randhir was shocked to see that krishi knows how to blow a candle.

Here sanyu smiled admist her tears watching her baby trying to copy her .
But failed.
"Happy birthday krishi.
Mumma loves u" sanyu said in mind.

"Happy birthday krishi " Randhir kissed his cheeks and made him wear a thick gold chain.

Harsh and renuka gifted him most expensive toy car.

"Happy birthday krishi.
Aapko duniya ki saari khushiya mile" Randhir carresed his cheeks.

Vidushi smiled.

Here sanyu left from there looking at her gift which was a small cheap teddy bear which she asked maid to buy with whatever money she was having as savings.

And she knew randhir will never allow her to come near krishi so she left from there.

~~~

"Aww krishi kyu ro rahe ho. ....chup ho jao naa....." Vidushi was rocking krishi in her arms as he was crying loudly as he was feeling suffocated in that tux.

He wanted to get free from those clothes but vidushi didn't knew that.

Sanyu came there hearing krishi's loud cry and entered in mansion.

"Kya hua vidushi kyu ro raha hai yeh?" Sanyu asked worriedly.

"Pata nahi sanyukta bass ro  raha hai.
Pata nahi kya hua hai " Vidushi said checking his temperature which was normal.

"Bhukhar toh nahi hai phir kyu ro raha hai" Vidushi was tensed

"Kahi bhuk toh nahi lagi isse" sanyu thought as krishi was trying to jump in her arms.

"May i?" Sanyu asked.

"Haa dekho" Vidushi handed him to sanyu.

"Bhukh lagi hai?" Sanyu asked him thus he nodded his head.

Sanyu smiled at him and sat on the couch.

She started feeding him immediately and soon krishi stopped crying.

Vidushi stood there watching them lovingly when someone broke a vase .

"What the hell u are doing with my baby?" Randhir yelled angrily watching sanyu feeding krishi.

Sanyukta shivered in fear watching an angry randhir but didn't stopped feeding her baby.

"Aur tum? (Looking at vidushi ) I told u not give my baby to that woman.
Phir kyu diya" Randhir broke another vase.

"Rand. ...hir woh...woh main" Vidushi stammered.

"Kya main main.....speak up" Randhir yelled again.

Sanyu wiped her tears hearing the word 'that woman ' for her from randhir's mouth.

She was hurt.

"Randhir  krishi ro raha tha" Vidushi said.

"Toh tum kya kar rahi thi.
Aren't u his mother ?
Kaise de sakti ho tum apne bachhe ko kisi aur ke haath?" Randhir was yelling like maniacs.

"And u....didn't u get that I don't appreciate u being close to my baby" Randhir went near sanyu but didn't looked at her.

"Randhir. ..he ...he is hungry.
Let me feed him" sanyu chipped in a low voice.

"Really? Yeh tumhe ab yaad aaya ki bacche ko dudh ki bhuk bhi lagti hai woh bhi uss aurat ki jisne usse janam diya?" Randhir's comment was sarcastic which made sanyu sunk in guilt.

"Chalo bas ho gya tumhara yeh natak give me my baby " his voice was cold.

"Nahi...." sanyu whispered.

"What? What did u just said....come again " Randhir said in a very serious tone.

"Mera baby bhukha hai.
I'll leave him when his hunger is satisfied " sanyu said looking in his eyes.

"Vidushi tell her to leave krishi right now" he ordered vidushi.

But vidushi didn't  have courage to separate sanyu from krishi.

She came forward and held randhir's arms.

"Krishi Bhukh se ro raha tha.
Let sanyukta feed him...plz" Vidushi said softly making randhir angry as well as hurt.

"You....you both are same.
Both are selfish. ......ek ko bachhe ko sambhalne nahi hota aur dusri ko ab yaad aaya hai ki uska ek beta bhi hai.
But what m i doing here?
Just nothing. ....." randhir said sarcastically.

"Ok jo karna hai karo but don't forget that krishi mera tha mera hai aur mera hi rahega
No one can snatch him from me ....no oneee" Randhir broke another flower pot harshly and took long steps inside his bedroom closing the door with a thud.

~~~

Tbc.