Ratnesh looked at Kanhaiya defiantly before walking towards his father Rana."Ratnesh!! Why are you here? I have asked you to lie low in your friend's house and not come to this place. I want at least one of our members to be our eyes and ears out there! Why don't you take anything I ever say seriously!" Rana chastised his son."Baba please stop your lectures! I have been doing exactly what you wanted me to be ... eyes and ears out there and look who I found!!" He pulled his phone out and showed Rana a picture he took at the airport just an hour ago."Is that Chandni?? What is she doing there? And why were you at the airport? Did you know she was coming?" Rana asked perplexedly."No, I didn't know she was

After a few rings, a sleepy voice answered him. "I know you love your daughter very much Sanjay Ji, but is it really necessary to call at this hour?" Vikram asked, chuckling. "Vikram! I am offering no apologies for waking you up, but can you check if Chandni and Atharv are safe?" Sanjay asked anxiously. "What happened? Why are you asking me this?" Vikram's tone became immediately alert and Sanjay could hear his footsteps soon. "I will explain everything... Please first tell me they are safe!!" Sanjay implored once again. Vikram was puzzled and worried but didn't ask any more questions as he tiptoed his way to Atharv's bedroom as he knew Chandni slept there overnight.

  Aishwarya hurried towards them. "Are you crazy Rana? We can't harm Aryan right now, we need Shankar and if something happens to him, we will be in double the trouble. Control yourself. Because of your panic and uncontrollable temper we are in this shithole at the moment. If you weren't so easily fooled by this guy's clever moves, we would have never lost Shankar in the first place. Now you are repeating the same mistake and making the situation worse. Nothing will happen to that ...son of yours." Aishwarya controlled her tongue but it was too late. Rana pulled the gun out of Aryan's mouth and walked dazedly towards Aishwarya but Aryan was surprised to see that she didn't even flinch the slightest. "You .... You foul woman, if something happens to my son, I will not forgive you or this fellow. How d

Unbroken   Almost 24 hours later... Chandni was staring blankly into space while Nargis Chachi wound her arm around her in the hospital waiting room. Raj Singh along with Vikram, Avinash and Smita were all waiting as well, for the surgeons to finish removing the shredded pieces of glass on Aryan's face. They were all talking in low tones, trying to keep the worry away, but inwardly playing for Aryan. They sat closely huddled together, while Miku and Atharv were watching videos on YouTube with shared headphones. Chandni felt as if she had no capacity to cry anymore. Her tears have dried up, her eyes reflected the determination and renewed hope she felt, even after the shocking truths she came to know in the last few hours. That her mother Aishwarya was not her biological mothe

Chandni came out of her reverie as Atharv tapped on shoulder. She hugged her son closer and sighed deeply. The last twenty four hours have been very tumultuous, but she knew she had to keep up a brave face, and hope!! Hope that the love of her life, the man who is still in the Operation theatre will one day forgive her for all the mistakes she did in not trusting him all those years ago. Finally the operation theatre door opened and the team of surgeons came out, bearing the happy news that Aryan's operation was successful. The main surgeon informed all the relieved family members that Aryan would be airlifted soon to Mumbai, to continue the surgical procedures to his face. He was still in an induced coma and would be in ICU for the next day or so till his condition stabilizes, but close family members would be allowed to visit him after a few hours. Avinash and Raj Singh thanked the team of doct