26 - Thank you Father

Arjun pov(continuation of past)

"Why would I transfer my business to a monster like you" Rihaan roared angrily but his eyes are still prowling around the room for Chaaya. To get a glimpse of his love.

"I am at loss Mr. Rihaan and you being a competitor for my next big project, I need you to back up" Vishwanath placed his cup on the table and stood up.

"I will back away, where is my Chaaya?" his voice came as defeated.

His love for her is not explainable, whatever she do he will calmly watch her with admiration and love, but now seeing her in this state is really heart wrecking for me. I can't even think about how he is feeling right now.

Another side I felt again drowning into the darkness with the blurred image as some of their words didn't reach my ears like I am drugged.

"Why are you so desperate for a woman Rihaan?"

"I will rip your head off your body if you speak another word about my wife" he called out, "I am not desperate like you, it's called love you bastard"

He laughed, "maybe I am, but let me tell you Rihaan all these love and affection are just a distraction and weakness, see now if you don't love your wife, I wouldn't be blackmailing you by now, your business would be safe by now"

Rihaan interjected him, "like a lonely orphan"

Vishwanath stared at him intensely and ordered his man, "take her here"

Then I saw Chaaya coming towards our direction slowly keeping her hand on her belly looking too scared, when her eyes landed on Rihaan, she started to cry harder, "Hey, hey I am here, I am here" Rihaan try to pacify her.

"I am scared Arjun, please take me out of here" she cried sobbing hardly, "I will Chaaya" Arjun turned to Vishwanath, "let Chaaya and Arjun go, I will do whatever you say" Arjun pleaded him.

"Weakness, weakness..." Vishwanath sings a song happily like he found a big treasure, I was not able to utter a single word as my mind was completely blank.

Whenever I tried to wiggle, someone from my back hit me hard, "she is pregnant you fucking shit" I shouted when I saw a man placing his hand on her shoulder as she shivered in disgust crying in pain.

"And that's why she is glowing" I felt like killing him raw torturing him every second, "take your hands off her" Rihaan shouted trying to free himself from the chain binding him to the wall.

"Arjun, please let's go out, they are touc--" I cried for my vulnerability, "I will give you my whole family business, house, everything. Let her go" Vishwanath didn't do anything to stop his men from mishandling her.

"let's talk like a man, you coward" Rihaan said as they stopped Chaaya coming towards Rihaan, "I am a man Rihaan, see I do not even lay my hand on your wife"

Never ever in my life, I saw such a disgusting person like him, he is too cheap to even see his face, the lust for money and fame made him a psychopath.

He took the paper out of his suit and gave it a man as that man took it to Arjun," sign it, Mr. Rihaan, we made a deal right? Your wife on your hands, your business, and properties on my hand" without thinking a second he signed the papers.

"Let us go" his eyes went to his wife who stood there lifelessly.

A man went to Vishwanath and whispered something in his ear to which he nodded, the man smirked at Rihaan and dragged Chaaya inside forcefully, "no, no what-- are you doing-- leave me" she cried.

"Leave her Vishwanath" Rihaan ordered him.

"Let her go, you spineless bastard" I shouted doing my best to free from the grip holding me, but she was gone, fear engulfed me, Rihaan was crying hard begging Vishwanath to leave her.

"send her once you are done" when these words came out of his mouth all I want to do is rip every single nerve of him slowly giving the worst pain he ever received, I want to give him a slow and worst painful death one could receive.

"No please don't let anything do with her, she is pregnant Vishwanath please leave her, I will even give my shares to you" I pleaded him.

"nice suggestion Arjun, but I will think about it once you get married," he said to me and walked out with a victory smile.

Before I could register his words completely, I heard Chaaya loud cries echoing the whole building, begging them not to touch her.

"Don't do anything to her please" we both cried our heart out but none of the pleadings was heard by them. I don't know how many minutes passed slowly her voice went dead sending fear all over my body.

"I am pregnant please" she cried hard.

"my baby" my eyes closed on their own hearing her screams.

Her sobs went too weak like she is not existing in the world, I felt she is being in hell, I closed my eyes crying hard, I never want to see her in this state, I can't even imagine anything now. Our happiness is dead, our peaceful life is dead.

"No, please" Rihaan's voice became too weak to utter anything.

After some minutes a man came without a shirt on with an evil smile and removed the rope around us, I stayed at the same place not getting enough courage to see her. Rihaan quickly went inside.

A few seconds later I heard him shouting, "Chaaya, no noooooo........." every single cell in my body felt dead to me, his screams were continuously heard, he is crying over his family.

Diya pov

"stop" I shouted at Advik, I can't hear anymore, I can't imagine the pain Chaaya went through, I can't imagine the helplessness her husband went through.

I felt Advik dragged me into a building while I was walking on my own without digesting even a single thing I heard a minute back. Once we are inside he opened the door of a room.

There a person lying on the bed with multiple tubes connected to his hands, chest, nose. It seems like he is hardly breathing on his own rather than with the help of the tubes attached to him.

Taking a slow fearful step to him, I looked closer into him, he seems in his early thirties with a pale face still he managed to look handsome with dark thick black hair with a slightly grown beard on.

Reality struck me. It's Arjun's friend Rihaan, Chaaya Husband.

"Where is Chaaya?" I asked Advik with uncontrollable tears flowing down my cheeks.

Without answering to my questions he went out not before giving a long look at Arjun's lifeless body, the pain I saw in his eyes clenched my heart tight.

I sat on the nearby chair next to Rihaan, "am sorry" I said softly taking his hands with me, I never know my father was like that. I can't even describe the word I felt for him.

"I am sorry," I said again but this time I cried again placing my head on his hand, "no one deserves the pain you deserved" I can't even imagine the pain Chaaya felt at that time, feeling lustful eyes, the more I thought about her, the more I cried.

I don't have any other word to say to him other than sorry, what felt like hours, Advik called me out.

"What happened to-- " I gulped painfully, "Chaaya?" his eyes were pure hatred looking into my eyes.

"I-- I can understand you, Advik. I deserve your-- hatred" I smiled sadly thinking about my father's deeds, he turned away from me and continued.

"She was brutally raped by many men when your father allowed them to do whatever they want with the pour soul, when they took her to the hospital she became serious but they couldn't save her child, she had a baby girl inside her womb" he stopped for a minute, his knuckles clenched hard like controlling his anger.

"When she came into conscious she took her life, that day Rihaan fell into a coma till now" he turned to me, "all credit goes to your father" he yelled making me take a step back, seeing my fear his eyes softened.

My father killed the whole family just for money. He killed a child in her mother's womb. He let the pregnant lady getting raped.

A happy family was destroyed.

All the happiness I achieved till now was the curse of some people, while my father was being brutal I was living a luxury, happy life without knowing how many people my father is killing every day.

For money.

For his fame.

For his business.

'His hard work is the reason for his achievement' is what I thought these days, but now I am living by destroying other families.

Betrayal.

I lost the trust in trust, it feels like nothing is true around me, monstrous cruel father who goes around killing innocent lives, how many things he had done like this? How many families he had destroyed?

I felt my core shake in fear.

"You got your answer?" Arjun asked me, even this voice shook me I can't move from my place, I myself thought from the point of Chaaya, abused, got her child killed in her womb. I shivered at that thought, I would have done the same thing if I were in her place.

I looked up at him looking at me with a stern look but there is no emotions just hatred, "sorry" tears started to stream down continuously, my sorry can't bring the family back.

He lost his only friend.

His tall frame moved towards me gigantically but the fire in his eyes tore me into pieces, "Don't ever come to visit my family again" swallowing the pain in me I nodded and walked out of the house.

With a hollow heart.

Apart from our wedding night and next day morning, he did nothing wrong, I deserve this torture, pain, guilt, tears, and everything.

Why did you do this Paa? Why did you destroy a family killing them alive with scars?

"Let me take you home," Advik said coming by my side, I turned once again to see inside the house, Arjun is standing at the same place where I left, "I am not a member of this family"

Pain.

Pain engulfed me, I lost an opportunity to be in a family.

You are the reason for this Paa. I hate you for destroying lives, I hate you for giving me all the punishment for your deeds.

I am left alone with emptiness, sadness, guilt, and pain. What a lovely companion I got?

All of them are right, I have a blind trust in the man named my father who was killing peoples. He is a homewrecker, he is money lustful person with no heart.

You are always correct but you failed to know one thing Arjun. My father values his money more to me. What a painful truth!!! Having no importance in anyone's life.

'Thank you father' I thanked him mentally and walked out of the house empty-handed leaving my soul with him whether he loved me or not.