Lies

"Ragini, will you like to stay with me?" Mitali squatted in front of her. With a faint smile on her face, she asked. But she didn't want the answer in negative.

Not that Ragini didn't understand. She knew Deep and Mitali would adopt her. She knew the meaning of adoption. She knew....her parents were no more. But she was not sure about this thing. She liked Mitali and Deep for sure but accepting them as parents was something else.

"Will mom be happy to see me with you?" She asked after a long time. Immediately Raunak's eyes became moist. What could they say? Maybe she would. Because she knew Mitali well.

"Mom will..... she will pray for us. She will love to see us together. Your mom took you to visit me a lot, right?" Mitali didn't know the answer of her question. But she was not sure if she could take the best care of her like Sanjana and Rajiv did. But she would try her best. She would never give her a chance to complain.

"So....mom will be happy? I will go with you then." She smiled at her.

Deep smiled at them. Dadu didn't like it but she didn't protest either. She knew it was of no use She couldn't understand why Drishti didn't want to take care of her.

"Can she live with us today? We can send her tomorrow." Dadu suddenly said. She didn't wabt to leave Ragini for a moment.

"No!!! She can't! I've packed her things. She will be in Deep bhai's house from now on. She needs to go there, better if she starts to accept this from now on." Drishti said with a frown in a face. She was desperate to send Ragini with Deep.

Her words made Raunak and Dadu exchanhe glances. They were trying to find out what happened with her. Raunak knew it was not convenient to suspect her but she was behaving strange. Did Rishi refer to her? he couldn't open his mouth because of their friendship? Then why was Aditya and Drishti quarreling then? And why Anand started to keep things secret?

"Why do you want to send her away? You pestered me and I agreed to send her to Deep but what is you problem about just one day? I'm not understanding Drishti, why are you doing these? What's your problem with Ragini?" Dadu was feeling sad. She just asked for one day, was it something so big?

"I never had any problem with her. I just don't want to keep her around Rajiv bhai's things or memories. You didn't notice but I knew she cried secretly looking at her dad's things. The sooner we keep her away from these, the better. At least it will help her." Drishti explained her reasons. She was sure Ragini would overcome it sooner or later. She would forget the pain one day.

Raunak knew Drishti was right. Still he felt something fishy. Because it would take almost eight months to complete the process. And Drishti was trying to send her today. He didn't understand what's the rush? Yet she was not wrong. Ragini needed to stay away from Rajiv's memories. That's what Aditya suggested. So anyway he chose to accept this.

After they sent Ragini with Deep, Raunak went to his room. He noticed Drishti was massaging her head. She looked at stressed.

"You could have kept her here for tonight." Raunak said in a cold tone.

"Maybe. But I didn't want to. You know Rajiv bhai was killed by someone. Maybe they will try to attack her here. I mean it's quite predictable that she would stay with us. And don't worry, Deep bhai and Mitali will take care of her. And when they will be at work, Manav bhai and his family members will take care of her. I'm sure no one will dare to challenge Manav Banarjee at this moment. He's another name of Damon. So I'm just trying to keep her safe. If it's Arya, he can attack us any time."

Raunak sighed. Her reasons were correct though, "Okay."

"Raunak!" Suddenly Drishti called, "You know every time the unpredictable person betrays. You already predicted me as a betrayer in the past few days. I'm not that unpredictable though. I don't mean bad."

Drishti knew what was going into his mind. She couldn't say everything now but she couod assure him, "By the way, I've found the patient. Professor Joseph will take care of him. Don't worry."

Raunak was stunned. He was confused with her behaviour but he didn't want her to feel bad, "Drishti, I never meant that. I know you can't break my trust. "

"At least don't lie to yourself. But it's okay. Every person with a proper mind will think that. I'm not feeling bad. I'm just asking you to be prepared. Maybe I will betray you, so soon....." She looked at his eyes with her moist eyes.

"What do you mean?" Raunak didn't understand what was talking about.

"I don't know fate deceives so soon. Maybe one day you will find me lying to you. Who doesn't lie? " She sighed.

"What are you lying about?" Raunak didn't know why he was afraid.

"What's the point in saying the truth when it's a lie. I won't take much time. The lie will be over soon."

"Soon?"

"Maybe....very soon."

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Mohit was sitting on his chair feeling restless. Those incidents happened these days made him feel so desperate. He didn't know why he couldn't concentrate on his works. Rajiv, Sanjana, Ragini, Drishti those things were coming across his brain again and again.

"Mohit uncle!!!" Suddenly he heard a yelling sound. He found a little boy maybe of 6 or 7 was standing in front of his office. All of his tensions were long gone. A smile crept up his smile looking at him.

"Kayaan?" Mohit hurried went towards him and took him to his embrace.

Kayaan was Maya and Kaushik's son. Mohit met him before but because of past incidents he couldn't make time to visit him.

"Uncle, you almost forgot me." He complained.

"Sorry, dear. Forgive uncle once. Did you come here alone?"

Mohit looked around and couldn't find anyone. As long as he knew either Kaushik or Maya always stay beside him. They never left him alone.

"No, mom took me here. But did she lost the track?" He was in deep though when Mohit cursed beneath his breath. Picking Kayaan up, he went to the elevator. When he reached the ground floor, he saw the thing which he feared. Maya and his dad was standing face to face. Mr. Sinha never accept Kaushik and Maya never met him after that.

When they noticed Mohit was there, they looked at him. Maya was smiling faintly with a small sigh. And his dad was fuming with anger.

"Mohit, I wanted to meet you. Good thing you are here. I just wanted to say I need to go back to Bangalore. I have new cases. And this time I'm going with my whole family. So I don't know when we will meet. And one more thing, I will come as soon as the case will be closed. I need to help Raunak and Deep. And Kayaan wanted to say his uncle goodbye."

Mohit didn't know how to react. He wanted to ask about Kaushik but didn't have the guts. Maya didn't give a damn to her dad, took Kayaan in her embrace and started to leave. When she was in a safe distance, Mr. Sinha said suddenly, "Kayaan is so handsome. He went on me."

Mohit was shocked abd surprised. Was it his dad? He rolled his eyes. Did he think so high of himself?

"He went on me." Mohit argued to earn a smack on his head.

"You also went on me."

"Don't be such a narcissist. He didn't went on us. He looks like his dad. Don't take the credit at least."

Mentioning of Kaushik, Mr. Sinha clenched is fist, "That man! He took daughter away from me."

"Please dad. Don't start it now. She's happy, more than happy with her husband and son. It's been so long and I'm not in the mood to bear the drama. My mind is already spinning in tension." Mohit suddenly snorted at him unknowingly. Already Rajiv's matter was giving him tension, now his family drama...aghh!

"Do you think I made a mistake back then?" He suddenly asked in a low voice. He knew the answer but wanted a support from Mohit.

"You know it was the biggest mistake in you life." Mohit was not going to listen to him today. He got a chance, and he will tell the truth.

Mr. Sinha looked at Mohit once and started to run towards Maya. He reached at Maya when she was about to reach the car and stopped her getting into the car, "Maya, can you forgive me?"