Chapter 17

Abhi walks in smilingly into the joint Mehra Kohli mansion, where he is shocked to see Alia limping in pain. Even though, Alia has been a pain in his ass, at the end of the she is his sister and it is his duty to help her...He walks towards her and gives her out her hand and leads her towards the Kohli Dinner table...It is almost dinner time now as Abhi came home after finishing all his work...His eyes grow wide in surprise and he sees everyone eating together...having fun...however, under all this pretense lies a broken heart...Quite literally...Everyone is so broken within themselves but they are all putting up an act infront of the Mehras. No one knows why...That's when Rhea thinks to herself' Nani is right, It's better not to tell Buji and Dad the truth, because buji hates my Mumma so so much i don't know what she may do in anger. ' Meanwhile Neil remembers the events that took place after Pragya, Ragini and Kiara left the mansion...He remembers Rhea going into initial shock and Sarla too walking away from their family as she was too pained to see her daughter again and had no strength in herself to console her grand child...He also remembers the promise he made to Rhea that he would take her to her mother if he came out of the shock...as soon as he said said those words the girl had come out of her shock. However, he had observed that she would often question him as to when he would take her and she herself made him book tickets for the next week...Neil had messaged Ragini's manager informing them that the next meeting would take place in Mumbai and the manager had happily obliged unaware about the exact details of the events that had taken place in Delhi...Neil also remembers how he made everyone promise to not tell Abhi anything as that would hurt him deeply and he may not able to recover from it as not one person was involved. It was 3 people and bringing them up could cause a lot of shock and panic...Neil is broken from his thoughts when Abhi calls out to him asking about his meeting...He nods saying that it went well and that the rest of the deal would happen in Mumbai as the owner's home cum office...Neil also tells Abhi that he would be taking Rhea with him and that it would be a good break for her amongst all this chaos...Abhi agrees quickly shockingly as he was always over protective about Rhea


Meanwhile, their private jet has landed in Mumbai and they are all not talking to each other...Everyone is lost in their own world thinking about their own family members...Kiara is the only one who isn't bothered by all this because she has experienced worse things in her life...She remembers how she and Nikhil didn't die and she had to live with him for one month until a private detective hired by King had someone find her...How King offered to take her home, but she refused because of all the things that Nikhil had told her about the Mehra's...She promised to never go there but deep in her heart, missed her mother...King tried to provide Kiara with the best of necessities but then soon, with his career and health going down the drain got involved with the Mafia king, who later gunned him down...That day, she promised herself that she would take care of her mother, who she had just found on the day of his death...


One week passes by very quickly, and everyone is avoiding each other as much as they can both in Mumbai and Delhi...Ragini and Pragya get busy with their work and only look at each other when their manager informs them about the meeting with Dr Neil...Ragini sighs as they have gone ahead with the deal, they would have to keep seeing him again and again for another two years at least ...Rhea stays to herself and didn't even call her Nani because she didn't know what to say to her...Sarla Maa has completely disappeared and no one knows what's going on...Dida and her grandchildren are growing closer but they all miss Ragini, even Ranbeer who tries to ignore the feeling the most...Abhi, Vikram and Ranbir Kohli get busy in business as they have a gig coming up


Rhea and Neil arrive in Mumbai and drive to their hotel...They are living in a suite with two master bedrooms as Neil refuses to allow Rhea to live alone due to their mental health condition as he is afraid to leave her alone...As they reach the hotel, they are informed that it has caught fire and they should leave immediately...Neil hires a car and puts all their luggage inside...He tells Rhea they will look for a place after the finish their meeting...Rhea smiles as she knows that the meeting would be in their house,,,


Pragya and Ragini are preparing for the meeting...While Prachi,Nishi and Aarav have gone out ...Kiara meanwhile is preparing for her fashion show and the whole hall of the ground floor and the 1st and 2nd floor is covered with her ethnic designs...Rhea and Neil enter into the gate and are in awe as they step inside the mansion...Neil tells her that they are here for a business meeting and the manager nods...Neils asks Rhea to wait in the longue...She agrees...After dropping Neil to the room she returns to Rhea and asks her to go to the 2nd floor lounge as there is an arcade and a movie room...Rhea's eyes grow wide in surprise as she realizes how rich the her mother is...


Meanwhile Neil enters the meeting groom and greets the ladies 'Ragini.' 'Pragya'...She greet him back and continue with their meeting...Their meeting goes on...


On the other hand, A girl spots Rhea and drags her with her saying that you are a model na? Here for the fashion show practice...Even before Rhea can reply she stops as she sees a beautiful Indian collection spreading across floors as they have a transparent flooring...'The designer is so talented, but i've heard that she's very arrogant'....Rhea shrugs and goes with the girl....Rhea joins a few other models as they are all getting ready in their outfits for the trail...Rhea who is a born model happily joins and feels refreshed...What could go wrong?


Meanwhile, Neil, Ragini and Pragya are seen wrapping up their meeting when Neil says beautiful house,,,They both say thanks...Ragini then asks Neil if he would like to attend the special screening of Kiara's runaway and he laughs saying he has already attended a few before because all his children used to get extra passes because of Ranbeer...Ragini's facial expression changes a little but she quickly masks it...There is a tension in the air but no one wants to talk about it...Pragya tells them 'chalo' and asks Neil whether he would like to eat or drink anything to which he politely declines...He also informs them about his hotel and they tell him they would try to arrange for something immediately...He tells them not to bother...He is in awe as the show him the mansion and when they finally reach the area for the practice fashion show he tells Pragya 'Your daughter is very talented Pragya, I've known her for 10 years now and I'm so proud of her'...'Although she has a bit of a temper issue...Pragya laughs at this and the all go and sit down


By this time, Prachi, Nishi and Aarav are back however they are viewing the show from the second floor and hence they cannot see Ragini, Neil and Pragya...The lights go off and a voice is heard saying 'Here's presenting, the Shaadi Collection 2020' and Kiara steps out curtseying...Neil tells Pragya and Ragini that Kiara has always been doing this at the practice shows because she cannot do it on the runway...Pragya and Ragini think about how much more Neil knows about Kiara than the both of them...The fashion show starts and the lightings start going in and out...Rhea feeling confident as ever walks out beautifully and her face is not get visible...Kiara hoots 'You're a natural' to which Rhea smiles...However while walking, she sees Pragya's face and feels her body beginning to shake...Prachi notices this and waits for the face of the model to appear....The face that follows after shocks her...Everyone can now see the face of the model and everyone is shocked to see Rhea especially Pragya...Pragya then says Rhea to which Rhea's body begins to shake terribly...Kiara yells' STOP' and she runs towards Rhea...Everyone gets up and runs towards Rhea as well and Neil takes her in his lap...Ragini asks him did Rhea come with you? To which Neil nods...However Rhea goes into panic seeing everyone around her and goes into a panic attack...Neils tells everyone to step aside while he checks her...That's when Kiara goes towards Nishi,Aarav and Prachi and tells them, that's your handsome father...Rhea doesn't seem to be calming down and Neil becomes worried...Rhea starts murmuring 'Mumma..Mumma...Mumma' to which Neil becomes alarmed and tells them that Rhea has been having these panic attacks since she was a kid and she wakes up calling out for her mother...Pragya's heart stops and she asks Neil is she can look at her child and Neil nods fully understanding that maybe a mother's love may solve everything...He picks Rhea up and takes her to Pragya's room and Pragya shuts the door behind her...promises to call him if anything happens...her eyes are fully of tears but she manages to calm Rhea down and Rhea falls asleep...


In Delhi, in the middle of his meeting, Abhi receives a notification that is daughter is having a panic attack through an app that connects their phones together...He tries calling Neil and Rhea but both their phones are unreasonable...he immediately storms out of the meeting and books tickets to Mumbai...


Meanwhile, Neil returns to Ragini her children and Prachi and Kiara and then Ragini tells him he can stay the night in their guest bedroom...He thanks her and she smiles...He looks at Kiara who simply just jumps onto him and hugs him tightly...'I missed you too'....'However, we should really be talking about your outbursts young lady'...Kiara just hides her face in his embrace and whispers to him 'Won't you say hi to your children you nervous wreck' to which he becomes stiff and she pulls out of his hug...Okay so since no one is going to do their introductions Nishi and Aarav, this is your Dad to which Nishi and Aarav act startled even though Kiara told them 20 mins ago...They are just as nervous as him and just manage to say hi...he says hi back and that's when the manager comes to take him to her room...Ragini tells him to tell her if he needs anything to which he nods...They both get lost in each others eye's yearning for the other...Kiara gurgles and they both get embarrassed and walk away...'How cute' she tells her siblings and her name sake cousins not realising that everyone is in their own worlds...

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