Abhira- To Forever ??

A/n P.O.V

Sanskriti Retreat.

Then Manjiri finally made eye contact with Akshara and started walking toward her, "So after destroying my family and taking my son and grandson you are celebrating with your daughter." Manjiri asked a shocked Akshu. 

"Not only did she destroy your family Manjiri ji, but she destroyed our family too. Look at this shameless woman after killing her sister and making her niece motherless she is celebrating the birthday of her daughter so grandly! Do you have no shame Akshara?" said Surekha. 

"Oh, let's not forget the fact that this girl whom my son is calling his daughter is not even his flesh and blood. She is not his biological daughter but the daughter of Abhinav Sharma. How could you force my Abhimanyu to accept your daughter and give her his name? How can you take my son from me after killing my daughter-in-law and be happy with him? How can you take the only family members, Ruhi and I had left and be happy with them and even celebrate your victory in taking everything I had, shame on you Akshara.", she continues. 

"Did you ever think about my poor granddaughter, my poor Ruhi who had lost her mother and father because of your mistakes? Not only her parents but you also took Poppy from her when she needed him the most. He left her because of you and your daughter! He left his niece whom he thought of like a daughter to raise your daughter who is nothing but a reminder to him about your relationship with Abhinav-", she was cut off by a thundering voice. 

"ENOUGH!", Abhimanyu shouted as he looked at Manjiri with anger-filled eyes. His voice had startled everyone present in the room and brought back Akshara from her thoughts. 

He then stood in between Manjiri and Akshara and said, "I see your thinking hasn't changed a bit in all these years Maa or should I say, Ms. Jindal?"

"So, about what you were saying just now about my wife and daughter. Yes, my 'DAUGHTER' who I have been taking care of since the day I knew about her existence. I was the one who held her for the first time when she was born. I was the one whom she called Dada, which was her first word. I was the one who cried when she cried, laughed when she giggled and got sad when she was angry at me. I know that I am not her biological father, but I have done everything a father should do for her and if you still think that I am not her father or that I was forced to be her father and give her my name then you truly are blind.", Abhimanyu said in a firm but emotional tone. 

Abheera immediately hugged her father tightly while crying. She knows that Abhi hated it when someone reminded them that they were not related biologically. But today after listening to him she realized how much she meant to him. 

"Now, you were blaming Akshu for the deaths of Neil and Arohi, Ms. Jindal, I guess that due to your age, you have gotten quite forgetful as if I recall Neil died while saving Akshu and those girls from the goons and I am very proud to call myself his brother and there hasn't been a single day when I did not miss him and thank him for saving my wife and son. I know that we lost Neil, but Akshu too lost our baby. While we had each other Akshu was alone dealing with her guilt and loneliness while trying to survive for the sake of Abhir. So, if she is selfish then so are we all who left her alone due to a misunderstanding."

"Then if you don't remember we both had to split up because of you Ms. Jindal. I still blame myself for not going after her, but I was a fool who lost the chance to witness the birth of his son. Anyways, if we want to talk about Arohi then her death affected Akshu very deeply and if she was as selfish and shameless as you called her then she would have not left Udaipur and stayed there without thinking of anyone's feelings.", Abhi said as he intertwined Akshu's hand in his. She looked at him and smiled sadly and motioned him not to reveal the truth of Arohi's death to anyone right now.