Chapter 22: chapter 22

Sanjana's POVTwo days passed, and every day, Aditya called me in the night.I felt I am the luckiest girl in the world to get him.In the evening I received a  call from Nidhi..She didn't call me these two days, and  didn't respond to my calls either. I was wondering what made her so busy.When I saw her call ,I answered it. "Nidhi is everything alright?? ,why didn't you call me these days and  you didn't even respond to my calls, what happened??"I heard a sobbing sound from the other end.I was worried " Nidhi what happened, tell me? Why are you crying???Sanjana, (sob... ), Nandini met with an accident in U.S and she is no more more.( sob), she replied "Nidhi, which Nandini you are talking about??", I was confused, I couldn't accept.."Kabir's wife Nandini",she replied."What, how did this happen ? when??""five  days back , she was going to meet her sister after Kabir went to the office, and in between she met with an accident.""What about  her daughters?? how is she??," I was worried.Luckily, that day, Nandini left her daughter with a nanny..Sh*t, life is so unpredictable. We don't know what will happen next. I thought to myself.Did they bring her dead body to India for last rites?? I asked."Yes, they brought her yesterday morning and last rites were performed yesterday afternoon""How is Kabir??"I was worried about Kabir, maybe I didn't know him but because of Nidhi ,I had a good feeling about him."He is lost in  her thoughts , he is neither eating nor sleeping. Sanjana, I feel guilty for all these", she said."Are you mad?What did you do, Nidhi?? "Maybe my eyes are evil ,I cried for not getting married to him, so I think God took her away... ",she cried  again"Don't talk nonsense Nidhi , you were the one who made Kabir's family accept Nandini. don't unnecessarily blame yourself"After talking for a few more minutes, she disconnected the call.I sighed and  felt very bad for Nandini, how can god take her away at such a young age leaving her husband and small daughter..***********Nidhi's POVKabir was in a shock after Nandini's death.He couldn't accept the fact that she is no more.After the last rites of Nandini, he locked himself in the room.He didn't  sleep nor eat these days, he lost a lot of weight.His daughter Avani is continuously crying and her nanny could control her.Kabir's mom was worried about Avani, but even she couldn't make her calm down.Everyone in the family , including my mom and grandma tried to calm  her down, but she cried even more..Kabir didn't even respond to his daughter's cries. He is completely lost.He needs some time to come back to normal..I thought I would try calming down Avani, so I slowly took her into her arms.I felt her tummy is tight, maybe she has trouble with gas.I asked the nanny about her medicine, she said, Only Nandini used to give medicine to Avani, only she knows about it..I sighed and asked one  maid to  bring some castor oil. I applied a little oil around her navel. After a few minutes Avani stopped crying and fell asleep in my embrace....Everyone was shocked to see the result.Kabir's mom asked ,"how did you know she has trouble with gas and how do you know rubbing castor oil around navel works??I said, "they all are my grandma( mom's mom) tips. I learnt from her , I saw her performing this on my cousin's daughter..""You are our saviour ,Nidhi ", Kabir's mom said…"Aunty, I think we should call a paediatrician and ask him to prescribe some medications that we can give to Avani.. "Kabir's mom nodded and called a well known paediatrician home and after examining Avani ,he prescribed  some safe medicines in case of emergency..Avani is getting comfortable with me and I was taking care of her the whole day.I was playing with her, feeding her and she is even sleeping in my embrace without crying.  she got used to me very quickly.. I even enjoyed her company....Her two little twinkling eyes are exactly like Nandini and when she smiles she looks like Kabir.. She is very cute and adorable.....I was spending most of my time in Kabir's house taking care  of Avani, and I had hardly seen Kabir coming out of his room.I saw servants passing wine bottles and cigarette boxes to his room.. He is almost in a drunken state everyday.. My heart was aching seeing him in this way.. Kabir's mom is crying every day about her son's condition...One day, Kabir's dad didn't send wine bottles to his room, he came out of the room in a drunken state, his clothes were dirty, he didn't shave his beard for the last few days, he looked completely drunk...He took his car keys and went outside to bring wine bottles for himself and was caught in a drunk and drive case.Kabir's dad has to go to the police station to make him release.From that day, everything was sent to his room..Kabir's dad, who never visited the company after handing over  it to Kabir, has to go to the office now to manage things.Kabir took the business to the next level and more branches were opened overseas.It was becoming difficult for Kabir's dad to handle all these all of sudden.. he was worried about the company and his son's future.Nobody dared to enter Kabir's room, because he is not allowing any one into his room. He just calls the servant when he needs something... and the servant has to put it outside the door.. even the servant is not allowed inside.Cleaning of his room has not been done since days.Can someone love his wife to this extent?He became a complete mess after Nandini.. "No, I cannot leave him like this. I decided I have to do something and the only person who can move  him out   is Avani, his daughter. She is a symbol of their love, so he can't ignore her..One day, I came to know from the servant that  Kabir didn't ask for any drinks yesterday  and asked for some food.which means he must be sober today..I told my plan to Kabir's mom ,she agreed but she was worried about Avani.I said, "don't worry aunty, Kabir will never hurt Avani even if he is in an unconscious state."When Avani was crying for sleep, I took her to his room and made her sit outside his room..I left her and stood behind another room door." I am sorry Avani ,I am making you cry, but you have to do this for your dad dear" I said to myself..When Avani cried harder, her cries reached Kabir's ears. He opened the door and saw little Avani sitting in front of his door.When she saw his father, she stood up and pulled his pants...He was not completely sober but better. He looked at the surroundings and shouted "mom"Kabir's mom, who was  hiding with me, was about to go when she heard his son..I stopped her and signalled ," No"..Kabir took little Avani in his arms , and it was like magic. Avani stopped crying in an instant and fell asleep in his father's  arms.Kabir's mom and I looked into each other's eyes and gave thumbs up to each other.I took a deep breath and walked towards Kabir,  and said," Oh!! she is asleep ,I went into the kitchen to bring a milk bottle for her, but she has become impatient and started looking for you and see she fell asleep in your arms without milk., she misses you alot".There were tears in his eyes and he was about to take Avani to his room to make her sleep.. " Kabir, your room is dirty, it's been not cleaned for days , it's not good for Avani , so I think you should make her sleep in the other bedroom, at least  till your room is cleaned.I will ask servants to clean your room."He nodded and walked towards another bedroom. Maybe because of Avani or  because  I am not family ,he didn't scold me and followed me obediently...