Hello Readers,
I'm sorry for the late update, I was struggling with this chapter and I even had exams so it took me this long to update.
Now I'll stop with my rants.

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After reaching home, she ran to her bedroom and locked the door from inside. She removed her hearing machine and threw it on her bed in frustration. She sat on her knees in front of Kanha Ji's portrait and cried her heart out.

Zroya's Pov:-

Everything is over..... Every hope is now finished. I had decided that I would confront all upcoming situations but I couldn't. I'm so useless, everyone makes their parents feel proud of them but what have I done? I made them put their heads down. How much ever I try I can never make them feel proud. I'm a loser, I can't do anything.

Why Kanha ji? why it's always me, don't you love me? Why didn't you make me as normal as others? You saw what happened today. You even saw how I had prepared for the interview and then also you did this. Aap toh sab kar sakte ho na toh fir aapne mera interview ache se jaane kyu nhi diya?

Main bhut dar gayi thi jab woh mujhe sawal puchne laga, iss liye nhi kyunki mujhe jawab nhi aate the par iss liye kyuki Mera hearing machine hi achanak band hogaya. Mujhe kuch sunai nhi de Raha tha aur Rahi baat lip read karne ki toh woh itna fast bol raha tha ki mujhe uske lip read karna possible hi nhi tha. Toh chah kar bhi kuch bol nhi payi. Aur phir anxiety ki wajah se mujhe meltdown face karna pada kitni sharam ki baat hai. Waha main kaise behave kar rahi thi tabhi. Kya soch rahe honge woh log ki main kitni ajeeb ladki hun.

Aap toh jaante ho na Kanha ji ki shifting mein itna kharcha hua hai ki humari financial condition abhi sahi nhi hai toh main kaise batati Appa ko ki mujhe ek nayi hearing machine leni hai. Socha tha thoda time adjust kar lungi phir jab sab sahi ho jayega toh Appa ko bol dungi.

Main bhut khush thi ki mujhe ek opportunity mil Rahi hai par ab sab barbaad ho gaya main kisi kaam ki nhi hun. Main ek boojh hun, Amma Appa ne na jaane kya karke meri aur Shaurya ki parvarish ki hai aur main ne? unhone jo itni mehnat karke paise kamaye the woh barbaad kar diye.

Ab toh aesa lagta hai ki mere jeene ka kya hi fayda agar main unke liye kuch na kar pau. Mujhe nhi chahiye aisi Zindagi. Main apne aap se sharminda hun. Aesi sharmindgi se acha toh main mar hi jau. Mujhe nhi jeena ab. Kanha ji bula lo mujhe ab apke pass, ab mujhse aur nhi Saha ja raha.

Pov ends.

Hello Readers,
I don't want to hurt anyone's sentiments. I've written Zroya's pov in such a way because in my story her character is like that, it's a part of her character. So please don't get offended by it. And please don't post any hate comments regarding anything or anyone.
Thank you.

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She was crying profusely for the last two hours. Her breathing started becoming heavy. Her eyes were swollen by now. She lay there, her tears had now dried, and she just kept staring at the ceiling.

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Meanwhile in Thakur Haveli

As soon as Zroya left Ruhan said,
"Niva I want all the information regarding her, everything, not even the slightest part of information should be missing. And one more thing, call her parents and arrange our meeting at your home, I want to meet them today itself. They should be acknowledged about today's incident."
"But Ruhan why are you giving such importance to her, I mean she is not even worthy to gain such importance. And about informing her parents I will tell them later."
"Yeh humara hukum hai," he growled while glaring at her.
"Maafi Kuwar Sa, Zroya ki saari information aapko mil jayegi bas mujhe aadha ghanta dijiye." She bowed her head and said in fear.

Without saying another word he left from there.

Three hours have passed since Ruhan told Niva to get him Zroya's information. He was hell frustrated. Stomping his foot he entered Niva's room and shouted,
"Niva! you asked me for half an hour but it's been three hours and yet you came up with nothing."
"Maafi Kuwar Sa, main aap hi ka kaam kar rahi thi tabhi mujhe Rana Sa ne bulaya tha toh iss liye main aapka kaam samay pe pura nhi kar payi."
"Aur kitna samay chahiye aapko?" He asked with frustration.

"Bas do.... minute aur." She replied hesitantly

Ignoring her he sat on the couch, his one leg was resting on another and his hands were folded. Niva quickly filed the papers and handed him the file.
"Whatever I found is all in this file." She said.
"Hmm ....... Did you call her parents??"
He asked while going through the file.
"I... I forgot. I'll call them right away."  She replied fearfully.
Ruhan clenched his fist and said,
"I'll talk to you later."

She called her parents and told them about Ruhan's wish to meet them. They schedule the meeting for another half an hour.

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Vyankateshwar and Soniya rushed home, as they reached, they were greeted by Shaurya who had just arrived from his school. They asked him about Zroya, he told them that she hadn't come out of her bedroom and that she hadn't even come to pick him up from school. Vyankateshwar was feeling anxious but he shrugged his thoughts and went to Niva's house.

They settled themselves on the couch. They heard a car pulling over. A few minutes later a man made his way through the door. He seemed to be in his mid-twenties, he was tall and handsome. He settled himself on the couch opposite theirs. He said,
"It's nice to see you again sir."
"Yes, never thought we would meet somewhere rather than at the bank," Vyankateshwar replied politely.
"Hello ma'am, I'm Ruhan Thakur and the reason I scheduled this meeting is that I want to discuss something about your daughter." He said in a serious tone.
"Why what happened, is everything alright?" Soniya questioned with concern.
"As you know Dr.Zroya came for an interview at our clinic today. Her resume was fantastic. I think that she is talented, she is intelligent and she has the potential to do great things."

Hearing this a smile appeared on both of their faces but soon that smile faded away as Ruhan continued further.
"I won't beat around the bush, actually, during the interview Dr.Zroya faced an autistic meltdown. I couldn't figure out what triggered her, I thought it's better to inform you about the matter." He said hesitantly.
"When ....... When did she leave ....... from there? Soniya questioned fearfully.
"I can't tell you the exact time but it must have been almost four hours since she left." He replied politely.

As soon as Vyankateshwar heard this, without wasting another second he ran towards his house. He rushed towards Zroya's room and tried to open it but it was locked from inside so he started banging on it and called her out several times but there was no response. Now the others also reached there including Shaurya who was fast asleep but hearing the noise woke up.
"Soniya you know na that Zroya never locked herself for more than two hours after facing a meltdown, so why isn't she out yet?" He said as panic hit him.

They were continuously banging on her door and calling her.
"If you don't mind, can I say something?" Ruhan asked hesitantly

The couple nodded their heads indicating for him to speak up.
"I think we should try opening the door because if you say that she never locks herself for this long then I fear that something's wrong." He said.

They agreed with him so he opened the door using a pin. The room was empty. Ruhan opened the bathroom door, Soniya screamed seeing the view.

Zroya was lying lifelessly in the bathtub. Soniya and Shaurya were crying profusely and Vyankateshwar almost fainted. Ruhan ran towards her, lifted her in his arms and placed her on his lap. As he was picking her up he felt that the water was still hot, which meant this incident had happened just a few minutes ago.

He checked her pulse and they were on. He immediately asked Niva to get the car. He carried her to the car and they drove away. Her family also followed them to the hospital.

The doctors started her treatment immediately. They were waiting outside her ward, and that's when Ruhan sensed that Shaurya was missing. He started finding Shaurya. He had seen that his condition was dreadful and it wasn't safe to leave a fifteen-year child alone during such circumstances.

As he was passing through the garden he saw Shaurya sitting in the garden of the hospital and crying uncontrollably.
"This is all my fault, why didn't I check on her? I left her alone when she needed me the most. I'm the world's worst brother. I'm so careless. Today this condition of Zroyi is only because of me. This is all my fault." He said while hiccupping.

Ruhan came and sat beside him, he stroked his hair with his right hand and held his trembling hands with his left hand.
"Hey! Calm down, she'll be alright." He said soothingly.
"All this ....... This happened because of my ....... My carelessness, I couldn't ....... couldn't fulfil my duties as a brother." Shaurya replied while hiccupping.
"No, it's not like that. You weren't at fault. I don't know how and why this happened, but I know one thing she would feel really bad if she came to know that you are blaming yourself for all this. Understood? now come on let's check on her. He said while wiping Shaurya's tears.

They went to her ward, they were informed that she was out of danger and would gain consciousness within the next two hours.
"Now that she's fine, I think I should take your leave. Niva will be with you if you need anything just tell her." Ruhan said.

As he was about to leave, he felt a grip of trembling hands on his wrist. He turned.
"Thank you, thank you so much. I don't know if you weren't there today then what would have happened. Thank you so much for saving my daughter." Vyankateshwar said while almost crying.
"Please don't thank me, sir, I did what I felt was right. And don't worry she'll be alright." He said politely while holding his hands.

Ruhan's pov:-

I bid them bye and left from there. But I don't understand one thing, was it an accident or a suicide attempt? If it was an accident then firstly if she had just fainted, she wouldn't have been settled in the tub comfortably. Secondly, if she was going to run a bath then why was she dressed? Ok! I'm not a pervert. I mean nobody baths with their clothes on. And if it was a suicide attempt then again firstly why was the water hot? I mean if she just wanted to die then why didn't she just use the cold water why did she make the effort to get hot water? Secondly, her room seemed all set there wasn't even a single thing that seemed to be misplaced. And I think she hadn't even written a suicide note because if she had written one then she would most probably have kept it in hand or maybe she had hidden it somewhere. But thank God she is safe. Now I won't let anything happen to her. Wait! Why would I protect her? And what kind of fear was that, that I felt when I saw her in that state? Why am I getting affected by her so much?

I was so engrossed in her thoughts that I didn't realise when I reached the Haveli. I parked my car and straight away went to my room.

pov ends.

What do you think accident or a suicide attempt? Why is Ruhan getting so much affected by her? What kind of fear did he experience? Why does he want to protect her?

To know stay tuned.

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