Shivaay was frustrated to no end. Tia's rant post the meeting between the clients and them seemed to not end. As is he couldn't concentrate on the meeting and now this. Finally having enough he stopped Tia, ' sorry gentlemen I have another engagement to attend to. I will take your leave and Tia can continue', he stood up gesturing to leave.

The client immediately retorted, 'it's ok Mr Oberoi, we will continue some other time', and they hung up being grateful to Shivaay not giving time for Tia to react.

Before Tia could figure Shivaay had walked out of the room and walking towards Annika's cabin but Tia beat him to it pulling him inside his cabin and closing the door.

'Tia what nonsense is this', his eyes spitting fire at being handled like this. It was already past lunch time and he had barely gotten a chance to speak to Annika, who by the way was his girlfriend now.

Tia ignored Shivaay's tone, winding her arms around his neck, ' Shivaay baby, why getting angry I just want to spend sometime with you. I was feeling so lonely and just needed to be with someone.'

Shivaay harshly pulled her arms down making some distance between them. Just as he was about to shout at Tia, he noticed the blinds of Annika's office closed but through that also he could trace out her body lying on the sofa. Mishra walked in at the same time, informing Shivaay of his next appointment and about to walk out.

'Mishra wait', why don't you give some company to Miss Tia. She is feeling lonely and ensure her loneliness is gone away and I don't get disturbed at all for the next few hours. Mishra dumbly looked at Tia and then at the retrieving figure of Shivaay who had walked to his private room.

Shivaay called Annika's cabin number numerous times but she wasn't answering. He called her secretary only to be told that she doesn't want to be disturbed and has switched off her phone and locked her cabin.

Shivaay was now more angry. He walked towards the connecting doors between their cabins like a beast ready to pounce on his prey. Unlocking the door and switching on the dim bulb he came face to face with a vulnerable and tear stricken face of Annika. His anger all vanished and concern overpowered and he rushed to his girl who had all but curled up on the sofa whimpering and hiccuping due to constant crying.

***

After a tiring day at the site Gauri had walked back to her apartment and had finally switched on her phone. She had seen some missed calls from Om and two missed calls from an unknown number. Though, the number felt familiar she ignored and called Om.

It had been a while they had spoken due to her hectic time schedules but they did try to msg each other whenever possible.

They wanted this relation to work and now that Gauri was expecting her didi and Shivaay bhaiya also to come together her happiness of being in the same family was  two fold. She had always told her parents as a child, 'I will go with my didi only, find me any one from the boys family and get me married to him but I will never leave my dida alone. I am her dowry.'

She still smiled as she remembered calling her didi as dida and how she would cry jn school wanting her dida and everyone thought it was her daddy she wanted until they realised she wanted Annika.

In the other end of another town , the small Saahil walked through the empty roads for hours and hours till he finally reached the train station. Barely eaten anything in more than 24 hours Saahil boarded a train which he hoped would take him somewhere close to his didi.

His tiny feet bruised and aching. His head pounding due to lack of sleep, food and constant crying. He wanted to be strong like his Annika didi and his heart knows he tried and tried but it just got too much. He wanted it to end and he thought of unethical ways as well but the thought of his didi's always pushed those thoughts away. He was barely a boy of 12 years but he appeared to be stronger but somewhere his frail heart was giving up. Thinking of all his nightmares he dozed of at the door of one of the berths completely curled up in his seat.