Shivaay couldn't believe anything, fate had its play, and he met his daughter. It was too difficult for him to cope. He felt his heart beating too fast and might stop at any moment. But soon, there was a voice, a small girl's wailing and he knew whose voice it would be.

"It's Rosh! I will go!" Araha immediately stood up from the place, now all his brothers were frozen, like him, he felt a squeeze on his shoulder from Rudy and when shivaay turned his face towards him, he teared up.

"Ammamma" There was a voice when she walked taking one step after the other on the stairs and looking at the steps carefully, she was holding her teddy in her hand, Radha had gone to her rescue and asked if she wanted to hold her.

"No I am a big girl" She rejected her offer politely and gracefully combed her front hair backward with her little hands before focusing her eyelids on her father who was desperate to see his lifeline who unknowingly knew it was her. She didn't wait for a moment to react, flashing a wide smile, she ran towards him.

"Hi," She said reaching into his presence, her little hands were holding his lap for the support to stand, he couldn't react to anything, his eyes were never leaving her eyes. Her face was everything that he imagined for his child, from her face to her behavior and surprisingly he thought it would be a daughter for him. She shifted her eyes to his brothers with a slight smile.

"You brought him here, Gran-pa?" His daughter turned her head to her grandfather and asked. He nodded with teary eyes.

"Are you crhing?" She asked shivaay in a low tone. Her eyes shined looking at him crying when he held his baby's palms for the second time, on the first time, he didn't even know he was adoring his baby unknowingly but now, he didn't know how to react to it.

He couldn't speak but flashed a little smile wiping off his eyes, and nodded no to her. She immediately smiled, but her smile slightly got disappeared when her focus shifted to Om and Rudy who were sitting next to him. They couldn't take their eyes off her, they were confused, overwhelmed.

"I will call mumma," Roshni said, his heart yearned in sudden craving and started to run towards the stairs, soon to get caught by Avyaan who held her in his arms.

"She's sleeping, do you want to disturb her?" Avyaan asked her in a childish tone.

"Madam" There was a voice with gasps, it was from the house helps. But Roshni was occupied, soon there were whispers, and Aaraha immediately rushed upstairs. But they all were silent.

"What happened?" Shivaay asked, Abhishek started but he stopped himself when he saw Roshni in Avyaan's arm. Shivaay guessed something was wrong with their behaviour, within a moment, Aaraha, Anika's sister walked down the stairs while calming herself down.

"Rosh..." She called her in a jovial tone. She quickly held Roshni in her arm from Avyaan. Shivaay could merely feel the impatience in their behaviour. Avyaan immediately took his phone and walked away in a panic state.

"What happened?" Om asked Abhishek who eyed Roshni who looked suspicious in Aaraha's arm.

"I got a call from Divya, remember my friend, whose mom served us the best pancakes?" She asked.

"Yeah!" Roshni replied.

"She called me a while before, she said her mom making pancakes again, especially for Roshni. Shall we go?" Aaraha asked.

"Yeah... But..." Roshni stopped.

"What?" Aaru asked. Roshni turned towards Shivaay with a frown.

"My P..." She immediately stopped when she looked at her grandfather who instantly got teared up. Shivaay was confused, but his heartbeat was against his chest.

"My Phrend (friend)" She said. Shivaay couldn't think about anything when his daughter called him a friend, never on earth, had he imagined that in his life. He couldn't help but have no idea when he reached out to her and caressed her cheek—their symbol of love.

"Don't worry! He won't leave." Aaru consoled her. But his daughter did the unthinkable.

She held his cheek followed by his collar shirt with a frown in her adorable face. "Stay!" She said the word, which disappeared all the hesitations he had.

"Forever! I promise" He said and prayed the god, at least, he had to keep this promise forever. There was a flash of a smile, and she immediately threw her little arms around her father's neck and moved to him with a little jerk. They both didn't say anything but stayed hugged for a brief moment.

"Baby! Rosh, Let's go" Aaru said and took her back. She left waving bye to everyone. But the panic state of everyone came to their vision after Roshni walked out with Aaru.

"Dad, Doctor is on the way!" Avyaan said in a rushed tone. But instead of replying, Abhishek rushed upstairs with torn eyes.

"Why doctor?" Shivaay asked him. While following him upstairs.

"Agni... I mean Anika, she got an attack, she needs to be treated immediately. Since she comes back home, she was suffering from these attacks." Avyaan said while walking inside the room where shivaay could hear his wife's gasps. His knees went weak, and the vision before him got blurred when the pang of guilt hit him.

"Okay! Relax!" Shivaay heard Abhishek's words, he made a courage and walked slightly in. Anika's face was hidden in her father's chest, her weak posture came into his vision, more than her, two people looked so miserable than her, Abhishek and Radha, their eyes never left her, they cried, kissed her head her hand, continuously. He could see that in their eyes, fear of losing her. Now he needed no proof, Anika is their daughter.

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Her Attack, she got it for the first time when she realized her father hated her newborn and let her cry for the whole hour when she was not well, her father was looking after her the whole time but her daughter was crying for the whole night in a separate room and she was sleeping peacefully between her parents, the next morning she realized, her father didn't touch her daughter once since she born, that second, a thought, the parents who love her more than their life couldn't even accept her daughter and see her as a sin, the next moment, she was on the floor. She couldn't figure out whether it was because of her compulsion, but her father started to adore her daughter after that incident.

Second, when she saw Veer's image behind her reflection in the mirror when her daughter took her second word Paa for the first time, she couldn't help it even though it was completely natural for any toddler to say the words they hear. But she was not prepared for that shock. From then, she started her therapy session especially when she witnessed her father's unconditional love for her and her daughter paying the price by feeling her grandpa's ignorance and love simultaneously.

Her therapy sessions helped her to divert herself, but now, things went in a different direction completely. She didn't know how to divert herself if the information was true, Veer was not the father of her child, and slowly clouds started to fade away, he beat her up for carrying the child but never touched her, she was disgusted him that told her there might be some truth with the incidents happening currently. But what if everything turned out wrong, what if the person who called himself her baby's daughter was not her real father? Adding fuel to the fire, before a while, her daughter believed him to be her father whom she never met, what will happen if her daughter's heart gets broken at last?

Before her mind could post another question, her breath shortened, and she puked, her house help came to her aid when she lost her balance, and her mother came to her rescue then along with her sister.

"AARU..." She cried. "Ro.Rosh..." She nodded no to her, if her daughter saw her in this state, that will haunt her daughter forever, she didn't want that. Understanding that Aaru went, and she had a blurred memory of the happening, when she opened her eyes, her veins connected to the supplement and someone was holding her hand, without turning her head she knew who it would be. HER DADDY. Whenever she woke up next to her father, more than feeling happy, she felt guilty as her daughter never get to feel and experience this kind of love ever. But then, her heart twitched.

"Daddy!" She called her dad, she sounded weak.

"Yeah, baby!" He replied he sounded emotional.

"Roshni?" She asked. There was a smile but soon that smile faded away.

"She's fine!" He replied.

"Where's she?"

"Don't get stressed! We tried to hold her back, but she got excited when she saw shivaay, and apparently, they took her with them, we tried to stop but Roshni was too excited, also you're..." He replied. She didn't how to react, none of her questions were answered, and already they were taking her baby away from her.

"I...want...my...baby...back," She asked, tears crossed her eyes. More than anything, she got hurt when the mere thought of her daughter getting heartbroken crossed her thoughts. And soon her breath shortened once again.

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