Few hours later I turned the tv off seeing myra a sleep. I looked at Manik who was already staring at me.
"Good afternoon my dear husband" I heard a very annoying voice making me look up
"I am not your husband" Manik roared
"Who is this bitch, awww Manik you have finally gotten a mistress" she said
"DO NOT!!! NOT A SINGLE WORD AGAINST MY DAUGHTER OR NANDINI" Manik yelled
"Manik stop it, you'll wake up myra" I said seeing her stirring a little
"Sorry" he mummbled and I carried her upstairs to manik's room
I placed a lot of pillows around her and placed her in the middle, I put her favourite toy beside her and left the door open so she knows we are around. Kissing her head I walked back downstairs to see Manik pissed.
"Here comes the slut, here comes the slut" she sang and I smirked
"Aww I didn't know you would announce your arrival like that" I said and manik's lips curved up in a smile
"Oh I would say think twice before using that voice and words on me" she said
"Manik what did you see in her" I asked being amused and he shook his head
"Not a single clue" he said walking to the kitchen
"Alia right"
"Yes" she said
"Well I suggest you walk those slutty legs out of here and let Manik and myra be in peace"
"Hun, she is my daughter"
"Oh is she because sometimes I think she is only manik's daughter"
"Who even are you" she asked and I knew I was ticking her off
"Nandini Murthy" I said
"He hired you to babysit" she asked and I shook my head
"I love myra, and sure if you call that love babysitting then ya"
"Oh you love her ahahaha you love a brat wow" she said and I got pissed
"Hello you little walking red flag, if I ever hear a single word about my daughter again I will make sure you leave with one leg" I said charging at her
"What the hell Nandini" Manik said holding me back
"Your daughter" she said
"Yes mine now get out" I said and she smirked sitting down
"I just came to give you these papers Manik, im coming in a few hours to take myra, I have a husband, a father figure for her and you do not have a wife or girlfriend so she is living without a mother and we all know how important a mother is so here are the courts orders" she said throwing the papers at the table
"2 hours" she siad and walked out
I looked at Manik who looked defeated as he took a look at the papers. He grabbed his phone and called someone.
"Cabir get to my house now" he yelled on the phone
"Manik calm down"
"Fuck off Nandini" he screamed in my face
"Anger doesn't resolve issues"
"Ya but being fucking bitchy and slutty to my ex wife does resolve issues" he spat and my heart broke
"I wasn't being slutty or bitchy"
"Ya calling my daughter as yours isn't being slutty. That gives her fucking ideas" he screamed
"Okay I admit that was wrong but that doesn't give you the right to call me slutty"
"She is my fucking daughter do not ever call her or claim her as yours"
"Im sorry about that but"
"BUT FUCKING NOTHING NANDINI. JUST BECAUSE I SMILED AND LAUGHED WITH YOU DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE LICENCE TO INTRUDE MY PERSONAL LIFE OR CALL MY DAUGHTER YOURS. YOU ARE JSUT A FUCKING MERE BABYSITTER WHO IS GETTING PAID TO DO HER JOB SO DO YOUR FUCKING JOB" he screamed in my face
I sat down hearing his words, I am nothing more than a babysitter, 'you are nothing more than a maid' these words raced through my head making me remember a lot of things that were said in my past. Unfortunately none of them hurt like manik's words maybe because I got used to those comments from my family but from manik, it was something new.
"Im sorry" I mummbled and just as I did cabir and navya ran in
"What is going on" cabir asked
"Umm I actually have to go check on something but do you guys want something to eat and drink" I asked
"Anything would be great" navya said and I nodded
I made them some milkshakes and put it on the table for them. All of them looked tensed and stressed, im not surprised though because I was biting my cheeks thinking about it too.
"We have an hour left" cabir said
"There has to be something we can do" navya said and I sat down beside cabir
I grabbed the papers and read through them a few times. There has to be something that she missed, something we could use, anything that could stop her from taking myra away from manik. I read through it again and that was it.
"Cabir'
"Ya" he said
"These papers are based on the fact that there is no mother figure in myra's life which will give the judge enough evidence to have her custody or even temporary custody be given to alia however"
"Loophole" he asked and I nodded
"If sir has a girlfriend, friend who loves myra and who myra is comfortable with. He can ask her to marry him and that way myra has a mother figure in her life, the court won't have any evidence especially if myra states she likes that person" I said and navya looked at me for a second
"This could work' she said
"Nanini" I heard myra making me get up
I walked to the top of the stairs and picked her up in my arms, she dropped her toy and gripped my neck.
"Why is my umm why is myra up" I asked remembering manik's words
"Nanini" I hmmed sitting down on the couch with her in my arms
"I call you Mumma" she asked and I had no idea where that came from
"No sweetie, you cannot"
"Why" she asked with watery eyes
"Becasue alia is your mumma right" I said and she shook her head
"I no like alia" she said
"Fuck, that's it" cabir said
"Language" I said covering myra's ears
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A Thread of Hope
RomanceA broken arrogant single dad and a chirpy but broken girl. Their paths cross and there is something instant between them which is unclear to both however circumstances lead them to living together under one roof. What happens when his daughter gro...
