The Innocent Mistake

The Innocent Mistake - 16

Priya looked at Rajiv from the corner of her eyes, silently. While Sana observed and studied her parents reactions in fear. Priya looked at Sana's face and understood her concerns.

"Don't be scared. We came here together.", Priya said which stunned Sana.

"H..h..how did you kn..kn..know that I w..was here?", Sana stuttered thinking that only her and Sidharth were aware of her being here. Does that mean Sidharth informed them about her whereabouts?

"Do you remember that you received blank calls everyday on the landline?", Priya asked.

"Huh?", Sana looked at her mother in confusion. How did she know that she received blank calls?

"I gave you blank calls everyday to check if you were okay. When I didn't get response today after ringing you several times, I feared something was wrong. I called up Rajiv and we searched for you. You didn't know many places here. When we rang the hospital, we learnt that you were here.", Priya said.

"I.. I.. had got pain..", Sana spoke in a scared tone.

"I didn't expect you to go into labour this early.", Priya said feeling mortified for not being there with her daughter when she needed her.

"Why didn't you call me, Sana?", Rajiv asked. Sana stared at her father on that question.

Flashback:

A night before yesterday, her father had returned home heavily intoxicated. It was the same day when he had slapped her for spending money on shopping for baby. He felt guilty for slapping her in fit of anger hence to forget it, he had drowned himself with drinks.

Sana looked at her father's bloodshot eyes from far and was petrified to go near him. Soon, she realised that he was finding it difficult to even stand on his feet, so she went close to him.

"Priyaaa..", her father grinned from ear to ear.

Sana looked at him perplexed and then realised why did he call her Priya. Due to her growing bump, her clothes didn't fit her. Hence, she had worn her mother's dress. Moreover, she resembled her mother in looks.

"Papa.. it's me Sana.", she said but Rajiv couldn't understand. He made her sit on the bed and plopped on the ground beside her and blabbered.

"I am sorry, Priya. I slapped our daughter today.", he said looking at his palm which moistened Sana's eyes. He slapped himself on his face startling Sana, who quickly held his hand from slapping himself anymore.

"Priya, I hate myself for what I have become. I didn't want to admit that I was wrong for hitting you. I thought I could do everything by myself after you left but I couldn't. I can't. I need you. I know we've been fucked up a big time and we can't have a normal life if this continues. It's all happening because of her pregnancy. So I've decided, that we will discard that dirt once it's born.", Rajiv said shocking Sana.

"Papa..", Sana uttered faintly.

"I promise. Will get our daughter back. Her life will be normal and we will stay together again like a happy family.", he said smiling.

"I promise. I will take care of everything. Please comeback. Please.", he pleaded with his hands folded before passing out.

Sana yearned for a happy family as well. She looked down at bump. But what was her baby's fault? She knows how difficult it was to be abandoned by her parents. Would she allow her unborn baby to go through those hardships? No!!

But her father was right that their life can't be normal. He needed his wife. It wasn't his fault that she got pregnant neither was her mother's. Why are they being punished for no mistake for theirs? It was her mistake because she didn't listen to her mother when she had asked her to stay away from boys. So she must be punished and must raise the child.

But what would she do alone? Moreover, it wasn't only her mistake but Sidharth was equally involved. In fact, he was the one who was more responsible for all this. He said, he will take responsibility. Would he?

She asked this question to him when she met him in the park the next evening just before her water broke and only then did she ask him to take her and baby away with him after delivery.

Flashback ends

It's clear from her mother's words that he didn't inform her parents about her whereabouts. Then, where is he now? And where is her baby? Did he took away her baby?

"Baby?", Sana uttered loudly.

She looked at her parent's face who looked at her curiously.

"Maa, where is my baby?", Sana asked.

It stung the heart of young girl's parents. She called it 'my baby'. Wasn't she a baby herself? When did she even grow up so big all of sudden.

"Where is my baby?", she asked yet again and searched for the assistance remote because her words fell on her parent's deaf ear. Probably they didn't know about it.

"It was born dead, Sana.", Rajiv said.

"Huh? No!", Sana felt heart ache. She couldn't believe her ears.

"It was a preterm baby. The lungs hadn't even properly developed hence it was still born.", Rajiv said.

"No.. My baby..", Sana cried bitterly hiding her face into her palms.

Priya and Rajiv sulked along with their daughter. She had cried for her lost and broken toys until now, and now she was crying for baby. How time changes.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️