Unreachable Destiny- The Curse Of Your Love

Chapter-40: The Journey Of A House To Home.

"Fine. I know you can do anything if you put your mind to it, Maya. All I gave you was an opportunity provided by someone who thinks of you as capable." Maya smiles widely as she stands up from the chair, walks over to Amish to hug him, and skips out of the room happy. Amish is left surprised and unable to hide his happiness because Maya is growing closer with him day by day. She gets excited with him, laughs along to his jokes, taunts him once in a while and stands by his side most of the time. She is so comfortable in his presence right now. The suggestion of Maya's marriage has been long forgotten by Amish, but Meenakshi had other plans. Meenakshi Rajvansh was not a woman who would give up after failure. The failure only pushed her to play a longer game.

As soon as she emerges from Amish's office, Aditya pounces on her from behind, startling her into letting out a squeak.

"ADI!" Maya smacks him on the shoulder twice with her hands as Aditya ducks to escape. "Are you mad?"

"Are you a loudspeaker? Are you a truck horn? Are you Jasmeet Dadi?" Maya looks at him shaking her head. "Then, why are you so loud?" Maya palms her face and rolls her eyes at him.

"When will you get rid of this habit? It looks cute when Dad does it. It looks horrible when you do it. Because of your habit of questions, I am starting to pick it up too."

"I don't mind. We will be a family of question boxes then." Aditya smiles cheekily while Maya again rolls her eyes at him. Amish emerges from the room with eyes wide open.

"What happened? I thought I heard Maya scream." Amish asks the pair and they break into giggles.

"You explain," Maya says.

"Why me? You explain. You are the one who screamed." Aditya replies, still giggling.

"You are the one who jumped out of nowhere!" Maya places her fists on her hips, giving Aditya an annoyed look.

"Now, I get what happened," Amish says as he looks at his younger siblings as his lips break into a smile.

"Not my fault, though. How am I to know that Maya has been practising her vocal cords to be so loud?"

"Right, my fault, right?" Maya lunges towards Aditya and he immediately takes a step back and sprints away followed by Maya, who chases behind him. Amish looks at them, smiling to himself, feeling relieved to see them cheered up after a long time, having nothing to worry about. Maya and Aditya slip into the kitchen causing chaos as a worried Parul tries to break them apart. Maya refuses to stop as she takes every chance to tickle Aditya. Aditya runs to where Kaushal is in the living room, hiding behind him for refugee as Maya approaches him. Maya again takes a go at catching him and he slips away yet again. They had done this a million times since childhood but it finally felt normal doing this here in Rajvansh Sadan. Finally, the house started to feel like home.

The house she didn't want to set foot in, the room that could never be hers alone, the family that she wouldn't accept and the people she couldn't face, it all grew on the foreign-return siblings who had never experienced a joint family. It all grew on Maya. The only thing missing is her father. Abhir Rajvansh.

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The Goenka family:

The eldest in the house is Swarna Goenka, who is suggested to be taken care of all the time in the comfort of their home because of her old age. Manish Goenka, Swarna's husband passed away 9 years ago naturally in his sleep. 

Akhilesh Goenka, Manish's brother, is the head of the family, and the decision-maker. Surekha is Akhilesh's wife. 

Kartik Goenka is the son of Manish Goenka and his first wife, Soumya. Naira (Singhania) Goenka is Kartik's wife, also Akshara, and Kairav's mother. Akshara is named after Naira's mother, Akshara (Maheswari) Singhania. Arohi is born to Kartik and his second wife, Sirat.

Shubham aka Aryan Goenka is Manish and Swarna's son.

Vansh Goenaka is Gayathri and Vivaan's son. Gayathri is Naira's cousin sister and Vivaan is Akhilesh's son.

The Birla Family: 

The eldest of the family is Anandvardan Birla, husband of Mahima Birla.

Manjari Birla is the wife of Harshvardhan Birla, who is Anand's brother.

Abhimanyu is Harsh and Manjari's son and Ranav's biological father.

Niel Birla is Abhimanyu's half-brother and Arohi (Goenka) Birla's husband. Roohi Birla is born to Niel and Arohi.

Parth Birla is Mahima and Anand's son and Shifali's husband. Shivu is Parth and Shifali's son.

Ranav aka Abhir Sharma/Birla is born to Akshara and her ex-husband, Abhimanyu Birla.

Maheswari Family:

Vishambarnath and Rajshri Maheswari are the head of the family.

Mishti Maheswari Aggarwal is the adoptive daughter of the head couple after her father, Naman Aggarwal, was convicted of murder. Her biological mother, Karishma, remarried and refused Mishti.

Shourya Maheswari is the son of Vishambar and Rajshri, husband of Varsha.

Kuhu was born to Shourya and Sneha through an extramarital affair and was adopted by Varsha and accepted into the Maheswari family.

Ananya Maheswari is Shourya and Varsha's daughter.

The Rajvansh Family:

The head of the family is Meenakshi. Kaushal is Meenakshi's younger brother. 

Nidhi Rajvansh is Kaushal's wife and mother of Ketki and Atul.

Abhir Rajvansh is Meenakshi Rajvansh and Mehul Kapadia's son. Kunal is Parul and Mehul's son

Mishti Rajvansh is Abhir's wife and Kuhu is Kunal's wife. Kunal and Kuhu have no biological children. Kuhu is Maya and Amish's surrogate mother. 

Aishwarya is Ketki and Rishab's daughter.