SHIVAAY TS: SACRIFICE (Completed)

Part 2

Shivaay rested his head on dadi's lap. She started massaging his head.

"Yeh ghar yeh parivaar tere Dada ji ka Sapna hai...Tej aur Shakti toh yeh baat bhul chuke hai...lekin mere teeno pote milke unka yeh Sapna pura kar rahe hai...aur ab toh unke saath unke Takkar ki ishqbaaaz bhi hai...mujhe pata hai tum log saath me yeh ghar kabhi tootne nahi doge.she said.

"Ek waqt tha jab mujhe Laga tha ki mere teeno pote alag ho jaayenge...lekin USS waqt bhi tumne mujhe galat saabit kar diya...she said smiling, gently massaging his head.

" Mujhe Laga tha ki humne Om Ko kho diya hai... Drugs ke wajah se who hum sab se bahut dur chala Gaya tha...ghar pe saare logo ne umeed chor diya tha...par tumhara Bharosa kabhi nahi dagmagaya...tune usse wapaas laaya.

"Umeed kaise chor deta dadi...agar usse kuch ho jaata toh aaj Mai bhi yaha nahi hota... Those days were the worst days of his life. Earlier he was not able to understand the sudden change in Om's behaviour and then when he found out about his drugs addiction. He was shattered...that instead of him his brother had to rely on drugs. But at that time Om was more important. He made all possible efforts to bring his brother back, when every family member had lost their faith and gave up the idea of sending him to rehab. He was the only one, along with Rudra, to fight for his brother to send him to rehab. Those days he had slept more outside the hospital and rehabs than in his own house. "I failed as a brother then... he sighed.

"Chup kar khotya dadi pulled his hair.

"Ahhh!! It hurts... he pouted.

Om remembered, he had given only pain to his brothers then. He remembered how many time he had shouted on them, even hurted them physically but that didn't let his brothers stay away from him. They should have hated him.. but no...

"Tera Bachpan toh tujhe kabhi Mila hi nahi... Om-Ru apne Shivaay bhaiya ke saath bare hue hai...lekin tum Tej aur pinky ke saath... Bachpan me tumne undono Ko hamesha ghar ke jhagro se dur rakha ...par khud Ko nahi rakh paaye...tumne unse har who baat chupai hai jo unhe chot pahucha Sakti hai...aur mujhe pata hai tumne mujh se bhi baate chupai hai...

She was right. He knew all the secrets of the Oberoi empire. He knew his bade papa's way of working. He had faced everything...alone...but he had never told anything to Om-Ru and at times even dadi. So that they won't get hurt.

"Jab tu college me tha ...tab se hi tera Naam Om-Ru ke gaurdian me likha Jaa rha hai...she chuckled remembering how adamant was Shivaay to get his name written as their gaurdian."25 saal ki Umar me jab log ghumte phirte hai...apni zindagi jeete hai USS waqt tu itne bare Oberoi empire ka bojh apne sar liye ghum Raha tha...his samay log khud ki talaash me rehte hai...USS waqt tu deal ki talaash me rehta tha...iss empire Ko khara zaroor tere Dadaji aur Tej ne Kiya ho... Lekin isse unchaiyon par tu le Gaya hai..."

Although he was only 32 it seemed that he had been working since ages. He didn't remember when he had time for himself.

"Waise Billu kaha tak mujhe yaad hai...dadji se tu hamesha kehta tha ki tujhe cricketer ban na hai... Tujhe business me koi interest nahi tha...phir..."

"Woh sab Bachpan ki baatein thi dadi..." he said cutting her in between.

"Billu!"

"Aapne sahi kaha dadi...aapke Billu Ko cricketer ban na tha...Business ke Naam se hi mujhe michmichi Hoti thi... he laughed at his selection of words...Jab Bachpan me mai papa aur bade Papa Ko larte dekhta tha Mai hamesha sochta tha ki mai kuch bhi ban jaaunga Lekin businessman nahi banuga...mai nahi chahta tha ki mere aur mere bhaiyo ke beech koi bhi ...bachpan mai mom dad or badi maa bade papa Ko larte dekhte aaya hu...aur har waqt reason ek hi tha...business...business...aur sirf business...he said almost choking.