Finding You Again( Sequel To IFY)

part16_Rain and Tears

"It's your Manik not Mr Alexander....!" manik sounded sad under the hoarseness of his tone. Ishani felt her legs giving up. That one word he spoke have become a distant memory. Every night she listened that one word mamma, when in her nightmares his voice kept piercing through her ears. Ever time when she woke up reality always crushed her down.

"Ma...Manik....!" Ishani breathed heavily as Manik nodded his head before taking painfully slow steps towards her. Stopping close to her he embraced her into his arms. Ishani felt this has to be another dream, but thick arms wrapped around her, told her otherwise.

"Manik mera Bacha.....!" Ishani's cries muffled into his chest. All the tears that followed with unsaid things, seemed to have shaken all of them. Then voice of wheels stolen their attention towards the living room where Raj was looking at all of them with miles- wide open eyes.

"Bhaie sahib, Ma...Manik....!" making herself free from his embrace Ishani whispered in her sobs. Manik just stared at Raj, waiting to find any glimpse of anger at his face. After all he made them suffered. He fired their daughter and threw them into such painful situation.

Raj was still into shocked state. His eyes felt like they'd been pinned wide by the shock.

"Don't you want to meet your dad....?" Raj extended his both arms towards manik. Manik's smile wavered, as his lips trembled with overwhelmed feelings.

Manik came ahead and fell into his feet. Holding his both hands into his shivering hands he just cried.

"Sorry dad, I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry....!" He was whining like a child. Ishani came ahead and sitting beside manik she wrapped her arm around his shoulders. Looking at his helpless condition she cried into million tears of blood.

"Manik. Na mera Bacha...!" Her hand was moving into his wet hairs. Raj pulled his hands back from his tight grip. Cupping his face he pulled his face up from his knees.

"Don't say that. You were my back bone. You were my strength, you are my strength....!" Raj said sternly while looking straight into his eyes. Manik couldn't believe the strength and confidence, dripping from his wrinkled eyes. He felt proud to be son of such strong and kind man.

Cabir explained everything and all of them were shocked that how it all happened. It was unbelievable and completely unexpected.

"I don't remember anything. But I promise I won't allow myself to just wait that if I would get my memory back or not, I want to start afresh. I just need all of you....!" manik's voice was wobbled at every word, still sitting at floor in Raj's feet.

"Enough. Don't give yourself this much stress. Get up. Don't sit on the floor. Your clothes are wet and you will catch cold....!" coming ahead cabir patted manik's back.

Manik abruptly stopped when he listened a faint noise of crying. Manik's expressions turned into contrast of shock and eagerness.

"Aaron...!" manik stood up quickly, when he realised he didn't see his baby yet. He turned around and saw nandni standing while holding Aaron in her arms. He walked towards nandni. She ignored his presence when he stopped closer.

She tried to keep her red eyes on the floor. He extended his hands up like asking for her permission to touch their baby. She raised her gaze up and her eyes met with him. Manik felt a stab straight into his heart. She have been crying. He felt that strange obsession to protect her. To steal her tears away and to bring a smile at her lips, he never witnessed before. She took a step forward and gently she placed Aaron in his arms.

"hey champ....!" manik tightened his arms around his soft tiny body. He kissed baby's both cheeks then kept looking at his features like mesmerising that little cute bunny, God blessed them with. Manik's smiling face turned back towards nandni who was holding her tears back. Their eyes locked with each other. Right now it felt like nobody else was around them. Nandni shook herself out of the spell of his magical eyes, looking everywhere in the room except him. Manik came back where Ishani and Raj were looking at him, admiring the eagerness in his eyes for Aaron.