Mumbai, India
It was nighttime in Mumbai Radhika was having dreams, in her dream she was in New York, with her family and friends. They were at the statue of liberty, suddenly all the people including her family and friend we're turning into statue, but not Radhika, she was just staring at the statue coming alive, talking to Radhika.
"Come to New York, she needs you."
"Who needs me"
"A mother to mother, who love there daughters would do anything to save them and to fight for justice."
Suddenly she is at the Center Park, people are moving around then her daughter Nandini calling for her, "Help mommy help." She see a mask men pulling her daughter in the van, and drove off.
Radhika woke up from the nightmare. She was trying to get out of bed but Arjun was holding her tight.
"Arjun wake up."
"Please Radhika let me sleep."
"Then let me go Arjun, your holding me tight I want to go check on our daughter."
Arjun let's her go and goes back to sleep.
Quickly Radhika goes to little Nandini's room, she see's her little girl sleeping soundly, she gives her a kiss on her forehead, trying to understand what the dream was telling her. Even though she had train her 8 year old daughter self defense, the dream had scared her off.
"I swear if anyone hurts you, I will make there life miserable, that's your mother's promise to you."
Radhika goes to the next room, checking on her other child Aarav Malhotra sleeping peacefully in his crib, today was his first birthday. After that she went back to sleep with Arjun.
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In the afternoon everyone was coming to celebrate Aarav's first birthday, Teji, Niki, Neil and Sam and there 6 year old twin Aadesh and Aria Malhotra, Jai and Gauri with there 5 year old son Jayden Khanna and one on the way. The newly wed Ankush and Maanya were coming with Riddhima with her nine year old daughter Divya Mishra named after Mala's mother, she was more close to Mala when her in laws and her ex husband threw her out after finding out she was having a girl, it was Mala who took care of her daughter, made sure that she ate her food, not letting her do chore and going to every appointment, she was also there when her daughter gave birth even Dilip was there for his daughter, but Mala not being the biological mother of Riddhima had been more like mother to her.
Riddhima gave her daughter her maiden name since the Joshi didn't want her. With Arjun and Radhika's help she was able to finish school and provide a home for her child in Mumbai, thanks to Arjun with his good recommendation she was able to get a job at his friends office as a secretary, his friend Sanjay Kumar (he is also Nina's brother in law, which Radhika will soon find out.) also is a divorcee with a 11 year old son Varun Kumar. His ex wife left him after giving birth, she didn't want to be a mother or a wife, she wanted to have fun and travel the world. She left a divorce paper and left with her lover. Her loss was Riddhima's gain, Sanjay at first avoided women, but then he fell madly in love with Riddhima when he saw how she took good care of his son after he fell sick. Varun also saw Riddhima as a mother figure. Sanjay wanted to be sure if his son was okay with him getting married with Riddhima and having a step sister. After his son agree with him, he immediately called Arjun and told him how he felt about Riddhima. Arjun suggested that he come to his son's birthday and tell Riddhima his feeling.
Sanjay has arrived with his son, he saw Riddhima talking to Ankush while Divya is playing with Nandini.
"Dad go talk to her, this is your chance to propose."
Sanjay goes toward Riddhima.
"Excuse me Ankush, if it's okay I would like to talk to Riddhima."
"Sure go ahead, I'll just go see if Arjun and Radhika need any help."
Sanjay takes her inside Arjun and Radhika's house while the party is outside of the backyard.
Riddhima says, "What is it you want to talk about sir?"
"I have a name Riddhima, call me Sanjay."
"Sorry sir I mean Sanjay."
"The reason I want to talk to you is that I...want...to...marry you."
"What!"
"You don't need to answer now, I want you to think it through, but I hope you say yes, for our future and Varun will have a mother and your daughter will have a father, and maybe one day we will have our own children."
Sanjay was about to leave when Arjun and Radhika came and stop him.
Arjun tells her, "Di Sanjay will be the best life partner for you, both of you were hurt by your exes, why don't you each give a chance, I'm not asking you to marry him just go on dates and see how you feel."
"And don't worry about the kids, you could always drop them here."
Riddhima says, "I want to talk to my parents, before I go on a date with him."
Radhika tells her, "I have already talked to them, they are okay with it, whatever your decision will be they will support you."
"Well if you already talked to them, I think I'm ready to date him but marriage will have to wait, first he had to get to know my daughter, I want to see if he is a good father material, my daughter never had her real father's love just because she is a girl."
Sanjay says, "I hate those parent who think girls are burden if they give them education girls can do much better if given a chance, I will never abandon Divya, I will treat her equally as I do with my son"
Radhika says, "Why don't you make a date for tomorrow?"
"Let me check my phone, wait I have a miss call from New York, if it's okay I need to take this call, I be right back."
Sanjay calls Nina but Anand takes the call and tells him what had happen to his niece in New York.
Sanjay comes back to the room with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Riddhima, I'll have to cancel the date, my niece is dead, I have to go to New York."
Radhika asked, "What happen to your niece?"
"My sister-in-law Nina thinks someone murdered her, but the police officer claiming that she took her own life, I don't see Tanya taking her own life, she was full of life."
"By any chance are you talking about Nina Bhatti."
"Yes Bhatti is her maiden name, do you know her."
"Yes, she is my best friend from Reshkesh, I haven't spoken to her since she got married off to New York, I never saw you there with your brother."
"I had to stay home in New York for exams, I couldn't attend his wedding, but he is no more, my sister-in-law is a widow and now she lost her only child."
Radhika cried for her friends misfortune, she asked Sanjay to give her Nina's phone number, she would call her later, but first she had guest and she had to smile for the sake of her son's first birthday.
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Aarav's birthday was celebrated, every guess had left.
She decided to call Nina.
Nina answers the call, "Hello."
"Hey Nina, it's been a long time, remember me your best friend from Reshkesh."
"Radhika Mishra is that you."
"Yes it's me, I got your number from Sanjay, he told me what happen to your daughter, he will be here to see you."
"My daughter didn't take her life, they took it from her."
"Who are they?"
"That the thing, I don't know who they are, they destroyed the original file and kidnap the doctors family so the truth will not come out, my daughter was not only murdered she was raped as well."
"Don't worry we will find them, it's time the rectifier's come back and this time in New York."
"Please come, your the only one who can give me justice."
When Radhika ended her phone call she remember her dream, she couldn't stop thinking who would be after her daughter.
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There is a man who was finally released from jail looking at Radhika's family picture angrily.
"I will destroy you Radhika, my first target will be your daughter."