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Chapter 32: STUBBORN CHILD OF YOURS
After reading the letter Ajay folds it and places it back into his wallet. Inhales deeply and sighs in his heart and looks at the photo once again which is in his wallet and says sorry to Tarun...
Tarun I'm really sorry, I`ve wronged you very much. I tried to find you, but couldn't find you may be I didn't try hard enough. But you are stubborn as me always and you even never tried to contact us.
I never imagined we hurt you so much with our ignorance, that you would leave us without saying anything. You just left us with a good bye letter. Your mom was heartbroken when we couldn't find you and she got sick eventually got bed ridden.
Years later we got to know about your death by Vijay when he accidently found your wife. May be I still had grudge against her because of her you left us and even she didn't bother us to inform about your death. Even after your death she never tried to contact us and was raising Arthi alone.
Yes I didn`t welcome Rathi home even after we found her, I only asked Arthi to stay with us. But Tarun that stubborn child of yours knows how to test my patience, just like you. She gave me hard time to accept me or our family members.
I didn't even want to other family members to implicate or taunt Rathi on anything so I didn't welcome her. I wanted everyone to accept Rathi like they where ready to accept Arthi. I know your wife helped me a lot and convinced Arthi to stay with us at least in weekends.
Arthi always reminds me of you when you were at that age, should I say she is a carbon copy of you and even more stubborn than you. I thought once Arthi adjusts with us, I`ll also bring Rathi to home. I was giving time to all the family members to adjust, especially Ramesh and Seema. I didn't wanted anyone to hate her or say hurtful words to her like we did with you.
Everything was going well even your mom who was sick started to recover seeing Arthi. Gowri was so happy, she loved spending time with her. I saw your mom happy after long time, but her sudden dismissal everything went havoc.
I was in my own grief never paid any attention to Arthi and was happening to her in our house or school. I felt Arthi and Atharv liked each other they looked cute together, so I thought maybe finally Dixit and Rai families friendship turn into a relationship.
I don't knew Arthi felt that we were snatching your shares, it was just general talks. Hearing Arthi`s hateful today for all of us, made me realize that I may have neglected her more than I thought.
What will I do Tarun if Arthi`s words were true, that Suresh tried to harm her dignity. I don't even know how to face her and ask her about it.
Suresh is very kind and gentle I know even though he is little arrogant. He and Maya used do prank on Arthi. But that seemed to be physical advances to me, I didn't even think they were harming her. I know that no girl wouldn't lie to regarding this matter.
I never sent any goons to blackmail or warn Rathi and Arthi. If anyone had sent goons to warn them, no one informed me about it and why I didn't know about it.
I may have managed to build this business, but I failed has a father to understand you. Now after listening to Arthi`s word I know that I have even failed as grandfather too. I don't know what`s happening around me anymore, where did I go wrong Tarun. Where did I go wrong? What I should now Tarun?
I don't know how that intelligent daughter of yours, even managed to acquire all those shares and become maximum shareholder of the company under my nose. I must she is very smart and she acquired shares like a sly fox.
If that's what she wants then I don't have any objections to it, I`ll support her in every way as possible. Even if she wants to punish Suresh for what he did by law or without it I`m going to support her by going against the rest of the family. I hope that's makes her happy and erase those bad memories.
By saying these things to Tarun`s photo Ajay goes to sleep.
After sending Ajay to his room, Pradeep goes to his room after changing into comfortable wear he goes to bed, since he is very much excited about spending his time with Arthi and Sid. Since they had made plans to meet on brunch he is so happy to spend his time with them especially with his sista and BIL.