Her healing took more than a week. Anil and Jay were her nightmares that she had to live every day. And it was breaking her every single day. Her only distraction was talking with Rishan and taking lunch for Paul's father. And that too, if she could manage.

Rishika has started stealing files from Anil and would always give them to Jay as he was always blackmailing her or making her do his chores. Little did she knew that Mehra was losing tenders after one another.

Anil didn't know what to say to Sanjay. He himself didn't know how he always loses the tender.

Rishika was trying to be strong but deep down she was scared for her whole life.

It was Sunday and Anil again was sleeping with Rishika when they heard a knock at the front door. It was at 3 o'clock at midnight. They both woke up and Anil was cursing the person who was disturbing his sleep. Rishika was also conscious of her state.

As soon as Anil opened the door, Rishika rushed past Anil and hugged Sanjay. Sanjay was there along with Kashaf and Avantika. Rishika first time hugged Sanjay and cried. She was not leaving Sanjay. And, a very confused Sanjay hugged her back, "How are you, baccha?"

Sanjay's simple question was enough for Rishika to break down. She was hiccuping and sobbing. She very badly wanted to tell him what she went through.

Then Kashaf asked her, "Hey, what happened to you? Why are you crying? Is everything okay?" Rishika couldn't find words to answer her.

Sanjay & Kashaf were disturbed seeing her like this. They have never seen Rishika like this. Rishika just nodded to Kashaf and cried harder while hugging Sanjay. She believed he will vanish if she lets go of her father.

But soon her happy mood was turned off when she heard, "How's Rishi, bhaiya?" From Avantika's mouth. She looked at her with such hate in her eyes. Rishika was about to tell Sanjay everything, when Anil entered the room with the camera and said, "I think this moment should be captured. Father's daughter moment. Right, Sanjay? Rishika looks at me girl, and smile". He ordered. She knew what he was referring to so she complied silently.

Sanjay was posing with her but when Rishika saw the camera she closed her eyes and hide her face in Sanjay's neck. After an hour they all decided to go back to the room and sleep. When Rishika said, "I want to sleep with both of you."

Anil panicked listening to this, he tried to convince that they all need rest. But Rishika beat to him by saying, "I won't disturb them. I never slept with my parents. But today I want to. I hope dad it's ok with you."

Reluctantly Anil agreed and went to his room. Whereas Rishika hugged her father and slept in middle with Kashaf.

Kashaf and Sanjay were in deep slumber when they both heard Rishika panicking in her sleep. Kashaf tried to wake her up. But everything was in vain. Kashaf then very lovingly touched her hair and massage her scalp which made her calm a little. Kashaf and Sanjay both looked at each other. Kashaf whispered, "What's bugging her? I'm scared, Jaan".

Sanjay was in serious thought because today he noticed two strange things since he entered. First, Anil was not looking at Kashaf as he used to. Because he knew Anil still had feelings for Kashaf but he never judged him. Second, Rishika's constant crying. And it was shocking because her daughter was always strong.

They both knew Rishika was in pain. It can be easily seen on her face. So, they both decided to talk to Anil.

Whereas Anil in another room was missing Rishika on his bed. He really didn't think that her parents would pay such a surprise visit. He was thinking about how to convince Rishika to keep her mouth shut.

The next day at breakfast, Sanjay informed Rishika and Anil that they had shown Rishi's reports to a Russian doctor. He said a small operation would wake Rishi up.

Listening to this Rishika was surprised and happy at the same time. After a week, they both decided that Rishi should have the operation.

Anil was furious listening to this as it means his time with Rishika will be limited. Rishika also didn't tell anything to Sanjay when she came to know that recently Sanjay was suffering from heart disease.

The only thing she could do was to convince her family to shift to their own home. Because she knew this psycho had this whole house on monitoring. And her parents were convinced too. So, they all shifted back on two days.

Next week operation took place and it was successful. But still, Rishi hasn't woke up. The doctor informed them it will take time.

Beep.beep.beep was the sound to which he woke up. Rishi tried to wake up. But couldn't. He very slowly opened his eyes and realized he was in his room. His body was weak but when he saw the time on the wall, he was shocked, "Shit! I'm late for the meeting." With this, he tried to get up from the bed. But then he saw the cannula on his hand and observed all other medical equipment.

He recalled how he fell from the stairs yesterday. He thought "I must have hit my head very badly, that's why so many pieces of equipment are here." with this he went to the washroom and within five minutes he was ready for the meeting.

Rishi went to the office and noticed all of the employees were looking at him like they have seen some ghosts. He went to his office. But when he saw the newspaper's headline that Mehra's industry was going in loss. He was beyond furious and called his manager in.

His manager informed him about his comma. And how his Uncle Anil was taking care of the business in his absence. Soon, Sanjay was also in his office. They both hug and caught up on what happened in his absence.

The news was spread like a wildfire that the heir of Mehra's group was back.

At school Rishika who was unaware of this, saw the news on TV and quickly decided to bunk the class and went to the parking lot where she saw Anil.

She smirked at him and said, "You look pathetic like this."

Anil grabbed her arm and asked her to shut her mouth in front of Rishi.

Looking at his hand on her arm with disgust, she jerked her hand from him and said, "Why are you scared? You should have thought about this when you were forcing yourself on me. Just wait and watch what I will do. And, just wait to see what my Bhai will do."

Anil slapped her hard and fisted her hair, "I'm warning you, princess. I'll ruin you again as I did previously".

Rishika also didn't hold back and slapped him hard and kicked on his jewel, "I dare you to raise your hand on me. I'm not that weak anymore."

With this Rishika left there and went to Rishi's office. Anil smirked looking at her and said, "I am sorry, princess, for hurting you again. But if you are not going to back down, then I'll have to drag you"

Rishika went to his office and without knocking went inside. Rishi was standing looking at the view when he felt an arm around his waist. He became stiff when Rishika said, "Bhai, I love you. I love you so much. I have missed you. You have no idea what I went through.

But when Rishi turned. His eyes were full of fury. He slapped Rishika without giving her any time to process.

Rishika didn't realize what happened and looked at him with tears in her eyes. "What happened, Bhai? Ok, I understand that you are mad at me for putting you in a coma. But I didn't mean to make you fall from the stairs."

Soon she noticed Sanjay was also there in the office. But when Rishika again tried to give clarification Rishi slapped her again and then again.

Rishika looked at her brother who was looking pissed and looking at her with disgust.

When Rishi was about to slap her again she held his hand, "That's it. Is that a way to behave with your sister? I said, sorry. But dare you to raise your hand on me again. I won't sit back. I may love you but I won't let you take me granted for. Understand RISHI MEHRA".

"How dare you to raise your voice at me, Rishika?" Rishi grabbed her arm and took her out of his office and threw her on the floor in front of every employee.

Sanjay also followed him. He tried to stop Rishi but Rishi was in another zone.

All the office employees looked at her with disgust which she also noticed. But soon she came out of her trance, "Hello, everyone. She is your culprit. Because of her, you all were about to lose your jobs. Because of her, Mehra's industry was in the loss. She was the one who was stealing information".

Rishika knew what he was talking about and felt bad for others. She never thought that this mistake will cost chaos in the company.

Rishika again said, "Bhai, I can explain why I did this. Let's go to your office and talk." She looked towards her father and said, "Dad please help me out here".

"Office? You will never enter my office and never step in this company." With this Rishi called his guards and asked her to throw her out.

But Rishika's voice roared in office, "What do you think of yourself, Rishi MEHRA. How dare you insult me in front of your mere employees. Asking them to throw me out of your stupid company. I myself will never stop here. I'll make sure you regret this," with this Rishika left from there.

Rishi and Rishika have started maintaining one arm's distance from each other. Things became the same for Rishika. She was ignored by all.

She was in school when a teacher came to her and asked her to keep some copies in the staffroom.

She went towards the staffroom when she heard muffled noises coming from the janitor room.

She was about to ignore it but decided to check it. She slowly opened the room and saw Avantika crying. Avantika's hairs were on her face but soon Rishika noticed the peon trying to take advantage of her.

Avantika noticed Rishika and said, "Rishika didi, this bad man tried to hurt me." Rishika took her in her arms and gave a dirty look to the peon and said, "People like you don't deserve to live. Wait and watch."

Peon rushed from there. Rishika looked at Avantika with pity and recalled what she went through. But Rishika ignored this and asked her "From how many days it's going on? "

Avantika informed her that for two days he was trying to get her alone.

An inquiry was set in school on that day and all Mehra's were informed. Rishika was the only eyewitness there. Soon, she was called into the room where directors of the school, peon, and Mehra's were sitting. Mehra's were giving look to that peon. Rishika was asked what she saw there. She was about to answer but then noticed one more person there and said, "I didn't say anything. Avantika is lying. She always does. This poor peon is innocent here."

"Rishika, don't you dare to mess here? Speak the truth. Avantika will never lie." Kashaf's voice roared in the office. Directors asked Kashaf to calm down.

"Sir, I'm not lying. Who will dare to mess with Mehra's? Though she is adopted but still. Even in her place, a maid was also there I would have spoken the truth. I know she is a teenager, at this age, we all become quite curious. But I can not see the poor man facing jail time just because of her stupid lies."

Avantika, who was listening to all this, started crying and went from there. Kashaf went after her. Rishi who was calm all this time closed his eyes and tried to control himself.

It was decided that peon was innocent but can not continue his services here.

Rishika was in the school washroom recalled how she changed her statement when she noticed Anil there. The pity she felt for Avantika vanished instantly. She was not at all feeling bad.

When she reached home, she saw all Mehra's sitting and waiting for her. But she was prepared. She was not going to take this shit from anyone.

She tried to ignore them but was stopped when Kashaf held her arm. Kashaf was about to lash out at her when Rishika said, "Leave my hand, Ma'am".

Sanjay shouted, "How dare you to lie there. I'm ashamed of you."

Rishika also replied, "How do you know that I lied, sir, What proof do you have?"

Kashaf jumped into the conversation and said, "Because she can never lie about this. Being a girl, you tried to play with her emotions. This is not jealousy,"

Before She could carry on, Rishika interrupted her, "without investigating, you all believe her. Why don't you all show this kind of trust in me." She looked at Rishi who was glaring at her, but she was also not going to sit back and let them accuse her. Rishika continued while looking at Rishi and with a heavy heart, she said, "Will you all believe me. If I was in her place. No~You would have accused me of an attention seeker. But still, let me try this. That peon just touched her but I was raped every day by your so-called friend Anil."

She expected them to ask her questions. But the whole hall was filled with silence. She noticed servants were also there listening to everything. But she didn't care. She also needs justice. But soon she came out of the trance when she heard laughter coming from their mouths. Servants were also laughing at her. She turned around and saw Anil giving her an amused look when he said, "What did I tell you, Rishi. She is going to pin this on me. She is taking revenge from me and Avantika because I informed you about her affair with Jay Verma and how she was stealing files."

Rishika shouted, "stop it, you monster. You ruined my life." She looked at Rishi and went towards him, "Don't believe him, please. I don't have an affair with Jay. I did steal the files because Jay was blackmailing me."

She was about to continue when she heard, "When did I blackmail you, babygirl? I'm hurt. You yourself hated Avantika a lot that you decided to steal files from uncle so you can create misunderstanding between them." said Jay entering the mansion and winked at Rishika.

Rishika knew she had lost the battle. She tried to numb herself from all the accusations. She cried and tried to explain it again. She looked at Rishi who was glaring at her.

All left the hall. She went to her room and sat there. She promised herself she will prove her innocence. But didn't know how? Before she can think of any plan she rushed to the washroom and puked. And this was the fourth time she puked in the last two days.