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Chapter 2 - Funeral

Mr.Harish Roy were largest landowner in Shikarpur. His property was spread in nearby 26 villages. But he used to live alone in his estate surrounded only by servants. His heart condition was not good so they had a dedicated doctor and medical room prepared in case of emergencies even so they cannot prepare for everything. Old man Roy passed away in his sleep peacefully. His only granddaughter Shayna was attending jewelry designer course in a university in Pune. Mr. Singhania's butler had informed her of his grandfather's demise. Her flight landed on Delhi Airport at 9 o'clock in the night and she was on her way.

Mr.Roy. Roy had only one son whom he had disowned 19 years ago after the birth of her granddaughter and untimely death of his first daughter-in-law. Deepak Roy was a playboy by nature. He was not very good in academics. Neither he was interested in business, nor he was capable of taking responsibility of the large property of Mr. Roy scattered across multiple cities including many orchards and flower gardens. Mr. Roy's firm R. INTERNATIONAL was largest exporters of flowers and Mangos in India.

Since his son was not upto the mark Mr.Roy married him to a capable daughter of Sinha family.

Ambika Sinha was the only daughter of Sinha family. She was the sweetheart of whole family including his 2 brothers and sisters-in-law. She was a jewelry designer and started her own firm only at the age of 16. Now 31years later her firm Star International has created one of the top jewelry Brand India and abroad named Diva. She married Deepak Roy at a young age of 25 as per her parents' choice. Elder Mr. Sinha and Mr. Roy were childhood friends. Deepak and Ambika met at a party arranged for her second sister-in-law's third son's naming ceremony. Being a sucker for beauty Ambika's otherworldly beauty and sweet nature impressed Deepak at first glance. He pursued her madly for year and with the agreement of parents of both sides they married. After marriage for 2 years everything was alright. Ambika proved to be a very good wife and daughter-in-law. She fell hopelessly in love with her husband. She not only managed her home but also helped his father-in-law Mr.Roy in managing his states. Mr. Roy has never given Deepak authority over any of his business. Initially everything was alright Deepak was now even happier having even more money frequent gifts from Ambika's family and a considerate wife who fulfilled all his needs without even asking. Now when his father started handing over some rights to Ambika and consulting her before decision making, it started to bug Deepak. But he didn't say anything as Ambika got pregnant at this time. Both the Roy and Sinha families were eagerly awaiting this baby. Deepak was also happy he thought now that Ambika with her delicate body and severe pregnancy reactions was inconvenient to go to many places his father will handover Ambika's responsibilities to him, but his father said nothing and started to manage everything remotely as before. This depressed Deepak and he started to hang out with his playboy friends again. With them he met Maria who was a waitress at one of the bars he frequented. Maria has only 18 years old she had started working there recently and came from a poor background. She has the face of an angel and the curves of a seductress. Deepak fell for her at first glance and started pursuing her lavishly. This soon reached to Mr. Roy's ears, and he warned Deepak to mend his ways and take care of his wife as she was already 8 months pregnant. Under the fierce financial pressure of Mr. Roy, he broke up with Maria. But Maria who got a taste of rich life didn't want to lose him. She came to make a scene in front of Ambika with her pregnancy report. Ambika who was already having a difficult pregnancy with severe allergies, she couldn't handle it and went into labor. She gave birth to a daughter after 8 hours of struggle and lost her life due to hemorrhage.

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