Part A
Guys, this one of my completed five shots.
Late afternoon, Gupta house bell rang without a pause irritating everyone inside the house. Buaji hollered ‘Hai Re Nandhkishore Wait for a second. Leave that calling bell to rest’ she opened the door to witness frantic Arnav looking hassled outside.
Arnav ‘Khushi….buaji Khushi?’
Buaji ‘Kyun?’
He looked at her confused; Buaji went inside with him following her, Arnav ‘Buaji, I came to take her back home’ again a kyun came from her side making Arnav look at her surprise.
Arnav ‘What? Kyun? She is my wife and I’ve come to take her back’
Buaji ‘Oh you do remember you had a wife?’
Arnav ‘Buaji not had…have? What happened to you? Call her, is she in her room?’
Before Buaji could open her mouth a firm voice stopped her from saying anything. Khushi ‘I’m not coming anywhere with you’
Arnav looked at Khushi shocked at her words, while Khushi met his eyes head on.
Fifteen Days back,
After coming back from hospital with disturbed Anjali who was hell bent on killing her baby if not for Arnav to reach on time, he left Anjali in the safe hands of his Nani and Maami ji, and came to confront Khushi. She was asked to stay away from Di then why the hell she went to meet her.
Khushi came to him with worried eyes as soon as he came inside their room.
Khushi ‘Arnav ji Di kaisi hain?’
Arnav ‘now you are asking how she is? When you are responsible for her this state?’
Khushi taken aback ‘but I just went to give her breakfast. She should not forget to live for her baby.’
Arnav ‘yeah right, and do you know what she did today? She tried to kill her child’ she gasped in shock. He pulled her by shoulder shouting on her face, the picture of Anjali with knife still fresh in his mind….what if he had been a second late… ‘this all happened because of you. From the time you have come in my life, nothing is happening right.’
Khushi ‘Arnav ji?’
Arnav pressing her shoulder tight hissed ‘Di was so happy but from the time you entered our life everything went in opposite direction. Why did you come in my life? This is all happening because of you. Yes, Di was so happy in her life but Shyam hurt her only because of you. If you were not in picture this would have never happened with us.’
Khushi looked at him with hurt and pain, "You are the biggest mistake of my life, Khushi Kumari Gupta. Kash main tumse mila hi na hota." Arnav said as he walked away, the need for air and some time alone driving him.
Arnav’s word hung in air piercing like a knife in Khushi’s heart wounding her more and more, she could not believe after all that happened in their life he is still blaming her. She cried sitting by pool, his words had killed her so much so she felt suffocating as if her lungs are protesting to breathe.
She had decided then and there to correct his mistake of life.
Next day,
Khushi went to Nani who is in house temple doing her morning prayer, Arnav had not returned last night to their room and she had lot of time to think what she has to do finally.
Khushi ‘Nani ji!!!’
Nani looked at Khushi, she is still upset with her to know she had not taken her advice and went before Anjali. Khushi took breathe ‘I’m thinking to go to buaji house and stay there for few days. I don’t want because of me Di get’s more upset’
Nani looked at her and then minute later nodded her head. Khushi gulped, smiling weakly she left the place to the room to take her bags. A few minutes later she came down to see Nani, Maami, and Payal in the living room. Nani had already updated them with Khushi’s decision. Khushi came to Nani touched her feet, for which the elder lady put her hand on her head as blessing. She came to Maami who ignoring her left the place, gulping she came to Payal and hugged her ‘take care Jiji’
Payal pulling apart ‘you are saying as you are not going to return back’ for which she gave her a painful smile which Payal saw through it. Before she could ask her anything else she detached herself and taking the bag in hand once again looking at the house left Shantivan without turning back, again.
Today,
Looking at the man standing before her she shaked her head, Arnav ‘What are you saying?’
Khushi ‘I’m saying what you are hearing? I’m not coming back to Shantivan. And it is final’ she marched to her room, and held the door to close but Arnav who followed her heels and barged inside shutting the door behind him.
Khushi ‘what the hell are you doing?’
Arnav ‘No you tell me what are you doing?’
Khushi ‘What should I do is what I’m doing? Please leave. I don’t want to have any conversation with you’
He clutched her shoulder, his patience slipping ‘Khushi what the hell has gotten into you? Look leave this stupidity and come let’s go to our home’
Khushi pushed herself away from him ‘Whose home? Shantivan? It is not my home; the place where I’m standing is my home.’
Arnav ‘Khushi!!!!’
Khushi ‘chillayi ye mat, Shantivan was never my home from the start. You married me for six months and it became my temporary home that’s it. Now since everything finished between us, our six month contract marriage has ended and I intend to not step into that house and your life again’
At first his eyes went wide hearing her words, already six months over and he forgot all about that. He looked at her painfully ‘will you let go of our relationship like this? toot jaane dogi tum? Aise hi?’
Khushi ‘when there was no relationship in the first place then there is no means if it breaks or not. It was just a contract, a sham and it ended between us. There is nothing left’
Arnav ‘Khushi No!!!’
Khushi facing him ‘And why do you care for it so much? For you, your Di is everything, she is your first and last priority, and you should be happy that the mistake of your life is no more in your life. I’ve left your life and it will be better if you leave this place, and I promise will never come before you or your family’
He stood there as if someone had slapped him hard, he stepped to her but she moved back, Khushi ‘Why are you standing here? Just go or something else is left to be said which you left that night. May be your sister did something else and you are here to accuse me, isn’t it? or is it why you are hell bent on taking me back to your house so you could use me as your punching bag’
Arnav ‘Khushi!!!’ he could say nothing to save himself, his boat is sinking already in the pit of his own dug grave.
Khushi ‘or you will this time threaten me with my sister’s marriage, again. Then let me clear it Mr. Raizada, my jiji knows the truth now, my whole family knows it. She was already ready to leave that house but it was me and my family who had asked her not to take any wrong step in anger. Now if I think about it we did wrong to send her back, didn’t we? We should have let her stay here agreeing to her words when she decided to not return to your house when she came to know about the truth behind our contract so called marriage and her marriage being kept as a bait before me. What is there left for her there? Akash ji does not trust my jiji, he is not even treating her well now. Why should she live there? Bacha kya hai uss ghar mein. Gupta sisters are bad and they should not be in Raizada House, they are not fit to be Raizada. As if your maami was not enough my jiji has to now endure your brother’s ill treating too. For you and your family only one person is visible, Anjali. If she is happy you all are happy, if she is sad then you all are sad. Hain na…..Jaise hum logon ki toh koi kadar or aihmiyat hi nahiin, as if we don’t get hurt and will take every shit you people throw at us.’
His ears alarmed with her words, her voice so dead pan as if she is not the girl he had known for year. Khushi ‘I’m not your biggest mistake Raizada but it is you who are the mistake of my life. It is because of you me and my family always had suffered. Because of you my jiji’s wedding got cancelled. Because of you me and my family had to bear the brunt of society, only because you have leaked that video on local channels. Because of you I would have been raped (Arnav’s eyes went wide) if not Shyam ji came on time and saved me from those street thugs. They were calling me bad names, they were behaving badly with me, hurt my babuji, pulled of my duppata, would have done unthinkable things but Shyam ji like a savior came on time to save me. It was that time Shyam ji, the man like chameleon entered our life, all because of you. If it would not have been for you and your cheap act then he would have never entered in my life. He would have never followed me till Delhi and stayed as PG in our home and would definitely had not got engaged to me buttering my buaji. My life would have been destroyed completely had I not come to know the face of his true colors in your house. I would have told you but no I did not want to hurt you because I know for one; you would not have believed me, and two; your Di means lot to you. Because of you I had suffered a lot, from the time you and I clashed with each other; your ill behavior towards me at your office and home, your cutting words, your hurtful taunts, calling me names…..everything. But something changed during jiji’s marriage time; I was sure you changed but No that night on jiji’s marriage day you become a monster killing my dreams and had started hurting me with more vengeance everyday. All for what? Your Di? For her happiness you will go to any extent even if to hurt other, if it killed others. You did not believe me when I told you the truth and ended up being kidnapped, even then *she shaked her head sighing*……and when I thought everything is okay between us but No you had again hurled abuse at me with your cutting tongue calling me the biggest mistake of your life. I had put up with your every whim and whams but No not anymore. A girl leaves everything behind her only in the belief to have her hus pierced his heart like thousand needles, making him to breathe uneasy.
Arnav ‘Khu…Khushi I’m sorry…I did not meant any of it’
Khushi looked away ‘there is nothing more I wish to listen from you. Just leave’
He looked at her, his eyes moistening with her indifference. Not seeing any change in her he dragged himself out of her room and heard the door banged shut after him.
He met with buaji’s disappointed eyes ‘buaji’
Buaji ‘leave Nandh kishore, when you should have had stopped her from leaving you, you were busy tending to your Di’s wound. Did not even thought about just like your Di my Titalia too is victim? It is enough hurt she has endured now. And after hearing what you had done with her, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive you for that. You had clearly broken our trust. We saw you as our son and it had been a mirage, nothing else’
If Khushi’s word killed him then buaji’s word was nail in coffin pushing him to the guilt pit which he himself dug with his own foolishness.
Nani looked at Arnav as he entered the house like a walking dead body. His shoulder defeated, his eyes blank, walking to him she asked looking behind ‘Chotte where is Khushi bitiya? Did she not come with you?’
Arnav looked at her, making her flinch with the hollowness filled in them. Nani ‘Chotte what is it? tell me, your silence is scaring me’
Arnav shaking ‘Sab khatam’ Even Maami ji, Akash present there looked at him confused.
Nani held his arm, from the evening she felt something wrong is going to happen, her instinct warned her something to untoward and now seeing her grandson without his wife is proving her fears ‘What do you mean?’
Arnav ‘she said sab khatam, nothing left.’
Nani cupped his face ‘Chotte look at me and tell what happened there?’
Arnav ‘She said she will not come, everything finished between us. No marriage, everything finished. Todhdi sab kuch’ she gasped ‘what? no…. Khushi can’t say? I know her….Chotte you must be misunderstanding’
His tears escaped ‘wished? Wished everything was just a misunderstanding and not a word straight from her mouth is truth. I lost her….I lost her Nani.’
He slumped down on the sofa nearby, holding his head in his palm. What will happen to him now? Everything is his wrong doings? His deed came back to bite him.
Nani ‘Chotte Khushi bitiya can’t do something like this. Yes she can’t’
‘She did Dadi’ came a strong voice. Every head turned to the owner of the voice. Payal stood her eyes unflinching while looking at Arnav and Nani.
Nani ‘What?’
Payal ‘I’m saying the truth; Khushi will not step again in this house. Her relationship with this family and Arnav ji *uttered his name like bitter pill swallowed* ended few days ago’
Akash ‘Payal? What are you saying?’
Payal ‘What am I saying? Truth of course which your God like brother hid from everyone. Ask him is it true or not that his and Khushi’s marriage was just a six month contract which has ended? Ask him did he not crush my sister’s dream only to save his sister? Ask him did he not threaten my sister with my marriage to be broken if she did not accept his demand? Ask him did he not hurt her in worst way possible? Ask him did he not time and again threaten Khushi using me? Ask him did she not endure every pain just for me? Ask him did he not do injustice to the innocent soul only because of his lecherous jijaji strained and put the blame on my Khushi? Ask him, is he not a fool to believe that man and punished my sister whereas left the man in question free? Ask him what and all he did for his sister’s happiness? *clapping* then I should say he has succeeded after snatching every happiness from my sister’s life.’ Everyone looked at her shocked with the revelation, on the other hand Arnav looked at her with remorse filled eyes, and he could not say anything to defend himself and his action.
She came and stood before him ‘What are you going to do? Threaten again in asking your brother to leave me, divorce me. Then let me say you get ready the divorce paper and I’ll sign it. What is there left in this relationship? When there is nothing left. Your brother had the courage to love but he has no courage to fight for his love and support, understand and trust his partner when time comes. A brother who will follow your every word without a beat. If I’m still standing here knowing after every deed you had done to my sister it is only because Khushi and my family. But if no one likes my presence like my sister’s then I’ll leave the house as Khushi did. *turning to Manorama* Kyun Maaji you would be happy right, if I go away from your son’s life. Middle class ki ghar ki ladki joh hoon’ she looked at all of them with unnerving gaze, Akash was stumped and shocked with her words. Will she really leave me? His mind panicking with the thought, whatever happened he loves her. He looked at Arnav who has hung his head low in shame, and without a doubt knew what Payal had said is true. How can he do that? How can he pawn their marriage?
Nani sat down, the heavy weight of truth hitting her like tons of bricks on her fragile heart. She never knew Arnav will do something so horrible to the innocent soul to save his sister. Maami on the other hand felt guilty; did she wrong the sister’s?
Payal left the place after creating havoc with the truth, she can’t stand the sight of the man who had hurt her sister to this extent, and she has never seen her baby sister broken like this. She will never forgive him to use her as bait to get worked done by my sister.
Arnav walked to Nani and knelt down before her taking her hand in his ‘Nani…*gulping his tears* I know I did wrong to Khushi. But at that time I don’t know what to do? I feel disgusted with myself. I’m ashamed of myself. In the fear of losing Di like Maa I did the unforgivable….but Nani this is also the true that I love her lot. I love Khushi and I can’t live without her. I don’t know what to do? I can’t let her go….I’ll not be able to live if she is not in my life’
She looked at her Chotte before her who looked like the same fourteen year old child who lost his mother, sighing ‘you did wrong Chotte, very wrong with her. And not knowing the pain she is already enduring we too inflicted some on her. No girl will be able to endure the pain which she did? Chotte had you ever thought what will happen to her after the end of six month? What will this society call her? Have you ever thought what if Shyam’s truth had never came out and you had left her at the end of this six month? What would have she done?’
Arnav shaked his head, trying to clear his vision ‘I’m sorry….I’m so sorry’
Nani ‘You are asking sorry from wrong person Chotte. As a woman what you did with her I cannot forgive you but as your Nani I can’t see my grandchild suffer. Already one of my grandchild is in pain and I don’t want you too have the same as your sisters. We will go tomorrow morning to talk with Madhumathi ji. We will sort this out all. I hope Khushi bitiya and Madhumathi forgives us, and look past everything’ she stood up, Maami held her and both of them walked away. Truth hitting them hard, the weight so heavy they are not able to stand. They had wronged the two sisters and it is high time to mend the broken chords before it is too late. Each floating in their guilt and sorrow, only time will tell will they be buried in the guilt for forever or will ever be able to guilt free.
Akash came to Arnav ‘bhai? How could you?’
Arnav looked at him ‘I’m sorry Akash.’
Akash ‘Would you have really stopped my marriage if Khushi ji had not agreed?’
Arnav shaking his head in No ‘never, I know you love Payal lot and I can never take your happiness away from you. But I know Khushi will do anything for her sister’s happiness.’
Akash ‘you have messed it up long time bhai. I don’t know whether to be angry with you or feel sorry for you’
Arnav ‘Don’t do anything Akash. Just try to mend your relationship with Payal. I don’t want another hurt to add on Khushi’s list. She will never be at peace if Payal’s life get’s strained, she will blame herself. I don’t want that’
Akash ‘I hope Khushi ji forgives you bhai’
Arnav sighed ‘I can’t see that happening Akash. You have to see her today; she is not same Khushi anymore. Her coldness, her indifference killed me. In the path to do right for Di I had done wrong to her. I don’t know how I’m going to correct it’
Akash ‘don’t lose hope bhai. Khushi ji loves you’ Arnav looked hopefully in his eyes which told only truth, Akash patted his back and left for his room to do some control on the damage.
Note: Garima and Shashi has been to Lucknow for his treatment. But they are informed with the happening in Khushi’s life, as they are parents they tend have been informed. But hardly there will be any presence of them. Just imagine they trust Buaji to do handle everything.
Since the story is already completed I will post it daily. Iam notable to write anything new.
I do hope you guys will enjoy reading it.
I will update Door Jaana Nahiin/Sins Avenging for you this weekend.
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