{PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES}

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At evening, 
Anubhav reaches his home. One of the servants opens the door when he rings it. He enters and says to the servant while going to his room, "Ek cup chaai humare kaksha mein bejwa dijiyega." The servant nods and Anubhav goes to his room.

Anubhav gets freshened up. He is his vest. He opens his wardrobe to take a t-shirt when he hears a knock on the door. He thinks that the servant has come with the tea. He shouts without looking at the door, "Andar aa jaayiye."

He hears the voice of breaking something. He turns and sees the cup of tea has fallen on the floor and has broken. He is surprised to see Pushpa ji there. She looks too much scared. He understands that she is scared after seeing his injured shoulder. 

She comes near him and holds his arms. Before she can speak anything, he says in a stern tone, "Aap yanha kya kar rahi hain? Humne toh Dhanu se kaha tha chaai lane ke liye. Sabke sab kaam chori kar rahe hain!"

"Tum baat ko mat badlo, Anu. Yeh... yeh chot kaisi lagi tumhe? Aur kya hua tha tumhare saath?" She asked a bit loudly yet in an emotional tone. 

"Aisi bhi kaun si badi baat ho gayi jo aap jitna bhadak rahi hain?"

"Bhadke nahi toh kya kare hum? Tumhe itni chot aayi hain aur tumne hume batana bhi zaroori nahi samjha? Na jaane kya kya karte rehte ho din bhar? Ab chup kyun ho? Batao kaise yeh chot lagi tumhe?"

"Ab bata kar bhi kya hoga? Jo ho gaya so ho gaya. Hum chikitsalay gaye the. Chikitsak ne bhi kaha hain ki darne ki koi baat nahi hain. Aap chahe toh Neil se puchh lijiye. Aur haan..., Karishma ko iss baare mein kuch mat batana. Aur aap bhi bhul jaayiye iss baat ko" he says coldly.

He turns opposite and takes some steps. He wears a t-shirt while she blankly looks down with moist eyes.

"Bhul jaaye...?" she asks gloomily and adds, "Kaise bhul jaaye? Ek baat batao Anu..., tum kanhi koi galat kaam toh nahi karte naa?"

Anubhav's heartbeat stops beating. He turns and looks at Pushpa ji. She seems very hurt. Her eyes contain immense pain. He looks down and says in a tone of fake anger, "Aap aisa soch bhi kaise sakti hain?"

"Tumne hume aisa sochne par majboor kar diya hain, Anu" she yells at him and continues in a heavy tone, "5 saal ho gaye uss haadse ko. In 5 saalon mein kitna kuch badal gaya. Lekin sabse jyada kuch badala hain toh woh ho tum, aur tumhara vyavahar. Uss haadse ne tumhare saath saath hum sabko bhi thes pahunchi thi. Magar samay ke saath saath sab aage badh gaye siwaye tumhare! In 5 saalon mein tum hum sabse alag hi gaye ho. Na kisi ke saath thik se baat karte ho aur na hi kuch pal hum sabke saath bitate ho. Raat raat bhar ghar nahi aate, kuch puchhne par batate nahi, chhoti chhoti baaton par gussa ho jaate ho. Aisa lagta hain ki bahut kuch humse chhupakar rakha hain tumne."

Anubhav closes his eyes for a second. Pushpa ji comes near him and says, "Ab tum hi batao ki humare mann mein aise sawal kaise nahi aayenge? Kaise hum tum par shak na kare? Batao..."

"Aap kuch jyada hi soch rahi hain. Sachchai woh nahi hain jo aapka Mann keh raha hain" he says without any emotion.

"Toh tum hi bata do ki sachchai kya hain? Batao yeh chot kaisi lagi tumhe? Aur jhuth bolne ki koshish bhi mat karna. Tumhe humari kasam!"

He shockingly glares at her and shouts, "Har baat par kasam dena avashyak hota hain kya?"

"Toh tum koi bhi baat seedhi tarike se kyun nahi batate ho? Ab batao ki kaise hua yeh?" 

Anubhav inhales deeply and says after the silence of a few seconds, "Woh ladki jo aapko chikitsalay le gayi thi... woh..."

"Kaun? Woh Haseena...?" she impatiently asks and he replies, "Haan... woh hi... Haseena ji. Woh asal mein ek vakeel hain. Aur aaj hum ek kaam ke silsile mein kanhi gaye the. Hume nahi pata tha ki wanha par Haseena ji ka bhi ghar hain. Jab hum wanha the toh..." he narrates her the fighting part in between him and the goons of Ajeet Bakshi and adds, "Hume baad mein pata chala ki Haseena ji uss Bakshi ke kaale karnamon ke viruddha nyayalay mein case lad rahi hain. Seedhi si baat hain ki yeh humlaa bhi ussi ne karwaya hoga." 

As soon as he finishes his justice, Pushpa ji gets in deep shock. She doesn't know how to react on this. Anubhav skims at her and thinks in his mind, "Hume kshama kar dijiyega, Maa ki humne aapko pura sach nahi bataya. Woh hum aapko nahi bata sakte. Hum aapka dil nahi dukhana chahte. Aur nahi aapko chinta mein daal sakte hain. Haan, yeh sach hain ki hum galat path par chal baithe hain. Kintu humara uddesh bilkul bhi galat hain."

Pushpa ji leaves the room without uttering any word. Her mind engrosses in Haseena's thoughts.

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Pushpa ji is doing a marathon in her room. Karishma is just watching her sitting on the bed. She sighs and goes near to Pushpa ji.

Karishma holds Pushpa ji's shoulders and said in a calm tone, "Maa, shant ho jaayiye. Aapke aise race karne se kuch nahi hoga. Aap tension mat lijiye. I am sure ki Haseena ne police complaint ki hogi."

"Police complaint se kya hota hain, Karishma? Yeh bhi toh dekho ki Haseena kiske khilaf khadi hain. Uss shaitan Ajeet Bakshi ke! Aur yeh humse jyada achchhe se kaun jaanta hain ki police uska kuch bigad nahi sakti. Hum uski darandigi se parichit hain. Jo usne aur uske bhaiyon ne humare pariwaar ke saath kiya hain waisa toh hum apne dushman ke liye bhi nahi soch sakte."

Her eyes are moist. Karishma too feels sas while remembering the past. The tears are visible in her eyes.

Pushpa ji adds blankly, "Ab tumhi soch ke dekho Karu, Haseena ek maasoom aur bhali ladki hain. Mana ki usne himmat dikhakar uss Bakshi ke khilaf khadi hui hain. Par phir bhi uski chinta toh hogi hi naa!"

Karishma softly says, "Maa aap jo keh rahi hain woh bilkul sahi hain. Par isme hum kya kar sakte hain? Aapki tarah hum bhi unke liye chintit hain par humare haath mein kuch nahi hain."

Pushpa ji sighs, "Hmm... Tum sahi keh rahi ho, Karu. Par phir bhi hume Haseena ki chinta ho rahi hain." She joints her hands and prays to God, "Hey Bholenath, uss Bakshi naam ke rakshas se iss bachchi ki raksha karna."

"Maa, apne bhagwan par vishwas rakhiye. Woh kisi achchhe ke saath bura nahi hone denge. Philhaal dinner ka time ho gaya hain. Neeche chaliye. Bhaiyya bhi aate hi honge."

"Thik hain, chalo tum bhi."

"Aap chaliye, hum Santu ko lekar aate hain." 

Pushpa ji nods. She goes down while Karishma goes to Santu's room.

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At Haseena's home,
Haseena is in her study room, examining a file. She is busy in the file when the landline rings on the table. She receives it, "Hello"

"....." 

"Aap...? Kaise hain aap? Bade dino baad call ki!" she sounds happy.

"....."

"Kya?" she shouts in surprise.

"...."

"Wow! What a pleasant surprise!"

"..." 

"Okay, hum abhi Ammi ko batate hain. Aap jaldi se aa jaayiye."

"....."

"Okay, bye. Sambhalkar aana" she cuts up the call and runs to her Ammi by shouting, "Ammi..., ek good news hain."

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Anubhav is on the balcony of his room. He is sitting on a bean bag and thinking about Haseena. He has tried to divert his mind from her thoughts but fails terribly. He is not understanding why this is happening to him? He is unable to comprehend why is his mind brooding about her? 

He takes his phone and opens of the social media platform to ignore her thoughts. Failing again, he puts his mobile in his pocket. 

He thinks in his mind, "Yeh kya ho raha hain hume? Hum kyun itna soch rahe hain unke baare mein?"

His thoughts are disturbed by a phone call. He looks at the caller ID and quickly receives it as it is from Biswa. 

"Bolo, koi darne wali baat toh nahi?" he impatiently asks.

"Nahi nahi, boss. Abhi tak situation bilkul normal hain. Koi darne wali baat nahi hain" Biswa replies.

"Phir kis kaaranwash hume doorbash kiya?"

"Boss, darasal kuch der pehle Haseena Malik ke ghar mein ek ladka aaya hain. 20-25 saal ki umar ka. Dekhne se toh aisa lag raha tha ki woh unke jaan pehchaan ka hain. Magar yanha par kuch logon se indirectly puchha toh unka kehna hain ki iss ladke ko pehle kabhi nahi dekha yanha. Kisi ko nahi pata ki woh kaun hain!"

Anubhav is in deep thoughts. He says after a few seconds of silence, "Thik hain. Parantu tum apni drishti banayi rakhna. Dhyaan rahe ki koi bhi galti nahi honi chahiye."

"Ji Garud"

Anubhav cuts the call and murmurs to himself, "Ab yeh naya vyakti kaun hain? Kanhi Haseena ji ka premi...? Nahi... nahi, aisa nahi ho sakta... Ek kshan... Hume kya lena dena agar koi unka premi ho ya na ho toh? Hum itna kyun soch rahe hain unke baare mein...? Aghhh... Aise toh hum pagal ho jaayenge!"

At the same time, someone knocks on the door of his room. He opens the door and sees Pushpa ji standing there. Both come inside. He asks, "Aap... Aap abhi tak soyi nahi?"

"Woh... woh hume neend nahi aa rahi hain" she answers in tensed tone. 

He understands why she is tensed. He softly speaks, "Aap kyun itni chinta kar rahi hain. Unhone humse kaha tha ki woh police mein shikayat kar dengi. Sab thik ho jaayega. Aap kyun swayam ka swasth bigad rahi hain. Aapko abhi aaram ki avashyakta hain, na ki in baaton par dhyaan dene ki."

"Hum samjhte hain, Anu. Lekin phir bhi humara dil nahi maan raha hain. Baar baar ussi ke khayal aa rahe hain. Ek baat maanoge humari, beta?" she asks with little hesitation. "Ji" he calmly replies. "Hume ek baar Haseena se milna hain. Tum milwa doge?"

"Kya?" he gets surprised. "Yeh kya keh rahi hain aap? Aapko nahi lagta ki aap ek hi bhent mein kuch jyada hi prabhavit ho gayi hain Haseena ji se..."

"Woh sab hume nahi pata. Hume Haseena se milna hain matlab milna hain" Pushpa ji childishly demands and adds, "Anu, hume please usse milwa do. Agar tum busy ho apne kaam toh uska pata dedo hum driver ke saath chale jaayenge."

"Ek kshan... Aap... aap shant ho jaayiye" he thinks something and agrees with her, "Thik hain, hum le chalenge aapko unke ghar."

Pushpa ji becomes happy, "Toh thik hain, hum kal subah chalenge."

"Ji, parantu abhi jaake aap aaram kijiye. Aur haan... Aapne apni aushadhi li?" he asked coldly yet with concern.

"Haan! Humne dawaai le li hain."

"Toh phir abhi aap jaake so jaayiye. Baaki kal dekh lenge."

She nods and leaves her room. Locking the door, Anubhav lays on the bed staring at the ceiling, "Chalo, kal issi bahane yeh toh pata chalega ki woh ladka kaun hain jo Haseena ji ghar aaya hain!"

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Aa... I know, this part is a bit illogical. So sorry for that. Actually, jaisa ki maine previous chapter ke end mein bataya tha ki mujhe kuch changes karne pade hain so uske chakkar mein aisa likhna pada. Actually jo pehle likha tha woh logical toh tha but it was sounding so toxic and problematic. So, story ke jaise begin hui aur aage kaise devolep hogi iss baat ko thik se jodne ke liye yeh part likha hain. Please, bear with me. Itna toh shayad chalta hoga naa yaar... Next time se illogical nahi likhungi.

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