Part 42 After all, he is ASR

Arnav sensed a lot of confliction in Khushi's behavior. She was a brave girl. As per her character, she should have fought with Hilma for claiming him as her husband but she was acting opposite to it. His rude behavior could not be the COMPLETE reason for her to hide the truth because she changed her behavior towards him when she got to know about his love for his little wife...! The girl who named him Komodo Dragon, even started calling him ARNAVJI. And today, she hugged him and cried. Her behavior was completely fishy. Something seemed wrong.

Of course, Khushi was right. For one point, he should appreciate Guptas for raising her as a good girl. They were not good for only him... but for Khushi, they were nice. If Khushi did not want him to hurt them, it was his responsibility to do that because he did not want to hurt Khushi by hurting her parents. If Khushi kept the mangal sutra back, he would get a chance to do it. At the same time, he would get to know Khushi was also willing in this relationship. If she did not want to marry him, she would not keep the mangal sutra back, he supposed.

On the other side, Khushi was confused. She did not know why Arnav asked her to keep the Mangal sutra back at the same place from where she took it. Did he not need this PROOF? It would give him a strong support to prove she was Khushali. Then, why did he want her to keep it back? Did he not want to prove her real as Khushali? She did not know what he was up to.

Arnav came to the guest room to meet Khushali's Bua.

"Namaste, Buaji" he said.

Buaji looked at him and asked,

"Is that you who married to Khushali?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"Ratna told me everything. I was so stupid to keep venom in my heart. And now, I'm repenting, after losing all my people"

"No, Buaji, Khushali is still alive"

Madhumathi's eyes widened.

"Is it?"

Arnav nodded yes.

"But, Ratna didn't say anything about her"

"It's because we don't know if she is real Khushali..."

"Oh..."

"She is coming to RM in a while"

"Is it?" Buaji became excited.

"Yes..."

"Do you want me to do something about it?"

"No, Buaji... you are here. It's enough for me"

Buaji looked at him with confusion. She did not know what he meant. After a few random talks with Buaji, Arnav went to his room. He waited for his father and Hilma's arrival. After an hour, they arrived with face full of victory smile.

Arnav came downstairs as Ratna called him through the intercom and conveyed their arrival. As he did not expect, Hilma's parent were also there. He smiled inwardly. This was going to be a great SHOW.

They smiled at him brightly but Arnav did not. They looked at one another perplexed. Arnav came to them and said,

"I'm not going to apologize to any of you"

They frowned.

"Chotte, you said, you want to apologize to her for shouting at her, and then, why are you talking opposite to it? What will they think of me? Won't they think, I lied to them...?" Arvind asked, as he did not want Hilma's family to misunderstand him.

"Dad, relax... let me talk. I'm not going to apologize to you because I don't think what I did was wrong..."

They were more confused.

"Chotte..."

Cutting him,

"Wait Dad... listen, I have been waiting for my sweet wife for fifteen years. Suddenly, she came and said she is my wife. She said everything crystal clear that happened fifteen years ago. I have a strong doubt that how could a little girl remember everything..."

Kishor Bijlani tried to say something but Arnav stopped him showing his palm and said,

"You don't have any proof to prove she is Khushali..."

"How could we have proof? Won't we give it to you if we have one?" Kishor said.

"Where is Khushali's Mangal Sutra she was wearing?" Arnav asked.

They looked at each other bewildered. Arvind understood the blunder he had done. How could he miss the main proof to prove her Khushali? He should have made a new mangal sutra with the same design...! It must be there in the photo Arnav had.

Before Hilam's family answered to the question, Arvind said hurriedly.

"Oh, yeah... why didn't you bring it? Didn't you say she was wearing a STAR managal sutra when you found her?"

Kishor became alert.

"See, this is how we missed a strong point. I will bring it tomorrow," he said.

"Why tomorrow? Why not today? I will wait. You can go and bring it," Arnav said.

Again Kishor was stuck.

"Chotte, don't you know about Delhi's traffic? It will take minimum three hours to bring it"

"Then, let's go to your house. I have no problem in wasting three hours to get a firm confirmation," Arnav said making them suffocate.

"Chotte, you waited for Khusahli for fifteen years... just wait for a day..."

Arnav sighed.

"Ok... I will wait..."

They huffed in relief.

"What about Hilma's birthday? Do you celebrate it?"

"Of course, we celebrate it every year with an amazing party," Hilma said proudly.

"Do you have your birthday photos?"

"Yeah... I have all the birthday albums"

"When is your birthday?"

They again were stuck.

"Birthday?" Kishor looked at Arvind.

"How could she remember that? She was a kid at that time..."

"Dad, don't you know how sharply Khushali remembers her birthday and demands gifts?"

"She told us once but we celebrate her birthday on the date we found her"

"Ok... so, you should have your childhood photos, right?"

Hilma did not answer but looked at him, as she didn't know what he was going to ask next.

"Give me your EIGHTH birthday photos. I will agree if you look like Khushali in that photo"

Arvind was stunned. He did not expect this. His mind thought about making a few morphing photos with little Khushali.

"Guys, bring her birthday photos along with the mangal sutra tomorrow" Arvind said.

Kishor nodded ok.

Arnav made a face as if he was thinking something deep.

"What are you thinking Chotte?"

"Dad, our mind is very dangerous. He thinks all the possible ways. See, now also my mind thinks, they asked one day time to MAKE them newly"

"What do you mean, Chotte?"

"Dad, technology improved a lot and we can even clone a human... then why not a mangal sutra and a few photos? They can be made..."

"But, how do we know how the mangal sutra looks like?" Ankita Bijlani asked.

"Who knows, the one who told you our stories may help you..." Arnav said.

They were stunned.

"What do you want, Chotte?" Arvind asked wearily.

"I want a strong assurance that she is my wife. Having a doubt in my mind, how could I live with her? That's why I want to get it cleared. I would have accepted if she brought the mangal sutra or her childhood photos but they didn't. I would have considered if she had a MOLE on her right cheekbone. She didn't even have that too. Then how could I trust them?"

They were silent. They didn't think pleasing Arnav was an easy task.

"But, you don't have to worry about it... I have a super idea to prove her as Khushali" Arnav said.

Their face bloomed with hope.

"What do you want me to do?" Hilma asked.

"I want something from you"

"Tell me what you want. I will give anything for you"

"Then, problem solved"

Taking his phone, Arnav called someone.

"Have you reached RM?"

"........."

"Come in" disconnecting the call, he smiled at them.

Ratna was silently observing the happenings. She could not understand what Arnav was trying to do. More than Ratna, Arvind was confused. He didn't know what BOMB Arnav was going to drop on their head.

"Who did you call here, Chotte?" Arvind asked not showing his nervousness.

"I called a LAB ASSISTANT"

"Lab assistant? For what?"

"To take Khushali's blood samples..."

All of them were shocked.

"Blood sample for what, Arnav? Are you going to test that if she has any disease?" Kishor asked disappointedly.

"Why are you thinking in this way? I'm going to test her DNA..." said Arnav that shocked them to the core.

That was when Ratna understood Arnav's plan. After seeing Khushali's Bua, he would have gotten the idea. What an idea to make this duplicate Khushali run away...! She chuckled inwardly.

"DNA test? Chotte, we need TWO SAMPLES to test DNA... but no one from Khushali's family is alive... then how do you test her DNA?" Arvind questioned.

"We have a surprise for you, Dad..."

"What surprise?"

"You will hop from earth to sky if I say that"

"Tell me the matter, Chotte..." Arvind asked restlessly.

"Khushali's Bua, Madhumathi is still alive..."

Arvind's eyes broadened in shock. He didn't expect the twist though. He gazed at Arnav gulping down.

"And... she is now in RM"

"Whaaaaat?" He almost shoted.

"Yes, Mom met her in the wedding she attended today. To make us surprise, she brought her here..." Arnav said smilingly, that shook them to the root.

Arnav looked at Ratna,

"Mom, could you bring Buaji here?"

"Sure sure..." Ratna rushed to the guest room like a young girl to bring Madhumathi.

At the same time, the lab assistant entered RM. Hilma looked at her parents shivering. Her game was going to an end soon. She could not stand if Arnav got the DNA report. She gulped down looking at Arvind.

Arvind was about to say something, but he stopped, seeing Madhumathy coming with Ratna smiling at him.

"Arvind... how are you doing?"

Arvind nodded his head with a nervous filled smile. He thought something and introduced Hilma to her,

"She is your niece..."

Cutting him,

"Excuse me, Dad... I can't allow you to address her as Buaji's niece until she is proven Khushali" Arnav said and looked at the lab assistant.

"You carry on... Buaji, are you ready?"

"Yeah, I'm ready" Buaji sat on the couch.

The LA collected Bua's blood and came to Hilma.

"Chotte, they will show you the star mangal sutra and her birthday photos tomorrow. Then what's the necessary to do this?"

"If she is Khushali, she would feel glad and relief for having such a way to prove herself..."

Arnav looked at Hilma and asked with a dangerous gaze,

"Are you Khushali or not?"

She nodded yes slowly.

"Then sit"

Hilma sat on the couch. The LA collected her blood.

"From which LAB are you coming?" Arvind asked the LA.

"Sorry sir, I'm not allowed to tell that" the LA said.

"But why?"

"It's ASR's order" the LA walked away.

Arvind understood that Arnav intentionally did that to prevent from bribing him. Arnav smirked inwardly, seeing his father's helplessness.

To be continued...