Part 52 Decision Maker (Long Update)

Lavanya's room became Arnav and Khushi's room. It had been crowded with two nurses, Raizadas and Guptas. Obviously, Arnav settled down there with his laptop.

Guptas were shocked knowing the kidnap-try. They ran to RM to see their daughter.

"What happened, Damadji? Who tried to kidnap, Khushi?" Shashi asked panicking.

"The police are investigating, uncle. They will soon find out the criminals" Arnav gave the same answer.

"You could have brought her to our house instead of RM..." Garima said hesitatingly.

"Danger is around her. How could I bring her to GH without knowing its reason? She will be safe with ONLY me and I'm very serious about it" Arnav said firmly.

Garima could not deny it.

"By the way, where is GH?" Arnav asked as if he didn't know it.

Garima was perplexed. She could not believe it was not Arnav who visited GH the other day. She decided to ask him about his visit to GH.

"A man came to GH two days ago... he was looking exactly like you... when I saw you for the first time, I thought it was you" She said hesitatingly.

"Whaaat? A man looked like me?" Arnav asked with a surprise.

Garima nodded yes whereas Shashi controlled his smile, seeing his son-in-law's acting capacity.

"I don't even know where your house is...! And you are saying I visited your house! By the way, who came to your house? Why? What his name is?"

"I don't know who he is...! He asked for Shashiji. I thought he was his friend. I went to prepare coffee for him. When I came with coffee, he was not there but left"

"Be careful, Aunty. Thieves nowadays are very smart. Don't let anyone enter your house." He warned.

Garima smiled awkwardly and Shashi smiled inwardly.

"Did you check whether all the costly things were safe?"

Garima nodded yes.

Guptas' condition was so miserable. They didn't know whether they could stay with Khushi in RM. At the same time, they could not leave Khushi. Shashi and Garima were sitting with sleeping Khushi. Arnav didn't restrict them. After all, they were her parents. They went back to Gupta house only in the night, halfheartedly because Arnav wanted them to take a rest. He ordered Mohan to drop them in GH.

Lavanya didn't know where to sleep. She knew Arnav would not allow her to sleep on the bed with Khushi. Yet, she asked.

"Arnav, shall I sleep with Khushi, arranging pillows in between us?"

"No... what if you put your leg on her in your sleep? I can't take a risk. Go to my room and sleep well"

"What will you do if I sleep in your room? Where will you sleep?"

"I will sleep here..." Arnav said casually.

"Here...? Where?" she asked, teasingly.

He rolled his eyes and looked at the couch.

"Will you be comfortable on the couch?"

"I will manage"

Lavanya sighed and went to Arnav's room.

Arnav looked at the nurses and said,

"Change the saline bottle and go and sleep in the guest room. I will call you when it's over" Arnav said.

"Ok, sir"

They waited until the bottle finished. After that, they changed it and went to the guestroom.

Arnav sat on the couch, extending his legs on a chair. A lot was running in his mind. Though he could connect a few dots, some remained unconnected.

He saw Ratna coming. He sat straight.

"Is she sleeping?" She went to Khushi and adjusted her quilt.

"Yes, Mom. I asked to give her a painkiller. That's why she is sleeping"

"Giving painkillers continuously is not good, Chotte"

"No, it's not given continuously. She was in pain for the whole day. She could not sleep in the pain if the painkiller was not given. Her leg and hand have fractures. Even though it was not deep, the pain would kill her. That's why the nurses gave it in the night. The dosage will be reduced tomorrow"

"Mmm"

"Where is your husband?" Arnav asked.

Ratna frowned at the word, YOUR HUSBAND.

"What happened, Chotte, did he do anything?"

"He doesn't want Khushi to be in RM"

"Whaaat? But why?"

"He feels it's not good to be together before the wedding"

"But she is injured. Somebody is behind her. Then how could we send her to GH?" she asked irritatingly.

"Yeah, those are fair questions but your husband is not ready to think of them."

"Don't know why he is doing this" she murmured but it was audible to Arnav.

"What did you reply to him?"

"I asked two days for Khushi to heal a little"

"What are you going to do after two days? Do you think she will be healed in two days? Are father and son playing with her, or what?" she asked annoyingly.

"Mom, lessen your anger. Do you think I will send her to GH?"

"Then, how will you handle this?" Ratna sighed.

"Your husband forgot that she is my wife..." he smiled.

"So?"

"So... she is my wife"

Ratna rolled her eyes and Arnav laughed.

"I'm really fed up with Arvindji in Khushi's matter, Chotte," She said feeling sad.

Arnav was silently listening, letting her speak.

"I expected an upside-down reaction from him. He is behaving weirdly. Instead of celebrating Khushi, he looks nervous. I don't know why." She said restlessly.

Arnav nodded yes.

"Did you notice? He was damn happy when the witch Hilma came to RM but I didn't even see half of the happiness in his face when Khushi was found. I'm highly disturbed, Chotte"

"Relax, Mom"

"No, Chotte, this is not what Arvindji is... something is fishy"

Arnav also had the same doubt. He too didn't know what happened to Arvind. What Ratna told him was not an exaggeration! Arvind was really behaving strangely! He should be watched closely.

"I will take care of him, Mom...! Don't worry"

Ratna nodded ok and left the place. Arnav looked at Khushi who was sleeping. He smiled thinking about his decision.

Taking his phone, he called Rohan.

"Hello, ASR"

"Rohan, resume your job"

"Do you want me to watch Gupta House?"

"No... I want you to watch Senior ASR"

"Whaaat?"

"Mr. Arvind Singh Raizada"

"You mean, your father?"

"Exactly"

"Oh... but what's the task?"

"Watch him closely... update his every activity"

"Done"

Arnav disconnected the call.

After two days

Khushi smiled at Arnav who came, getting fresh.

"Hi..." he smiled.

"Hi..."

"How are you feeling now?"

"Better than yesterday"

"Great"

Arnav moved to her.

"Sit for a while"

Khushi looked at him with amazement. He helped her to sit. He slowly made her sit and arranged a few pillows behind her back. Then he made her lean on it.

"Are you comfortable now?"

She nodded yes.

That was when Lavanya came out of the washroom.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Let her sit for a while. How long will she be lying? Her back will ache"

Khushi smiled. He looked at Lavanya.

"Lavanya, comb Khushi's hair..."

"Why? Am I looking dirty?" Khushi asked.

Arnav nodded no.

"Your parents will be here. Your mother feels sad to see your messed hair. Just to make her glad..."

Lavanya combed her hair and was supposed to clip it, but Arnav stopped.

"No... just leave it freely"

Lavanya raised her brows. So did Khushi.

"I think she will feel uncomfortable"

"Is it, Khushi?"

She nodded no.

"After a while, you can clip it. Ok?"

She nodded ok even though she didn't know why he wanted her hair to be open.

Taking a warm wet cloth, Arnav wiped her face. He went to Lavanya's dressing table and removed a RED Bindi from a box. He asked Lavanya to keep it on Khushi's forehead, making both Khushi and Lavanya wonder. Lavanya stuck it on her forehead.

"Is not Khushi looking gorgeous?" he asked.

Lavanya nodded yes smiling.

They saw Guptas coming. Garima smiled brightly seeing Khushi fresh.

"Hey Devi Maiya, no bad eyes should hit my child" Garima removed a little kohl from her eye and kept it behind her ear.

"Didn't I say?" Arnav smiled.

"How are you, Beta?" Shashi asked touching her head.

"Fine Babuji" Khushi smiled.

"I will just come, uncle," Arnav said looking at Khushi and left the room.

He came to his parent's room. He saw Arvind wiping his hair who was just out of the washroom.

"Dad, come to Lavanya's room"

"Now?"

"Yup..." he walked to his room.

Arvind thought Arnav was ready to send Khushi to GH with Guptas. Before doing that, Arnav wanted him to give her send-off all together he supposed. He got dressed up to go to the office and went to Lavanya's room delightedly.

Arnav came to the pooja room and saw Ratna doing pooja.

"Mom, have you finished pooja?"

"Going to..."

"Finish it and come to Lavanya's room"

Ratna nodded ok smilingly. Arnav came to the guest room again.

"Aunty, uncle, please sit on the couch"

They looked at each other and sat.

"Dad, you too..."

Arvind sat with Shashi. They saw Ratna come with the pooja plate. She was supposed to keep vermillion on Khushi's forehead,

"Mom, keep the plate here and you too sit. You can keep vermillion later"

Ratna frowned and kept the plate on the stool that was near the bed. She sat on the bed opposite to Lavanya.

Arnav took his mobile out and opened the Facebook. He tapped start LIVE video. He stood up and came to Ratna.

"Hi, guys, this is Arnav Singh Raizada, with my family members."

He came to Ratna and said,

"She is my Mom..."

Ratna was stunned and joined her hands. He came to Lavanya.

"She is my sweet sister, Lavanya"

"Hi, guys..." Lavanya smiled.

"He is my father, Mr. Arvind Singh Raizada," he said walking to Arvind who became restless. He understood Arnav was going to introduce Khushi as his wife. As it was a LIVE video, he didn't know what to do.

Arnav came to Shashi and Garima.

"They are Shashi Gupta and Garima Gupta... I will tell you later who they are"

At the same time, Aman and Anjali entered the room with Rithvik.

"Here, my friends also came"

He came to them and stood in between them.

"Aman Mathur and Anjali Mathur"

"Me?" Rithvik asked.

"He is the big guy, Rithvik Mathur"

Rithvik giggled. Handing the phone to Aman, he came to Khushi and sat next to her who was looking at him perplexed.

"And, last but not least, she is Khushi Gupta...! My Childhood sweetheart! She is everything to me. She met with an accident. That's why I'm LIVE here because I want everyone to know who she is to me...! She is..."

He stopped and removed the STAR mangal Sutra from his pocket and tied it around Khushi's neck, making everyone stand up from their respective seats. He smiled at Khushi while doing that who was looking at him shockingly. Taking a pinch of vermillion from the pooja plate, he filled her partition.

"Welcome BACK to the Raizada family, Mrs. Raizada" he smiled.

To be continued...