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Today is the most awaited & the most happiest day of her life. It's her wedding with her Rajkumar. She has woven numerous dreams for her wedding, since her childhood. She had dreamt of a full fledged wedding, where her Rajkumar will come on a white horse wearing a shervani of her choice with a turban on his head, following the band baaja baarat. They will perform all the pre-wedding rituals & then the wedding rituals, bonding them for a life time.

Today her dream is turning into reality. Though her Rajkumar preferred a car instead of a white horse, but it's ok. He is wearing the shervani & the turban of her choice, so she can let go something, when he is doing everything for her. All the pre-wedding rituals r done with fun & frolic.

Now she is sitting besides her Rajkumar, her Arnavji, infront of the sacred fire for the main wedding rituals. He is looking devilishly handsome today. Shredding all the cautions & shyness, she is shamelessly ogling him & he in return is doing the same with her. But when he winked at her, she blushed all possible roots & down casted her eyes.

After chanting a few mantras, panditji asked him to forward his hand for one of the important rituals of marriage, KANYADAAN. He forwarded his hand & looked into Khushi's eyes. She could see so much love, respect & passion for her in those brown orbs.

Panditji then asked her to forward her hand & keep it on Arnavji's. Without breaking the eyelock she slowly forwarded her hand & kept it on his, feeling the warmth of his palm at the back of hers. But then suddenly the warmth was missing & the love respect & passion in his eyes was replaced with anger, hatred & loathe.

She looked down towards their hands & found only hers, still in the air. She looked back to him. His shoulders were stiffened, his nostrils flaring & jaw tightened. She couldn't fathom the sudden change in his demeanor.

Not understanding anything, she asked him, "Arnavji, what happened? Why did you pulled your hand back?"

In return of her question, she got an evil smile, playing on his lips. She again couldn't fathom anything & was very much confused. But her Arnavji cleared her confusion & said, "Bola tha na, ek baar haath chhod diya, to fir nahin thamunga. To lo, chhod diya. Ab kabhi nahin thamunga." He completed, giving Khushi the biggest shock of her life.

Before she could open her mouth to ask anything, he was on his feet. Took two steps back, turned around & started moving towards the exit.

Khushi could not stand, as if rooted to the spot, due to shock. But as she saw him going away from her, she shouted behind him, "Arnavji stop. Where are you going Arnavji? leaving me alone. Please stop Arnavji. Don't go Arnavji, please. It's our marriage today."

But without heeding to her words or turning back, he was out of her sight & she could only scream loudly.
" ARNAVJIIII "
and she sat up on her bed hyperventilating & sweating profusely. She looked around frantically, clutching the bed sheets.
" Arnavji, where are you Arnavji? "

Garima who had fallen asleep, sitting besides Khushi, woke up at once with her scream. She got scared seeing her daughter's condition. But caught hold of her shoulders & called her name slowly "Khushi".

Khushi turned around & saw her amma whose eyes were pool of tears. Then she looked down towards herself & found herself in her wedding attire. Realization dawned upon her, reminding her of the unlikely events of the day, that turned her life upside down.

"Amma", whispered Khushi. Her lips trembled with unbridled flow of tears from her eyes & she threw herself in her amma's arms, crying her heart out for her loss.

"Amma, Arnavji my Arnavji" cried Khushi hugging her mother with all the remaining strength. "Why did he do this to me amma? Why?" She sobbed & wailed sticking to her mother's chest,who had gathered her in her arms, like a small baby & was sobbing with her.

"Khushi, my baby. I am sorry. I am responsible for this catastrophic situation. I am responsible for destroying your life. I am so sorry. Please forgive me bitiya." Garima managed to say between her daughter's & her own sobs,trying to console her.

But Khushi was in no mood to be consoled & her wailing increased. After a while, she said between her sobs. "No amma, you are not. It's me who is responsible for this catastrophe."

"No Khushi" Garima tried to intervene.

"Yes amma. I am right. You remember, when babuji decided to adopt me, what his relations told him about me?" She asked sobbing.

"They had said that I am a jinx & they had tried to stop him, from adopting me. But still he did."

"That's because you were an angel send by devi maiyya for us" Garima tried to explain, holding Khushi to her heart.

"No amma. My parents died, babuji's relations broke their ties with him, jiji's marriage broke, I brought shame to the family which led us to leave Lucknow, that scumbag Shyam entered our lives, babuji got paralyzed, Anjali di lost her baby & now my Arnavji also left me. Why all these happened amma? That's because I am a jinx. I bring bad-luck wherever I go & ruin all those people's life, who get associated with me." whimpered Khushi.

"No Khushi. You are our daughter & just like your name, you brought happiness in our life. Moreover you are my jiji's last remembrance. The same jiji, who was not less then a mother to me, then how can her daughter be a bad luck for us." explained Garima, rubbing Khushi's back gently, hoping she would understand & not hold herself responsible for the mishaps.

"If anybody is to be blamed, then it's me & my past with that bigamous Arvind Mallik." anger she had never felt before, flooded Garima's veins.

Khushi looked up from her mother's chest, into her eyes & saw guilt & helplessness which tore her heart. She couldn't bear to see the anguish in her amma's eyes.

She sat straight in front of her, wiped her tears nodding her head, "No amma. I guess, my love was not that strong enough to stop Arnavji, from falling back in the dark abyss of his past & let burn our beautiful blooming relationship into ashes."

She cried again & hugged her amma, seeking solace for her breaking heart. Gathering Khushi in her embrace, suppressing her own sobs, Garima was trying to give support to her daughter to soothe her pain. Khushi's sobs turned into whimpers. Garima hugged her more tight, as if wanting to hide her in her womb, if possible. No matter if she is Khushi's biological mother or not. She just wants to safeguard her daughter from more pain, agony, trauma & heartbreak, if any remaining still.

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Arnav saw Khushi running towards him & hugging him with acute force, almost rocking him off his feet in her happiness of finding him. They embraced each other to their hearts content. Then they ran from the dark dungeon, holding each other's hands, hiding from the kidnappers,to save their lives. But the kidnappers caught them near the cliff. He fought with them with all his might. But khushi couldn't stay put for long & the kidnappers pushed her down the cliff.

"Khushiiii" He brought his car to a screeching halt. The image of her falling from the cliff & lying dead in his arms, gave immeasurable pain to his already corroded heart. His breathing had almost stopped that day. The very thought of loosing her was enough to drove him insane. But today, he himself has pushed her down the cliff. He shut his eyes in self-disgust & two fat tears rolled down his eyes, which he wiped with his thumb pad. Then he started his car & drove back home.

He entered his room. It was all dark & silent. He was alone as he had always been. But this time he himself has chosen this loneliness. He walked towards the wardrobe, opened it & saw her clothes, she had left behind, hanging between his. He took one of her dupatta, moved towards the bed, laid on it in a fetus position, holding her dupatta tight to his heart, cried his heart out, letting the unbridled tears flow down his eyes.

To be continued...
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OK friends here I end the emotional turmoil of rest of the characters. From now on, the remaining updates will be only on Arnav, Khushi & their confrontation.

Friends, since I have started this story, only one question is running in all my readers mind.

Why did Arnav do this with Khushi? or
Did he really meant, what he said?

Well, I can't answer the question right now. But yes, I can give a hint regarding the question.

The hint is in the very first chapter of this story. Now it's up to you, whether you r able to recognize it or not.

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