Part 47 Khushi's ploy

Arnav and Khushi were on the way to Aditya's house.

"Are you ready?" Arnav asked.

"I'm ready. I hope you won't mess..." Khushi said controlling her laughter.

Arnav rolled his eyes smilingly.

"I'm not a good actor. Yet, I will try my best." Arnav said smilingly.

"By the way, Khushi, they checked my certificates before the process. What if they remember my name? they will get suspect on us"

"They won't remember your name as it was seven years ago. Even though they remember that they can do nothing because there is no evidence to prove it. we don't have to care about it"

"How?"

"If they talk about it, you just ask me, 'REALLY, Khushi? THE NAME OF THE DONER ALSO IS ARNAV?' with excitement. That's all" she said casually.

Arnav chuckled.

They reached Aditya's house after forty minutes of the journey. Khushi was right. Aditya's parents were discussing the case with their lawyer. They were stunned, seeing Khushi... especially with a man... maybe, they might have guessed who he could be.

"She is Khushi, Aditya's wife," Shilpa said to the lawyer.

Their lawyer stood up.

"I'm advocating Sunil Arora." He introduced himself to Khushi.

"I'm Mrs. Khushi Arnav. he is my husband Arnav"

Khushi introduced themselves to the lawyer as she was not ready to talk to her Ex-in-laws.

"Please take your seats," Sunil said.

Arnav and Khushi sat on the couch and Sunil took a seat next to Arnav, facing Khushi.

"I hope you got the notice," He said as if they don't know about the fire accident.

"Yeah, I just got it," Khushi said.

Arnav didn't talk. In this matter, he wanted Khushi to handle it. He thought to talk only if needed.

"What is your decision?"

"We are ready to meet you in the court, sir"

"I think you should have taken the decision in haste" he smiled awkwardly.

"No... We took the decision only after analyzing it well" Khushi said.

"Why are you adamant Mrs. Aditya?"

"Mrs. Arnav..." she corrected it.

"Ok... Mrs. Arnav... you can sign the document and be peaceful" Sunil said.

"I would have signed the document if they had asked me respectfully. But not now" Khushi ran her eyes on them.

"Then we have no choice other than taking your son from you"

"Try it... if you can" she said with attitude.

"He is a test tube baby... Aditya's family spent money on the child" Sunil said.

"But, they wanted me to drop him in an orphanage. They have no right on my son" she said gritting her teeth.

"Emotions won't work in the court, madam..."

"I know court needs evidence. I think you didn't watch the news. The fertility center met with a fire accident yesterday night and burnt into ashes"

"So what? You got married to Aditya. He is no more. So, you can't prove his inability. We can say that father of your son is Aditya"

"You can say but I can prove the father of my son is my husband Arnav"

"Whaaaaat? He? Is he the father of your son?"

"Yes..."

"Madam, I think you are out of sense. I will ask you for a DNA test then you will get trapped" Sunil warned.

"Which hospital do you want us to come to for the DNA test?" Khushi asked him casually that making them confused.

They looked at one another with the same confusion.

"There is an unknown chapter in our story, Mr. Sunil," Khushi said.

"Unknown story?"

"Yes. He is my FIRST husband. I mean we got married even before I got married to Aditya"

"Whaaaat?" Sunil asked.

"No... she is lying..." Shilpa shouted.

"The truth can't be changed just because you are shouting," Khushi said.

"We know very well about her and her family" Aditya's mother Heera said.

"What do you know about us? You should have known that they are not my real parents"

Sunil looked at Heera who was silent.

"They played a double game with you"

"What do you mean?"

"Yes. We loved each other. My chacha didn't agree to our wedding because he is an orphan. As my Chacha had a deal with Aditya's family, he opposed our love. So, I eloped with him and got married to him. We lived for one week happily. But, using his man, my Chacha found us. He brought me back to Delhi, separating me from Arnav. My Chacha kept Arnav in police custody for marrying a minor girl. My Chacha knowingly got me married to a man who was impotent. After my marriage, they took me to the fertility hospital. The doctors got to know that I'm already pregnant. I pleaded with them not to tell the truth to these people because I know they will force me to abort the child. The doctors' had mercy on me. They showed off like they were treating me. After these people threw me out of their house, I called Arnav who was in foreign. He was unable to visit India until his contract got over. Now, we got together." Khushi said in a go.

Not only Aditya's family members but also the advocate Sunil was shocked to the core.

"If you have doubt, you can do a DNA test for my husband and son," Khushi said confidently.

That confidence of her shook them to the core.

"What do you want me to do now, Sir? Do you think we have a problem meeting you in the court?"

"Mrs. Arnav, this is your family..."

"Noooo... this is not my family. Without even having a little mercy, they threw me out when I was carrying nine months child. Will they do the same with their own daughter?" Khushi questioned the advocate.

"Mrs. Arnav, it's all over..."

"So, is the case..."

That's when Arnav got a call on his mobile. The call was from Sushma. Arnav had been assigned their childhood photo as her contact pic that Sushma sent.

"Who are the children?" Sunil asked seeing the pic.

"It's me and my sister"

"You said you are an orphan. Then how did you get a sister?"

"We belong to the same orphanage"

"That means, she knows you from your childhood, right?"

"Yes. We are still in touch"

"Can I talk to her?"

"Of course, but why?"

"Just for an information"

Arnav gave the phone to Sunil.

"What's her name?"

"Sushma"

"If she knows you from your childhood, she must have known your love story too... right?"

Arnav looked at Khushi gulping down.

Sunil turned the speaker on and talked. The call attended on the other side.

"Is this Sushma?"

"Yes, who is speaking?"

"I'm lawyer Sunil. I would like to know about Arnav and Khushi's exact love story" he asked twisting. He didn't tell her for whom he was going to advocate.

He kept the phone on the tea table, smirking at Arnav.

"Arnav and Khushi's love story?"

"Yes..."

Khushi closed her eyes. Everything was going to get over. Sushma will tell him about their REAL love story.

"Tell me, Mrs. Sushma"

"Don't ask me that sir"

"Why, Madam?"

"They both had faced tough times in their life, sir. Being an orphan, Arnav was happy when he married Khushi. she was his first relation on the earth but Khushi's father separated them and got her married to a useless fellow. Thank God, they got together again. we are so glad about them." Sushma said making all of them disappointed. Khushi was surprised. How does Sushma tell the same story created by them?

"Thank you, Mrs. Sushma" Sunil disconnected the call.

"I hope, you got cleared," Arnav said taking the phone from his hand.

Sunil looked at Aditya's family with disappointment.

"Let's go, Arnavji" Khushi started walking with Arnav out of Aditya's house.

To be continued...