Vineet was sitting on the couch and was lost in his own thoughts.. Ruhana word's echoed in his ears again "Aur kabhi kabhi life bhi. Khud ki galti dusron pe thopna sahi nahi hai na Vineet"

He then thought how he blamed Manvi for most of the happenings.

"ye ladki hamesha mera kaam bigadti hai"

"kitni baar kaha hai mere office mat aaya karo lekin nhi tumhe to maza aata hai mera kaam kharab karne mein"

"You ruined my papers!"

"Dekhke nhi chal sakti ho? Mera phone tod diya!"

"Tumne mera fayda uthaya! Haan? Socha hosh mein na sahi sharab ke nashe main tumhe kareeb aane se rokunga nhi kyun?"

He sighed and thought "uss raat bhi maine uspe ilzaam lagaya tha lekin mujhe toh kuch yaad hi nhi hua kya tha uss raat! Kahi maine kuch... " but his thoughts halted with Manvi's voice.

Manvi came and kept the cup of coffee in front of him "Sirji coffee" she said and moved away.

Ruhana was talking on phone and collided with Manvi. Manvi apologized "Sorry Ruhanaji"

Ruhana nodded "are nahi Manvi main hi phone pe baat kar rahi thi aur mera dhyan nhi gaya tumpar" she said.

She then eyed at Vineet and said "lekin kya hai na kuch logo ko toh aadat hai apni galti na maanke dusron pe ilzam lagane ki"

Vineet looked up at her to which Ruhana smiled...

"Sahi kaha na maine Vineet. Ab manvi ki toh galti thi nahi, toh maafi mangne mein kya jata hai. " she said while sitting beside him.

He couldn't speak. Ruhana looked at manvi...

"manvi chai bana do na mere liye. " she said.

"haan zaroor. Par pehle maa ko nashta dena hai. " she said.

"Toh yahan kya kr rahi ho? Jao maa ko nashta do aur hamare liye bhi lagao. " Angel said as she came out of her room.

Ruhana smiled and stood up. She moved to Manvi and kept her hands on her shoulders...

"Manvi, tum mere aur aunty ke liye chai banao. Aunty ko nashta aaj Angel karvayegi. Hai na angel! " Ruhana asked while eyeing her.

"Yeh karti hai na unke kaam, toh kare. Main kyun karun? " Angel asked angrily.

"tum aur tumhara bhai kuch nhi karte isliye toh Manvi ki zarurat padi. Wo na hoti toh Singhaniya industries exist bhi na karta. Aur tum dono jinke wajah se exist karte ho, unhi ki seva karne mein zor aa raha hai tumhe? " Ruhana said.

Angel glared at her, she looked at Vineet..

"bhai! " but was cut by Ruhana.

"Ja ke aunty ko nashta do Angel. Unke khane ka time ho chala hai. And that's an order. " ruhana said.

Angel looked at her.. "tum mujhe order nahi de sakti. " she said.

"Kyun nahi? Ghar ki member hoon. Tum aur vineet order kar sakte ho toh main kyun nahi? " she asked.

She looked at her shockingly. She looked at Vineet..

"bhai aap isko kuch kehte kyun nahi? Hamare ghar mein hum par hi order chala rahi hai. How could she? " she said angrily.

"Kyunki mere liye Ruhana tere aur vineet ke barabar hi hai. Jo adhikar tum dono ke hai wo manvi aur ruhana ke bhi hain. Aur manvi is ghar ki bahu hain,ye hamesha yaad rakhna. Ruhana aur manvi mere bache nahi hai, par  kaash maine unhe janam diya hota, tum dono ko nahi. Tum. Dono se zyada chinta hai unhe meri. Aur angel ek kaam toh hota nahi hai tujhse, har kaam pe manvi ko pukarne ki aadat tujhe hai. Yeh soch tu uspe dependent hai ya wo hum par. " Gautami said.

Vineet and Angel were shocked.  

"Maa aap ye kya bol. Rahi ho? " Angel asked.

"Sach hai Angel. Sach! Aaj Ruhana ka order dena bura laga, Manvi ke sath jo tu karti hai, uske baare mein kya khayal hai? Usey bina galti ke saza dene ke baare mein kya khayal hai? " Gautami shouted.

Manvi holds her hands.. "Maa jaane dijiye na. " she said.

"Nahi Manvi aaj isey sachchai pata chalni chahiye. Tujhe kya lagta hai, maa ko kuch pata nahi chalega? Sab jaanti hoon main. Kya kya kiya hai tum dono ne uske sath, sab jaanti hoon. Ab khud ke sath ho raha hai toh takleef ho rahi hai. Hai na? " she asked looking at Angel and Vineet.

Ruhana smiled sarcastically.. "inhe nahi samajh aayega aunty. Aap chaliye.. Hum nashta karte hai. Chalo manvi. Chai banate hai. Tumhare sirji aur madamji can manage themselves, right? " she asked looking at them.

Manvi nods and takes Gautami with her. Ruhana turns to angel...

"haa angel, tum subah keh rahi thi na ki tumhare sath jo ho raha hai wo sehen nahi ho raha tumse. Toh yahan kyun ruki ho? Main tumhari jagah hoti toh chali jati yahan se. Itni insult bardasht nahi krti. " she said.

Angel looked at her. She smiled... "Waise tumhare jaisi insult main karti bhi nahi kisiki.. Tumhe Waapas chale jana chahiye. Zyada chutti nahi hogi na tumhare paas?" she eyed her.

Angel left the room in anger, while Ruhana smiled...

"Mr. Singhaniya, i hope aap samajh gaye honge jo main kehna chahti hoon. Samajh gaye ho toh bataiyega.. Main chali nashta karne. " she said left the room leaving vineet in thoughts.

Soon Angel returned with bags and said "bhai I am leaving, ab shayad aapko meri zaroorat nahi hai yahan!"

Vineet looked up at her and asked "Angel tum Ruhana ki baat ka bura maan ke aise nahi jaa sakti ho"

Angel said "kyun na jau? Mere hi ghar mein itna kuch suna rahi hai wo mujhe! I can't tolerate all this jab yeh dono iss ghar se chali jaaye tab aa jaungi aapse aur maa se milne bye"

Gautami said "Manvi toh yahi rahegi Angel tujhe takleef hai toh mat aana yahan. Kyunki tujhe apni galti ab bhi nahi dikh rahi hai. Manvi chup rehti hai iska yeh matlab nahi ki usey bura nahi lagta. Tere maanne ya na. Maanne se yeh rishta nahi tootega,Angel. Tujhe nahi pasand toh mat aana yahan, kyunki agli baar tune kuch bhi kiya toh main bardasht nahi karungi. " Gautami said angrily.

Angel was stunned with her mother's words. She looked at her and then moved out of the house.

Vineet moved into the room as he was really stressed up with all this. He prepared a drink for himself and was about to drink but something again striked his mind. The images again flashed in front of him. In frustration, he threw the bottle on the floor and it broke into pieces. He thought hard, the scene flashed in front of his eyes.

He closed his eyes and tried to see the clear image. The words and the voices were echoing in his ears.

"Shshsh. Wo. toh gayi. Ab jo usne nahi kiya Wo tum karo. Yeh mangalsutra kya bas sabko dikhane ko pehna hai. Iska farz bhi nibhao. " He heard his own voice.

"Vineetji please"her pleading tone along with clear image of Manvi was seen. He opened his eyes with jerk and shock. He remembered everything now.

"Sirji maine kuch nhi kiya jo kiya aapne kiya uss raat"

All along, he blamed her but in reality he was her  culprit. He thought "maine fayda uthaya uska aur ilzam uspe lagaya aur wo ab tak iss ghar mein hai"

He realized how wrong he was. Not only wrong but rude and harsh towards her and without complain she was still here only for Gautami.

There was a knock at the door, he looked and found Manvi standing there. She entered inside and kept the breakfast plate on the table "Sirji aapka breakfast aur yeh juice bhi"

She looked at the broken wine bottle on the floor "yeh kaise toot gaya? Saaf kar deti hun"

Vineet denies "rehendo Maria aake kar degi tum jao yahan se" he said.

Manvi was surprised with this, she nodded and left the room.

Vineet took out his phone and called Angel.

"Angel" he sounded a bit low.

"Kya hua bhai?" she asked.

"Maa aur Ruhana sahi hai Angel ab tak hum galat they! Agar maa ki bigadti tabiyat ka khayal wo na rakhti toh hum maa ko kabka kho chuke hote infact main toh unhe itna waqt bhi nahi de paata yeh business ke chalte" he said.

"Ab main kya bolu bhai? Aaj maa ki baaton se main hurt hui hoon and I realised aise dusro ko bhi meri baaton se hurt hota hoga" Angel said.

Vineet thought how rude he was to her since past 5 years. "Sahi kaha tumne Angel! Maine toh apni galti bhi uspar daal di. I blamed her for what i did with her. " he said.

"Maltab?" she asked.

"Kuch nahi tum khayal rakhna apna bye" saying which he ended the call.

He threw the phone on the bed, and was lost in thoughts. He held his head in hands, and a teardrop escapes his eyes. Ruhana, who heard his conversation with Angel, smiled as her plan had worked. She glanced at him and left as she knew he would come to her for solutions.

To be continued.