Roo had finally cried herself to sleep. Rakhee gently kissed her daughters forehead and made her way out of the room. As she stepped out of the door she was greeted by Karan.

"Mom..." he began.

Rakhee silenced him not wanting to wake Roo, she closed the door and made her way towards the living room where the rest of the family along with Mahira and Ramona waited.

"Roo kesi hai?" Dadi questioned as she spotted her daughter-in-law at the top of the stairs. Rakhee shook her head "Soo rahi hai".

"Ussne kuch bataya?"

"Mummyji... Who larka usse London mein mila tha... uske University walo ne usse as a guest lecturer bulaya tha... Doono ache dost bangaye. Usska pura naam Akaash Ramkishan Shergill hai.

"Akaash Ramkishan Shergill? Kahi yeh Mashoor industrialist Rankishan Shergill ka beta toh nahi?" Kareena asked.

"Ha Didi, unhi ka beta hai" she sighed.

"Tabh toh koi problem nahi hai." Kareena finally smiled. Everyone looked at her as though she had completely lost it. Maybe she had thought Rakhee. Sensing confusion amongst her family Kareena continued. "Mere kehne ka matlab hai ke Roo ne kaha ke uss ladke ne usse issliye chod diya kyuke woh usski shadhi kisi our ke saath karna chate hai. Lekin jab unhe yeh pata chelega keh uss Akaash ne Ruchika Luthra se shadhi karli hai toh woh usse zarur accept karenge."

Rakhee looked at her sister-in-law and mentally rolled her eyes but kept quiet. She thought that her family would realise that what was happening to their daughter was the result of their own actions. Oh but how wrong she was;

"Tu sahi kehrahi hai Kareena. Hume unse baat karni chahiye."

"Ha mom. Our Rishabh..." Kareena turned to Rishabh and continued "Tum toh unlogo ko janete ho na?" Everyone turned their attention to Rishabh.

"Bua mein Akaash ko nahi janta hoon, mein uske bade bhai Rajveer Shergill ko janta hoon. Hamara ek bohot bada project hai jo hum unke saath shuru kar rahe hai, toh iss silsile me unse kafi baar mailna hota hai".

"Dekha maa, woh hamare saat kaam bhi karehe hai. Who jante hai Luthras kon hai!" Kareena smiled.

"Toh thik hai. Rishabh kal tum unlogo ko phone karo our kaho ke hum unse milna chate hai... Ha unhe dinner ke liye invite karo. Our Kareena, tu Sherlyn koh uski maa ke ghar se bulale. Mein janti hoon ke Sanjana ki tabiyat thik nahi hai par uska yaha hona rarori hai ". Dadi instructed feeling relieved that her granddaughter will be fine.

Kareena gave Ramona and Mahira a reassuring nod. Telling everyone to return to their rooms Dadi also made her way upstairs with Rishabh's help.

Rakhee looked at her family members as they moved towards their bedrooms; They seemed convinced that everything was fine but Rakhee, Rakhee was far convinced. Call it a mother intuition but she could sense that everything was far from okay, her heart was telling her this was just the silence before the real storm.

Mahira and Ramona moved towards Rakhee but she didn't want to indulge them today, for every time she looked at Mahira her heart screamed at the injustice that had been done to Preeta... injustice that they were all party too. As she walked to her bedroom she recalled Sarla's tears and her curse that her children would never be happy. Rakhee always believed that Mata Rani always fulfilled a mothers blessing for her children but she also listened to the curses that came from a mothers weeping heart. "Hai Mata Rani mujhe kuch theek nahi lagraha. Aab saab aapke haatho main hai".

As the residents of Luthra house headed to their rooms one individual shook their head. They waited in the darkness for everyone to fall asleep before locking their room door and picking up the telephone.

"Is everything okay? What happened? Did the bomb we sent to Luthra house have the desired effect? Why did it take you so long to call me?" came a stream of questions from the other end of the phone.

The individual in Luthra house laughed "If you give me a chance to reply... I will."

"This isn't the time to test my patience! Just tell me what's happening".

The individual in Luthra house sat down on their bed and gave an update on the happenings of the night. "I feel that these people won't learn so easily... Even seeing their own daughter, their own sister in that state they still don't feel any guilt for what they have done to Preeta".

"Khete hai nah laato ke bhoot baato se nahi mante. They will learn, we will make them realise their mistake!"

"You're right. So what now? They're planning to invite the Shergill's for dinner"

"You don't worry about that. I won't give them the chance to do anything. Tomorrow morning the residents of Luthra house will wake up to some more fireworks".

Both individuals laughed. Bidding goodnight they both headed to bed with the thoughts of what the new dawn will bring.