In Murthy Mansion

Sooraj was having lunch like if he didn't complete his food as soon as possible then he would miss his train. His wife and his Bhabis were looking at him in disbelief.

Vandhana: Sooraj, dheere dheere khao na.

Sooraj ( busy in stuffing his mouth ): Nahi, mere paas waqt nahi hai.

Hema: Arey par tum aise kyu kha reha ho ?

Sooraj: Arey mery Bhabi, mene bola tha na Chote Papa afternoon thak sojayenge..

Sujata: Haa, par tumhara khana ithni jaldi khane ke aur Chote Papa ke sone se kya connection hai ?

Sooraj: Connection hai na Bhabi Maa..wo sone se pehle mujhe jaake milna hai usse..

Hema: Phir bhi aise math khao..shayad tu dekh nahi saktha par hum dekh rahe hai, tu jaanwaron ki tharah kha raha hai..

Sooraj ( chuckled ): Ab kya kare, humara FAMILY abhi thak ek nahi hua na!!

The ladies sighed at him.

Mallika: Tumhara kuch nahi ho saktha Sooraj.

Sooraj: Thanks for the compliment Bhabi.

Vandhana: Didi, aap rehne do..yeh tho already pagal hai, ab aap bhi pagal hojayegi.

Sooraj: Jaanemann, ab kya kare..beewi hai hi ithni khoobsurat tho mein bas tumhareliye pagal ban gaya.

Vandhana turned red and said : Kuch tho sharam kar Sooraj.

Sooraj: Arey, mein tho bas apni wife ke sath flirt kar raha hoon tho ismein sharmane ka kya baath hui..wese bhi ismein mere Bhabis ko bhi koi thakleef nahi, kyu Bhabis ?

His Bhabis smiled and nodded a NO at him..

Sooraj: Lo, ab inhe bhi koi thakleef nahi..

Vandhana: Aapse koi jeet bhi nahi saktha sirf humari PARI ke alawa..

Sooraj: I know..

But suddenly something hit his head and he stood up in a blink with " Oh Shit "

Sujata: Kya hua Sooraj ?

But Sooraj was still in a trance. Seeing him lost Vandhana shook his shoulder.

Vandhana: Kya hua ?

Sooraj: Huh ? Mujhe..Manjeet jaana hai..

Hema: Arey Sooraj baath kya hai ?

By the time he has washed his hands..

Sujata: Sooraj..

Sooraj: Baad mein batha tha hoon Bhabi..

Mallika: Sooraj..bathake jao..warna humara halat bigad jayega..

Sooraj: Arey Bhabi, Pari..Pari Manjeet mein hai ab..

Hema: Haa tho..wo waha kaam karthi hai na..

Sooraj: Bhabi..She was the one who operated CHOTE PAPA. So she would be doing his regular check up..tho Chote Papa usse dekhenge..

Mallika ( worried ): Ayyapa, ab kya kare ? Agar Chote Papa Pari ko dekhliya phir hospital mein JUWAA 2 hoga.

Sooraj ( confused ): Hain ? Judwaa 2 ?

Mallika: Arey, Humari Pari tho shakal se bilkul Mumma jaise hai na..tho Judwaa movie jaise hoga situation..mujhe bas Salman Khan ke movie yaad aa gayi.

Hema ( sighed in disbelief ): Like seriously ? Tujhe abhi bhi film ki padi hai ?

Mallika smiled sheepishly...

Sooraj: Oho..mujhe nikalna hai bas..warna Chote Papa ko sab patha chal jayega..

Sujata: Haa..tu jaldi jaa..

Vandhana: Ayyapa, sab teek kar dena..

In Manjeet Lifecare Hospital

In Harshvardhan's Room

Harsh was still in thoughts, others were just talking with each others, now even the elder Malhotras got to know about MaNan's friendship. Manik was calling it as friendship but his family and his heart knew that it was something more than friendship.

Sooraj's POV

I was just running to Pari's cabin. I found her treating patients through the glass door. I sighed in relief but wait..what if she has already checked him..oh no..I saw a nurse going towards Pari's cabin. I called her..

Sooraj: Ahh..I need to enquire about something..

Nurse: Yes sir..

Sooraj: Are you Dr. Nandini's personal nurse ?

Nurse: Yes sir..

Sooraj: Oh..then..was she sitting in her cabin since morning ?

Nurse ( confused ): Umm..I didn't get you sir..

Sooraj: Umm..I meant..did she go for her rounds or not ?

Nurse: Oh yes, she did..

Sooraj ( widen his eyes ): She did ? Oh good..But she didn't visit Mr. Harshvardhan Malhotra's right ?

Nurse: No sir, she has already visited him and he is perfectly fine..

Sooraj ( shocked ): She did ? Oh no..

I ran from there leaving the nurse shocked and confused but I could care less. I reached his room and opened the door with a bang and entered to see everyone looking at me surprised. I was sweating and breathing heavily. But my concern was him so i roamed my eyes and it stopped at him, and guess what, he was already looking at me..with..with ACCUSING EYES...Oh no..kahi unhe patha tho nahi chala ??? I went to him with a nervous smile and sat on the bed.

Sooraj: Kese hai aap CHOTE PAPA ?

Harsh: Kis baare mein pooch rahe ho tum ?

Sooraj: Arey, kal aapka operation hua, tho useeke bare mein poochoonga na ?

Harsh: Oh , agar aesi baath hai tho mein teek hoon. Tere nervousness dekhke mujhe laga baath kuch aur hai.

Sooraj ( shot his head up ): Nervous..nervous kyu chote papa ? Aap hospital bed mein hai na, tho mujhe acha nahi laga.

Harsh: Acha..mujhe nahi patha tha ki tum mujhe sirf naam se chote papa bulatha hai par kabhi dil se maana nahi..

Sooraj ( hurt ): Yeh aap kya keh rahe hai chote papa ?

Harsh: Tho phir kya boloon ? Mein kuch bhi seh saktha hoon par mere bache mujhse kuch chupana ya mujhse jhoot bolna, ye mujhe bardhash nahi hoga..aur bhale hi tum mere BACHPAN KE DOST ke bete ho par mein tujhe apna hi beta maana hai..

Raj: Papa..yeh aap kya bol raha hai..aap sooraj se aise kese keh sakthe hai ?

Harsh: Raj..yeh mere aur Sooraj ke beech ke maamla hai..tum interfere math karo..tum kya..humare beech bolne ka haq kisi ko bhi nahi hai..

This made everyone shut their mouths. They were surprised to see him this angry. The ever cool Harshvardhan Malhotra getting angry was rare but they knew he would never behave like this without a reason, that too a big reason.

Harsh: You can go Sooraj..I dont want to listen to liers..

Sooraj ( with tears ): Chote Papa..aap..aap janthe hai na ki aap kya keh raha hai..

Harsh ( glared ): Sach..wahi jaana chahtha hoon mein..aur agar tumhe patha nahi ki mein kya bol raha hoon, tho sunlo...NANDINI MURTHY hai topic..

Others shot their head at Harsh with shock, while I stood there looking at the floor..I knew now that he got to know about the truth..

Harsh: Jawab nahi hai kya ?

Sooraj: Wo..chote papa..

Harsh: You can speak only if you are gonna tell me the truth or else you can leave..

Sooraj: PAPA...

Harsh ( hurt and angry ): Haa Papa hoon mein tera bhi..tu aur tere bhai mere liye apne bache jaise hai par tumne kya kiya..

Sooraj: Chote Papa..Murthy naam ke bohat log hai na iss duniya mein..tho phir..

Harsh: Acha ? Teek hai maan liya..maana ki wo koi randon Murthy hai..par kya uska chehra bhi random hai Sooraj ?

I looked down..I knew it was coming..

Harsh: Jawab do Sooraj..uska chehra tumhari Mumma Mrs. MANJEET MURTHY jaise kyu lag rahi hai ?

I didn't know what to say..if I say the truth then they might wish to see CHOTE..which cannot happen until and unless Papa forgives him..So I decided to lie again..

Sooraj: Wo...wo.. mujhe nahi patha..

I could lie to Papa but I can never lie to Chote Papa..he was just like a father for all of us..maybe you can say we loved him more than anyone int his world, atleast me n Shekhar.

Harsh: Nahi patha ? Par mujhe patha hai..Nandini Murthy ki chehra Manji jaise isiliye lag rahi hai kyunki wo useeki POTHI hai..wo tume se ek hai..Wo Yashjeet Murthy ki pothi hai..Kyu sach kaha na ?

(The Malhotras gas ped at Harsh. They couldn't believe what they heard. Manik was on the verge of a mini heart attack.)

I stood there surrendered at him, I knew he had doubt but I never knew he would reach the truth so fast and he would tell it out this easily.

Sooraj: Chote Papa..

Harsh: Kyu ? Sach khul gaya ?

Sooraj: Wo mein..mein bathana chahtha tha par..

Harsh: Par kya ? Tum log usse chupana chahtha tha ? Hai na ?

Sooraj: I am sorry Chote Papa. But it was needed to hide.

Harsh: Yes, it was needed. It was needed to save your reputation.

Sooraj ( confused ): Reputation ?

Harsh: Haa..par yeh bath wo kiski aulad hai..tum char bhaiyon se kisiki beti hai wo ?

I couldn't believe that he thought Pari is one of we four brother's child..that too..ILLEGITIMATE..noo he can never addresse her like that..I wont let anyone hurt her..

Sooraj ( controlling his anger ): Chote Papa..hum chaaron mein se kisiko bhi ithna luck nahi mila ki usko janam de sakthe..

Harsh ( angry ): Phir se jhoot..phir se..patha chal gaya hai mujhe wo kon hai..ab kyu chupa rahe ho ? I cant believe that any of my kids could cheat on their wives..

Sooraj ( pissed ): Chote papa..aap galat samaj rhe hai..

Harsh: Not again Sooraj..Tell me who among you is her father ? Who among you is the culprit that you are hiding her from this world just because she is an ILLEGITIMATE child ??

I had enough..nobody can hurt my daughter's self respect..Shekhar might have given her birth but she is my blood too..I would never hear anything against my daughter..

Sooraj: That's enough Chote papa..

I roared and got up from the seat..

( Malhotras were shocked to see Sooraj shouting at Harsh cause it had never happened before )

Sooraj: I am not telling anything because you are my Chote Papa and you were right at your place but it doesn't mean I would allow anyone to hurt my daughter's emotions, her self respect..( paused for a while ) you wanted to know who was her father right..tho sunlo..Yes, she is the grand daughter of Mr. Yashjeet and Mrs. Manjeet murthy..but she isn't an illegitimate child, cause her father isn't Dayavant Murthy, not Dharmedhr Murthy, not Sohesh Murthy and not Sooraj Murthy..Because she is the daughter of SHEKHAR MURTHY, the fifth son of Yashjeet Murthy.

(Silence escaped in the whole room..all they could hear was each other's breaths. Shock was written over the Malhotras faces. Harsh's face has softened but he couldn't come out of shock. Raj was the first one to recover after a long time..He went towards Sooraj and grabbed his collars..)

Raj: What did you say ? Hosh mein tho ho ? Dekh Sooraj, agar yeh koi mazak hai tho no, you cant play with it, he might be your younger brother par for me HE IS MY BFF, MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, so never make a joke out of him..

Raj Bhai was so angry, I know how much he misses chote, after all they were the best of friends I have ever seen..but why would I lie about my own brother..about my daughter..no I can never do it..

Sooraj ( freeing himself from raj and caught his shoulder ): NANDINI MURTHY, Mr. SHEKHAR MURTHY aur Mrs. SHAMISHTI MURTHY ki iklauti AULAD hai, Murthy parivaar ki IKLAUTI BETI..I can never lie about my CHOTE, Raj bhai..

That's it..Raj Bhai thumped on the floor in tears and whispered " MERE SHEKHS KO BETI HUI.."