Continuing..

Karan: Aap thik ho na??

Pihu: Haa..mumma ne mujhe bacha liya.

He heard this and was feeling guilty for not trusting Preeta.

He was remembering how he didn't trust her while she was begging him.

Pihu: Papa mumma kaha hai...mujhe mamma ke paas jaana hai..

And this brought Karan out of his thoughts.

Karan: Huh..haa chalo ab hum Pihu ki mamma ke paas chalenge.

He went out of her room informing the nurse.

When they reached outside Preeta's ward. They saw everyone standing there (i.e. Luthra family including Khilona)

Pihu saw Sonakshi there and she hugged Karan fearly and tightly.

Karan: Kya hua Pihu?? Hmm...aap thik ho na?? Kuch chahiye??

She nods in no still hugging him tightly.

Pihu: Mujhe mamma ke paas jaana hai.

Karan: Haa..hum vahi jaa rahe hai. Hmm..aap shant ho jao.

Karan (to Rakhi): Mom mein aur Pihu Preeta se milke aate hai.

She nods.

They go inside the ward.

Pihu sees Shrishti sitting beside Preeta. And Preeta's head was bandaged and her one hand had a big cut. Shrishti and Preeta were busy talking so they didn't notice Karan and Pihu.

Pihu: Mumma..

Listening her voice Preeta looks at her.

Preeta: Pihu...aap thik ho na?? Aapko lagi nahi na??

By this time, Karan puts her down and she goes towards Preeta's bed and jumps on it with the help of table kept beside it and hugs her.

Pihu: Mein bilkul thik hu. Aapne mujhe bacha liya na. Par aapko meri wajah se lag gayi.

She makes a sad pout.

Preeta chuckles and hugs her.

Preeta: Aapki wajah se kuch nahi hua. Aap apne aapko blame mat karo..

Pihu nods.

Karan: Tum thik ho na?? Tumhe kisi cheez ki jarurat hai?? Mein doctor ko bulau??

Preeta(sternly): No thanks.

Karan feels bad seeing her behaviour but he knew that he deserves it.

The doctor comes inside and tells everyone to go out as she needs to check Preeta.

Everyone goes out.

Pihu sees Sonakshi and she hugs Karan's legs.

He picks her up.

Karan: Kya ho gya??

Pihu(murmurs): Vo mujhe maar dalegi..unhone mamma ko mara.

She murmured but luckily Karan heard it.

Karan: Pihu kya hua?? Kisne mamma ko mara. Aap batao..papa hai na aap daro mat batao.

Pihu points towards Sonakshi.

While Sonakshi starts sweating.

Sonakshi: Karan ye to bachi hai...kuch bhi bol deti hai.

Pihu: Nahi papa inhone hi mujhe 2 uncle aur 1 aur aunty ke saath kidnap kiya. Aur jab mumma mujhe bachane aayi to inhone mumma ko bhi mara. Wo bhi bottle se sar par maara.

Karan glares at Sonakshi with bloodshot eyes. He wanted to kill her for what she did to Preeta and Pihu. The most important persons in his life. His lifelines.

Karan: Tum kitni giri hui ho..kehti ho ki ye tumhari beti hai...arre apne aap ko maa bhi nahi keh sakti tum. Itni ghatiya ladki na meine apni zindagi mein nahi dekhi. Arre mujhe sharam aati hai tumhe apni dost kehne mein.

Sonakshi: Karan ye humari beti hai...

Karan (roars angrily): Shut up. Just shut up. Apni bakwaas band karo. Pihu meri aur Preeta ki beti hai na tumhari.

(I will miss his shut ups 😭💔💔)

Karan: Aur ab mein tumhe apne ghar rehne nahi dunga..nikal jaao yaha se aur seedha apne ghar jana tumhara saman tumhe mil jaayega.

Sonakshi: Karan tum aisa kaise kar sakte ho...tum mujhe nahi nikal sakte.

Karan: Nikal sakta hu aur nikalunga. Dekho mein na bohot tameez se aur shanti se keh raha hoon ki tum yaha se chali jaao. Mujhe majboor mat karo ki mein tumhe dhakke de kar nikalu.

Sonakshi: Waise jo bhi ho..tumne Preeta pe bharosa nahi kiya..uske pati hone ka daava karte ho aur usi par aisa ilzaam lagate ho...chalo meine galat kiya aur tumne kya Kiya...mujh pe bharosa kar liya...aur kehte ho Preeta se pyaar karte ho...arre sirf I love you kehne se pyaar nahi hota... Meine galat kiya hai I know lekin tumne bhi vahi kiya hai.

She smirked seeing her plan successful. She wanted to manipulate Karan and make him think that he doesn't deserve Preeta. And she got successful as Karan was looking at the ground with little tears in his eyes. He was looking he'll guilty.

Sonakshi (in mind): Kya hua agar tum mere nahi ho sake, mein tumhe Preeta ka bhi nahi hone dungi.

Rakhi holds her hand and drags her out of the hospital.

Rakhi: Nikal jao yaha se aur apni ye manhus shakal humein kabhi mat dikhana.

Saying this she goes towards Preeta's ward.

She reached and saw Karan who was crying silently while Pihu was playing with Shrishti and Sameer.

Rakhi goes towards Karan and makes him sit on a nearby bench.

Rakhi: Karan dekh uski baaton ko dil pe mat le vo to kuch bhi keh kar chali gyi...

Karan: Par sach kaha usne...fir ek baar Preeta ka bharosa toda hai meine..meine uspe itna ghatiya ilzaam lagaya..humari Pihu ko maarne ka..mujhe apne aap se ghinn aa rahi hai. Apne aap se nafrat ho rahi hai...mein itna ghatiya.

Rakhi: Nahi puttar aise mat bol..haa Teri galti hai lekin ab uspe pachtane se acha usko sudharne ki koshish kar.

Karan looks up at her.

Rakhi: Haa aaj tune jo kiya galat tha aur tujhe uska ehsaas bhi ho gya..ab tujhe Preeta se maafi mangni chahiye..uska bharosa jitna chahiye.

Karan: Lekin wo kyu karegi mujhpe bharosa..ek aise insaan pe jo uspe baar baar ghatiya ilzaam lagata rehta hai..

Rakhi: Kyuki wo tujhse pyaar karti hai.

Karan looks at her surprisingly.

Rakhi: Kya..aise kya dekh raha hai..mujhe pata hai tum dono ek dusre se bohot pyaar karte ho...aaj tak kabhi kaha nahi...par karte zaroor ho...tum dono ki aakhon mein dikhta hai..wo tujhe maaf karegi..tujh pe bharosa karegi kyuki wo tujhse pyaar karti hai...bas tu ummid mat chhodna.

Karan nods and wipes his tears with a determined smile.

Karan: Ab mein aapki Bahu ko mana kar rahunga.

Rakhi too smiles seeing her sunny boy smile.

He goes inside the ward as doctor has already came out.

Karan: Hi babydoll...ab tunhe thik lag raha hai na??

Preeta looks at him emotionally as he said 'babydoll' after almost 2 years. But then the flashes of Karan blaming her came into her mind.

Preeta: Ye jhutha dikhava kyu kar rahe ho..

Karan: Ye dikhava nahi hai...ye sach hai..mujhe tumhari fikar hai.. haa meine tumpe ilzaam lagaye, tumpe bharosa nahi kiya..par iska ye matlab nahi hai ki tum meri patni nahi ho yaa mein tumse pyaar nahi karta.

Preeta looks at him surprised.

Karan realises and says.

Karan: Matlab ki mein tumhara pati hun to parwaah to hogi hi na(in mind)Apne dil ki baat aise hi nahi kahunga.

Preeta: Koi jarurat nahi hai meri parwaah karne ki..

Everyone comes inside.

Sameer: Bhai wo doctor ne kaha hai ki hum bhabhi ko ghar le jaa sakte hai.

Karan nods and gets up to fill the discharge papers.

After sometime,

Preeta gets discharged. They all were going to sit in the car.

Karan was standing beside the passanger seat opening the door but Preeta sits on the backseat.

Karan feels bad but composes himself.

He also goes towards the backseat.

Karan: Pihu aap shift ho jao mein bhi yahi pe baithunga.

He says looking at Preeta.

Pihu: Ok lekin aap andar baitho kyuki mein window seat pe baithungi.

Karan nods.

So basically, Preeta is on one window side and Pihu is on another window side and between both of them Karan is sitting.

Sameer starts driving the car.

During the ride, Pihu keeps showing different shops, malls, restaurant, etc. to Karan and Preeta.

Afters sometime Karan sees that Preeta is sleeping and her head was continuously hitting the window so he carefully held her head and kept it on his shoulder. While Preeta wrapped her hands around his arm in sleep making Karan surprised.

After sometime they finally reach home.

Karan sees Preeta still sleeping so he asked Shrishti and Sameer to take Pihu with them. He picks her up in his arms. And moves towards their house.

Everyone in the house had different expressions.

Kareena/Flipper dadi: 😐😐.
Rakhi/Shrishmeer/Kritika:😇😇.

He goes towards their room and lays her carefully on the bed.

Pihu also comes there.

Pihu: Mamma ko kya hua??

Karan: Kuch nahi aapki mamma na thodi si thak gayi hai isiliye rest kar rahi hai.

To be continued...

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