Jaise tum na... waise hum

Abhi sees Pragya

Tandon house

"Di aap Prachi se contact me hein?" Purab asked.

Pragya nodded a no and asked "Rhea?"

"Rhea ab Canada me hai" Purab said "management course kar rahi hai. Par jaise maine kaha woh Abhi se contact me nahi hai. Alia uski guardian hai... and I've noticed woh bus Alia ki hi baat manti hai."

"Mujhe bhi nahi pata tha ki woh Prachi ko blackmail kar rahi thi." Pragya said, "Prachi aur Ranbir ne bhi kuch nahi kaha tha... bus shaadi ke waqt bataya. Maine poocha bhi tha donon ko, jab Rhea aur Ranbir ki engagement fix ki gayi thi... lekin tab donon ne kaha tha ki woh is rishte se khush hein... Pehle bataya hota to shayad ... shayad ye sab nahi hota. Haan... Rhea naraz zaroor hoti par baat itni bigadti nahi."

"Kya hua tha di? Aap do saal door kyu rahi?" Purab asked.

Pragya frowned at herself a bit. She didn't want to open the topic but inadvertently did. She knew she had to be careful about what she said and lie at appropriate places.

"Maine hi unki shaadi karvayi thi, Purab" she said, "shadi ke baad ye aaye aur ... mujhse saare rishte todkar chale gaye. Aur tum to jaante ho na, ye ghusse me kisi ki baat nahi sunte, wahi hua... Meri koi baat nahi suni. Mujhe laga ki mein baat karu to woh samajh jayenge. Ghar jaate waqt unhe phone bhi kiya... baat karte karte maloom pada ki mere car ka break fail ho chuka hai."

She sighed, and continued "Mein car se bahar koodi... aur girne se behosh ho gayi. Phir hosh aaya to mein Sushmaji ke ghar par thi. And I didn't remember what happened. Bas mera naam yaad tha, woh bhi Pragya Arora. Yaaddaasht wapas aane tak me Sydney me settle ho chuki thi." She knew she had no choice but to lie here.

"Di par Abhi ne kaha tha ki last time usne aap se mandir mein baat ki thi" Purab said, "Phone par baat hone ki... he never mentioned that".

'And how will he say that to you Purab?' she thought.

"Aur beech raste pe ek CCTV camera tha jis se pata chala tha ki car ka break fail hua hai" he added "warna hume to koi idea nahi tha ki accident kaise hua, Abhi ko bhi nahi. In fact aap kahan gayi ye bhi nahi pata tha."

After a long pause in which no one spoke, Purab said "Par haan di, footage me ye bhi maloom pada tha ki aap kisi se baat kar rahe hai... ya shayad chilla rahi thi."

"Unhi se baat kar rahi thi Purab." she said.

"Par Abhi ne aisa kuch nahi kaha" he said.

"Unki koi wajah hogi" she said.

"Pata nahi di" he said.

Pragya knew she had to change the topic.

"Alia... Alia kya kar rahi hai ab?" she asked.

"Alia..." Purab said with a sigh, "uske saath jo bhi ho raha hai achcha hai di. Abhi se business hadapne ke baad usne Vikram se partnership tod di. Usme thoda loss hua. Phir aapka Mmarcus group competition me aaya and she couldn't handle that. Abhi nahi hai to she couldn't pick the right talent too. Kaafi losses hue. Kayi artists ne sue kiya and so did her clients. Talent aur event management khatam ho gaye hai. Resorts ka business kuch time tak theek chala, par Tanu ke kisi party me raid hua aur drugs mile. Woh bhi kaafi badi quantity me. Uske baad they don't have permission to run the resort. Sirf ek business chal raha hai, par woh bhi bas naam ke liye, pharmacuticals ka. She is not doing good at all. Legal matters aur news ko dabane ke liye use kaafi saare paise dalne pade. Properties bechne pade, Sainik farms ka ek bungalow bhi. Actually... she cant survive much longer in business. Uska sab kuch khatam hote jaa raha hai. Ab Mehra Mansion aur Sainik farms ka ek bunglow ke alava shayad hi koi property bachi hai."