The dream

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Ghaziabad
Karishma is fast asleep in her room, She is alone as Amar is on night duty. She starts getting restless in her sleep due to a dream.

In dream
A girl was playing with an older boy. The girl was running while the boy was chasing her. They were on a cliff side. The girl slips on some stones and loses her balance making her fall from the cliff.

Boy: Behnaaaaaaaaa.

Before she could fall down the boy holds her hand. She is hanging in the air while he is trying his best to save her.

Girl: Bhaiya humko bachaiye.

Boy: Hum tumko kuch nahi hone denge behna.

That girls hand slips from his making her fall down from the cliff.

Girl: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Karishma: Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. (Gets up from her sleep screaming.)

Karishma is breathing heavily and is full of sweat.

Karishma: Phir se humko wahi sapna aaya. Kon hai woh bacche? Kyun baar baar woh humare sapne mein aate hai? Kyun humhe humesha wahi drishya dikhta hai sapne mein?

Karishma drinks a glass of water and calms herself. She then hears a knock on the door. She opens the door and sees Amaya(Aman+Aradhya) there.

Aman: Beta kya hua? Tum theek ho na.

Aradhya: Ha beta hum kitne dar gaye te tumhari cheekh sunke, kya hua tha?

Karishma: Mumma papa kuch nahi hua, bas phir se woh sapna aaya tha. Humko na kuch samajh nahi aaraha, pata nahi kon hai woh bacche aur humesha woh hi sapna kahe aata hai humko? Dimaag ka churan hoga hai humara.

Aman: Beta tum shaant hojao, itna tension accha nahi hai. Hum hai na tumhare saath.

Karishma: Mumma papa aap dono yahi rukiye na humare saath, humko dar lag raha hai. Agar phirse humko woh sapna aagaya toh.

Aradhya: Yeh bhi koi kehne ki baat hai. Agar tum na bhi bolti na toh bhi hum humari beti ko akele nahi chodte. Chalo ab tum so jao, hum dono yahi hai.

Karishma: Papa humko aapke godi mein  sona hai.

Karishma lies down keeping her head in Aman's lap.

Karishma: Mumma apna haath dijiye, humko aapka haath pakadke hi sona hai.

Karishma falls asleep clutching Aradhya's hand.

Next morning
The Vidrohi family including Amar is having their breakfast. Aman notices tension between Amrishma.

Aman: Amar Karishma kya hua tum dono ke chehre aise utre hue kyun hai, dono ke beech jhagda hogaya kya?

Karishma: Papa aap humse nahi isse puchiye ki ka hua?

Amar: Arey humse pucho matlab kya? Issmein humari kya galti? Humne aakhir kiya kya hai? Kabse tum bas gusse mein bethi ho lekin gusse ki wajah nahi batarahi.

Aradhya: Zaroor galti iss nalayak ki hogi. Karishma tum batao kya hua?

Karishma: Mumma aapke iss bete ne na kal humse baat nahi ki theek se. Pure din ek call tak nahi kiya, humne baadmein call kiya toh pata chala ki mahashay ki night duty hai. Agar hum call nahi karte toh yeh batane bhi nahi wala tha.

Amar: Karu sorry na hum kaam mein vyasth te isliye baat nahi kar paya. Aur kal jiski night duty thi usko achanak kisi personal kaam ke wajah se ghar jana pada toh humne woh night duty ki.

Karishma: Aapko suchit toh karna chahiye tha na patidev, humare phone karne ke baad hi humko pata chala nahi toh aapka koi irada hi nahi tha humne batane ka.

Aradhya: Nalayak kyun kiya tumne aisa?

Aman: Bechari humari beti kitni pareshaan hui thi.

Amar: This is not fair, aap dono ko bas aapki yeh beti dikhti hai par iss bete ke kya?

Amar complains with a frown while the trio laugh. Suddenly a blurred scene flashes in Karishma's mind.

The scene

Boy: Baba yeh unuchit hai, aapko keval aapki yeh beti dikhti hai hum nahi.

Girl: Humne kaha na bhaiya baba humse adhik prem karte hai aapse nahi.

Boy: Baba tumse adhik prem karte hai toh kya hua, maa ke laadle toh hum hi hai na.

Man: Nalayak kahika khabadaar joh humari rajkumari ko tang kiya toh.

The girl teases the boy who frowns.

Scene ends.

Karishma comes back to reality.

Karishma(in mind): Woh sab kya tha? Woh bacche aur woh aadmi kon tha jiska dhrisya humne abhi dekha. Kuch bhi theek se dikhai bhi nahi deraha tha.

Next day
Amrishma receive their transfer orders. Both were transferred to Lucknow told to report in the headquarters after 2 days. They pack their bags and leave for Lucknow bidding bye to Amaya.

Promo: Karishma meets Anubhav.

Chapter completed.
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