Part 5

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Scene starts in Mahamaya's room, Singhania Mansion,

Mahamaya called Karishma to her ten minutes ago but she was still not there in the room. Mahamaya was losing her patience and was about to visit Karishma herself when Karishma entered the room.
Karishma: Aapne bulaya mummy jii?
Mahamaya: Haan....andar aao...
Karishma sat down on the bed.
Mahamaya: Humein aisa lagta hain ki Aarav kisi ko pasand karta hain par vo humein bata nahi raha hain. Toh hum chahte hain ki aap yeh pata lagaye ki Aarav kise pasand karta hain. Aur ek baat....(glaring at Karishma)....aap uss ladki ka naam humein batayengi.....unn dono ko alag karne ke baare mein sochiyega bhi mat. Hum nahi chahte ki jo dard Ayush ne aapki wajah se bardaasht kiya vo dard Aarav bhi bardaasht kare. Samjhi?
Karishma nodded teary eyed.
Karishma was leaving when Mahamaya spoke....
Mahamaya(sighing): Waise.....ek baat batani thi...Shalu ke baare mein.
Karishma turned back teary eyed.
Karishma(teary eyed): Aapko....uski koi khabar mili? Kaisi hain vo?
Mahamaya(sighing): Unfortunately......vo iss duniya mein.......
Karishma(teary eyed): Yeh aap kya keh rahi hain? Aa..aisa...n..nahi ho sakta.
Mahamaya: Aisa hona toh nahi chahiye tha lekin....aisa hua hain. Shalu ka kuch hi dino pehle accident ho gaya aur vo......
Karishma sat down on the floor with a thud as tears cascaded down her cheeks.
Mahamaya: Humein samajh nahi aa raha hain ki hum yeh baat kaise bataye Ayush ko ki.....
Mahamaya stopped speaking as her eyes fell on the door......where Ayush stood completely numb. Just tears flew down his cheeks.
Karishma(teary eyed): Aa...Ayush....
Before Karishma could even stand....Ayush ran to his room and locked the door only to sit down on the bed teary eyed. He closed his eyes and Shalu's face just flashed in his mind.....pulling off his eyes in an instant. He slided down slowly on the floor teary eyed amd within a moment....he broke down bitterly. Today his world shattered in just a few seconds.

Ayush hid his face into knees......crying bitterly as hell. His heart squeezed in pain as all the moments that he spent with Shalu slowly faded in the dark abyss.

"Kyun Mr.Jhalle? Itna dukh hua mere chale jaane par? Par tumne hi toh mujhe chod diya tha."

Ayush stood up and saw Shalu standing infront of him with the same smile on her face that used to lit up his days.

Ayush(teary eyed): S...Shalu.....t...tum waapis aa gayi mere paas?

"Main toh tumhare paas hi hoon jhalle..hamesha tumhare dil mein hoon..."said Shalu with a smile.

Ayush(teary eyed): Tumhe pata hain....dadi kehti hain ki tum chali gayi....(smiling)...aisa thodi ho sakta hain? Tum mujhe chod kar thodi jaa sakti ho? Mujhse aakhri baar mile bina thodi kahi jaa sakti ho? Accha ab na tum waada karo.....tum yahi rahogi.....kahi nahi jaaogi. Hamesha mere saath hi rahogi......rahogi na? Haan Shalu?

"Good bye Ayush.....fir milenge."said Shalu teary eyed smiling.

Ayush(teary eyed): Nahi....tt...tumhe kahi nahi jaane doonga...plz Shalu....
Ayush went out of his room following the fading figure of Shalu when suddenly he bumped into someone.

"Sambhal kar...."
Ayush looked up twary eyed at the person only to find Aarav standing there.
Aarav: Papa aap.....
Before Aarav could speak more.....Ayush hugged Aarav tightly crying bitterly.
Aarav(reciprocating the hug)(teary eyed): Papa....papa kya hua?
Ayush didn't said anything and just kept crying for hours after Aarav brought him to his room.

Evening,
Scene shifts to Neha's house,
Neha: Aunty....aap chai lengi?
Neelam: Nahi Neha...thank you....

Neelam: Umm...Neha....tumse kuch poochna tha...
Neha: Haan boliye na aunty.....
Neha sat down infront of Virendra and Neelam.
Virendra: Humein yeh toh pata hain ki Paro Rishi aur Lakshmi ki beti hain lekin Aarushi kiski beti hain?
Neha looked around fearing if Aarushi or Paro is around.
Neha(softly): Uncle....main aapko...ek sacchai batane jaa rahi hoon lekin...aap waada kijiye pehle ki iske baare mein Ayush ko kabhi kuch pata nahi lagne denge. Aur aunty...aap bhi waada kijiye please.
Neelam and Virendra promised.
Neha(softly): Aarushi.....Shalu ki beti hain.....
Neelam: Toh ismein chipane waali kaunsi baat hain? Shalu ki bhi shaadi hui hogi....uske bacche....
Neha signalled Neelam to lower her voice.
Neelam(softly): Ismein chipane waali kaunsi.....
Neha(softly): Actually....Aarushi.....kisi aur ki nahi balki.....Sh..Shalu aur A..Ayush ki beti hain.
Nevir(together): KYA??
Neha: Shhhh! Aarushi ne sunn liya toh bawaal khada ho jaaega.
Neelam(softly): Yeh tum kya keh rahi ho Neha?
Neha(softly): Sach keh rahi hoon aunty.....Shalu aur Ayush ki beti hain Aarushi. Vo holi party yaad hain aapko....jismein Shalu aur Ayush aath saalon ke baad mile the?
Virendra: Haan....
Neha(softly): Usi din ke baad....Shalu pregnant ho gayi. Par isse pehle ki vo yeh baat Ayush ko batati.....Ayush ne usse milne se hi mana kar diya. Aur toh aur.....usne Anushka se shaadi bhi kar li. Ab Shalu batati bhi toh kaise? Isiliye vo gaon chali gayi Paro ko le kar. Itne saalon mein Shalu ne Aarushi aur Paro ko akele paal pos kar bada kiya lekin unfortunately.....
Neelam and Virendra understood what she wanted to say.
Neha: Maine Shalu ko waada kiya hain aunty jii ki main kabhi Ayush ko pata nahi lagne doongi ki Aarushi uski aur Shalu ki beti hain....unke pyaar ki nishani hain. Aap dono please kabhi bhi Ayush se yeh baat mat boliyega.
Virendra: Par beta agar kabhi Ayush ko pata chal gaya toh fir tum kya karogi?
Neha: Actually uncle.....Aarushi apne papa se nafrat karti hain. Itni nafrat karti hain ki agar Ayush ke baare mein use kabhi pata chal bhi gaya na.....toh bhi vo kabhi Ayush ko nahi apnayegi.....rishta jodna toh durr ki baat hain.
Virendra and Neelam looked at each other concerned.
Neha: Yeh baat....Aarushi ko bhi mat pata lagne dijiyega kabhi....please.
Virendra: Kya Karishma ko pata thi yeh baat ki....
Neha: I don't think so ki Singhanias mein se kisi ko bhi pata hoga ki Shalu aur Ayush ke pyaar ki koi nishani bhi hain.
Virendra(in mind): Pata nahi kyun mujhe aisa lag raha hain ki koi toh hain Singhanias mein se jo Shalu aur Aarushi ke baare mein sab kuch jaanta hain ya jaanti hain. Par kaun ho sakta hain vo insaan?

Virendra's trance broke when suddenly the door bell rang.

Scene shifts to Kapoor Mansion,
The silent hall echoed with the footsteps of a girl wearing salwaar suit and payal walking upstairs.

The girl knocked on the door of a room several times but no one replied so she went inside. There was no one inside the room. She was leaving after keeping the food on the table but by mistake she bumped into a table and she caught hold of the purse that was about to fall down on the floor.

She was leaving when suddenly.....

"Le liya credit card?"asked someone.
The girl turned around only to find her brother standing there.

The girl(teary eyed): Nahi bhaiya

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The girl(teary eyed): Nahi bhaiya....main toh bas khana dene aayi thi.

"Bohot acche se jaanta hoon main ki teri jaisi ladkiyaan kya karne aati hain."said the boy with disdain.

The girl(teary eyed): I swear bhaiya...aisa kuch nahi hain. Main bas khana dene aayi thi aur tabhi.....

"Vihaan kapoor naam hain mera. Yeh jhoothe ansoon tu unn logon ko dikhana jo tujhe jaante nahi. Mere saamne nahi chalenge yeh sab. Main teri rag rag se waakif hoon samjhi na Preeti?"

Preeti(teary eyed): Bhaiya main sach keh rahi hoon....main.....
Before Preeti could speak more...Vihaan roughly grabbed her arm and threw her out of the room later locking the door from outside.

Preeti ran to her room crying and locked the door as well only to throw herself on the bed.

Preeti(crying): Bhaiya mujhse itni nafrat kyun karte hain? Mujhse nahi hoti hain unki nafrat bardaasht. Itna hi chubhti hoon na agar main unhe toh main chali jaaungi hamesha ke liye......(hugging pillow)...hamesha ke liye chali jaaungi main iss ghar se....aur iss duniya se bhi.

The sobs echoed in the room of Preeti but even the walls of the house knew that nothing could melt Vihaan's hatred against Preeti...no matter what.

Scene End.

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