Arnav said , " Khushi !!! ... Khushi Kumari Gupta ... Kuch aur na sahi ... kam se kam phone pe baat karna toh seekh lo ... " . He hoped atleast now she would reply back .
"Kya baat hain saale saab ?? Aap humari Khushi ke naam ka jap kyun kar rahe hai ??? Kahi woh aapke saath toh nahi ??? ... ", replied a voice which made Arnav's anger reach new heights .π€’π€’π€’π€’ He clenched his fists and tried his best to not let his anger get the better off him.
Arnav - Pehli baat ... main tumhara saala nahi raha π‘... Divorce ke papers humne bhej diya hai aur dii ne uspe sign bhi kar diya hai.Chup chaap uspe sign karke hume waapis de do warna hum court pe bhi ladne ke liye tayyar hai . Aur doosri baat , Khushi kabhi tumhari nahi thi aur nahi kabhi tumhari kabhi hogiππΌ ... Tum use ab haath bhi laga nahi paaoge ... tumhari bhalayi isime hai ki tum mujhse , khushi se aur mere parivaar se door raho !! π‘ππ
Shyaam β aap shaayad bhool rahe hain saale saab ki agar maine rani sahiba ko chod diya toh aapki behen ka kya hoga π‘π‘... bechari langdi hai π΅... zindagi kaise chala payegi ... (and he gave a maniacal laugh) π€’π€’
Arnav β ENOUGH !!!! π‘π‘... tumhe mere behen ke baare mai sochne ki zaroorat nahi hai ... woh Arnav Singh Raizaada ki behen hai ... aur sach toh yeh hai ki tumhare bagair jo bhi hoga accha hi hoga ... ππ
Shyaam β ha ha ha ... uska pati yaha jail mai aur woh mahal mai ... waise saale saab ... aapne acchi chaal chali ... mere upar 4 aur cases daal diya ... woh bhi itne purane ki mujhe yaad bhi nahi ... lekin aap kya samajhthe hai ki main yahi pe sadunga ??? kab tak aap mujhe aise band rakh paayenge ??? 5 saal ... 10 saal ??? lekin main kabhi toh baahar aaunga aur dekh loonga aap sab ko ... π€’π€’
Arnav β (now confused what he was talking aboutππ ) ... jab nikloge tab dekhoge right ... mera bas chalta toh main tumhe maar daalta ... par woh tumhari gunaho ke liye kaafi aasaan si saza hoti ... aur aainda se hume contact karne ki galti kabhi mat karna (he barked and slammed the phone)
Arnav was now confused , 4 more casesππ ?? and Shyaam thought he had got it filed against him , but Arnav didn't know a thing about them ππ. Damn ! he hadn't even thought about it . then who had done it ?? After racking his brains for some time ,he could come up with only one name Kaajal Mehra . May be for the first time he acknowledged ,that she was a better strategist than himself and smacked himself for not meeting her . If she alone could be such a power , both of them together could have managed to wreak havoc in Shyaam's life .ππΌHe sighed thinking atleast Khushi's safety was not of much concern since she was with Kaajal. ππΌππΌJust then his dii called out for him to join them since they were leaving for the airport .
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After that call from Shyaam , Arnav mentally made a note that he would follow the case personally. For one he wanted to make sure that creep stays where he is supposed to i.e in jail and secondly he wanted to doubly make sure that his family , Payal and Khushi's family were not harmed .
From day one ,Payal had
blended so well at Shantivan and at AR that it was difficult for anyone to
comprehend that she was not officially part of the family.Although , mami
initially taunted herπ€’ ,she finally came by and had actually liking herππΌ. Even
Arnav had started to depend heavily on her and started to treat her like a
sister. πAlthough she wasn't talkative like Khushi,nor her dressing sense was
loud like Khushi, her demureness ,her ability to work hard without a frown
,politeness and a spine in her character reminded him of Khushi all the time.π³π³ππalso
her company had a positive effect on Anjali. anjali got back her liveliness and
happy nature slowly and now she was normal like she had always been . He
had broken up with Lavanya right after he came back from Lucknow with his
family and had backed off from dating anyone since.Although once in a
while Anjali teased him telling he was in love with Khushi , he vehemently
denied it.
It had been 2 years since that fateful day but still he had no clue as to where Khushi was. It was as if she never existed in his life.πAlthough once in a while Payal used to get a call from her and that would be the day when Payal would be at her cheerful best, but she would never give him information about where Khushi was .No matter how much he pestered her ,she had one readymade answer,"Usne mana kiya hain"π.what bothered him even more was nani,Dii,Aakash and hell even mami had spoken to her atleast a couple of times in these two years except him.π Sometimes he wondered if she did it by purpose or was it co-incidental,since she always called up to the landline using a calling card,making sure not to divulge her position. When others had the chance to speak to her , all he had were her memories and a collection of her stuff , the beads of her blouse, her paayal , her shawl , her duppata . He was thankful that no one else knew about these ,since if they did he would seem like a hopeless romantic ,which he definitely wasn't.ππ
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On the other end ,Khushi never knew her life would get so hectic. She literally
didn't have time to breathe thanks to Kaajal and her determination to make sure
Khushi was prepared to face the world. She had regular classes for the course
for 3 days a week and had assignments which followed. If not that,she had
classes on English ,ettiquette, speaking , basics of business and hell even
basics of self defense.ππ She barely managed to finish her fashion designing
assignments on time . She yearned for one day of laziness.π Once in a blue moon
she was blessed with a free day ,during which she called her jiji and parents
and spoke to them. But even during those days she ended up being a referee to
Kaajal v/s Muskaan fightsππ. If she was free , she would be out with Kaajal and
her friends out on picnic at the
countryside .She had roamed half of Europe by now. the thought of India always
brightened her up and more often than not she would tell her jiji,"Kuch
bhi ho jiji ... apna desh toh apna desh hota hai ... chahe jaha bhi reh
lo...".ππΌ She yearned to talk to Arnav,so she used to call up the landline
and not to her jiji's mobile,but as luck would have it , he was never there to
pick up the call.ππShe remembered the times when she called up Shantivan hoping
not to talk to him ,but every time he used to pick up and now when she wanted
to hear his voice he never picked up.Fortunately for her,there were other means
to keep tab on her Laad Governor - the internet. Religiously she kept tabs on
himπ³π³ , AR and ofcourse Mehra industries pretending to Kaajal that she was trying
to stay in touch with the fashion industry in India.Kaajal ofcourse pretended
to agree to it.ππ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Payal - Arre waah Khushi ... acchi khabar sunayi aaj ... (Payal was
cleaning her room and had put the phone on speaker mode .Arnav who was passing
by her door heard Khushi's voice and stopped trying to listenππ)
Khushi - Haan jiji ... Ek do hafte main graduation ceremony hai ... uske
baad shaayad hum India waapis aa jaaye ...π
Payal - Accha hua ki tumne khatam kar liya ... hume toh darr tha ki kahi tum
woh beech main na chod do ...
Khushi - Arre nahi jiji ... itna mushkil bhi nahi tha humare liye ... kapdon ki toh hume samajh pehle se hi thi ... bas kuch naye funde seekne the ... aur humne jhat se seekh liya ... accha jiji Kaajal aapse baat karna chahti hai ... (passes the phone to her)
Kaajal - Hello Payal dii ...
Payal - Kaisi ho Kaajal ... kaafi din ho gaye tumse baat kiye hue ... hume
bhool gayi kya ?? ... aur tumhari padayi kaise chall rahi hai ???
Kaajal - Arreπ²π² ... aapko kaise bhool sakti hoon ??? ... meri itni majaal ?? aisa karungi toh zinda nahi gaad denge aap mujhe ??π ... jab bhi saans leti hoo main aapko yaad karti hoo ... jab bhi khushi ke haath ka khana khati hoo...jo kaafi sadu haiππ(khushi shouted"dramebaaz") ... aapko yaad karti hooo ... jab bhi ...
Payal - Bas bas ... is maamle main bhi tum dono ek jaisi ho ... dono nautanki main number one ho ... pagli kahin ki ... π€ͺ
Kaajal - arre yeh top secret tha di ... apko kaise pata chala ??? π²
Payal - Kya ??
Kaajal - ki Khushi paagal hai ... waise aap iske saath itne saal rahi ho ... aap theek kaise ho ?? main toh do saal main hi paagal ho gayiππ ... OUCH !!! Khushhh !! (khushi hit her )
Payal - kya hua ??
Kaajal - dekho na dii ... yeh maar rahi hai mujhe ... is bechari pyaari si ladki par itna zulm ... koi bachaao ... π
Khushi - aur nahi toh kyaa ?? ... jhoot bolti jaa rahi ho ... you Pinocchio ...
Payal - (now laughing her heart out) ... arre ... bas karo tum dono ...
itni badi ho gayi ho lekin bachpana nahi choota tum logon ka ??
Kaajal - (to khushi ) tu jaa ab ... tera business funde ka class hai ...
(khushi made a face) ... arre jaa naa ...
Khushi β Fine !!! ... (snatched the phone from her) ... bye jiji ...
(and gave it back to KJ and left )
Kaajal - Accha dii ... ek baat karni thi (in a serious tone ) ...
Payal - haan bolo ...
Kaajal - Woh kya hai naa ... hum dono ki graduation ceremony agle hafte hai aur muskaan ka school bhi is hafte khatam ho jaayega ... toh kya aap yaha aa sakti hai ?? ... hume accha lagega ... Prem bhai aur Maamu bhi aa rahe hai ... aap unke saath aa jaana ...π
Payal - hum kaise ?? ... tum itni derr se
bata rahi ho ...
Kaajal - baat hi aisi hui dii ... hum sab ne socha ki ek do saal yehi rahenge ... lekin ab Muskaan delhi main apni padayi poori karni chahti hai aur humne socha ki hum bhi waapis aa jaayenge ... Mamu ki tabeeyat bhi ab pehle jaise nahi rahi ... aur Bhai ko akele itna sab kuch sambhalne main mushkil ho jaayega ... sab itni jaldi decide hua ki time nahi mila aapko bolne ke liye ...
Payal - hum aana toh chahte hain Kaajal ... par shaayad nahi aa payenge (she told with a sad face) ..
Kaajal - Kyuuunnn ??? ... Khushi ko accha lagega agar tum aayi toh ... plzzz ...
Payal - Pata hai Kaajal ... lekin hum aise kaam ko beech main chodke toh nahi aa sakte na ... aur waise bhi in sab se kya kahenge ?? ki kaha aur kyun jaa rahe hain ...
Kaajal - bol do na unhe ki tum Khushi se aur mujhse milne aa rahi ho ...
Payal - hum sochke batayenge ...
Kaajal - matlab nahi aaogi ... hain na ... aap humse nahi milna chahti naa ... ππ
Payal - aisi baat nahi hai ... humara waha aana theek nahi hoga ...
Kaajal - kuch bhi ... bahana banana band karo diii ... main aapko do din ka time deti hoo ... aap decide karke bol dena ... aur haan ... main aapse bahut bahut bahut gussa hoo ... aur aur bhi gussa ho jaaongi agar nahi aayi toh ...
Payal - bye Kaajal ... (since she cudn talk more) ...
Kaajal - theek hai ... aapki marzi ... (she cut the call) ...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Payal sat gloomily in the dining table during dinner. π
Anjali - Kya hua Payal ?? ... aap itni udaas kyun hai ??
Payal - Jii ... woh Khushi ka phone aaya tha ... (Arnav stared at her)
Anjali - yeh toh acchi baat hai ... aapko toh khush hona chahiye ... kaisi hai woh ...
Payal - woh Kaajal ne hume waha bulaya hai ... aur humne mana kar diya jaane se ...
Arnav - Kyun ?? agar kaam ke wajah se hain toh koi problem nahi ... hum sab use sambhal lenge ... π
Anjali - haan ... agar aap akele jaane se darr rahe hai toh Chotte ya Aakash aapke saath aa sakte hai ... Kyun chotte ?? ππ(Arnav was surprised by the suggestion but managed to give a nod)
Payal - Woh baat nahi hai Anjaliji ... hume theek nahi lagta aise jaana ... hum waha jaayenge toh Khushi apna kaam theek se nahi kar paayegi ... aur hum nahi chahte ki humari wajah se uski 2 saal ki mehnat bekaar jaaye ... Waise bhi Kaajal keh rahi thi ki shaayad woh yahi aa jaaye ... kuch hi maheeno ki toh baat hai ... 2 saal kaat liye uske bagair ... ab ek aur maheena seh lenge ... (changing the topic) ... hum paani leke aate hai ... (she left the table) ...
Arnav -(thought) ... kuch hi maheeno ki toh baat hai ... π³
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After 3 months :
Aakash - chaliye dii ... hume nikalna hai ... abhi nahi nikle toh venue time pe nahi pohunch payenge ... Bhai !! aap kaha hai ...
Anjali - Itne utavle kyun ho rahe ho Aakash ... har saal ki tarah is saal bhi AR ko hi best designer house ka award milega ... kyun tension le rahe ho ...
Arnav - I am ready ... lets go ... (coming down in his black suit ) ...
Aakash - Wow !! bhai ... u r dressed to kill or what ?? ππ...
Arnav - clothes make a man Aakash ... (he smiled) ...
Anjali - ab chale bhi ?? ... ya auraton ki tarah yaha kapdon ki baatein karni hai aap dono ko ... ππ
Arnav β dii ... kapdon ke baare main discuss karne ke liye aurat nahi hona padta ππ... humara business hai yeh ... and yeah lets go ...
Indian Designers Guild was a group of which almost all the Indian designer houses and designers were a members.Every year they had a celebration with fashion shows ,awards etc.It was a glittering ceremony and as usual and like every year from the past 6 years , AR won an award for the best designer houseππ. As usual Arnav went up to the stage , collected his award and gave his speech thanking his dii , family , staff and customers.
"And now comes the time to recognise the best among the fresh talents...Although this year, we have an exception. This is not exactly a new company, but a revamped one. A company which we all thought had closed and was lost in the labyrinth of time, but as they say ... nothin is actually lost until everyone related to the loss give up ... from the past 5 years we have seen efforts from the new generation to give a new lease of life to this group. Although they have retained their previous name , they have totally transitioned this group into a successful designer enterprise which provides us with delicate draperies which are our heritage without compromise in cost, quality and ofcourse taste. Yes , ladies and gentlemen ... I am talking about "THE MEHRA GROUP" ... headed by Mr.Girish Mehra . Although he is personally unavailable here due to his health ,I would request one of his representatives to please come and collect this token of appreciation and recognition from us".
There was thunder of applauseπππ and the spotlight shone on the table where The Mehras were seated and that was when he saw someone he recognised. after a couple of moments of discussion with the people at her desk,she got up to a even louder applause.ππ
-----------------