Enthrall
Jama Masjid, Mumbai, 5th August 1999
After offering her prayers to Allah, she was sitting at once corner finding peace in the pure atmosphere of the mosque ... It had been two days since she had arrived in Mumbai and all she did was to roam around the whole city in search of him and as the night fell, she would go and sit near the mosque ... Since morning a different kind of a sadness had engulfed her heart - tears were rolling down her cheeks as she was failing in finding him ... Her face was pale and there was no energy left in her - her eyes awaited his arrival and all she wanted in that moment was to have him in front of her - he was her drug ... She closed her eyes and let the tears fall while praying to God to let them meet ......
He was walking out of the mosque with a smile on his face, after a lot of pleading and requesting; he had been aloud to meet Ali bhai again and he couldn't wait to see him ... As he started giving sweets to the kids; he came to a stand-still seeing HER there ... She looked pale and weak not like what he had seen previously - glowing and charming ... He could not believe what he was seeing - she was in a miserable state, sitting there on the stairs with her eyes closed and tears rolling down her face ... Before he could approach her, she walked away and he tried to comprehend what happened a few moments ago - was she alive? But Ali bhai had told him that she is no more ... Was it all a lie? He couldn't wait to meet Ali bhai and tell him the truth - he could not see him in that state .....
Hai paas phir bhi, saath nahi hai ...
Rishta ye kaisa humaara ...
Bangalore, 5th August 1999
He had been sitting in his room for a while after a spat with his co-workers ... His temperament had a drastic change since the news of her wedding had arrived - the always calm and soft Chris had turned into a raging dragon - spitting fire everywhere .... He was unable to control his emotions and wished for these turmoils to come to an end - just then the door of his room was knocked .... He slowly walked towards and as he opened the door, his face fell and he sighed seeing Sharon standing outside with a worried expression ... He had no energy to quarrel with her and simply got aside to let her enter the room and closed the door ... As soon as he turned; he saw her sitting on the couch with tension clearly visible on her face - he rolled his eyes and sat on the bed, sighing started the conversation, "Why are you here? Look Mrs. Kent I am already in a lot of marsh so please don't create more troubles for me--" Before he could continue, she interrupted him with her stern voice, "Shut Up." and he looked at her dumbfounded as he could see tears forming in her eyes while she continued, "Chris, I know there is a lot of blood between us but please for once listen to me without interrupting. I know I have not been the mother I was supposed to be but I cannot let what happened to me, happen to you. I am not that vicious and I definitely don't hate you or Anna for that matter." He couldn't understand what she was saying while she looked at him with tears in her eyes, "Chris, your Dad is a cheat. He cheated you with his false affection for Anna. He lied to you and you fell for his ploy. Let me finish what I have to say and then scream and shout." He closed his fist to control his anger but let her continue, "His ploy had started a long time back - he had seen you with her and he was furious - I didn't know why he was doing that but I knew it was related to you and so I asked my informers to keep an eye on you and I got to know that you are in love. I was happy, I was really happy for you. But your father wasn't. He decided to send you here and break your relationship with her and when I tried to stop him, he threatened me - I got scared yet indirectly I tried to tell you that you were doing wrong by coming here but you didn't listen to me and I had no other choice but to interfere in this matter because I didn't want to see another Sharon being created." He looked at her with utter confusion while she down-casted her eyes and continued, "I tried to warn Anna but even she didn't talk to me and before I could take any other action, he destroyed it all with his poison--" He could not control anymore and snapped, "And why should I believe you?" She looked at him with angry tears and replied, "Why do you think your father sent you here for such a huge project considering the fact that you are still not comfortable in the business? How do you think the building fell when all the material comes from his alliance's company and he personally checks it all? Are you that blind in your father's love that you cannot see his truth. I risked my life and came here to save you and Anna from what happened to me and you still don't trust me?" She sighed in exasperation & continued, "Chris do you even know what happened when Anna's father met your dad? Let me tell you..."
"Ahh, so you are here to sell your daughter to my son, is it?" Her dad furiously looked at him and said, "Mr. Kent, what are you saying? Our children love each other!!!" "Oh shut up!!! Cut the love crap - you and your gold-digging daughter, I know have trapped my son - and she is beautiful, I am sure she has used that very well ..." "Uncle!!!!", she screamed with tears in her eyes ... Jack shook his head and replied, " You have entertained my son a lot, what price do you want? And you D'Souza, the bakery is a junkyard and so you sell your daughter to rich men, do you?" This was the last thing she wanted her father to hear - her father stood shocked and stunned there - she pulled him holding his hand and with tears rolling down her eyes walked out the mansion....
He was shocked listening to all the venom he just heard, his father had spat ... Sharon sat in tears and replied, "I am sorry Chris for never becoming a mother to you but I had my own reasons. I didn't love your father and I still don't. I wanted to marry someone else but because your father was rich, he used his power and separated me from the person I loved the most and my parents felt that your father was the right one for me. I had no other choice but to marry him. I could never make myself love you because my life had been ruined by your father for whom I am nothing but an ornament to decorate his house." She sat near him and kept her hand on his shoulder, "Anna is angry and furious Chris, she has taken a decision in haste but I know, she is going to repent it all her life because she will always be in love with you ... Please Chris, just once, trust me. Open your eyes and do what your heart says - just once, please - I don't want you to repent all your life ... Please Chris, stop her from doing what she is about to do ... stop her from ruining her life ..." She hid her face in her hands and started crying ... Her words making sense to him and he slowly looked towards her - he didn't know what to say and just put his arms around her trying to stop her tears ... She looked at him and saw tears in his eyes and softly wiped them all ... He smiled at her and hugged her as they slowly whispered to each other an apology for all there past .... His mind was finally finding some light and he had to reach to the truth and save their love from the venom that his father had put due to which he broke the heart of the girl, whom he loved so much ....
Dilbar ab hum roye, jab khud hi humdum kho diya ...
Kyun shak maine tum pe kiya, ye dil mera dard se bhar gaya ...
Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, 5th August 1999
He saw him sitting on the corner of the jail, lost in his own thoughts - he knew how he had to inject life in his friend and he was sure that he would succeed in it ... "Ali bhai?" he softly said and brought him back to the present ... Ali slowly looked away and sighed, "Altaf ...." Altaf smiled and made Ali look at him ... "Ali bhai maine use dekha ..." Ali looked confused and repiled, "Kise?" Altaf smiled and replied, "Saba ko ... bhai wo zinda hai ... aapse jhoot kaha gaya tha ... wo bahut buri haalat mein thi, masjid ke baahar baithi huyi thi - aankhon se aansun beh rahe the par isse pehle ki main use rokta - wo wahaan se chali gayi ... Aap sun rahe hai na, main kya keh raha hun?" Rest of the words died for him - he couldn't hear anything else - it was as if, someone had given him his breath back Saba zinda hai was all he could feel and murmur .. He looked at Altaf and held his collar and shook him, "Tu sach keh raha hai? Saba ... Saba sach mein, kha meri kasam aur bol ye sach hai - kya sach mein ..." He could not control his happiness and hi tears which happily rolled down his eyes ... Altaf smiled and assured him, "Bhai aapse kabhi jhoot kaha hai - sach keh raha hun main - wo zinda hai bhai - bahut udaas lag rahi thi - aur kyun na ho, aakhir uska Ali jo usse juda ho gaya hai ..." Ali left his collar and wiped the tears and smiled, "Saba .... tum laut aayi .... dekha Altaf meri mohabbat ne mujhe dhokha nahi diya - wo laut aayi hai mere paas ... " He stayed silent for sometime before looking in Altaf's eyes with determination and a new life, "Aur ab koi Ali ko Saba se alag nahi rakh paayega, koi nahi ..." Altaf looked at him for sometime before understanding what was going on in Ali's mind - he knew what Ali bhai was going to do ...
Ali smiled and took a deep breath and looked outside the small window and saw the beautiful rain ... "Saba, humara intezaar khatm hua ..."
Phir bhi andheron mein apni mohabbat ka, roshan rahega sitara ...
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As you might have noticed, both the stories are now running in the same time frame and will continue to be like this till the last part. Another important news regarding the story - five parts left for the story to finish - yes we have reached the end ... I hope you all are liking how the climax in unfolding ....
Edited by -jaee- - 13 years ago
