"Riya, tell them I need some time to decide."
"Yes Ma'am"
Harshita now had a huge decision to take, and whenever she needed help involving her past, she would ask her best friend Sarita.
During her lunch break, Harshita sat next to Sarita in the canteen.
"Sarita, I need some help."
"Designs?"
"No, with Khushi." She whispered.
She excused herself from the people she was sitting with so she could go outside and talk with Harshita about Khushi.
"What happened?" she asked calmly with a curiosity. Her voice was a mere whisper so that no one could hear. Even walls have ears.
"Arnavji."
"What!" She exclaimed but then quieted down realizing someone might hear them. "ASR? Did he see you or something? You haven't talked about Arnav since---"she was cut off by Harshita.
"Since the birth of Arshi, I know but I don't have a choice! He didn't see me, but he wants to arrange a meeting with Diva."
"Well then let him and take a day off!"
"I can't, that's the problem! He wants to meet the head designer of Diva!"
"Then say no to the deal!"
"It's a 5 crore deal!"
"If you refuse then we will suffer a huge loss!
"Exactly!"
"Wait! He wants to meet Harshita Malik! So he will meet Harshita Malik."
"But he will recognize me!"
"As Khushi, but Khushi is long gone! You are Harshita! Harshita Malik!"
"You are right!" she said confidently "Mother of Arshi Malik, best friend of Sarita and Dhruv, and head designer of Diva Fashions!"
"There you go! Now book a meeting with that attitude and he will never find out you are Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!"
"No, I was Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada! Now I'm Harshita Malik only Harshita Malik! I'm not that girl who takes everything silently about her family! I have changed and now my daughter, her future, my friends, and my job are all I care about!"
"Good and remember to maintain a good distance from him; you still love him no matter what he did to you!"
"Thanks! I can always count on you, and I will even I can't deny that I love him because no matter what, I still love him like crazy!"
"Wait, Harshita I have a better idea!"
"What?"
Sarita whispered into her ear.
"Wow Sarita! Awesome Plan! That's what we will do! Now we better go back!"
"Let's Go!"
>>>>>
"Ji, Anjaliji!" Hari Prakash left.
"Chottey, How long will you deny the fact that'" She couldn't finish her sentence it was too painful to think that Khushi was dead!
"DI! I won't believe it till I see her dead body with my own eyes!"
"Chottey, everyone has learned to accept the truth, even Payalji, Buaji, and Khushiji ki Amma aur Babuji! You and Nani need to move on, you can't live your whole life grieving over you dead past!"
"Enough Di, She's alive and I will find her if it's the last thing I do!"
"This is pure craziness Chottey!"
"Love IS crazy!" Anjali gave up and as she was leaving, a 11 year old boy tugged her sari pallu.
"What happened Adi?" Aditya was Anjali and Shyam's son.
"I'm bored and no one will play with me!"
"But Adi! Mom has a lot of work left!"
"Mommy!" he whined then began crying.
"Di, this is how I feel when you emotionally blackmail me!" Arnav walked away with a small giggle.
"Chottey!" she called out but he was gone. "Fine Adi I will play with you but first you have to finish your homework."
"Fine!"
>>>>>
"Riya, call AR company." Harshita ordered.
"Yes ma'am." And handed Harshita the phone.
"Hi is this AR?"
"Yes?"
"I'm Harshita Malik!"
"From Diva?"
"Yes, I would like to schedule a meeting for next week."
"Next Week? How about Friday?"
"Great at around 2?"
"Alright! I will give ASR a call."
"Thank you!"
She was ready to face him, no matter how he would react!
>>>>>
"Di, I'm going to Mumbai tomorrow."
"But Chottey?"
"I have a meeting Friday!"
"Why are you going to leave early? Can't you go tomorrow?"
"Di, AR is sponsoring a school there. They have invited me to a special function as a chief guest."
"That's nice, which school?"
"Marquette Grade School."
"Well then good luck!"
"And Di I can try looking for Khushi."
"Enough Chottey! Please!" She wept, "If she were alive, then wouldn't she try contacting us? Chottey, why don't you understand? She's dead! The flight crashed; no one survived! She never reached Lucknow!"
"NO DI! Why don't you understand? She can't leave me and she didn't leave me!"
Anjali ran up the stairs still crying.
"Di! Di! Trust me!" he called to her in vain and then went to his room to pack his things.
>>>>>
She walked into Marquette Grade School to pick Arshi up from school.
"Mom! We're going to have a surprise visitor at the parent function tomorrow! You will be there right?"
"Arshi, you know I never miss out on a chance to see my daughter perform!"
"Mom, I am not just performing, I have to, have to win!"
"Arshi, you are so obsessed with winning just like your father!"
Precap: Arnav in Mumbai.
Parent function.
How was it? Buddy me for PMs! Like if it was any good and trust me it will get beeter as the story moves on!
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