Dheera FF - Junooniyat -part 40 updated - Page 5

Dharam glowered at Meera and turned his back on her. Meera looked at his broad back and sighed. Sometimes she wished he wasn't so handsome, it would be easy to stay mad at him. All she had said was that they should let Nayya stay till the new year. It was the Twins' birthday in two days and soon it would be Christmas. Meera was looking forward to enjoying with her whole family. While she could never accept Nayya as her family , after what she had done, she did feel sorry for her. Meera felt personally responsible for Durga's death , twice she had been responsible for Nayya losing her mum. She wanted to make it up to her. And Nayya's son - what did he do? Surely he deserved their love? For some strange reason The kid seemed to like Meera a lot and followed her around the whole day . Meera had noticed that Nayya  was really cold towards her son and felt sorry for him. She tried to be nice to him and let him play with the twins .  She had tried to get Dharam to spend some time with him but he didn't want to know.

It had been two weeks since the funeral and Karan's death and things were quietening around the house. It was a shame that the  two aunties had left without saying anything as Meera wanted to strangle them with her bare hands , she was really angry that they had used fake ID to get a job with her. She was mortified when the police told her the two of them might have helped Karan and she panicked thinking about everything that needed to be done in the house but Gopi and Jaggi were managing all that . Vidhya was still in a peculiar mood  and Dharam had taken to hiding from her. Meera was finding it difficult to sleep at night. She was five months pregnant and it was difficult to get completely comfortable. On top of that, the events of the past few days kept playing in her mind. She still found it difficult to believe that Karan was dead and would wake up at night petrified that he was in their bedroom.  The one thing she was looking forward to was the birthday party she was organising for the babies and she wanted her family to enjoy that day, even Nayya . Nayya was supposed to leave the next day but Meera felt it only right to ask her to stay for the birthday, especially as it might have been her stupidity that had got the two maids into the house in the first place. Dharam hadn't said anything but Meera knew he was thinking the same. 

So that night, while they were in bed Meera had suggested that they ask Nayya to stay a bit longer and Dharam had started shouting at her. He still couldn't forgive his daughter and thought Meera was losing her mind . Then he had turned away from her. She felt really bad about upsetting him. She knew how badly affected Dharam had been because of what Nayya had done. 

Meera looked at her husband again. She couldn't bear it when he moved away from her like this. He did have a right to be angry so  she decided to make up with him.  She moved closer to him and put her arms around him. Dharam pushed it away. She moved even closer to him. And put her face against his nape and kissed his neck. She could feel the tension on his shoulders. She moved her palm slowly down his arms and her lips followed her fingers. Dharam didn't respond but he didn't push her away either. She put her cheeks against his and her arms around him again and they both lay like that for a while. It was getting difficult for her to be in that position for long  . Dharam could feel her strain and he didn't want to hurt her so he turned around to face her. He looked into her beautiful face and knew he couldn't be mad at her any longer. slowly a smile spread over his face. He rubbed his nose against hers and Meera started giggling. " I am not a kid , Dharamji" 

" I ASKED FOR PINK AND BLUE BALLOONS!  Do they look like pink balloons to you? They are RED! " 

Dharam wanted to rush towards them but he was concerned about Meera. But just as Shravan and Jaggi moved forward, the lights changed to normal and on top of the stairs stood..A CLOWN.  With a huge red nose and big hair and a balloon snake in his hand. Dharam remembered Meera arranging for a children's entertainer but this was more shocking than funny. Medha started clapping her hands and Ahem started jumping up and down. Dharam sighed in relief. He would have a word with the clown for the stunt he pulled but right now his priority was Meera. She had fallen unconscious. He quickly moved her to the couch and phoned the doctor.

...

" Come quickly Baaji. We only have a few minutes.  Any minute now someone will start looking for me" . Nayya hurried Gaura inside the house and took her to her room. She knew the clown's entry had bought her some time. She had to pay him a lot of extra cash to make the entry with the special effects and she had to make sure that the twins would be nearby . She wanted to shock Meera and scare her. Which is why she had reluctantly agreed to keep an eye on the kids and had gently pushed them towards the stairs when Gopi's attention was diverted. Her idea had paid off. Everyone was either taken up with the clown or attending to Meera and she could smuggle her Baaji back inside the house. She hoped Meera had suffered terribly and lost her baby. That would teach her ..

 " Beta , I am really hungry. Can you get me something to eat?"

" Baaji, just wait. If I bring food here , everyone will be suspicious. Here, have this biscuit. I always keep some in the room."

 

Gaura was famished.  She also wondered what had happened to Bhavani who had gone to get her some tea from the cafe in the park. Actually, she was glad to be rid of her as she was proving to be too clingy and a general nuisance. Now she could get on with what she wanted to do.

" Baaji , I am so glad you are here. Now I can really show that Meera how out of order she was to come into our lives. All I want to do is destroy her"

" And your dad. My Mahan beta. Meera ka Mohan. ". Gaura smirked

They both looked at each other and thought about that day and smiled

...

Vidhya opened her eyes slowly. Where was she? She could feel her head throbbing and when she gingerly touched her head she was surprised to feel the stickiness. She looked at her hands and it took her a while to realise that it was blood. She looked around in panic. She seemed to be in some sort of a rest room, she could see the cubicles and the sink and the gently swaying door. How ? She tried to think back. Everything was a haze. They were in a hotel and Baaji, Maaji and even Bhavani were with them. She had gone out after Bhavani one day. Where were Di and Papaji? They had come to find them in London. Vidhya let the tears flow.

She was scared, she knew something terrible had happened. 

It took her a while to notice the shadow on the floor. She looked up .

" Didn't expect to see me did you? My darling daughter in law!"

Bhavani's voice just added to her head ache. Vidhya just closed her eyes and hoped that she was hallucinating. What would Bhavani be doing here?

" you know, I had the best chance now to kill you a few minutes ago. But I didnt. Want to know why? "

Oh, God! It was no hallucination. She was definitely there.

" I want to torture you. When I become you mother in law again, I will make your life so miserable that you will wish to join your sister in hell." Bhavani was hissing in her ear

Meera Di! Did something happen to her? 

" Don't worry, she is still alive. But only till get back in the house. Then your Papaji will have to decide whose life he wants to save."  It was almost as if Bhavani could hear her thoughts 

Vidhya tried to speak but Bhavani closed her mouth and continued.  " from now onwards, you will only be seen, not heard. Open your mouth against me and it is not just your sister who will die."

Vidhya saw the wild crazy look in Bhavani's eyes and all she could think was how inhuman she looked before a darkness spread across her eyes. Her last thought before her black out was

- I am looking at a ghost.

...

Chanda looked at Vidhya's prone figure on the floor and started laughing. It already felt much better to be in Bhavani's body. When she followed Nayya to the park she was not sure that she would be able to make the switch, but luck seemed to be with her today. When Gaura had sent Bhavani to get some tea from the cafe , it didn't take long for Chanda/Vidhya to follow her and when she got a chance, she had put a knife against Bhavani's throat and made her walk to the rest room. . Bhavani was petrified for a few seconds and that was all the window she needed to make the jump. She had then pushed Vidhya against the sink, watched her faint and had waited for her to come around. Now Vidhya was her key to getting back inside Suryavanshi house.

...

Dharam sat with his head in his hands. Why was this happening again? Just when they thought that every danger was averted, a new one had popped up. Meera and the baby were extremely lucky, the doctor had told him, to survive such a shock. But what he didn't understand was - who had paid off the clown to make such a shocking entry? The company that was hired had said that a they had received a phone call from his house and that the payment was made in cash, droppehd off in their office. The only person Dharam could think of was Nayya but would she be so cruel- again? 

" Dharamji"

He came back to the present when he heard Meera's voice.  She was sitting up, looking  terrified and Dharam moved to her side . He took her hands in his and leaning forward, kissed her tenderly on her forehead. He knew what was on her mind. " The baby is safe"

Meera burst into tears and Dharam held her close to him. " Meera, no.  You can't stress yourself any more. That was a close call. You have to take bed rest now for as long as needed and no worrying thoughts. Do you hear me?" 

She nodded, unable to say anything. Just relieved.  Dharam rested his chin on her head and gently stroked her hair. There was a lot that he wanted to say but that will have to wait. For now all he said was' " I love you Meera. You are my life. So next time you start doing crazy things and put yourself in danger just remember this. If anything happens to you, Medha and Ahem will lose both their parents,"

 Meera pulled her head back and looked at him in surprise. " what do you mean, Dharamji?"

" Do you think I would be alive after anything happens to you?"

Meera couldn't watch the pain in his eyes. After all that she had put him through, he stilled loved her - more than anything, more than anyone. " I love you too Dharamji. And I promise, Medha and Ahem will grow up with both their parents. Understand, you better understand" . Her voice faltered when she said that, and her tears soaked Dharam's shirt but they were happy to stay like that forever.