RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 30

Mrunalini seems to have got the shock of the lifetime in that whole night alone. Arun’s mouth keeps spitting words like a bunch of fire arrows from the bow. Rohit looks like he is not affected by any of the questions which Arun shots at him. He stands casually holding his alcohol glass in his hand.

 Mrunalini goes Rohit and holds his hand. ‘Beta, What is your brother saying? I don’t understand. Does he say you threatened Trisha that you will kill her?’ asks Mrunalini with an unbelievable expression.

 Rohit does not answer to her question. Arun stands with all the fury in his face waiting for him answer the question. Mrunalini holds his hands tightly and says ‘I am asking you only. Answer me. What is going on?’ Mrunalini rasies her voice.

 Arun steps forward. ‘He will not answer Ma. When a culprit accepted his guilt? Even if he accepts he has his own justification for the crime he committed. But as far as your son is concerned he cannot claim any justification for the cruel thing which he did with that little girl.’ Shouts Arun.

 Mrunalini looks at both of them with dismay. Arun continues ‘Let me tell you. The super duper block buster star assaulted his own daughter brutally by his own hands and threatened her that if she ever shows her face to him again he would kill her. That victim girl ran away from the home to save her life from this monster. Even then her fear did not subside. She ran out of home only to get injured in her head. The climax is, scared by the brutality and the dreadfulness of the assault, she got ’ stops Arun as his voice breaks down not allowing him to speak. ‘Ma, Trisha got epilepsy and got admitted in the hospital’

 Nobody can ever imagine how Mrunalini feels at the moment when he finally broke down the truth to her. She stands like a statue without any reaction. Tears shed from Arun’s eyes and he looks at the guy who does not react to the situation. At that time he hated him like that he cannot anything else in this world. Arun goes towards the stunned Mrunalini and holds her hand.

 ‘Ma.’ Says Arun. Mrunalini does no react his call. Arun holds her hand further tightly and says ‘Ma, Don’t worry. Sakshi Bhabhi’s atma somehow saved her daughter But she may likely to get fits again if she is exposed to the same threat.’

 

Mrunalini does not react to this statement either and stands as it is. Arun gets angry on seeing his mother and most brutal devil standing in front of him.

 

‘Bhayya, Ma and myself held a decimal point of hope that you will accept your daughter and unite with her one day. But today you spoiled everything. Our hope, our ambition, our belief everything. And all the faith which we had till now is totally destroyed by you and your arrogance’ shouts Arun in anger. He leaves Mrunalini and goes to Rohit. ‘Why did you do like this Bhayya? Didn’t you had even a small soft corner for that girl in your heart. Not as daughter at least not as a small child?’ Asks Arun in grief.

 

Rohit remains silent and Arun says ‘You know, in what condition she is in that hospital right now? She is in ICU ward. Why you have done like this? Why you did not consider her that she is a little girl? Did not you feel what you are doing to her is wrong once?’ Arun shakes Rohit’s body and urges him answer.

 

‘NO’ shouts Rohit in high pitch which blows Arun. Rohit relieves his hand from Arun’s hand and steps away. ‘I was not able to feel anything like that. Yes I attacked her and did beat her today morning. Why did she come in front of me when I don’t want to see her face? Whenever I see her I get reminded only of the scene where I saw my soul mate, my beloved wife as dead body. You know how much I am suffering not able to digest the truth that she is no more.’ screams Rohit in the same high volume tone.

 

‘I am convincing myself that she is living somewhere. I wanted to live with that belief for rest of my life. Anything which spoils that belief of mine is truly not acceptable to me. She reminds that my wife is dead giving birth to her. How do you expect me to tolerate this and why should I?’ says Rohit. Arun looks at him with no expression in his face. ‘Who knows? May be I would kill her if she ever comes in front of me again. I will…..’

 

Rohit’s speech is stopped as Mrunalini gives him a harsh slap on his face.

 

Arun’s face turns astonished and he looks at Mrunalini whose eyes turned in absolute reddish. Had she got a Trishul in her hand and a crown in her head, surely she would have been assumed as the Mahakali who is about to slay the asura. Rohit holds his hands on his cheeks and looks at Mrunalini in shock. His face shows a disbelief that his mother slapped him by her own hands.

 

Rohit could not remind of any incident right from the day she stepped in his house as his step-mother where she ever raised her voice to scold him. Whatever mistake he commits, her highest punishment shall be the tears which she sheds from her eyes for her incapability of being a good mother for him. Rohit cannot tolerate seeing her cry and he would promise her that he will not repeat the thing which she does not feel good about.

 

Arun wipes the tears from his eyes. He looks at his mother proudly for whatever she did that minute and a small smile peeps in his lips  Mrunalini looks at Rohit with the entire disgust of her life and this whole world. Rohit looks at her in fright that he had not seen such an expression in her eyes in his life. He tries to say something but she stops him with her hands.

 

‘Don’t even dare to speak a word again in front of me’ says Mrunalini in a rigid and a firm voice. ‘Not even a single word I want to hear from your mouth.’

 

Mrunalini turns towards Arun and says ‘How is my little girl, Beta? Is she OK?’ in a shattered voice. Arun looks at his mother with agony. Mrunalini does not control the tears coming from her eyes and she starts to cry like an over flooded water bursting from a dam. Arun rushes and holds her as she is about to fall down.

 

‘Ma, please don’t cry. It is not the time to cry. First let us go to hospital. Trisha is badly in need of a support only which you can provide her. Don’t break down Ma. Control yourself.’ Says Arun to her

 

‘How, Beta? How can I control when I was unsuccessful to protect that girl and did not sense that my little angel is in danger in her own house and that too by her own father? I cannot forgive myself for failing to do my duties and for having pushed her to such a threat' says Mrunalini as she cries heavily. Arun looks at her helplessly and then looks at Rohit who looks at her in awfulness. Arun turns his head away from him and holds his mother.

 

‘Beta, I want to see her immediately otherwise I will die. Please take me to her, Arun’ says Mrunalini in a compelling voice.

 

‘Ma, We have to leave this place immediately. I feel like I am standing in some sort of hell. I cannot breathe here. Let us go from here.’ Says Arun. Mrunalini runs from the room crying. Arun steps towards the entrance door but stops and turns towards Rohit.

 

‘Bhayya, just now you said that Sakshi bhabhi is your soul mate, your beloved wife isn’t it? Remember one thing. No woman in this world would tolerate if someone harms her child. No more than a mother can realize the true value of the child which she had borne and brought to this world. I am sure, had Bhabhi was alive, even she would have been like that. She would have turned to rigorous Tigress had someone even thought of assaulting her child  But to her misfortune, her own husband is the brutal assaulter of her kid. Had you loved her truly, surely you would have not harmed her precious possession. The love for her which you believe it to be true is not true at all. Bhabhi will surely not forgive you for whatever you have done. She would have hated you to the highest for what you did to her child. I swear. She trusted you that you will take care of her child like a princess but you broke her faith and not even treated her daughter like a human being. You are neither a good father and nor a good lover nor a good husband too that you have broken the belief of a wife and a mother. Feel shameful of yourself’ shouts Arun and he leaves the room with fast footsteps.

 

Rohit stands in the middle of the room like a statue. The glass which is in his hand falls down breaks into piece along with his heart.

 

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MUMBAI MEDICAL INSTITUTE

Rahini and KP wait at the corridor area outside the ICU ward. It has been five hours since both of them came her for admitting Trisha. Rahini leans on the chair and her eyes are closed.

‘Raga’ calls KP

‘Hmm’ replies Rahini without opening her eyes.

‘I think you should have been much more polite with that guy. For me it seems he is very much shaken by this hospitalization and the incident happened at his house.’ Says KP

Rahini opens her eyes and looks at KP in surprise. KP looks at her and says ‘Perhaps, we should hear their point of view. I can see that guy much tensed and anxious for missing the child and he also showed much shock on hearing about her abuse.’

‘They guy must be surely an award winning actor. He says that he is her uncle. When a father himself is not cared about the child how come he can be a caring one. I don’t think so.’

 

KP looking at her straight. ‘We are not your real parents. Are we not caring for you like how they would?’

 Rahini turns to him in anger. ‘You are an exception. Exceptions cannot be rules.’

‘I agree. Perhaps he too can be an exception? I am sure he is not aware of the incident happened at his home. Next time when you meet him try to find out the truth. Don’t fall for your emotions and get embarrassed later’ says KP

Rahini does not reply to him. KP holds her hands and says ‘Why don’t give the benefit of doubt to that guy and his mother? You are grown up and much matured journalist and social worker. I don’t have to say anything to you. Yet, think about what I told’

KP turns away to other direction and Rahini remains silent.

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The BMW car enters the hospital campus and stops at the entrance. Mrunalini opens the car door fast and steps to get in.

‘Ma, please for heaven sake, stay calm. Wait until I park the car and come with you.’ Says Arun

‘No, I have to see her immediately. You park and come. I will go inside’ replies Mrunalini to him without patience.

 

'Ma, please try to understand. Just a minute.’ Says Arun and looks at the parking lot. His face turns bright as the parking lot is much empty. He parks his car as fast as possible and comes to Mrunalini.

 

‘Ma, the lady who admitted our Trisha is very angry on us and she thinks that we are also part of the abuse. She is in the rage of sending us to jail. I have to handle her first.’ Say Arun

‘You don’t worry. She will not do anything like that if I explain to her. Let us go.’ Says Mrunalini and leaves the place. Arun follows her in a tensed expression.

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KP looks at the corridor where the guy whom he met just a while before is coming to the place. He also sees an elderly woman coming with him. KP holds Rahini’s hand and shows them to her.

‘Raga, look there’ says KP

Rahini looks at the direction of the woman and her face turns surprised. Her face frowns trying to remind the place where she met her already. Few seconds later she gets reminded of the incident and looks at her again in astonishment.

Mrunalini comes to Rahini. Tears roll from her cheeks and she speaks with a broken voice.

‘Where is Trisha? I want to see her immediately’

Rahini keeps looking at her and she then looks at Arun standing beside her. Arun understands her expression and says ‘Trisha’s grandmother.’ In a rigid voice.

Rahini again gets surprised and looks at crying elderly woman. ‘Oh my Goodness! Is she the grandmother of Trisha. How it is possible? How can such a calm, timid and polite woman can be a mother of a terrible monster?’

Rahini opens her mouth to answer Mrunalini but Arun interrupts her saying ‘Please, let her to see the girl. I know you will not believe that she has no part in whatever happened at our home. But she really do not know anything about this. Please respect the age and don’t talk to her like you talked to me’ in a tough voice.

Rahini glares at him but Arun faces it without any guilt. She then turns to Mrunalini and says ‘Ma ji, please don’t cry. Trisha is safe. She will be shifted from ICU by morning. Nothing to worry right now’ in a polite voice trying to console her.

Mrunalini continues to cry. She looks at Rahini and says ‘Please, I want to see her. Take me to her.’

Rahini looks at KP helplessly. KP signs her to take her to ICU ward. Rahini takes Mrunalini and shows the ward where Trisha is admitted. Mrunalini looks the girl

Through the small hole where Trisha is surround by ECG, cardiograph machines, a mask on her face and glucose bottle dripping the fluid into her veins. Mrunalini starts to cry very loudly.

‘Hey Bhagwan, for which sin which I have committed you are punishing me like this? Is there no limit for you to punish your true devotees?’ cries MRunalini.

Rahini looks at her pitifully and holds her trying to console her.

‘Ma ji, I told you isn’t it? She is ok. Please don’t cry.’ Says Rahini.

A nurse comes rushing to the place disturbed by the sound cry of Mrunalini.

‘Excuse me, visiting hours are over. No one should stand here. Please disperse’ shouts the nurse in a low voice.

All of them look at the nurse with multiple expression. Rahini tries to take Mrunalini from the place but she does not go with her.

‘I will not come from this place. I am going to stay here only. I don’t care if someone shoots me for that’ says Mrunalini persistently.

Rahini looks at the nurse and asks ‘Can anybody accompany here for a night?’

 

The nurse replies ‘Only one person can stay. Others please leave. It is time for doctor to come for rounds’ and she leaves the place.

Arun looks at Mrunalini and says ‘Ma, I will stay here and you leave. It is not good for your health if you stay awake for long time. I will take care.’

 

Mrunalini looks at everybody and goes to the visitor’s chair and sits without saying anything. All of them look at her with an understanding expression what she means.

Arun looks at Rahini and speaks in an indifferent manner. ‘Thanks for helping our child. We will handle from now on. You may go now.’

Rahini glares at him and looks at KP. His face too show an irritation look. Rahini does not answer him and she goes to Mrunalini and sits beside her. Arun looks at her in surprise.

‘Ma ji’ says Rahini ‘Is this the same son for whom you fasted and fell sick on that day?’

Mrunalini looks at Rahini with tears in her eyes.

 

RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 31

Mrunalini looks at Rahini with a guilt filled expression. Rahini looks at her and does not reply anything. Arun frowns at her, not understanding what they are speaking about. Rahini gets up from the chair and goes to Arun.  

 

‘Mr.Anirudh Arte. Please kindly pass this message to your beloved brother that he can expect his arrest warrant at any time and ask him to be prepared to count bars.’ says Rahini with the same anger tone and leaves from the place before Arun replies to her.

 

Arun looks at the direction of Rahini and then goes to his mother. ‘Ma, What is this? You told she is a savior, she is an angel and some more things. Actually she is great devil for us. How dare she challenges me? Let me show who I am and with whom she is clashing with. If I decide, she cannot reside in Maharastra state itself for rest of her life.’ Speaks Arun in a challenging voice.

 

Mrunalini does not reply to him and she keeps shedding her tears.

 

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Sahana apartments complex is filled with the joy and glory of Holi celebrations for the past two days and the celebration continues that day too. Rahini freshens herself and peeps through the window to have the look. Colors everywhere splash in the form of powder and water in the faces of people of all age groups. Her eyes catch a scene of two girls one chasing to apply color and the other trying to run away from her with smiles in both of the faces. Both of them have a sweet challenge among them that whether one applies color in her face or the other escapes from the coloring. Rahini’s lips stretch to smile but her eyes show sadness.

 

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‘Happy Holi’ a beautiful woman stands in front of her ready to splash the colors on her.

 

Rahini gets up from the place where she was sitting and moves backwards.

 

‘Hey! No. Go away. I don’t want to play and spoil my only good dress’ says Rahini to her trying to avoid the coloring.

 

‘Oh really. Then I have to surely set to my mission’ says the woman. ‘Mission Rangini.’

 

Rahini frowns at her and asks ‘Mission Rangini?’

 

‘Yes. Rang(color) plus Rahini. RANGINI. A mission to make this dress get removed from your body with immediate effect. You are saying that this is your only good dress but according to me it is unfit even to be worn by a beggar woman. Today I am going to bid farewell for this’ says the woman and she sets ready her coloring device.

 

Rahini gets shocked for a second and holds the dress tightly. She starts to run from the place to avoid the color splash and the woman chases her with determination. Both of them play Cat and Mouse game and neither of them are ready to give up. Rahini runs away from the place and gets inside the home from garden area followed by her friend.

 

‘Hey Chori (calling a thief), it is better you come to me so that the damages might be minimal. If I catch you then you have to regret’ says the woman in a fun filled warning tone.

 

‘Oh hello, you cannot catch me unless I let you’ Says Rahini as she continues to play the run and chase game.

 

‘Achcha? (is it?)’ says the woman ‘Just watch that you cannot escape from me unless I let you.’ Says the woman.

 

The woman tries splashing the colors on her but Rahini escapes from it. The woman further determines to catch her and chases her rigorously.

 

As both of them play their game, neither of them noticed a handsome young charming chap entering inside the hall where both of them were playing. The guy looks at them in surprise unaware of the situation.

 

‘Hey Chori. You cannot escape from me today. For how many days you have been challenging me but time has come where I am going to record my victory.’ Says the woman to her and she continues the chase.

 

Rahini runs away from her and while running she finds a plate on a table where fruits are arranged beautifully and near to it a knife. She quickly grabs the knife from the plate and points it towards the woman.

 

‘Hey, look what am I holding in my hand?’ speaks Rahini in a villainous tone. ‘Don’t dare to come near me. If you do so, then I am not responsible for anything’

 

The woman pretends to get shocked by the knife tactics and smiles. ‘Hey, what is this? This is India. A country famous for non-violence. So drop the knife. Whatever it is let us settle down by talks.’

 

Rahini does a funny threatening and advances to stab her and the woman backs off to avoid her. This  games continues for a while and Rahini does not know that the guy who is standing and watching all of this, is staring at her angrily. Both of them play this knife game for a while. The woman tries to grab the knife and Rahini pretends to attack her. The woman suddenly looks at the guy standing and shouts

 

‘Hey, what you are looking at? Just catch hold of her.’ shouts the woman to the handsome chap.

 

Rahini looks at the direction for a second and the time was very much sufficient for the woman to catch hold of her hands her hands and make her lose her hold towards the knife. The woman grabs her and makes her to drop the knife. Rahini losing her precious protecting possession starts to run again only to get caught by the handsome guy who mistook her to a thief being chased for theft by the woman.

 

Rahini gets shocked when her hands are grabbed by someone suddenly who holds her very tightly. She tries to relive her hands from him but the hold is very tight like an iron grip. She could not see him as he held her at her back and he looks at the woman proudly.

 

‘That is it’ shouts the woman happily. ‘Finally you got trapped to me, isn’t it?’

 

‘Hey, leave me. Why are you holding my hand?’ shouts Rahini to him.

 

‘No. don’t leave her’ says the woman to that guy. ‘My long dream is finally going to be fulfilled at last. So hold her as tightly as you can.’ Says the woman to him and she looks at around.

 

‘Oh Gosh, I dropped there.’ Says the woman. ‘Hold her tightly. I will come now’

 

The woman runs from there and Rahini tries to look at the guy who held her. ‘Are you crazy? Leave my hand. You don’t know what  will happen if she catches me.’ Screams Rahini.

 

‘You will get what you are deserved to get’ says the guy in a rigid and angry voice. Rahini frowns at him and tries to relieve from his grip.

 

The woman comes running with the coloring device and comes near to the guy and Rahini. ‘Here comes MISSION RANGINI’ screams the woman and she starts to splash the colors on Rahini.

 

‘Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ shouts the woman happily and she continues splashing the colors ignoring the high volume ‘NO’ from Rahini.

 

Within few seconds Rahini’s dress colors changes completely and her face turned to multiple colors.

 

The woman jumps at happiness and laughs at the fun happened then. The guy now loosens his hold on her hands and looks at the jumping girl in astonishment.

 

Rahini angrily turns towards the guy and glares at him. The guy looks at her in guilt for having mistaken her thief. He turns in some other direction to avoid her stare. He could not see her full face which is completely colored. Rahini turns towards the woman and screams at her.

 

'What you have done?' asks Rahini with irritation in her voice.

 

The woman grins and says 'Wow. Baby, you know how beautiful you look now. Even my eyesight shall turn evil against you' mocks the woman at her.

 

'Finally I have spoiled this dress. Mission RANGINI is successfully accomplished. Hurray' shouts the woman in joy.

 

Rahini keeps looking at her in anger and she tries to wipe the colors from her body. The woman looks at her and says 'Now go, take a scissors and cut down this dress into one thousand pieces and drop it in the fire. Then you do whatever you want'

 

'Why the hell? This was very much good for me. What this dress has done to you?' shouts Rahini in irritation.

 

'Yes. It did a lot of good to me. I have worn this dress for at least 500 times. Then it did a good to you for bearing you for another 500 times. Had this dress got eyes and a mouth surely it would weep. Everything in this world should retire one day. So I thought, as the token of appreciation for the service offered by this dress to both of us, I am bidding a colourful farewell.'

 

'Now what I can do?'

 

'Be a good girl and go to your room, change your dress, come out to continue the holi celebration You know many celebrity guests , film stars are coming to the holi party. Ensure you look cool in front of them.' says the woman.

 

'I will look after you afterwards' says Rahini to the woman and again she stares at the guy and leaves the place.

 

The woman looks at her with a grin. 'Crazy girl'

 

The woman then turns towards and her face turns in horror looking at the guy standing beside her. The guy's dress got colored by the colors splashed by her sometime back.

 

'Oh my God!' screams the woman looking at the guy. 'I am sorry. I am extremely sorry' speaks the woman in a tensed voice. She looks at his face and gets surprised. The guy looks at her and her surprised look with a smiling eye expression.

 

'If I am not wrong, you are that film star Rohit Kumar?' asks the woman to him with hesitation and doubtfulness in her voice.

 

'I don't mind saying 'yes' as answer to your question.' says Rohit to that woman. His lips smiles while answering her.

 

Rahini turns on hearing the name Rohit Kumar and looks at him who is also standing colourful. Her lips stretch to smile and her eyes shows delight on seeing him.

 

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Rahini's eyes turns in red on anger. She looks at the window and looks at the two girls. The girl has succeeded in her mission to color her friend. Both of them laugh together enjoying their playful moments. Rahini's eyes turn to normal from anger. She looks at the surroundings for some moments and then leaves from the place.

 

RAHINI - Aur Ek Prem Kahani - Innoru Kadhal Kadhai - Episode 29

Two pairs of eyes stare at each other. One with anxiety and another with anger.

 

Rahini gives a firm look and asks ‘So, what is the purpose of your visit here? To report to your monstrous predator whether his prey is alive or dead?’

 

Now Arun’s eyes turn in red. ‘What do you mean? I have come here to see and take my child with me. And what do you think you are talking now?’ says Arun in angry voice.

 

‘I am not speaking in any African tribal language and I know very well what I am talking. I asked you whether you have come here to check if the girl is dead or not. If she is not dead, you might formulate another plan to kill her, isn’t it?’ replies Rahini in same furious tone.

 

Arun loses his patience and looks straight to her eyes and says, ‘Excuse me. It seems to me that you are talking in some tribal language only. Let me clear you once again. I am Anirudh with whom you spoke few minutes before. You told me that our child is with you and she is ill. I went to your home and your mother told that you have brought her here and I came following you. That is it. Why are you asking me unwanted questions? I really don’t understand what you are trying to say? What is your problem?’

 

‘Well, I did a great mistake by informing you about her whereabouts. What actually I should have done is, straight visited to police station and lodged a violence complaint against your family and pushed all of you behind the bars.’ replies Rahini to him.

 

Arun’s face turn shocked on hearing her words. He looks at in her astonishment and does not utter any word. Rahini continues looking at him.

 

‘Not an issue. Once Trisha recovers, it is going to be sure that I will do whatever I said now. I will not leave every single member of your family. I am challenging you.’

 

Arun recalls the words of Radha ‘Consequences are going to be faced. But not by us but by you and your family. Go to the hospital and find out who is going to be charged by whom?’

 

Arun looks at her ‘Excuse me, I believe you and your whole family have been recently discharged from any mental hospital. Perhaps you have forgot one thing. You took her with you and kept without informing us for a long time. I can charge you for kidnap and it is you who is going to be behind the bars and not us.’

 

‘Oh really? Let me see who the law shall charge. Either the one who saved a girl from an abuse or the one who attacked her. Child abuse is a punishable crime under our country’s law. If you are not aware of it, better go and check with some lawyer’

 

‘What?’ shouts Arun in a shock. ‘What you are saying? Trisha is abused and attacked? By whom? When? Where?’ asks Arun getting nervous.

 

Rahini looks at him mockingly ‘Don’t try to act too smart and don’t try to make fool of me by saying that you did not know what happened to her.’

 

Arun looks at her like not able to believe what is hearing.

 

‘Please, don’t test my patience. Whatever you are saying now is a news to me. I really don’t understand. Just clearly tell what is going on with my child’ pleads Arun to her.

 

Rahini is about to say something while KP interrupts her. ‘Raga, I feel he is not aware of the situation. Don’t come to a conclusion without hearing their point of view.’

 

Rahini replies him ‘What you are saying Chitapa? You really believe him? He is saying that he does not know that Trisha is attacked by her own father and she is threatened to be killed by him. How is it possible? He is trying to cheat us. Don’t trust him, Chitapa’

 

Arun’s face goes to extreme level of shock in his lifetime. ‘What? What did you say now? My brother attacked Trisha and threatened to kill her?’ asks Arun to her. ‘No way. I will not believe this. You are lying. My brother would not do that at any cost.’

 

‘I don’t care about how that devil is related to you. Trisha is attacked by the monster who told her that if she ever showed his face to him, he would kill her. That is it.’

 

‘Who told you this?’ asks Arun

 

Rahini looks at him straight and replies ‘The victim’

 

Arun stares at her hearing her answer. Rahini says ‘The name which your family kept for that innocent victim is Trisha.’

 

Arun does not retreat and he answers her again but in a low voice. ‘No. I still cannot believe this. Some misunderstanding has happened. My brother is not such a character who can be so cruel. I knew him very well. Sure there might be some explanation.’

 

As he speaks his mind recalls the conversation that morning with Rohit.

 

‘I cannot accept her in my life at any cost. If she ever comes in front of me again, I swear, I will kill her’

 

Arun stands like a statue thinking about the words ‘God, what is this? Perhaps there might be some truth in which this lady is saying. Something has happened with bhayya and Trisha. Otherwise Trisha would have not gone like this. Maa was saying Trisha was looking so dull today morning. If that so, My God’

 

Arun’s face turns pale and he looks at Rahini sadly who stares at him with all vengeance in her mind.

 

‘What explanation you can give? Had you seen the horror filled in her eyes when she was at our home, I swear no place in the world you can go to find the explanation for that.’ Says Rahini

 

Arun does not answer her.

 

Rahini continues ‘I already knew that Trisha was abandoned by that monster when she was a baby. But today only I found for what the hell reason he did that. It is the first time in my life I am hearing that a father wants to avenge his baby girl for his wife’s death. Isn’t it weird? Even a monster shall not think like this about its offspring. But he did. He is far worse than a monster. Actually monster is really a polite word to address him. I have to find in the dictionary which word can well suit to address.’

 

Arun stands silent and looks at her.

 

Rahini looks at him and says ‘I have nothing to talk about this to you anymore. I want to meet Mrs.Arte. I know that she is the responsible person for taking care of the girl. You please go away From here and ask her to come. Whatever I want, I will talk to her. But one thing for sure. Don’t ever think of taking this girl to the place where the monster is residing. I will not let it happen Until I am alive. You got it?’ shouts Rahini at him.

 

Arun does not move from his place and he peeps into the room where Trisha is lying on a bed.

 

‘Mr.Arte. Please leave this place for heaven sake. I have promised her that I will not send her to her home against her wishes. She will not go with you to your home. I wanted to inform Mrs.Arte about the legal consequences which her family is going to face very shortly.’

 

Arun watches Rahini with a blank expression in his eyes.

 

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ARTE MANSION

 

Mrunalini wanders here and there looking at the entrance door once in few seconds. It has been an hour since Arun left to pick up Trisha from Rahini’s home. Neither he came nor any phone call from him. The family doctor is seated on the sofa waiting to treat Trisha for the illness since half-an-hour.

 

‘What happened? Why he has not come still?’ asks Mrunalini looking at the door.

 

Mrunalini takes her mobile and dials the number. The phone ring goes on from the other side.

 

‘What the hell is this? He is neither calling me not attending my call. What is he thinking he is doing? Doesn’t he knew how much worried would be I am? So irresponsible.’ Mrunalini shouts In an irritation. The doctor looks at her with a gentle smile. Mrunalini gives him an embarrassed smile for making him wait in this late hour.

 

A car sound is heard from outside and Mrunalini’s face turns bright. She immediately rushes to the entrance and looks at the car. Arun gets down from the car and steps inside the house with tired and weak steps. Mrunalini eagerly look for Trisha to get down from the car. She goes near to him and looks at the car.

 

‘Where is she? Inside the car?’ asks Mrunalini and goes towards it. She opens the back door and sees the empty seat. She then opens the front door and looks the seat to be vacant. She turns towards Arun with a questioning expression.

 

Arun avoids seeing her and steps inside the house. Mrunalini steps fast behind him and holds his hands ‘Arun, where is my child?’

 

Arun relieves her hand from his hands and steps further. Mrunalini’s face turn pale. ‘Arun, have gone deaf? I am asking you where is Trisha? Where are you going without answering my question’

 

Arun stands silently in his place and looks at the eager filled face of Mrunalini.

 

‘Beta, what is this? Why are you not answering my question. Where is Trisha? Why she is not in the car? Did not she come with you? Why you are coming alone? Answer me.’

 

Arun looks at his mother pitifully. His lips twitches and he does not speak anything, He makes fast foot step and gets inside the home and Mrunalini too runs behind him. Arun looks at the doctor Seated on the sofa. He reminds the conversation in the hospital with the doctor.

 

‘The girl is mentally affected by something. So she got scared of that and got epilepsy’

 

‘That is it, Arun. My patience fully ran out. You cannot take a single step without answering my question. Where is my baby? Why she has not come with you?’ asks Mrunalini with anger filled voice.

 

Arun’s mind once again recalls the incident that morning. Broken glass pieces scattered on the whole room and Rohit in full intoxicated state bluffing ‘I cannot accept her in my life at any cost. If she ever comes in front of me again, I swear, I will kill her.’

 

He also recalls the words spoken by Rahini ‘He is saying that he does not know that Trisha is attacked by her own father and she is threatened to be killed by him'

 

He turns to Mrunalini. ‘Where is your son?’ asks Arun in an anger tone.

 

Mrunalini looks at him surprise and with irritation. ‘What you are asking? You did not answer my question’

 

Arun turns to Mrunalini. ‘Is your beloved super star son is living in this world or not?’ shouts Arun. ‘Where is he?’

 

Mrunalini’s face turns pale. ‘What happened Arun? What is wrong with you? Why you are not at all answering my question?’ asks Mrunalini with tears in my eyes. Arun looks at her in a helpless expression. He goes to her and holds her hand.

 

‘Ma, please. I want you to answer my question. It is very important.’ Says Arun and Mrunalini listens to him in surprise. ‘Ma. You were saying that Trisha looked so dull today and you scolded her yesterday isn’t it?’

 

Mrunalini pause a moment and replies ‘Yes. So?’

 

‘Ma, please tell me what exactly happened yesterday with Trisha? I want to know. Please tell me without asking any questions.’ Says Arun to Mrunalini.

 

Mrunalini recalls the incident yesterday at dinner.

 

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Trisha and Mrunalini are seated at the dining table. Mrunalini serves some food in Trisha’s plate and some food in her plate and starts eating. Trisha does not eat and looks at Mrunalini.

 

‘Dadhi’ says Trisha

 

Mrunalini looks at her and says ‘Haan, beta’

 

‘Tomorrow there is parents teachers meeting at my school. My teacher told everyone to bring our parents, Dadhi’ says Trisha in a low voice.

 

Mrunalini turns sad and looks at Trisha. ‘Tomorrow?’

 

‘Haan, Dadhi’

 

Mrunalini looks uncomfortable. She says ‘Beta, it is not possible to come tomorrow. I will do one thing. I will call your teacher and inform her that we cannot come tomorrow. IS it OK?’

 

Trisha looks at her and asks ‘Why Dadhi?’

 

‘Beta, tomorrow is your mother’s anniversary celebration. We will be very busy. That is why?’ says Mrunalini.

 

Trisha does not say anything. Mrunalini looks at the girl with sorrow filled expression and does not eat anything from her plate.

 

‘Arey! Why you are not eating? It is your favourite dish, isn’t it?’ says Mrunalini and tries to divert the topic. She takes a spoon of food and tries to feed her but Trisha does not open her mouth. Mrunalini looks at her in surprise.

 

‘What beta? Are you not feeling well?’ asks Mrunalini.

 

‘Dadhi, I want to ask you one thing.’

 

‘Haan beta, what is it?’

 

‘Why has not Papa came to see me till now? You are also not letting me to go to meet him. You told me that once he comes home he will play with me, he will talk with me and he will drop me to school like Shreya’s Papa. But why Papa is not doing that? Why Papa is not talking to me?’

 

Mrunalini turns shocked on Trisha line of questions. Her face turns nervous and anxious not knowing what to answer. She smiles at Trisha and says ‘Nothing like that beta. Your Papa is not feeling well right now. That is why we are not letting you talk to him’

 

‘What happened to Papa? has he got fever?’

 

Mrunalini struggles to answer her ‘Like that only He is not feeling good.’

 

‘Dadhi, Then shall we go and see him. My friend once told me that her father too was not feeling well. She told that she applied some balm on his head and her father felt good. Like that shall I apply some balm on his head? ’ asks Trisha eagerly.

 

Mrunalini’s face turns very sad ‘Oh God, How affectionate this girl is towards her father! She wants to heal her father from his illness and wants to help him. But this idiot is not at all understanding the love this girl for him. God, Why Are you embarrassing me with such situations. Now what can I answer for her question?’

 

Mrunalini looks at Trisha and says ‘Beta, not required. Your Papa will be OK soon. Myself and your Chachu are there for him isn’t it? We will take care of him. You now finish your food and go to sleep’

 

‘No, Dadhi. I will come and apply balm for him. Or I will come and just look at him. Please Dadhi. Take me to Papa.’ Pleads Trisha to Mrunalini.

 

Mrunalini pretends to be angry on her ‘Trisha, I told you isn’t it? You are a small child. If you go there, you will also get the infections and get fever. So be a good girl and obey me.’

 

‘No’ shouts Trisha pushing the food aside. ‘I am not a small child. I will not get any infection. I want to see Papa, right now’. The food and plate falls to a great distance outside the table due to the forcible push of Trisha. Mrunalini gets angry for real and looks at her angrily.

 

‘Trisha’ shouts Mrunalini at her. ‘Behave yourself. I don’t like this type of manner less acts. What happened to you today? Why you are so persistent? I am saying isn’t it? You cannot see him today. I will take you to him another day. Until then keep quiet.’

 

Trisha too looks Mrunalini in anger and tears start to roll down cheeks. She runs from the place with anger and goes inside her room and shuts the door in full force. Mrunalini looks at her helplessly.

 

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Arun listens to the narration of incident by Mrunalini. His face turns confused.

 

‘Ma, did Trisha really was very persistent yesterday about meeting him?’ asks Arun in surprise.

 

‘What can I say? She cannot understand what is going on in the house and why her Papa is not talking to her? She is very interested to spend time with him.’ Says Mrunalini sadly.

 

‘Then what happened? Did you talk to her?’ asks Arun

 

Mrunalini nods like ‘no’. ‘I went to her room and tried to console her. But she did not talk to me. I was with her until she slept and came out of room.’

 

Arun pauses for few moment and then opens his mouth ‘Everything is getting clearer slowly. Now only one more gap needs to be filled.’ Says Arun in a rigid voice.

 

Arun looks at the direction of Rohit’s room and then takes a fast step while Mrunalini follows him with a surprise.

 

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Rohit is seated on the chair and in front of him lies a small wooden stool filled with empty bottles and glasses on it. He holds a glass filled with a alcohol liquid and drinks it sip by sip. He looks at the shelf which was almost vacant with one or two bottles left in it. He looks at the floor cleaned by the servants sometime before. Morning the floor was full of broken glass pieces scattered covering entire the floor. The alcohol liquid poured from the bottles branched in different directions like a river. Had somebody dropped match stick there, the whole room would have easily gutted in fire. He was likely to drop a lighted match stick on the alcohol to scare her away. Like expected, she ran away from the room but what he did not expect was she ran away from the home.

 

"I don't want anybody in my life. I don't want mother, don't want family and I don't ever want this child which separated my wife from me. I don't want to see the face of this child. Take it away and leave me alone"

 

Rohit recalls how he shouted on the horrible day where his only soul and life left him alone. The truth which he cannot and which he does not want accept is going to be full seven years old after three days. He get glimpses Of the nuptial night in the same room in the same bed and sees an illusion of ‘her’ seated in her bridal costume. His illusion enters the room with all happiness in his face. He goes near to her and sits beside her on the bed. Her face Is veiled with the bridal shawl shining due to the designer stone work in it. Her hands and legs are full of Mehendi designs in bright red color which was considered as a good sign in a married woman’s life. He slowly unveils the shawl From her head and looks at the face which according to him is the only beautiful face in the world. The face is filled with all the shyness and the happiness pertaining to a newly married woman who married her soul mate. He holds her face in her hands and kisses her in her forehead. Her face turns red adding more beauty. He further approaches to her lips.

 

The door of the room suddenly opens with heavy force by a most angry young man of this world at that moment followed by a bewildered elderly woman behind him. Rohit looks at Arun, who is standing in front of him, in surprise but his facial expression turns with guilt within seconds which answers Arun almost to all the questions which intended to ask him. Rohit avoids looking at him at his eyes directly and turns away his head. Mrunalini looks at both of them with a lot of questions storming her mind.

 

‘So’ asks Arun in the rigid tone. ‘Do you have anything to say by your own mouth?’

 

Rohit looks at him and pretends to be surprised. ‘What you are talking about? What do you want me to say?’ says Rohit

 

‘I want to you to exactly narrate the incident which happened between you and the most unlucky daughter of this world.’ Says Arun with now filled with anger in his voice. ‘Just say what the hell you did to her.’

 

Rohit gets up from his chair and turns away his face to opposite side. ‘What? What I did to whom? I don’t understand’

 

‘Bhayya’.replies Arun. ‘I would like to remind you that I am not the same milk tooth kid who wandered behind you holding your shirt like a tail, believing all the stupid things without conforming it as true or not. You cannot cheat me always. I know everything which happened in this house. I just want your verbal confirmation. That is it.’

 

Mrunalini steps in between the two and looks at Arun. ‘Beta, what you are talking about? I don’t understand. What is going on here?’ asks Mrunalini in a worried voice.

 

‘Ask this question to your beloved son, Ma’ Says Arun. ‘Just ask him with which weapon he attacked your sweet little Trisha today? Ask him what words exactly he used to threaten her to death? Ask him what is his next course of plan to get rid of that innocent sorry that devil child according to him. Either by poisoning her or stabbing her or strangling her or immolate her? Ask him in which jail he wishes to count the iron bars for his rest of life? You yourself ask him’ shouts Arun in rage.

 

Mrunalini looks at Arun with the shock which she has not experienced in her lifetime.