Ishqbaaz – Rikara Trust 97

Then, all of sudden, Gauri who was expressionless, burst and starts to cry. No one was there except for Om, so he just watched her.

G: Ma!! I cannot believe you left me alone. Now, I actually an orphan and have no one to share my emotions with. The entire Oberoi family left me stranded. After my divorce, I was pretty much a lifeless person but you and the kids took me out of the depression and helped me. Dadi came later and she became an important person in my life. But, now with you gone, my backbone, what am I going to do?

Gauri runs upstairs to the room and shuts her door. Om follows her but does not open the door. He can hear Gauri crying and throwing stuff around but still he did not open the door. Then, suddenly, everything stops. It was completely silent.

O(Thinking): What happened? Why is it so quiet inside? Should I go inside? No, I will not go inside. If I do, she will get angry at me again? What if she did something stupid? I do not care what she thinks of me at this point.

Om opens the door and sees Gauri with a needle placed on her wrist and her head held up. She was about to inject herself with a drug.

O: Gauri!! What are you doing?

Gauri snaps out of it but the needle is still in her hand, over her vein.

G: I need some peace. This anti depressant drug is the only thing that give it to me. I can go to a place where I am not judged and no one will treat me like a sacrificial lamb. (Crying)

O: Gauri, try to understand what drugs can do to you.

G: I am Kesha!! Please, I just hate that name. Annika told me to accept Gauri as my name as my mother named me. But, with her gone, I want people to recognize me as Kesha.

O: You have seen so many PSAs on TV where they tell you the effects of taking drugs. Why are you killing yourself?

G: I am already a dead body. These drugs will give me the happiness I need now. I do not care about me. (Gauri stares at the needle.)

O: Gauri, I know what drugs can to do your relationships and your life. Gauri, look at me. (No response) Gauri, look at me. (Still no response) I was a drug user as well before I… married you.

Gauri looks at him, surprised.

O: You?? Omkara Singh Oberoi. You had everything in your life. Money, status, family. What else do you need??

O: I did not have happiness. It was a long story but I took drugs for a long time. There were few times where I was on the brinks of death due to overdose. But, my brothers brought me back. I understood the stress it puts on your family and relationships. I almost lost them and I do not want you to lose them. Please, Gauri, do not slip back into the darkness. You have been the light in so many people’s lives so how can turn to the darkness now?

G: But, who do I have? I have no one in my life. My so called husband hates me (Om looks at her in guilt), my mother is gone. Who else do I have left in my life to care about?

O(Thinking): She is right. Who does she have? If I tell her that I am here for you, she will explode and definitely inject that to be rebellious. I need to think of something else.

G: You cannot answer that question. (Crying) If I cannot answer that question, how can you?

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Then Om remembers the kids at the orphanage…

Gauri looks up at him with wide eyes. The needle is still her in hands and she quickly gets up.

Gauri goes to the washroom and Om follows herbut he does not enter in the washroom…. Om does not what to do so he does the first thing that he thinks of.