Updating after long! Sorry for making you wait..
Recap: Kaira gets to know Samaira’s conspiracies.
(This chapter’s setting will mainly be Birla House. Also, I have had some requests privately saying if I could add Krishna, Krish and Vatsal as well, not only just Aaru & Kairav as Akshu’s siblings. For those, I’ll try to add them in later chapters.)
In Udaipur, Birla House:
“Abhi! Jaldi aa!” Called an anxious Manjari to Abhi.
“Aaya Maa!” Abhi was on a call to Aarohi, who was telling him about a new case.
“Aarohi, Maa bula rahi hai, main tumse baad main baat karta hoon.” To which, he ended the phone call.
“Kya hua Maa?” Abhi appeared in front of his mother smiling, but stopped as he saw her worried.
“Tu aaj kahi nahi jayega.”
“Par kyun? Aaj surgery hai, bataya tha na? Ussi ke liye toh nikal raha tha.”
He proceeded to leave but his mother stood in front of him.
“Abhi, kaha na tu kahi nahi jayega.”
“But Maa, why?! Why can’t I even go to the hospital?”
Manjari slapped her forehead. “Kitni baar kaha hai, Wednesdays tere liye acche nahi hain. Hamare ghar ke Pandit Ji ka phone aaya tha.”
Abhi slapped his forehead. “Kitni baar kaha hai, aisa kuch nahi hota! Sab aapka superstitious beliefs hai.”
“Aur…unhone yeh bhi kaha ki tu bahar gaya, toh ek aur maut ho sakti hai hamare ghar mein.”
Abhi remembered Neil.“Maa, please.” He ignored Manjari’s words and left to go for the surgery.
A Few Hours Later
Manjari was calling Abhi.
“Kya hua Maa?” He asked worriedly.
“Voh Parth…”
“Kya hua Parth Bhai ko?!”
“Voh maar gaya! Sirf teri vajah se. Manjari ne kaha tha, mat jao. Aur tum gaye!” Said an angry Mahima.
(Birla House, in Abhi’s room.)
“Poppy utho!”
“Huh? Kya hua?” He woke up to Ruhi’s voice.
“Aapne bura sapna dekha Poppy.”
He remembered Manjari’s words and stood up and ran out of the room looking for Parth.
“Poppy ruko!” Shouted Ruhi and he stopped and turned back.
“Ru, tumne Parth Tauji ko dekha?”
“Haan, woh toh neeche hai.”
He ran downstairs with Ruhi following him.
As he reached downstairs, he sighed in peace. Parth was there, all okay.
A tired Ruhi came down.
“Poppy…” Abhi ran to her.
“Ru-” Aaru came.
“Ruhi!” She picked her up. “Aap tikh ho na?” She asked, hugging her daughter tight.
Manjari grabbed Abhi’s arm and brought him next to her. “Dekha na tumne, kaise yeh ladki tumhe Ruhi se alag kar rahi hai? Mujhe laga tha ki Akshara better hai. Samajhdar hai. Fir laga ki Aarohi bhi hai. Understanding bhi. Par dono ne galat prove kar diya!”
“Maa bas kijiye. Akshara ki galti nahi thi. Aap ko pata hai, toh yeh sab kyun keh rahi hai aap?”
Aaru turned around and faced Manjari and Abhi, giving Ruhi to Nishtha who took her upstairs. “Behne jitna bhi jhagde, behne toh behne hi hoti hai. Jhagde, ya kuch bhi, isse badal nahi sakti. Akshara acchi thi, hai, aur rahegi. Uska dil aapki tarah nahi hai,” Aaru said.
“Aarohi-” Abhi said but Manjari put her hand up to pause him.
“Behne toh behne hi rahegi, par tu kabhi Akshara jaise samajhdar nahi ban sakti. Aur Akshara teri jaisi understanding nahi ban sakti hai.”
“Kisne kaha Maa?” Abhi said. “Akshara aur Aarohi samajhdar hai, aur Akshara aur Aarohi understanding hai.”
“Poppy? Matashree? Dida? Aap log jhagda kar rahe hai?”
“Nahi Ruhi-” Aarohi paused Manjari. “Ruhi, aap neeche kyu aayi?”
“Tapang nahi udaani?” Ruhi asked.
Aaru smiled at Ruhi. “Tapang nahi, patang. Aur udaani hai na, kyu nahi udaani? Chalo chale upar.”
She turned around as Ruhi walked ahead with Nishtha.
“Yaad rakhna Manjari Ji, nahi aap, nahi yeh family, meri behn ke layak nahi hai.”
Saying that she went to the terrace.
“Maar jaun main ab!?” Manjari shouted, and Abhi looked away.
“Maa bas!“ Abhi turned back at her. “Akshara aur Aarohi ko compare mat kijiye. Aarohi apne tarike se acchi hai aur Akshara apne tarike se acchi hai.”
“Par Abhi-” he had already left from there, to go to the terrace.
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“Nahi Akshu ko acche se rakh paye, nahi Aaru ko rakh rahe hain. Isse yahan se le jane mein hi accha hai. Aur Ruhi ko bhi.”
Precap: Kaira returns to Udaipur. Abhi sees Abhir on the phone.
