That One Step which Lead to Self-Respect

Its so hard to decide whether to choose wrong and extreme wrong, once I heard this dialogue in a movie but I guess that is damn true, as I have witnessed something extremely alter to my imagination, I took a step which was not exactly for me but for him, whom! My father obviously, who is Mr. Abhishek Prem Mehra, who was a man who got preyed just of situation and misunderstanding took place randomly in his life that my mother and his separation was so common, but an incident happened and I was proved wrong, and he is here today in front of me among the jury, yes I am in concert no basically a concert but a casual singing competition which is a part of college fest, who so ever win here will be awarded by him, and today I will do something which will force him to reveal his identity, just hope when I open my eyes I don’t see my mother among the audience, just hope….

 

“Stage light turned on and here we can see Prachi in front of the mike holding it and two boys with guitar and piano over there she greets and starts singing….”

 

The result was out in the end and Prachi held third prize in the same, when she was called on the stage to receive the price she did what she had planned… she refused the price, which made Rhea irked of her as well as Abhi, he was irritated by Prachi that he said “People die for receiving award from me and this girl of your college Mr. Principal has insulted me by doing so and I will not forget it, Prachi was smirking at him “I was right this misunderstandings were not misunderstandings they were because of ego problem, My mother was right and I was wrong. Its good that I saw her with mother arguing over Kiara di, trying to prove that mistake was hers that’s the only reason I am doing this to you father and as I thought, Mother was right you are not the right person for her.” Prachi came out of thoughts when Her friend shook her, she noticed that everyone has left from the room.

 

“It was hardly two days that I mocked my father like that and then this became so common that he was totally hell irritated with me, the limit got to the end where he used his power and made principal agreed to suspend me from college. Though Mother tried hard and I got admission in another college and to my faith it was so near to his work space, I used to do something randomly which use to irritate him like if there was a rally in college then I use to suggest that it should be out of college so that many people can witness it, and I used to make sure that the way should be out from his work space, I was finding many ways to make him realize that he was nothing more than an egoistic person, it was enjoyable until and unless he came to know that I am his daughter, and this happened when there was a parents meet in college and mother was with me, don’t know how he noticed her with me and followed mother until and unless he got to know the connection between me mother, that was the horrible day as I saw my mother crying weeping raging and fighting for me at the same time, that man tried every possible thing to convince me and blamed my mother for my every single answer, she was in rage in anger while crying and trying hard to convince him that he cannot snatch me from her, but she turned silent when he said “I have equal right on her and If I cant meet her , then I will make sure you don’t meet Rhea” she glared him with her emotions and then handling same with only hold said “fine” and I was like “Is it you mother!!” she was never so heartless and today she was… she denied meeting her daughter!!!, after that we shifted back to Hoshiyarpur, but something unusual happened, that man who concludes to be father was there one morning and fell in-front of mother, he literally begged in-front of her to return, mother denied and threw him out of the house, this continued to few days and like this days spent week spent and month as well, that man always comes and try to convince mother through his various activities, sometimes by happiness and sometimes by showering love on her, what I witness was she was melting for him, I thought may be I am going to get back to my family as his antics were enough for me to prove that he is guilty… but I guess destiny had something else in its store,…. that night mother didn’t slept and when I woke up to have some water I saw her wandering here and there on the terrace, I did not bother to disturb her, Next morning when I saw her reading books which she usually use to do when she finds solution to a problem, being suspicious I asked “What happened you are reading characters today that too of epics!!” she kissed my forehead and then said “your father is here, its long time now we have to return and god knows after returning will I be able to shower my love on you or not” ,” why are you saying so ?” I asked, so she replied shoving off my question “I will meet rhea after 20 years not she also needs love of a mother” saying so she moved towards the kitchen and asked me to come early as we have to leave for Delhi with father, while leaving she kept her book folding back in a rough manner, That day I was so restless and I am losing something, anxiety kills I had heard somewhere and it was proved right when while leaving for Delhi mother asked father to stop car at an isolated place which was dangerous enough as we were crossing a hilly area, father was asking again and again but she didn’t answered and moved on, by reaching one of the point she turned and said “I am sorry Prachi but I can’t go with him, you have to go, if I went with him I will do injustice with your elder sister whose oath I have taken that I will never return to him”, father asked her to stop saying that and pleading her to forget past asked her to comeback… my heart was wrenching inside that what is mother planning to do… she continued “Mr Abhishek Prem Mehra I will never forgive you even if you die in-front of me as my daughter was killed because of yours over smartness but I did so and now I have remembered that I have my self respect and that don’t allow me to break my oath… Prachi forgive me but I Can’t as my soul is not getting agree with me this time….” I was stunningly looking at her rhea as well, and what she did was so shocking for me as well as for everyone as mother turned and jumped off from that cliff calling out name “Kiaraaaa…..” We all were stunned and we never thought she will did this father was broke down rhea was pacifying him and the book I was holding fell down, father shook me I can see that but I can’t feel that the words “I will meet your sister after 20 years, don’t know whether I will be able to shower love on you or not, we have to take some decisions and do read characters before doing so…” her words were echo in my mind, when my gaze fell on that character introduction which I was holding I remembered that mother roughly folded a page in the same book while I was leaving for the college I hurriedly opened it up and noticed that there was written in some highlighted lines “Sita never returned to Ayodhya after she was accused even the care of Rama could not bring her back and she did it for saving her self-respect, Draupadi never spared them who were the reason of her molestation then why should you forget you past happenings and forget the one who has done the same sin with you again and again” and then I realized that this Sita had no plan of returning to Ram who was not actually ram, but This Draupadi decided to take revenge on her molester and she was succeeded as time passed and father could not suffered her this action he was alive but he was not he went into kind of coma but not exactly into… Rhea boycotted him after knowing his truth and I was left looking at him feeling pity that what his doings has done to him the thing which he remembered was the word she said before jumping that was “Kiaraaa….” proving that di was their only reason of separation and unite.

SURBHI

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