Chapter 37

Hey guys. Celebration time for me. This is the first time that I wrote something and it had moved upto 100 pages. Thank you Thank you everyone for all the love and appreciation you have shown to this thread. I am updating two chapters once as I wanted this chapter got very long but I wanted it to end at the point that the second chapter is ending. Hope you all like it and Thank you again.

Chapter 37

“Mr bajaj. Kya kiya tumne. Kya kiya?” Prerna looked at Mr Bajaj and tried to keep him still and wake him up. 

“Maine kuch nahin kiya, it was an accident. Hum bas baat kar rahin the, main chala gaya and suddenly I heard the noise.” Anurag

“Baksh do mujhe tum Anurag please baksh do mujhe. I need to call the ambulance.” Prerna and ran towards the car to get her phone.

“Maine call kar diya hain aati hogi” Anurag and just then they heard the voice of the siren. Mr bajaj was still stuck in the car seat with the belt. The hospital staff very cautiously cut the belt and then took Mr Bajaj out on a stretcher and Prerna followed him in the ambulance. Anurag also joined but Prerna was in no mood to fight who can and cannot follow her. As soon as she sat she first called her mother and told her about the accident and requested her to go to the girls as they were alone and she didn't know how much time it will take and then she called Mr Mehra and asked him to reach the hospital and make sure he takes care of everything. They reached the hospital and Mr bajaj was taken away on a stretcher where the doctors were tending to him. Mr Mehra came just then.

“Mam Mr Bajaj?” Mr Mehra and Prerna looked with tearful eyes at her hands which had Mr bajaj’s blood on them and tried hard to stand but her legs gave way and she sat leaning on the nearest door.

“Mam, Please control yourself. Aap Please? Sir kaha hain?” Mr Mehra

“Andar doctors doctors unko check kar rahi hain.” Prerna voice almost breaking

“What happened?” Mr Mehra. Prerna looked directly at Mr Mehra and got up wiping her tears.“Wahi to main jaana chahti hoon.” and saying this she went towards Anurag who was standing in a corner and grabbed her collar pushing him to the nearest wall.

“Kya kiya tumne? Kya kiya Anurag? Mr Mehra police ko call kijiye abhi. Main tumhe chodungi nahin Anurag” Prerna

“Call karna hai police ko main karta hoon. Lo na lo phone” Anurag 

“Natak mat karo Anurag” Prerna 

“Maine tumse pehle bhi kaha tha maine kuch nahin kiya hain. Balki unhone mujhpe attack kiya jakar dekho meri gadi ki halat and he was saying that he was actually enjoying what he was doing. I should be the one filing a complaint. You should be thankful that I am not” Anurag. Prerna stared at him in disbelief.

“If what you are saying is true Mr Basu, you should be grateful that you are still alive and are still walking on your two feet.” Mr Mehra

“What?” Anurag. He smiled and “I don't believe this.”

“Believe to mujhe nahin ho raha hain ki tum wahi Anurag basu jisse maine kabhi pyaar kiya tha. Do you know what I was trying to do at my home for the last 1 hour? I was trying to wash myself because I felt dirty. I felt dirty with myself. Bahut der tak maine try kiya par gaya nahin kaise jayega ek hissa hain mere andar jisne tumse kabhi pyaar kiya. Lekin aaj tumne use maar diya. Maar diya tumne when you stood up in the stand and called me a WHORE in front of the whole world.” Prerna

“PRERNA”  Anurag

“Don't you dare shout at me. Court main bolte hue to tumne kuch nahin socha” Prerna

“Maine jo kiya tumhe aur Sneha ko safe rakhne ke liye kiya. Komolika??” Anurag

“Nahin chahiye maaf karo mujhe. Dekh liya maine tumhari help ka natija.Nahin chahiye mujhe” Prerna literally folding her hands infront of Anurag

“Us bajaj ke saath reh kar bilkul uski tarah ban gayi hoon nahin. Logo ko istamal karna aur phir unhe chod dena. Jab maine Naveen babu se tumhe bachaya to tumhe koi problem nahin thi jab maine komolika se shaadi ki takhi tumhara ghar bach sakte tab tumhe koi problem nahin thi. Lekin aaj us Bajaj ke aate hi mere sare ehsaan ka koi matlab nahin. Us waqt komolika se bachane ke liye jab maine woh sab kaha tha tab theek tha lekin aaj woh sab galat hain. Kya kuch nahin kiya maine tumhare liye aur.” Anurag

“Main thak gayi hoon Anurag bar bar sirf use baat par tumse ladte ladte and right now I don’t have the time or the patience for it.”Prerna and tried to leave from there but Anurag walked towards her and stopped her in the way. 

“Mr Basu please this is not the time” Mr Mehra tried to stop him.

“Kyun time nahin hain ya jawab nahin hain inke paas. Tumhara kya gaya Prerna tumne kya khoya. Me and my family are the ones stuck with Komolika. Tum to aram se happy family khel rahin hoon Bajaj ke saath.” Anurag

“Kiski galti hain woh. Komolika ko wapis hamari life main tum laye main nahin. Aur tum jo itni badi list ginwa rahe hoon maine to kuch nahin kiya hain na. Komolika se to koi aur ladi use sabke samne expose kisi aur ne kiya thana maine nahin. Tumhe tumhare parivaar ko bachne ke liye maine Mr bajaj se shaadi kisne ki.” Prerna. 

Anurag moved her face away. 

“Kya hua muh kyun fer rahi hoon agar balance sheet bana hi rahin hoon ehsano ko to pura complete karte hain na.” Prerna

“Oh please Prerna agar aisa hota to tum meri parwah karti to meri madad karti Mr bajaj ko expose karne main hum unse milkar fight karte lekin tumhare us Mr Bajaj ne aisa natak kiya hain ki tumhare aakhon par pati baandh kar rakhi hain. Tumhe sach nazar nahin aata. Agar tum us waqt aa jati to tum main Sneha ek saath hote. Hum khush hote” Anurag

“Haan aur phir kaki maa tumhe woh praternity report dekhte to tum nahin maante tum unse keh dete ki yeh reports galat hain prerna aisa nahin kar sakti. Bol dete tum Anurag? Answer me? ANSWER ME” Prerna. Anurag didn't say anything.

“Kaha se answer karoge and that is where we both have always lost anurag. Jo Trust jo pyaar jo vishwaas jo respect mujhe Mr bajaj ke paas mila woh hamare rishte se kabhi nahin milta jab tha hi nahin to kaha se milta.” Prerna

“Jhooth mat bolo Prerna apne aap se hum sab se tumne sirf time ke saath ek compromise kiya tum shaadi ke rishte ko manti hoon aur us Mr Bajaj ne tumhare saath acha behave kiya isliye. Lekin tum unse woh pyaar kabhi nahin kar paogi jo tumne mere liye feel kiya tha. Agar aisa tha to kyun nahin mani Mr Bose ki baat kyun nahin luta diya apna sab kuch taki apne us Rishab ko khush rakh sako. Nahin hain koi jawab tumhare us Rishab ki paas bhi nahin tha jab maine unse picha” Anurag. Prerna was shocked and stared at him in disbelief.

“Hosh main aao Prerna aur Sach dekho this is all your compromise. Abhi bhi time hai. I know I know I made a mistake with the praternity report but us waqt halat aise thi aur aur kya pata yeh sab Mr bajaj ne hi kiya hoon taki tum unhe chod kar na jao.” Anurag and tried to touch her arms. He was also relieved that Prerna didn’t move his hand away. Mr Mehra was shocked.

“In that case I should thank him” Prerna. Anurag was shocked.

“Tumne unhe bataya aur phir yeh accident. Meri wajah se sab meri wajah se Rishab app kyun gaye? Kyun gaye app” Prerna

“Agar tumhari definiation main pyaar ka matlab sirf yahin karna hota hain tu khush hoon main ki main Mr Bajaj se main waise pyaar nahin karti.” Prerna. Anurag was shocked. “Tum mujhse pochte hoon Anurag ki maine kya khoya tumse pyaar karke maine apne baba ko khoya hain jinhe tumhari us wife ne maar dala kyunki woh tumhe pana chahti thi. Aur aaj mera sab kuch andar zindagi aur maut ke beech jhul raha hain aur agar use kuch ho gaya na Anurag to wakai main maine Mr bajaj se kya kya sikha hain woh sab dekha dungi tumhe. Kaka Babu ka lihaz kar rahin thi but ab woh bhi khatam. Tum aur tumhari us wife ka woh haal hoga ki koi kuch nahin kar payega. Leave. GET OUT” Prerna. Everybody turned towards them and Anurag just left from there.

Just then the doctor came out.

“Doctor? Mr bajaj?”

“There is hemorrhage in the brain. We need to take him to surgery.Thank god that he was wearing a seat belt else it could have been bad. Aap please sari formalities puri kar dijiye and we will try our best. I promise.” Doctor. With Shaky hands Prerna signed the papers. 

“Unhe kuch nahin hoga na kuch hoga nahin na unhe. Please” Prerna

“We will try our best Mrs Bajaj, he will be fine. He is a fighter.” Doctor. After sometime Mr Bajaj was shifted to the OT and Prerna was just allowed to have a glimpse of him while he was being wheeled away. They were waiting outside the OT when Mr Mehra bought a bottle of water for her. 

“Mr Mehra mera bilkul dhyan se nahin nikal gaya.Press make sure this doesn't go out. You know what can happen and the fact that Mr Basu ne ambulance ko bulaya tha it could get ugly. Sabse jyada dar mujhe Kukki ka hain agar use sach pata chala to she will create havoc" prerna

"Aapko unhe khud bata dena chahiye agar galti se bahar se pata chala then havoc will be a small word." Mr Mehra 

"I know bas operation theek se ho jaye. He is out of danger main bata dungi.abhi main agar aise uske samne gayi to meri khud ki halat aise hain main" prerna. Mr Mehra nodded and went out to take care of some stuff. After around 2 hours the doctor came out.

"We have stopped the bleed and whatever damage there was but the next 24 hours are critical. Once he wakes up we can be sure if he has some internal damage or everything is ok. We will shift him to the ICU after sometime and the nurse will inform you." Doctor

"Thank you so much. Thank you" Prerna 

After sometime the nurse took Prerna to the room where Mr Bajaj was kept. As soon as Prerna entered the room she felt the ground had been removed from the legs underneath. The man who was not able to sit for at least 5 mins without fidgeting was lying there in wires and tubes and an oxygen mask on his face and his head was bandaged. She ran out of the room and started running randomly towards the hall when she took a turn left and collided with her mother. 

"Priyu beta to theek hain na? Mr bajaj theek hain na? Haan kya hua meri bachi" Veena. Prerna broke down completely in her mother's arms crying. "Priyu kya hua tum hume dara rahin hoon. Kya hua ?" Veena

"Maa unko kuch ho gaya main main mar jaongi. Main mujhe bas woh chahiye. Yeh sab kyun ho raha hain. Kya galti hain meri. Maine aaj tak sabke saath sahi karne ki koshish ki to phir har baar mujhe kyun. Meri wajah se sab meri wajah se main sabki zindagi barbaad kar deti hoon. Aap logo ki baba ki aur aur ab Mr bajaj ki. Main sab kuch handle kar sakti hoon par unke bina kuch nahin maa. Kuch nahin. Mai main kya karo" Prerna

"PRIYU!! Sambhalo apne aapko yeh waqt nahi Hai in sab baaton ka. Agar tum aisa karogi to Kukki aur Sneha ko kaun sambhalega. Chalo utho chalo hamare saath Priyu utho" Veena

Prerna with shaky legs got up and went inside the room. Her mother had brought her clothes so she went inside the washroom to change. She was washing her face and by habit moved her hands to put the hindi on her head from the mirror. Her hands had reached the mirror when she imagined Mr Bajaj standing right next to him doing it and she stopped in her tracks. Mr bajaj put it on her and kissed her forehead and hugged her and prerna hugged back smiling. It felt like the last 24 hours had not happened and they were still at home, when she suddenly heard a voice of her mother knocking at the door and she turned around to find the bindi still on the mirror and no one there. Prerna cleaned her face and was about to wear the bindi when she left it then and there and came out. 

“Doctors check karke gaye hain. Sab theek hain bol rahi thi. Ab halat theek ho gayi hain to kukki aur Sneha se baat karlo.” Prerna nodded and started the video call from the room. She tried to maintain the background so that they don't know that they are in hospital. 

“Kukki Sneha soi nahin aap log.” Prerna

“Papa” Kukki

“Kukki papa aur mujhe aaj office main rehna padega. As you know woh ek case ke silsile main kuch problems ho gayi hain so he is waiting for the solutions and we might have to stay in office.Aap apna Dhyan rakhna aur shivi maasi lo tang nahin karna. Tushar kaha hain. Make sure he eats ok. We will see you in the  morning.” Prerna

“Ok, Mrs Bajaj” Kukki

“Hmm” Prerna

“Mrs bajaj?” Kukki

“Haan kukki kya hua?” Prerna scared that she might have found something

“Mrs Bajaj hain aap Mrs Prerna Rishab Bajaj. Remember that okay??” Kukki. Prerna looked straight at her.

“Papa will make everything ok. Don't Worry!!” Kukki. Prerna moved her head towards Mr Bajaj’s bed and then turned towards the phone again trying to put on a smile.

“Haan yes of course” Prerna surprised and scared 

“ok . Take care you both and of Karan also” Kukki

“Yes. Good night” Prerna 

“Good night” Kukki and she cut the call 

“Apni umar se kahin jyada badi hain yeh” Veena said smiling. Prerna smiled and went near Rishab's bed. Very carefully she put her hand on his head and started caressing it.

“Meri aaj tak samajh nahin aaya ki inko Kukki ki itni chinta kyun thi that she needs a mother. He was doing an incredible job already. Aur bilkul Mr Bajaj pe gayi hain mazal hain ki koi iski family ko hurt kare in fact she takes care of Sneha more than me. Tushar Miss Sarkar ka beta 1 hour that is all it took for her to make him her brother. Aaj bhi woh sirf isse baat karta hain. He was so proud of Kukki seeing that.” Prerna getting up and carefully kissing his head and touching her cheeks to his head. “Please Please just get better and wake up. Please. You, you are all that matters to me and nothing else.”

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