Chapter 14

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Part 14 updated on 11/04/21

"Because mujhe nahi lagta ki Samrat ki iss haalat ke zimmedar tum dono ho." Vineet said making their eyes go wide.

"Ye aap..." Patralekha couldn't complete her sentence.

"Agar hum dono Samrat ki iss haalat ke zimmedar nahi hai to phir kaun..." Virat looked at Vineet still in shock.

"Ye to ab Samrat khud batayega." 

"Matlab aap usse dobara baat karne wale hain?"

"Nahi, mr. Chahvan. Samrat ki haalat kahi zyada kharab hai. Wo mere sawalon ka seedha seedha jawab nahi de payega. Koi aur tareeka apnana padega"

Virat and Patralekha looked at him curiously.

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Samrat stared straight ahead in a half-lying position on the unusual bed.

Vineet sat on a chair beside him.

"Just keep looking." Vineet said in an extremely calm tone as Samrat stared on the spiral moving in front of his eyes.

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The rest of the family stood outside the glass room seeing and listening to everything but their voice was unreachable inside the glass room. Virat had asked Vineet to let him stay but he had strictly forbidden him and everyone else to even think about it. He has also locked the room from inside.

An hour had passed and they couldn't see any progress.

"I hope iss doctor ko pata hai wo kya kar raha hai" Ninad looked tensed. Everybody sensed his tension but couldn't do anything to ease that tension. As they were all in the same boat.

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Samrat's eyes gradually got droopier and drowsier and eventually closed down in somewhere far beyond his current reality. But it took him almost an hour to reach that stage where he became completely receptive to Vineet's commands.

"Samrat" Vineet said gently.

"...yes" Samrat finally said.

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Everyone who stood outside got teary eyed after listening to him in his normal tone. Mansi grabbed Bhavani's hand for support but found her crying too.

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"Tumhara naam Samrat hai?"

"Yes"

"Kaun ho tum."

"An army Officer."

"Go back in time. Go back to a time when you felt all alone."

Samrat's face had movements that Vineet could see was pain.

"where are you? Kahan ho tum?"

"In Chahvan Niwas."

"What is happening"

"Maine troffee jeeti hai aur sabko dikha raha hu."

"Phir?"

"Virat aa gaya."

"Kya kah raha hai Virat?"

"Meri khushi chheen raha hai."

"Kaise?"

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Samrat's statement made Virat go wide eyed and he couldn't understand anything.

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"Main bahut khush tha ki maine gaane mein troffee jeeti. Lekin usne aakar sabke saamen bola ki gaana to koi bhi ga sakta hai. Usne na sirf meri achievement ko nazarandaz kiya balki ek second mein sabka dhyan bhi mujhse chheen kar apni ore kheench liya."

"Par tumne kuch kaha nahi?"

"Kya kehta. Wo ghar uska hai. Mera nahi."

"Kisne kaha tumse?"

"Ayi ne. Ayi ne kaha tha wo hamara ghar nahi hai. Sab gharwalon ko mujhe khush rakhna hai to wo mujhse pyar karenge."

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Mansi tried to control her tears as Ashwini shook her head crying bitterly.

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"To tumne kya kiya? Virat se jhagra kiya?"

"Nahi"

"Maine uske saath milkar gaana gaya jabki use gana aata bhi nahin"

"Tumne aisa kyun kiya?"

"Kyonki main janta hu ki agar main chahta hu ki iss ghar mein sab mujhse pyar karein to mujhe Virat se pyar karna hoga."

"Aisa kyun lagta hai tumhe"

"Dahi Handi ke waqt jab maine Virat ko bachaya to sab logon ne mujhse pyar karna shuru kar diya"

"Usse pehle koi pyar nahi karta tha?"

"daya karte the."

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Bhavani, Ninad and Ashwini shook their heads in no as the tears started streaming down their faces while others were speechless.

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"Hmmm. To tumhe laga ki agar tum usse pyar jataoge to sab tumse pyar karna shuru kar denge?"

"Ha."

"Kamyab hue?"

"Nahin."

"Kyun?"

"Use hamesha mujhse compete karna tha. Mein gata to usne dance karna shuru kar diya. Main family ke liye kuch karta to use bhi karna tha. Maine army join ki to usne police force join kar li."

"To tumne kya kiya?"

"Maine faisla kar liya ki uske liye sab kuchh itna muhskil kar dunga ki wo us ummeed par kabhi khara nahi utar payega."

"Kaise?"

"Aisi misaal ban kar jis tak wo kabhi pahunch na paye."

"Ab thoda aur aage jao. Tum uss jagah ho jahan tum use ye dikhane ki koshish kar rahe ho ki wo tumhare jaisa nahin ban sakta."

Samrat's face moved a bit.

"Kahan ho tum?"

"School hall mein."

"Kya ho raha hai?"

"Kuch ladke Shiva ko bully kar rahe hain."

"Aur kaun kaun hai wahan?"

"Aur koi nahi hai. Chhutti hoh chuki hai."

"Tumne kya kiya?"

"I am beating them."

"Kyun"

"Taki use pata chale ki main bada bhai hu aur wo mere jaisa banne ki koshish chhod de."

Vineet waited for sometime.

"Ab kahan ho"

Balcony mein."

"Kya kar rahe ho wahan?"

"Virat ko djembe gift kar raha hun."

"Kyun Samrat?"

"Main chahta hu ki wo aisa kuch kare jisse mera door door tak koi lena dena nahi hai."

"Un akhri palon ko yaad karo jab tum pichhli baar Chahvan Nivas ko chhod kar gaye the. Kya mehsoos kar rahe ho?"

"Gussa aa raha hai."

"Kyun"

"Meri patni shadi ki pehli raat usse phone par apne pyar ka izhaar kar rahi thi."

Vineet tried to read his expressions.

"Do you hate him?"

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Virat did not want to know his answer as tears streamed down his face and he turned his face away.

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"Do you hate him?"

"No" Samrat replied making Virat close his eyes in relief.

"Sab kuch hone ke bavjood bhi kya tum usse pyar karte ho?"

"Ha"

"Kya chahte ho usse?"

"Main chahta hu ki wo mujhe samjhe. Mere dard ko samjhe."

"Theek hai ye batao ki tumne apni zindagi mein sabse zyada pyar kisse kiya hai Samrat?"

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"Apne Shiva se" Mansi whispered and knew this would be his answer.

"Patralekha" Bhavani said.

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"Ma" Samrat replied.

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