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It turns out as suspected, and Uday Singh is the culprit behind the sneaky move. Pratap decides that it's time to go to war, while Ajabde scoffs that he's trying to go up against his father when he couldn't even get a couple of news stories pulled down the other day
She thinks they have bigger worries, since Mom's about to open that letter she left, and Ajabde's faux boyfriend is the first person she's going to hunt down with the proverbial rolling pin. He agrees that Mom is no joke and they head to the pension to intercept the letter.
They arrive to find Mom gone, along with the Bhagwadgita where Ajabde stuck the letter...but they realize it's Friday, and she's at temple. So they rush off to the temple where they sneak in behind her, and Ajabde convinces Pratap to reach for the envelope in her Bhagwadgita while she prays...
...but Mom catches him mid-swipe, so he freezes and bows his head to pray. HA. They tell Mom that they're just here to pick her up, and Pratap goes to start the car, asking suavely for Mom's purse so she doesn't have to carry it.
But when he digs around for the letter in Mom's Bhagwadgita, all he can find are envelopes with money...
Meanwhile, the priest starts to read people's prayer requests, and both Mom and daughter look up when he begins to read Ajabde's letter out loud. Mortified, both she and Mom realize what's happened, and as Mom gets singled out in the temple; Ajabde and Pratap make a dash for the door.
They're followed by the entire crowd, as Mom chases Ajabde in circles around Pratap for trying to run away from home. He gets involved to try and stop her, but Mom is too irate, and warns him not to get involved unless he wants to get hit in her place.
At that, he comes out with an apology, saying that it's his entire fault, so she can go ahead and hit him. Of course, Mom takes that the wrong way entirely, as she gasps, "Were you two going to run away together? Are you...pregnant?"
Pffft. Their reactions to the accusation are priceless, and it goes about as well as any denial that you are having an illegitimate child, you swear, can go. To top it off, the priest recognizes Pratap as the Sisodian heir, and publicly outs him. Mom beams quietly, while the priest shushes everyone to secrecy in the Lord's name as it is life of 2 lovers. Heh.
Back at the pension, Mom watches the footage of Pratap and Ajabde online over and over, and Pratap nudges Ajabde to say that she must be impressed, quite pleased with himself. Oh, Ego. You do find the silliest times to be pleased with yourself.
Mom takes a deep breath, and they close their eyes in anticipation of the barrage that's about to come their way...only it doesn't, and Mom swoons that it's all very romantic. Ha. Ajabde tries to insist that it's really not what she thinks, but Pratap jumps in to confirm that they're in love.
Ajabde's like, we're what in the what, now? as he tells her that her "pratu" will take care of it (LOL) and tells Mom that while it's true that they're in love, his family opposes the union.
Then he gets down on his knees to ask Mom for permission for them to run away to Egypt together, and to Ajabde's utter surprise, Mom gives her blessings wholeheartedly. Excepting of course that they abide by one condition...
...they ARE going to register their marriage before they go, right? Buh...
Are we getting a marriage contract ON TOP of the princess-meets-a-heir thing? Because that's just awesome.
They get interrupted by a team of Uday Singh's henchmen, sent to retrieve Pratap. He says his goodbyes and promises to return soon. Ajabde responds with a pointed "how soon is soon," eliciting an oh-you-lovebirds sigh from Mom.
Pratap pinches her cheeks, calling her his little Thumbelina, and busts out his best "Do you miss your pratu already?" as Ajabde gags to the side.
Exasperated, Ajabde repeats, "pratu? pratu? Really, with the pratu?!" But it gets interpreted more like: "praaatuuu"
Phool aligns herself with the leader of the opposition (to the restoration of the monarchy, that is), and they discuss the best time to leak Ajabde's humble, thoroughly un-princess-like background to the press.
Pratap comes home only to get yelled at by his father for trying to send Ajabde away right under his nose, and Pratap fights back, saying it'd be crazy for him NOT to make a fuss, when Uday Singh's about to throw away his entire fortune.
Uday Singh makes it clear that it doesn't belong to them, since it was a fortune that was built with the last emperor's treasury, but that isn't enough to appease Pratap who thinks it should be sufficient to return the original amount, plus interest.
In his frustration, He blurts out hurtfully that there's no way he'll abide by Uday Singh's wishes now, knowing that this is the thing that made him grow up without a father. Well, damn, can't argue there, Pops.
Phool catches up to Pratap as he leaves, and tries to get him to calm down a little before driving off. But he turns to her and says that if the monarchy is restored, and he's left penniless, he won't marry her.
Pratap goes home to shower-brood and decides to suit up and meet with the opposition leader to ask for a favor"to lift the no-fly ban on Ajabde. He answers that there's a better way to take care of the princess, since he's heard that she's grown up without much ado: they splash the headlines with her identity, and let public opinion do the rest.
At home, Ajabde wakes up to find Mom cooking a year's worth of side dishes for them to take to Egypt (oh, mothers). She reminds Ajabde to say a proper goodbye to her professor (meaning in a professional sense) but it makes Ajabde realize that she had also written him a letter, covered in hearts and sprayed with perfume no less.
She calls him in a panic, and Krishna Singh confirms that he got the letter, but hasn't opened it yet. He smiles sweetly at the hearts and looks rather pleased, but Ajabde insists that he not read it, and rushes over to campus to stop him.
When she arrives he ends up rescuing her from a couple of reporters, and she gushes at how cool he is...until he kills it with heaps of praise on himself. Ajabde notes rather dryly that he's quite the ego-maniac. (I don't know what I love more"that both the guys are this type, or that Ajabde is the type to call this behavior out each time.)
She tries to get the letter back, but Krishna Singh is all too happy to taunt her with it, saying that he's SO popular that he gets letters from his students. She lies that it's a chain letter, but he just laughs at that, and she lets it slip that it's a really embarrassing love letter and she can't bear to look at his face anymore if he reads it.
He just smiles knowingly, asking how she planned on going to Egypt then, if she was so worried about what he thought of her. Mortified that he read it already, she hangs her head, as he tells her that he was especially moved by the part where she tells him not to get a girlfriend while she's gone, and to spend his nights alone, eating ramen, thinking of her. Ha. He's adorable. He asks why she doesn't want to be a princess, and she says simply that she likes her life now the way it is. She doesn't want all her secrets laid out, or to have antis. She adds that her sister Ratan would be the president of her anti-fan club. The sad part is, that's not a joke.
They get interrupted by a phone call from the office, where the phone is ringing off the hook in search of Ajabde. She runs out to find that the press is all over campus, having found out her identity. Damnit, Pratap.
The story is all over the news, and Pratap comes across a TV in the office, his face going white when he sees the story.. He runs off to find her.
But when she answers her phone, she's busy running like mad away from the reporters, and only manages to tell Pratap that she's at school. He hears her scream as she runs away, and then she hangs up.
He speeds over there and steels himself to walk past the wall of reporters in the hallway to get to Ajabde. Krishna Singh opens the door and the guys have a stare-off because, well, it's been twelve hours since their last face-off.
Pratap stares dramatically, and pushes Krishna Singh out of the way to get to Ajabde. There's absolutely no reason for him to do so, which Ajabde goes ahead and points out (heh), but he just has an outburst and wrist-grabs her into the other room.
Yelling at the top of his lungs, he asks what the hell she's doing there, when he told her to stay put at the pension. She doesn't see why he's so mad about it, until he adds, "Because I was worried!" Oh, swoon. Goddamnit, gets me every time.
Krishna Singh decides he won't be outdone this time and tries to stop them from leaving. Pratap tells him that HE'll deal with it since it concerns his fiance, to which Krishna Singh just says that he has no way of confirming whether Pratap is her fianc or her kidnapper, so unless they've got a flight to catch to Egypt, there's no sense in trying to wade through all the reporters now.
Ajabde totally swoons at her professor, while Pratap rolls his eyes in disbelief that she told yet another person about their super-secret Egypt plan. Whoops. Ajabde: "Um, the letter got here faster than I thought..." Pratap can't believe she wrote yet another letter. Heh. His exasperated looks at her expense crack me up.
He asks what on earth she wrote in this one, but Krishna Singh steps in to defend her, not missing the opportunity to posture: "Don't worry about the contents. It was just a cute love letter." Oh, snap. One point for the professor.
But Pratap gets to be the knight in shining armor after all, as his team of henchmen arrives, parting the sea of reporters for them to make an exit. Phool shows up with them as a Sisodian representative, and tells them that Uday Singh is expecting them.
Pratap entrusts her to stay behind and do damage control here, adding for Krishna Singh's benefit that she knows him better than he knows himself (okay, it's getting a little ridiculous for you two to be fighting over two girls AT THE SAME TIME, but whatever). Krishna Singh reels at seeing her in this capacity, although I would think it shouldn't surprise him.
Pratap and Ajabde drive off, venting their frustrations out on each other. He thinks they just have to wait until the no-fly ban is lifted, but she tells him that the circumstances have changed"now the whole country knows that she's the princess, so how's she supposed to run away to Egypt now?
They stop at a gas station, and Ajabde covers her face in the least stealthy way possible, and Pratap tells her that she's just drawing more attention to herself. Ajabde: "Even if I hide my face, am I still pretty? [enough to recognize]" Pfft.
They get mobbed again, and are forced to really run away, so Pratap drives them all the way to the ocean. Ajabde starts to fall asleep, so he stops the car to rest a while. She wakes up with his jacket on top of her, and Pratap asleep.
She puts his jacket over him, and stares at his sleeping face, fascinated by his long lashes. She can't help herself, so she touches them lightly, comparing them to her own, and then the other eye, playing with them and saying out loud how long they are.
She makes a move to get out of the car, when Pratap grabs her hand, startling her. Ajabde: "How long have you been awake? Pervert!" He points out matter-of-factly that she's the one touching him while he's sleeping. She asks why her seat is reclined then, and he says it was to stop her from snoring. Ha.
What I love is that when her stomach growls, he smiles at her sweetly, asking if she's hungry, like a real lover would. They go to a seaside restaurant out of the way and are happy to see that no one recognizes them out there.
The waiter chakri gives them a bottle of soda on the house because Ajabde is pretty, just giving her another tick in the Sea, I'm Pretty, Everyone Says So column. Pratap doesn't miss the chance to scoff.
The news comes on and the waiter announces to the neighborhood patrons that they should all vote pro-monarchy, since he's got a job at the new palace, if it goes through. The day's events are followed by a story on Ajabde's father, who is reported to have spent his day's jobless, penniless, and a petty criminal. Pratap realizes that this is the mode of attack that was implied when he met with sour-faced opposition man.
The people in the restaurant badmouth Ajabde's father as a thief, making her stand up and insist that they've got it wrong, angry tears brimming in her eyes. They look up in surprise, and Pratap drags her out of there before she draws any more attention.
Outside, Ajabde cries as she remembers being at the ocean with her dad in the winter, making a snowman and falling asleep while he carried her piggyback. She turns around and declares to Pratap that she's going to Mewad to meet his father, since he's the most powerful man she knows.
She plans to ask for Uday Singh's help in clearing her father's name. Pratap asks what she's going to do if it turns out that everything they're saying is true. Her father was on the run and abandoned his little girl"what wouldn't he do?
Ajabde reminds him that her father never abandoned her. She turns to walk away, when Chakri runs up, apologizing for not recognizing her earlier. He tells her brightly that he doesn't believe all those rumors on tv, and tells her that they're here to pick her up.
Uday Singh and his army pull up, and he tells Ajabde that it's time now for her to greet the nation as the princess. She wonders if she has the right, when all fingers are pointed at her. He reminds her that she already IS the princess; she just has to decide to come with him.
She pauses to glance at Pratap, but her look says it all: I'm sorry. And she gets in the car with Uday Singh, leaving him standing on the bridge.
When they arrive, Ajabde gets out of the car to discover that home is now a winter wonderland palace, complete with guards in feathered hats. Her jaw drops, as Uday Singh asks like a proper fairy godfather, "Do you like it?"
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The Uday Singh tells her to stay here for now, and in a week, they'll hold a press conference to reveal her official entry into the palace.
Ajab clarifies that she's still confused about this whole princess thing; she only came because she couldn't abide her father being subject to unjust accusations, and he's the only person she knows who can fix that.
Now that the news is out, Mom has been brought to see her and Ajab rushes to hug her. Unsure how to act to her newly royal daughter, Mom nervously calls her "Highness" and stammers at first, until she she gets the Uday Singh's permission to hug her back and treat Ajab as normal.
The Uday Singh explains the details to Mom, who brags about always knowing that Ajab was quite unique as a child. She exaggerates just a wee bit with the praise of her scholastic prowess, which might be annoying if Mom weren't sincere. We know it's not how she actually thought of Ajab, but her memory seems pretty malleable, and Ajab takes just after her, happy to soak in the praise as though it were always true.
Ajab requests a trip back home to collect her things, to which Uday Singh asks if she's sure she'll be able to come back. The only person with the power to block attacks against her father is herself, as the princess " a reminder of a solid reason for her to return to the palace.
When Pratap shows up to work at the foreign ministry, he finds he has been issued a warning for violating rules, and reassigned to standby duty. On top of that, the media is clamoring for a piece of him, having gobbled up the story of the heir in love with the princess, as the shifty reporter reminds him.
Phool drops by to inform Ratan that in the wake of this news, bodyguards have been assigned to assure her safety. Never one to accept something gracefully, Ratan retorts that if they're not going to be assigned to her indefinitely, she'd rather not have them, because it's an insulting feeling to have someone give you something, then take it back later.
But Phool's not offended and just smiles, giving Ratan her card. I wonder if she sees a bit of herself in Ratan; I suppose we'll have to anticipate a team-up with these two manipulators. Wonder Bitch Powers, Activate!
In her room, Ratan takes out an embroidered pouch and gives it a meaningful look. The scheming begins...
The Uday Singh offers Phool any gift of her choosing in thanks for all her help, which he'll buy before handing over his assets to the monarchy. He'd thought of giving her the museum, but she says that's not necessary. Instead, she asks to be put in charge of the Royal Foundation, saying that she'll run it per the Uday Singh's wishes, which will in turn prevent Pratap from interfering with the princess.
The Uday Singh likes this idea and thanks her for the offer, but her father looks alarmed and asks her in private why she'd make the request. He wants her to rescind it, but she won't.
Ajab's palace attendants introduce themselves and show her to her lavish quarters. Ajab's a pretty girl who likes pretty things, and looks in awe at the mini-department store installed in her room. Picking out one party dress, she tries it on and adds a pair of sparkly heels. They trip her up (literally), and she sighs, "They don't fit." Symbolism!
Phool has recommended Krishna to be a director in the royal foundation, and it's like she has no understanding of her actions hurting people, because he's hardly in the mood to accept a position working with her and tells her he's doing fine for himself.
Unfazed, she urges him to consider the position seriously.
Uday Singh begins the process of turning over his assets, beginning with Pratap, and sends a team of men to claim all the stuff in his apartment. Pratap argues that he bought all the stuff inside the apartment, but apparently stuff tied to his credit is also up for grabs. The men go around sticking red claim stickers on all of his belongings " down to his coffee mug and shoes.
The lead agent doesn't like this any better than Pratap does, and asks plaintively, "Are you not going to leave? Will I have to use force?" Heh. So Pratap leaves with one suitcase, annoyed but not TOO upset because he has plenty of other places he can crash. Or so he thinks, until Phool gives him a list of all the assets to be reclaimed " all his secondary apartments, vacation homes, and the like. Including the resort he was given as a birthday present when he turned eight.
Pratap heads to his department store to buy some essentials, and during his perusal of a pair of tighty-whities, he spots Ajab's entourage rounding the corner.
She's on a shopping spree for gifts for Mom and Ungrateful Sis, and Pratap's not about to admit to his embarrassing new homeless state, so he ducks behind a mannequin.
It's too late, though, and Ajab has seen him, and now it's worse because it's clear he's trying to hide. He plays it off, not noticing that his hand has landed on a questionable area of the lingerie mannequin... or that he's still holding up a pair of underwear to his crotchal region. Amused, Ajab tells him he and the mannequin "look good together,". Ha.
She gets the last word and heads out, leaving Pratap to face more humiliation when he finds that all his cards have been deactivated. No underwear for you!
Grumbling, Pratap takes off after Ajab and forces his way into her elevator. It's almost like he's intending to ask her for some help, but the air in the elevator is awkward and the two of them engage in another round of looksie.
But she doesn't engage him in conversation and he doesn't have an opening, so when she sails out ahead of him, he's left behind frustrated.
He gets called in to meet with the president (of the country), and asks why he approves this monarchy restoration. Even if the people like the idea, Pratap can't wrap his head around such an immature young girl like Ajab being turned into a princess, and calls his father irresponsible for initiating this whole mess. He adds that for all the interest in the restoration, it'll undoubtedly prove difficult to manage.
Surprisingly, the president agrees with him " but he can't cancel the vote. He asks for Pratap's opinion on how to handle it.
The president takes a meeting with the assemblyman who leads the opposition of the restoration, which they use as a PR opportunity as they both donate blood.
Once the photo ops are done, the president levels with the assemblyman about the princess, and chide him for creating that scandal about her father. He warns him to stop messing with the princess, as the people will have the last word in the restoration matter.
Hearing the welcome news of a guest at the palace, Ajab tears out of her room to greet Krishna, though she pauses for a moment to primp... She's so touched when he says he missed her that she has to stop him momentarily to soak it in, saying she can't quite handle it.
Krishna advises her that her whole life is about to become full of things she can't handle, so she'd best come to him to vent rather than shouting into the bamboo forest.Reluctantly, she takes a call from Pratap and tries to cut it short by saying vague but discouraging things like, "We shouldn't do this anymore" and "I told myself I'd forget you." Lol at her dramatics, which make the others assume that she's speaking to a spurned ex-lover.
She doesn't want to let him know where she is, so Pratap warns that he'll "cause an accident" if she doesn't, and that makes her blurt, "What more accidents are there left to cause?" This one raises Krishna's eyebrows, since "causing an accident" is also a euphemism for getting knocked up. Pratap answers that there are a lot of possibilities to choose from, like marriage.
Ajab gasps, "Marriage?!" and hangs up. Freaking out, she excuses herself to call him back in privacy, and he threatens that he's about to hold a press conference announcing their marriage plans. He tells her that the bigger the scandals grow, the more helpful they are to him.
This is a blatant lie " he's at a convenience store " but she buys it and panics. Frantically, Ajab grabs Krishna " to the bamboo forest!
That's just a euphemism for spilling the secret, and once they're in private she tells Krishna of Pratap's threat, and begs for his help.
They'll have to go find Pratap to intercede, so they sneak their way out of the palace, managing to make it to the car unseen. At the last moment, the new royal kitchen boy Chakri spies the princess ducking into Krishna's car, where Krishna furtively wraps Ajab's head to hide her face. Not too bright but full of heart, Chakri reads a lot more into the scene and jumps to conclusions " is the princess being kidnapped?
He goes tearing after them on his scooter and pulls up alongside them, honking to get their attention. Chakri yells for his Mam to get out of the car " like I said, not the brightest bulb, Ajab and Krishna wave him aside, but in their distraction they don't see that they're heading straight into a construction zone until it's too late. To the hospital!
Ajab moans and groans excessively and insists on being checked in despite the doctor's confirmation that there's nothing wrong with her. Granted, she has a reason " it brings Pratap running immediately, which means he's most certainly NOT giving a press conference.
Oh man, I just love when these two men are in the same scene together, because it means hilarity is just around the corner. My reaction is practically Pavlovian; Pratap and Krishna face off, and I get all excited. Wait, not in that way. (At least, not only.)
Naturally the men eye each other in their macho-posturing way. Noting that the accident occurred in Krishna's car, Pratap gives her the ol' I-told-you-so lecture about not taking rides from Krishna, and grabs her arm intending to check her out, since he knows she's putting on an act. That earns him a glare from both Ajab and Krishna as she cries out in pain and clutches her shoulder.
Pratap hadn't realized she was really hurt, and Krishna leans down to speak soothingly to Ajab (no doubt going a little overboard to rub it in Pratap's face).
The two men head to reception to deal with paperwork, but as Pratap tries to sign the forms, his pen won't work. Krishna whips his out (LOL) and takes over, prompting Pratap to retaliate by swiping the pen from him: "I'll do it, since she got into an accident on the way to meet ME."
Krishna grabs the pen back, Pratap does as well, and this goes on a while. OH YOU TWO.
Krishna challenges Pratap's authority in matters pertaining to Ajab, since he's got no claim to sign for her. Pratap replies that he does as a fianc.
He drops the act briefly to level with Krishna, saying that he has a "knot to tie" with Ajab today, but if Krishna steps aside, he'll be able to end "this damned fianc act" today. Taking the pen, Pratap signs the form.
In the room, Ajab (and her perfectly normal shoulder) asks Chakri for a favor, replete with puppy-dog eyes and a "Do it for your Mam" plea. Innocent little Chakri is no match for a pro like her, and he caves. Like he ever had a shot.
The "favor" entails helping Ajab cover up her hospital stay by taking her place at the palace. Yep, you read that right. I know you're an idol boy, but you're not that pretty, LOL. He huddles nervously in bed while her lady in waiting chatters on about how handsome her professor is, clutching the bedcovers like they're a lifeline (to his dignity).
At the hospital, Pratap keeps watch at Ajab's bedside that night; she has insisted on staying overnight, no doubt trying to keep tabs on Pratap. He looks at her worriedly when she starts to mumble in her sleep, her face crinkling in pain, and he makes out her tearful words, "Dad..."
He looks at her in sympathy... until she then adds, "I'm hungry." HA.
When she wakes, she resumes the patient-in-pain act, wincing about her hurt shoulder and making it a point to ask him to help her drink, since she can't move her hand. He guesses that she's faking since she seems so chipper, and she replies that he can believe as he likes.
He accompanies her to the restroom, and on their way back, they see that a mother with a crying child is being turned away at the front desk due to a lack of space. The mother is frantic, so Ajab offers her bed to the girl, assuring them that she's fine to check out.
But she wasn't entirely faking, because she has a dizzy spell outside, and falls to the ground. Pratap wants to go back inside, but Ajab mumbles that there are no beds available and won't let him check her back in.
With nowhere else to go, a worried Pratap drives her to his apartment, where he tends to her fever through the night. He wraps her in a robe and tucks her into bed, and in the process he spots the bruises that have shown up belatedly.
Realizing she wasn't faking her injuries after all, he feels a bit guilty for doubting her and spends the next hours at her bedside, finally sighing in relief when the fever breaks.
In the morning, Ajab awakens, and finds Pratap cooking up some porridge in the kitchen. She eats slowly while awkwardly propping up her sore arm. Pratap takes the spoon from her and holds it up to feed her, overriding her protests.
It's only now that she realizes she's in a bathrobe, so before she can freak out about him taking liberties, he assures her that he didn't see anything. All this kindness is making her uneasy, and Ajab suspects that all his excessive attentiveness means he wants something from her. She's not wrong, so he starts by asking her to believe him. Warily, she asks, "Believe in what?"
He replies, "My apology. You don't have to accept it, but I hope you can believe it." He says he shouldn't have let her father be slurred like that, which he means as a reference to his part in the bad press, though she remains unaware of those specifics.
Not for long, though: While changing her clothing, Ajab spots the stack of newspapers in the bedroom, all with front-page stories about the possibility of restoring the monarchy.
She flips through the papers and finds an envelope at the bottom of the stack, which contains documents about her father,Rao Mamrat. Included are transcripts of news reports about her father and his supposed criminality (burglary, con artistry). She recognizes some of the details from the report at the restaurant where she had lost her temper with the other patrons, and as she reads through, Ajab starts to register more familiar words... because the words she is reading match the words that are coming from the television outside.
Shocked, she starts putting the pieces together and understands what Pratap meant by his apology. Angrily, she confronts him with the documents, demanding to know what's going on.
Knowing the jig is up, Pratap sighs and asks if she thinks he's behind the news reports about her father. He doesn't deny her accusation that he has the most to gain from it, and takes it a step further by telling her frankly that he's got lots more where that came from. Pratap lays out his threat, that she can't ever be a princess as long as he continues, and therefore she should give it up.
Ajab wonders if everything was a lie to make her give up being a princess. That's a pretty loaded question, and he takes a moment to sigh and think it over before telling her to listen up:
Pratap: "When you were hurt, my concern was real, and my apology regarding your father was, too. But even more than all that, what I'm most sincere about wants you to give up being a princess. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
Turning without a word, Ajab stalks out of the apartment. Pratap chases her out, but just then, his father arrives, having heard that Ajab spent the night here. He tells Ajab that the president awaits a meeting with her, and with one last glare at Pratap, she gets into the car.
She takes her meeting with the president, in which he advises her that attention will increase in the coming days and that the support of the people brings with it responsibility on her part.
Afterwards, Uday Singh tells her that it's time for her to decide where to head next. She makes her decision, and arrives at the palace. She walks through the halls in a silent, dark mood, and goes to bed in heavy spirits.
When she looks up, though, she sees Pratap sitting at her side, smiling down gently on her. He reaches down to brush her hair and check her forehead for fever. With that, she falls asleep.
I'm inclined to believe that not only is this Ajab's imagination, she's fully aware that she's conjured him up out of thin air.
Precap:In the morning, Ajab awakens from sleep to see Pratap waiting at the foot of her bed. She dismisses him, as though assuming he's yet another fantasy conjured by her mind, and doesn't react. Until he opens his mouth and introduces himself, sending her jerking upright in shock.
