Part 26
The morning was certainly an unusual one. The birds sang sweeter, the wind blew gently, n the air cdn't have smelled pleasanter. All was happy around. Everyone was happy. Every face showed the glow tht how special d day was. The day of the marriage of the daughters of Shashank n Padma gupta.
All arrangements done, n some last minute preparations still on the go the house was nthng short of a function hall itself. Everyone was busy wid sumthng or the other n alwaz had a smile on thr faces.
In between all the frenzy, Riddhima still lay asleep in her bed, rather peacefully a smile playing on her lips. A cute little smile tht made Anjali smile when she approached her sister to wake her up.
"Ridzy!! wake up...its 9 in the morning."
"Jus two mins dee...plz"
Anjali smiled. For the first time after returning from the cruise she had bhaved nrmally n wasn't behavng like as though in an isolated shell.
Anjali had seen Riddhima sad since the return from d cruise. She hated Armaan for doing all this....but she also knew tht it was all for Riddhima's happiness.
Just then her cell buzzed n she piked it up. She din speak a word as the other person on d line kept talking and cut d call.
"Cmon ridzi...5 mins over..get up now..."
She woke up n sat on the bed frowning at her elder sister.
Anjali smiled again at her.
"Ahaan...thts nice....wen u wake up u frown....bt wen u were sleeping u were smiling ha....tell me wat did u dream?"
"Dream??" she thought for a secnd." No dee...i din dream anythng...srsly" she spoke truthfully.
"Hmmm...thn sumthng must have happnd yestrday tht made u smile in ur sleep too...cmon..spill up.."
She din reply. Was she really smiling? But why? She hadn't dreamt anythng.....n thn she remembrd d mesgs...cld it b tht..??
She discarded her thoughts as she saw Anjali frowning. She had half heard Anjali's one sided conversation n knew tht she was upset abt sumthng.
"What happened dee? Whoz call was it?'
"Oh...jus a friend nothing much.
She smiled weakly at Anjali n d both thn went down for breakfast .
After breakfast Muskaan anjali n she herself sat in her room talking as d werent allowed to do any work. Thts when Shashank n Padma came their..with moist eyes carrying the brides dresses.
They all had a family hug. They were each otherz strength. And it was dis strength tht was giving Riddhima d power to take such a big step of her life. She knew her family wld be happy n thts wat she wanted now.
They started getting ready in thr rooms respectively at arnd 6 in the evening. Riddhima shut everyone out of her room as she wanted peace for herself n cdnt tolerate a hundred hands getting her ready.
She dressed in her red bridal outfit wid only the jewellery tht she found necessary for herself n nothng heavy. She did her make up lightly n looked as pretty as ever. But thruout she only thought of how it wld have been if she had been dressing up for Armaan..rather thn sumone else.
She thought of her birthday wish. She thought of how he had promised to fullfill it. Her dream of becoming Mrs. Armaan Mallik. She thought of every moment. She thought of the couple of kisses they had shared and how blissful they had been. she thought of how warm n safe she had felt wen his arms wld be arnd her hugging her. She thought of his deep blue eyez tht were filled with love for her.
"Armaan Mallik never breaks his promises'...thts wat he had said. Then how did he break every promise he had made to her? how cld he do it?
She sighed deeply as the tearz stung her eyes n thn inhaled deeply to hold them back. She sat in front of the dressing table, ready. Ready for her destiny to take its course. She cld hear the growing buzz from downstairs n knew tht the guests had arrived. She waited for the girls to come n collect her for her fate. She waited for a knock at her door.
A knock did come. But not at her room door. At her balcony door. She was first shocked at the sound cming from thr. She slowly moved towardz it, scared as to who it cld be. Her trembling hands moved towardz the curtains and she pulled them aside only to find the love of her life looking at her through the glass pane.
"Armaan?"..she whispered to herself.
What was it tht fate actually held for her?
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