Part 17***After a while***
Armaan and Rahul sitting in his study...
"Armaan tujhe yeh usse nahin nahin kehna chahiye tha yaar... I don't know ab woh kaise react karegi..."
"Yaar mujhe bhi bas isi baat ki chinta ho rahi hai... this love and all is ok but right now I am scared what if she reacts violently... agar uska woh nightmares wala bout aur bigarh gaya toh...", Armaan looks at Rahul's face worry written all over his face...
"Well lets hope for the best... achcha sun... raat bahut ho gayi hai... infact thori der mein subah ho jayegi tu aaj yehin ruk jaa..."
"Hmmm...ok...", Armaan nods...
"Chal good night...", Rahul pats his shoulder lightly and walks off while Armaan continues to sit in the study...
***At Muskaan's house***
Ridhima sitting on the landing next to the window in her room...
Muskaan comes and sits next to her...
"Muskaan woh mujhe pyaar nahin karta... mujhe woh pyaar nahin karta...", she breaks down...
Muskaan hugs her...
Ridhima continues to sob in her arms...Muskaan feels helpless and tears well up in her eyes as well...
"Chal uth thori der aaraam kar le...", Muskaan says and makes her lie on the bed...
Tears wet her pillow...
Muskaan gets up and switches off the room light... and leaves her alone hoping that she would soon get over it...
***Morning at Sanjeevani***
Armaan in his cabin lost in his thoughts about the happenings of the last night...
Suddenly Rahul comes barging in... "Armaan jaldi chal its an emergency", Rahul says trying to catch his breath...
"Kya hua???", Armaan looked at him...
"Raaste mein batataa hoon... please jaldi kar...", Rahul says getting impatient...
Rahul and Armaan jump into his car and Rahul gives him a bag... the chain of the bag was open... Armaan tried to pull the zip when his eyes fell on something inside the bag...
"Rahul yeh saline bottles... whats up... bol na kya baat hai...???"
Rahul continues to drive as fast as possible... "Its Ridhima..."
"Kya hua Ridhima ko???", Armaan asked worried...
"She has eaten a whole bottle of sleeping pills... and..."
"Lekin hum use ghar par treat kaise kar sakte hain... I mean its serious...", Armaan tried to reason...
"Armaan use hum ghar par treat nahin karenge, these are just for first aid...before we can shift her to the hospital... Muskaan ne abhi kuch der pehle mujhe call kiya tha and who akele ghabrahat mein kuch bhi nahin kar paa rahi hai...", Rahul applied brakes...
Armaan and Rahul rush in... they run up the stairs and into Ridhima and Muskaan's room...
They see Ridhima lying unconscious on the bed and Muskaan sitting next to her...
The two doctors immediately get into action, Armaan with Rahul's help flushes her stomach and checks for breathing and her blood pressure... while Muskaan stands with tears flowing down her cheeks endlessly...
After a while with Ridhima's condition improving, Rahul and Armaan finally heave a sigh of relief...
Rahul next goes to Muskaan to comfort her...
"Pataa nahin main uncle and papa ko kya jawab doongi...agar ise aaj kuch ho jataa...", Muskaan breaks into a sob.. Rahul holds her soulder...
"Muskaan chalo mere saath...", Rahul leads her away to another room...
Armaan sits next to Ridhima... and looks at her face... her calm demeanour reminds him of the last night happenings... "I am sorry Ridhima... mera woh matlab nahin tha... trust me main tumhe hurt nahin karna chahta tha... I am really sorry..."
***In another room***
Muskaan sits on a chair sobbing... Rahul looks at her... his heart melts to see her state...
He goes and sits near her knee... "Muskaan Ridhima ab theek hai... please rona band karo..."
"But agar use kuch ho jaata toh...", fresh tears well up in Muskaan's eyes...
"Lekin kuch hua toh nahin na... the difficult part is over... use kuch ghanton mein hosh aa jayega... please mat ro...", Rahul consoles her...
"Mujhe use akele nahin chorhna chahiye tha... pataa nahin kal uske aur Armaan ke beech mein kya hua tha..."
"Muskaan Armaan ek bahut achcha doctor hai lekin Ridhima ne shayad use galat samajh liya... sach poocho toh mujhe nahin lagtaa Armaan is to be blamed in any way...he was just doing his job...", Rahul tried to explain...
"Doing his job matlab meri behen ka dil torna and driving her to this extent was a part of his job...???", Muskaan stood up...
"Muskaan please tum mujhe samjh nahin rahi ho...", Rahul looked at her...
"Main tumhe samajh chuki hoon... you are an insensitive jerk... meri behen ki aisi haalat mein bhi tum apne dost ko defend kar rahe ho... I just can't believe it...", Muskaan said irritated...
"Muskaan please main kisi ko bhi defend nahin kar rahaa, tumhe kuch nahin pataa..."
"Main kuch is baare mein janna bhi nahin chahti Dr. Grewal...", Rahul looked at her surprised at her sudden change in attitude towards him...
She turned around and was about to walk out of the room but suddenly turned around... "I know Dr. Grewal aap logon ki duty kehti hai to inform the police since it was a suicide attempt ... but agar aap thora sa humanly sochenge tab probably you will realize that it will just cause more anguish to my sister so aapse ek akhri request hai...if possible treat this case with a little bit of sentiments..."...
Rahul looked at her...
"Ji Miss. Gupta, I will do whatever best is possible", Rahul said without an expression...
Muskaan walked out...
***In Ridhima's room***
Armaan sitting on a chair next to her bed... when Rahul walks in...
"Armaan..."
"Hmmm???"
"Ab kaisi hai yeh, if its not absolutely essential, is it possible that we don't shift her to the hospital??"
"Well abhi at least two hours tak toh ise under observation rakhna hoga... uske baad hi we can decide anything..."
"Hmmm... tu samajh rahaa hai na... agar hospital gayi toh police involve hogi and one thing will lead to another and phir iski who molestation waali baat bhi nikal aayegi and considering her background at the end of it all, yeh bechari ko hi sab kuch jhelna parega...you understand right???"
"Haan I know that... lets see... we will need some medicines though and we will need to monitor her very closely..."
"Theek hai tu yehin ruk main medicines, etc ka intezaam karke aataa hoon..."
"Rahul...", Armaan could make out that Rahul was disturbed with something...
"Haan...???"
"Sab theek hai na... Muskaan theek hai na???"
"Haan sab theek hai... tu ruk main thori der mein aataa hoon...", Rahul said and left Armaan sitting next to Ridhima...
***After a couple of hours***
Ridhima stirs a little...
Armaan takes his stethoscope and checks her heart beat...
Ridhima opens her eyes but her vision is blurred, all she could make out was that there was someone sitting very close to her...
"Mmmm...", she moans lightly...
"Ridhima... open your eyes... Ridhima tum mujhe sun sakti ho na... aankhein kholo...", Armaan tries to wake her up..
"Please mujhe chorh do... please leave me...", Ridhima says suddenly feeling someone gripping her...
"Ridhima koi tumhe kuch nahin karega... aakhein kholo...dekho main tumhe kisi ko kuch bhi nahin karne doonga... Ridhima please relax..."
Ridhima opens her eyes... and sees Armaan...
She turns her head away, "Dr. Malik... aap yahan kya kar rahe hain...", she recalls his words...
"Ridhima I am really sorry main tumhe hurt nahin karna chahta tha... please mujhe maaf kar do...", Armaan tries to apologize...
"Armaan main bahut buri hoon... lekin sach bolun mujhe bilkul bhi nahin pataa tha that Raj us raat mere saath kuch aisa karega...", tears flowed down her cheeks...
Armaan gently wipes off her tears, "Ridhima calm down... is baare mein hum baad mein baat karenge... abhi tum rest karo..."
"Lekin Armaan main soyi toh wapas woh haath aake mujhe pakarh lenge...", Ridhima says almost in a whisper, the drowisness overtaking her again...
"Kuch nahin hoga Ridhima, main hoon na... main kisi ko kuch nahin karne doonga tumhe...", Armaan holds her hand tight and sees her falling asleep again...
Muskaan walks in... Armaan looks at her... he gently frees his hand from hers...
"Muskaan can I talk to you for a few minutes???"
"Mujhe basically tumse koi baat nahin karni hai..."
"Muskaan its important and its about Ridhima..."
Hearing Ridhima's name, Muskaan 's expression softens a little...
"Can we go to another room... please...", Armaan says...
"Theek hai...chalo..."
They walk into another room...
"Bolo... kya baat hai...", Muskaan again becomes irritated remembering the way Ridhima broke down in her arms last night...
"Muskaan do you know yeh Raj kaun hai???", Armaan asks...
"Raj main toh kisi Raj ko nahin jaanti...", Muskaan looks at Armaan...
"Ridhima ka is naam ka koi friend hai ya tha, do you have any idea???"
"Nahin...", Muskaan tries to recall...
"Actually Muskaan main ab jo tumhe kehne jaa rahaa hoon, that is going to be tough for you but please hear me out..."
Muskaan looks at his face as Armaan starts telling her about Ridhima's psychosomatic illness and about her probable molestation at Delhi...
Muskaan looks at him with a bewildered expression... tears well up in her eyes...
"Muskaan toh jab tak we don't take care of this Raj, Ridhima ki mental state aise hi disturbed rahegi, we have to show her that this guy Raj cannot cause her any harm what so ever... you understand right??? Uske mann mein jo darr baith gaya hai use hamein kaise bhi karke nikaalna parega...", Armaan became silent...
"Armaan I am sorry maine tumhe and Rahul ko galat samjha... mujhe maaf kar do..."
"That's ok Muskaan, well Rahul se toh tumhe hi baat karni hogi, specially tumne jo achanak use Dr. Grewal bulaya...", Armaan smiles lightly trying to cheer her up...
Muskaan smiles... "Well woh toh kuch nahin hai, I even called him an insensitive jerk..."
Armaan smiles, "Tum and tumhari behen ek jaisi hi ho... gussa naak par hi rehta hai uska bhi"
Rahul suddenly walks in, "Armaan"...
Armaan looks at Muskaan and signals with his eyes to talk to him...
She smiles and blinks approvingly...
"Chalo main jaake Ridhima ko dekhta hoon...", Armaan goes out of the room..
"Armaan sun...", Rahul was about to leave the room when he suddenly felt a tug on his sleeve...
He looked and saw Muskaan holding his shirt sleeve... "Miss Gupta aap chinta mat kijiye we have taken care of it and the police won't be involved.."
"Yeh Miss. Gupta kaun hai??? Mera naam Muskaan hai..."
Rahul looked at Muskaan's face...
"Sorry Rahul maine tumhe galat samjha... mujhe maaf nahin kar sakte???", Muskaan looked at him making a cute puppy face...
"Sorry kyon Miss. Gupta... why do you want to say sorry to this insensitive jerk???", Rahul said looking at her intently...
"Bola na sorry baba... Rahul baat yeh hai ki main Ridhima toh apni jaan se bhi zyada pyaar karti hoon...uski taqleef...uske aansoon dekhti hoon toh I literally go bonkers... please I am really sorry...", she said...
"Well its ok... I can understand... mujhe bhi bura lagaa tha but I know Armaan so well that uske intentions par main kabhi bhi doubt nahin kar sakta... and agar usne kuch bhi kiya hai toh bahut soch samajh kar... itna patient and cool minded person tumhe is duniya mein doosra nahin milega... and that's ok...tumhe sorry bolne ki koi zaroorat nahin hai... so friends???", Rahul said extending his hand....
"Friends my foot... idiot I love you more...", Muskaan caught hold of Rahul's shirt collar and pulled him close to her...
"Oye madam control...koi dekhega toh kya kahega... ki aap mere izzat par haath daal rahin hain...", Rahul winked...
Muskaan blushed and stepped back...
Rahul extended his arms and they hugged each other, "I love you too Muskaan... waise abhi jo tumne kiya that was not like the shy Muskaan I know of..."
"Well abhi tum mujhe jaante nahin ho...aage aage dekho kya kya hota hai...", Muskaan smiled...
"Well ab toh aapko janna hi parega bhai humne life jo saath kaatni hai...", Rahul smiled...
***After a couple of days***
Ridhima's condition was fairly good, although still under medication...
Ridhima sleeping in her room... Armaan, Rahul and Muskaan sitting on the dining table downstairs...
Muskaan looks at Armaan..., "Armaan are you sure jo tumne mujhe us din kahaa tha woh theek hai... I mean about the thing Ridhima had to go through I mean...???"
"Muskaan maine and Rahul ne uske saare tests kar liye hain... tumhe shayad nahin maloom but she has been suffering from a continuous bout of fever since a long time... main jab Navi Mumbai mein usse baat kar raha tha she mentioned about a particular nightmare that she sees every night is unable to sleep... and jab woh ek din ke liye hospital mein admit thi uska sleeping pattern maine study kiya and unfortunately, us evening when I did not go to the movie that she was planning and use search karte karte main InOrbit gaya, isi baat ko lekar achanak se woh depressed ho gayi thi... tum chaho toh usse baat kar sakti ho but I am pretty sure that is the case... and this bugger is some Raj!!!", Armaan explained...
"Hmmm... is Raj ka hum kuch nahin kar sakte???", Muskaan sounded angry and sad...
"Well kar toh sakte hain but yeh akele ki bas ki baat nahin hai... I mean naahi mere and Rahul ke and nahin tumhare, the reason being Ridhima herself... we can't get her involved in any case kyonki agar use involve kiya and specially is attempt ke baad, mujhe darr hai ki kahin uski haalat aur na bigar jaaye and probably this time...", Armaan stopped...
Rahul looked at Armaan and then at Muskaan, "Muskaan Armaan theek keh raha hai... hum Ridhima ko risk mein nahin daal sakte..."
"Hmm... toh ab...???"
"Well apna action hero hai na...", Rahul looked at Armaan...
"Matlab???", Muskaan looked at Rahul...
"Tumhe yaad hai Muskaan us din Navi Mumbai mein Ridhima ghabra ke baahar aayi and said that ander koi hai???", Rahul asked Muskaan...
"Haan tum ander gaye the and you did not find anyone... haan mujhe yaad hai..."
"Well who apna James Bond tha...", Rahul chuckled looking at Armaan... "He had to find out about her fear and to check if our doubt was actually true..."
"Oh my God... Armaan..."
"Well us din aapki behen se hatha payi mein mujhe chot bhi aayi thi..", Armaan looked at Muskaan and smiled...
"Toh Armaan kuch socho na please... is ass Raj ka kuch karte hain..."
"Well kuch socha toh hai but we need to work exactly according to my plan, and I promise you that Raj ki hawa nikal jayegi and hopefully Ridhima ka yeh darr and depression hamesha ke liye theek ho jayega..."
The trio sat discussing the plan for a long time...
"Wow... Armaan Rahul theek kehta hai... tum kisi Alfred Hitchcock se kam nahin ho...", Muskaan said smiling to which Armaan smiled back...
"So what say Operation Expose Raj underway???", Armaan said with his palm open...
"Done...", the three shook hands...
"Ab Muskaan next it's your thing to find out where Raj is right now???"
"Give me a day... you will have your information by tomorrow evening Chief...", Muskaan smiled looking at Armaan...
"Done... and tab tak main baaki plan out karta hoon...", Armaan looked at them...
Armaan and Rahul leave while Muskaan goes to check up on Ridhima... she sees her cell phone kept on the side table next to her bed...
She quickly picks it up and walks out...
She comes to the study and closes the door...
She browses through the phone contact list to see if Raj existed in the list... "Hmm... well plan B", she says to herself...
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