Part 4
Arnav was punching away Shyam's men like a light-weight boxing champion when he found Khushi running towards him dressed in all her bridal finery. He just cross-checked to see whether she had any sindoor in the parting of her hair or mangalsutra around her neck. No she didn't have any which meant the marriage did not take place.
Khushi was closely followed by Shyam and her Buaji who were shouting after her saying, "Khushiji aap kahan jaa rahe ho?", "Sanka Devi tumahari shadi hai kauno joke nahin!"
Arnav was pondering in his mind over two possibilities. Should he start punching that pervert Shyam till he was knocked out or should he first save Khushi from her dangerous situation? At last his heart took over his mind. He was her Arnav and not ASR anymore. He could wreak vengeance on Shyam after he had taken her to a place of safety.
Arnav gave Khushi his hand and she unthinkingly gave hers also. Before Khushi knew what was happening, she was speeding along in his SUV with him.
Shyam caught hold of the SUV with one hand and was trying to get into it. But Arnav was least bothered by all this. He started the vehicle and speeded ahead faster than the speed of wind dragging Shyam along with the SUV. Shyam was badly battered and bruised in this struggle and his clothes were splattered with the muddy water of the road-side puddles.
Arnav felt a soothing calm descend on him when he saw that sight. That rotten fellow deserved this and more for everything he had done and tried to do to his sister and his Khushi. With one foot on the steering, Arnav kicked Shyam thrice to loosen his hold over the SUV.
Arnav had promised himself that for the starters he would kick the creep thrice: once for Di, second time for Khushi, and the third for himself. Of course, the main course was still there but it would have to wait as he wanted to take Khushi to a place of safety.
Buaji gave a loud scream like an ancient tragic heroine saying, "Babua!-----" which alone kept echoing in the surrounding air as Khushi and Arnav were nowhere to be found.
Shyam recouped his shaken wits caused by this unexpected twist in the tale, gathered his men and left in pursuit of the two. Payal told her Buaji not to worry for Shyam as he was the villain of this tale and not the hero as she imagined him to be. She also told how but for Arnavji, her sister would have married a cheater and double-timing creep as her husband.
Payal also expressed her happiness that Khushi was with Arnav and not with them because he would he able to protect her better than them. She vented her anger saying, "Buaji aap ne toh usko kuve mein dakhel hi diya thah agar Arnavji nahin aathe toh!"
Arnav was making some urgent calls with one hand while driving with the other. Khushi thought that it was better not to ruffle the Laad Governor's feathers like the last time when she kept on asking questions during the Nainital trip. She knew that he had some valid reason for doing whatever he was doing. She would wait for his explanation.
When she looked back, she found that the distance between their SUV and Shyam's car had reduced considerably. He would surely overtake them in a short while she feared.
But Khushi's fears were unfounded as Shyam's car was interjected by a police vehicle from which Akaashji, Anjali and a group of police officers descended. Shyam and his men were arrested.
Shyam was telling, "Rani Sahiba, aap aur mujhe arrest karvarahi hain!"
Anjali retorted, "Haan, main! Aapne kya samajliya, ki maine woh shares aur divorce papers nahin dekhe theh? Aaapki kuch paper neeche gire hue theh jab maine dekha toh mere hosh udgaye! Main aapka asli chehra dekhna chahthi thi. Isiliye maine papers pehle hi badal diye aur kuch nahi bola. Maine jin shares aur divorce papers par sign kiye theh woh nakli theh!"
Turning to Arnav she said, "Mujhe maaf kardo Chotey ki maine tumhe kuch nahin bataya. Main tumhari shadi ke baad yeh baath sabko bathanewali thi. Par mujhe khushibhi hui ki der seh hi sahi tumne apni dil ki awaz suni. Lavanya bhi chali gayi kyonki woh tumhara pyar pana chahthi thi aur usse patha chalgaya ki tum kabhi uske theh hi nahin!"
The police inspector said in his dry and monotonous tone, "Mr. Shyam you are under arrest for the attempt to murder on Shashi Gupta and for cheating Anjaliji. You are going to be our guest for a long long time!"
Anjali Di teased Chotey saying, "Agar muhurath ab bhi hain toh hum "Lakhshmi---------"madap jaayen. Aakhir do do bhaiyyon ka saval hai!"
Arnav looking sheepish, "Di aap bhi naa!"
Edited by shailusri1983 - 13 years ago
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