Arjun SS: Mujhko Ye Zindagi

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this is a collab work by me aka pari and Payal_156
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MUJHKO YE ZINDAGI


Page 3: Hind Times

'India's most sought Entrepreneur Mr. Pranav Rai is said to be no more bachelor. You read it right gossip lovers. Handsome, dashing, cool Pranav has officially confirmed his marriage with the M.D of Raute Group, miss. Payal Raute, daughter of Mr. Suryakant Raute. It is said that the couple are in relationship from past 3 years and today they are entering the wedlock. This marriage will definitely bring fortune to both the companies. When we spoke to miss Payal, she confirmed the news. Wedding will be taking place at Raute mansion...'

"what the hell?! Arjun threw the paper on the table, making every ETF member turn their head towards him.

"she... she cant do this..."

"Arjun whats wrong?! Kya hai usme aur who cant do what?" ACP Sameer Rathod asked in confusion.

"Payal. She is getting married. Read this.."

Arjun passed the paper to sameer and ran hand through his hair.

"Arjun..."

"I need to go. I need to stop her. He is not the right guy for her..."

Without listening to anyone, Arjun rushed out of ETF.

~~~

Arjun ran towards his sister's room ignoring words from his father.

He saw his sister sitting all decked up in bridal finery, looking at her henna adored hands.

"Payal..." he called her, signaling others to leave them alone.

"bhaiyya..."

Payal went to him and hugged him tight.

"I thought you would never come..." a tear escaped her eye.

"aapko hi mera kanyadaan karna hai bhaiyya..."

Her words were cut when her pulled him away from her.

"kyon kar rahi ho ye Payal?"

"kya bhaiyya?"

"ye shaadi. Tumne kaha tha ki you will let me choose a suitable boy for you. Oopar se you did not even tell me. I had to find out this through some paper." His voice raised a notch higher.

Bhaiyya wo... main aapko batane waali thi..."

"kab tumhare aur uske 2 bacche hone ke baad?!"

She flinched at his tone.

"bhai I love him... I want to spend my life..."

"spend your life with a bloody murderer right!!!!"

"bhai you are mistaken. He is not..."

"I know that I am right Payal. He is the one who is suspected to the the alleged sikander who killed YOUR BHABHI... i don't have enough proofs to put him behind bars warna..."

Payal wiped her tears and shouted at Arjun.

"ENOUGH BHAI... BOHUT HOGAYA. Pranav se main pyaar karti hun aur uske khilaaf kuch nahin sunungi. Bhabhi ke maut aapki wajah se hui hai naaki ki Pranav ne unhe maara. Aap bhabhi ke kaatil ho naaki Pranav. Wo bhi mujhse utna hi pyaar karta hai jitna main usse karti hun. Aur hume koi juda nahin kar sakta. Aap bhi nahin. Samjhe aap?"

Her face was completely red after her outburst at Arjun. He stood completely still, letting each word to absorb in his mind. He could not believe that his little sister said those words.

"tumhi wo thi Payal jisne kaha tha ki chahe koi bhi ho jisne roshni ko maara, hum milke saza denge. Aur aaj tumhi..."

"Pranav is my life"

"he is a murderer"

"he is not. Please get out..."

"Payal... listen to me baccha... its about your lif...""

"I said GET OUT mr. Arjun Raute."

Arjun stood numb. Her eyes held fury in them, desperation. Roshni's body drenched in her own blood flashed in his mind. Anger gripped his whole being and his voice turned to steel.

"aaj se mera aur tumhara, koi rishta nahin hai Payal. You are dead to me. Meri pyaari behan Payal aaj mere liye mar chuki hai..."

Arjun spun on his heels and marched out of the room completely ignoring grim expression on his dad's face.

~~~

Payal sat next to Pranav in mandap... he held her hand asked.

"are you ok? I heard your brother came..."

"yeah..."

"he hates me. Don't he?"

"he has just misunderstood you Pranav... and nothing matters more than you to me...

Not even him..." she closed her eyes as tears threatened to fall.

Soon the wedding rituals were done and she was officially Mrs. Payal Pranav Rai and no more her brother's darling.. she went to the Rai mansion, seeing happiness in her father's eyes and missing the person she loved most.

~~~

The wedding had made buzz in the entire media.

Arjun was beyond furious. He felt helpless. He knew his sister had made a great error in judging a person. He had to protect her. But what could he do? She herself chose a wrong person. She had known the entire lengths that he went to trace his wife's murderer what he came to know was just a name Sikander and possible person behind that name, now his sister's husband, Mr. Pranav Rai. He did not want her suffer. But if this is their fate, he has no choice but to hurt his sister.

He recalled how he had found Roshni's body, and the image was replaced by the image of his sister in wedding finery.

"AAARRRGGHHH!!!!!!!" he threw the paper weight to the window and swiped the table tumbling the contents down. He was feeling helpless, same feeling of losing someone, that he had felt not many months back.

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"I cant see him like this sir. He is broken..."

"I know Aisha... but we cannot do anything. Can we? All we can do is support him and also protect her.."

"why is she doing this to him? cant she see how hurt is he from her actions?"

"she does Aisha...she really does. Come with me. You have right to know things..."

~~~

It is said life throws things at you when you least anticipate it. Marriage, a happy life is what every girl wishes. But for her, this marriage took away the most important person in her life. She had seen her brother losing himself after her bhabhi's death. He had lost all will to live. But her misery had got him back to life. He stood strong, hiding his tears behind the tender care towards her, arrogance towards the world and dedication towards work. She had seen him working day and night just to locate the murderer. She had seen him throwing himself in front of danger.

And she hurt him most accusing him being the reason for Roshni's death. She knew very well that he is not, but yet...

She thoughts broke when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She jerked and saw Pranav. "you ok?"

"yeah... fine..."

"so..."

"so!!!" she asked in unsure voice...

"we are married you know..."

"hmm..."

"may I?!"

She nodded her head in yes.

~~~

Days went by and Arjun's search for evidences became more pronounced.

He left everything behind and was indulged in digging more about Pranav. He was very sure that he was right.

~~~

"sir ye dekhiye. Koi unknown location se ye documents aur kuch videos aayi hai..."

"kya hai isme...?"sameer asked him.

"sir..." Shree glanced towards Arjun and turned his attention towards sameer.

"sir isme mr. Pranav rai ke khilaf kuch..." he could not complete as Arjun had snatched the contents and already loaded a cd in laptop and stared at the document.

"Arjun..."

"Sameer not now... lemme see this. I need to know his real face.."

What they saw in the video made them gasp in shock.

They thought they were just dealing with a criminal but... they were wrong. He was a devil incarnated.

The videos had few things they never imagined about Pranav.

he was filmed when he was dealing with drugs, himself talking to his men about smuggling something across border.

But there was something that made chill run down their spine.

They saw women drugged and being used by several men, then being transported. They saw Pranav involved with some women and his active participation in transporting women and girls.

Arjun fisted his palm and let out a frustrated sigh.

Sameer took out the documents and saw many things that could bring Pranav down.

"I told her. I told her but she would not listen to me..."

"Arjun calm down..."

"NO!!! I CANT DAMMIT!!! She is in danger..."

"get grip on yourself Arjun. Don't forget she is with him. he can harm her. And these proofs are not enough. He has a efficient lawyer team behind him. he will wriggle out easily. We need more proofs. we have nothing to prove that he is sikander...nothing to say he murdered roshni..."

"I wasn't there to protect her Sam... now Payal... what do I do?! I need to speak to her..."

"Arjun no..." but Arjun was already out of ETF office.

~~~

He directly went to Payal's so called husband's house, at least that was what he called him.

He saw Payal humming to herself and preparing food in kitchen.

"Payal..." he called out.

she came out hearing his voice.

"bhaiyya... aayine na... I knew you would come here... chalo. Bhaithiye naa. Pranav bhi aate hi honge. Hum sab saath mein khana khayenge..."

"uss kamine ka naam bhi matt lo mere saamne samjhi tum.!!! Jaanti bhi ho wo kya hai? Kitne gair kaanooni kaam karta hai wo??"

"bhaiyya, aap phir se ye sab..."

"no Payal.. I want you to know you are wrong. He is involved in drugs, smuggling, human trafficking an what not!!!!"

"BHAI!!!! PRANAV KE KHILAF EK SHABD AUR NAHIN. Main usski patni hun, and I love him more than anything oki..."

"pyaar aur wo insaan se jo insaan kehlaane ke laayak nahin?!(to took a deep breath to calm his nerves) look baccha... I know you love him par ye bhi to hai ki he killed your best friend, your bhabhi roshni..."

"ENOUGH ARJUN...AAPNE BOHUT BOL DIYA AUR MAINE SUN BHI LIYA AB AUR NAHIN.."

"Payal..."

"aur aap bhi jaan lijiyeACP Arjun Raute... roshni ka murderer sikander hai naa... please mere Pranav ko chod dijiye. Main unke saath behad khush hoon aur aap iss khushi ko matt bigadiye... haath jodke kehte hoon aapse..."

Tears streamed down her eyes.

Anger knew no bounds when he saw her run past him to hug her husband who entered.

"Payal. Aaj main jaa raha hun. But ek baat tum bhi yaad rakhna. Jab mere haath mein gun hoga aur mere saamne sikander (eyeing Pranav) I assure I will not think about you even once. That's my promise"

He was out of the house and sped his SUV at its max.

Payal just left Pranav and ran to their room.

"how can he do that?!" she asked when pranav sat next to her, caressing her head.

"shh!!!! He is in illusion and nothing else payal... he will be fine"

She hid herself in his arms and dozed off.


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"kal bhabhi ka birthday hai... kya karoon?! Haan... pranav se baat karti hun. He is good at selecting gifts..."

"ye...switch off?! Meeting mein honge. Main bhi naa..." payal mumbled to herself and pressed door bell. She was surprised when she heard no bell ringing. She tried again. But in vain.

She panicked and tried to open the door.

She received a call which she could not avoid.

"jaihind sir."

'details chahiye the human trafficking ke baare mein '

"sir I have left a copy for you in main database"

'payal, if I got that would I not be doing better job than calling you?!'

"sir, I understand but... well, you know to access my computer right?"

'yeah... you ll get a copy there too.'

'fine. I ll see. Jaihind'

"jaihind sir"

She kept her mobile in her bag and she heard a shriek.

"bhabhi..."

She tapped the door but there was no response.

she moved towards back door and her eye caught some movement in kitchen through the glass. She was shocked to see pranav holding roshni by her arm, and a knife in another hand.

Roshni was screaming and calling for help. She heard few words of conversation between them

"agar tum maan gayi hoti to aaj ye naubat naahin aati."

"you moron leave mee..."

Payal went numb.

"I don't know how did Arjun get a gem like you. You would be bid with high price or be like a queen with me..." he glided knife along her cheek. Roshni closed her eyes.

"you disgust me pranav. I don't know why you are doing this to payal.."

"aaa... good question lady.. now that you know about me, me being sikander and all, you SIL is beautiful I ll marry her, use her and them... she will be sold. No one will know. I ll show her as a old digger, cheater who betrayed me and ran away with someone. Cool eh!!"

Roshni spat at him and he grabbed her hair in anger.

"you bitch..."

"I ll tell arjun and payal abiout your real face pranav. They will not leave you.."

"tum unhe tab bataogi naa jab tum zinda rahogi.. ye lo..."

He stabbed her in right side of stomach, twisting it in and drawing blood.

He saw her last breath leaving her in satisfaction...

Payal went numb. Her voice betrayed her. She fell on her knees.

She fumbled through her phone and saw it dead.

She took steps towards door and knocked. She heard some ruffling sound inside and then nothing. She called for help and when they entered the kitchen, everything was over. Roshni was no longer alive.

Payal fell on her knees as someone called police.

All the time she spent with pranav swam before her eyes. his care, love, friendship... all fake. Just to have her, and make money.

She had believed him and he trampled it under his sole. Love, it felt alien to her now. no she would not cry. She knew what she had to.. she would not tell anyone anything she saw. The scene when he stabbed her played in front of her and she screamed again...

"NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"payal... honey aankhein kholo... its just a bad dream...utho..."

She heard pranav's voice and she slowly blinked. She just jerked away from him and ran to bathroom, retched. She was his wife, in every sense but from heart. Her heart had died when he saw his other side. Yet she had to keep up the pretense to be his wife madly in love with him. he was next to her in an instance.

She cleaned herself and buried her face in his chest.

"I saw... I saw him killing you..." she lied smoothly.

She wanted to kill him, but not just that but to expose him in front of the world.

Pranav laughed out loud making her raise her head and look at him.

"he cant harm me Payal. He can never. Relax..."

"I love you..." She died thousand times saying those words

"I love you too..." she felt disgusted at his honey coated words.

~~~

Arjun was livid. He was not sure what he should consider of his so called brother in law, the person who killed his wife and god knows with what intentions married his sister.

But he was sure of one thing, what ever he had in store for his sister, was not a good thing.

He showed that he is no longer concerned about his sister, he could not deny he cared for her. He was mad at her for believing a third party, who unfortunately turned to be her husband over him, her brother. He still wished these were some sort of nightmare where he get up and woah!!!! He is still on bed rubbing his eyes and everything around him was normal, as it was before... but he knew it was impossible even to wish...

He rubbed his tired eyes. It was a hectic day for him with absence of ETF chief due to some case and he being acting chief.

He went up to Sameer's cabin and turned on the computer. He was supposed to mail some important documents to the higher authorities, which were only in this particular computer.

He surfed through various confidential documents and sent the one he was supposed to.

Something very interesting caught his eye. He clicked open the file and read the contents. Each and every word drained color from his face. He broke into sweat and swore under his breath.

"what the...!!!! this cant be true... why was I kept in dark????!!!!! Frack!! I need to rush!!!!"

He immediately shut down the system and stormed out.

~~~

Payal had some time before her husband made his way back home. She was relieved that she did not have to be close to him from the day of arjun's visit. She poised to be very much upset and depressed. Payal mentally thanked Arjun for showing up that day. He had unknowingly saved her from a monster.

She attached the photos and videos to the mail she wrote to sameer. She was lucky that he had not realized what she was doing behind his back. the last thing she had to do was to get his confession, by hook or by crook.

She clicked the send button and leaned against the chair closing her eyes for a brief second.

~~~

"payal... paayu... arre payalia... uth naa..."

"ummm... bhaiyya sone do naa..." she covered her face with the quilt. She felt it slowly slide down and suddenly she jumped up to sitting position trying to pry arjun's hands away from tickling her.

"bhaiyya... haha... no nooo... hahaha... stop it bhaiyya... please...hahah" she rolled on the bed with Arjun tickling her. She punched his gut playfully and he acted to be hurt.

"oww!!!!" and he mimicked the action of hitting her jaw.

"bhaiyya... gudiya ko maaroge?!!!!" payal asked with a pout.

"shaitaan ko superman ne maara..." 12 year old Arjun stood on bed showing his non existing muscles.

"aap!!! Aur superman?! Shakal dekhi hai apni? Superman meri jooti.." she struck her tongue at him.

"teri to main..."

They ended up rolling on bed pulling each other's hair.

Mrs. Raute, their mom came running to the room...

"Deva, kya karun inka? Arjun chodo payal ko.. choti hai wo usse lag jayegi..."

"maa usne mujhe maara..." Arjun pulled her hair.

"aaa!!!! Bhaiyya ne maara... choti chodo bhaiyya..."

Payal gave him a shove and he was on floor, rubbing his elbow.

"jaa... aaj main tujhse rakhi nahin bandhwaunga..."

"bhaiyya..."

Arjun stormed out of the room.

Payal stood teary eyed.

"maa...main..."

"gudiya, jao aur nahalo. Go.."

Arjun and payal took bath and went to pooja area. Arjun ignored her completely.

He had wrapped bandage around his elbow.

Payal tried to talk to him.

"dard ho raha hai?!" Arjun turned his face.

"bolo naa bhaiyya... dikhao mujhe..."

"mujhe nahin dikhana.."

Payal got all teary. She held rakhi in her hand and waited for him to hold his right hand forward which he did not do.

She kept rakhi in thaal and went to her room crying.

Arjun was hurt to see her tears. He hated that.

He immediately made his way to her room with thaal.

Payal was sobbing her eyes out, holding the pillow. Arjun kept a hand on her head and she lifted her red and puffy eyes.

"bhaiyya ko rakhi nahin baandhegi gudiya?"

She leapt and hugged him tight. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead lovingly. He wiped her tears and held thaal in front of her. Payal gave him a watery smile and tied rakhi around his wrist and fed him sweet. He stuffed an entire piece in her mouth and laughed when she struggled to eat it.

"kya gift chahiye tujhe?"

"yahi ki you will be with me always... promise?!"

"pakka promise. Main kabhi tujhe chodke jaaunga kya? Haa... tu mujhe zaroor chodke jaayegi apne pati ke ghar..." he said with tongue in cheek holding back laugh.

Payal took pillow and threw at him

"bhaiyya..."

Arjun pilled out a box wrapped in glittery paper. Payal's eyes twinkled at that.

"mere liye?"

"naa... tujhe to gift mulgaya. Ye to padosi ke liye hai..." he winked and payal pouted.

"naa... wo mera hai..."

"haa baba tera hi hai. Khol ke dekh..."

She hurriedly opened the gift and saw a cute teddy bear with a pillow in its hand wit words

'I love you sis!!'

8 year old payal hugged him and squealed

"its cute... thanks bhaiyya..." and kissed his cheeks..

She felt her cheeks drenched in her own tears, her eyes still shut.

"I am sorry to hurt you bhaiyya.. sorry to say those words which I never meant... kaash aaj main aapko rakshabandhan pe raakhi baandh paati... kaash main iss haivan ke saath naa hoti... kaa..."

She was roughly pulled out from her place.

Her eyes flew open only to face a maddened Pranav. His brows, furrowed, eyes red and his form shaking due to uncontrolled rage.


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Posted: 12 years ago
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Payal gasped in shock.

He knew... he knew about her. She saw his line of gaze and it settled on the mail she just sent. He pushed her roughly on floor and turned his attention on the email.

His hands shook as he took the contents in that.

He could not believe what he saw in it. It was detailed account of all his illegal activities.

He furiously turned towards her and grabbed her by her hair.

"aaahahhh!!!!!" she screamed in pain.

"how dare you little thing?!( he pulled her close, twisting her hair) tumhari himmat kaise hui mere saath ye sab karne ki..!!!!"

Payal was numb due to the excruciating pain in her scalp.

He continued his rant

"mere saath dhoka? Pranav Rai ke saath?! Aaj tak kisi ki itni himmat nahin hui ki mere saath dhoka kare aur tum?!!!!"

He left her hair and slapped her hard on her cheek.

His ring in the finger cut her cheek making blood ooze. But that brought payal out of her shock.

She spun around and faced him, her cheek red with marks

"haan mr. pranav rai.. I dare. Because you are not worth to be called as human being."

Another slap resonated the room. She landed near the laptop. She saw him in the corner of her eye and rested her hand on the keyboard, activating the cam and recording. She slowly rose on her feet and pranav jerked ahead to hold her.

Payal easily dodged from his move and shoved a hand at his solar plexus.

She would not give in to him so easily.

It took moments for pranav to recollect himself. Her saree was not letting payal to move freely and execute her plan to bring him down. She tried to run to kitchen but pranav pulled her back. he enclosed her neck in his vice grip and pushed her to the pillar. Payal gasped for breath and tried to escape from his grip. She trashed her hands and legs wildly to harm him. but all her efforts went in vain. He was much stronger than her in every way.

"kyun kar rahi thi tum ye sab ha?" he pressed her much more. He pressed himself against her, putting all weight on her, crushing her beneath him.

Tears of pain flew out of her eyes.

"you are not worth...living pranav... or should i...say sik...an...der"

"oh you know?!" he asked in a cold voice, dangerously below his usual tone, separating himself from her. he turned, turning his back to her.

Payal took the opportunity and lifted the vase next to her. She threw it on him, but due to her trembling frame it just hit his shoulder. Payal ran to the kitchen and stumbled on few things and searched for knife. She was about to leave when she spotted something that made her grin amidst her intense pain in her face.

She turned only to see pranav in front of her.

She pointed knife at him and said

"aage matt aana pranav... I wont hesitate..."

"why honey... maine kya bigaada hai tumhara...?"

"you killed my friend, my bhabhi right in front of me you cheap. You took my brother's love..." she screamed and threw a utensil at him.

"tum thi wahan?!" he asked impressed while dodging the utensil.

She threw belan at him and made it towards sink. She saw pipe attached to a tap and water purifier.

She pulled it and aimed it at pranav. Water spilled on his face making him blind for few moments. She toppled atta on him and made mad dash to the hall and tried to open door. But it was locked. She saw pranav wiping his face, trying to remove atta , coming towards her and she screamed seeing that they both were in the view of camera.

"kyon maara tumne Roshni ko? I loved you pranav but you betrayed me... kyon???"

"she stumbled on the fact that I am sikander honey... so she had to go. Haan agar wo meri baat maan leti to... par nahin... honest officer ki biwi thi naa wo... to mujhe maarna pada usse..." still clearing his face.

"didn't your conscience chide you?"

"naa... but you are going to regret trying to double cross me payal... you will really do..."

He took menacing steps towards her and payal took steps back. she turned around when she felt wall behind her. she desperately tried to search for something with which she could make him go numb. But she found nothing of that sort. Sweat broke from side of her temple. Her eyes went tizzy due to the pain in her face. She knew it would not be long before she would go all blank. But she was determined to get him confessed.

She spoke in trembling voice.

"kyon pranav, kyun tumne mujhe dhoka diya? Paagalon ki tarah pyaar karti thi. Maine apna job chod diya tha, just because I wanted to be with you. "

"kaun sa job??!??!! o yeah!!! i remember now!!!! well, maan na padega tumhe payal. Mere naak ke neeche tumne mere khilaaf kitne saare saboot ikhatta kiya hai.. I am really impressed. Infact tumhe mere saath hona chahiye tha.. sorry to say you chose wrong side..." he make clicking sound with his tongue and gazed her.

"me and with you?" payal let out a humorless laugh.

"I would rather choose die than siding a scum like you" she earned a slap at this retort.

"women... women like you don't know the value of life payal... you are beautiful, smart, witty and let me add, cunning... I ll spare you.. be by me..."

"never in my life sikander. Never. I ll embrace death but not you..."

"oh is that why you married me? You spent those moments of privacy with me?!" he asked in a mocking voice.

Bile rose to her throat.

"those were the worst days of my life, believe me. I would never forgive myself for being in relation with you."


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Posted: 12 years ago
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Pranav grabbed and hauled her on floor. He sat next to her and got hold of her hair.

"how did you make those videos payal? Aur kaun kaun hai tumhare saath?" he slammed her cheek hard on cold floor. She nearly lost her conscious due to the impact. She could swear he sweat tasted blood. Her lip slit at corner and blood trickled. He pulled her to face himself and asked her again

"tumhare saath aur kaun hai?? Bolo warna..." he pushed her aside, her side of head collided with the pillar. She could not really know where pranav was. Her vision blurred.

"nah...in... bata...un...gi... jo karna...ha...ka...ro..."

She gasped for breath when she found a hand chocking her windpipe.

~~~

Arjun drove towards Rai mansion like a mad man. He could really not wait to meet his sister.

It would be an understatement to say he was shocked to read those things. he mentally noted the dates she was assigned any work, those coincidentally matched with the time she was away from home stating to be in any deal or conference. His swore loud that it echoed in his SUV. He could not believe that his sister had hid soo many things from him, especially, this which concerned her life. Would he not have had allowed her to do what she liked if she had told it once? Sameer and Aisha knew about her, but he, her brother was kept in dark!!! Could she not tell him that she witnessed Roshni's death? There were no answers with him. he had to go to her to seek them. As fast as he could.

On the way he called sameer and asked him to reach Rai mansion as he wanted to confront even him.

His mind played along all the beautiful memories he had with her.

He recalled the rakshabandhan when she cried buckets that he was angry on her and would not get rakhi tied.

He recalled her smile when he finally let her tie rakhi and gave her teddy bear...

Payal flung herself at him and hugged him tight.

"ab khush?!"

"bohut..."

"gudiya, agar main rakhi naa baandhne deta to?!" Arjun asked teasing her.

Payal tore apart from him and said in a calm voice. It was not something he expected out of a 8 year old.

"aap ko meri kami nazar nahin aati, uss rakhi mein chupa pyaar nazar nahin aata. Kyon ki koi bhi cheez ki importance tab pata chalte hai jab wo hamare haath se choot jaata hai. Aaj rakhi baandhte hue maine aapke chehre pe muskaan dekha. Kal mein rahu ya naa rahu, aap ke chehre pe ye smile hamesha rehni chahiye. Warna...( she fisted her palm and forcefully brought it near his face, posing to punch him) samjhe yaa... samjhau?!" she winked.

"pagli. Tu mujhe chodke kahin nahin jaayegi... tu samjhi ya samjhau" Arjun hugged her again.

~~~

he snapped out of his memories when he saw the Rai mansion. He felt it much odd to see many people guarding the house. It was not same in his previous visit. He parked his SUV few feet ahead and walked back towards house. He saw many Tyre marks near the gate and many foot marks, which he could make out, were pretty fresh.

In an instant he felt he was late, terribly late.

He took his gun in hand and moved to side of building. He saw a small gap in the compound, a small water outlet and peeped inside.

He could see armed men all around.

He stealthily made his way behind and scanned the whole area. It did not take him long to identify pranav's car in porch.

Arjun jumped over the wall, smoothly landing in the garden. He was out of view, or so he thought. He turned around and saw a guy about to scream and he shot. The guard was dead. There was no sound, no yelp. Thanks to silencer that the gun shot was heard no where.

He made his way to front slowly, snapping some people's head, shooting some dead.

He felt it rather odd that not many came in front of him.

He slowly pushed the door, which to his surprise, opened without any trouble. He peeped inside and saw nobody. He stepped inside and saw many things scattered around. his heart leapt from rib-cage when he saw blood on floor, and broken bangles. He heard foot step behind him. he turned around and world turned dark.

~~~~~

Payal moaned in pain. It was worse than death. Her throat burned, and she felt numb. She lifted her head and saw her brother tied in front of her. a single line of blood trickling down from his nape.

"bhaiyya..." her voice was hoarse, pain numbed her insides.

She saw Arjun stir; she mustered all her strength and called for him again.

"bhaiyya..." her voice was much louder and firm. Arjun blinked his eyes and took his surrounding.

He saw battered face of payal, swollen and bruised, rage erupted in him.

He tried to move towards payal but found himself tied. He struggled to free himself.

Payal called him

"bhai, aap yahan kyun aaye...? aapko... nahin aana chahiye tha..."

"main kaise naa aata gudiya? Kaise??? Mere sawaalon ke jawaab to tumhare paas tha aur tum... kyon?? Kyon chupaya mujhse ye baatein? Kyon chupaya ki tum ek undercover agent ho?"

"sorry... par main majboor thi... sameer bhai... aur Aisha jaante hai..."

"that's what gudiya... unko tumne bataya par mujhe nahin? Ek baar bata deti mujhe...aur tumne pranav se shaadi kyon ki...? there are many other ways to tackle him. phir kyon?"

"main...usse saza dena...chahti thi. Apne haathon.."

"par..."

"bohut hogaya bhai behan ka milaap. Ab baat humse bhi ki jaaye..."

"you moron... meri behan ka kya haal banaya hai tumne?!"

"awwiee... bhai ka pyaar... tsk tsk... she made me do that to her Arjun... I mean brother in law... wo kya hai naa... jo mujhse gaddari karte hai main unhe chodta nahin hun..." he grabbed Arjun by nape and banged his head back to the pillar.

"bhaiyya..." payal managed herself on her feet and scrambled towards Arjun. She touched his face and he spoke

"payal, escape"

"there is no escape from sikander Arjun. She has to die... and you will see her die"

"no. you will do nothing of that sort to her"

"watch me"

Arjun fiddled with ropes and tried to free himself.

"Arjun, jaante ho maine iss se shaadi kyon ki??!!!"

He took payal's hand in his, and traced her fingers with his filthy hand.

"ye husn ki malika hai Arjun... teri behan... thoda iska lutf uthake isse bechne waala tha. Iski business aur property mere naam karne ke baad."

He pressed her hand hard. Pain shot up from her hand all over.

Hot tears flew out of her eyes. She felt pain in her arm.

"NOOO...PLEASE nooo..." sobs racked her body. Pain was engulfing her.

"aur cheeko payal... aur zor se... its giving me peace... Arjun, roshni ko mere baare mein pata chala... I killed her. aur tumhari behan mere khilaaf, mere ghar mein rehke saboot jutaye to isse main kaise chodu? Tumhi bolo..."

"tumhe...mujhe kitna...tadpana hai...tad...(she closed her eyes)...paao... ab ye...da...dard...sehne mein bhi...ma...maza...aata hai..."

Payal spoke amidst her pain.

"you psychopath, chodo usse... tum jaise jaanwar ko maine aaj tak nahin dekha..."

"aaj dekh rahe ho naa..."

Arjun turned his gaze towards payal in his arms. He was concentrating hard on disentangling his hands from the rope. His heart constricted seeing her in pain. Her eyes were half closed, tears continuously flowing.

She was his sister, his baby. He had loved her, cared for her and protected her. He had vowed on every rakshabandhan that he would let no harm in her way. But today he was here in front of her, helplessly watching her being tormented. Tears made their way down his eyes as he recalled every time she was hurt and he tended her. she would bawl even at the sight of small would on her and today, she was in so much pain that no voice came out of her. rage erupted in his veins, his hands worked swiftly worked on the knots.

Pranav urf sikander took out an injection and showed Arjun.

"isme maine slow poison daala hai Arjun... ye slow and painful death deta hai... I ll inject her this... every muscle in her body will burn... and you will see her die...slow and painful death, much worse than roshni's death..."

"no..."


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Knots came loose and Arjun lunged towards pranav, and managed to move him away from Payal when he was about to inject her.

Losing support, unable to stand on her own feet, payal slumped on the ground.

"GUDIYA...!!!!" Arjun screamed.

He saw from corner of his eyes Aisha and sameer entering. Aisha moved towards payal and with help of sameer pulled her at a side.

"meri behan ko takleef dega tu..."

Arjun started beating plump out of Pranav. he did not see right or left, just went on banging him.

"meri aankhon ka taara hai wo. Usse takleef doge aur mein chup rahunga??"

Arjun banged his head to the piller.

pranav shoved him towards glass tpoi and Arjun fell on it breaking it into pieces. Few pieces fell near payal, who was in her conscious now.

Arjun got hold of pranav and banged him to wall repeatedly.

"jitna...(bang) maarna hai (bang) maarlo..."pranav said to him.

Somehow, pranav managed to free himself from arjun's hold. Arjun's eyes were red with fury, pain. Before he could fathom, he was pushed to wall and strangled by pranav.

"don't you dare beat crap outta me brother in law"

"brother in law my foot pranav. Had I knew you were sikander I would have..."

"killed me?? Sad... you did not for your sister did not tell you..."

"I wont spare you sik... I ll expose you in front of the world""do it if you go out, alive!!!!"

Pranav pulled a glass piece and raised it to jab it to Arjun suddenly he stopped. His gaze went down and saw a piece of glass sticking in his stomach. He felt sharp pain shooting up from his base of spinal cord and travel upward. He saw payal holing another piece of glass in her hand, breathing heavily.

Arjun stabbed pranav again and saw him falling down. Payal swayed at her place but Arjun caught her. he knelt on floor and held her head on his lap.

"gudiya... utho beta... please..."

"bha..iyaa..."

Sameer and Aisha made their way towards them and saw pranav dead. They knelt next to payal and Arjun, tears streaming down their eyes.

"payal... sam... ambulance ko bulao...jaldi... payal please aankhein band matt karo...mere liye payal..."

"sorry...bhai. I... laptop mein...(she sucked breath in) recording hai. Aur... i...bhabhi...ko...na...nahin...bacha paayi... so...rry..."

"nahin payal... aisa matt kaho.. it was not your fault... you risked your life... I am sorry I did not believe you.. said those words..."

"mu..mujhe jaa...na hai..."

"NO...YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MEE... I CANT LOSE YOU PAYAL" Arjun cried.

"Arjun... ambulance is here..."

"sam, help me..."

They drove to hospital.

~~~

"sir, hame police ko bulana padega. It's a case of domestic violence" a doctor blabbered in front of Arjun.

Arjun grabbed hold of his color and spoke with gritted teeth.

"I AM ACP ARJUN RAUTE, AND THAT IS MY SISTER. Go, start the treatment. Warna..."

"Arjun, hold your self. Doctor, ACP sameer Rathod, ETF. You can proceed with treatment. I ll take care of all formalities.."

"oki.." doctor spared a nervous glance at Arjun and went in.

Doctors were inside treating her wounds and checking for any kind of fractures.

Arjun anxiously paced the length of corridor.

"Arjun, relax.. she will be fine..."

"relax my foot. She is injured. She fainted there. all thanks to me... I was sitting there helpless" he banged his fist to the wall repeatedly.

When sameer pulled him aside, he saw Arjun's eyes were red, brimming with tears.

"pata hai sameer, she was closest thing I have after mom. She was a fresh breeze in my life, my lifeline when I did mistakes, my lawyer who would defend me against dad, my co-conspirator, my friend, mother, my motivation my everything. Aur maine? Maine ussi pe shak kiya, I said I have no relation with her. How could I?" he sat heavily on the chair and covered his face in his palm.

"arjun... isme tumhari koi galti nahin hai... you never knew that all these would happen. Did you?" sameer kept a hand on his shoulder.

"tum to sab jaante the naa? Phir mujhe kyon nahin bataya?"

"usne mana kiya tha Arjun. We are sorry..." sameer glanced at Aisha who stood silently, nodded at him.

"no... don't be sam... if I was not immersed in my thoughts and had paid a little attention then nothing of these would have had happened."

Before sameer could say a word, he went near the room where payal was surrounded by doctors.

"maine already roshni ko kho diya hai gudiya... I wont be able to live losing you.. I will not be..." he cried silently. He felt a hand on his shoulder and saw his dad.

"payal ko kuch nahin hoga Arjun... kuch bhi nahin... wo tumhe chod ke kaise jayegi huh?! Tumhare aankhon mein aansu acche nahin lagte.."

Arjun immediately hugged his father.

There might have been clashes between them, but at the end of the day they were same blood.

"wo theek to ho jayegi na papa?!"

"ofcourse beta... usse kuch nahin hoga. Agar tum aise himmat haaroge to usse bura lagega naa..."

Sameer and Aisha stood far away and saw the father son duo.

Suddenly the door opened and a lady doctor stepped out. Arjun left his dad's side and went to the doc.

"doctor..."

"she is fine mr. raute. There is no fracture, but her facial muscles are bit damaged. No they can be set right (she added seeing Arjun panic) yah, she needs complete rest. No work and taking stress for next few days..."

"thanks doctor.." he was about to hug her, but at the last split second, held himself back. the doctor who was in her mid fifties, smiled at him and patted his back.

"doctor, can I meet her?"

"yeah... but for now, she is sleeping. She may be up in an hour or two.. you can meet her then"

"thanks doctor.."

As soon as the doctor went Arjun slumped on chair. His father stood at the door and saw his daughter. Sameer and Aisha went near Arjun. Sameer sat next to him.

"she is fine sam,... she did not leave me..." he looked at sameer with a teary smile.

"yeah Arjun...she is your sister... how can she leave you?"

Arjun wiped his tears and asked him

"bdw pranav?!"

"body ko postmortem ke liye issi hospital mein rakha hai. Just a formality. Payal ya tumpe koi charges nahin honge as it was an act of self defense. Aur I have sent a copy of evidences to media which ll be aired shortly. Uske bhole bhale nek businessman ke naqaab ke peeche chipe darinde ko logon ke saamne laana bohut zaroori hai. Aur aaj wo hoga..."

"thanks sameer... thanks a lot..."

"thanks kis baat ka? ab jaa... usse dekh kea a. you are here but tera mind uss ward mein hai... go... I ll handle media outside and give official statement.."

"sameer... ek baat poochni thi.."

"pooch naa..."

"payal, police mein thi right?"

"yeah. But not as an officer. She was sent on only special cases. Otherwise she is just a business official"

"thanks sameer"

"huh??!!!"

"for keeping her safe all the while.."

"chal... jaaa... meet her" sameer pushed him towards the ward.

He then went to arjun's dad.

"sir, aap bhi usse mil lijiye.."

Mr. raute wiped his tears and then said

"nahin beta.. mujhse zyada Arjun ka usse milna zaroori hai... let him. main baad mein mil loonga..."

Sameer just nodded and went towards Aisha.

~~~~~~

Arjun sat next to Payal. He took her hand saw it much paler in front of his hand.

He saw her face, covered with bandages. She looked in peace. He slowly caressed her hair and dropped a light kiss on her forehead.

Tears took no time to make their way out. It hurt him a lot to see her like that.

He did not know how long he sat their caressing her head.

"gudiya, aage se kabhi aisa stunt mat karna. Samjhi? Meri jaan nikal gayi thi... I wont make it if I lose you too..."

"yaad hai wo teddy bear, jo maine diya tha tujhe?! Wo maine sambhal ke rakhi hai... tere jaan eke baad, main usse apne paas rakhta hun.. haan main koi chota baccha nahin hun par... that was very close to you. I stole it and took it to my apartment..."

He wiped his tears, clearing his view, only to make way for fresh batch of tears.

"aur wo anklets?? Payal ke liye payal (he chuckled)...wo maa ke the jo unhone mujhe diye the tujhe tere 16th birthday ko dene... she knew you would miss her... isiliye she wanted me to give it you... tu aaj bhi usse pehni hai naa?!"

Arjun's dad and sameer-aisha stood at door, watching him talk to her limp form.

"aur wo... wo black rose plant jo tu hamesha chahti thi? Tera chehra kitna khil gaya tha jab maine wo tujhe gift kiya... aur..."

He spoke about all the sweet memories they had together continuously.

It was more than an hour and he looked tired. But he refused to move from his place.

He felt slight movement in payal's hands and he called for doctor.

She weakly opened her eyes, blinked to see her surroundings.

"bhaiyya..." her voice was soo weak that Arjun would have missed if he was not paying attention.

"payal... gudiya tu theek to hai naa?!"

He stepped aside to make space for doctor who was checking her vitals.

She nodded at him and closed her eyes.

"she is fine now. koi khatra nahin hai.. all she need is just ample of rest." Payal opened her eyes and smiled at her and beckoned Arjun to come near her with her eyes.

He sat next to her. payal tried to sit and doctor and Arjun helped her.

"you should not miss payal..." Payal looked at her shocked when addressed as 'miss'.

"doctor..." she said.

"shh!!!! She is right. you should sleep now.." she nodded her head in negative.

"what?!!!!"

"aaj kaun sa din hai?"

"kyun?"

"bhaiyya aaj rakshabandhan hai" she could not believe it was her voice, soo weak and different.

Arjun slapped his forehead.

"main to inn sab ke beech bhool hi gaya tha... koi baat nahin jab tu ghar lautegi to baandh dena... theek hai?"

"no." she pouted and felt stinging pain. She hissed.

"sss..."

"theek to hai naa tu... chup chaap so jaa... rakhi wakhi baad mein"

He held her shoulder and she shrugged it off.

"no. I want to tie it. Aaj tak ek bhi aisa saal aaya ki maine aapko rakhi nahin baandhi?"

"nahin par..."

"please..."

He could not refuse her.

"par iss waqt rakhi kahan se milegi?"

Payal's face fell recalling it was pretty late.

Suddenly sameer took out a rakhi from his pocket.

"ye tumne hi banayi hai naa payal?" he held it infront of her.

"haa..." payal jumped on her bed in excitement and yelped in pain.

"payal!!!" Arjun glared at her and she bit her lip.

"sowwy!! Bdw sam bhaiiya... aapko ye kahan se...?!"

"ye mujhe Shree ne diya. He saw it when he was collecting the videos and gave it to me. Ye lo"

He placed it in her hand and her face fell seeing that.

"bhaiyya, ye to kharab hogayi... ye dekho... isme saree ka tukda atka hai aur design bhi baahar nikal aaya... main isse sambhal ke bhi nahin rakh paayi..." tears welled in her eyes.

Arjun gently wiped her tears and cupped her face gently.

"shh... nahin rote gudiya... thoda design nikla to kya hua? Isme tera pyaar bhara hai aur wo mere liye kaafi hai.."

"par..."

"par warr kuch nahin samji... jaldi mere kalai pe baandh..."

She slowly raised her hands and placed rakhi on his wrist.

"bhaiyya, wo waala gana..." she showed her puppy eyes.

Arjun smiled at her innocence and teased her a bit

"kaun sag aana gudiya?"

"wohin... jo aap hamsha gaate ho... gao na... mere liye itna bhi nahin kar sakte?"

"accha baba... tu rakhi baandh.. main gaata hun"

Payal tried to tie knot but was unable to. Seeing that, Aisha came to her help in tying.

"gaaona bhaiyya"

"haan baba... phoolon ka taaron ka... sab ka kehna hai...

Ek hazaaron mein meri behna hai..

Saari umar hume sang rehna hai..."

He saw tears brimming in her eyes.

"kyun ro rahi ho? Dekho... tu ne rakhi bhi baandh di naa..."

"sorry bhaiyya..."

"kyon?"

"I hurt you a lot naa... pranav se shaadi ki... I am sorry... I am sorry for every thing.."

She sobbed.

"shhh!!!!"

"ab to roshni bhabhi ke kaatil ko bhi saza mil gayi... ab to wo khush hogi naa bhaiyya???!!!!

He hugged her gently

"haan... wok hush hogi... tu khid ko kabhi uska doshi nahin maanegi samjhi?? jo hua usse ek bura sapna samajh ke bhul jaa... we cant let our past haunt us.. tu hi kehti thi naa...?"

"hmm..." she nodded.

"ab meri gudiya nahin royegi... mujhe wo pasand nahin hai. Samjhi yaa... samjhau?"

She chuckled.

"ab soja... kal baat karenge thik hai? Good night"

"good night" said she while Arjun laid her on her back.

"good night papa, good night sameer bhai, good night Aisha... (she turned to Arjun) good night bhaiyya..."

"good night gudiya.." he kissed her forehead as sleep consumed her.

zindagi choti h par zindagi ke rishte anmol hai

har rishte ki apni ahmiyat hai zindagi me

Ek aisa hi rishta hai bhai behen ka ladna jagdna ruthna mnana iski pechan hai

Bhai ne kuch kaha behen ka ruthna

behan ne kuch kaha bhai ka ruthna

ek dusre ke kan pakadkar ek dusre ko manana ek pyara ehsas hai

Masti mazak ek dusre ko dant se bachana apni pechan hai

Ek dusre ke liye kuch bi kr guzarne ki chah rakhna is rishte ki shan hai


(poem by payal didu...)


~~~~~~

the end.


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Posted: 12 years ago
#7
hello...
This a imaginative story
very special fr us
show me kiya hua kyu hua we dnt knw bt eagerly waiting to know
show is rocking every character is beautifully written n portrayed
shw msg awesome, dat crime is a crime no matter wat
there is a motive behind everything bt still crime never justified

the story Mujhko ye zindagi is very different in itself.
My concept executed by pari.
this is weaved around the delicate, beautiful relation of brother sister.
A relation which is built on love, care, tenderness, trust, protection, possessiveness...
A relation that has no match...
This is a fictional story of arjun and his sister payal, dynamics of their relation is essence of this story...
But who knows, may be...may be arjun has a sis in show 😉

hope you like it...

regards,
Payal and Pari

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Posted: 11 years ago
#8
So beautiful story Partner...
So painful. .
As it was your name...
You were hurt...married to a wrong guy...
Its so painful Payaliya. .
Kabhi kabhi man kar rha tha ke mai khud maar daalu us Pranav ko...
I would have cried more if the end was written differently..
You can understand what I mean..
But this was a perfect ending...
Bhaai behn ek ho gaye...
Bahut saara dard se guzarna hua..
That's true..
The inside n outside pains were making me shiver...
But all is well..
Payal wish you never see such things in your life...
Take care...

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