Chapter 37
Next morning, Shekhwat family along with his friends reached the farmhouse while other guests will start arrive later in evening. All except the bride & groom were in hall, busy in chit chatting while the bride & groom were in their room, getting ready for the day. In afternoon, it was their haldi ceremony then in evening, mehendi ceremony and sangeet.
All were busy in talking to each other when Sara entered there, she was fuming in anger which confused others. Avantika, who know sara since her childhood, moved toward her to greet her.
"Sara! How are you, beta?" Avantika hugged her, sara smiled and hugged her back.
"I'm good, aunty. I want to talk to you all." Sara said, looking at singhania's and shekhawat's. The dance was present there too, was confused as they had no idea what sara was talking about.
"What, Sara?" Ranvijay asked her, by the time, Rey & Taani too came there. Sara fumed seeing taani, she marched toward her but Rey stood infront of taani, making sara take two steps back.
"Stay away from her." Rey warned in her deadly low tone.
"Rey, you can stop pretending now. I know this girl has trapped you, she is blackmailing you to marry her-" Sara spoke in sugar coated tone, his brows knitted in confusion while angered flickered across his hazel orbs. Taani wasn't understanding what sara is upto, but she knew its something bad.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Rey clenched his teethes in anger. This girl was surely testing his patience.
"I know she is forcing you to marry her in the name of sin growing inside he-" Sara started off in venom dropping tone but stopped when she felt stinging pain in her left cheek. She looked up and her eyes widen in shock realizing Rey had slapped her. While others were too shocked to react.
"Not a word more. The child growing inside her womb is my love. Its my child and i haven't given anyone right to question taani or our child. And who are you to poke your in my life." Rey roared in anger, every soul there was shocked, no one had ever seen him this angry before.
"I'm your friend, Rey, and i couldn't see how you are ruining your life-" Sara stated confidently, Rey was surprised and angered seeing her guts to stand infront of him and insult his love.
"You are no one to me. You have crossed all your limits. Sharon, take your sister away from here before i kill her!" Rey voiced out, looking at sara with hate and disgust.
"Rey! You don't have to be scared. I know girls like her, she is marrying you just for money and using the child growing inside her for this. Don't know who's sin it is and now she is imposing it on you." Sara look at taani with disgust, who had unshed tears in her eyes. It pained her to hear such accusations on her and her child.
Avantika stepped forward, she was fuming in anger so was ranvijay. They both had thought of sara as their own daughter but what she did today, disgust them.
"The child growing inside her is my grandchild, a singhania and we don't need prove for that, specially from you. He is doing this marriage on his own, because he love her. And don't you even dare to utter a word against my daughter taani. I will forget you are daughter of my friend." Avantika said in anger filled tone while gripping her arm in tight grip.
"You have create enough drama, leave from here, sara. I do not want any problem in my children's wedding." Ranvijay said to her, Sara look at rey who was ready to kill her. Sensing the tension, Sharon stepped forward and took her sister away, sara wriggled in her sister's grip but sharon held her tightly and dragged her out of the house.
After Sara left, Swayum turned to them, he was shocked, feeling betrayed that his best friend and sister hide such big thing from him. He look at his father, Rishi, by seeing his reaction, he knows his father he knew about this already. And swayum felt more hurt, all were aware about this but him.
"Taani, Rey, why you never told me?" Swayum asked, his hurt filled eyes met his sister's teary one.
"Because i didn't wanted people to judge me again. Because i didn't wanted people to call me with names again. Its my personal life, mujhe jinhe btana jaroori samjha, meine bta diya-" Taani answered, glancing at her tauji who assured her by blinking his eyes. She muffled a sob before she turned and ran upstairs before anyone could stop her. Avantika went behind her while Rey stayed behind, unwillingly though, but he finds important to clear things with swayum before it take any nasty turn.
"Swayum, you also know that what taani has grown through in past few months. She has distanced herself from everyone, it might be bitter but the truth is, she doesn't trust the gang over anything. She wanted this moment to be her own, didn't wanted anything to ruin. She didn't even trusted me, didn't accepted me but slowly we came back to normal. She didn't wanted to tell you because she thinks you all will again judge her and pass comments on her, like you all are doing from long. And unfortunately, you are also part of the gang. And at that time, she was under stress, too weak to carry a baby, so i also didn't forced her to say anything to you or anyone, because i know outcome won't be good and it will affect her health." Rey explained him everything, hoping he would understand.
"Swayum, you haven't done anything to gain her trust. You let your friends mock her, taunt her over every small thing. And it's not like you tell everything about your personal life to her, so don't expect anything from her, you can't give in return." Rishi said to his son, he was aware of the happenings in his son's life, and was ashamed when he got to know his son failed to stand up for his sister.
"Papa! Its not a small thing, she had hide such big thing from me, her brother? How can she? And how can you be okay with it? Last time i checked, you were totally against of these love relationship and child before marriage?" Swayum blasted, feeling so many emotions all together, he was hurt, angry that his sister hide such big thing from him, It hurt him deeply.
"Swayum, lower down your voice. You yourself are having love relationship with that girl, but did i ever said anything to you? Just because taani is girl of the family, i'm not gonna put all the restrictions on her. I have raised you both, i love you both equally. I understand, taani did a mistake but what do you want me to do, punish her for it and lose her forever? You might not know but i do, the way this society treats the girl who get pregnant without wedlock, they will make her life hell. Sorry, son, but i'm not that strong to watch my daughter suffer alone. Rey himself came to me and accepted everything before me. I respect him for this. If it was you and sharon in place of taani and rey, then i would have supported you too." Rishi answered his son, his father's answer silenced him. Swayum look at his best friend, Rey, who was looking at him with blank expressions.
"I need some time to calm myself, excuse me." Swayum mumbled before he walked out the mansion, he knew his anger will make things bad. He need to calm himself before he talk to Rey or Taani.
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