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DIL KA RISHTA
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Recap:it was kashish's birthday.they both share a lovly time in the morning.sujal asks kashish to b ready 4 the special evening.......
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Sujal was sitting in his office cabin, the receiver of the phone pressed against his ear...The phone bell kept ringing insistently on the other side, but there was no response...Finally, he gave up the attempt and kept down the phone-receiver...I wonder why Kashish is not picking up her phone...he thought, impatiently drumming the table with his fingers...He had been trying to contact Kashish for the last several minutes, but it seemed as if she had forgotten her cell phone somewhere...Sujal glanced at the watch on his wrist...Hmm...its 4.30 already...I should leave now...Cant afford to be late for this meeting...he told himself and got up from his chair...Picking up all the necessary files and papers, he was just about to leave the room, when the door opened and Piyush entered inside...
Hi Sujal...Where are you off to?...piyush asked him as soon as he caught sight of him..
Sujal frowned with displeasure and did not reply immediately...Since the last few days, he had been subconsciously avoiding Piyush's company...Somehow, he no longer felt at ease with him anymore...And the troublesome part was that he was unable to decide whether it was Piyush's fault or his own...Outwardly there had been no change in Piyush's behaviour towards him, and he seemed to be as friendly as before...But sometimes Sujal imagined as if there was a falseness behind that genial outer veneer...In any case, the impressions he had received since returning from Bombay made it difficult for him to disassociate thoughts connected with Piyush from Kashish...Everytime he encountered Piyush, he again felt the curious mixture of possessiveness, insecurity, anger and jealousy rising inside him...At one level he was ashamed of these feelings because they did not have any concrete base, but also knew that he was helpless in hiding them...Consequently he had maintained his distance from Piyush...
"I am going to attend a meeting with the Lawrence and Co. representatives"...He finally replied to Piyush somewhat shortly...
"But that meeting was tomorrow no?", Piyush asked in surprise...
"Yes, but it had to be preponed because they have to leave tonite itself...To main chaloon, Piyush...I am in a hurry...", Sujal said, trying to put an end to the conversation...
"Haan Sujal...Par tumhe ghar lautne mein to phir der ho jayegi na?...Meeting to lambi chalegi...", Piyush asked again...
"Yes, I will get late...", Sujal replied and then paused for a few seconds before speaking again..."Err...Piyush...could you tell Kashish that I will be coming by 8.30..."
"Of course Sujal, I'll tell her...", Piyush replied promptly...too promptly, Sujal suddenly felt...
"Are you SURE you WILL tell her?", he asked Piyush again, a strange misgiving in his heart...
"POSITIVE Sujal...I promise ok?", Piyush spoke emphatically and gave Sujal a reassuring smile...Sujal looked at him for a moment and then nodded...He's my friend...Why the hell should I transfer my insecurities on him, he thought giving himself a shake and then went out of the room...
The door shut behind him and slowly a sneering smile dawned on Piyush's face..."I will definitely tell Kashish, Sujal...But you dont know WHAT i will tell her...", he murmered to himself softly...
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It was 7 p.m and Kashish was in her room putting on the final touches to her dressing up for the evening...The whole room was littered with saris she had taken out and rejected as insufficiently good for the evening...Finally, she had chosen a rose-pink zari sari which just brought out the shimmering beauty of the diamond necklace Sujal had gifted her...
Kashish fingered the necklace softly and stared at herself in the mirror with a dreamy look on her face...She had hardly been able to stop smiling since that morning...She couldnt remember when she had last waited so impatiently for anything as much as she had for this anticipated evening with Sujal...Perhaps not even her marriage day had excited her as much coz mingled in that had been the pain of parting with her father and sister...Today, it was different because all she could feel was happiness and the certainty that the evening would bring to fulfillment al her dreams and desires...
She put a lock of hair which was falling over her face and checked herself out for the last time...Yes, she was looking pretty nice...she thought to herself...If only Sujal would come quickly now...As if answering her thought, at that very instant, the doorbell pealed loudly through the house...Kashish gave a momentary start and then moving as lightly as the wind went to open the door...
"Kya Sujal...Itni der kahan...", she began as soon as she opened the door and then suddenly stopped...Standing before her was Piyush...Her face fell, and she stepped aside slowly to let him enter..."Piyush tum ho...Sujal kahan hai...", she asked, unable to keep the disappointment out of her voice...
Piyush stared at her dumbstruck for a few moments...He had always found Kashish extremely beautiful, but today she seemed to have surpassed herself...He had never seen her look as alluring and desirable as she did this evening...And this was all for Sujal...It suddenly struck him with a jealous pang...The thought brought him back to his senses and he tried to recover his composure...
"Piyush, I am asking you something?...Where is Sujal?...He said he would be home early today because the two of us have to go out...", kashish asked again somewhat impatiently...
"Sujal hasnt come as yet...usko der ho jayegi...", Piyush said bringing a grave expression on his face...
"Der...par kyon?..and why didnt he call me?", Kashish questioned him, feeling worried now...
"Jaane do na Kashish...tum jaan kar kya karogi...He'll be late, thats all...", Piyush said seriously and then turned away to go...
Kashish grabbed his arm and spun him around with force to make him face her..."Piyush...tell me...Whats the matter...What are you trying to say...Just tell me...WHERE is SUJAL?", she asked him feeling totally agitated...
Piyush glanced at her face briefly and then lowered his eyes..."Sujal... has... gone... to... meet... Manasi", he said slowly...
Kashish stared at him her eyes open wide, as if struck by a thunderbolt..."W..wh..at did you say?", she managed to stutter weakly...
"Yes, Kashish...I am sorry...but Manasi called...she wanted to meet Sujal urgently...Of course he did not tell me so directly...To me he only said that he would be late and that I should tell you so...But Sujal's secretary told me that Manasi' phone had come just before he left..."
Kashish let go off Piyush and turned away her face to hide the tears which were beginning to sting her eyelids... Her disappointment was tremendous, but already beneath that disappointment, she was beginning to feel a wave of rising anger...Anger at Sujal, at Manasi and at her fate which refused to grant her even a small bit of happiness...Piyush touched her shoulder lightly at that very moment,and she shook off his hand violently..."Please Piyush...", she almost snapped out at him...
Piyush went around her so that she could see his face..."Kashish...Tum mujhse naaraz mat ho please...",he said in a hurt tone...
"Main tumse naaraz nahi hoon Piyush...I am not angry with anyone...",Kashish burst out..."Why the hell should I care...Sujal has gone out with Manasi na...Alrite then...We will go out for dinner on our own...Chalein Piyush?"
"WHAT?", pIyush asked her in amazement wondering if he had heard right...
"I said can we go out for dinner...If Sujal doesnt care about me...nor do i...I am not going to sit and cry here...So shall we leave..."
Piyush smiled with delight, unable to believe the success of his plan..."yes..Of course...Lets go..", he replied instantly...
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It was 10.30 p.m. and the interior of Raheja HOuse was in almost total silence...Veena and Lalit had gone to bed early and the servants had retired to their rooms...Sujal was sitting on a sofa in the hall, facing the front door which was wide open...His face was impassive and seeing him, it would have been difficult to guage his thoughts...Only his eyes, fixed unblinkingly on the entrance, and his hands, tightly clenched together in front of him, betrayed the mental turmoil inside him...
The sound of a car was heard in the driveway, and Sujal stiffened...Very soon, voices were audible on the porch..."Great Dinner...thanks for making this evng so special for me...", Piyush was saying..."Thanks to mujhe tumhe kahna chahiye Piyush...", floated in Kashish's voice...
Sujal closed his eyes momentarily as if to contain the pain welling up inside him, and then opened them again as Kashish and Piyush entered the hall...Their conversation died down suddenly as they noticed Sujal sitting there and an uneasy quiet filled the room...
Kashish caught Sujal's eye briefly and then immediately turned away...The dinner with Piyush had done little to quench the fire which had been burning inside her earlier...On the contrary, it seemed to increase in intensity on seeing Sujal...NOt trusting herself to speak to him, she began to walk past him to go to her room when Sujal suddenly addressed her...
"Kahan...se aa rahi ho Kashish...?", he said in a slow, deliberate tone, directing a piercing look at her...
Kashish stopped, feeling a little taken aback...she would have thought that it was her and not Sujal who had the right to ask that question...She flashed an angry look at Sujal and then turned away again without replying...
"I am ASKING you SOMETHING...DAMN It!!!", Sujal suddenly shouted out losing his self-control. Piyush standing in the background as a silent spectator to the scene nearly jumped. Kashish however showed no visible reaction. She turned to face Sujal who had got up in his agitation and said with forced calmness...
"Yes...I heard Sujal...Was just wondering why YOU were asking me this...Kya kisi ke saath bahar jaane ka haq sirf tumhe hai, mujhe nahi?...", she answered looking into his eyes...
"But I TOLD you to wait for me...Didnt you give my message to her?", Sujal spoke, directing a glance full of cold fury towards Piyush. Piyush quailed, but before he could answer, Kashish broke in...
"Why are you bringing Piyush into this...You changed ur plans which Piyush conveyed to me...So I changed mine...You had a NICE evening and so did I...The Matter ENDS here...", she said agitatedly...
Sujal looked at her and then moved towards her in rage..."WHAT DO YOU MEAN the MATTER ENDS HERE??? Just WHAT are you trying to SAY??", he roared at her, gripping Kashish's arms tightly so that she cried out in pain...Ignoring her attempts to free herself, and gave her a shake..."TELL ME...!!", he was shouting again, when suddenly the phone bell shrieked out in the background...Sujal, Kashish and Piyush all turned to look at the phone which had interrupted them...For a few seconds no one moved and then Piyush moved forward with rapid steps to pick it up...
"Hullo...Raheja House!!", he said and then listened to the voice on the other side...Turning to Sujal, he said to him..."Its yours...Sujal..."
Sujal left off Kashish's arms with a jerk and walked with agitated steps to the phone...
"Hullo..Sujal Garewal...", he said in a brusque tone and waited with an impatient look on his face to hear the reply...As he listened however, the expression on his face changed from anger to concern and then to a worried frown..."Yes...yes...I am coming immediately...", he said in a hurried voice and kept down the phone...Turning to Piyush and Kashish, who were staring at him with surprise, he said in a tone completely removed from what it had been a while earlier...
"There's been a serious fire at our SoLON Factory...Many of our workers are trapped inside...I am leaving immediately...Piyush...You wake up Uncle and reach the site as soon as possible ok?..."...
"But Sujal...tum akele...", Kashish said in a small voice, slightly scared to see the stress on his face and forgetting all about their confrontation ealier...
"Kashish I HAVE to go immediately...", Sujal said, and without looking back walked out of the house...
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