Part III
Sanavi: Uday kya hua? Kyun nahi bhagey..(with a certain anguish)Tumhare pass acha mauka thaâŚchale jatey, meri zindagi ki tabahi kahin na kahin tumse judi hai!
Uday: Tumhe is haal mey dekh kaise jataâŚ(looking straight into her eyes.)
Ajhoba takes Pihu out of the roomâŚSanavi just doesn't know how to start
Uday: Poocho kya poochna haiâŚ(with a certain softness in his voice)
Sanavi: Before Aditya died , he had called u thrice , & u too had called him a day before that. Aditya never told me he was in touch with u daily. U had been away from our family for long. What had happened, Why after talking to u, Aditya diedâŚ.My AdityaâŚdiedâŚâŚ(her tears pouring endlesslyâŚ)..My My Aditya..committed Suicide!!!âŚ(her face turned dull, she felt blank in front..she wiped out her tears, looked at Uday)âŚKya hua tha, ? We didn't have financial problems, he was doing fine, our baby was to come into the world, then why did he commit suicide?
Uday's face was still, His eyes filled with tears and a tear drop fell..
Sanavi was silently looking now, she had never seen him cry. They were neighbours & so childhood friends, even when he had proposed her and that time she rejected it saying she doesn't love him, but happily expressed she loved Aditya. He had just congratualted & wished her with a smile⌠In her entire life she never saw tears in his eyesâŚ
Sanavi : What happenâŚUday âŚSach batao?
Uday: Sanavi, U knew I loved u. The day when u told me u don't love me, my heart was broken, but when I saw u happily telling me about Aditya & u , I didn't show u my pain but wished u good luck.
After that I had told about u & Aditya to my sister Priyanka. She was very upset, but not for me. She herself was in love with Aditya. I had enquired about this with Aditya, but he told me it was a one sided affair, He loves only u Sanavi.
Sanavi: Aditya never told me this (thinking)âŚthen âŚ?
Uday: Priyanka has been very independent, she was alright & everything seemed normal.
U were also very happy in ur married life. After few months I saw Aditya & Priyanka in a restaurant. I was surprised but Priyanka said it was coincidence. I kept a watch on her from thenâŚaur mera shak sahi nikala..Aditya was going around with Priyanka even after marriage. I argued with Priyanka, but she was sure Aditya loved her truly & she didn't care for anybody else.
Sanavi (in a state of shock): Why didn't u tell me�
Uday: I had already admitted that I loved u, how would u believe me? Also u were glowing with happiness as u were carrying Aditya 's child..
Sanavi: What did u do after that?
Uday: I was angry with Priyanka, She wouldn't listen, so packed her to shift to Nagpur. I thought now she will be away from all this. But on that day when we met, u told me Aditya has gone to Nagpur for some work. I was shocked. That was also the time when u had told me about the name Pihu..u all have decided.
Sanavi: Ya, I rememberâŚ(her heart beating faster)
Uday: The same day I went to Nagpur, Aditya had left till I reached there. I had a big fight with Priyanka. While making her understand I said that now Aditya is going to be father, with Pihu coming in their life. She was shocked. She cried, Pihu was the name with which Aditya fondly called her. She was unaware about ur pregnancy.
Sanavi was Shell Shocked..She remembered how one day she had found a note ,Lots of luv ..My Pihu..and she had asked about it to Aditya, Aditya had then told her..Pihu is the name he has thought for their yet to be born daughter. She felt cheatedâŚ.She didn't want to hear anymoreâŚbut Uday continued..
Uday: She told me Aditya had promised her, he will marry her, he had even told her to abort their child, that's why she did it. Aditya had advised her it will take few months for him to open it to u. Priyanka was totally broken to hear how Aditya had cheated her too. How he had used her. She broke down and went into depressionâŚ
Sanavi: So u called him ..after thatâŚright!!
Uday: Yes, I called him, How could he cheat both of u âŚI was unable to decide what to do. I was unable to break this bitter truth to u. I also felt guilty of not been able to control my sister. Priyanka had to face the consequence, of her doings, she went against her family and now she had lost trust on herself, Aditya was such a respected person in society. She had threatened Aditya âŚ..that's when Aditya called me, I said I will never help him out. I didn't knew what I should do now!
(Sanavi now understood, why Aditya kept on talking good about Uday's family.)
Uday: Priyanka cursed him, she called me up asking for forgivness. Aditya called me, saying Priyanka has said her soul is not happy so even after she dies she will never forgive him and make him pay for his mistakes. She told him she will ruin his name & image in the society, she had proofs. She will malign his so called respectful image. She will write all this in her suicide note for the whole world to know.
Sanavi: That's why Aditya got those nightmaresâŚ(thinking into her past)
Uday: Aditya out of fear, committed Suicide. People say strange things happen, he died here, Priyanka was battling for life there. Later she was out of danger.
Sanavi: Ya, u didn't come here, u said she was unwell.(her tears had dried out)
Uday: After his death, I didn't find any reason to hurt u with all this. U respected him more than u loved him, how could I tarnish that image after his death?
A silence with a gripping heat wave seemed to surround themâŚâŚ.Uday went away without saying anything further âŚAjhoba came in, he had heard everythingâŚ
Sanavi: Ajhoba, âŚ..AdityaâŚ.cant do this to meâŚ
Ajhoba: Sorry Sanavi, Thoda isme ka sach main janta tha, Aditya ko Priyanka Shaadi se pehley se pasand thi. Magar phir kya hua, main nahi janpaya. Sanavi, Uday was doing the right thing, not telling u truth! What have we derived, we cant live in peace with Aditya beautiful memories nor can we forget to the extent he cheated u âŚIt surely has been helpful for u to carry on life along with the treasured memories of Aditya, which gave u the needed strength.
Sanavi: Yes Ajhoba..
(Sanavi has a grim look , she feels a pain which she cant express in words atleast to Ajhoba , who's also father to Aditya.)Sanavi respected & loved Aditya before marriage and after marriage she could die for him. After his death she worshipped him as her guide who gave her the strength.... She knew now the real truth was in front of her....
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