Hamaari Prem Kahaani... #3 - Page 2

KHANNA HOUSE

"Daulat ke liye kya kuch nahi kiya aap ne, kitni zindagiyon ko barbaad karne ki koshish ki lekin har baar hamaari acchaai ke wajah se bach gayi aap. Aman Uncle ne dil se aap ko aur aap ke iss bete ko apnaya aur aap ne kya kiya unhe bhi dhoka de diya. Ghinn aati hai mujhe aap ke wajood (existence)par, aap na ek acchi beti ban paayi na ek acchi biwi aur na ek acchi maa. Pari toh aap ka khoon bhi nahi hai lekin phir bhi usne aap ko dil se maa mana aur aaj bhi maanti hai aur aap ne kya kiya uske saath? Chi. Mujhe koi taajoob (wonder) nahi hoga agar kal aap apne faayde ke liye Dev ko bhi dar-badar (abandon) kar degi." I exposed her true being.

"Maan..."

"Awaaz neechi rakhiye ab yeh aap ka ghar nahi hai, yahan aap dono ko sirf aasara diya gaya hai, sar chupa neke liye, kyun ke Pari nahi chahti ke uska yeh Bhai aur uski Mom raaste ko khaakh chaane. Kaan kholke sun lijiye aap dono ab se aap dono ka rehna, khana , peena, jeena aur marna sab kuch issi kamre mein hoga, aap ke guzaare ke liye aap ko monthly allowance mil jaayenga. Aur agar aap dono ne iss ghar ki kissi bhi cheez ya phir rooms ko kholne koshish bhi ki toh accha nahi hoga. Warna iss baar aap dono ko jail jaane se koi nahi bacha paayega." Warning them I made my way out of that house.

KHURANA MANSION

It was just like any other normal day in Khurana Mansion. Papa and Shergill Uncle in the study reviewing business, Geet was in the kitchen everything appeared calm but only I knew about the storm raging within me when a comforting touch of assurance brought me back out of my worries.

"Aparna hum jaante hai aap Maan aur Dev ke liye pareshaan hai, aur Maan ko bhi request kar chuki hai aap, hai na." Maa always understood my worries.

"Lekin Maan ne meri baat sun ne se bhi inkaar kar diya. Maa aap toh Maan ka gussa jaanti hai na, itne saalon se usne apna gussa mann mein hi daba ke rakha tha, kahin woh bekabu ho ke kuch galat na kar de. Mujhe bahot darr lag raha hai Maa." I confided my fear to her.

"Maan ko gussa zaroor aata hai par woh bahot samajhdar hai aur bharosa rakhiye Maan aap ki baat zaroor rakhenge. Hume apne Maan pe poora vishwaas hai." Maa assured me.

"Jab tak Maan sahi salamat ghar nahi aa jaata tab tak..." Before I could complete my sentence, Maan entered the house. I breathed a sigh of relief. He was walking up the stairs but stopped midway looked towards me and declared.

"Maine aap ke Dev ko kuch nahi kiya hai, woh bilkul theek hai." He walked away to his room though I was relieved but couldn't miss the pain in his voice. I know I have hurt him once again but the mother in me always felt for that child too who has always paid for his mothers greed and is still paying. I turned around only to see Geet looking at me, a sudden jolt of guilt ran through me. She walked up to me slowly, holding my hand she assured me.

"Maa main samjhti hoon aur Maan bhi aap ki bhawnayen samajhte hai. Aap apna dil chota mat kijiye. Sab theek ho jaayega."

As I entered in our room I looked for Maan but he wasn't there. He was very upset and Maa's concern for Dev had added fuel to it. I was searching for him when faint noises from the gym confirmed all my doubts. There he was doing Tai-Chi, his way to vent out his frustrations and anger.

I stood there giving him time to relax but his anger rising by every passing second and thereby his stunts getting all the more dangerous.

I ran to him when he started working out with fire, pushing the hot iron rod away I hugged him tight.

"Maaan..."

Geet just barged into the gym suddenly and throwing away the burning rod she hugged me, her voice when she whispered my name held so much pain, again unknowingly I had caused her pain. Having no more strength left I fell on my knees still hugging her, my face buried in her stomach.

Today I felt so drained and lost coming face to face with that woman who had changed my life. I felt that those few minutes in Khanna House I had relived all those moments that had scarred my life beyond repair. I kept crying as if releasing all my buried emotions and she let me. Slowly she said beside me not breaking the hug I rested my head on her heart. Her rhythmic heartbeats just calming my soul, gathering myself I disclosed to her those facts which she was still unaware of.

"Geet aaj Khanna House mein jaake aisa laga jaise phir se main unn takleef bhari yaadein jee kar aaya hoon. Uss aurat ko apne saamne dekh kar woh har zakhm phir se taaza ho gaye. Ayesha Khanna, wohi aurat hai jisne saalon pehle meri zindagi ka rukh badal diya tha, mujhe apne parivaar se alag kar diya tha. Mere andar itni nafrat bhar di ke mera pyaar par se vishwaas uth gaya. Yahin woh aurat hai jisne hamaara ghar tod ne ki koshish ki thi." I confided in her.

"Maan, woh...mera matlab ke..." She fumbled at the revelation.

"Haan Geet Ayesha hi woh aurat hai aur Dev uska wohi beta. SORRY!!!" I interjected "Main hi tumhaara gunehgaar hoon tumhaare saath jo kuch bhi hua sirf meri wajah se. Dev ka maqsad na sirf Handa parivaar ki daulat thi par mujhse badla lena bhi tha aur iske liye usne tumse shaadi ki. Tumhaara istamaal (use) kar ke woh mujhse badla lena chahta tha. Agar main tumhaari zindagi mein nahi hota toh shayad tumhe woh sab sehna nahi padta."

"I AM SORRY GEET, VERY SORRY!!!" I apologized to her.

Pulling out of the hug and cupping my face in her hands she said wiping my tears. "Maan meri taraf dekhiye, mujhe apne ateet se koi shikayat nahi, kyun ki main jaan gayi hoon ke har dukh aanewale sukh ka paigham lata hai. Aap ne meri jholi mein itni khushiyaan daal di hai ke main apna ateet bahot peeche chod chuki hoon aur ab se aap bhi beeti baatein kabhi bhi yaad nahi karenge, Vaada kijiye mujhse aap apne aap ko iss tarah se kabhi takleef nahi pohuchayenge." Placing my hand on her head I promised her.

KHANNA HOUSE

Today I feel that I am standing back at the same spot from where I had begun years ago. Again today my hands are empty as always. My destiny has always deceived me whenever I feel I am close to my goal everything vanishes just like a mirage. I turned to look at Dev who was lying drunk on the floor totally oblivious of my inner turmoil. Again I am alone today just like yesterday when I grew up seeing my family struggle to make our ends meet. Compromising for anything and everything I hated this helplessness and wanted to be rich and powerful.

As I stepped in my adolescence I realized my beauty was my biggest weapon to fulfill my dream and then I met Rocky, who hailed from a well to do family and I found my target. He wooed me with expensive gifts, designer clothes, romantic dates and so on. My future was set I would marry him and enjoy all the luxuries of life but my fate betrayed me and his family lost all their fortune in some business loss. I was clueless and absolutely shattered by the change of events but Rocky came up with a plan and we both joined hands for our individual motives.

We did a lot of research to find a wealthy, but an easy target and Rajiv Khurana was singled out as he was a perfect husband, one woman man and plus a very emotional man unlike other cunning and calculating businessmen. Somehow I got into Khurana Constructions as his secretary and thereby slowly implementing our plan. All was set but that Sheikh made his entry in our lives and Rocky changed the whole plan and I got married to Sheikh. I was finally out of a poverty stricken life and my dream was fulfilled but the happiness was short lived as Sheikh was an old man he couldn't satisfy my physical needs so I continued my relation with Rocky. Sheikh would be out of the country most of the times for business and we would enjoy behind his back.

All came to a abrupt end when I discovered that I was pregnant and Sheikh who had already undergone vasectomy in past started doubting me. I couldn't abort the child as it was dangerous for my life and finally Sheikh who had hired detectives to spy on me got all the proofs about my relation with Rocky and threw me out of his life.

I moved in with Rocky but he was not the same anymore as he felt my pregnancy had ruined our future. I started working in a Company to support myself and Rocky as usual would just enjoy life around flirting and partying. Post my delivery, things started getting all the more worst with Dev around I had to think something to secure our future, expecting anything from Rocky was futile.

Few years I struggled a lot alone Rocky had married some rich widow and shifted in with her. I was hating my life but accidentally one day from an old folder I found those photos which we had clicked to trap Rajiv Khurana then, but they will help me now.

I decided to return to India to secure our future and Khurana's will pave the path for it, but again Khurana's were way to smart and we were thrown out of Khurana Mansion. I had promised Dev that Khurana Mansion was his house and made him believe Rajiv was his father, but when we were thrown out of the mansion I could see disbelief in his eyes for me.

We had no where to go not enough money to even check in some hotel, as I had used up all my savings in our airfare and Rocky who was passing by stopped his car and got down walking up to Dev he placed few notes in his hands and said, "Yeh lo bete isse rakh lo aur wahan footpath pe baith jao aate jaate log tumhe kuch na kuch bheekh mein de hi denge."He left laughing at my plight. I had lost yet again!

"Aap bahot boori ho aur jhoothi bhi. Yeh mera ghar nahin hain aur main yeh bhi jaanta hoon woh mere Papa nahi hai , sab jhooth bola aap ne. Bheekh maangna boori baat hai aur main bheekh nahi maanguga. I hate you...I hate you!" Throwing the notes on my face he ran towards the road only to bang in a fast moving car.

"DEV..."

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