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CHAPTER 17(a)
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Yuvraj Siddharth was standing and thundering,"Yeh kaisa durachaar hai? "Jaimaal"(bride and bridegroom putting garland around one another!)
humare saath hua thaa aur Rajkumari Rajeshwari ka vivaah ek gair ke saath hua hai!" (What insolent behaviour is this? Princess Rajeshwari's jaimaal is done with me and rest of the marriage with a stranger!)
A furious Maharaj Krishnadev forcefully went and gripped the bridegroom's sehra and ripped it off in anger. Then looking at the imposter said, "TUM?" (YOU?) In his fury Maharaj Krishnadev picked up the sword hanging on the wall and was about to strike when Geet still in ghunghat came and held his hand saying,"Maharaj, abb yeh humare pati, humare suhaag hai. Jab tak hum jeevit hain aap inhein choo nahi sakte." (Maharaj, he is my husband now. As long as I'm alive, you cannot touch him.)
(Please imagine Drashti!)
"Rajkumari-sa, aap nahi jaanti ki yeh Yuvraj Siddharth nahi ek behrupiya (imposter) hain." (Princess, you are not aware that he is an imposter not Yuvraj Siddharth)
Geet pushed her ghunghat (veil) from her face and said, "Maharaj, yeh aap ke liye ek behrupiya hain kintu abb humare liye humare pati hain. App inhein apnaye athva naa apnayein kintu yahaan upasthith har vykati saakshi hai inke aur humare vivaah ka ." (Maharaj, for you he maybe imposter, but for me he is my husband. You may or may not accept him but everyone present here is the witness of our marriage.) Then Geet went and touched her new husband's feet. Maharaj may not have known the identity of the imposter but Geet immediately knew when she sat next to the bridegroom by his body scent, his body's warmth and when he touched her while holding her arm to prevent her from swallowing the poison. She was certain that he is none other than her love, her husband, her "GEET KA MAAN!" As she and her soul could have never ever accept any other man as her husband she kept quite. Also, she was hoping to leave this world once her marriage was over. But she was stopped from taking her life by her Maan, just as she was stopped once before by their child 11yrs. back when she had decided to end her life.
"Maharaj, Rajeshwari sahi keh raheen hain. Abb Srimaan Maan Singh Khurana, Krishnadev Nagar ke jawai-sa hain. App apna krodh shaant kariye aur Rajkumari ki vidaai kariye." (Maharaj, Rajeshwari is right. Now Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, is the son-in-law of Kingdom of Krishnadev Nagar.) Maharani Sulochana tried calming Maharaj.
"Pitahji, aap uss rishte ko todhna chahte hain jo rishta kahnaji ne 11saal poorv hi jod diya thaa?" (Father, you want to dissolve that relationship which God had joined 11yrs. back?) Yuvraj Harshvardhan stated.
"KYA?" (What?)
"Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, Raj ke pati pichle 11saal se hain aur bacchon ke pitah bhi." (Mr. Maan Singh Khurana, has been Raj's husband since past 11 years and he also father of Raj's children.)
"Maharaj, hum Geet ko yaani Rajkumari Rajeshwari ko pichle paanch saal se dhoondh rahen hain jab se woh Yamuna nadi mein kuddi theen." (Maharaj, we are trying to find Geet, I mean Princess Rajeshwari for past five years since she jumped in Yamuna river.) Garima explained clarifying Khuranas inability to find Geet.
"Rajeshwari, ka asli naam Gayatri Singh Ranawat yaa Geet hai. Raj, Ranawat Industries ki CEO bhi hain." (Rajeshwari's real name is Gayatri Singh Ranawat or Geet. Raj, is Ranawat Industries' CEO.)
"Aapko yeh sab kaise gyaat hai, Yuvraj Harshvardhan?" (How do you know all this Prince Harshvardhan.) An unhappy Maharaj enquired.
"Humne Raj aur Mr. Khurana mera matlab hai jeeja-sa ki baatein sunn li theen shaadi se kuch din poorv." (I had overhead Raj and Mr. Khurana's conversation few days back.)
"Toh aapne hummei kadachit soochit kyun nahi kiya?" (Then why didn't you inform me?) Maharaj Krishnadev thundered.
"Iss liye soochit nahi kiya kyunki Harshvardhan ko gyaat thaa ki agar woh aapko soochit karte to aap unki behan ki grihasti todh dete apne jhoote ahankaar mein." (He didn't inform you because he knew that you will break his sister's marriage for your egoistical pride.) Maharani Sulochana said in anger.
"Pitaji, jeeja-sa bhalhe hi raj parivaar se naa ho, kintu unke aur unke parivaar ke paas itni dhann aur sampatti hai ki woh chahen toh poorn Krishnadev Nagar aur Vijaygarh dono ko khareed sakten hain. Yadi aap Nayi Dilli jaa kar jeeja-sa ka kariyale (office) aur ghar dekhen toh woh kissi Rajmahal se kam nahi hai." (Father, Mr. Khurana may not belong to a royal family, but both he and his family have so much wealth and property that if he wants he can buy whole of Krishnadev Nagar and Vijaygarh. If you ever go to Delhi and visit Mr. Khurana's office and home, its not less than a Palace.)
"Toh iska yeh arth hua ki aapne Srimaan Maan Singh ko Yuvraj Siddharth ke sthaan par beithaya thaa?" (So this means you made Mr. Maan Singh sit in the place of Crown Prince Siddharth?) An angry Maharaj Krishnadev said.
"Nahi! Maan ko var ke sthaan par humne beithaya thaa." (No, I made Maan sit in the place of bridegroom.) Finally Yuvraj Siddharth spoke.
"AAPNE? KINTU KYUN?" (YOU? BUT WHY?) Maharaj was shocked.
"Kyunki hum vivaahit hain aur sheeghr ek putr(son) athva putri(daughter) ke pitah bannewale hain." (Because, I'm married and soon to be a father of a son or daughter.) Saying this Yuvraj Siddharth motioned and Meghna came and stood next to him. Everyone was shocked to see Meghna dressed as a bride.
"Yuvraj Siddharth, yadi aap Rajkumari Rajeshwari se vivaah nahi karna chahte the to aapne yeh rishta sweekaar kyun kiya?" (Crown Prince Siddharth, if you did not want to marry Princess Rajeshwari, then why did you accept the proposal?) Maharaj asked in a disgusted tone.
"Rajkumari Rajeshwari aur hum dono hi vivaahit the kintu neeji kaaron ke kaaran sabke saamne apne vivaah ke baare mein bol nahi sake. Iss liye naa chahte hue bhi hum dono ko apne parivaarwalon ki marzi ke aage jukna padha. Maan ne bahut baar Rajkumari Rajeshwari ko unse punarvivaah karne ke liye aagrih kiya kintu woh aapko diya hua vacchan todhne ko nahi tyaar huyein. Iss liye anth mein hummei yeh upaya soojha kintu Maan iss jhoot ke liye raazi nahi the. Hum iss vishaye mein aapass mein vratalaap kar hi rahe the ki kya karen, ki tabhi Lata ghabari hui aayi aur kaha ki pheron par Rajkumari Rajeshwari zehar khaa lengi. (Bringing a loud gasp from everyone present there) Rajkumari Rajeshwari ka jeevan bacchane ke liye Maan iss natak ko karne ke liye tyaar ho gaye." (Princess Rajeshwari and I both have been always married respectively but could tell about it in open due to some personal reasons. Hence, we were forced to bend in front of our family. Maan tried a lot to make Princess Rajeshwari remarry him but she refused as she had given you her word. Hence, in the end I thought of this facade but Maan was totally against lieing! We were just debating what to do when Lata came frantically to me saying that Princess Rajeshwari will consume poison at the time of pheras (Bringing a loud gasp from everyone present there.) Hearing which Maan agreed to this charade to save Princess Rajeshwari's life!) Hearing Yuvraj Siddharth narrating the truth everyone present was stunned in silence. Finally, Yuvraj Siddharth again spoke and said, "Maharaj, hum aayu aur sthaan mein aapse kam hain kintu itna avashiye kehenge ki ek pati-patni ko alag karna aur usse bhi adhik bacchon se unke pitah ko alag karna sabse badha paap hai. Aap apna rajsi ahankaar chodhiye aur Rajkumari ki vidaai kariye." (Your Highness, I'm younger to you in age and status, but I will definitely say this that it a sacrilage to separate husband and wife or separate a father from his children. Hence leave your royal ego and gracefully bid farewell to the Princess.) Then holding Meghna's hand Yuvraj Siddharth went near Maan and Geet and said, "Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Khurana!" Siddharth shook hands with Maan, while Geet and Meghna hugged one another and then Yuvraj Siddharth and Rajkumari Meghna left for Shekhawat Palace.
There was complete silence after Yuvraj Siddharth and Rajkumari Meghna's departing. Finally, Maharaj Krishnadev spoke in this Royal commanding tone, "Maharani Sulochana, Yuvraj Harshvardhan aur Krishandev Nagar ke niwaasiyon, aap sab apni Rajkumari Rajeshwari ki vidaai ki tyaari kariye." (Queen Sulochana, Crown Prince Harshvardhan and citizens of Krishandev Nagar, prepare to bid farewell to your Princess Rajeshwari.)
While Maharani Sulochana along with the ladies were organising for Geet's farewell, Maharaj and Yuvraj Harshvardhan were seeing to the comfort of Maan and Khurana family. Then they left to speed up the process of vidaai. Leaving Rajkumari Rajeshwari with her new in-laws (according to Maharaj Krishnadev). Adi and Pinky had also come from Delhi at the time of Rajkumari Rajeshwari's "jaimaal".
Finally when there were only Maan, Geet, Khurana family, Adi and Pinky, Maan was unable to bear the suspense any longer and spoke in front of everyone present, "Geet tumhei yeh kyun lagta hai ki bacche mere nahi hain?" (Geet, why do you feel that children are not mine?)
Geet was quite for sometime and fidgeting with a dupatta and then hesitaingly said, "Woh...hum...hum..." (Because...I...I...)
"Beta, tum beijhijhak bolo jo bhi tumhare mann mein hain. Khurana parivaar ka koi bhi sadasye tumhei doshi nahi maanta." (My dear you can say the truth without hesitation as no one here will judge you.) Rishabh softly encouraged Geet to talk.
Geet was shivering, clenching & unclenching her hand's tense fingers and swallowing a lump in her throat with Maan rubbing her back and patting her hands to relax and support her. Gathering courage Geet started, "Yeh baat Meera didi aur Vicky bhaiya ke vivaah se dou saptah ke paschaat ki hai. Aap sab badhon se dur vyovahaar karne ke pashchaat, hummei humari atmagilaani kachot rahi thee. Humare uss dur vyovahaar se humne apne Pitahji aur Maa-sa ke uss pavitr, sanskaari aur pratishthit ghar mein rehne ka adhikar kho diya thaa. Kyunki uss dur vyovahaar se humne apne Pitahji aur Maa-sa ke diye huye pavitr sanskaar, maryada aur shishtachaar bhang kar di thee. Iss liye hum ussi diwas ek hotel mein rehne chale gaye. Ek din hum uss Hotel ki Lobby mein akele beithe apne jeevan ka hisaab kar rahe the ki humne Devendra Rathore aur unki patni Naintara Rathore ko dekha. Hum unhein dekh aur sunn sakte the kintu woh humei nahi dekh sakte the! Humne sunna ---- (This incident happened two weeks after Vicky and Meera's wedding. I had moved out of Ranawat Mansion as after misbehaving with my elders, my intense guilt did not let me enter the pure, divine and cultured home of my parents. By being disrespectful to my elders I had destroyed the piousness, good values, etiquette and decency taught by my parents and hence moved into a hotel. One day I was sitting in the Hotel's Coffee shop when I saw Devendra Rathore and his wife, Naintara Rathore. They were sitting few tables away from me. I could hear and see them but they could not! I heard them talking---)
"Dev, aapko kissi bhi tehre Gayatri Ranawat ko apne raste se hatna hoga. Varna aap Vijaygarh ke Maharaj aur hum Vijaygarh ki Maharani nahi bann sakte."(Dev, you have to remove Gayatri Ranawat from our path otherwise you cannot become the King of Vijaygarh and I can't become the Queen of Vijaygarh.)
"Maine Gayatri ko maar waane ki koshish kayeen baar ki magar usse woh Maan Singh Khurana aur uska Khurana parivaar Gayatri ko baar-baar baccha leta hai."(I had tried to get Gayatri killed a number of times, but that Maan Singh Khurana and his Khurana family always end up saving her.)
"Toh aap phirse koshish kyun nahi karte?" (Why don't you try again?)
"Hum kitni bhi baar koshish karenge Gayatri bacch jaayegi. Kyunki hum Gayatri ka tab tak baal bhi banka nahi kar sakte jab tak woh Maan Singh Khurana uske saath hai. Maine socha thaa ki saath saal pehle Maan Singh Khurana ko jhooti baatein batta kar mai Gayatri se alag kar doonga magar Maan Singh Khurana toh usse pyaar karne laga. Aur iss pyaar ke rehte Gayatri ke liye bahut protective aur possessive ho gaya." (No matter how many times we try, we cant harm Gayatri. Because we can't even touch a hair on Gayatri's head till that Maan Singh Khurana is with her. I had tried seven years back to poison his mind against her and seperate both of them but that Maan Singh Khurana fell in love with her. Due to his this love he has become extremely protective and possessive towards Gayatri.)
"Magar humne toh sunna thaa ki aap Gayatri se pyaar karte the." (But I heard that you were in love with Gayatri?)
"Mai Gayatri se koi pyaar-vyaar nahi karta thaa bass usse paana chahta thaa. Kyunki ek dafa Gayatri meri bann jaati toh Vijaygarh bhi mera ho jaata. Maharaj Vikramaditya toh waise bhi kuch saalon ke mehmaan hain. Patta nahi har baar meri chaal ulti kaise padh jaati hai? Maine Gayatri ko darraya, dhamakaya aur yeh bhi kaha ki agar woh meri baat nahi maanegi toh mai uske aashiq Maan Singh Khurana aur uske Kapoor parivaar ko bhi maar dalonga magar woh tass se mass nahi hui." (I was never in love with Gayatri but wanted her beacause once she was mine, even Vijaygarh would have been mine. Maharaj Vikramaditya is only alive for some more time. I don't know why everytime my plans back fire? I tried to make Gayatri scared, I tried to blackmail her, I even tried to threaten her by saying that I'll kill her lover Maan Singh Khurana as well as whole Kapoor family but she refused to budge.)
"Dev abb tak aapki chaalein nahi kaam kareen abb aap humari chaal dekhiye jo zarur kaam karegi!" (Dev till now your evil plans did not work, but now see my plan will definitely work!)
"Tumhari kya chaal hai,Tara?" (What is your plan Tara?)
"Suniye..." (Listen...)
"Naintara ki chaal yeh thee ki --- yeh (Maan) jab apne naye contract paane ki Celebration party attend kar rahe honge toh Naintara unke drink mein behoshi ki dawaa mila denge aur phir kuch vaishiyaon (prostitutes) ke saath ashleel chitr khincha kar inhein (Maan) jail bhejenge aur uske pashchaat Khurana parivaar ki badami karenge!" (Naintara's evil plan was this -- that on Celebration party of Khurana Constructions acquiring one more contract, she will get Maan's drink drugged. When he is unconscious due to drugs, she will make few prostitutes sit with him in intimate angles and click their intimate photographs. On basis of which Maan will be arrested and Khurana family's respect be tattered to shreds.) Shivering Geet stopped to catch her breathe while Maan gave her water to drink.
"Iske baad kya hua Bitto?" (What happened after that, Bitto?) Meera asked compassionately.
"Woh toh hummei poorn roop se yaad nahi!" (That I don't remember clearly.) Geet said with tears running down her eyes.
Maan who was burning in anger hearing what Geet had to go through put his arm around her shoulders rubbing them to calm her. "Humne yeh baat Adi bhaiya ko batta di kyunki hummei gyaat thaa ki humare paas koi pramaan (proof) nahi hai humari baat ki sacchai ka, toh hum Khurana uncle yaa inse kaise bolte? Yeh humara saubhagya thaa ki Khurana Industries ki Celebration party ussi Hotel mein thee jahaan hum reh rahe the. Adi bhaiya ne poori shaam inn (Maan) ko ek minute ke liye bhi akela nahi choda magar kuch minton ke liye unhein ek zaruri kaam ke liye bahaar jaana padha. Dev aur Naintara ka aadmi, jo ek bartender thaa issi mauke ka intezaar kar raha thaa aur usne inhei nasheeli dawaa orange juice mein de di. Kanahji ki kripa thee ki hum tabhi wahaan pauhanch gaye aur inhein sambhaal liya. Adi bhaiya aur hum inhein wahaan se lekar humare kamre mein aa gaye. Adi bhaiya doctor ko lekar aaye, doctor ne inhein ek dawaa di jisse nasheeli dawaa ka asar kam ho jaaye aur kaha ki inhein paani pilate rehna chahiye. Adi bhaiya ne kahaa ki doctor ko chodh kar woh apne ghar jaayenge. Unhone hummein inke paas akela chodh diya kyunki Adi bhaiya jaante the ki Yeh aur hum pati-patni hain. Adi bhaiya ke jaane ke baad humne darwaaz andar se bandh kar diya kyunki humein maloom thaa ki Dev aur Naintara inhein zarur dhoondh rahe honge. Poori raat dawaa ke asar ke kaaran yeh bechain rahe aur hum baar-baar inhein uttakar paani pilate rahe. Aadhi raat ko hummei bahut pyaas lag rahi thee aur inka peene ka paani bhi katam ho gaya thaa, toh humne room service se orange juice aur peene ka paani mangaya. Humne juice piya aur uske baad kya hua hum nahi jaante. Jab hummei hosh aaya toh hum rassiyon se bandhe Naintara ke kaidi the ek goddhaam mein. Poore ek saptha (one week)har din Naintara humse milne uss goddhaam mein aateen aur Vijaygarh Dev ke naam karne ko kehti magar hum inkaar kar dete. Naintara ne humein bahut darraya aur dhamkaya ki woh humein maar daalegi magar hum nahi maane. Humein apne marne kaa bhay nahi thaa kintu hum jaante the ki yadapi hum Vijaygarh Dev ke naam kar dete to woh dono pati-pati Vijaynagar ke waasiyo ka jeena haram kar dete. Humein gyaat thaa ki jab tak hum Vijaynagar unke supurth nahi karte woh humein nahi maarenge! Ek din kissi tehre humne apne aapko rassiyon se azaad kiya aur hum wahaan se bhaag nikale. Hum beitahasha bhaag rahe the aur peeche Devendra Rathore the aur humare aage se Naintara ke aadmi aa rahe the. Apne aapko unn pati-patni se bachane ka jab hummei koi rasta nahi dekh raha thaa toh hum Yamuna nadi mein koodh gaye! Iss liye hum nahi jaante ki woh raat humne kiss ke saath bitaayi aur humare bacchon ke pitah kaun hain? Hum yeh bhi nahi jaante ki hum Naintara ki kaid mein kaise pauhache? Agar yeh bacche uss...Dev..." (I told about this conversation to Adi bhaiya as I had no poof of my statement to show either Khurana uncle or you Maan. It was my sheer luck that Khurana Industries' Celebration party was in the same Hotel where I was staying. For the whole of that evening, Adi bhaiya did not leave Maan alone even for a minute but due to an emergency call he had to leave Maan for few minutes. This was the opportunity that Dev and Naintara's man, the bartender was waiting for and he mixed the drug in Maan's juice to make him unconscious . It was by the Grace of Almighty that I reached there just in time and took charge. With Adi bhaiya's help we got Maan to my Hotel suite. Adi bhaiya then went and got a doctor. On examining Maan doctor said that he has to drink lot of water to flush out the drug from his body along with that he also injected Maan a medicine as an antidote of the drug he was administered. Adi bhaiya went with doctor to drop him home and then left for his own home. Adi bhaiya left me with Maan unchaperoned as he knew that we are husband and wife. After Adi bhaiya left, I closed my suite's door tightly as I knew that Dev and Naintara would be frantically searching for Maan. Whole night Maan was restless and I kept making him drink water. At midnight all drinking water got over and I was also feeling thirsty so I ordered one orange juice and some drinking water from room service. After drinking the juice, I don't remember what happened. When I gained consciousness I found myself tied in ropes and Naintara's prisoner in a goddown. For full one week I was Naintara's captive. Daily she would come to the goddown and ask me to sign over my right on Vijaygarh to Dev but I refused. Naintara tried to scare me and threatened me that she will kill me but I still refused. I was not scared of dying but I knew that if I signed over my right on Vijaygarh to Dev, then both husband and wife duo will not only destroy Kingdom of Vijaygarh but also make the lives of citizens of Vijaygarh hellish! I very well knew that as long as I do not sign over my right on Vijaygarh to Dev, they will not kill me. One day I found an opportunity and I loosened my ropes and ran away. I was running as fast as I could with Devendra Rathore following me and Naintara's men advancing from front to capture me. Seeing no way out of saving myself from the husband and wife duo, I jumped in Yamuna river. Therefore, I'm not aware who is my children's father? I also am not aware that how I reached in Naintara's prison? If my children...are...Dev...) Finally Geet broke down into hysterical tears after concluding her humiliating tale of how she became a mother.
Meera and Maan's continous consoling was not helping. Although five years of stress and tension was now released from her body but her body was still weak and her spirit was now broken making her physically and mentally weak.
Her will to fight back, her confidence and her motivation to move ahead was all lost and thereby her weak body was no longer willing to support her any further and she went limp which was indicated by rolling of her head on Maan's shoulders!
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