"Main jaanti thi, main jaanti thi ki tum mere Adi ko bacha hi logi Imlie beta, mujhe samajh nahi aa raha ke main tumhara shukriyada kaise karu.(I knew it, I knew that you would be able to save my Adi Imlie dear, I don't know how to thank you.)", said Aparna, as she held Aditya's hand while looking at Imlie gratefully.
Imlie, who was standing separately from the Tripathi's as she usually was, and was closer to the Rathore's if the distance between them was to be measured.
Imlie, who, when she left Delhi, had the goal of saving her Babu Saheb from a terrorist, and who, when she left Pagdandiya, had Babu Saheb as Mr. Aditya Kumar Tripathi in her mind.
Imlie who may have saved Aditya Kumar Tripathi from the ear bomb, but had not saved him from the terrosist.
Imlie who may have left Delhi to save her Babu Saheb but came back saving herself.
Imlie who never took credit for the things she had not done, but was blamed for every stupid thing someone else did.
So, she spoke up, "Hum naahi bachaye Aditya Sir ko.(I did not save Aditya Sir.)", and promptly heard the pin-drop silence in the Tripathi Residence.
Everyone was confused, she could see it on their faces, and they were bound to be. Imlie saved Aditya, always. Well not this time. This time she was the one who needed a little bit of saving and never has it been Aditya saved Imlie. No, it was always Aditya hates Imlie, Aditya doesn't hate Imlie, Aditya loves Imlie, Aditya loves Imlie but doesn't trust her. And Imlie was tired of taking on the job of Imlie saves Aditya.
So, she spoke the truth, she said, "Hum naahi bachaye Aditya Sir ka, balki uu humka bachaye, gaaon walon se.(I did not save Aditya Sir, but he did save me, from the villagers.)", she admitted, because Aditya may not have saved Imlie, but he did save Imlie from dying.
Now saving Imlie, that credit went to Aryan and she stated so, "Par hum dono ka bachaye wale Aryan sir rahe.(But the person who saved us both is Aryan Sir.)"
Aparna looked at Aryan behind her, and she was about to thank him too when Imlie continued, "Aryan Sir humka sirf Aatank, aur humre gaaon walon se hi naahi, uu humka Babu Saheb se bhi bachaye hai. Uu humka aapan aap se bachaye rahe.(Aryan Sir not only saved me from Aatank and the villagers, he saved me from Babu Saheb too. He saved me from myself.)"
This made Aparna pause, because never before has she heard Imlie speak of Aryan that way, and her shock was clear on her face, she began speaking, "Imlie —", but was interrupted once again when she again continued, "Maa, hum Imlie hai, humka Imlie rehne dijiye, humko please waapas Babu Saheb ko bachaye khatir umeed naahi rakhiye, kyunki ab Babu Saheb humre liye Babu Saheb naahi rahe.(Mom, I am Imlie, please let me be Imlie, please don't expect and hope that I would save Babu Saheb from now on, because Babu Saheb is no longer Babu Saheb for me.)"
That shut Aparna up promptly, and Imlie could not gauge her mind, and for once she didn't want to. She sighed, fight leaving out of her body, and making her stumble. She fully expected to not fall and when she didn't she smiled before she even looked up. Because she knew who was supporting her, because that was what he had done these past few days. She was no longer surprised to find Aryan standing there.
She felt like she could rest.
So she did.