last 10 th day of the 6 month period:
Arnav was looking back just to catch a last glimpse of her. Did she even look back or wait for him to look back? . "Why do I have to be so stubborn? Why cant I just tell her what she means to me ? Tell her that every time her eyes are on me, I can feel alive, every time she smiles I smile , I forget to breath when she comes close to me, my life finds a meaning when I can make her happy and my whole world shatters when she walks away' "WHY?" But then He turns back and starts walking towards the gate '.holding his passport and ticket on hand. And the sad truth sinks in, " She betrayed me. She betrayed my love and she betrayed my sister who loved her as I did and even if I love her more than my own life , I cannot forgive her".
Khushi turns around and stops for a while, holding her dupatta in hand, picking through the seam, messing around with a loose thread. Isnt it the same one she wore the day beside the pool when Arnav helped her taking off the lights during diwali ? She smiles involuntarily. But with the smile, the deep wound and pounding of the heart came back aswell. She shivers as the emotions bottle up and she gives in. "I have to tell him, I have to confess, what do I have to loose? I only have 10 more days as his wife and I do not care'.why would I care? What do I have to lose? He will hate me anyways and misunderstand me for the rest of his life. BUT my feeling for him is true and was true from day 1. I have to tell him'"
She stops for a while, her heart is going away and she can feel her breaths becoming hard to take, the pounding gets harder and harder, she never felt so bad and helpless . When Arnav made her stand in the rain, sleep on the pool side, threw all the clothes away, shoved her down on the ground, called her a gold digger, called her a liar and abused her verbally. it hurtd. But his is much much worse. He is leaving and there is no guarantee if he will come back in the last 10 days or not. Why did Anjali Ji make her come to the airport to see him off? She is such a pushover.
"I will leave the raizada house as decided before and leave for good. I am not to disturb him or contact any of the family member." Payal and Akash Ji is on their honeymoon and have no idea that I will leave. Anjali ji and Shyam is preparing for the baby, nani ji, mami ji, mama ji all are happy for the new baby. I will have to walk away, away from it all. I will not even go the buaji's house. I will just disappear."
A tear runs down her cheek, Aman looks at the same moment. He was about to say something, but stops, smiling that it's a new marriage and maybe she got emotional seeing Arnav Sir go away. Khushi's tears just wont stop. She tells Aman to wait for her, she needs to go to the ladies room. Aman waits and she goes in. The she locks herself up and the tears come running. She falls on the ground, clenching on her garment. She starts to shake and then she realize what she is loosing. SHE is loosing her LOVE. He is walking away from her and maybe forever.
Khushi starts to walk and then starts to run, Aman starts to run after herm asking her to stop. The guards are on panic mode, she keep on running towards the gate. But the gates are closed and lastly the guard stops her panting. Khushi collapses'...
Its early morning, The seagulls are chirping and the sun is rising. The nice breeze is relaxing. Arnav opens his eyes and waits for a few minutes, waiting to hear her sounds: sound of her glass bangles , sound of her walking , sound of her sweet voice talking to herself'.. Paagal'that's the only word, that suits her. He waits for a few more minutes but there is no word, no noise. He seats up on his bed in the hotel room, over looking the beautiful seashore . The sounds of the ocean waves on the shore are the only sound.
HE feels hollow. Whats missing? Why is he acting like this? He himself made all the arrangements, left detail instructions with the lawyer , left money so she does not face any trouble, made a bank account for her too so, she can easily leave the country and settle anywhere in the world she wants. Then it hits him''. He is in the hotel room thousands of miles away from her and there is no Khushi outside his room, near the pool side.
He jumps up from his bed, he has to shake off the feeling and forget all about her, He has a big meeting and the clients should be coming to the meeting room soon. I have to get ready and get my head in the game. Khushi has made a mess of my life. She shows that she loves my family and take good care of them. In the last 5 months, she has been a very good wife, taking care of all and even trying her best to make me happy. She never tried to tell Di anything, BUT why? If she loves shaym, then why is she being so nice to my family ? She behaves very rudely with shyam in front of others, even I saw her pushing him away when he was trying to talk with her. But how can I believe that its not one of her games again?
And when I told her about the lawyer instructions and about the bank account she looked blank and famished. She looked angry and defeated. I wanted her to tell me the truth, to tell me that she doesn't love shaym and tell me to forgive her, Even if she loved him in the past , I would have forgiven her and accept her. BUT There were only tears in her eyes and not a single word. She wants to be rich and I gave her so much money, she cannot even dream of and she will get full freedom after 10 more days. Then why wasn't she looking happy? Even at the airport when I was searching her face for an expression of sadness or love for me, she was blank, she did not say a single word, didn't even look at me. Just stood there as a statue. I waited her to say something, anything, my heart was longing to hear her voice, but she was just silent.
"AM I MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION?" and " DID I UNDERSTAND HER RIGHT?"
Khushi opens her eyes slightly, she is on Arnav's bed. Anjali and doctor are beside her head, speaking to one another. Doctor says " its noting, but just stress. Maybe she got upset that Arnav was leaving her alone for the trip or maybe she hasn't eaten much and had low sugar level. Give her these medicines and she will be ok. Bye". Anjali says alright and goes out with him.
Now she is alone in the room. She gets up on the bed and looks around. "The red stains on white shirt". Is the same shirt, Arnav wore on the Holi day, she tries to remember each scene and how he was confessing his love to her. She remembers the day but vaguely. She glides her figure through the white shirt and touching the places where the red color stain are. She took it away and hid it in her bag so she can keep with her forever. She folds the shirt and sinks her face in it, His smell is still lingering on the fiber and she can feel him. Tears come running down.
She cries and cries, " Arnav ji, I love you and only you. Why didn't you understand me? Why didn't you listen to me or give me a chance to explain myself. How can you just through me away like this? You made me a bank account and left instructions? What do you think I am? I will leave your house and your life for ever and never come back as I promised. But before I leave I will tell you my side of the story and tell you that I LOVE you. I dont care anymore, I don't care if you believe me or not. But I will clear myself. Anjali ji is almost in last stage of pregnancy, so there is no risk now. I HATE shyam and HE needs to pay for making my life a living hell and for making my LOVE , hate me."
But Arnav ji, you are so far away, how can I reach you? I do not even know your number and I cannot call you. Will you ever be mine? "
My story comprises of THE LAST 10 DAYS of the 6 month wedding period that ARNAV fixed for KHUSHI.
Here are the previous links:
DAY 10
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/2891940/the-last-10-days
DAY 9
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/2893099/last-9-day-of-6-month
DAY 8
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/2894533/last-8-day-of-6-month
DAY 7
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/2896366/last-7-day-of-6-month
DAY 6
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/2898390/last-6-day-of-6-month
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