Arnav stands stunned as he looks at the photograph Dadi holds in front of him, "Garima! Khushi's aunt!" his eyes show disbelief, shock. His eyes moisten. Dadi asks in a bitter tone, "Tell me, Arnav, will you be able to spend rest of your life with Khushi despite this truth? Will you be able to complete the seven nuptial rounds with Khushi? Tell me Arnav, I want to know your answer!" Completely stunned Arnav stands as if he is frozen in time. Dadi gives the final blow, she lies, "I just found out today when I found this photograph! I cannot accept anyone from that family. How can I allow that woman to cast a shadow on my house and family, who ruined everything for me!" Arnav looks at Dadi with welled up eyes as he stands speechless. His heart in agony, his mind stunned, his senses numb, he clenches his teeth to control his emotions.. as his already firm jaw tightens.. depicting his regaining his senses. Dadi says with disgust in her eyes and a cracked voice, "No one was more than your father to me! My son!: She controls her tears and says with a vengeance, "That's why we will keep no relations with that family!" Then Dadi declares in a harsh voice, "Now what you want to do is your decision!" Arnav looks at her with welled up eyes.. his heart shattered in pieces..
At the venue of wedding, everyone awaits Arnav's arrival. NK tucks the phone inside his pagdi and keeps calling Arnav.. Aakash come to him and looks at him with hope, NK says, "Aakash Bhai, the phone's been ringing for a while but there is no answer! I don't know why!" Aakash says, "I also sent him many messages .. but nothing!" Pops up on the scene to give unsolicited opinion is Shyam, "Nothing! Probably stuck in traffic!" Aakash and NK do not pay any attention to him so he takes off.
As Dadi's penetrating gaze scours Arnav's face, his heart in million pieces, recalls the argument his parents had just before his mother's death. He tightens his fist at the recal of these painful memories. He closes his eyes and tries to control his tears as he recalls how Anjali cried her heart out sitting next to their dead parents in her bridal outfit, .. then his mind recalls the most intimate moments he spent with Khushi just last night, filling his heart with intense pain. Overwhelmed with emotions, he leaves the room with hasty feet. Dadi's gaze immediately changes back to disgust.
Khushi's eager eyes look outside the window. Khushi asks Payal who tries to make a call, "Jiji, did you get through to Arnav ji?" "No, Khushi!" Payal says with slight worry in her voice, then she moves away to try again. Khushi gets worried, says to herself, "Where are you?" Just then her eyes go wide with happiness as she spots the nicely decorated car enter the premises, "He has arrived!" she screams joyfully! Downstairs Buaji sees the car enter, elated she runs inside, "Son-in-law.. Damad ji has arrived! .. Haye re Nand Kisore. Arnav is here!" Every face brighten with a happy smile as they hear it, Garima rushes with the plate of Aarti towards the main entrance to welcome Arnav. Buaji rushes upstairs to give the good news to Khushi. NK says relieved, 'Finally!"
As the car comes to a stop, Dadi steps out. She walks in through the main entrance, her eyes full of hatred and disgust. All the family members rush to the door excitedly to welcome Arnav. All the eyes search for Arnav eagerly behind Dadi. NK finds it weird, so he steps out and checks the care out to find out that Arnav is not there anywhere. As soon as Buaji and Payal get to Khushi , she says excitedly, 'Hey Devi Maiyya!.. Okay now, don't delay the matters any further! I have to go, scold him! Made me wait so long!" and rushes away to come downstairs. Buaji screams from behind, "Dear, you are not supposed to see the groom at this time!" The pieces of broken bangles sit on the top of a box on the dresser. Okay, in places like this is where the script becomes weak. Really, a bride rushing downstairs to scold the groom in the middle of all the guests? Khushi, you should have found some other excuse to come downstairs as the need of the time moment was to have you downstairs!
Excited Khushi rushes down the stairs with a sweet smile on her face, eyes full of anticipation.. Just then NK comes back and says, "Nannav.. Nannav is not in the car!" Anjali gets worried, "Dadi, where is Chhotey! Say something!" Khushi now arrives and asks excitedly, "Dadi ji, did Arnav ji not come with you?.. Is he coming in the other car?" Dadi stands with a straight face, her gaze stern. Every face around now shows concern and worry. Nani steps forward, "Sumi, tell us, where is Chhotey?" Dadi says nothing, her penetrating gaze settles on Garima. Khushi stands next to Garima, asks again, "Where is he?" Buaji senses the weird feeling, she asks with heavy heart, "Did something happen?" Khushi immediately stops her, 'Buaji!" Everyone looks at her with a slight surprise. Khushi now gathers her lehenga and rushes to Dadi, asks in a concerned voice, "Dadi ji, has something gone wrong with Arnav ji? Is he alright?. Then why did he not come with you?"
Dadi now decides to drop the bomb shell. She focuses her gaze full of disgust on Garima, says, "Did you really think that he would come up to the altar, Garima?" Garima's heart sinks at the unexpected attack. Every puzzled eye now focuses on Garima, as Garima finds it heard to breath, she chokes as she says, "No.. how can..". Dadi attacks in a harsh voice, "After what you did to our family.. how could you even think that I would allow this marriage to happen?" Everyone is shocked.. stunned.. and surprised to hear it. Garima's hand trembles so much that she almost drops the Aarti from her hands. Buaji grabs it as Garima hold on to Shashi's wheel chair for support. Shyam's evil face brightens with an evil happy smile. Garima manages to say, "No, Dadi ji, how can.." Dadi says harshly, "How dare you think that I would let you have this happiness in return of that pain and hurt, those sorrows you gave us?" Everyone around is lost and confused as they wonder what these two are talking about, except Shyam who enjoys the drama!
Finally Khushi asks, "Dadi ji, what are you talking about? What has happened?" Dadi does not move her disgustful gaze from Garima's face, says in rough voice, 'Ask you r Amma! Don't ask me!" "Sumi, what are you saying/" Nani asks. Garima rushes heard, says, 'But.. you said that you had forgiven me!.. You lied?" Dadi harshly yells, "Yes, I lied!" Everyone is confused. Anjali says aggravated, "Can someone tell us.. what's going on?"
Dadi yells at Garima, "I lied because I wanted to show you how painful it was! .. wanted you to hurt so deep!.. because.. I saw the same days because of you!" Khushi is stunned to hear that as tears trickle down Garima's face. As it sinks in, Nani looks at Garima with disbelief. Every face around is stunned. Khushi asks, "But.. Dadi ji, what is Amma's fault in all this?" Dadi declares harshly, "The day my son and daughter-in-law committed suicide, that day two dead bodies left my house! Just because of you!" Garima looks around with shameful eyes as tears roll down her face and she cries inconsolably the silent tears of pain and insult. Nani's eyes look at Garima with disbelief as Anjali's eyes well up and fill with surprise and disbelief. "Dadi! You .. all this.. ." Shyam cleverly hold Anjali on both her shoulders, "Rani Sahiba!" controls her.
Nani says with tearful eyes, "No, Sumi! You are definitely mistaken!" Khushi says, "What are you saying?" She watches Dadi's penetrating gaze focused on tearful Garima. Khushi rushes to Garima, "Amma, why is Dadi ji saying all this?" Shamelessly, Dadi pushes her agenda as she declare4s in a harsh voice, "It's because.. this is the same Garima.. who trapped my married son with kids in her deceptive love!" Everyone is shocked at the revelation. Nani's eyes go wide as Garima cries her heart out. Buaji taps herself on the head with disbelief. Mami and Aakash look stunned. Dadi continues to scream, 'This is the same Garima, due to her all our household. Our family fell apart in a day! Anjali and Arnav became orphans because of her! That's why I am saying.. " Khushi immediately protests, "This is all a lie! It's not true!" Now all eyes are on Khushi, with lots of questions in each eye. Khushi holds Garima on both the shoulders, asks, "Amma, this is not the truth, right?" Then she cups Garima's face and asks, "This all is a lie, right, Amma?" Garima keeps crying inconsolably. Dadi's eyes moisten but hatred pours through them, says, "Did you get the answer?"
Anjali steps forward, asks vulnerably, "Why did you do this? Why did you do this to my Mumma?.. Tell me, why did you do this to my Mumma?.. She did not do anything..What was Mumma's mistake?" Anjali's tears know no bounds' Mami steps ahead to console her, "Mami, you tell us! My Mumma was not at fault!" Garima keeps crying silently. Nani's eyes cry silent tears as disbelief still stays in. Shyam smiles happily.. Khushi looks at Garima with welled up eyes, asks in a heavy voice, 'amma, all this.." Garima now finds her voice. She puts her hands together as tears trickle down her face, "Believe me! " she begs to everyone. Then turns to Khushi, hold her hands and says with a lot of anguish, "Khushi, I did not know that he was a married man' with two children!. I I knew it.. it would not have happened!.. Believe me!" Dadi yells harshly, "You knew everything, Garima! You ruined everything intentionally!" As Nani shakes her head, Shyam smiles his evil best! As the guests leave one by one, Dadi keeps screaming, "You know what they call a woman who has an affair with a married man! You are that kind of lowly woman!" Khushi jumps in, "Enough, Dadi ji!"
Anjali steps forward, asks, "Why did you not tell the truth before? Tell me!" Dadi yells at her, "Answer her Garima! Why did you not tell the truth earlier? Why did you keep hiding from me?" Mami says, "Why did you not tell it earlier? Now all this happening because of you!" Nani also asks with tearful eyes in a painful voice, "Why did you not tell the truth before? Potentially.. then.. I could.. despite.."
Garima says, 'I wanted to tell you but.. I could not.. what was I going to say? . I was afraid of having the happiness robbed of from my daughters' lives! . I was weak.. I am a mother after all!" Garima bursts into tears. Khushi sooths her holding her hands, "Amma!"
Dadi is not going to let go so easily, "If you were a mother.. then..you would not have snatched Anjali and Arnav's mother! You are only' the lowly.. greedy.. the other woman!" Khushi says in a strong voice, 'Enough, Dadi ji!" welled up eyes, heavy voice but confident tone, Khushi says, "I understand all your anguish!" She looks at Dadi, "The pain of losing your son.." then looks at Nani, "The pain of losing your daughter'" Then she looks at Anjali as her tears trickle down Khushi says, "I know very well what it means to have lost both the parents!.. But I also know that my Amma is not responsible for all this!" Mami loses it, she says, 'She is responsible! Our Didi is not alive because of her.. neither is her husband!.. You are at fault.. your daughters too.. understand!" Garima puts her hands together in apology and cries again. Aakash steps in, "Ma.., enough!" Mami screams fiercely, "Let it be, Aakash!" Payal looks at him with tearful eyes and says, "Yes, Aakash, don't plead on my behalf!" and moves forward to support Garima. "I know that my Amma, she kept quiet because of us!.. Every mother would have done that!" Dadi screams in a harsh, loud voice again, "Whether you knew it or not, that makes no difference to me! I just know that you are the reason behind my son and daughter-in-law's death!" Khushi looks at Dadi with shocked eyes! 
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