NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 47-CHAPTER 52, TSR for 53 UPD - Page 18

Originally posted by: Bindu.

Lana dear,where are you?I know it's difficult to return to normal state..but missing your posts,very much.😔

She is really affected.. she's sent me a message saying she's trying everything she can to keep herself distracted all weekend... P&P, watching Big B movies, reading things that are diametrically opposite but - the 'tears don't stop' were her exact words.😔

I don't know what to say to her. I told her it's only a story, and that all this has happened for a 'reason'... but it's not helping. Hope she comes back to normalcy soon!

Alright - I don't mean this in a wrong way at all girls - but, I must confess that I am a bit dazed myself... by everyone's reactions... I truly never thought it'd affect you all to THIS extent!

I mean we saw Jalal we all love so much in JA, captured by his enemies, chained and being beaten till he was drenched in blood.

Y'all saw Bahubali, where Bahubali suffered such a painful end... 😭 (Worse scene that was)

then, how come this is so difficult to take? 😕

Lashy di, so all our guesses were wrong..neither Heera met/saw AMK nor any of the trio could meet her.

And I don't even want to write abt the flogging thing..all of us guessed there would be a twist and AMK wouldn't be punished😡

Originally posted by: Priyaadarshini

What are you saying is absolutely correct, rose di... But betrayal or rebellion was always seen very seriously. For example, jahangir blinded his own son when he rebelled against him for the throne. And however close, Akbar was still subordinate.. having said that, I'm not trying to justify shehzade. He is monster like you said😡

Yes!

Sandhya di, but your jalal will never do this to his own... Salim rebelled so many times, but jalal was never so harsh against him. Of course, the contexts are different, but, still, he even overlooked adham khan's mistakes at times...

Originally posted by: rs_fun2

Hey Lashy,

What a heart-wrenching chapter 😭 ! Even more so than the prof House chapters of NJaPA...

Oh yes Rach... the ominousness of this one overtakes that by leaps and bounds... that was merely a deranged professor... this is, after all, a political thriller set in grim times where a prince can end a man's life with the snap of a finger!

You have done an awesome job on articulating and painting the emotional turmoil in all the 3 main characters!! 👏

Thanks da... glad you mentioned 'three' because it's true... it is an internal battle for all three 🤗

Heera - fighting guilt (at having indirectly brought this upon her husband)

Akbar - fighting fear (at his inability to protect his loved ones)

Shehzaade - fighting ego (at having to bow to the truth that without his trusted right hand man, he truly is crippled)

I think with all the blood, the rest of the loyalty that was alive in AMK is shed too... he will be like the Phoenix now who will arise from the ashes of the loyal Ustaad and now seek revenge for all that his sahiba and loyalty has gone thru!

I love the phoenix rising from the ashes analogy 🤗

But I will wait to see what ur skillful canvas has in store for us!

Glad to see I enjoyed ur vacation and now please don't make us wait too long with this horror that the 2 lovebirds have gone thru

BIG 🤗

I plan not to do that dear 🤗 thanks for dropping in, sweetie!

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

" Indha ponnu dhinam parkum people kitte always silent mode. First time parkum people kitte so jolly jolly! ". 🤣

>>>🤣

Translation Mr. Chellam's thoughts 'This girl is a silent kitten with those she knows for long, and jabbers away with those whom she meets for the first time!'

Yes. Thank you Lashy for instituting the HBAS home and giving us the platform to know each other. 🤗

>>>☺️ And likewise, thank you so much for being here!🤗

Originally posted by: Kalgi22

So sorry girls for the late. I got busy after meeting Vathsy. Now I'm back. 😃

Yayyy... so, I see the ponnu paarkira function went off very very well!

Yes I did meet Vathsy. She's such a lively, cheerful lady. She talks and I go '😃', '' and '😆'.

Oh wow!

Mr. Vathsy came, said 'hi' and dropped her at my home. We chatted for an one hour about Chellam, her writing, C53, Our Baisas, my MD with Sandy, her plan of meeting Periamma, her travel details and etc etc.

Omg... you spoke about me? Wot? Wot? Wot? Hopefully it wasn't too bad, Chellam!😒

Then we went out and had lunch together and Mr. Chellam also joined us. Then we dropped her at her SIL home and had a chat with her SIL too. And her SIL said they are always teasing her saying she always laughs reading forum. 😆 It's really memorable 3 hours. ❤️

😆

I am so so so glad you girls met, had so much fun!

But what touched me most is the gift she gave remembering my birthday is around the corner. 😳 A beautiful birthday card saying 'You're awesome' ☺️ , lind chocolates and travel kit. 😳 I wish her all best wishes for her upcoming trips too. ⭐️

So so so sweet of you Vathsy... Vathsy were you super nervous before the MD?

I remember I was!😆 Such a special experience putting a face to a name!

Never ever I imagined I would meet some known people with unknown faces before IF life. 😆 but it did happen twice and now I'm so eager to meet you all too.. hoping it will happen one by one. Thanks Chellam for all this beautiful experiences..🤗

☺️ Chellam your Munh Dikhaai and I'm blushing here! Ufff

Originally posted by: Testmytest

@Lana: I can understand what your are feeling. We all are affected with C52, more so with you. You will feel better if you share your thoughts with us. We all are in the same boat, so come back to the house dear 🤗

I said that too. I think she feels she will not be able to hold back her emotions 😔

@Sandy, @Rose: Like the discussion on Shezaade, wanted to share my comments too but I am on the road, dropping Hari back to college, he had come for the weekend

Originally posted by: lashy

For all three questions, I'm going to ask you to put yourselves in their particular shoes...

Question 1:

I thought AMK's men knew the contents of the scroll since they confiscated them. Looks like they just confiscated and handed it to his master!I am thinking Ibrahim knows the contents of the scroll but like you said they don't know this plan of AMK.

Your master gives you an assignment..😊 when you get the letters, you hand it back to him...one doesn't open it na... remember, they are all sealed scrolls...Of course, they can guess what the letters might be about... but not, the actual contents of the letter...

AMK read it all to keep himself aware of what she was doing (because he was spying on her), but then burned it... he wanted to keep it hush... he wanted to keep everyone out if this mess, remember? (He tells the men so, when they ask him why he burned it all) He did so, for both, Heera's and his men's sake... (but of course, fate had other plans and his men are intertwined with them in a way he can never keep them apart!)

And the 'no one read its message' referred not to his men per se, but to all outsiders as a whole😊

Question 2:

If AMK's men are still trying to locate Tejraj, how did he get to the prison cell? Did he make an ally with the prison guards to get to AMK? because the guard alerts AMK of the visitor.

Tejraj is a prince, re. If he doesn't have the know-how to get a short entry into a prison cell, who would? He wouldn't have come to the capital alone. He'd have his own aides, messengers. They'd have done the running around at first and found out where 'Ustaad' was located. Then, found out who was 'in charge' of the prison and when. Then, arranged for a meeting with bribery.

Just because the Shehzaade ordered 'No one meets the Ustaad' doesn't mean that when a particular guard sees a small bag full of coins, he'd say no to setting up a short meeting (Saying no to money which would take him years to earn? Not everyone would do that! Lesser so in places like prisons which are rampant with crimes)!

It's obvious that the not-so-spiteful guard is not all that honest... he was offering AMK some 'opium' for the pain, remember? Which I'm certain is illegal😉

Have you seen any of the modern prison documentaries? Even today, with all the recorded cameras, and lesser bureaucracy/corruption and strict protocols in the West, there's plenty that goes on in prisons that is 'not allowed'.

Question 3:

And how and why would he meet the Ustaad? The Ustaad is no more a man of power in the capital, no more the Shehzaade's trusted lieutenant. And his friend was back home. Then why the compulsion to take the risk of visiting a criminal in the dungeons.

Why wouldn't he? 😊 It's not about power, it's about principles.

Your best friend has been kidnapped by some big-wig and taken to another town. He comes back all shaken. The least you owe that friend who underwent that ordeal was to go find out 'WHY' the big-wig wants to meet him!

Your cousin (who is also the only heir to an entire kingdom) is at real risk now. His crimes have come out in the open in court. He has pledged himself to a duel against a powerful warrior and might come out of this dead, leaving Manswar with no heir. This is an extremely serious issue. None of this would have happened had it not been for the 'Ustaad'

The least you could do for the family you are staying with is meet this person 'Ustaad' who's 'supposedly' brought these troubles upon your family and find out the WHYs and what could be done to avoid it, if possible. I am certain the Rana of Manswar would be hopping livid and want to do ANYTHING in his power to stop Mahendar from fighting this... of course, he doesn't know why Mahendar is doing it though - no one back home knows about his involvement with Khalil etc... that news is slowly coming out in the open...

So, Tejraj has a lot of questions in his life now. And all those questions point towards one man - Ustaad. So, he'd want to meet the man to find out what was going on!

Now that he's done, he's only come back feeling all the more confused 😆

Question 4:

AMK's men does not know Tejraj is in the capital, so does that mean Tejraj came to see AMK in the prison by himself ?, he is taking a huge risk by doing that. The prison guard seems to co-operate with AMK on this!

No... AMK's men are still trying to locate his whereabouts. Having said that, while nearly 2 months passed between 51 and 52. In the reel-time, it's only been 24 hours... Ibrahim/Sayyid are outside...Azeez inside... so of course, they still need to get to grips with the whole thing... the men need to reband... discuss... they need at least a day or two na.. 😊

Tejraj took a huge risk... but what is at risk now, is far far greater, isn't it? So, he's justified in trying to get some answers na... 😊

(Earlier it was his friend's life at risk - remember he doesn't know Ustaad would never have harmed an innocent man for selfish purposes.

And now, infinitely worse, is at risk Mahendar's future and thus the future of his entire kingdom)

Originally posted by: selvi1275