FF: Fires of Spring, LAST PT-23 + EPI, Pg-27 - Page 18

jai is crazy! he suspected bani despite the fact that she had done nothing even remotely suspicious, just believing a man she jilted!

Jai is stupid. How can he just accuse bnai like that. If bani had regrets bout her life style she would have said something or complained. How can she be happily decorating their home if she didn't care.

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Probably this is my longest FF so far!!! But I enjoyed it thoroughly!!!
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Part -23

Ranveer sipped his favorite drink; women hovering around him, the party was in full swing, the opening of the new restaurant; it was a much happier occasion, he successfully broken up jai and bani's marriage, he smirked as he remembered jai's confident words, in the end he was just as nave as bani was…that afternoon, he had purposely gone to their house with the context of inviting her to the inauguration party…bani was not quite forthcoming and had politely refused, he didn't push her much and came out not before stealthily stealing her chime bracelet, which was placed on the table…that was enough, an imaginative phone call to jai and everything was in place… no man could stand his wife cheating him behind his back no matter how deeply he loved her…just the same happened… …

"I hope you will be coming to Darjeeling with the new project report…" uday said gravely…

"Of course…" ranveer replied…

"Good…" ranveer looked at him as he left, wondering about the strange look he gave…he shrugged his shoulders…
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Kumud paced the room frantically…it had been three days since ranveer had informed her that their plan was successful, she had expected bani to come here, shattered but where was she…as if she had vanished from the face of the earth without a trace…whatever, she could care less, sahil was coming back…
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Neena looked at the ghost of the man sitting, looking out of the window lost…this was the same picture since a month now, with an unshaved stubble, and unfocussed eyes he looked dangerous…was he the same cheerful boss who was so happy...the other day when she asked him about the same, he had shouted over her, and didn't bother to apologize…she had started to feel his buried anger somewhat…she had called up bani also but the mobile was switched off, by now she was sure of something that it had everything to do with bani…
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Jai tapped his fingers on the enter button…yet another deal sealed…how much ever he wanted to he couldn't feel that happiness, the person whom he wanted to share this was gone, he had thrown her out ruthlessly…now somewhere he regretted having not listened to her, may be everything was false, jai cursed himself for being so humanly and emotional, how could he forget what she had done…she had betrayed him, for what, more money… …he felt disgusted… …

His cell phone rang much to his irritation…

"Hello…" he said hoarsely…

"Is it Mr. Jai Walia…" a female voice addressed him…

"Yes…"

"Hello, sir I am speaking from XYZ Cookery Classes…Mrs. Bani Walia is not coming since a month…the fees is also due…"

"I will send you the cheque maam…" he said not wanting to dwell over bani again…

"But sir…is everything alright, she was very regular…"

"Err…she is…just busy…" he didn't know what else to say…

"Okay sir…" the lady was about to cut the phone when jai spoke up hurriedly…

"Excuse me…"

"Yes, sir…"

"When did she last attend the class…" he was shocked to hear the date…

"Thank you…" he disconnected the line…

It was the same day she had left, and she was telling him the truth when he called her that afternoon… …that means…he closed his eyes…
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Kumud supervised the preparations of lunch…

"Gopi…kya kar rahin ho…" she shouted…gopi who was lost in her thoughts jerked out, for the apt one month there was call form bani, her sixth sense was telling that something was not right, she said a silent prayer before attending to the chores kumud ordered…

"I am so glad ranveer you came, now you and sahil both can discuss business… after all sahil will be taking care of everything…isn't it Nishikant…" kumud said tactfully…serving everyone the clear vegetable soup…

"Of course…" nishikant grunted…

"Of course aunty…I would love to work with sahil…I must tell you he has a bright future…" ranveer chipped in…sahil didn't bother to look up, somehow ranveer's first impression didn't appeal him, something was highly wrong in his over-sweet behavior…

Uday walked in slowly...

"Sir, the report is fine…" he said to nishikant…nishikant simply nodded his head…uday turned his head towards the entrance time and again, jai was calling him incessantly since two days but he refused to answer any…But what was the matter so suddenly… …
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Jai looked at his mobile frustrated…his father wasn't picking up his call…he robotically stood in front of the big house…How will he face bani??? He felt too ashamed to even take her name from his mouth, with sagged feet he came inside…

Everyone looked stunned at jai standing at a distance…

"What the hell are you doing here…" nishikant said…anger rising in him…

"Where is bani…?" he asked helplessly…

"Why are you asking us…you only took her with you" kumud intervened…

"Please tell me where is bani…I know she is angry but please…" jai pleaded… kumud and ranveer looked at each other…their faces uncertain…

"Look how is he acting…this must be one of his tricks nishikant I tell you…" kumud reprimanded…

"BANIIII…." Jai shouted on top of his voice…

"What are you doing jai…bani is not here…" nishikant lost his cool…jai stood rooted to his spot…

"What do you mean…?" he let out a whisper…

"Why would bani be here…" nishikant replied haughtily…

"Then where is she…" jai asked dumfounded…

"What do you mean where she is…?" nishikant asked fear gripping him…

"She left…" jai collapsed on his knees…covering his face with his hands, tears flowing down his eyes…recalling all the hurtful words he uttered for bani, what if she died…oh god!!!!

"My child…" nishikant cried out…uday looked on calmly…it was time to reveal the truth…
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"Sir, please sit down…" uday said leading nishikant to the couch, making him sit…

"Please calm down, everything will be clear in a moment…" uday assured him…

"Calm down, my child is missing, my princess…" his body shook…

"Sir, bani is fine…" uday said, causing everybody to be stunned even more… …

"Bani…where is she…" jai jumped up and reached his father… …

"Shut up jai…today I feel ashamed to call myself your father…" uday seethed with anger…

"Dad…" jai let out a whisper…crying harder… …

"Sir, it was Ranveer and Kumud maam's trap in which bani fell, ranveer had deliberately done all this to create misunderstandings between jai and bani… when I went to Mumbai I overheard Ranveer talking to kumud maam that they were successful in separating jai and bani…I was going to jai's home when my car collided with a person and she was none other than bani… …" uday said…there a stony silence for a moment and then nishikant's angry voice echoed… while ranveer and kumud looked mortified… …Nishikant walked towards kumud and gave her a tight slap across her face…

"Get lost kumud…get out of my house…if I had done these years ago this wouldn't have come…" kumud left crying…

"Nishikant please…sahil I did this for you son…please…" nishikant dragged her out causing her to fall on her knees… …

"Sahil…I don't who will you choose, but you will always be my son…" nishikant turned to face sahil…

"I am your son dad…" sahil said…

"Good…then throw this pervert out right now…and Mr. Ranveer Mehra, mark my words, you are doomed… …" sahil dragged ranveer out… …

"Bani…is she fine???" nishikant cried out…

"She is fine sir…after all she is more a daughter to me than a daughter-in-law…"

"But why didn't you tell us all this while…it has been nearly two months… …" nishikant choked… …

"I wanted to teach jai a lesson; I couldn't believe the person who fought with you to take bani away, his love could have mistrusted her…but he took too long to realize what he has lost… …"

"Where is she dad…please…I beg you…" jai held onto his arm…

"No jai…please I don't think you deserve her, that girl left everything for you and you doubted her love…no jai…she is fine where ever she is…there is no place for you in her life…"

"Dad please…I am sorry…I…please…" jai's uncontrollable tears melted him…

"If you again hurt jai, then I will never forgive you…" uday warned… …

"No dad, I promise…please…"

"Bani is in Mt. Abu in our house… …" even before uday could finish, jai was running towards the entrance… …
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In the shadows of the darkness, the candle extinguished reducing to a mound of molten wax and a whiff of smoke…

Bani sat unperturbed by any of her surroundings, the howling wind, the shattering windows…if uday uncle hadn't saved her she would have happily died long ago…without jai there was nothing left…anything at all…even the ocean of her tears had dried up, she had cried so much for the past weeks that even if she tried her eyes didn't well up… …she had lost the purpose and direction of her life… …it was only a promise she had given to uday that she was still alive, that she wouldn't do anything herself unless and until he said something… …but there were weak moments when she saw the knife she felt like slitting her veins… …but jai's face came in front of her…with a hope that everything would be alright…but… …she buried her head in her lap…drifting off to sleep… …
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The house was situated over a small hilltop, at a slight elevation…jai huffed and puffed, running out of breath as he climbed the stairs to his house, this was their home lovingly made by his parents, for a moment he felt as his mother was somewhere here and he instantly knew that bani was fine, her mother had taken care of her… …

Reaching the door, he steadied himself…he cringed at the mere thought of facing her and her honest eyes…gathering a mountain of courage he pushed the door…only to be stunned… …

Bani was lying on the floor, without any movement, shivering due to the cold morning wind… …

Jai rushed to her aid…

"Bani…" he called out softly…but he heard no response… …he gently picked her up…carrying her thin frame he led her to the bed… …placing tenderly…he covered her with the blanket…still she was trembling, her teeth clattering against each other…he sat beside her holding her in the warmth of his arms… he didn't realize when he fell asleep… …
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Bani stirred…snuggling to the warm substance which was so comforting… she lazily opened her eyes to register her surroundings, it was the room, she wondered how did she reach it… …suddenly she felt a familiar grip, her waist was securely held by a pair of hands…and she was almost sleeping on somebody… her head shot up to witness jai, whose head was falling down… she was about to shriek out his name when her mouth fell silent… …she tried to disentangle from him when jai got up with a jerk, looking straight into her eyes…they stilled… …

"Can you forgive me bani…I know I have been a complete ass but please…I… forgive me please…" jai pleaded… …bani cried out…holding onto him… …
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God bless
Dhani

Epilogue… …

5 years later… …

The hustle bustle of the activities distracted her…seeing so many people around, made her afraid; she clung to the person carrying her…tightly… Sneha Walia flung her tiny hands around her father's neck…

"What happened snehu…" jai talked to his two year old daughter…sneha made some noises burying her head in the crook of his neck…

"Snehu is sleepy…" jai patted her back… …

His eyes swept across the hoard of people, it had only been a month since bani's very first novel had released and it had already become a bestseller and had got accolades from the critics as well…today the next set of copies was published and people were swarming to get their respective book signed by the gorgeous author… …

Jai smiled widely as his eyes met bani's, she was smiling as she signed the books…she indicated with her eyes at sneha…jai nodded his saying mouthing back that sneha was fine… …

He remembered it was the annual function of his company, when during their drive back home she had out of the blue declared that she was pregnant, he had halted the car such abruptly that they jumped out of their seats…that was the most happiest day of his life but not more than the day sneha was born… …

Sensing sneha needed some fresh air he walked into the lobby, marching to and fro…patting sneha, who had fallen asleep… …he shook his head as he noticed his father and bani's father chatting away gloriously about their talented daughter…the two old men refused to budge from their home in Darjeeling, they continued to coop up within those wooden walls, but regularly visited their house in Mumbai because none of them could live without seeing sneha…

Sahil was now well-settled taking over the business, uday now held the post of the senior advisor, even jai helped him to open a new branch in Mumbai…

As for ranveer, Nishikant had brought out his company and doomed the Mehras to rags…kumud lived in seclusion with her son refusing to even meet her…kumud many a times called them up pleading but her words fell on deaf ears. But sahil does visit her once a while on bani's insistence as she was not keeping well… …

Jai smiled as he saw sahil coming out of the elevator along with rano, his cute fianc, carrying a bunch of white roses…

"Hey jij…" sahil greeted him, extending his arms to take hold of sneha…

"She is sleeping…" jai whispered...

"Where is bani di jiju…" rano asked…

"Here…" a voice came from inside…rano went and hugged bani…

"Congratulations di…" sahil handed over the flowers to her…

"Thank you…"

"Where are papa and dad…" bani questioned…

"Eating some poor fellow's head…" jai pointed towards where they were standing…

"Sahil go and bring them back or else they wouldn't stop…" bani chuckled… going up to take sneha in her arms, jai handed her sneha carefully…

Then suddenly, a young lady hurried towards bani wanting an autograph… bani smiled politely declining her…

"Sorry maam, I need to be with my family now…may be some other time…" bani smiled, the lady nodded her head, beaming at bani, she now understood why the book had so much emotions and originality, because the writer was possessed the sincerity and honesty and of course love…by then the two old men returned… …

And they all walked out of the book shop…making plans to celebrate… …
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God bless
Dhani

oh you ended this one. I was hoping to see more Drama and twist and turns. So kumud finally got what she desrved. And Ranveer also now in rgs that would make a lovely picture. So everything finally ended up so well fo rhtem. And Jai I hope he is not that possesive.

hey dhani

dta was jus awesome dhani..reewi enjoyed it.. :)

apt ending! good jai got a lesson first!

Wowwwwwwwwwwwww what a story ...read it in one go ...Romance at its best ...kya story hai thoda sa old world romance 😍 and lots of love .....great work Dhani !

Seriously, Jai should have deserved a kick or two for what he put Bani through--- poor girl. Cannot believe he doubted her love for him--but then again, he is a typical male who becomes easily jealous and is possessive about his girl. So i guess that was expected out of him. I really loved Uday in this whole FF, so honest and calm throughout the whole story. Kumud deserved what she got and I am glad that Saahil has broken ties with her as well, that should really teach her a lesson. As for Ranveer, karma had a lot to do with it. Nishikant did at least one good thing in destroying him. Dhani, really enjoyed this FF throughout. I always enjoy reading any one of your stories. 😃

Love,
Dil