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Re-cap : AA and RK keep getting closer and closer. Kasturi goes to perform in Singapore and while returning back after a successful trip, she and Anand meet with a road accident and it turns out that Anand had hit Robbie's uncle and aunt!! Kasturi comes to know that when Robbie tells her angrily that Devika is his mother!
PART - 30 : ANGER MANAGEMENT
"Robbie betaa".....says Devika in a broken voice! π π π Robbie turns to her and in an instant, his anger dissolves into concern, apprehension and shock at seeing the bruises and blood on her person!!! π² π He quickly moves towards her and says......."Yeh kya hua aapko? Kaise hua?? Aap neh mujhe call kyun nahi kiyaa???" π
Devika tries to control her tears and whispers....."Mujhe tumhaara number yaad nahi aa rahaa tha, Robbie!! π π Aur phir tumhaare chachaji ki haalat......unki haalat....unki haalat...". She cannot continue and leans to Robbie for support! π Robbie holds his aunt strongly against him and tries to pacify her! He just cannot see her in so much pain!!
He asks : Kahaan hai chachaji, kaise hai woh???
Kasturi listens on to this conversation confused and still reeling from the shock that Anand's car had hit Robbie's parents!!! π²
Devika replies with tears flowing down her eyes : Doctors unhe dekh rahe hai......woh keh rahe the ki unki haalat bahut naazuk hai!! π π Agar........agar unhe kuch ho gayaa toh......toh..... π
Robbie stops her : Shhhhhh chachi! Unhe kuch nahi hogaa...........kuch nahi hogaa unhe!!!
He suddenly separates her and looking at her and says : Aur aapki haalat dekhiye kaisi hai!!! π² Aap koh bhi treatment ki zaroorat hai......dekhiye aapke haathon seh kitnaa khoon beh rahaa hai!!! π²
Devika protests : Nahi, nahi.....mujhe kuch nahi hua hai! Bas tumhaare chachaji....
Robbie : Chachi!!! Aap unki chinta chodiye!! Abhi Doctors unki jaanch kar rahe hai na?? Tab tak aap ek baar Doctor seh mil leejiye!!
Devika protests and refuses but Robbie does not listen to her and forcefully takes her to be examined by a Doctor and get her wounds dressed. While she is being checked by the Doctor, he comes back to the waiting area. He sees Kasturi helping Anand take his medication. He walks to Anand with determination!! π‘ π‘ Anand cowers in fear at the look on Robbie's face!! π‘ Robbie stops right in front of him and warns him menacingly........."Agar mere chachaji koh kuch huwaa toh mei tumhe nahi chodungaa! That's a promise!!"..........Kasturi tries to interrupt and calm him down!
She starts to says : Robbie, please....
Robbie turns to look at her angrily and says : Shut up Kasturi! π‘ π‘ Tum iski tarafdaari kar rahi ho?? Iski??? Aur tum.......tum meri maa seh itni battameezi seh kaise baat kar rahi thi?? π‘
Kasturi is very upset π and she says tartly : Pehli baat toh yeh, ke I had no clue she was your mother..........
Robbie interrupts her, dissatisfied with her answer : Lekin badon seh baatein karne kaa yeh tareeka hotaa hai???
Kasturi is also irritated and says : Woh bahut unreasonable act kar rahi thi Robbie! π‘ She was stopping Anand from taking his medication.......
Robbie interrupts her again, angrily : π‘ Woh aisa kabhi nahi kar sakti......
Kasturi challenges him : Accha??? Toh, mei jhoot bol rahi hun? π‘
A nurse walking by, chides them : Please......thoda dheere boliye, yeh aspataal hai......aapka ghar nahi!
A fuming Robbie gives her a killer look and walks away from her to the window and stares outside with his hands on his hips! π‘ π‘ An upset Kasturi folds her hands across her chest and stares at him surprised!π² She had never seen him this upset and angry!! And what was with him calling his mother, chachi?? π€ She is completely confused! π But her heart goes out for Robbie at his pain!! She walks over to him and stands behind him. She slowly extends her left hand and wraps it around his right elbow and says softly........"Robbie...."
She is interrupted by the procedure specialist who had walked upto Robbie and asks him..........."Aap ghaayal aadmi ke rishtedaar hai?"
Robbie turns and ignoring Kasturi says : Haan.
Hospital employee : Aapko inn kaagazon peh sign karnaa hogaa. Yeh FIR ke fax copies hai. Jab aap sign kar denge toh yeh official ho jaayega aur police inn saab ko (pointing at Anand) hiraasat mei le lenge.
Anand struggles to stay calm π² and Kasturi feels terrible for him! π She says to Robbie
Kasturi : Robbie, please.......ek baar socho.....
Kasturi π‘...........Robbie starts to warn her when this time, he is interrupted by the Doctor.
Doctor, looking for Devika : Iss patient ki wife kahaan hai?
Robbie quickly moves forward and says : Doctor, mei unkaa betaa hun. Mujh seh kahiye.......kya baat hai? Kaise hai woh? π
Doctor : He is out of danger. Acchi baat yeh hai ke unhe internal injury kuch nahi hui hai! But he had lost a lot of blood, jo abhi hum unhe chadha rahe hai. Lekin, important aur concern ki baat yeh hai ki unkaa spinal cord fracture hua hai, at the base......
Robbie stares at the Doctor shocked and deeply concerned! π² π Seeing his anxiety, the Doctor says
Doctor : Ghabraaiye nahi, sirf hairline fracture hua hai! But because it is his spinal cord, we have to be extremely careful! There are 95% chances of this healing on its own in 6-8 weeks. Agar 8 weeks ke baad bhi woh fracture heal nahi hotaa hai, then we will operate him to insert metal plates.
Robbie relaxes visibly and so does Kasturi!!
Robbie asks : Toh kya hum abhi unseh mil sakte hai?
Doctor says : In 10 minutes he will be transferred out of the ICU. Tab unseh mil lee jiyegaa. Aur uske baad I want to meet with you and your mother too.
Robbie thanks him profusely and he goes on his way.
While this is going on outside, Devika was being examined for any internal injuries. Her BP is checked and her wounds are cleaned and dressed. The process helps Devika to calm down a little but the biggest calming effect on her was Robbie's presence!! The moment she had set eyes on him, her fear and anxiety had reduced by 80%!!! Suddenly, she was more sure of the situation, the severe tension she was undergoing was controlled as soon as his strong voice had assured her that everything will be fine!! And she believed him!!! She believed that Puru will recover and that this horrible experience will be put behind them!
And yes it was a horrible experience, an experience that had also left her shocked at her own behavior!! π² π² She was shocked at her own aggressiveness! π² It was like something had snapped inside her!!! She realized that its was not this single instance that had caused so much reaction in her!!! Over the past few years, Devika had been struggling with an ever increasing frustration at the state of affairs of the current generation of kids and the disappearing values in them!! Being a teacher for high school students had exposed her to this change almost on a daily basis!! Devika had been teaching for 25 years but she had never seen such drastic erosion of values and culture as she has been seeing in the recent 3-4 years!!! π² π² π²
She was seeing a lot of easy money in the hands of kids, money which gave them freedom to do many wrongs! She was seeing kids loose respect for their teachers, parents and elders! Irresponsible parents who were too busy to even remember that they had children! Busy parents who had no time to monitor what their kids were upto or......into! There had been 4 teenage pregnancies in her classes over the few years, something that would have been unimaginable just 10 years ago! π²
It was not that all the kids were bad. There also were these highly impressive set of kids that were scaling heights of success in academics and sports! π π π There were kids who still treated there teachers as Gurus and there were parents who shared an unbreakable bond with their kids! But these kids were a dying race. π
This was the topic of discussion many a day in the school staff room!! That these discussions had been affecting her on a sub-conscious level........she had realized this today, when she let loose all her anger and angst π‘ π‘ and frustration on these two youngsters who had happened to cross her path today in such an extreme way!!! π€’
But........she was provoked! Anand's using such disgusting language had proved to be the final provacation!!! π€’ It had just pushed her over the brink and she had exploded!!!π² π²
"Maam...........Maam?".........hears Devika and snaps out of her thoughts! The nurse was calling her. Devika responds to the nurse who helps her get down from the high bed. Devika slowly walks out into the corridor. She sees Robbie and that girl seriously arguing near the window! π²
"Who is this girl??"..........thinks Devika. Robbie had called her something, she could not remember her name! But Robbie must know her very well......because Robbie never argued with strangers! π² If a stranger did something that Robbie did not like, he simply ignored them. But if anyone who is close to him, did something wrong then Robbie always made it a point to communicate with them and tell them the same.......and so Devika is surprised to see him arguing with Kasturi!! π² π² Devika slowly makes her way to them. Kasturi and Robbie are in such a heated argument that they do not observe her.
Robbie was demanding to know : Mujhe yeh samajh mei nahi aata ke tum uski tarafdaari kyun kar rahi ho?? π‘ π‘ Tumhe uski galti nazar nahi aati? Agar mere chachaji ko kuch ho jaata toh? π‘
Kasturi : Lekin hua toh nahi!!! Bhagwan ki krupaa seh woh theek toh hai!! Doctor neh kahaa hai na ke woh 6-8 weeks mei theek ho jaayenge......
Robbie interrupts her impatiently : Baat theek hone yaa naa hone ki nahi hai!!! Baat hai galti ki aur sazaa ki!!
Kasturi : Please Robbie! Ek baar meri baat samajhne ki koshish karo!!! Mei maanti hun Anand ki galti hai, laaparwaahi thi.......magar.....magar usse ek mauka doh! Please! Woh phsycologically utnaa stable nahi hai!!! Woh bahut hi sensitive hai.......
Robbie : Aur mere parivaar waalon ki sensitivities kaa kyaa? π‘ Were you not assaulting my mother's sensitivities when you were screaming at her??? π‘
Kasturi is frustrated and she says : She forced me too!!!! π‘ Why is this so difficult for you to understand???? π‘ π‘ She was behaving so unreasonable......in such an immature manner that I had to be very rude to her.......only to catch her attention.....
From the corner of her eye Kasturi catches Devika staring at her!!π² π² π² She stops talking and turns to look at Devika who was standing close by and was listening to this conversation! π² She had a very hard look in her eyes! There is an awkward silence between them! The situation was looking very bad!!! The whole thing comes across as if Kasturi was complaining against her to her son!! π€’ Kasturi shifts her weight from one leg to another uncomfortably. π
Robbie follows Kasturi's gaze and also sees his aunt. He quickly walks to her and asks if she was alright? Devika replies that she is fine and then turns to Robbie and asks him.........."Yeh kaun hai, Robbie? Won't you introduce her to me?"
Robbie could feel the slight edge in her voice and he is highly dejected!! π He cannot but feel the terrible burden of the bad impression that Kasturi had made on his aunt!!!
He says quietly : Yeh Kasturi Chawla hai, meri dost......aur mere boss ki.......
".....behen"........finishes Devika for him! π³ Robbie turns to look at the cold look in his aunt's eyes and is very disappointed!
Devika continues : Kasturi, mei tumseh milnaa chah rahi thi. I wanted to thank you! Tum neh chutki ki...........meraa matlab hai Divya ki jaan bachaayi, uss rescue operation mei!! Thank you very much!
Robbie is a little relieved to hear her say that and thinks that maybe the situation can be salvaged!!!
Kasturi moves towards Devika and says : Thank you ki koi zaroorat nahi hai aunty ji........
Devika interrupts : Zaroorat hai! Aur tumhaare iss ehsaan ke badle mei, mei tumhaare dost ke khilaaf apni complaint waapas leti hun!
Both Robbie and Kasturi look at her surprised! π²
Devika continues coldly : Mei kisi ke ehsaan ka bhoj apne kandhon peh nahi rakhti!!! Khaas karke paraaye logon ki, π‘ unn logon ki jo kabhi kabhi raaste mei mil jaate hai aur phir bichhad jaate hai!!
Both Kasturi and Robbie feel the deep sting of that statement!!! π² π² The tone of her voice and what she had said was ample indication that she did not wish to meet Kasturi again!! Kasturi is hurt! π She feels that such a strong remark and reaction was uncalled for! π And Robbie.....he feels that its best that Kasturi leave before any more more damage is done!!! π€’ His aunt was not in the right frame of mind and anything Kasturi said or did was only going to irritate her even more!!!
Robbie decides to change the topic and is about to say something when the nurse comes out and tells them that Puru has gained concsiousness and that they can now meet him!
Immediately Devika moves towards the room where Puru has been shifted and turning to Robbie says........."Robbie, Shaayad Kasturi aur uskaa dost ab jaana chahenge, unhe thodaa baahar tak chodh ke, jaldi aa jao!"
She does not even look at Kasturi and simply leaves!! Robbie and Kasturi stare after her and then they turn to look at each other. Kasturi could see the disappointment in Robbie's eyes and she gets angry! π‘ π‘ Why was he behaving like this whole thing was her mistake and like she had purposefully behaved rude!!! π‘ But Robbie was disappointed more with the unfortunate turn of events rather than with her!!! π But right now he was too flustered to explain that to her!! His uncle and aunt needed him!!! Kasturi also realizes that its best to converse after calming down and so she says to Robbie
Kasturi : Ab mei chalti hun Robbie.........Mei thodi der mei tumhe phone karti hun...."
Robbie cuts her curtly : Actually Kasturi, its better that I call you! Tum rehne doh, mauka dekhkar, mei tumhe phone karunga! π³
Kasturi stares at him for a moment π‘ and then angrily turns and walks to Anand and then taking him with her, she walks out without turning back to look at Robbie!!! ( π )