Ok guys thanks to all your awesome feedback I was inspired to complete Neils POV as well. Again its long winded and boring...my problem is that once I start writing I start rambling! Then I'm too tired to go through it and edit it. So bear with me please! I tried to incorporate all of Neils mind voices throughout the jail track into what he tells avni.I loved that dream scene in hospital where neil tells avni why he did what he did. Unfortunately since that scene has happened I doubt that CVs will repeat it again and show a heart to heart talk in the show. I really wish that it had played out in reality rather than only as a dream sequence. So here goes my version...hope you like it. Looking forward to your feedback so please leave your comments!
Neil hugged Avni tight and held her as close to him as possible. Her words, her raw emotions in the letter had really touched his heart. He had so many things that he had wanted to say but now after reading her letter he was speechless. His girl had put her heart out on that paper and he knew that this was actually a show of her utmost love, devotion and faith in him. The girl who was so guarded, who didn't trust anyone, who would not open up and tell people whats in her heart had bared her soul to him. Neel had always wanted her to introspect and be less rash in her actions but he was realising with a heavy heart that now avni was in self depreciation mode. Her guilt was so overpowering that she was holding herself responsible for everything which was not fair. He wiped his own tears with the back of his hand and then pulled back and looked at avni. He wiped her tears away. HE held both her hands in his tight and just looked into her eyes for a few seconds.
Avni- thank you ki tum ne apna dil khol ke rakh diya hai. But tumhe bhi pata hai ki jo sab kuch hua us me sirf tumhaari galti nahi hai. Maine bhi bahut galtiyan ki hai...
Avni started to interrupt him but neel placed a hand on her mouth.
Neel- chup avni. Bilkul chup. Tumne already apni baat kah li hai. Ab meri baari hai.
I know why you reacted the way you did. I know that you feel guilty about your actions and I also keep telling you to think before you act, not to be reckless...but kahin na kahin I'm responsible for the state you were in that day. It was my fault that I brought chuhi home, my fault that I believed all her lies, my fault that she stayed with us for so long...my fault that I wasn't with you that day. I should have never left you alone...I underestimated vidyut. I didn't realize that he would kidnap mishti from police custody and that chuhi would run away. I should have been by your side, got to you sooner...if I was there vidyut wouldn't have been able to trap you! You went through so much emotional trauma with having my ex girlfriend show up claiming to have a love child with me and you handled it all so gracefully avni! Tum ne mujhse kabhi koi sawaal bhi nahi kiya...jab ki tumhe pura haq tha. You didn't ask me anything...my own family was disappointed in me, judging me. Neela ma had doubts about how it happened. But you... You just stood by me. But I failed you...I'm sorry!
Neel broke down in sobs. Avni said...neel please sambahalo apne aap ko. Its ok, its over. I don't need any explanation from you...I know ki tumne jaan bujh ke nahi kiya, nahi maine. Please tum khud ko blame mat karo neel. You did what you had to. Shh...
Neel- wiped his tears furiously and composed himself- nahi avni main aaj tumse sab kuch share karna chahta hoon. 6 mahine se ye saari baatein main tumhe batane k liye wait kiya hai, tumse maafi maange ke liye wait kiya hai.. please aaj mujhe sab kahlene do.
Your anger and resentment was not misplaced. I had forced you to react the way you did. You had repeatedly asked me if I trusted you, you were ready to give the lie detector test also to prove to me that you did not kill chuhi but I kept pushing you away. I didn't need a lie detector avni, I can see in your eyes when you are lying and when you arent. But I was trapped avni! I had no option! I knew that at that point jail was the safest place for you. I needed to keep you away from that vidyut while I worked on finding proof of your innocence. But what I didn't realise was how much of an evil mastermind that man was. It took me way longer than I had ever thought to find proof. Pata hai I had revisited the crime scene several times but vidyut had literally swept it clean. Neela ma aur maine uss din 2 shots ki awwaz suni thi that day- I knew one was probably fired by you because of the gun in your hand and the other vidyut had already admitted that he had fired at chuhi. But I couldn't find the second bullet or gun anywhere. Postmortem report main jo bullet ki details thi...usse it was difficult to tell if it was definitely from your gun or another gun of the same make. So even though the bullet itself and the range of the shot was not entirely fitting, that was not enough to get you out. I needed to find the second bullet and I found out from neela ma that you had shot ballu in self defence but ballu ko vidyut ne underground kar diya aur us ke footprints, uski gaadi ka namonishan hi mita diya from the crime scene. Unfortunately us din mere aur neela ma ki alava aur koi witness bhi nahi tha. Mishti was also missing. Neela ma is your mother so agar vo gavahi de bhi deti ki unhone vidyut ki gaadi dekhi thi no one would believe her unless we found proof. Main itna frustrate ho gaya tha. Pata hai Mujhe tab realise hua ki tum ananya verma kyun bani, ki tum ye illegal routes kyun chunti rahti ho. Beacusetumne iss system ko dekha hai, corrupt logon ke vajah se aur system ki loopholes ko exploit karke tumhe pahle bhi fasaya gaya tha. Main itna helpless tha...and I knew that the only way I could prove your innocence was to get vidyut to confess. For that I needed to attack him where it hurt. Tabhi ye poora Neo ka idea aaya mujhe. Tum se hi inspire hoke maine decide kiya ki vigilante route se hi mujhe kuch help milegi. If I attacked his businesses and forced him to make mistakes and find proof of his illegal activities I figured that I could interrogate him and that might be able to help get me somewhere. Plus I was so angry that I wanted to destroy him... I couldn't actually harm him physically so I did the next best thing! You know what the irony is...commissioner ne mujhe hi uske security ka zimma de diya. I was so pissed off! Main drugs se bhare uske trucks ko destroy karne ki koshish kar raha tha but mujhe hi usko escort karna pada. Uss din actually plan ye tha ki neela ma help karengi sab maal ko destroy karne main, but usi din khabar mili ki tumhe chot lagi hai aur phir jab ma jail aayi tumse milne tum kisi ko mili nahi! uss din tumne bhaagne ki koshish ki---aur pata hai kya us time tumne paani ka pipe kholke indirectly meri madad kardi thi. Kyunki uss paani se vidyut ka saara maal destroy hua! Great timing I must say wifey
Avni- Oh! That's why wahaan pe itni police presence thi. Main soch rahi thi ki itne log vahan kyun the...wait a minute..but tumhe kaise pata laga ki maine pipe khola?
Neel- Wifey dear, tumhaari presence main humesha jaan leta hoon. He winked and tapped her nose! Although I must admit ki tumne bahut acchi kahaani sunayi. Behosh hoke bathroom me girne ki. But pipe apne aap nahi khul sakta tha... maine investigate kiya aur vo surang ke andar maine tumhaare jail ke kapda ka tukda dekha jo vahaan pe fas gaya tha. Aur footprints bhi mile mujhe. Pipeline ki blueprints se mujhe yakeen hogaya because pipelines tumhaare jail tak jaate the. And mujhe bas instinctively laga ki aisi harkat meri biwi ke alaava koi nahi kar sakta hai! Afterall itna shaatir dimaag hai tumhaara and I knew ki tum 6 mahine chup baithi rahne vaali to nahi thi!
Avni- just pouted at him and folded her hands across her chest- so what was I supposed to do- just sit in jail for a crime I didn't commit? Aur tum mujhse milne bhi nahi aaye. I know ki arrest karte time you were under pressure, and time was ticking. But uske baad jab tumne dekh liya ki time lag raha hai toh why didn't you come and see me? Why didn't you tell me everything? Tumhe meri yaad nahi aayi kya?
Neel- pagal ladki, ofcourse aayi! Tumhaare bina Har ek pal maine kaise bitaya hia sirf main janta hoon. Kitna helpless tha main...khud se nafrat ho rahi thi. Mera ACP hone ka kya faayda. Main tumhe protect nahi kar paaya avni...I'm sorry. He had tears in his eyes. But I couldn't come see you...I couldn't face you and look into your eyes and see your anger and hurt. Meri himmat hi nahi hui avni, I know maine galat kiya but I kept thinking ki agar main tumhe bata deta vidyut ke bare main, us ke deal ke bare main toh tum pata nahi gusse main kya kar baith thi. .. I thought I was protecting you...I'm sorry avni. Please mujhe maaf karo. I cant even imagine ki kaisa lagta hoga jail main rahna. Tumne sahi kaha tha uss din...tum kisi resort ya summer camp main baith ke aaram nahi farma rahi thi, u were in Jail! I cant even imagine everything you had to go through because of my one decision...sorry and he broke down.
Avni- shh..neel nahi. She pulled him closer and wiped away his tears. Its ok, its done. I know ki tumhaare paas koi option nahi tha. Mujhe jail se takleef nahi thi. Takleef, hurt, gussa sab is baat se hui thi ki tumhe mujhpar bharosa nahi tha. Tumne uss din arrest karte time joh kaha, jaise kaha...I was broken neil. And I just assumed the worst of you because tum mujhse milne bhi nahi aaye. And jab finally aaye jail main mujhe bhaagne se rokne ke liye, tabhi bhi tumne jaise baat ki- I didn't know how to react. Ek pal laga that ki tumhe meri fikar hai, ki theres more to it, and dusre hi pal tum kuch aisa kahte ki mera dil phir se toot jaata...I know maine galat samjha but you know I'm stupid na! I'm sorry neel. And she held his hands and looked down defeatedly
Neel- cupped her face and looked at her- nope, meri wifey thodi tubelight zarur hai but sabse zyaada smart bhi hai. He chuckled. Main tumse jail me mila issliye tumne khud figure out kar liya ki there was more to the story. Vaise Tumne pata kaise lagaya ki main hi neo hoon?
Avni- voh maine tumhaara cabin main ek khufiya room hai- Vahan se escape karne ki koshish karte hue maine vidyut aur monica ko baat karte hue pakda. Then vidyut jail aaya tha voh pooja karvane. Uss time maine uski phone pe baat suni thi, about some import/export stuff and that red mitti vale dockyard k bare main. Phir tum uss din jab aaye toh maine tumhaare juton pe red mitti dekha, and jail ke ass pass to kaali mitti hai. tab mujhe doubt hua. Toh maine library main newspapers ko dekha aur neo ke attacks ke timeline aur tumhaare behaviour se mujhe pukka shak ho gaya tha ki tum neo ho sakte ho. And then confirm toh uss din...and as she thought about it her voice shook and tears started falling from her eyes again...
Neel- shh avni- kitna royegi. And hugged her close. He knew why she was shaken- her doubts were confirmed the day she had run from jail to save him from vidyuts men who had attacked him and buried him alive and she had saved his life, got him to hospital and eventually she had taken the fall for being neo as well. His wife was just remarkable! She had such a sharp mind! He still had questions about how the heck she had figured out where he was buried but he figured she was too emotional to answer all that now! He just hugged her close and said...avni, please yaar ab aur tears nahi. Tumne mujhe bacha liya. We are here now, together. Safe.
Avni- pulled back- haan that reminds me- maine dekha tumhe kaafi chot lagi hai. She went to unbutton his shirt- kahaan kahaan chot lagi hai? Tumne doctor ko dikhaya na. mujhe dekhne do, kuch serious toh nahi. She was bossing him and about to lift his shirt up when neel held her hand, stilling her movements
Neel- wifey, not bad, shirtless dekhna hai toh bata deti! And winked at her
Avni- looked away and blushed furiously- shut up neel. Main bas dekhna chahti thi ki zyaada chot toh nahi lagi hai.
Neel- arey wifey- I'm ok. Zyaada chot nahi hai. I'll be ok.dont worry.
Avni- pukka na?
Neel- haan baba. Pukka. Vaise yeh question mujhe bhi puchna chahiye. Maine dekha jub maine hug kiya toh tum thoda wince kar rahi thi. Tumhe bhi chotlagi hai kya
Avvni- mumbling- nahi zyaada kuch nahi- bus aise hi choti moti- nothing major
Neel- Avni! Phirse jhoot. Look at me- and he held her face tight and said- kaise lagi chot? Jahan tak doctor ne kahan tha tumhe sar par chot lagi thi aur uske alava tumhe vahan deewar ke peeche trapped hone ki vajah se saas ghut rahi thi...you shouldn't have any wounds on your body unless you were hurt. Please batao mujhe
Avni- neel please tum apni detective giri band karo. I was in jail. Vahaan pe choti moti chotein lagti rahti hai. Its not a big deal
Neel-getting little annoyed that wifey wasn't telling him the truth- what do you mean chotein lagti rahti hain? Tum mujhse kuch chupa rahi ho na?
Kya chupa rahi ho?
Avni- neel please tum tension lena band karo. Its just like yours..nothing major Theek hojayega, now I'm home. I'm with you. Saare ghaav thik ho jayenge.
Neel- pecked her forehead lovingly and embraced her- ok fine- But I know ki kuch hua hai jo tum nahi bata rahi ho. But I'll find out. For now I'll let it go.
Avni- spoke while she was still clinging to him- good. Anyway aage ki story we both know so aur koi explanation ki zarurat nahi hai.
They stood there just basking in each others embrace for a few minutes...when suddenly they heard lot of noise downstairs.
They broke apart and went downstairs to check the source of all the ruckus...
(to be continued...I am thinking of writing the next chapter about them having a pooja at home, belated new year celebrations and a party at home to celebrate- just happy family times! ;)J
Jhanak
