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Khushi tries to contact Arnav but he keeps cutting the call. She continues on her mobile and the house
phone and he won't pick up. He is in the
car driving and pleads Khushi to stop calling.
It's almost like the last straw and he is teetering on the edge of
breaking. Anjali sees a worried Khushi
and tells her what is going on with Arnav because obviously she doesn't
know.
Anjali tells her it is their mother's birthday tomorrow, she would
have been 56 (a little too close to home for me) and she explains all the things they did such
as going to the orphanage, giving alms and clothes and then to the temple. Arnav never took part he always wanted to be
alone. Khushi asks wouldn't it be best
for him to be with family? Anjali
agrees. And she says he shares everything but his pain and this pain never
would he ever share it. Then she breaks
the news that Arnav is going to London today in three hours and Khushi's eyes
go wide, he never even told her.
Khushi is even surer now that even if he is in pain she must tell
him the truth. He must know her truth
before he leaves for London. She grabs
her wallet and runs to meet him. She
must convince him of her truth.
Shyam is going crazy looking for the papers and dismantles Arnav's
room.
On the way to the airport she insists that Shyam meets her to tell
Arnav the truth or he won't get the papers.
He is still searching the room when he hears Anjali coming. Straightening the room quickly, as Anjali
walks to the room she is thinking she should be with Khushi she must feel bad
that he left without telling her. I so
wanted Shyam to get caught! She enters the room and Shyam tells her he was
looking for a file. She wants to call
Chote but is distracted by Hari Praksh and Shyam is saved again. I honestly did not pay much attention to this
part because I despise him so.
Khushi is frantically awaiting her auto ride to complete at the
airport. She jumps out hands the driver
the money and goes without receiving her change.
Slowy but steadily Arnav is in line to go into the airport. He gives his entry ticket and sojourns in,
London waiting, with a forlorn look on his face. Not only is the next day his mother's
birthday but he is leaving with things so unsettled with his wife. He has so much distrust in his heart, such
confusion between love and hate and he wants to believe her but he just
can't. The frantic Khushi must see him
and speak to him, her eyes full of worry and fear that she won't get to him on
time. She is compelled as she pushes and
weaves in and out between other passengers to get to the front of the
line. The security officer asks for her
entry ticket and tells her where to go to get one. She races out and goes to the window and
finds her wallet empty, unable to purchase a ticket she left the change behind
at the auto driver. She runs back just
hoping she will see Arnav and maybe they will make an exception...but he won't
and she whispers his name,
"Arnavji..."
And he hears her, turning around, a gust of wind, a familiar
romantic lullaby Rabba Ve is heard in the BG, he sees his Khushi, hands on the
glass eyes brimmed with tears. His heart
stops, his lip slightly elevates just a hint of a smile, a relief she is here
and she opens her mouth breaking the spell,
"Arnavji, I must talk to you, just one minute I must tell you
something." His face changes into the
mask of no emotion, ah yes he remembers now,he doesn't want to hear it. He turns to leave and she dials his phone, he
dismisses the call as he is looking at her tear stained face. The doors of the
airport and his heart close on her once again. But Khushi is fighting for her
life, for her man and their relationship, her pride, her family, her honor, her
morals; she calls again and he places the phone up to his ear and she
frantically rattles what she wants to say but mentions Shyam's name and within
the instant the phone is removed from his ear like it is on fire and
CLICK...DISCONNECT. Disconnect from his heart and brain. He doesn't want to hear it and especially
anything about that snake jijaji. Khushi
in desperation repeats over and over as she is banging on the window,
"Arnavji, listen to me, one minute, listen to me, one minute!"
MY HEART IS WRENCHING, MY STOMACH CLENCHING IN PAIN FOR THESE TWO.
Sure I know he is leaving to film a movie, I know he has to go for
40 odd days and I am damn frustrated too, but leaving this way? My heart can't take it. I feel awful for Khushi and her pain and for
him for losing the opportunity to be happy in his relationship... trusting his
wife, but alas not to be.
She tries to bypass the guard as she yells out for him but is held
back as Arnavji walks away. Her
shoulders lift and as she lets her last breath out, for that is how it feels,
in all her despair she watches him walk away.
He walks as if all the weight of the world is on his shoulders and
slightly turns his head over his shoulder for a last glance of her but
doesn't.
She is calling to him not by words but by heart and he is straining
to listen.
Standing outside of the airport Khushi tries to recover, head down,
sniffling and she looks up and standing before her is her husband. Her eyes go wide. Thank Devi Maiiya!
"You didn't leave. You
stayed back?" she asks him.
He barks back, " You made me!" Hmm, compulsion? He has no words, seems a bit tongue-tied,
frustratingly a small shake of his head.
"Why are you doing this?" And she just lets it flow, "How could you
think this? How could you leave like this? Why would you think of Shyam with
me?" Just at the very mention of his
brother-in-laws name he closes his eyes, steam escaping from his ears. "I don't want to hear this," through gritted
teeth.
It must kill him inside thinking of his love in the arms of another
man. Kills him. Can't even think about it, it repulses him so
much.
She grabs his passport and ticket.
She begs him to stay one more minute to prove her innocence; someone is
coming. She calls asking where is
he? He is on his way..it's going to take
some time. Shyam time...snakewa. The truth will be revealed, she says. He tries to reach for the passport and she
begs him just a little more time, hiding it.
Here comes ASR, he steps forward, grabs her by the arm and then snatches
the passport away from her. It's time for his flight. She is begging him please and she tells him
she can't stand that he thinks about her this way, she can't stand it and he
counters with it is I who can't stand it.
He swallows hard..so much said in those few words. This is killing him just as much as it is
she. He leaves.
She is devastated. Standing
there all alone feeling defeated. He
thinks so poorly of her; she can't take it.
And then there he is again, standing in front of her giving her 10
minutes to prove herself innocent after that he's gone. He wants this!!! She shakes her head, a cloud of hope in the
air, and she makes a call. It's going to
take time, Shyam says as his auto has pulled up across the street. Snakewa!
Travelers are rushing pass Khushi to go inside airport and jostling
her about when he steps forward and cages her in with his arms and body. Up close and personal, protecting her from
outside forces. Seems like he cares
about his wife and it was quite touching to watch this hurt, angry man caring
so much. Her bloodshot eyes gaze into
his, as he is now the object of everyone's bumps. Yes, he cares Khushi, don't feel
defeated. She quietly says to him with
tear filled eyes she knows why she is leaving today if he only stays back...He
interrupts her with three minutes left.
A little uncomfortable and vulnerable perhaps this too much right now,
he doesn't want to deal with it all.
"Flight 0B359 for London..."it's time, too late. The 10 minutes are over, you asked and I gave
and it's done. I am leaving.
One more minute, one minute she goes to call and he yells Stop it
Khushi, stop it now!" No one will
come. He only waited, he holds his
breath gaining strength to tell her the truth.
He wanted her to prove her innocence!
He hoped for her not to be in the wrong!
He has told her this truth. He
cares for her!
Now tell me the truth Khushi no one was coming right he asks her
and her tears come again. Yeah, right he
says.
He starts to walk away she grabs him buy the shoulder begging for
him to listen to the truth. He asks her
why as he brushes her hand off his shoulder.
Oh these two, what a pair. They both want to tell each other truths
but both not really listening and saying anything.
"Why, Khushi?"
She answers, "Why? Because it makes a difference because it is you,
I wouldn't care if it was anybody else but you...if you go away like this I won't
be able to breathe..."
Looking into those tear filled eyes he wants so much to believe
her, he almost does. You can see his
yearning for her but his spell has been broken by an announcement calling for
him to come to the gate. Oh! Those eyes
say so much and so little when need be...he turns to leave her and she grabs hold
of his, hand.
She begs him don't go and he takes her hand away but Khushi holds
tight until her fingers can't grasp his hands anymore. Your going she asks him and he says yes he is
going and walks away. She runs after him
and is held back by the guards and he walks forward to his gate to catch his
flight. And there she stands holding the glass watching him leave, tears
rolling down and feeling defeated.
Every step he takes is a remembrance of their most intimate moments
(teri meri dance, Diwali moments, hospital hug, payal return, tangled fairy
lights, holi confession, Khushi's bed as she held his neck shirt so tight and
his Ranjha speech) of all the moments he supported her. He never let her feel
defeated. He was always there. He is Khushi's support. He knows this. He knows her. He knows her truth.
He stops and wonders why is it so hard to leave her?
Because truth is truth.
He turns, as if to go back to her and is stopped by a tap on his
shoulder.
"Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada?"
"Yes..."
Outside the plane lifts off and she watches grief stricken,
Meanwhile on board they are discussing the missing passenger.
Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada.
Defeated and Kidnapped?
Edited by cinthiann1758 - 9 years ago
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