Part 12-She is Alive
At chawl:
After spending two restless nights on bed, this night has brought some soothing effect on Kalpi's heart. She was happy to see her pictures in Raghav's cell and she was sure that he loves her but was not accepting for some reason.
Kalpi(in her mind): Mr. Singhania, let's see what excuse you have this time, this time I will not let you go on with it easily, that's my promise to you.
~oOo~
At Singhania Mansion:
It was morning and Raghav has awaked and was having flashbacks of last night. He didn't remember what he has uttered but he remembered his kiss. He has given himself a look, like tired of himself then went to have a bath. When he came back, he searched for his cell and found it nowhere. He tried to call on his cell through his landline but it was coming switched off. Raghav called Sammy to ask him about it.
Sammy: (while yawning) Now what is it Raghav, do you have any rivalry with my sleep, from night to morning you are behind it.
Raghav: I don't have time for your silly questions, you dropped me home last night. Do you have any idea about my phone? I've searched in my home, nowhere it is.
Sammy: I don't have any idea, (with sarcastic smile) may be you have left it in your dear wife's embracement.
Raghav: Stop it.
And Raghav cut the call and got ready to go to chawl.
~oOo~
At Chawl:
Raghav entered in jadhav's house, where Vitthal was reading newspaper sitting on sofa and kamla was making tea and Kalpi was sitting on bed with pillow in her lap and employment column page of newspaper in her hand.
Kamla: Raghav baba, you and here, come! Come and sit.
Vitthal: Raghav baba, yes please come and sit.
Raghav: No! Actually I came here because my cell phone is missing, I thought, May be I forgot that here.
Vitthal: Here, it's been too long you came here last time, why you haven't tried to find it before.
Raghav was clueless , what to reply as he haven't met them last night as he was drunk , he has no idea, what to answer them, his eyes were moving in zig-zag motion to find an answer when they fallen on Kalpi's face who raised her brows and given him a naughty smile and made her chin rest on pillow. Raghav ignored Kalpi's grin.
Raghav: A..Actually, in my phone there were some important documents saved, and I need them now that's why searching for it now.
Vitthal and Kamla believed him and told him that they didn't have any idea about his phone and left the room by making excuses as they wanted to give him little space with Kalpi, as they were very well aware of Raghav's extreme love and care for her. When they left Raghav moved towards the bed.
Raghav: Do you have any idea if I left my cell phone last night here?
Kalpi: (with dramatic confused look)oh! So you were here last night, how and why, I don't remember. Tell me something about it, may be it will remind me.
Raghav at first was giving her continuous gaze then he rolled his eyes.
Raghav: Don't be so dramatic, I really have some important documents in my phone and I need them today.
Kalpi: So, what can I do about it?
Kalpi got up from her bed and came closer to Raghav and kept her arms around his neck.
Kalpi: Why I am feeling like you are making excuse to talk with me.
Raghav: (while looking at her arms around his neck with a smile on his face)I already told you, last night, I forgot my cell here and I need that. So you don't need to fly high.
Kalpi: And I already told you that I don't remember anything.
Kalpi naughtily grinned at him and removed her arms and was leaving from his left side but before that Raghav held her hand and pulled her again in front of him then pulled her closer through her waist. He moved his hand to remove hair from Kalpi's left cheek and then leaned and kissed her on that cheek. Kalpi's eyes have gone wider with that kiss and Raghav moved his face to look into her eyes.
Raghav: I think something like that has happened last night, hope it reminded you about last night, and you can remember if you have my phone.
Kalpi was still looking at him with her mouth hung open.
Raghav: (with a little loud pitch) My phone.
Kalpi: Huh!
Kalpi finally composed herself and moved from there to bring Raghav's cell. And forwarded her hand with his phone to him but before he caught it, Kalpi pulled her hand back.
Kalpi: Are you going to launch me as model.
Raghav: What?
Kalpi:Yes, your phone is full of my photos, may I know the reason?
Kalpi kept looking at Raghav's face which was full of shock and awkwardness.
Kalpi: (after a long silence) You can't deny Mr. Singhania that you love me, accept it.
Raghav: How dare you look into my phone.
Kalpi: Topic change not allowed, accept that you love me, what else can be the reason to keep my photos in your phone and only mine.
Raghav has no answers to her questions and he left from there in rush without taking his phone back. Kalpi was in unexplainable shock.
Kalpi(in her mind): What is his problem? He can kiss me and keep my photos in his phone but can't accept that he loves me, huh. Now, I have to go his home to return this phone of him.
~oOo~
At Singhania Mansion:
Next day Kalpi went to Singhania mansion, Guard let her in as he recogmised her as his mistress unaware of the family secret of Singhania and Jadhavs. Kalpi entered in Singhania mansion she felt some unknown familiarity with the surroundings. Finding no one around Kalpi went up to stairs in Raghav's room when Raghav was in washroom. The moment Kalpi entered in the room, her eyes gone wide in shock and confusion as the room was full of photo frames of her and Raghav. On the front top wall of bed there was hanging a big framed marriage picture of Raghav and Kalpi. Kalpi revolved at the center of room looking at the pictures all around on the walls. Kalpi was not able to believe her own eyes, she was blinking her eyes again and again to confirm that she was actually seeing the pictures of her marriage. Suddenly she turned her head towards door of washroom when she heard its sound. Raghav came outside the washroom, and the expression of shock and fear spread over his face. Without wasting a second Raghav came near Kalpi held her wrist and pulled her out of his room.
Raghav: (with anger) How dare you enter my room and who the hell let you in my house.
Kalpi: (ignored what he said) what was that? Those were marriage pictures right. I was there in those pictures, how is that possible?
Raghav: Leave my house right now.
Kalpi: What you are hiding? What you are covering up for? Tell me the truth.
Raghav: There is nothing.
Kalpi: (interrupting in middle) Do not lie. (While taking Raghav's hand on her head) swear on me, that you will not lie.
Raghav kept looking at her for a while without any word, drinking all her questions, arose in her eyes, through his eyes. Finally he lost all his strength of holding the truth in his heart. He removed his hand off Kalpi's head and closed his eyes for a while took a deep breath.
Raghav: What you have seen in those pictures is the truth. Truth! That you forgot.
Kalpi: You mean we are married and I am your wife.
Raghav: Yes, this is what I mean.
Kalpi: Then why everyone was hiding this truth and why you don't want to accept me as your wife. Why you said, "you don't love me".
Raghav has answers for all her questions but he was unable to bring those answers on his mouth. He was not responding to her any question instead he turned to opposite side to ignore her gaze. Kalpi was confused with his behavior and but she was rooted on her decision that she will not let it go till she get all the answers. So, Kalpi held Raghav at his elbow and pulled him to make him turn and face her.
Kalpi: Why you are doing this to me? On one side you are accepting that I am your wife and on other side you are not giving me any reason for doing all this drama. Everyone was lying, my aayi, baba and dada, everyone. Everything around me was a lie and you all were cheating on me.
Kalpi was holding Raghav's collar while saying all this, she was in tears. Kalpi slightly pushed Raghav far from her who was still silent with all his strength and tears started rolling down her cheeks.
Kalpi: (while sniffing) I was unwanted, isn't it. You all never told me truth because you never wanted to live with me, and when I lost my memory it became easy for you to leave me forever.
Raghav came forward and cupped her face, cleared her tears.
Raghav: No, you are getting me wrong, it's not like that. You are the best thing ever happened in my life. I have kept secrets from you because I never wanted to lose you.
Kalpi: What does it mean?
Raghav held her wrist and dragged her into his room and moved towards the drawer and opened it. He picked up the photo album from the drawer and turned over it's pages to look for anjali's photo. When Raghav got the news of Anjali's death he was not able to enter his house because it was full of anjali's photos on the walls but then Sammy removed all the pictures of Anjali from the wall and now only that photo album had Anjali's photo.
Raghav: (pointing at anjali's photo) you remember who is she?
Kalpi: She..
Raghav: (interrupting in middle) You don't remember I know. She is our daughter, Anjali. That accident in which you lost your memory, you were not only one who lost anything. In that accident we lost my mom, and our daughter, forever. They are no more in this world.
Kalpi was looking dumbly at Raghav, the truth was a shock for her. A few moments before she was only Kalpana Vithal Jadhav, and then she became Kalpana Raghav Singhania and now she was mother of a girl, who her husband thinks died but she knew that their daughter was alive. Kalpi had no idea how to react when she has so many beautiful relations but she was not having single memory of these beautiful relations. She silently left Raghav's house without turning, without uttering a word she kept walking, in which direction, she herself had no idea. Raghav waited for her to turn but when she didn't he started following her. Kalpi was crossing road, Raghav could see that she had no sense he called her many times but she didn't listen. When Kalpi listened she turned and collided with a Car and lost her consciousness on the spot.
~oOo~
At Hospital:
Kalpi was on hospital bed with a wick on her forehead. Kamla was sitting on a stool beside bed while Raghav was standing on the door standing with support of wall through his shoulder. When Kalpi opened her eyes, the first word that escaped her mouth was Raghav. Raghav left the wall and unfolded his arms and waited for another reaction from Kalpi. Kalpi looked around her then she got up from bed, her eyes filled with unshed tears when she looked at Raghav. She left the bed and slowly moved towards Raghav and Raghav also walked slowly towards her. When she reached him she moved fingers of her both hands on his forehead keeping his hairs aside, she cupped his face, while Raghav was looking at her with all his love stopped in his eyes in form of tears. Kalpi exclaimed Raghav with deep breath. Kalpi closed her eyes and made her forehead rest on Raghav's forehead, Raghav also closed his eyes. They did nothing else than letting their tears flow down through their eyes, with smile playing on their lips. After few minutes they parted and Kalpi punched a softly Raghav with her tiny fist on his shoulder.
Kalpi: How dare you keep me away from you?
Raghav: (while nodding pulled Kalpi into a hug) I was helpless. I didn't
have guts to tell you about our daughter.
Kalpi: (while breaking the hug) Anji! She is alive.
Raghav: (shockingly) No she is not. She is no more.
Kalpi: (interrupting) No! I am telling you she is alive. I have seen her with my own eyes.
And then Kalpi started explaining the accident and her encounter with Anjali. But fate had some other plans because Prem was there hearing all their conversation from behind the door. Prem was there in hospital to take medical reports of Neetu, and when he has seen Raghav and Kamla there he stayed there to see what was going on with them. Prem was tensed to hear that finally Raghav knows that his daughter was alive but he has a evil smirk on his face because finally he knew where was Anjali and without wasting a second, he left the hospital to reach the Anjali first before anyone else reach there. While driving Prem called Sahil. Sahil was at Pakhi's residence and he was not near his phone when Prem called, instead Pakhi picked up the call of Prem. Prem without having any idea who is on other side of phone started spitting everything out.
Prem: Dad, I have some good news. Now I know where has been Anjali gone, the daughter of our enemy. You know that bloody chawl girl has gained her memory back and everyone knows that her daughter is alive. Every plan of ours, to destroy that Singhania has been ruined now. I am heading for their daughter and I will make sure they never get their daughter back.
Pakhi cut the call without saying anything and Prem was confused that why his father has given no response, so he called Neetu and told her everything what he told his father. On other hand Pakhi was shocked after hearing the reality of her family.
Raghav and Kalpi left the hospital in Raghav's Car and headed towards the street where Kalpi met her daughter.
Note: All ur valuable comments r invited. I m really sorry for the late updt bt hope the length of updt is enough to pacify u all😉. Now only last part is left get ready for roller coaster ride of RagNa romance in my last part. And hope this part is not boring, as it was a discontinued writing piece.