@Hospital
Kalpi is standing in front of Ganesha bappa's statue, folding her hands and praying for her father's safety... Vitthal is being taken to emergency ward for examination after the initial first aid given in the ambulance. Kalpi remembers his last words before getting unconscious... Forgive me Kalpi, so that I can die peacefully. I am really sorry my princ..."
Flashback
Kalpi is holding his hands and requesting him to stay awake... Doctors are cleaning his wounds... With great efforts he opens his eyes and looks at Kalpi.. In feeble voice he calls her...
"Baba... Baba !! Do u want to say something??" She asked worriedly with tears in her eyes.
Vitthal nods his head in affirmative but wasn't able to do it properly coz of the pain... With his hand he signals Kalpi to come closer... She bends herself so that she can hear whatever he is speaking...
"Forgive me Kalpi, so that I can die peacefully. I am really sorry my princ..." He gets unconscious without completing the word...
"Baba... please baba... wake up!! I am sorry. I forgave u... How can ur princess stays angry with u... Baba please.. u can't leave me. I do not want to be lonely again. I want my baba now... Stay strong baba... I won't let anything happen to u." Kalpi cried.
"Kalpana ji... Have patience. We need to take him to the hospital immediately." Said one of the attending doctor.
Flashback ends.
Tears were constantly flowing from her eyes... He throat was choked and she was not able to say a word to God.. She was just looking at God's idol helplessly as if saying him to understand her feelings without a word...
"Kalpi..." Came a voice from behind... She was so lost in her world that she dint hear... "Kalpi" someone screamed while shaking her body to get her out of the trance... She looks up and recognizes the person as Payal, her college friend.
"What r u doing here??" Payal asked worriedly.
Unable to speak properly, Kalpi signaled towards the emergency ward... and uttered "Ba.. baba" with great difficulty. She breaks down in her friends arms..
"Kalpi control urself... u need to be strong for ur Ayi... where is she???" Payal asked while looking around.
Kalpi realizes that she dint call Kamla or Pakya.. She searches for her cell but doesn't find it with her... Not able to remember where she kept it.
"I.. I dint in.. inform them. My mobile.. I.. I d.. do not know wh.. where it is." Kalpi stuttered.
Payal takes out her mobile and gives it to her to dial the number. Kalpi dials Pakya's number but due to numb mind and tension, she dosn't remember it.. Payal understand her dilemma and brings water to relax her. She consoles her and gives her some courage.. Finally Kalpi composes herself and dials Pakya's number.
"Hello.." Pakya said.
"Dada..." Kalpi cried.
"Kalpu... what happen?? Are u fine??"
"Dada... come to city hospital... baba...". Not able to speak further, she kneels down on floor... Payal wonders how to control him... unaware of the fact that Kalpi was blaming herself for her father's condition.
"Kalpu.. Kalpu..What happened to baba??" Asked Pakya, worriedly.
"Pakya... I m Kalpi's frn. Vitthal uncle is in hospital.. I do not know what happened as Kalpi is not in condition to tell anything.. Come here fast. " Payal said.
Pakya hangs the call and informs Kamla that they need to go to hospital... Kamla forces him to tell why but he lies that he don't know... Kalpi told them to come... On hearing Kalpi's name Kamla opposes to come as she doesn't have any relationship with her... Pakya yells at her and forces her to come.. Kamla gets scared on seeing Pakya's anger and follows him silently.
Payal makes Kalpi sit on the bench and asks nurse about Kalpi's father and what happened to her. Nurse informs her about the accident case and doctors are examining him... Doctor comes out of the examination room... Payal rushes towards him.. She drags Kalpi along with her.
"Kalpana ji... The case is not serious... I guess there is not internal injury... Just few fractures and stitches. We will get more clear view after some tests being done but I can assure u that it's nothing serious... He just got unconscious coz of injury and blood loss." Doctor informed Kalpi with a smile.
"Can I meet him?" Finally Kalpi asked. Little smile was clearly visible on her face which was still wet due to constant tears...
"Sure u can but let me do some tests first..U just take rest. Look at urself. Ur father is fine. Just trust me." Doctor tries to assure Kalpi.
Kalpi nods her head and hugs Payal while thanking her for the support. Pakya and Kamla arrives by then.. Pakya rushes towards Kalpi to ask about Vitthal, she had given some hint to Kamla on the way so that she doesn't get shock on hearing the truth. Kamla just hears their talks with tears in her eyes.
"Kalpi... where is baba?? How this happened??" Pakya asked while hugging Kalpi.
"Dada... he is fine. Doctor told me that there is nothing to worry. " Kalpi said while feeling relaxed in her brother's arms... Pakya always made her feel good and today she needed her brother's support.
Payal takes their leave as her mother in law is in the hospital too and she needs to go there. Kalpi thanks her once again.
"How these happen, Kalpi??" Pakya asks her.
"Baba came to meet me and while going back... Taxi was coming too fast." Kalpi said while remembering the horrible scene.
"I knew it... I knew it... U can never give happiness to us." Kamla said in anger.
"Ayi... Why r u yelling at Kalpi??" Pakya tried to intervene.
"Shut up Pakya... No need to interfere. This girl has never given us happiness... U kalpana... Giving birth to u was my biggest mistake... Just go away from here and dare u show me ur face..." Kamla said while pointing towards the exit door.
"Ayi... This time I won't let any injustice happen towards Kalpi. She has all the rights to stay here." Pakya opened his mouth for the first time to support his baby sister.
"Dada... This is hospital.. Do not create scene. He is my father and no one can snatch my right of staying here but just for his happiness and peace, I am going." She said while giving an angry glare to Kamla. "N please, call me to inform about baba and when he gets conscious... Tell him that his princess will come to meet him soon and she loves him. Please dada, do not forget to say this.It's really important." She added in a soft tone.
Pakya agrees and hugs her... She takes him to the side so that Kamla can't hear them further.
"Dada... This is my card. Please use it to pay the bills for medicines and tests... N do not worry, I will take care of baba... please shift him to personal ward and not general. I do not want to go but I have to..." She said sadly.
"Don't worry Kalpi... I am here. U go and take care... I know how much u love baba and ur swollen eyes are proof that u have cried a lot... Ur brother can read ur pain. I am sorry I was not there when u needed me but now ur brother is with u... So please do not stress urself." Pakya said lovingly while caressing her head.
Kalpi turns towards exit after giving one last look to the ward where Vitthal was kept... With lots of pain and disappointment, she takes a step but she felt as if her legs were frozen and heart heavy.. She reminds herself that she is leaving her father for his own peace and exits.
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Prem and Maria were standing outside a home with hope of getting fruitful result of their efforts.. Their journey of reaching there wasn't easy... It had several steps where they had to bow their add and give money to find this particular address... Firstly they had gone to RTO to get the Truck's detail and onwer's name... The clerk sat over there demanded a huge bribe which Prem objected but Maria handled the situation. But to their luck the owner purchased that truck 2 years back from a lady... prem requested him for lady's address but he gave it to them only after getting a huge sun as reward. Now they are just hoping that the home where they are standing is the final destination n not just another ladder towards it. Maria knocks the door... A lady wearing white salwar suit(with white dupatta covering her head)comes out...
"Sat sri akal... Whom do u want??" She asked amiably.
"Actually we are searching Mrs. Sarabjit Yashpal Singh." Maria replied politely.
"Yes.. I am Mrs. Singh... Tell me what is it??" She asked.
"Can we have some water first." Maria asked .
"Ohh yes.. I am so sorry. Please come in."
Prem and Maria enters their house.. it was neatly arranged and perfectly looked like home of some middle class family. Maria notices a big photo kept on the corner with a garland hanging around it.. She shows it to Prem.. Their faces fall on realizing that he is the same man who did the accident.
"I think we should leave.." Prem said disappointedly.
"We can talk to his wife... She can help us." Maria tried to not let him lose hopes.
"N what will we tell her.. that her husband was a murderer??"
"No.. but..."
Mrs. Singh arrives with water in her hand... Prem and Maya gulps it down in one sip.. Both of them were short of words and not knowing what to do now..
"So... What it is??" Mrs. Singh asked once again.
"Nothing... I think, we should just leave." Prem said hurriedly.
"No... MRs. Singh.. Do u know some Sahil Kapoor??" Maria asked hesitantly.
"Who r u??" MRs. Singh's tone was rude enough to tell that she knows something about it.
"I am prem... Prem Kapoor... Sahil Kapoor's son. My father was being murdered and I have a video clip of that accident. It wasn't just an accident but a truck driver killed him intentionally and the face of truck driver was clearly visible.I just want to know why he did it." Prem replied confidently. The thought of her knowing the truth gave him the required confidence.
"I do not know anything about it...U please leave." Mrs. Singh replied. Anyone can understand the tension in her tone.
"Ok... as u wish. I am just going to give that clip to cops. I dint want to malign ur husbands name but I guess I have no other choice." Saying so Prem turned to leave..
"Wait.. Please don't do this. It will affect my child." Mrs. Singh pleaded.
"Ok.. than tell me why ur husband did it." Prem asked while sitting back.
"It was that accident which ruined my life.. A girl gave him 10 lacs rupees for this work and in greed he agreed... I had no idea about this deal so I was not able to stop him... Next day I heard in news that a truck driver killed businessman Sahil Kapoor... The description of truck and driver was similar to my husband... I saw the blood stains on our truck and confronted him... He informed me about the deal and how he got 10 lacs rupees for it... After getting money, he stopped going for work and started drinking a lot... As a result his liver and kidneys got damaged.. All the money which came from sin got spent in his treatment but he died 3 years back.. Now m teaching in school and spending our life with dignity. God has already punished him for this deed but please do not punish us more... It will ruin my son's life." She said while folding her hands in front of them.
"Who was that girl??" Prem asked.. silently he was praying that she doesn't take Pakhi's name... Maria holds his hand to support him.. She can read his pain in his eyes and she too was praying to god to let Pakhi come out clean as she don't want Prem to get hurt again.
"Some... Pr..Priya.. no.. Pari...no.. Pooja... Some Kapoor... I do not know name... My husband told me but I just..." MRs. Singh said while trying hard to remember her name.
"Pakhi??" Prem closed his eyes after asking this.
"Yes.. Pakhi Kapoor... That was the name." Mrs. Singh replied. Prem tightens his grip around Maria's palm and doesn't utter a single word.. Saying he was deeply hurt would be an understatement.
"Are u sure??" Maria asked once again.
"Yes... 100%." Mrs. Singh replied.
"Ok thank u... U don't worry. We won't take ur husband's name anywhere." She assured Mrs. Singh and takes Prem out from there. She makes Prem sit in the passenger sit and drives the car without uttering a word... She knows that Prem needs some time to digest the fact though some where he was expecting it. To her surprise, there were no tears in his eyes but he was staring on the road blankly. After getting out of the place, she stops her car at the side and holds Prem's hands.
"R u fine, Prem??" She asked.
"Pakhi deserves punishment." he replied coldly.
"Prem.. how r u?? Look at me... U can share everything with me.." Maria forced him to speak.
"What do u expect me to say?? That I am hurt that my little sis killed my father... that I am hurt that the girl about whom I was protective was the most dangerous among all of us... Or should I say the girl whom I expected to be the most nave was the most cunning one... I do not know how to react.. how can a child kill her own dad?? How can a child make her mother mad?? Is she human?? " Prem screamed. "I just want justice for my parents and my best friend... MY all emotions for her died the moment I heard her name from that lady's mouth... I am feeling as if something inside me broke down and I will kill her if she dares to come in front of me." He added.
"Pem.. calm down. U won't do any such thing. Let's go home. Our daughter needs us." Maria said on realizing that talking about Pakhi will flare his anger and only Pari's innocence can calm him down.
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