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final decision
whole house was decorated.pragya was dressed up in dulhan attire.
her eyes were filled with tears.she was looking at her mangalsutra
& kumkum on her forhead.
"wow chasmish!badi jaldi taiyaar ho gayi.aur ho bhi kyon nahi akhir
aj tum apne yaar ki hone jaa rahi ho hamesha ke liye."
pragya looked at abhi smirk.his cold voice was poking neeedles on her ears.
his burning gaze was throwing her soul in to fire.
but she had to do it.she had to protect the dignity of her love.
she knew if she would say no to this marriage,abhi would post
mms on internet.she could not see him destroying himself.
"abhi tak mere naam ka mangalsutra tumhare gale me kya kar raha hai.
kuch der baad waise bhi suresh ka mangalsutra tum pehne wali ho.
abhi tak ise utara kyon nahi.lao mai khud utar deta hu."
abhi lifted his hand to break her mangalsutra.
"nahiii..."pragya screamed.
"mai ise khud utarungi."she shoved his hand.
abhi was taken aback at her strong response.she clutched her
mangalsutra hard as if she did not want it to let go. her eyes were
filled with fear of separation.
"ye itna natak kyon kar rahi hai?"tanu rolled her eyes.
"kuch nahi ,behen ji jate waqt bhi apna aap ko pativrata dikhana chahti
hai"aaliya spoke up.
abhi left room in disappointment.aaliya & tanu laughed at pragya.
"o behenji,tumhari shadi thodi hi der me hone wali hai.ab to drama band karo"
aaliya yelled at her.
they left room.pragya crashed on her knees.
pandit started chanting mantras.purab & bulbul were helplessly looking at whole
process.suresh mother & pregnent sister were silently watching all.
suresh was missing.ppl started calling suresh name but he was nowhere to found.
"ye suresh kidhar reh gaya"bulbul called his phone.
"hello!"someone picked on other side.
"kahan ho tum.sab tumhara intezar kar rahe hai"
"mai suresh nahi uska friend ravi bol raha hu.kya aap bahar aa sakti hai"
bulbul felt strange.
she went outside along with purab.a man was standing outside.
"suresh kidhar hai"bulbul asked in surprise.
"ye suresh ji ne diya hai "ravi handed a CD to her.
"kya hai yeh?"purab & bulbul asked same time.
"pragya ji ko nirdosh sabit karne ka saboot.suresh ne mauka paa kar aaliya ji ka laptop
chura liya aur iska hardware decode karne mujhe diya tha taki deleted data recover ho sake.
maine original video recovered kar liya hai.suresh ne ise sabke samne chalane ko kaha hai."
everyone was busy in function inside.abhi was feeling uneasy.tanu & aaliya were
celebrating.suresh mother & sister were worried about him.
suddenly light went off.big led screen brighten up.
everyone got surprised.unedited version of mms was played on screen.
it shocked all.it showed Alliya & tanu detailed conversation & planning too.
abhi could not believe that his sister & lover both backstabbed him.
lights got on.pragya mother & dadi were relieved & happy.
abhi was angry.he looked at aaliya & tanu who were shivering with fear.
he took both of them in to room.
pragya saw whole thing.she felt herself free & relaxed.now no one could blame her.
"pragya ji mujhe aapse baat karni hai."she heard voice of ravi.
bulbul had told about him.
"aapko aur suresh ko kaise dhanyawaad kahoo meri samajh me nahi aa raha"
she folded her hands with choked voice.
"pragya ji ,suresh ki haalat bahut kharab hai.uska accident ho gaya hai.
mai ye baat unki maa aur behen se kaise kahoo samajh me nahi aa raha.
aapko nirdosh sabit karne ke chakkar me use sadak ke traffic ka khayaal na raha
aur hadsa ho gaya.mai uske peeche drive kar raha tha.usne behosh hone se pehle
mujhe kisi ko ye baat tab tak nahi batane kaha jab tak aap aur wo is gande ilzam se
bari na ho jaye.ab jab sab kuch thik ho gaya hai to pliz aap unki maa aur behen ko
ye baat bata de."
pragya whole body turned numb becoz of shock.
"what d hell! kyon dhoka diya tum dono ne mujhe?
maine tum logo itna pyaar kiya .itna bharaosa kiya lekin tum dono mujhe dhoka dete aaye"abhi screamed.
"bhai humne ye sab aapko us dramebaaz behenji se bachane ke liye kiya."aaliya
spoke up in shivering tone.
"shut UPPP..."abhi voice echoed in room like thunder enough to shake tanu & aaliya.
"inhe dosh kyon de raha hai abhi ?jab tu khud andho ki tarah inke har galat kaam
ka hissa bana raha"abhi heard dadi voice from behind.
dadi was on wheelchair.she was conscious.
"dadi??'all were surprised.
"haa aj mai hosh me hu aur mujhe sab maloom par gaya.afsos hai ki mai tum logo
ko achi parwarish nahi de payi."dadi voice choked with pain.
abhi tried to reach her.but dadi signalled him to stop.
"mujhe yahan se le chal"she spoke to dasidadi.
they left place.abhi broke down on his knees.
purab saw this.
"ab tu yahaan kyo aaya hai.tujhe bhi kuch sunana hai ki?"abi shouted.
"nahi..mai to bas tumhe sachai batane aaya hu is ummed me ki tum ise sach manoge.
pragya ne tumhe talaak aur doosri shaadi ke liye haa bus tumhare liye kaha tha.
wo tumhe badnaami se bachana chahti thi."
abhi was shocked.how could she loved him?even after humiliating her numerous times
how could not she hate him?
"sureshh..."suresh mother cried at hospital on his dead body.pragya was standing
like statue.suresh last words echoed in her ears
"maine..kar ..d..diya pragya..ab humare ...riste ko..koi gaali ...nahi
dega...koi nahi kahega..ki maine ...apni..dosti..ka fayda..uthaya..
maa..maine..sabit ..kar diya..ki apka beta..galat nahi hai..."
pragya looked at her image on mirror.
"aaj to bahut khush hogi tu pragya.dekh! aaj tak tere galat aur kamzor faislo
ke wajah se ek hasta khelta parivaar barbaad ho gaya.teri maa aur teri behen
hamesha teri wajah se rote reh gaye.kyon ban gayi tu itni swarthi.
tujhe sirf apna pyaar nazar aaya.kaisa pyaar tha yeh?kaisi shadi thi yeh?
jisne tujhse teri izzat chin li.teri khusiyaan chin li.lekin aaj teri kamjori
ne suresh ki jaan le li.uski kya galti thi.wo kyon teri kurbani ka hissa bana."
she cried.her decision had put suresh in to guilt.he had felt guilty to destroy
her life so he was all time tensed to get rid of his guilt.
just becoz she wanted to save her love abhi she put everyone at stake.
her family dignity,her self respect,her innocent friend & now result was
tragic.to prevent abhi from being hurt she hurted everyone including herself.
her image was rebuking at her.her mangalsutra & kumkum was mocking at her weakness.
she shivered.she removed her mangalsutra & threw it away.
she washed kumkum on her forehead but still reddish colour was visible as if reminding
her of blood of suresh.she washed it many times like maniac.
"pragyaa.."abhi was searching for her at hospital like crazy.
he wanted to ask her several question.he wanted to talk to her.
he heard about suresh death.he knew pragya would be hurt.he went outside to look for her
he saw from far pragya walking on side of road.
he ran to her & grabbed her hand.
"kaha thi tum?mai paglon ki tarah tumhe dhoondh raha tha"abhi shouted.
but next moment his words chocked in his mouth.
pragya emotionless face answered his question.her eyes were empty.
her mangalsutra & kumkum was missing.she looked like a stranger.
she silently removed his hand on her arm & walked away from him.abhi could not
utter a word.she approached to suresh mother & sister who were not in their senses.
she had completed all hospital formalities for taking suresh dead body & decided
to look after his family whole life.now she had decided to not to cry,not to beg
not to get weak again.she had erased her weakness,love ,obsession for abhi along
with memories.now she was strong pragya who had to take care of her & suresh family.
Veer Hanuman
Kumkum Bhagya
