Hi Guys! Okay one more serious OS.😛
You know I was thinking, it wouldnt make sense for the CV's to reveal all the villains together (Aaliya, Tanu and Mithali), how will the future tracks roll without them? I have a feeling Abhi will realize the wedding needs to be stopped without finding out the truth behind these three witches.😕😕 Mithali might just be exposed but not Aaliya or Tanu for sure!😡 So in this OS I tried to show a similar situation, where no one is caught but the track comes to an end! How? Well read on...and please please do leave your lovely comments on my work! 😳
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Abhi was standing in his balcony, hunched onto the railing and looking up looking at the moon. He was still wearing that chic black suit with the blood red tie. Only now, the tie is loosened around his neck. The wedding ceremony is successfully over. She was finally married to him, the love of her life and he couldn't have been happier.
Flashback begins..
She stood there shocked and rooted to the ground when Abhi called her. She looked at Abhi like he was playing a bad joke on her. But when Abhi went and held her hand and pulled her to the mandap along with the love of her life, it is only then she started believing that it was truly happening. Her eyes searched for her mother and sister, both of whom were standing there numbed. She looked at Abhi one last time before getting up on the mandap with her beloved.
"Are you serious?" she asked, with tears in her eyes.
"Absolutely" replied Abhi with a sad smile.
Then Abhi turned to him, "What are you waiting for? This is all that you've wanted right? Hiding from us all, meeting her without our knowledge? Go on now! Take responsibility of your action!"
He had tears in his eyes. Abhi could tell it was gratitude. He silently hugged Abhi and went to sit in the mandap. As they both settled down to seal the deal and begin life afresh as man and wife, Aaliya screamed from behind.
"What the hell bhai? What do you think you're doing?"
"People who love us, always finds a way of coming back to our lives Aaliya. If they don't return, take the hint, and move on." Replied Abhi calmly.
"But bhai------"
"Aaliya you have tried your best, but Purab never came back to you. Your plot could successfully keep him away from Bulbul, but never could it bring him back to you. Purab chose to die rather than come back to you. Isn't that reason enough to accept his and Bulbul's love for each other? It is decided, Bulbul and Purab will get married tonight, right here in this mandap"
Flashback ends..
Pragya must be with daasi right now, with daasi trying to pacify her. She seemed so close to crumpling down to pieces when he saw her last. Her memory brought a lump in his throat that he couldn't swallow. Had he not overheard Aakash and Rachna's heated argument moments before Suresh was about to put the mangalsutra' around her neck, he would have regretted his deed for the rest of eternity.
"Aakash you and your family will never be at peace for ruining peoples life for their own benefit" hissed Rachna as Pragya and Suresh sat down in the mandap and the priest started chanting his prayers.
"See Rachna, I agree that Abhi wasn't right in divorcing bhabi like this, but since that is already done now, the next best way to sort Pragya bhabi's life was to get her married to him. I know she doesn't love your brother, but at least he is her friend, he can take care of her and most importantly, even if the MMS goes viral now, it won't hamper her life. And who knows, they might just fall in love eventually"
"Aakash, whatever may happen, they will never fall in love"
"How can you say so Rachna?"
"Aakash did you know Pragya di was engaged to bhaiya at one point and they had called off their engagement?"
Abhi's heart skipped a beat. Chashmish was actually engaged to this double battery? And what more? Their engagement broke? He stood closer to Aakash and Rachna to hear clearly over the noise around the mandap. The priest was now offering flowers in the holy wedding fire as Suresh and Pragya sat there like stones.
"Rachna, why had they called off their engagement?" asked Aakash curiously.
"Wow, now you people have the sense to ask! Now when you can't back out. Well if you must know, Pragya di had come to know that bhaiya never loved her in the first place. He in fact always loved Bulbul. Even my bhaiya was nothing more than a narrow minded male when it came to his choice for girls. He never noticed Pragya di's beautiful soul before Bulbul's pretty face. But due to misunderstandings, they got engaged. How do you think she must have felt, after realizing that the man she was about to commit to for life, didn't love her, in fact he loved her sister. Hence she called off the wedding. And look at her fate, she has come back to the same place, she is now forcefully being married to the man who loves her sister. Can there be a hell worse than her life? And you think they will fall in love!"
Abhi stood there petrified as realization dawned on him. It felt like an irony that when he tried saving chashmish earlier this evening when he thought she was about to commit suicide - she was actually choosing life. Sitting here in this mandap marrying the man who loves his sister is suicide, and chashmish was committing it silently before all. Was it even suicide? No it was murder - she never wanted to do this, he, Abhi forced her - he was murdering her.
Abhi took a step towards the mandap, and heard the priest asking Suresh to put the sindoor' on Pragya's forehead and the mangalsutra' around her neck. This had to stop right here thought Abhi. He couldn't force chashmish to marry the man who loves her sister. Not even to save her reputation should she take this step. It would seal her fate with eternal doom. He couldn't let that happen.
"Stop right there Suresh!" exclaimed Abhi without thinking as he saw Suresh extend his hand towards Pragya's forehead with the sindoor in his hand. Suresh stopped, and slowly everyone turned to look at him.
"Alright this wedding is cancelled! Guests, do enjoy your dinner and please remember to take back the gifts you've brought. And for now please proceed to the dinner area, we need no one here at the mandap. Thanks" Abhi finished.
"Bhai what on earth are you saying?" exclaimed a confused Aaliya.
"Abhi, what kind of a joke is this?" flashed Suresh and Tanu nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Suresh's voice was the last thing Abhi wanted to hear. He jumped up on the mandap and pulled Suresh up by the collar and pulled him out of the mandap, leaving a flabbergasted chashmish behind. Abhi pulled Suresh by the collar of his sherwani and pushed him to a nearby room and locked the door behind them.
"How dare you?" boomed Abhi's voice.
"Isn't this what you wanted?" asked Suresh confused.
"How dare you destroy chashmish's life like this? You love Bulbul and you were going to marry Pragya and put her under the wheel for life? What did you think? Bulbul with her pretty face will look nice beside you? Arre have you ever seen your own face in the mirror you double battery single power! Why only Bulbul? No girl in her sane mind would want to marry you! But chashmish did! You should have been grateful, but no! You thought you deserve better! How did you overlook how beautiful a heart chashmish has? You couldn't see beyond the superficial face could you? And at my forcing, you agreed huh? You agreed to ruin her life? What did you think? Now that you're sure Bulbul won't be your's might as well go back to the only option you had! But mind you, Pragya isn't on sale! Get the hell out of this house before I break your neck" screamed Abhi.
Suresh stood there calmly. For the first time in the entire evening, he was feeling at ease. When he spoke, he spoke gently. "Abhi, I am amazed. If Pragya is as amazing as you claim she is, then why did you leave her? And liking someone for her exterior? Am I the only one here? Aren't you a birdie of the same flock? How else do you justify your love for Tanu, even after your marriage? Having told that Abhi, I am glad that you at least recognize Pragya's positive traits! It a good place to start from. Take care of her Abhi." Having said that, Suresh walked out of his mansion.
Abhi walked out to a scandalized set of family members standing near the mandap.
"What? Show is over guys, go change into night clothes now!" he then turned around to see chashmish still sitting in the same place in the mandap, making no effort to move. She was still in shock. Abhi's insides curled in pain, seeing her state. He slowly walked to her and gently grabbed her by the shoulder and picked her up. She slowly looked at him in teary bloodshot eyes.
"Why didn't you tell me chashmish? That he never loved you?" asked Abhi softly.
Pragya stared at him for a very long time before replying, "Would you believe me if I told you?"
Her question was simple, but the impact of guilt it had on Abhi's heart was enormous. He walked Pragya to Sarla and made her stand with her. Sarla supported her daughter who was in no state to even stand, owing to the shock in the evening. He looked at the Arora's guiltily and saw hate for him in all their eyes. Suddenly he found a strong hand holding his shoulder, he turned to see Purab.
"Bhai, at least you didn't let the marriage happen. It is still less damage. Don't worry bhai, we will sort it."
Looking at Purab's concern and support Abhi felt thankful. Then he remembered the conversation of the evening, when Purab had confessed to him that he had attempted suicide for losing Bulbul. He felt another stab of guilt inside him. Had it not been sheer luck, his Purab wouldn't be standing before him right now. No, if not Pragya then at least Bulbul, he will redeem some of his wrongdoing towards the Arora's somehow. That is when he decided to get them married.
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Now that he was all alone in his balcony recalling the events of the day, a sudden realization struck him. In the heat of the moment when he heard Rachna and Aakash's exchange, he couldn't derive this with rationality. But now thinking of it, if Suresh never had any feelings for chashmish and chashmish knew Suresh loved his sister, then how could that MMS make any sense? Was there a chance that his chashmish was saying the truth all along? This whole fiasco was a lie? His heart started throbbing in a fast pace once again! Was all this done for nothing?
Abhi dashed downstairs to see if chashmish was still there by chance. But when he reached the hall, it was empty. Only Aaliya was sitting on a couch with a tilted head, staring at nothingness.
"Bhai, who are you looking for?"
"Aaliya, chashmish - chashmish, she is innocent. I just realized! I have to meet her - is she with daasi?"
"Why will she be with daasi bhai? She has left with her family" came a cold reply.
"Left? What the hell - why did she leave without telling me?"
"Who are you bhai? Why will she need to inform you?"
"Aaliya talk sense for once! Chashmish is my wife!"
"The word is was' bhai,- just the way Purab was mine - the tense is past - You and behenji are divorced now. It's all over for you and behenji too - just the way, thanks to you, all is over between Purab and me!" with that she gave her meanest smile to Abhi and walked out of the hall. Leaving a devasted Abhi on his knees, as he remembered his own quote from the evening "People who love us, always finds a way of coming back to our lives Aaliya"
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