CHAPTER 3
AT ARORA HOUSE ... IT WAS QUITE CLUMSY MORNING FOR THEM ... SPECIALLY TO PRAGYA SHE DIN'T SLEEP THE WHOLE NIGHT ... GOING TO MEHRA MANSION AFTER HER MAA'S DEATH WAS THE LAST THING SHE WAS EXPECTING ... MOST OF ALL SHE FEARED TO TELL BULBUL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED 18 YEARS AGO ... BUT SHE PUT ASIDE ALL THIS THINGS AND LIGHTENED UP HER A MOOD A LITTLE AS HER MAA NEVER WANTED HER TO CRY AND WENT TO GIVE HER MEDICINE . LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT NOW NO MEDICINE COULD HELP
PRAGYA: [entered her maa's room] Maa uthiye ...[opening the curtains] Maa kya hua roz tho sabse pehle app uth ja thi hain na ...[she tried to move her maa a little to wake her up . then she felt her biggest nightmare coming true her maa's body was ice cold] . Bulbul...Janaki maasi... [she shouted on top of her voice]
BULBUL: Kya hua di ...[she was shocked to the scene before her]
PRAGYA: Bulbul maa [she started crying bitterly]
BULBUL: [went close to her maa and checked her breathing but she was not breathing ] maa aapko kuch nahi ho saktha [ started giving her cpr but no use ] maa please uthiye na [breaking into tears]
JANAKI: Behenji app hum saab ko chod ke nahi jaa sakti [crying ]
THEN SARLA'S PHONE WAS RINGING IT WAS RAJ . PRAGYA AND BULBUL WERE NOT IN A CONDITION TO ANSWER IT . JANAKI WIPED HER TEARS AND PICKED UP THE PHONE .
RAJ: Hello Bua ..
JANAKI: Raj putar mein janaki bol rahi hoon [ in between her tears]
RAJ: [noticing her sadness in her voice ] Ji aap... waha sab theek hain na
JANAKI : [trying hard to control her her tears] Beta sarla behenji hum sabko chod ke cheligayi [breking into tears]
RAJ: kya ...[Shocked and dropped the phone ]
AT MEHRA MANSION . ABHI HAD TO LEAVE FOR A CONCERT IN SOUTH AFRICA . ABHI DIN'T WANTED TO GO . BUT DADI FORCED HIM TO ATTEND IT . SO HE CAME TO DADI'S ROOM .
ABHI: [touching his dad's feet ] mein aata hoon dadi ... [was about to leave but was stopped to his raj bhai entering the room with tears ]
DADI : [shocked to see raj in that state ] Raj putar kya hua ...
RAJ : [wiping his tears] Dadi woh ... sa..r..la ... sarla bua ab iss duniya mein nahi rahi [ shedding some freshly formed tears]
DADI JUST COULD'T TAKE THE NEWS HER KNEES COULD'NT BEAR HER HER WEIGHT SHE JUST SAT ON THE BED WITH A THUD . AND FOR ABHI THE WORLD HAS JUST STOPPED MOVING .
DADI: Yeh sab kab hua ... [looking at raj] aur tum mein kaise pata chala
RAJ EXPLAINED WHOLE THING TO THEM AND ALSO TOLD THAT SARLA BUA TOOK A PROMISE NOT TO TELL ABOUT HER TO THE MEHRA'S
DADI JUST BROKE DOWN AND ABHI WAS TRYING HARD TO CONTROL HER AND HIMSELF
ABHI: Ab mein kahi nahi jaunga cheliyeh hm bua ke paas jathe hain
DADI : [wiped her tears ] Nahi abhi tum waha nahi aaoge ... tum apne concert mein jaoge ... Raj putar tu jaake sab ko baata dein ki hum sab sarla ke yaha ja rahein hain
RAJ LEFT TO INFORM EVERYBODY .
ABHI : Dadi please , mein waha jaana chahta hoon , aap mujhe rok nahi sakthi
DADI: Abhi tum apni bua aisi nahi dhek paoge please abhi tum toot jaoge ... agar tum hi toot jaoge tho sabko kaise sambhaloge beta , please meri baat manlo tum jao beta
ABHI: Par dadi please ...
DADI: [ took his hand ] Please beta mere liye ...
ABHI : theek hain dadi [ got up wiping his tears] aap yahin chahthi hain tho yahi sahi ... par mein iss keliye apne aap ko kabhi maaf nahin kar paounga
RAJ TOLD THIS NEWS TO HIS FATHER [Prakash mehra] PRAKASH COLD'NT BEAR THE NEWS
PRAKASH : Inthne dino baad meri behen ke baare kuch pata chalo toh kya ... us... uski maut ki khabar ... aur raj tune humein pehle kyun nahin bataya
RAJ : Woh bua ne maana kiya tha ...
DADI : Raj putar, mithali ... Prakash , varsha chalo ... humein sarla ke yaha jaana hain .
PRAKASH HUGGED HIS MOTHER AND CRIED . EVEN THOUGH VARSHA DIN'T SHARE A GOOD RELATION WITH SARLA WAS REALLY SHAKEN BY THIS NEWS .MITHALI DIN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT KNOWING THE THEIR FAMILY LOST SOME ONE REALLY PRECIOUS WAS QUIET. THEN ALIYAH ENTERED THE ROOM
ALIYAH : [shocked to see her tauji like this] Tauji kya hua ...aap aise ??
DADI: Aliyah hum bahar ja rahe ... tum yahi ruko ... ghar mein aur bunty aur bubly kya dhyan rako .[ Raj and mithali's children]
ALIYAH: [understanding the situation she did not question her dadi further ] ji dadi
AND ALL OF THEM LEFT
WHILE ABHI , AAKASH AND PURAB LEFT FOR SOUTH AFRICA FOR CONCERT . ALL THE TIME ABHI REGRETTED NOT BEING NEAR HIS BUA. WHILE PURAB AND AAKASH HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY .
AT ARORA HOUSE . PRAGYA JUST COULD'T TAKE TAKE IT . SHE WAS NUMB . SHE DIN'T EXPECT THIS . SHE WAS BROKEN . BUT SHE GATHERED THE COURAGE AS SHE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF BULBUL . SHE PUT HERSELF BACK AND WENT NEAR BULBUL WHO WAS CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY . SHE THEN SAW HER NANI AND REST OF MEHRA'S COMING .
DADI: [quickly recognised pragya and went near her ] Pragya meri bachi ... [hugged her ]
PRAGYA : [shocked to see her nani after so many years] Nani aap yaha ... [hugged her back]
DADI: [wiping pragya's tears ] kaisi ho mari bachi ... sab theek ho jayega ... [she then shifted her gaze to bulbul who looking at them confusedly ] . Bulbul ?? [questioned to pragya]
PRAGYA NODDED HER HEAD IN AGREEMENT . DADI WENT TO BULBUL AND HUGGED HER . BULBUL ALSO HUGGED HER BACK BUT WAS CONFUSED . BUT SHE REALLY FELT AN AFFECTION IN HER HUG . JANAKI WHO WITNESSED ALL THIS WAS A LITTLE HAPPY THAT FINALLY PRAGYA AND BULBUL GOT THEIR FAMILY . LATER ALL THE RITUALS WERE COMPLETED AND IT WAS EVENING . DADI DECIDED TO TALK TO PRAGYA TO TAKE THEM HOME WITH THEM .PRAGYA WAS WITH BULBUL IN HER ROOM AND BOTH WERE SHEDDING SILENT TEARS AND REMINISCING THE MOMENTS SPENT WITH THEIR MAA . DADI ENTERED THE ROOM
DADI: Pragya , sarla ne mujhe phone kiya tha , woh chahthi thi ki uske jane ke baad tum dono hamare saath raho .
PRAGYA: Ji nani maa ne humse bhi kaha tha ... lekin
DADI: Lekin kya beta ... tune abhi bhi uss din keliye humein maaf nahin kiya hain ?
PRAGYA: Nahin nani ... aisi baat nahin ... mein ne kabhi bhi uss din ke liye aap logon ko doshi nahi maana hain
DADI : Toh humare saath chalna beta
PRAGYA: Nani humein thoda waqt chahiye [ looking around the house ] akhir iss ghar mein maa ki bohot sare yaadein hain ... iss ghar ko chodke jaana humare liye easy nahin hain ... aur mujhe bulbul ko bhi samjhana hoga .
DADI: Mein samjhthi hoon beta ... aaj se 3 din baad hamare ghar mein sarla ke shanthi ke liye ek pooja hoga ... mujhe khushi hogi agar tum log tab tak ajaoge toh .
PRAGYA: Ji nani ...
THEN THE MEHRA'S LEFT TO THEIR HOME . WHEN PRAGYA CLOSED THE DOOR AND TURNED BACK ONLY TO SEE BULBUL STANDING THERE TO THROW LOT OF QUESTIONS AT HER .
BULBUL : Di yeh log kuan the ... tum unhe nani kyun keh rahi thi ...
PRAGYA : kunki woh humari nani hain ...
BULBUL : Humari nani ??? ... lekin yeh log ab tak kaha the ...
PRAGYA : Bulbul iss waqt tere sawalon ke jawab anhin hain mere paas ... waqt aane par mein tumhe sab kuch bata doongi ... abhi hume 3 din baad unke yaha jaaka rehna hain .
BULBUL: Par kyun diii mein yaha se kahin nahin jaoungi ...
PRAGYA : [holding bulbul by her shoulders ] Bulbul ... tujhe mujh pe barosa hain na ?
BULBUL: Haan di ... par [ was cut by pragya]
PRAGYA : Tho bas hum ab unke saath hi rahenge ... yeh maa ki last wish thi bulbul please ...
BULBUL: Jaise aap theek samje di .
PRAGYA GAVE A FAINT SMILE TO BULBUL AND WENT TO HER ROOM .
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Edited by sparky03 - 10 years ago
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