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...And so the pendulum has started its return swing. And in doing so has white-washed Viplav just that little less black than Dhani had painted him.
His words had incriminated him further to Dhaani that morning, fraying her hold over her temper so that she'd run up to the terrace to confront him. Of course, she hadn't believed his explanation, had broken the Shagun ka pot, and swivelled to stride away, her head high with righteousness. Only to fall unceremoniously right over the terrace wall to grave injury if not certain death.
And she would have hurt much more than her pride but for Viplav's extraordinary act, so completely out of character surely. After all, why would a villain as black as she had painted him put his own life in danger to save hers?
"Hold me tight!" He urged her. "Why?" She challenged him. After all he must have some nefarious purpose in mind.
"Because otherwise you'll fall." Dangling precariously by a fistful of his t-shirt clutched like vice in one hand, even she couldn't deny the logic of that request.
"Don't look down." He told her. And so of course she did, and learnt very quickly that she'd have been better off trusting in him.
It was that returning trust that had her unashamedly clinging to him, burrowing into him, drawing strength and comfort from him for the long moments that Viplav stood between her and death.
Or perhaps that trust had never completely died at all, just been buried under the shovelsful of mud that she had slung at him. And was now rapidly re-emerging in her hour of need. Because he was there for her, at great risk. And she certainly didn't prefer death to the dishonor of his hold or hesitate to trust him with her life.
That one act of heroism wiped some of the blackness off Viplav's image. If after saving her life because of Tripurari's machinations he was not quite the knight in shining armour, then because of Dadi's heartfelt words, neither was he the black-hearted villain.
From the precap it is clear that Viplav will further win back Dhaani's trust by yet again saving her life. And this time the mud will stick on Tripurari.
Will Dhaani realise that Tripurari is the real villain?
Perhaps the more crucial question is: will Viplav's feelings for Dhaani be coloured by her returning his wedding gift, so that it is now his turn to hate her for the pain he is being subject to at her hands? Is it now Viplav's turn to paint her black? Is the pendulum swinging back for Dhaani too?
Udne Ki Aasha
Anupamaa
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