Raman was shocked to hear this from ishita.he was looking at her with amazed expressions while she was looking at him crying.
Seeing him not reacting anything, she said -kya hua raman, aapko mujhpe bharosha nahi hai kya. Aap kuch bol kyun nahi rahe hai. She said only to get no reaction from Raman.
Ishita shaked him and said -raman, kuch toh boliye. She said little louder breaking his trance.
Raman -huh??
Ishita-kuch toh boliye raman.
Raman -kya keh rahi ho tum ishita, hamari shaadi hui thi bachpan mein.
Ishita nodded in yes.
Raman -toh mujhe kuch pata kyun nahi hai, tumne aaj tak mujhe kuch bataya kyun nahi, infact kisi ne bhi aaj tak mujhe kuch bataya kyun nahi. Actually mujhe kuch yaad kyun nahi. He was saying when they heard, main batata hoon.
Ishra turned and saw appa-amma standing there.
Appa -we came hearing ur voice aur achcha hi hua, hum aa gaye. Ab baat thi hi hai toh sab kuch saaf ho jaaye aaj.
Ishita went to appa and nodded in no.
Amma-ab bas kanna, let us handle this. U have gone through alot. Raman ko bhi pata hona chahiye yeh sab. Tumhara pati hone ke naate, usse sab pata hona chahiye.
Ishita -par amma, mummy ji.
Appa -we have to tell the truth to Raman, kanna. We can't always lie to him.
Raman -koi mujhe batayega ki kya ho raha hai, what situ is trying to hide. Situ please tell me, sach kya hai.
Appa -sach yeh hai kanna, that u and ishu got married when u were just five and she was three. Tum apne papa-mumma ke saath hamare ghar aaye the aur khel khel mein tumne ishu ki maang bhar di thi.bahut tamasha hua tha, meri behen ki shaadi tutne par aa gayi thi, so omi had to get u two marry. Meri ishu kanna tumhari dulhan ban gayi. After ur marriage, while returning delhi, u people met an accident and omi died in it. After his death bhabhi ji broke almost all relations with us. But we being believed in her and u always told ishita about her being married to u. Slowly time start passing and Ishita's belief on ur relationship got stronger and stronger. And when she turned nineteen, we went to ur house to tell u and bhabhi ji to take ishita home, but bhabhi ji threw us out insulting us saying that she and u don't believe in this marriage and as it was child marriage, we too couldn't do anything. He said making amma and ishita start crying those horrifying days while Raman was shocked to hear this.
Raman -maa ne aisa kaha, but why, mujhe toh pata hi nahi tha. Main toh tha hi nahi Indis mein. Main toh maasi ke ghar par tha.
Appa -we don't know unhe kya problem hai humse, but she never liked us. Unhe bas ishita ko tumhari zindagi se nikalna tha. Isliye hi unhone hume beizzat karke ghar se nikal diya. Hum bhi insulted hoke aa gaye and all the villagers decided to get ishita married again.he said making Raman shocked.
He turned to ishita and said -tum maan gayi shaadi ke liye, thoda saa bhi bharosha nahi tha naa apne raman par. He said with hurtful eyes.
Amma -aisa nahi hai kanna, she didn't agreed not couldn't deny also, so she attempted suicide. Usne khud ko maar daalne ki koshish ki toh. She said giving Raman another blow.
Raman -kya ,tum suicide. U r fine naa.
Ishita nodded and appa said -we saved her anyhow and she cried her heart saying she can't marry anyone else then u. But all the villagers were angry and wanted to get her marriage done at any cost, toh hum yahan aa gaye gaon chod kar. Ishita ko pura bharosha tha apne rishte par aur apne kanha par. Aur uska vishwas jeet gaya. Pehle hi din uski mulaqaat tumse ho gayi. Aur dheere dheere mulaqaat dosti mein badal gayi. Tumhe usse pyaar ho gaya, usse bhi tumse hua tha. But she never wanted to have any relationship with u kyunki woh apne pati, apne raman ko dhokha nahi de sakti thi. Sirf issliye she denied ur proposal when u have proposed her. Yeh shayad duniya ki pehli ladki hogi jisne tumhare liye tumhe hi mana kiya.
Raman heard this and remembered he never told his real name to Ishita. He sat on the couch and said -issliye Ishits ne mera proposal thukraya tha.
Amma -yes but she was very disturbed that day. Aadhi raat ko uth gayi thi aur phir puri raat tumhe dhoondha tha, tumhe nahi pata but humne dekha tha, woh puri tarah se shattered thi tumhe mana karne ke baad and at last reached u, jahan tumhari engagement ho rahi thi with Shagun. There she came to know ur real name but before she could react, she got fainted. Tumhe yaad hoga.
Raman -yes, I do remember. Toh situ ko pata chal gaya tha uss din sab, toh usne mujhe kuch bataya kyun nahi.he asked making them look at each other.
Raman -main kuch puch raha hoon, aap logon ne mujhe kyun nahi sach bataya??
Amma -kyunki tumhari maa nahi chahti thi ki tumne sach pata chale, she blackmailed ishu that if she told u the truth, she will kill herself. Issliye ishu bhi chup rahi aur hume bhi chup rehne ke liye kaha. She said making Raman shocked to no end. He wasn't able to believe that his mother played all this dirty games with him and ishita.
Appa told raman how toshiji kept the gun on her forehead and threatened ishita compelling her to stay silent.
Ishita and her parent were just looking at Raman for some reaction while he was just too shocked to react anything.
Ishita -kuch toh boliye raman. She said making Raman look at her. He just hold her hand and said -chalo mere saath. Saying so he took ishita out of the house. Her amma -appa too went behind them. He made her sit in the car, appa-amma too sat in the car and raman drove towards his house. Ishita tried to talk to him but he didn't said a word.
Udne Ki Aasha
Kumkum Bhagya
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