Chapter 28
Mr Mehra was usually the first one to come to the office in the morning as he needed to prepare everything for the morning meeting and he always went straight to Mr Bajajās office. He did the same today and just as soon as he entered the door he closed the door and walked out and smiled to himself. The sound of the door opening and closing woke up Prerna and Rishab and they realised that they were late and in Mr Bajajās office.
āDid somebody come and saw us? Cleaning staff tha kya?ā Prerna
āNo mere office main bina puche sirf ek insaan aa sakta hain. You go and freshen up and I will clean this up.ā Rishab and Prerna rushed to the washroom.
Rishab took care of everything and then opened the door and called Mr Mehra.
āGood morning Mr Mehraā Rishab
āVery Good morning sir. It's ok I can come back later.ā Mr Mehra
āNo need as it is, we were going home to freshen up. How did the press take the inauguration and everything.ā Rishab
āBrilliant sir and better than expected. But it was not liked by someone and it is great that I met you here because I need to discuss some things with you and Mrs Bajaj.ā Mr Mehra and Just then Prerna came out
āGood morning Mr mehraā Prerna
āMr Mehra let us meet the girls and freshen up and then we can talkā Mr bajaj
āSir it is about them. About the custody battleā Mr Mehra
āI don't understand you said it would be simpleā Rishab and even Prerna was concerned now.
āIt was until I saw their witness listā Mr Mehra and he showed them both the list.
Mrs Naveen Chottopadhaya
Mrs Mohini Basu
Miss Mishka Ganguly
Mr Anurag Basu
Nitya Tiwari
And Rishab and Prerna were shocked. Prerna, feeling dizzy again, was about to fall when Rishab caught her and made her sit down.
āOk we are going home. You need restā Rishab
āShe was sick yesterday alsoā Mr Merha
āThen we are going to the doctor nowā Rishab
āMain theek hoon and this is not the time for thisā Prerna
āPrerna?ā Rishab
āPlease Mr bajaj. Mr Mehra how bad is it about to get? I want a clear answer now.ā Prerna
āVery bad they will bring both your past in it and try to prove things about your character and ā Mr Mehra and Prerna turned her head sideways. āMam I know you don't like to hear this but all these people hate you and they have got one chance to attack you both. They will use itā and Prerna hid her head in her hands.
āWe need to be prepared. Is baar to make sure that Kukki is fine Mr and Mrs Bajaj have to be prepared.ā Rishab nodded and Prerna nodded with him.
āMr Mehra start your preparation and find anything and everything you can on all these people in the list. We are going home to take some rest and we will discuss this in the evening. ā Rishab bajaj
āNothing about Mr Boseā Mr Mehra and Rishab didn't say anything and he and Prerna left from there. Prerna came and sat in the car and was sleepy again and a bit worried. Mr bajaj stopped near a scheduled area.
āHey are you ok? Sab theek ho jayega. Main hoon. I will take care of everything aur sirf main nahin hum dono milkar sab theek kar lenge. Woh hamari betiyan hain they are not going anwhereā Mr Bajaj
āMain jaanti hoon bas ek bechani se lag rahi hoon. Kuch acha nahin lag raha hain pata nahin kyun.ā Prerna
āI think we should go to the doctor first. Aapki tabiyat theek nahi hainā Mr bajaj
āNahin bas mujhe ghar le chaliye. Just take me home please.ā Prerna
āOkā Mr bajaj
They both came home and they went straight to Kukki and Sneha and both the girls jumped on them like they were seeing them. Even Prernaās mother was there. Mr bajaj touched her feet. Prerna's mother still had difficulty talking to him but she had accepted the fact that he made her daughter happy.
āKaise hain aap Rishab?ā Veena Ma
āMain bilkul theek hoon. Aap ko in dono ne jyada paresan to nahi kiya.ā Mr bajaj
āBilkul nahin balki hum logo ne bahut maza kiyaā Veena Maa and Kukki went and hugged her. āChaliye ab aap log aa gaye hain to main chalti hoon. Ghar pe sab wait kar rahin honge. Aap log apna dhyan rakhyega aur kisi cheez ki zaroorat hoon to mujhe bula lijiyega.ā Veena maa and she left from there. After sometime Kukki went to School and Sneha was playing with Saba. Even Prerna and Mr bajaj went to get some rest not that they weren't worried but the exhaustion took over and they only woke up during the afternoon. They were surprised and came down to find Kukki and Sneha playing with one another.
āAap log theek hain aap school se kab aayi aur aap logo main se kisine mujhe uthaya kyun nahin. Saba aapne bhi nahinā Prerna
āMaa maine mana kiya tha. I did sneak into your roomā Whispering "but you two slept so much like chotu babies that I didn't want to wake upā
āBad manners Snehaā Mr bajaj said and Kukki giggled.
āand I was there for Sneha so I let you sleep. Also.ā Kukki making sure his father cannot hear her āI heard Diya telling someone his father is better now and I am so happyā and Prerna hugged her
āWaise Mr Mehra called and said he will come home in the eveningā Kukki and went to play with Sneha. Suddenly Prerna and Mr bajaj went silent and looked at each other but Mr Bajaj gave Prerna a nod that all will be okay and she returned the same. Mr Mehra came in the evening and they were all discussing the case.
āMr mehra hamari witness list main kaun kaun hain?ā Mr bajaj
āSir mujhe nahin laga tha that Mr Bose will go this extent and I had thought that neutral witnesses will be more than enough to take care of everything
Mrs Dsouza -Kukki School Counsellot
Mr Tripathi -Kukki Teacher
Dr Nair - Kukkiās Doctor
Mr Nayanthani - Someone that knew them since Menaka and was close with both Mr Bose and Mr bajaj. His speaking in favor of Bajaj would have helped.
āIn sab ke alawa Mr bose ki Kukki ki life main prolonged absence would have been enough for this. But now the game has changedā Mr Mehra
āBut I don't understand what does this people will have to do with Kukkiā Prerna
āCome on Mam, I thought you were smart. These are not for Kukki, they are for your character assassin on the stand. They are trying to prove that you are not good people by character and so you are a bad influence on her.ā and Prerna was shocked.
āI know you are worried and I am not scared much about them. they all have past vendara against you. I can prove them wrong as witnesses but that is not what I am worried about.ā and prerna was confused.
āHe is worried about you being on the standā Mr bajaj
āLet's do an act. Main opposition ka lawyer hoon and I will ask you some questions.ā She asked Prerna to sit on the armchair and sat in front of her.
āAapka naam?ā Mr Mehra
āAap jante hainā Prerna
āSmall and Precise answers no matter that there is a big banner in the room displaying the answer. You answerā
āPrerna Sharma bajajā
āAap Kukki ki kya lagti hainā
āMotherā with a slightly high voice
āAt no moment you will show yourself as angryā Mr Mehra
āI am her motherā Perena
āYou mean she is your step daughter and you are her step motherā Mr mehra
Prerna looked straight into his eyes and sitting up straight said ā I am her mother and she is my daughterā she said in a calm and stern demeanor and then he went on to ask some questions about what Kukki likes or sometimes when Kukki was sick but she was not available or when grades were bad. She was calm all through out and Prerna was starting to relax when he asked
āNaveen Chattopadhayaā and Prerna sat up straight again āKaun hain Mrs Bajajā and Prerna didn't know what to answer.
āKya yeh sach nahin hain ki aapki unse shaadi honewali thi.ā Mr mehra
āHaan lekinā Prerna
āNo explanation. Small and Preciseā
āYesā Prerna
āApne se double age ke aadmi se shaadi karne ko aap taiyaar ho gayi. Family Pressure?ā
āJi aisa kuch nahin hain.ā Prerna
āThen??ā Mr Mehra
āMr Mehraā
āMam yahin hoga and they will not stop at this. Please let's try again. To the point small and diplomatic answer.ā
āAisa kuch nahin hain. Us waqt mujhe woh proposal theek laga so I accepted.ā Prerna
āTo phir shaadi kyun nahin ki aapneā Mr Mehra
āWe allā but she stopped, ā He turned out to be sex trafficker and police arrested him. Mujhe aur meri family ko shaadi wale din malum padaā
āOk it was your bad luck. I am glad that you were saved.ā
āMr Anurag Basu kaun hainā
āMr mehra?ā Prerna stood up straight and looked at Mr bajaj and was shocked to realize that Mr bajaj was calm.
āI don't get it in sab ka isse kya matlab hainā Prerna
āAnswer the question Mrs Bajaj. Be calm and answer the questionā Mr Mehra and it was not that Mr bajaj was not happy with this but he knew Custody battles can be ruthless and this was about to go even more than that.
āPlease Mam, Lets try againā Mr mehra and Prerna even if not able to understand anything decided to go with the flow.
āMere papa ka best friend ke beteā Prerna
āSirf papa ke friend ke bete.ā Mehra āisliye aap unke ghar unki wife banke claim karne gayiā Prerna as she knew this would come next was prepared.
āWoh ek plan maine aur Basu family ne mil kar banaya tha taki Komolika Cahubey ke reality expose kar sake.ā
āAur phir aapki aur Mr basu ki shaadi honewali thi lekin phir aapne Mr bajaj se shaadi kar li kyun? ā and Prerna went silent again.
āMam answer the question. Pleaseā Mr Mehra
āMr Basu aur mere beech bahut sare issues the, main unki family main kisiko pasand nahin thi aur unki mother ne meri mother ke upar chori ka bhi ilzaam lagay. In the long run this relationship would have faulted so I broke it and married Mr bajajā Prerna said after thinking hard
āMatlab wife ka claim kisi aur ka, engagement kisi aur se shaadi kisi aur se dont you think you are confused about your relationships and jitne jaldi aap relations change karti hain to kya guarantee nahin hain ki kal phir se koi problem aayehgi aur aap kukki ko nahin chod dengi. I mean she is your step daughter.ā
āWoh meri beti hain. She is my daughter. The first word that she said was Maa and that too for meā Prerna said calmly.
āStay calm mam. Please. Aapki ek aur bhi beti hain rightā
āyes Snehaā
āSnehaā
āYeh mere pass kuch calculations hain. Aapki aur Mr bajaj ki shaadi 15th May ko hui thi aur Sneha theek 6 months ke baadā
āAlright that's enough. That's enoughā and Prerna walked out of the study.
āThis was too much for the first time Mr Mehraā Mr bajaj
āYeh hoga Mr Bajaj aur aap jaante hain. they will be worse.ā
āWill Kukki have to testifyā
āThe court will take the choice of a 8 year oldā and Mr Bajaj was getting tensed.
āYou think they will try and reveal Snehaās praternity in courtā
āNahin court main nahin as it will be in your favour. Not being related by blood you are still taking care of her. Kaise double standards hain na hamari society ke if a man freely accepts someone else child he is great he can not do wrong all is forgiven but a woman is always judged as a step motherā and smiled. āBut they can use Anurag basu against you by showing those true reports. He can come claiming her but you can handle him real well. As per court, I think they will try and show that she was cheating on Mr basu with you to revenge or money anythingā
āMr Mehra?ā Mr bajaj
āAap jante hain yahi hoga. and Mr basu can sit on the stand and say that Sneha is your daughter. Paternity reports kitni aasani se forge hoti hain aap jante hain. Mr bajaj years back I had planned this for Menaka only, she was even guilty of all and you refused point black that she is Kukki mother and you will not allow this and Menaka walked out with a fortune. Woh aap the yeah Mr Bose hain he will not stop. And it is just not about herā Mr Mehra
āwhat about me?ā Mr Bajaj and Mr Mehra kept looking at Mr bajaj.ā what boliye?ā Mr bajaj
āAgar nitya ne stand par bol diye ki you knew about the baby and refused to accept or do anything with itā Mr Mehra and Mr bajaj were stunned.
āAAp kaise jante hainā and Mr mehra made a face as if asking like really āKoi proof nahin hain uske paasā Mr bajaj
āCome on Mr Bajaj agar court main na bhi hoon all she needs is one blind article or story and it will be done. Inme se 2 witnesses already backout kar chuke hain I have made sure that lekin mohini basu, anurag basu and Nitya are still there. They will be ruthless and maybe Snehaās praternity will come out, maybe not. You need to be prepared. You need to be preparedā
āMr Mehra what is it that you are not telling me? Mr Mehraā
āYou need to decide. You need to decide whether Mr Bose matters more to you or this family, your past or present. Because Mr Bose needs to be handled and only you can do that. Besides custody he has met Mr basu today, Mr Anurag Basu. He has also started opening up all cases lodged against you and Bose industries. He is not leaving, you need to decide what you want to do?ā Mr Mehra left after sometime
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