Plot - Kalyani is injured. Malhar taking care of her. (same as part 3 of my FF - Glimmer of Hope)
Then why have I not made this part as a continuation of that FF?
To know that please continue reading and then you'll understand...
Malhar was dozing in a chair near the bed where Kalyani was sleeping. He didn't want her trying to get out of the bed by herself.
"Malharji… "
"Hmm… panch minute aur Kalyani.. Please, bohot neend aa ri hai.. "
Kalyani shook him vigorously, "Malharji...jaldi utiye.."
Malhar woke with a start, "Kya hua Kalyani? Kuch chahiye tumhe? Pani lake dun?"
"Nahi… nahi.. Mujhe kuch nahi chahiye, Zara suniye… bahar aangan me Mahabharat chal rahi hai."
Only then his attention went to the commotion and loud argument outside.
"Jaake dekhiye Malharji, Aatya kisi par itne zor zor se kyun chilla rahi hai."
Malhar quickly went from there to see what was it all about. Aparna was shouting at Anupriya who was standing in the living room with her bags.
"Mai, Aao Saheb se parwaangi lena zaroori nahi samajhti aap? Aise hi apni boriya bistar utake aa gayi?"
"Mai apni beti ke ghar aane ke liye kisi ki parwaangi kyun lun? Mai apne marzi se sa sakti hun."
"Aake dekhliya na... ab kahin yahin rehne ka toh nahi soch rahi ho..?"
"Agar mai yahan rahun toh aapko kya takleef hai Tai? Meri beti aur damaad ko meri zaroorat hai, Aur mai apni beti ke ghar kab chahe aa sakti hun, jitne din chahe reh sakti hun."
"Anupriya !!"
She turned to see Aao Saheb standing there glaring at her but she didn't back down. She was done being submissive all the time.
"Agar tum uss taraf gayi toh wapas yahan nahi aa sakti. Apne kadam Aage badane se pehle do baar sochlo.. " she said haughtily.
Anupriya opened her mouth to reply but before that Malhar spoke, "Aao Saheb, Aai aaj se hamare yahan hi rahegi, apni beti ke saath. Uss taraf Unka koi apna nahi hai."
"Malhar.. " Aao Saheb raised her voice to say more but he cut her short and turned to Aparna.
"Aatya, aapko yahan hamare ghar me, aaya bai bankar rehne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Aap apni ghar wapas laut sakti hai. Jaiye apna saman baandh lijiye.. "
Anupriya went and took Moksh from her, "Moksh, aaja apni naani ke paas.." and Moksh jumped happily into her arms.
Aparna left with her bags to the other side of the house and begged Aao Saheb to take her in while in this side, while Anupriya settled herself in one of the rooms.
Kalyani was so happy to have her Aai with her. She spoke to Moksh who was lying beside her on the bed.
"Pillu, ab Nani bhi hamare saath rahegi. Hum sab itni masti karenge hai na…"
She then turned towards Malhar who was sitting on the other side of the bed, resting his head on his the headboard.
"Thank you Malharji.. Aapne Mujhe aur Aai dono ko accept kar liya.. "
"Kaisi baatein kar rahi ho Kalyani, Tumne aur Aai ne bhi toh Mujhe aur Moksh to apnaya hai.. Hum chaaron ke beech dheere se jo Raabta ban raha hai, use koi tod nahi sakta."
They smiled at each other their hearts feeling warm.
The other side of the house…
Pallavi and Aparna were having a tough time as they were not used to slogging with housework and only used to give orders. Aparna cursed her luck to be back here with no Anupriya to order about.
Godavari was good for nothing, she just lazed around reading storybooks or watching TV and movies.
Pallavi and Aparna were fighting in the kitchen over some trivial things and had made a mess if the kitchen. Flour, vegetables and many other things were lying scattered about as their verbal war continued.
Goda put on her head phones to cut out their noise.
Aao Saheb who had been calling out for a glass of water got no response from anyone and came towards the kitchen. She got annoyed at both the women who were screeching like cats.
"Poornaviram.. "
Nobody heard her and this was the first time her command had not even been heard let alone been obeyed.
So Ahilya decided to step in. As soon as she had put her foot in, she slipped and fell down with a thud knocking down a big bharni of achar.
"Parameshwara… are jaldi aao…"
The smashing of the bharni brought Aparna and Pallavi to their senses. They looked around and the mess around the kitchen.
"Are tum donon hamari madad karenge bhi ya hame yahin marne keliye chod denge?"
Only then these two noticed Aao Saheb lying there on the ground amongst the mess and all the pickle from the jar.
"Aao Saheb, ye kya kiya aapne, puri bharni tod di.. Saara achar bekaar ho gaya… " Pallavi said, slapping her hand on her forehead.
"Pallavi, tumhe achar ki padi hai, Chalo madad karo, Aao Saheb ko utane me.. " Aparna pulled her along.
They both huffed and puffed, tried a few times but failed to move her. They sat down on the floor holding their backs and breathing heavily.
"Goda apne Baba ko bula jaldi.. " Pallavi called out her daughter.
"Waise Aao Saheb, aap gir kaise gayi?"
Ahilya got more wild, "Tum dono apne aankhe kholo aur dekho, tel ka pura bottle niche giraya hai… Kitne naalyak ho.. "
Soon Vivek and Goda came there and all four of them together shifted Aao Saheb from the kitchen to the car and took her to the hospital.
After check up, Aao Saheb was brought back home. The fall had severely sprained her back and "Aiga…..Aiga… " she was moaning in pain.
Aao Saheb's ego was broken when Anupriya crossed the border and left to the other side of the house and now her back was sprained due to the other naalayaks in her house.
Note - I know it's very short.
I'm annoyed with AS and her family for being so nasty to others and so I didn't want to include this part in that FF.