Epilogue
P - U love me?
R - What? What kind of question is this?
P - Answer me. Do u love me?
R - Ofcourse I love u my dear wife. Y r u asking this?
P - Then y u let me die Raghav?
R - What?
P - Tell me... y u let me die?
R - Pallavi...
He woke up. Terrified. Sweating. Grasping for air.
R - Pallavi... Pallaviiii...
Farhad came running to the room.
F - Anna... what happened? R u alright? R u fine anna?
He felt choked. No air. His breath stopping.
F - Anna relax. Water... anna drink this. Have some water.
Farhad put glass near his mouth but the water was never able to make way. He felt the heat. The pain rising again. The eyes going down and the breath taking off.
P - Raghav... Raghav calm down. Relax. Its just a panic attack. Its fine.
Her face. Her eyes. Its not a dream. She is here. She is…here.
She held his hand and started rubbing on his back.
P - Breath.. Calm urself. Everything is fine. U r in ur room. No danger here.
His breath seemed calming down. The panic muffing. The choking subsiding and the pain giving way to warmth. And the very next moment he pulled her and embraced her in his arms.
R - Pallavi...
He hugged her. He hugged his life. All the pain, all the suffering, all the guilt everything died down for that moment. He had what he thought will never be possible again. He had his world in his arms and in this moment everything melts out. Only two souls have place in that moment. His and Hers. Its just for them. Its their bliss. Its their moment.
P - Raghav...
Her voice brought him into reality. He felt something missing. He felt that. He realized the emptiness of that moment. It was one soul in the moment. It was one’s bliss. It was not their moment. It was his.
He loosened his grip and pulled back.
R - Pallavi...
The surroundings wore the garb of silence. Chaos was swirling in one and calmness of cold in other. The communication was loud but there were only two pairs of eyes in the room which can listen to those words and they chose silence.
R - Farhad... how I get here?
The voice was back to its authoritative self.
F - Ved was arrested and Vahin....
Both had their gaze turned towards him.
F - Pallavi... Pallavi Ji is alive, so police dropped all the charges.
Raghav again gave a hard look.
F - And Vahi... Pallavi Ji was thrown out of the car before it fell down. Ved kidnapped her to frame u in her murder charge. She was able to escape and call police when u broke all those chairs... tables... glasses and yes guards in the bar.
Raghav turned back to the eyes looking at him and again the silence started to talk.
F - Anna.. I will take a leave.
He waited a bit for the response never meant to come and then left.
She broke the lock and finally turned to leave.
R - Y?
She stood there. Then turned back.
P - Would have done for anybody. I can't leave anyone in danger. Anyone... even if it is the guy I hate the most in the whole world.
He had a smile.
R - And what u said in car..? Was that to...
P - It was a prank. It was exactly what u did to me. I just gave u taste of ur own medicine.
He kept looking her in the eye.
P - It never meant and never will ever mean anything. It was that... just a prank.
Room again went silent. There were lot of noises. Lots of questions. Lots of answers. But the two people who can hear it remain silent.
R – It’s a saying that Love and hate are two sides of the same coin.
P – Oh…that’s so. I burned the damn coin the very day u forced me into this marriage. The day u came to my house and ruined my dignity in front of my family. The day u put my Baba in hospital and the day when u put my brother in jail. So don't keep any misunderstanding. I would like to die than being in this marriage for a single second more. I m here because of my family and so r u. So lets keep it that way. I will never take u as my husband and thats a promise of Pallavi Ra...
She stopped. She can’t complete that sentence. Her throat felt heavy.
He kept his stare. A smirk comes up.
R - Good. So we r on same page then.
P - Very much.
She said and turned to move towards the door. Raghav tried getting up but his hand slipped. A moan went out.
P - Ragha..
She turned. Her eyes failed her again. Exactly how it was failing her the whole time. Raghav saw them and had a smile. He thundered.
R - Farhad... Ur vahini has decided to make my room her abode. Be a good brother in law and help her shift.
Her face turned furious. She turned and move out of the room and as she moved further her expression moved from anger to hurt to plight.
It was my fault. I dreamed fairytale ending. I knew everything. I knew what he felt. Still. Still I dreamed of us. It was my fault.
Her tears tried to wash the pain she felt but when does the raging fire be tamed by mellow breeze.
His eyes were dry. The heart went cold. All the warmth has vanished. The fire died down. The light went out and the darkness creeps in. The life left his eyes and a cold dead stare seized the absence.
She is right. Even though she didn't meant a word she said but she is right. She don't deserve this. She don't deserve pain. She don't deserve hurt and I… I can never deserve her.
An eye was wet. An eye was dry. He swallow to the darkness. She emits the light.
I don't deserve her.
It was my fault.
Edited by lateuser1234 - 4 years ago