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Part 8
Arnav & Khushi hug each other emotionally.
Suddenly, Khushi feels the pain in her back and feels uncomfortable.
Arnav noticed that and asked, "What happened, Khushi?"
Khushi: I have some pain.
Arnav puts Khushi's hair in the front and sees the scars on her back.
Arnav: Who has beaten you?
Khushi: Dad has beaten me.
Arnav: Why?
Khushi: He does not like our friendship & love. I have left everything & came to you. That's why I was testing you.
Arnav: Khushi, I may not be able to give you a luxurious life, but I have enough income as a swimming coach that would be enough for the three of us. I am sure that one day we will live a comfortable life. I guess there is some reason that you took sucḫ a dig step. Does he want to get you married to someone else?
Khushi: He will never get me married. He wants me to become a singer & a dancer so he can drink & gamble out of my earnings. He did the same to my mother.
Arnav gets shocked.
Khushi continues: My parents were in the music industry. My mother was a singer & a dance, while my father was beating drums. Both fell in love & they married. However, my father changed after marriage.
He gave up drums & got into bad habits like drinking & gambling. Whatever my mother used to earn, he squandered all money on drinking & gambling. Whenever my mother questioned him & protested, he used to beat her up. She was getting applause at the stage but getting a beating at home.
One day, my mother mustered up her courage & decided to leave the house.
Flashback
Prabha packs her bag & Khushi's bag
Kamlesh came to the room.
Prabha: I am leaving the house.
Kamlesh: Yes, you are free to leave. Wolves are waiting outside for alone and helpless women like you.
Prabha: In the men's world, the wolves are inside & outside the house.
Kamlesh: The wolves inside the house can at least protect you from the outside wolves.
Prabha: What is the guarantee? The wolves inside the house can also sell me to the outside wolves.
Kamlesh: I am not so vile. Until I can sell your art, there is no need for me to sell you.
Prabha: And what about the day when you are not able to sell my art?
Kamlesh: Then our beautiful & talented Khushi is there. She will earn that money for us & won't allow us to beg.
Kamlesh to Khushi: My child, please don't leave me.
Prabha: Don't you dare to look at my child.
Prabha said, "Come Khushi."
Prabha & Khushi were about to leave.
Kamlesh blocks their way & takes out the acid bottle.
He said, "Do you know what is there in that bottle?"
Kamlesh puts the cloth on the plant & drops the acid.
The acid tore the cloth & destroyed the plant.
Kamlesh: It is acid. If you move a step ahead, I will put you in such a state that you will neither be able to sell your art nor your body,
Prabha: You can't do that as I am your source of income, because of which your drinking & gambling activities are there. You don't have the guts to finish me.
Prabha took Khushi & was about to leave.
Kamlesh: I will show you my guts.
He pulled Prabha. The latter bangs her head on the table.
Kamlesh then threw the acid on her body.
Prabha screams.
Khushi cried
Flashback ends.
Khushi starts crying.
Khushi: My mom committed suicide the next day. But it didn't make a difference to my dad. Her journey came to an end, but my journey started.
Arnav: I want to end that journey of yours right away. You go home, get dressed & come to the temple, while I will call Anurag, Aditya, & others to make arrangements.
Khushi: Why?
Arnav: Come on, we are going to get married today & now.
Meanwhile, the goons go to Arnav's house & attack Prerna, who tries to run away from them.
One goon catches her & asks, "Where is Arnav?"
Prerna: He is not here. Otherwise, you guys would be in the hospital.
Khushi enters the gate & sees men kidnapping Prerna.
Arnav & Anurag comes there.
Arnav: They kidnapped Prerna? Who are those men
Khushi: Yes, they did. I think it is my dad's work. He has got Prerna kidnapped.
Arnav: Which place?
Khushi: They were saying Bangarkhana.
Arnav: Anurag, you take Khushi to the police station, while I will go to that spot & rescue my sister.
Meanwhile, Prerna tries to save her life, running away from them.
The goons chase her.
Arnav comes to that spot & searches for Prerna. He goes up.
Suddenly, he sees the men misbehaving with her.
Prerna: Leave me.
Arnav comes there & fights the goons & hits them.
Then he reaches the man trying to rape Prerna & hits on his head with a stick.
The man falls dead.
Arnav then caresses Prerna like a child. Anurag comes to the spot with the cops & gets shocked to see the man dead.
The police said, "You are under arrest."
The court proceedings start.
Arnav: It is not a murder, but it was an accident. It happened when I tried to save my sister's dignity.
The prosecutor said, "The report says the rape didn't take place at all."
Arnav: Do you mean to say that I should have kept quiet till the scoundrel rapes my sister so I can present her tarnished image to the court as a piece of evidence?
All his friends roared with laughter at the question that the prosecutor asked.
Prosecutor: The court requires evidence. Where were you when they kidnapped your innocent sister?
Arnav sarcastically said, "I was with your innocent sister at the bed."
The prosecutor lost his temper & said, "Shut up."
He threw the book on Arnav. The latter caught the book.
Arnav: When the public prosecutor can lose his temper on hearing about the rape of his sister, don't you think there is a possibility that he can murder that person misbehaving with his sister.
Anurag, Bajaj, Aditya, & the entire gang applauds Arnav.
The judge gave the verdict of one year imprisonment & live as a goon for another year while leaving the culprits scot-free.
Arnav: Sir, that's not fair on your part that you are leaving these culprits scot-free. Would you please not ruin my career & life?
But, no one listened to him.
The cops take Arnav.
While they were on the way, Prerna called her brother.
Arnav & the cops stopped.
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