ArHi FF: Tum Jo Aye: Ch6 Pg47 Nov9 - Page 31

Khushi, Lavanya and Mahi entered the best mall in the city. From the other entrance, Arnav and Anjali entered the same mall. Anjali started going into shops and Arnav simply followed behind, not saying much and not interested either. Khushi was doing the same! Lavanya and Mahi, the two shopping freaks, went running around the shops picking out a thing after another while Khushi simply followed behind.

Call it a co-incidence or not, all five of them entered the same shop from different sides. Anjali was looking at some saris when her eyes stopped at Mahi who was cutely trying to reach for a bracelet that hung on the table. Anjali looked around but didn't find anyone around the little girl. Thinking she might be lost, she got up to help her but stopped seeing someone pick her up.

She froze up seeing who the person was. It was Khushi. Millions of questions ran around in Anjali's head. None of them that she could actually think of in a complete sentence. She heard Khushi say, "Mahi, what are you still doing here?"

"Mamma…" she replied pointing at the bracelet.

Anjali went numb hearing 'mamma'. She couldn't put anything together. Mamma! How… when… it's not possible! Arnav called out from a distance, "Di? Are you done?"

She blinked and turned to look at him. Seeing him, she made a decision that Arnav can-not see Khushi right now. She quickly replied, "Yes chote, nothing special here. Let's go." She pulled him out of the shop. He didn't object either as he wanted to go home.

Just as they were walking out of the shop, Khushi's eyes fell on them. She saw their retreating figures and thought she saw Arnav and Anjali but quickly decided against it thinking it was just her wild imagination and she was simply seeing things because she had feared about running into Arnav.

Stop deluding Khushi. She scolded herself and exited through the other door.

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Anjali paced back and forth in her room trying to clear out her mind of what she saw. But Khushi and that little girl kept on replaying in her head. She couldn't forget that. One thing was sure, she had seen Khushi. She would recognize Khushi anytime, even if it had been years since they saw her.

"That child is hers? How can that be? How can she move on like that? No, why can't I believe her and someone else…! She loved chote so much… She wouldn't do this, would she? What is she doing in India? Since she left… we've tried hard to find her… If she is back… why now? Oh God, help me. What if Arnav finds out about this? He'll be heart-broken!"

She had to find out everything before someone else ran into her. She quickly found a private detective's number and dialed it.

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Late night, Arnav twisted in bed, not able to go to bed. Unknown to everyone, he had seen a glimpse of Khushi. He just couldn't be 110% sure that it was her. He felt as if he heard her voice and walked her walk away. He couldn't help but wonder if it really could happen. Can she really be back after all this years? What if it was't Khushi?

Just like Anjali, he had his own set of questions troubling him. Knowing sleep was miles away, he opened his file.

***

Khushi was sitting on the couch with a cup of hot coffee in her hands. She had hardly touched it though. She kept on thinking whether that person really was Arnav or not. She tried hard not to but she couldn't help it. Lavanya saw her and tapped her, sitting down next to her.

"Hey, what's wrong? That coffee is no longer 'hot coffee' anymore. If you wanted it cold, you could have made cold coffee you know." She commented.

"I think I saw him La." She said, getting straight to the point.

Knowing just whom she was talking about, La asked back. "You're sure it him?"

"That's why I said 'think'. I'm not sure. But I think it was…"

"Did he see you?"

"I don't think so. His back was to me and he was walking out of the shop."

Lavanya kept a hand on her shoulder. "Then don't think much about it. He didn't see you and you're not even sure it was him. So forget about it and help me make dinner. Mahi is already hungry. Oh, but first, finish your 'cold' coffee." She then got up and left for kitchen.

Khushi convinced herself to believe Lavanya and finished her coffee before getting up to help Lavanya.

***

The next morning, Khushi got up and quickly got ready. She even made breakfast and lunch for the two before leaving for her meeting. Catching a taxi, she took off.

On the other hand, Arnav left for his meetings as well. That gave Anjali the opportunity to call the detective again who informed her about Khushi being here with a friend and her daughter for a meeting. He gave Anjali her address and the name of place where she was going for the meeting. "I can't find out much about her daughter just yet." He said.

"Please, keep trying. And thank you." Anjali said ending the call. Seeing the address of the hotel, she decided to go meet her friend there first before going to confront Khushi. She thought that would make things a bit easier for her.

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While all this was going on at Anjali's side, Arnav had his own detective looking into things. Why not the similarities? They were blood related. Some qualities had to be the same at times!

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Precap: What a meeting!

That's the next chapter 😃 Another chapter will be posted on Wednesday 😳 I just have to revise it a bit and then update.

Love, Khushi.