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Chapter 18-B
"You remember me telling you about the two nights never came in my life'' khushi asked Juhi. Her voice distant, "One was the night when my parents died n the other was this. How I wish that night never happend."
Khushi's eyes had a distant look when she paused. '' He handed me over to his assistants and ordered them to lock me. He thought I was sent there to ruin his show and defame him. I told him that I was there by mistake but he didn't believe me. We had a kind of verbal fight and things got a wrong direction and he tore the dori of my blouse but at last he let me go. I came back late at night and I was feeling scared. When I reached our building all neighbors came out to see the scene as for people others issues are always a treat to watch. My Amma dragged me inside our house. That's when I got the news of my sister's broken marriage. All were accusing me for that except my bau ji. May be inside his heart he was feeling the same but he didn't show. But Amma and Bua ji were fuming. After much scolding my amma said the sentence which tore my being apart. She said that I proved that day that I was not her real daughter, her blood otherwise I wouldn't have took such step. Even jiji was quiet. But then bauji and jiji both made Amma to end it and we all went to sleep. I apologized to jiji and tried to tell her everything but she shrugged said that may be it was good for her and asked me to sleep but I couldn't. Things got a bit ok after some days for me in the house and I tought that life was going to be ok again. That's when the fate laughed at me n while our visit to dargah I again ran into him. He had slipped the key to the MANAT ka talla and I ran behind him to hand it over. I was shocked to see tht it was indeed the same man. We had a little verbal fight. While arguing the topic came to a point where he said he didn't believe in god and that he was the one who used to write his own fate. There I lost my temper I said to him that everything that happens happened on god's will. After giving him a piece of my mind I left. In the evening Amma , Bauji n I went to market and what I saw that every channel and every TV was showing the footage of my fall right into his arms while the reporter was saying that look at this cheap middle class girl who fell into a rich businessman's arms for money. People were pointing fingers on me amma n bauji hold me and we started towards home but some goons came infront of us blocking the way. They try to molest me and they even pushed bauji thats when police came and saved me. Thats when Amma decided jiji n I will go to Dehli till things were back to normal. We moved to Dehli. Here again I came across the same business tycoon. I was on scoter of Happy ji,buaji's neighbor, when my scoter bumped into a SUV which caused the view mirror of scoter to break n some scratches on SUV. The SUV was his. We again fought where he as usual mocked me of my poor wealth condition. He said even if I collect n save money for the whole of my life I won't be able to pay the damage. That's when I thought of doing something to pay him back. After reaching home I came to know about poor economic conditions of my buaji I decided to find a job. I get a job through of buaji's neighbor. His friend was an employ in the work house of one of India's top designer firm. He gave me a letter and asked me to go to the main office as I would have to go through a little formal interview. I went there and I asked at the reception for the said Lady.'' she paused smiling a little remembering the day,'' Then things turned out in such a way that I was appointed as the assistant of the one who was going to hire me for the job I was told about. She named me Chamkili''
''Chamkili?'' Juhi spoke for the first time.
Khushi looked at her first and then she turned her gaze towards La who was smiling as well.
''Yes Chamkili she had no choice you see. I used to wear bright colors with gotta work done by my own hands and pom-poms adorning my sleeves. So she gave me that name. The same day I found out that my boss the owner was the same person who ruined my life.When he saw it was me who got the job he fired me but I fought for my right saying that he couldn't fired me without any reason. He hired me on one month contract stating that if before one month I resigned I will have to pay 1 lakh to company. He made sure my duration there was hell. He gave me task which was against my morals, which was impossible for me to accomplish from taking measurement of five semi nude men to managing the parking lot late evening in rain, from doing task like correcting spellings on a pile of documents to going to a building which was going to collapse any moment. Even while doing all this he never missed his chance of mocking me of my poverty. He called me gold digger, that I can do anything for money. I never felt ashamed of my poverty but the way he said those words always stabbed me like any abusive word. I did ever task assigned to me even before the dead line without any complaint. But that night when I was trapped in that guest house I lost it. All my courage and power to fight left me when I was trapped in that room where I screamed for help, where I cried for someone to save me, which was going to lose the only source of light and where I sat down waiting for my death to embrace me. But right at that moment he came the one who was the reason behind my pains came. He saved me from that building. That was the last point of my bearing and next day I resigned. He accepted it without mocking me and asking me to pay that one lakh. Her sister and nani were very nice and kind hearted women. They always treated me well. That man was in a living relation with his PA and I blurted out the fact in front of his nani who was hell bound to get him married. They invited her to home and his sister appointed me to teach her the manners and household activies which she would have to perform as bahu of the family. I couldn't deny as his sister gave me two option either say yes to training or pay the 1 lakh to the company."
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Shyaam was looking at Anjali constantly. One thing he wasn't able to digest was when she knew everything from the start then why didn't she said anything and he blurted out the same question and saw Anjali stiffened for a moment. Then she turned towards him and looked in his eyes, "Chote didn't love her. He married her because of me; to save my wedded life and my happiness. You were having a crush on her. Then I saw the photos of hers with all those men and I became blind. I did what I felt right for that moment. Chote married her for me and she was proven characterless plus I witnessed her charm on both the important men of my life. I wanted to get rid of her first because of chote and then because of you. I was so dependent on your love that I couldn't see you going away. I didn't plan anything in advance but things turned out in a way which favored me too. I didn't say anything because I knew chote would also throw you out of the house too which I couldn't bear, plus you promised me to never cheat me again and I believed you.Was I wrong Shyaam ji. I couldn't allow a characterless girl like her to be in chote's life? Can I?"She asked Shyaam and he was silent. The answer was no because he knew the whole truth while Anjali didn't. He wanted to tell her everything but right now he wasn't feeling the courage.
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"Who is he?" one woman asked the other.
"I don't know but he is like this from the time when we started the prayer."
They were not the only two who were looking at the worn out man with curiosity. Everyone in the mandir were looking at him but he had eyes only for the idle in front of him. He was questioning her, asking her why she was giving the girl who believed in her so blindly so much pain. He went to every mandir,church and mosque located in New York and now he was sitting there praying for the life of only girl who touched his heart and soul. The great ASR was now praying to the one he never believed.
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Khushi was feeling exhausted but she continued telling Juhi her story. She told her everything from the point she started the training till the fixing of engagement of both Arnav and Akash with Lavanya and Payal. She told her how on the day of engagement Arnav and Lavanya decided not to get engaged.
"That was the time I started feeling that he also feel something for me,that he loves me. Though he never said it aloud but I felt it from his little gestures and his eyes. He let me wining the Sangeet by dancing with me. There was something between us. Everytime he was somewhere near I used to feel my heart beat rising and wind blowing in a different way like it was conveying me the message of his presence. He did things quite unusual of himself like buying bangles for me, indirectly making me choose the sari he loved, helping me in serving food to my neighbors and when one lady called him waiter he didnt even mind her. I was feeling happy. I was feeling that he loved me but how stupid I was. I was proven wrong very wrong." Khushi paused and brought a glass of water to her lips to drink. She was suffering more than she was letting it show on her face and in her voice.
Chapter 18-C
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Phew done I just typed today as I told you life was giving me too much tough time and I was very down... so but from next update I will how Khushi's story from a third person perspective. Please do hit the like button and COMMENT please if u think the story worth reading then also regard it as worth commenting and speak of ur heart.
Edited by -Farwa_Ibrahim- - 12 years ago
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