Without a further word Manyata went and sat in the car with Veer following close behind her. Veer opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by the raw emotion on Manyata's face. She was hurt that was evident. She looked out of the car through out the way and not once did she look in his direction. Finally the Raj mahal came into view and Manyata went running inside as the car stopped. Probably straight towards her room. Veer was feeling like a total idiot, surely the idiot who had said confession is good for the soul must have had a nut lose in his head.
But the scene inside was something else. Looked like some tragedy had struck. A servant informed them about Daadi saab's accident on stairs. Manyata felt like somebody had thrown her down from a great height. Her DS was in such a dire state and here she was worrying about trivial things.
Her throat constricted when she saw DS's sleeping figure in her room. DS had always loved her more than J and she had never realized it until now.
"DS, mujhse bohot badi galti ho gayi'please mujhe maaf kar deejiye, aap jis bhi aadmi ko dikhakar bolengi ki 'Manyata, yeh tumhara pati hai,' main uske saath jaungi, koi shikayat nahi karungi, kasam se, bas aap ek baar aankhen khol kar mujhe dekhiye, mere sar par haath rakhiye, uthiye DS" Manyata said in a thick voice holding DS's hands.
"beta, yeh abhi so rahi hain, zyada kuch nahi hua hai inhe bas sar me ek choti si chot hai aur ek fracture hua paer main, ek maheene me yeh bilkul pehle ki tarah ho jaayengi, tum chinta mat karo tumhari DS ko kuch nahi hoga" Doctor said.
Manyata was not ready to leave DS's side and the doctor let her be there.
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The police inspector came home to meet Brijraj and told him all about their search for the lost yuvraj and the progress they had made. The sketch would be ready soon and also that they were just a step away from finding their lost prince.
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Veer was traumatized by what he had heard and witnessed just now. First of all Manyata promised DS that she will consider the man chosen by her as her husband; that means she was already someone else's wasn't she? Then why the hell did fate make them meet? Of all things why did he have to fall in love with a married woman for crying out loud? It wasn't as if he didn't know from the beginning. Only he had failed to consider it. He had turned a blind eye towards that fact. It hadn't simply mattered before. She had told him she didn't believe that it was a real marriage; now she was ready to accept him with closed eyes!!
He couldn't digest the fact that they were so near to finding the prince. He was feeling angry, he was feeling helpless, looked like all the walls had closed on him at same time. He felt like destructing everything that came in his path. He would steal Manyata and keep her with himself for the whole life if he could. He couldn't take it anymore. The storm inside his mind was threatening to break him. He started running from there like never before.
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Manyata got some time to reflect and think over sitting in DS's room. As she thought about it her feelings mellowed down towards Veer. Poor Veer, she hadn't given him a chance to explain. So what if Veer got carried away by seeing some other girl, Manyata didn't own him; he was free to live his own life. He at least deserved a apology from her for such crass behavior.
He wasn't there in the room when she went there, he wasn't there in the hall or garden either. Where did Veer go then? She asked a servant and found that Veer had gone out. They had asked him where he was going but he was so angry that he ran out without answering them.
Oh gosh did he leave the house forever and went away? No Manyata stop being negative..she thought.
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Veer was tired from running for so long and came to a stop. His eyes went towards the pendant that was peeking from his pant pocket. The pendant never failed to give him some moral support when he needed it. There was something about it which made him hold onto it since childhood. He now held it to the sunlight and it shone with a green light.
"yeh haar tumhari patni ka hai, bohot sheeghr aisa samay aayega jab tumhe mauka milega ki tum use khud ke haath se yeh pehna sako" the orange robed Man from the temple said.
Veer saw for the first time that in his listless running had brought him to the forest area. And was the man out of his mind? What did he say? Wife! This is just getting better and better by the minute thought Veer. First Manyata was married to some unknown jerk and now he, Veer was supposed to be married!
"guruji lagta hai aap se pehchan karne me koi dhoka hua hai, meri shaadi nahi hui abhi tak, main toh-" The man held up a hand telling Veer to stop. "14 saal pehle, humne yeh lolak(pendant) aur uska haar ek pyari si bachchi ko diya tha, par-"
"par yeh haar toh mera hai guruji" Veer cut in.
"par uska haar uske haath se cheen liya gaya, darasal woh haar usi ladki ke honewale pati ne uske haath se liya tha, unka milan adhoora reh gaya aur woh dono kisi kaaran se door ho gaye par is haar me itni taakat hai ki un dono ko phir ek kar sake," the man stopped.
"ab zara insaanon ki bhaasha me samjhayenge Guruji? Yeh ladka aur ladki koun hai? Aur mere haar se unka kya rishta hai? Veer was totally confused.
"woh log saadharan log nahi raj pariwar ke log the, tum jaante ho us ladki ko" Guruji said.
He felt like taking a rock and bonking the man over the head with it. Why did everything had to end on lost princes and their wives?
"aap-aap mujhe batayiye ki woh ladka ladki kahan milenge?, main milvadoonga unhe, batayiye na kahan hai woh ladka" He would hold the jerk by neck and shake him till his teeth ratteled. the idiot!
"yeh haar tumhara hai Udayveer, aur ab tumhe ise apni patni ke gale me pehnana hoga, tum dono saath janam ke bandhan me bandh chuke ho, yeh haar tumhare prem ka prateek hai" Guruji said.
UDAYVEER, Udayveer, Did he hear that name from Guruji's mouth just now? Manyata's husband's name was Udayveer, wasn't it? That meant...
Holy cow! Was he Manyata's husband? This couldn't be real. Perhaps he was having one of those day dreams. He pinched himself but nothing changed. This was real. Real as his love for Manyata was and always will be. He felt he could burst with happiness. It felt like thousands of fragrant flowers had bloomed and hundreds of colorful balloons had been released.
"Veer, finally maine tumhe dhoond liya, pata hai kitni pareshan thi main," Manyata said huffing and continued "chalo koi baat nahi, mujhe tumse ek baat karni hai, woh main-" she looked at his face and was forced to stop her tirade.
His face was glowing with happiness. She had gloated over his handsome face many times before but it was never like this. Her sorry got stuck in her throat and she forgot how to speak'how did she ever think she could accept another man as her husband'ever since she saw him her life was only about him and it will be till the very end.
"Raj kumari Manyata ab waqt aagaya hai ki tum apne shaadi ka, apne sindoor ka samman karo aur use apnalo jis ke saath tum saath janam ke bandhan me bandhi ho" Guruji said stunning her.
"Mujhe maaf kar deejiye Guruji, aap jis aadmi ki baat kar rahe hain, main use apna pati nahi maan sakti, kyon ki'.kyon ki main Veer se pyar karti hoon, haan Veer main sirf aur sirf tumse pyar karti hoon" Manyata told both of them with the confidence that was new even to her.
"Manyata Guruji sahi keharahe hain, tumhe bhale hi yeh shaadi manzoor na ho par mujhe toh hai, tum guruji ki baat maanlo aur apne pati ke saath jao" Veer said
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