SHOT TWO
She kept staring at the place where he was standing some minutes ago, recalling every word he spoke to her, trying to wipe it out of her memory thinking of it as the worst nightmare of her life...but she knew better...this was reality...HER reality...her love had lost the battle of trust...but was she responsible????... NO! she never was...and never will be...
There were enough people who had laid thorns in her path, but she being the live example depicting personification of forgiveness, had forgiven each one of them, trying to spread happiness in return of their revulsion ...but today was the end of her endurance, she had suffered enough gaining absolutely, nothing.
She closed her eyes and shed bitter tears of anguish for what seems like hours. But when she had managed to open those heavy lids, the spectators could be left thunder-struck by the look of those hazel pair of eyes - bloodshot red coupled with a sheer passion to burst anything into flames that cross its way.
khushi silently made her way out of the house towards the address provided by nk on the sheet of paper kept in study room's side drawer.
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Shyam was tired of thinking. He wanted an easy way out of this mess. Very well aware about those two guys who had started keeping a check over his every activity, he knew he had to be double cautious than the previous time. But what he was not made aware off, was the spy cameras hidden in his bedroom and living area along with keeping a track record of his every phone conversation...
He had finally came up with a plan! He had been searching for ways to bribe some goons to work for him against ASR. With no money at hand, these simple task seemed next to impossible but he wasn't an ordinary man to give up. He was the conqueror of dejection, having faced so many "NO's" and rejection, he still had managed to twist the fate in his favour.
He had tactfully shooed away the two body guards who used to patrol across his home keeping a safe distance but always ready to attack. Now he can easily move in and out without giving a damn to anyone. Just as he was thinking of moving out, the living room door burst open and entered Khushi kumari gupta in full force, her most awaited outburst ready to mark his way out.
Shyam: khushiji...???
Khushi: no! don't call me with that name...I am not a "khushi" anymore...
Shyam: khushiji what are you...
Khushi : the khushi I had always tried to be is dead shyamji...now I am a "dukhiJI" for you and everyone else...
Shyam: wh...why are speaking such things? Whats wrong khushiji...? Tell me...had they pushed you out too...?
Khushi: no...they had not pushed me out of the house, but that's only remained to be done...brcoz I had got a clear meaning today that I am not needed in anyone's life...I had always caused pain and trouble to everyone who are close to me... its because of me you left anjaliji , its because of me jiji and jijaji are having rifts in their relationship, its because of me that the happiness of everyone in Raizada mansion is so lost...
There was something about her eyes that was twisting something inside shyam, he had tried to be heartless while trying to punish his saale sahib for bringing out the worst in him, for all the failures of his life, for every time he had tried to rise up but was pushed down only because people dint wanted shyam - the lawyer...they had wanted shyam- the BIL of ASR.
But now as he looked at the wrecked state of khushi, the girl whom he claimed to love, that very organ thumped to life... and he began saying,
Shyam: khushiji...no...its me who has wanted you since ever...its me who had lied to your family about my marriage and had engaged with you forcibly...its me who left raani sahiba coz I am madly in love with you...if there's someone at fault for all the wrong doings that me khushiji...plz don't blame yourself..i cant see you like this...
Khushi: then why?????????????????????????
Why arnavji thinks that I am the reason for everything wrong that happened to his di...why he said that I am the biggest mistake of his life...did I ever asked you to love me, to follow me, to stay as a P.G in my house?? Haan shyamji ...tell meee...
Shyam just shook his head as no...
Khushi: Have I ever tried to steal anything from the Raizada house, tried to take advantage of the trust naniji had placed in me?? Then why arnavji had always thought me to be a characterless woman, a gold digger?? He would always insult me in his office, taunt me infront of lavanyaji...but despite all he was the only one who captivated my soul...YES , I loved him shyamji...infact I still love arnavji with all my heart...this was the reason I had always distanced myself from you whenever you wanted to spend time with me, get closer to me...my heart had always belonged to him...i couldnt hate him ever...I had seen a diferent man in him especially when he was with di...and I had loved that emotional Arnav hiding behind the mask of ASR...but what did I got in return of my love haan?
The same man think of me to be the biggest hurdle in his di's life...i knew that his love for anjaliji is immense, I had seen her worshipping you like a god! I could see everything dammit! But why couldnt you?????????? Why dint u saw the love in her eyes even when u would be lying to her about your business trips.
I had seen her fasting day and night for your life when you would be busy impressing my buaji... her unconditional love forced me to stay quiet even when I got to know your dirty truth shyamji...i stayed quiet for her...is this my mistake???? Haa shyamji...tell meee...
Shyam looked down and again shook his head in denial.
Khushi: you called arnavji as saale sahib right? you also belonged to a middle class family but he gave you so much respect and love...everyone in the family loves you so much that they are still not believing that you could be deceiving them...i could feel their love for you from their loving glances...why couldnt you shyamji???????? How could you even think of kidnapping your wife's brother? Is money sooo important? Will money give u the happiness of being loved, cared and wanted?
See I am desperately trying to earn Arnavji's trust and you know it better than everyone else naa? I had come begging to u to prove my innocence infront of Arnavji , but you had him kidnapped and played those dirty tricks to fool me...it was so difficult for me to hunt for Arnavji...i had not slept a wink since last so many days in worrying about him but still smiled infront of the family so that naniji and di wont get bothered...i had tried everything in my reach to get him back and was so happy when my efforts finally bore fruits...I got him and I was the luckiest person alive...that moment when your men pushed me from the cliff, I wasn't even afraid of dying shyamji...My arnavji were safe and his eyes has turned soft for me, maybe for the first time since our marriage and I could not wish for anything more...
Maybe I should have died that instant...that should have been the end of my story naa shyamji? It was my mistake that I brought your truth out infront of everyone and Anjali refused to believe...
Arnavji had believed me at that time...he had pushed YOU out of the house without any strong evidence only because he trusted my words...do you know how happy I was? Maybe he should have thrown me out instead of you, believed you rather than me...that would have lessened everyone's pain, isn't it? Anjaliji was so upset, she wasn't talking to anyone, not listening to Arnavji's pleas to atleast think about the baby...and mamiji and jijaji had always considered me to be the reason of her state...YOU even after getting pushed out of the house had captured everyone's heart so much that they refused to believe me, a girl whom they had met just an year ago...have you never cared about their feelings shyamji? Have you never thought of their reaction when your truth would be disclosed? What was the need to come after me when you had the best family of the world??
I wish they had trusted me like they trust you...but most importantly, I had wanted arnavji's love...after you got out of the house, I had hoped for my long lasted wish to come true...I was such a fool naa shyamji? How could I even think of getting what I had wished for...? No one had believed me...not even arnavji...it was just the impact of me risking my life for him that made him take an impulsive decision in my favour...thats all! I am the only cause of trouble in his life...I don't deserve any happiness...i don't deserve anyone's love...I should go away from everyone's lives isn't it shyamji?
Maybe then e..everything would be back to normal...even you would turn back to your family isnt it...anjaliji loves you sooo much...I still cant believe what could have happened today, had not Arnavji reached their on time...its only because of me that she tried to...(he voice broke and she burst into tears, unable to speak anymore...)
All the time shyam stood still, listening to each and every word of khushi...how much pain this girl was carrying in her heart? How could she blame herself for everything that happened? Most importantly how could saale-sahab blame her for all that happened?
He was so sure that Arnav dint love her...but that thought was not twisting his heart...with each passing second he was recalling those early marriage days...how he used to love the family time...naniji's advices, mamiji's non stop self appraisal, raani sahiba's love and affection , how she used to be so worried if he was an hour late from office , how she used to refuse having anything until he had not taken his meals, how she used to cry if he had to leave for his business trips, how she used to caress his head taking it in her lap soothing all his worries and tension...
he remembered the times, his Saale saahab was his role model, the man of perfection. Khushi forced him to wonder what went wrong? But the answer was there in the question itself. He wanted to achieve success at his own. He could never live depending on others but the raizada family had thought of him to be a man of no pride. But is this the way to tackle with the problem? How can he think of loving anyone else apart from raani sahiba only because, he was distancing himself from her, not able to share the actual reason of his worry. How he think of snatching arnav's property when it clear brought him out as a person with no morals, etiquettes and self esteem.
Khushiji was right why couldn't he see everything that was obvious??...how could he be blinded from the truth?? But now was not the time to question all of it...the last line of khushiji dint go well with him what did she mean by "its only because of me that she tried to..."
He immediately questioned her, urging her to continue...
"what do u mean khushji, what had she tried to do?"
Khushi who was crying her hearts out looked up at him and spoke in a broken voice, something that tore his heart apart with guilt and regret. What had he done to this innocent girl?
"She tried to kill your raj kumari..."
There was complete silence in the room...khushi refused to speak anymore and shyam was speechless...!! he could not believe what he heard! His wife was going to kill their child and Arnav singh raizada had blamed khushi for it. He shuddered at the thought of what would have happened if Arnav would have been late in stopping his wife...
Before any of them could say anything, the door burst open yet again and entered the senior detective who had heard the entire commotion that took place here, with the help of the video clippings collected through the spy camera.
"Your game is over shyam manohar jha, we couldnt take any action against you due to the lack of evidence but now that we have a record of your conversation with Khushi singh raizada, we can easily implement what Mr ASR had asked us to...
Khushi who was sobbing uncontrollably was stunned to find the detective barging in shyamji's house...she had no idea about the spy cameras, she dint even came here to collect proof against shyamji...she was here because she could not take it anymore... She wondered what Arnavji had asked the detective to do...
She turned to look at Shyam and was even more shocked with the look in his eyes. There was immense pain and regret in those...so had she unconsciously managed to make Shyam realize his mistakes, had she finally succeeded in bringing out a change in him??
Before she could think anymore, shyam's voice rang loud and clear in the entire house,
"khushiji...whatever I say is never going to be enough to justify my deeds and tell you how much I regret troubling you...but...p..plzz give me a c..chance...I know I don't deserve it, but you are the only one who have the heart to forgive even after what I had done to you...i can explain my actions...and...i...I am truly regretting everything...i was blinded by my anger, my helplessness khushiji...i couldn't not see my rani sahiba's love for me...I was a bloody fool to come after you...to think that I loved u...i want to meet her once...plzzz a..allow me khushiji...then u can give me any punishment and I promise I wont object but plzzz this one chance..."
Detective: enough Mr. jha...stop showing your crocodile tears of regret, there's no way we are going to trust you now...
But shyam turned a deaf ear to his words...the need to be with rani saahiba stronger than anything. He continued to move towards khushi, his eyes never leaving hers...begging for mercy...
Detective warned him to stay where he was but for shyam, the world had faded away...he could only see his past flashing infront of his eyes, depicting every incident - good or bad...and then he could see khushi, the only one who could help him redeem himself.
"shyam stop moving towards khushi mam or I will shoot you" the detective warned him taking out his gun and pointing it at shyam.
But shyam heard none of it...
Khushi who was listening to shyam could see the sincerity, the truth shining in her eyes...she never wanted to forgive him for what he had done with her life...but yet again she was reminded of the reason for her arrival at his place at such late night. She remembered Arnav's every accusation when he called her to be a mistake' of his life... she knew the only way Anjali could be back to her normal self was if she got her Shyamji back...she knew Arnavji can never be happy if his di isn't...
Arnavji had thought of her to be the cause of everyone's miseries, to be the hurdle in everyone's happiness. He had believed that shyamji would have never betrayed di if she had not entered his life...she now knew, what she had to do...even if she had loathed shyamji, disgusted with him for all that he had done to her, she will have to give him a chance...
Maybe this was the only way that Arnavji's life will be back to normal...without any trace of Khushi kumari gupta in it...she saw detective pointing his gun towards shyam, and shaym still moving towards her, paying no heed to his warnings...
The detective was pissed off with shyam's non-nonchalant behavior, he couldnt risk putting khushi mam's life in danger...though he was happy that she had brought out his true colors infront of him and the camera's, he knew his boss will kill him if anything happened to her... shyam was just not listening to his orders and was now very close to mam. He had wanted to arrest him, but these criminal left him with no other option. He put his fingers on the trigger and just as shyam as about to grab hold of khushi's arm, he pulled the trigger.
Khushi who had her one eye on the detective immediately pushed shyam away from the bullets's path and in the process the bullet pierced her heart.
" Khushijiii..." Shyam's voice echoed in the entire house.
Edited by simmi-arshi - 9 years ago
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