Finally Part two. Thankyou for wonderful comments. Here us the last part. Hope you like it.
Part Two.
MALHAR was infuriated. He was angry at the world. He was angry at Sampada for running away. He was angry at Atharva for convincing Sampada to run away. He was angry because they had the guts to return. He was angry because they had wanted Moksh back. He was angry because of how he had treated Kalyani all these months. But most of all he was angry that Kalyani didn't blame him for destroying her life. She had blamed Sampada and her letter for the hatred he had for her. She had always stood by him. She had always defended him. Even when he didn't deserve it. He was so angry that Kalyani had managed to be with him even after all the hatred he had dumped on her, while Sampada had run away and all he had done was showered his love on her. His life was playing a cruel joke on him.
He had heard everything. Hell, his mind had probably recorded the conversation between his wife and ex-wife. And when this was all over, this conversation would continuously loop and takeover his mind. Honestly, he had no idea that Sampada was so cunning and calculating. And Kalyani was so, so simple, so lively, and he was responsible for taking away her liveliness.
He started towards them and stopped before Kalyani and ordered Kalyani, "Gaadi mein jaao Kalyani!" He could see that she was going to protest and continued, "Jaisa mein keh raha hun waisa karo Kalyani." And she nodded in her measly way and headed towards his Jeep. When he was sure that Kalyani was out of hearing range he turned towards Sampada. He said, "Kai baatein pata chali mujhe tumhare baare mein, tumhare bhaagh jane ke baad, kai sachaiyaan saamne aayi, but meine hamesha yeh vishwaas rakha ke tum jab mujhe chod ke jaa rahi thi tab at least, tumne sach kaha hoga. But nahi, tum toh meri zindagi mein ek fareb ki tarah ho. Jaisa meine socha tha waise bilkul nahi. Lekin Kalyani, usne kitna kuch kiya tumhare liye, tumhare bache ke liye, aur fir bhi tumne usse dhokha diya. Kaisi ho tum Sampada. Ghinn aati mujhe yeh sochte hue bhi ki kabhi mein tumse pyaar karta tha."
SAMPADA was listening to Malhar's rant about her, she noticed how he stood up for Kalyani. She could not even begin to fathom when Malhar had changed so much. She was not to be defeated by him. She replied to him saying, "Rehne do Malhar. Kalyani ki tarafdari toh tum karo hi nahi. Tum Kalyani ki zindagi barbaad karne ke liye utne hi zimmedaar ho jitni ki mein. Meine toh sirf ek chitthi par uska naam likha, tumne toh usse shaadi karke uski zindagi cheen li. Yeh gurgaan kissi aur ke aage gana. Yaha se chale jaao." Feeling relieved after saying this she was starting to turn away, when Malhar snatched her hand and turned her, "Haan hun mein zimmedaar Kalyani ki zindagi barbaad karne ke liye, but mujhe meri galatiyon ka ehsaas hai. Tumhari tarah nahi hun mein. Jaanta hun mujhe aage kya karna hai. Kaise apni galatiyaan sudhaar sakta hun. Par ek baat tum samaj lo Sampada, Kalyani aur Moksh se dur raho, warna tumhare liye acha nahi hoga." And after saying this Malhar too began towards his Jeep. And Sampada was stunned. She had no idea the amount of anger Malhar carried with him. Seeing him like this was absolutely new to her. She didn't know what he meant when he said he knew how to correct his mistakes and honestly she didn't care. She just wanted to humiliate him because he had humiliated her, and even then she had failed. She watched as Malhar went to his Jeep and got out of the gate. Who cares what he meant? No one.
KALYANI was extremely scared. She had no idea what was going on in Malharji's mind. What bomb was Atom Bomb going to drop on her now. He had been totally silent on the ride home. She had no idea what parts of her conversation with Sampada he had heard. She hoped he was not actually angry at her. She could see the Ahilya Nivas at a distance now. She just hoped he would not explode too much. Otherwise everyone would come to know the events that had transpired in the party.
When they did reach the house he immediately got down from the Jeep and headed inside. She too confused that why he hadn't said anything till now, followed him in the house. There she saw Malharji giving Moksh to Aatya for the night. He just said that he had to talk to me about something. But looking at Aatya's face it was clear she didn't believe it. Her face looked like she had bit a lemon. Oh God! What must she be thinking, first the lipstick stain, then falling on each other,then that ridiculous eyelock, then going out together, and finally Malharji asking her to take away Pillu. Tomorrow was going to be a rough day for her. She noticed Aatya leave her room. Before Malharji could say something to her, she picked up her pink jacket night dress and went to change immediately. When she came back she noticed Malharji had also changed, in that pink shirt and white pants he wore. God they were even wearing matching clothes now.
She immediately began to set her bed.
"Kalyani, idhar aao." Malharji said. She paused. Stunned. What could Malharji want to say, do that he had left Pillu with Aatya. She went toward the bed with her head down. "Baitho." came his order. And she sat down. Then he did something she never would have expected him to do in the privacy of their bedroom. He took both her hands and made her look at him. He shifted her so that she was sitting exactly opposite him, crossed legs. She could not read the expressions on his face. He didn't let go of her hands. He glanced down at their hands for a moment and looked back up. He said "Kalyani tumhe woh din yaad hai jis din tum uss kudedaan mein guss gayi thi mere important papers ke liye?" At her nod, he continued speaking, "Woh pehli baar tha jab meine tumhe Sampada ke saath compare kiya tha. Mujhe achanak yaad aaya tha ki kaise Sampada apne kaam ke liye bhi dustbin mein haath nahi daalna chaahti thi, kaise usne mujhse kaha tha dustbin se bill nikalna ke liye. Aur ek taraf tum thi jisne apne baare mein nahi socha, kudedaan mein kud gayi, woh bhi mere papers ke liye. Aur yeh meine ek hi baar nahi kai baar kiya hai. Kaise tumne apne naye kapde dediya naye bartano ke liye. Aur hum do no jaante hai ke Sampada kaise mere stamps ka istemaal karti thi paiso ke liye. Kaise tum mera har kadam pe saath deti aayi ho jabki Sampada bhaagh gayi. Kaise tum Moksh ka khayal rakhti ho. Kaise tumhare bina woh sota nahi, khata nahi, chup nahi karta. Kaise tum Moksh aur mere liye uss mall se bomb ke saath bhaagh gayi thi. Kaise tumne college mein logon ko bachane ke liye apni jaan ki parwa nahi ki. Kaise tumne Maai ke upar galat inzaam, jo meine lagaye the, woh apne sar le liye. Kaise tum Godha ko bachane ke liye khud uss Rahul ki dost ban gayi. Kaise tum meri izzat bachane ke liye Sampada ke aage jhuk gayi. Kaise tumne Sampada ke aage meri izzat ko bacha liya." At this he paused. Kalyani looking it as a window to speak said, "Malharji mein" and he stopped her from saying anything. He said, "Ruko Kalyani meri baat khatam nahi hui hai." Seeing her he continued, "Meine bahut koshish ki Kalyani. Bahut koshish ki mein tumhe waisa dikha saku jaise Sampada ne apne uss chitthi mein bataya hai par mein naakamyaab raha. Har baar tum kuch aisa karti gayi ki mein samaj hi nahi paya ke kya tum aur woh Kalyani jisse Sampada ne likha hai woh ek hi insan hai. Agar haan toh kaise. Kaise ho sakta hai ki joh ladki mere liye itna karti hai woh meri hi biwi ko bhagane mein uski help kaise kar sakti hai. Aur jab jab, jab jab yeh sochta hun tab mere dimaag mein ek hi khayal aata hai. Kya hota agar tum mujhe Sampada se pehle mil jaati toh?" At this he took one of his hands out of her hold and cupped her cheek. He said, "Kya hota agar tum mujhe aise nahi milti toh. Kyunki Kalyani tumhare saath zindagi banana bahut assan hai. Tumse pyaar karna bahut assan hai. Tumpe depend karna bahut assan hai." At this a tear slipped from Kalyani's eye. Malharji gently wiped it away. Furthermore he said, "Par mein janta hun ki kya hota agar meri zindagi mein Sampada nahi hoti aur mein tumse mila hota toh. Mein kabhi tumhare laayak tha hi nahi. Tum Pune mein pali bhari modern ladki aur mein ek gaaon ka chota sa ACP. Tumhara aur mera koi combination hi nahi ban pata. Tum thehri aaj ke zamane ki ladki aur mein ek old fashioned banda. Koi taal mel hi nahi hota. Isiliye meine decide kiya hai." And Malharji got up from the bed and moved towards the cupboards. He took out some papers and headed back to her. "Yeh divorce papers hai. Meine sign kar diya hai. Tum bhi karlo. Tumhare sapne, tumhari umeedein, tumhari zindagi no meine cheen li hai woh tumhe wapas karne ka yahi tareeka hai." He said all this not looking at her. If he had however looked at her he would have noticed how devasted she looked. No, this is not possible. He could not be doing this to her. Enough was enough.
MALHAR looked up to see Kalyani and he was shocked to see anger. She should be relieved, instead she was angry. "Wow! Wow!" She exclaimed, so loudly that her voice carried out all over the house. He tried to stop her but she was uncontrollable. She got up from the bed and shouted again, "Wow Malharji wow!" He didn't understand, has she finally gone mad. He didn't know what it was he said that had illicit such a response from her. Outside he could see that her shouting had woke up most of the members of the house. Again he tried to subdue her by trying to grab her hands but she, she took those divorce papers and proceeded towards the courtyard. She didn't stop when he tried to hold her. What the hell was she up to?
ANUPRIYA was already unable to sleep, but when she heard the shout from Kalyani she immediately got up. She noticed that many people had woke up because of Kalyani. She saw Kalyani rush over to the courtyard. She went straight up to her and asked, "Kya hua Kalyani, aise shor kyu mucha rahi ho?" At that Kalyani scoffed and said," Kya hua? Kya hua?" Then she turned and looked towards Malhar and said, "Yeh, yeh joh insaan hai na, nahi insaan toh nahi ho aap, 'terrorist' haan, yeh joh terrorist hai na inko pata chala gaya hai ki Sampada ne joh bhi uss chitthi mein likha tha woh jhooth tha. Inko pata chal gaya hai ki Aai aur meri koi galti nahi thi. Aur inko pachtawa ho raha hai. Isiliye itni badi speech dene ke baad, meri itni tareef pe tareef jhadne ke baad inhone mere saath yeh kiya." The she pointed towards the divorce papers, "Yeh divorce papers inhone mujhe thama diya. The great Malhar Rane, the Mahaan Malhar Rane mujhe meri zindagi waapas dena chahte hai. Mujhse divorce karna chahte hai, kyunki inhe lagta hai ki humare beech koi taal Mel nahi hai. You know what Malharji jab aapas mein problems ho toh unhe baithke solve karte hai." All this while Malhar is trying to calm her. "Unse bhaagh nahi jaate hai." Malhar trying to calm Kalyani said, "Kalyani please, shant ho jaao." And Kalyani shouted, "Arey nahi hona hai mujhe shant aur yeh, yeh joh divorce papers hai na." She held up those papers and tear them apart into half then their half and finally she flew them into the air. God she can be so dramatic sometimes. And Malhar is just standing there watching all this with an open mouth. And as those papers flew down she moved towards Malhar and clutched his collar and pulled him so that they were eye to eye and said, "Aye ACP, tumhara itni jaldi nahi peecha chutne wala mujhse. Sapne, umeedein, taal mel nahi hai meri zindagi. Aap aur Pillu hai ab meri zindagi. Agar aapne mujhe Pillu se alag karne ki koshish bhi ki na toh dekh lena. Isiliye meri zindagi mujhse cheen lene ki baatein naahi ki jaye toh better hoga." And Malhar was also stunned watching this new side of Kalyani. He was watching her with a smirk on his face. And then Kalyani let go of Malhar's collar and moved towards Aatya who was watching the scene with a shock. Kalyani took Moksh from her and moved towards someplace that was definitely not their bedroom.
Everyone was watching Malhar. Aausaheb with some contempt, Raosaheb like he was amused, Pallavi and Vinod shocked and Aatya angry. Malhar noticed this and immediately blushed. He murmured a good night and went to his room. Then Aausaheb said, "Bas tamasha khatam ho gaya hai, sab apna kamre mein jao aur so jao." And everybody proceeded towards their room to sleep. Anupriya was very happy with the progress in Kalyani and Malhar's relationship that was taking place. She too, smugly, returned to go back to sleep. Today she would sleep peacefully.
MALHAR always knew a wildcat resided within Kalyani. One does not face what she has faced and not be bold, but he had never thought that he would ever see her be a wildcat with him. To be honest he was impressed. He was not sure whether divorcing her was right or wrong but he was glad that she had stood upto him today.
He laid down on the bed. When he heard footsteps he pretended he was asleep. He knew it was Kalyani. She was talking to Moksh. She said, "Dekh Pillu kaise so rahe hai. Mujhpe atom bomb girakar khud so rahe hai. Bade aaye mujhe divorce denge. Mujhe tujhse koi alag kar sakta hai bala." Even though his eyes were closed he knew she had just set Moksh in his cradle. She was now moving around the room and talking to herself, "Bade aaye mujhe meri zindagi wapas dena wale, huh." After some mutterings he felt her sit beside him on his side of the bed. She stroked her hand on his head, like she was admiring him, "Mein bhi sochti hun Malharji ke hum agar alag circumstances mein mile hote toh kya hua hota. Kya aap mere saath kabhi waise ho pate jaise aap Sampada ke saath the. Par iska yeh matlab nahi ki mein aisa hope karti hun. Aap jaise hai bahut ache hai, bas thoda gussa kam kijiye nahi toh apka BP bad jayega aur bas mujhpe thoda bharosa rakhiye. Sab thik ho jayega." The she kissed his forehead. That moment, that moment etched itself in his soul. That was the moment Malhar felt hope. Hope that everything would be fine. Hope that they would get by. And he felt something, something he has never felt with anyone in his life, not even Sampada. Something that made him believe that he could still fall in love with her.
He fell asleep thinking that a chapter of his life ended today.
Tomorrow would be a new beginning.
Edited by komald718 - 5 years ago