Raman smiled fully seeing ishita sleeping hugging the blanket tight while her whole face was pink.
Mr bhalla -dekh ,yeh hi hai woh ladki, dekhne mein toh fraud nahi lag rahi but duniya ka kya bharosha, aaj kal achche ghar ki ladkiyan bhi yeh sab karti hai. That's why I am telling ur mother not to bring any unknown person home but yeh sunti hi nahi. He was saying to raman while he was busy in admiring his princess.
Seeing him all lost mr bhalla shaked raman and said -tu sunn bhi raha hai main kya keh raha hoon.he said breaking raman's trance.
Raman -huh, kuch kaha aapne.
Mr bhalla -yes I am saying, but tell me where u r lost. Iske chehre mein aisa kya hai ki tu dekhe jaa raha hai.
Toshiji -yeh kudi hai hi itni sundar, bol puttar Isse ghar laa kar koi galti ki kya Maine. Bechari bimaar thi ,aur uss par itni khoobsurat, koi kuch galat kar deta toh, she said making Raman shiver in fear.
Raman -nahi maa, u did right. Aakhir insaan hi toh insaan ke kaam aaya hai. And u r right, she looks like a princess, yeh toh fraud ho hi nahi sakti. He said making toshiji smile while his father face fell hearing this.
Mr bhalla -tu rehna hamesha toshiji ka hi beta, kabhi meri taraf se mat bolna. He said getting angry.
Raman smiled and said -its not like that papa, I am just saying ki Ek ladki ko aise nahi chod sakte hai.
Mr bhalla -but what if she is trapping toshiji. Kal ko sab kuch chuta kar le gayi toh.
Raman -what we have to steal papa, cash cards mein, jewellery bank locker mein aur yeh ghar, Isse kaise koi chura sakta hai.
Mr bhalla -what if she killed us.
Toshiji -ab aap kuch bhi bol rahen hai bhalla ji, yeh bachchi, Itni naazuk hai how can she kill anyone. See I didn't brought her for ever, woh thik ho jayegi, apne ghar chalo jayegi. Why u r creating scene here.
Raman heard this and thought -apne ghar hi toh aayi hai, an Kahan jayegi maa. He thought and smiled looking at ishita. He so wanted to touch her, peck her but had to control himself as his parent were standing there only busy in their bickering.
Raman looked at them in disbelief and said -isse toh achcha Isse ghar se nikal hi do, itna baat karte ho aap dono nobody can sleep peacefully, chaliye yahan se and let her rest. He said and took his parent out. He closed the door to let her rest giving her a last look before going.
Mr and Mrs bhalla settled in the hall while their discussion on ishita was still on. On the other hand, Raman slowly went to his room and locked the door. Then he start dancing in excitement and said looking at the roof -u know matarani u r the best, Maine to sirf ishita ko safe rakhne ko kaha tha, u brought her to my home. OMG I can't tell u how much I love u, u r just the best. I love u, I love u, I love u matarani. He said giving flying kisses looking at the roof. He was busy in dancing and celebrating her coming to his house but then he remembered something and took out his phone.
Raman called mihir and start waiting anxiously for him to pick up the phone.
Raman -utha mihir phone, see ur bhai is so happy. He was saying when mihir picked up the phone and said -sorry bhai, the girl was not princess, kisi ne galat khabar di thi. Sorry to trouble to bhai. aap please gussa mat Karna, aur dishearten toh bilkul mat hona, we will surely find ishita ji. Phir se sorry bhai for giving u wrong info.
Raman -sorry ko daal khadde mein and listen what I want to share. he said excitedly.
Mihir got confused seeing his excitement and asked-kya bhai.
Raman -she is in my house, mihir. Meri ishita mere ghar mein hai. he said jumping in happiness like a kid
Mihir -what, what the heck. he asked all shocked.
Raman stopped jumping and said -what kind of reaction is that.
Mihir -i mean, I mean it's great but how she reached there.
Raman -my maa, my world's best maa, brought her bahu home. Aakhir Ek saas ne apni bahu ko pehchaan liya. He said smiling again dancing in happiness.
Mihir -wow toshi aunty ghar laayi ishita ji ko. Now what u will do. Will u take her here.
Raman -mere maathe par gadha likha hai kya, ki main usse wahan le jaaun. I will keep her close to her heart. Usse itna pyaar karunga, uski Itni care karunga,ki woh khud mujhse pyaar karne lagegi, aur phir agar koi usse mujhse dur le bhi jaana chahe, she will come back to me. he said smiling looking at his reflection in mirror.
Mihir-wow bhai, such a romantic plan but what if she want to go somewhere else.
Raman -main usse jaane thodi naa dunga, I will keep her with me. Waise bhi she is sick, my poor ishita,usse fever ho gaya hai, so now I had to take care of her naa. After all she is my jaan. Achcha chal phone rakh, bore mat kar. Abhi teri bhabhi uthti hi hogi. He said and hung the call.
Mihir got happy hearing raman so happy and thought -its good that ishita ji is safe, but matarani please keep my bhai safe too. Unhe samajh mein nahi aa raha that what trouble he is inviting. These people r finding ishita ji like mad, agat unhe bhanak bhi lag gayi that she is with u, pata nahi how they will react. No I will not let anyone harm my bhai. Main puri nazar rakhunga, inn par. Taaki yeh log mere bhai yaa uncle aunty tak naa pahunch paayen. Yes I will do that only. He thought and called the person in palace and told him to give each and every info about the happenings in palace.
Later in night, bhallas were having dinner, toshiji was serving them while raman was looking at the guest room's door every now and then and at last reluctantly asked -woh ladki utha nahi ab tak maa.
Toshiji -kahan puttar, she is still sleeping. Lagta hai bahut thaki hui hai. Don't know when she will be up.
Mr bhalla -haan Bhai, itna aaram mil raha hai toh kyun nahi soyegi.
Toshiji -how can u even say like this, Aap mein humanity bilkul nahi bachi hai kya, pata nahi kaun hai .ho sakta hai achche ghar ki ho, dekhne mein toh ameer lag rahi hai.
Mr bhalla -ameer ladkiyan aise raaste mein nahi ghoomti, he said.both were busy in fighting again when Raman said -aap dono chup rahenge yaa main jaaun.
Both got silent and start eating while Raman thought -aapko kya pata papa, who is she. Woh Ek rajkumari hai joh yahan sirf mers liye aayi hai. He thought and continued eating.
Soon all went to their respective room. Raman came out after an hour and checked his parent. Seeing them sleeping, he went to the guest room. He saw her still sleeping and sat next to her. He lovingly caressed her face and said -tum soch bhi nahi sakti, Maine kitna dhoondha tumhe. Thank god u r fine, agar tumhe kuch ho jaata toh main khud ko kabhi maaf nahi kar paata.kyunki tu toh meri jaan hai. He said and pecked ishita's temple. He pecked her temple many times and said -jaldi se uth jaa, see ur raman is waiting anxiously for u. He said and went out of the room covering her well. He went to the kitchen and was drinking water.
On the other hand, ishita open her eyes feeling someone touching her and telling something which she couldn't register but was sure that it was a make voice. She opened her eyes and looked around. She find herself in an unknown place and said -shit, I think I have been kidnapped. She said and hold her face with her palm. She looked around and saw the room was beautifully decorated.
Ishita -but where am I and who kidnapped me. She said panicking and then composed herself and said -no need to panic ishita, u r a big girl now. U have to get out of here by any means. She thought to herself and get our of the room. She walked to the hall and saw raman drinking water, his back was infront of her.
Ishita -i think he is the one who kidnapped me. She thought and went to the kitchen slowly. She took the knife kept there and walked to him slowly. She was about to stab him but he saw her reflection on the utensils kept and turned to her. He hold the knife and said -pagal ho gayi hai kya, chaku kyun maar rahi hai.
Ishita start beating him with her free hand and said -chodo mujhe, jaane do. Kyun kidnap kiya mujhe jaane do. She was beating him and saying making him realise that she is thinking that she has been kidnapped.
Raman tried to talk to her but she was in no mood to listen. She was just telling him to let her go trying hard to release her hand. Raman got angry and hold her both hands and said -will u listen to me, I didn't kidnapped u.
Ishita got scared and finally look at his face and got lost in him, while he too was looking at her. Ishita was looking at him as he was looking familiar to her, she thought that she has already seen him somewhere and start trying to remember where she saw him before but wasn't able to remember anything while Raman was just holding her hands tight.
Hearing the choas his parent too came out and saw Ishra standing together,raman holding ishita's hand while the knife is on the floor.
Mr bhalla -dekh liya toshiji, I was telling u naa. She has came to kill us, aapke puttar ko maarne wali thi yeh.
Toshiji got angry hearing this and said -maine tujhe seedhi ladki samajha but u tried to kill my son. Sach kaha tha aapne bhalla ji, achchai ka zamana hi nahi hai. Nikal jaa mere ghar se. She said making ishita realise that this family helped her in crisis. She felt guilty on her behaviour and said -I am sorry aunty ji, she was saying when Toshiji said -nahi sunna tera sorry, just get lost. She said in anger making ishita's eyes moist.
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