His words stung like spears in her heart, “Pyaar karne ki anumati nahi hai humein”. Tears threatened to spill from her eyes, but she held them back. Moved forward and took the bag from his hand and said “Hum samjhte hai. Jo kuch apne kiye who mission ka hissa tha. Hum aapko blame nahi karte” He did not understand how should he react.
“Kya kiya hai inhone?” Rang a voice from behind her. Both of them froze. Karishma Singh stood there with questions in her eyes.
“Karishma Singh aap yaha kya karrahi hai?” Haseena Malik finally found her voice.
“Kissi kam se aaye the toh socha apne bhaiyya se milte chale. Lekin ye hamare sawal ka uttar nahi hai.. Kis baat ke liye aap inhe blame nahi karti?? Kya kiya hai inhone??” Karishma Singh asked. When KS received no response, her police instinct kicked in. And her anger rose as she started joining the dots. HM understood that the volcano will erupt any moment.. she had to act fast. She didn’t want to embarrass Anubhav in front of his sister.
“Kuch nahi hua hai KS. H.. hum bas… Haan chachaji ke bare mei baat kar rahe the..” HM tried to cover up. AS couldn’t believe what HM just did.. “Did she just save me?” he thought.
“Acha… Hum aapko topa nazar aa rahe hai maddam sir?” KS was angrier now. She had understood the entire situation but didn’t understand why her MS was lying to her.
“Aap janti hai aap humse jhoot nahi bol sakti toh kahe koshish kar rahi hai? Yeh jo pyaar ka natak hua na mission ke liye… woh natak sirf anu bhaiyya kar rahe the… aap nahi.. dhokha diya na anu bhaiyya ne aapko?? Sahi keh rahe hai na hum??” MS couldn’t look KS in the eyes. She knew KS would catch her lie. AS was silently admiring his sister’s intelligence and cursing his luck.
“Ab kahe chup hai?” KS met with silence again. She wanted to shake out answers from both the people standing in front of her but they were her seniors- in position and in age. MS finally spoke “Aisa kuch nahi hai. Yeh sab rehne dijiye. Thane chaliye bohot kaam hai.”
“MS aaj hum jawab liye bina yaha se nahi jayenge aur nahi aapko jane denge… Hume pehle hi samajh jana chahiye tha jab anu bhaiyya har woh chiz kar rahe the jo aapko pasand ho.. hume laga ke who aapko pasand karte hai aur aapko impress karne ke liye aisa kar rahe hai… lekin yaha toh kuch aur hi chalaha tha… “ her patience was running out… but she knew that she would not get any answers if she became impulsive. “Thik hai… aapko nahi batana hai na kuch? Hum pushpa ji ko yaha bulate hai… woh kholengi aake sach se parda.”
Past flashed in front of MS’ eyes. She had confessed to pushpa ji that she liked Anubhav sir. “Haan hum pasand karte hai Anubhav sir ko. Bohot jyada pasand karte hai.” MS knew she had lost the battle and looked at AS for help. That was enough for KS to change her focus to AS.
AS had been silent all the while as he knew he couldn’t hide anything from KS anymore. MS was fighting a lost war and AS was wishing her to delay KS’ assault a bit longer.
