Aye zindagi...

Humanity off

It was night and Raghav was sleeping on his bed wide eyes. He's looking at the ceiling trying to get rid of the guilt and how to make Pallavi understand that self harming cannot be an option. Suddenly his phone rang

Ra : Hello, Pallavi!! Vaha, Amma ke pash!! Mai ata hai...(He rushed to hospital only to find Pallavi standing at Jaya's cabin door. He rushed to stop her.) Yeah tum kya kar raha hai
Pa : (smirking) Areh, dhire Raghav Rao dhire, hospital hai,zor seh baat karna sahi nahi
Ra : (in a lower voice) Okay,fine. Tum yeha kaar kya raha hai.
Pa : Areh,mai Jaya aunty seh milne ayi hu... Unka haal chaal puchne,and....
Ra : And??
Pa : Hm.... I'm thinking... Raghav, Aunty na mujhe kaafi trust karti hai,so, I should tell her the truth... What her son did to me.
Ra : No, please... Dekho... You told me... You won't,dekho... Amma ko pata laga toh she'll not be able to take this... Unko kuch hua toh...
Pa : Haina (Smirking),chalo...nahi batati...but,uske liye, you've to do something...
Ra : Main kuch vi Karega...
Pa : Mere legs pe girgirao... Beg to me... Just the way I begged when ....
Ra : Pallavi, pagal hai kya... Yeha, ki g dekh raha hai... And, you want keh...
Pa : Fine then,main Aunty ko sach...(she's about to enter when Raghav held her hand)
Ra : Ruko... (He bent down and held her feets begging) Pallavi Deshmukh, I beg of you... Please Amma ko kuch maat bolo... Mai, tumhara koisa bhi baat manega and karega... (He's crying)
Fa : Anna!!!(He was coming to hospital. He had something urgent to tell to Pallavi and Raghav but the scene in front of him shocked.) Pallavi ji... Anna,aap dono... Anna, please uthiye, VIP cabin hai toh kya hua... Koi bhi aa sakta hai
Ra : Nahi, Farhad... Tu ja ..
Fa : Pallavi ji ...
Pa : Nahi... Raghav Rao kuch vi karega na... Toh karne do... Raghav, zameen peh naak ragro...
Fa : Nahi...
Ra : Nahi... Mai...mai Karega... Amma ke liye,aur Tujhe meri swear Farhad,tu nahi rokega mujhe.... (Raghav rubbed his nose on the floor)
Pa : Opz! Main toh Bolna hi bhul gayi, Keerthi isn't home yet... Raat ke 9 baaj gaye Raghav...
Fa : Ha, Anna... Mujhe yehi bolna tha... Keerthi ka car locate nahi ho raha and her phone is off as well...
Ra : (Stood up and held Pallavi's arms) Tum kya kiya.... I swear! If you're involved in this then...
Pa : Then?? Keerthi mere bhai Nikhil Deshmukh keh sath hai...(looking at her watch) If I don't call Nikhil with 10 minutes, he'll take her somewhere and do what you've done to me...
Ra : (raised his hand to slap her but stopped and folded his hands pleading) dekho Pallavi... I know mujhse galti hua. I'm sorry. Tum mujhe punish karo... Please mera family ko maat involve karo...
Pa : Helplessness kya hota hai, you realize that!? Mai bhi aise boli thi ... Did you listen...
Ra : Areh! Ho gai galti... I know,galti nahi paap hai vo.... And,mai paschatap kaar raha hai ar tum caho toh full life karega.... But, what's Keerthi's Fault ha? Vo tumhara friend hai. Are you even a human.
Pa : I was Raghav Rao I was until you destroyed me... now,Human switch is off... And about your paschatap and all, Tumhe karna parega... It's not like ki tum koi ahesan kaar rahe ho... Keerthi ko bachana hai na! Hmm... You can go... (Raghav's about to leave) but, yeah Aunty toh akeli hongi MERE sath.... What if I tell her the truth ha?
Ra : Tum aisa nahi Karega...
Pa : Don't dare threaten me... Else tumhare Amma aur behen ko ek jhatke me barbad kar dungi...
Ra : Kya cahata hai tum...
Pa : Dekho... 2 mins baki hai,tum agar mee slave banke mere feet me naak ragroge toh mai Keerthi ko ghar drop karvadungi and abhi ke liye chali jaungi....
Fa : Pallavi ji.... Aap ko andaza bhi hai... Aap kya bol rahe ho... Are you mad (He's angry)
Ra : Farhad.... (He bents down and rubs his nose on Pallavi's feet. Pallavi is having a satisfactory smile. Raghav is numb. Farhad is on verge of breaking down.
Pa : Good. (She calls Nikhil and asks to drop Keerthi home. **Nikhil or Keerthi, none are aware of Pallavi's plan. Pallavi randomly told Nikhil to drop Keerthi home because Keerthi's car wasn't working. Keerthi informed her in morning only). So,now,you,my slave,move...(She kicks him aside and rubs her feet on his pants) Main abhi ke liye jaa rahe ho... But remember, I'm not done with you. (She leaves).

Farhad cries watching a broken Raghav. Raghav is all numb and pale. He carries Raghav home. Raghav is just numb. He didn't eat a food. Just, went to his room and locked the door. Farhad informs the servant to keep a tap on Raghav. Farhad is heading out when he meets Keerthi.

Fa : Keerthi,you okay
Ke : Ha, mujhe kya hoga ... Thanks to Pallavi,meri car kharab thi, so she sent Nikhil to my rescue.
Fa : Okay,great... Mujhe kuch kaam hai, I'll be back. Anna ask kare toh bata dena.
Ke : Okay, bye.

Pallavi is returning home. Her face void of any emotions. She's thinking of the next way to punish Raghav when suddenly a car came in front of the cab. She looked and found Farhad. Pallavi smirked and came out.

Pa : Areh, Raghav ke chamche... Kuc...
Fa : Baashh.... Bohot hua ... Aur ek sabdh nahi ....(Pallavi was shocked with Farhad's rudeness) Aapko main ek acha human samajhta tha
Pa : Acha,just because I'm taking my revenge, I'm bad now ...
Fa : No,but, because.... it's you who created the mess.... What do you think, Raghav Anna ko kuch pata nahi toh mujhe bhi nahi pata... I know,vo jwelery ka chori apke sister neh kiya (Pallavi was shocked). Anna apko trust karte theh... You could have told him.....
Pa : Yeah tum kya bol rahe ho... Dekho...
Fa : Oh please! Stop the drama.... Raghav Anna apke family ko kuch karte yeah sochkar aap apne peh ilzam liye.... Areh,he wouldn't have even touched them if he knew the truth. Unhe samjhakar bolte toh he'd understood.
Pa : Vo,ush jaise insan ko....
Fa : Ko kya!? He tried to take over the Shop... Areh... He was planning to open Mall there. Aapko bhi ek showroom milta... Personal not rental.... Oh, I forgot, you toh don't trust .. (He brought a file and gave to Pallavi. On reading the file, Pallavi saw,a showroom at her name was actually there.)
Pa : He gave eviction notice... He ,he ..
Fa : Assulted you .... Ek baat bataiye... Agar aaj Anna ke reason seh,apki Ma Amma jaise...
Pa : Khabardar... I'd have killed him.
Fa : Toh!!!! Areh, Anna apseh ek sachai hide kiye ... Aur apne toh jhut ta mahal bana diya.... You know what, you are responsible for this ... You lied,fought to keep up with your lie.... Anna neh bohot galat kiya... But, it's you who started this .... Aur Anna already sad thee... He planned to give up on the shop. Unhone toh vo shop apke name peh karvane bhej diya... Legal papers apko mil jaayega... Anna neh galti kih, but,aaj apne limit cross kiya ... I won't stop you from taking revenge but, Amma ko involve? Keerthi? Seriously... You're right.... Aap apna humanity switch such meh off kaar chuki hai ... Aaj apne jo kiya ... With Anna, that's insane.... I've told everything to you. Now do whatever you feel. (He left)

Pallavi silently returned home and Went to her room.