chapter-8 (Part-1)

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'Thi This time I'll fight even with my fate wh which is a l always in yo ur con trol." she whispered in uneven breaths.he got confused at that and got out of their tight hug and holded her arms gently looking into her eyes deeply.

"What are you implying?"

'I I'll go fa far away from you so you can le lead your li life peacefully by recti rectifying the biggest mist mistake of your life.'

"Where will you go? huh..Where? You've to be with me..with me." he pressed her cheeks stressing the words.

'No..' she moved her head with force..'No..ahh.'

"Khushi..please..please don't say anything..It'll be painful for you. We'll discuss this matter later. ok.." he placed a kiss on her forehead and adjusted her on the bed.

'Khushi..' a crying payal entered the room and approached khushi.

'Tumne mujhe daraa diyaa."

"I'm fi fine jiji. don't worry." she smiled slightly through her tears.

'How would I get not worry when I saw you like that?'

"Maami! why did yo..

'Arnav bitwaa..I asked nurse and she said it's okay to say hello hi to phati I mean khushi now so I came inside after that I'll say bye bye to her.' she said closing the door gently and came inside in manorama walking style. the three surprised about the change in the tone of maami when it is always taunting coated in her words about the sisters.

"Khushi..how are you feeling now?" she nodded her head with a slight smile awkwardly in response not knowing how to react with her sudden concern. manorama sensed this..arnav too noticed the scene unfolding before him.

'I may be judgemental towards you many times but I've never ever wished this to you infact this is the thing I realized when we..'

"That's why you told arnavji that I'm the reason for di's thought to take the abortion and went to hospital..?" she asked like in a statement with a cracked voice. arnav's heart start beating wildly with that and by thinking the previous moment.
'I I'll go fa far away from you.' he got out of the trance with khushi's words.

"Maami..Had I ever behaved indifferently with you eventhough I'm putting up alot by you, not only me. she pulled payal by her hand showing." my jiji too."

"ofcourse..that's the problem right..my jiji. whom you unable to accept as your daughter-in-law as we are not equal to you." payal pressed khushi's hand and moved her head as no indicating to not talk about this.

"How long jiji? If I know this is the situation you're going to face the entire life then I would not make you realize your feelings towards jijaji. love should give joy not only to the couple who're in love but also to the both families who binds them together." words flowed out of her lips with pain and with a side glance at arnav who is already looking intently at her. she turned towards mami

"My family hesitated to give their daughter to this family first because they too know we're not equal either by status or by money with you. if you had daughter you would have known the pain of sending their child away to another home with a constant fear of what might situations my daugher will face in in-laws home."
manorama turned her face to the side with a slight shame.

"and we didn't keep any hard feelings on you because you too are like our mother..this is what our mother's upbringing taught us to see husband's family and take care of them like our own."

Silence...

Silence is the only thing in the room which is audible afer the intense but calm words of khushi.
She didn't know why she felt the need to raise this topic now may be she would not have a chance later even to try to settle her jiji's lifetime problem.

"One person stay here please..Let her take rest for some time." with nurse's voice manorama left the room silently.

"Pa Payal. you stay here. I'll be back in 10 minutes." arnav said in low voice with emotions. he doesn't know why something is indicating bad to him eventhough there is no belief in all those things to him. but he soon composed that as ASR he can face whatever it is and with a final look at khushi who's silently looking at her lap left the room.

'Khushi?'

"Hm..

'Don't think about anything. It'll stress you.'

"Hm..

'and..

"Hm..

'Happy Birthday Khushi.' with that khushi raised her head surprisingly and looked at payal who has tears in her eyes looking at her sister.

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