Next Morning...
"Tum log mere bina hi shuru ho gaye?" Cabir frowned as Manik & Nandini told them what happened the night before. "How mean yaar....aise kaise kar sakte ho?"
"Im sorry bhai...main toh aapko phone karna chahti thi. Manik ne rok liye." Nandini explained while Manik just rolled his eyes.
"Dude...grow up. Itna bhi koi badi baat nahi hai." Manik said.
"Haan cabir..abhi concentrate karte hai na." Navya said. "Manik...Nyo Aunty aur Raj uncle Mukti ke saath gaye hai uss saabji se milwane ke liye. Tumhe bhi jaana chahiye."
"Ok....Nandini, you know what to do na?" Manik asked Nandini.
"Haan baba, yaad hai mujhe. Tum jao."
"Ok...good luck." Manik gave a peck on Nandini's cheek before leaving.
Raj & Nyonika brought Mukti to Kuldip.
"Arre Veerji, aap yahan hai? Aur hum kaha kaha nahi dhund rahe hai." Raj said.
"Mujhe kyun dhund rahe they?"
"Humari choti bahu, Nandini se milwane ke liye." Nyonika replied. "Yeh hai Nandini..."
"Mere hone wali biwi." Manik added as he came up to them. Mukti & Manik both bent down to pretend to take his blessings.
"Jeete raho...khush raho." Kuldip blessed them. As Mukti got up, he placed a hand on her cheek. 'Bohot hi pya-aaaa..."
"Veerji...Kuldip Veerji? Kya hua?" Raj asked as Kuldip stared ahead in shock.
"Tauji?" Manik called. But Kuldip was frozen, he could speak or even move because he saw.....Jhanvi, wearing the same wedding lehenga she was the day she died...her face all pale. like there was no life in her. Kuldip closed his eyes and shook his head before looking again, this time nobody was there. Raj, Nyonika, Mukti & Manik smirked among themselves seeing the fear on Saabji's face.
"Veerji!" Raj nudged him.
"Huh?"
"Kya hua?"
"Woh..w..w..woh..woh...ww.w..w.."
"Woh kya?" Manik asked.
"Nahi..n..nahi..k..kuch..na...hi..Pa..paani...."
"Haan Haan, abhi laya tauji." Manik took a glass from a waiter and handed it to him. Kuldip was about to take a sip when he pushed it away in shock. The glass wass filled with a red liquid.
"KHOON! K..K..K..Khoon...iss.iss..isme..k..k..kh..khoon!"
"Veerji...kya bol rahe hai aap? Isme sirf paani hai." Nyonika explained. Kuldip shook his head and loked away.
"Nahi..nahi..khoon..khoon hai isme..."
While he was looking away, Manik quickly handed the glass back to the waiter who was none other than Cabir in disguise and took an identical glass but this was filled with water. Cabir then walked away.
"Tauji...dekhiye...sirf paani hai. See." Manik showed him the glass. Kuldip took the glass and looked at it bewildered.
"Yeh kaise...nahi main dekha tha...isme khoon...maine khud dekha tha....kaise...yeh..."
"Aapka tabiyat toh thik hai na Tauji?" Manik asked as Kuldip stumbled backward. He was sweating and already very much terrified. After all, he wasnt a very educated man and he grew up in the village so ghost stories were something he grew up listening and believing.
"Main...main kamre mein..aaram...abhi.."
"Of course Veerji, jaayiye aap." Raj assured him. Kuldip left while the others started laughing....well everyone except Manik.
