"Karan sirji?....Faizi Sirji?" He heard a voice behind him. He stopped and turned to see an unfamiliar person behind him.
He turned around to see a man in his mid twenties. He was looking at him hopefully.
"Ji...? Kya mai aapko jaanta hu..?" Karan said, sure that he had never seen this person.
"Na Sirji. Aap hume nahi jaante, par hum aapko jaante hai. Abhinav Dubey. Abhi. Sanju ke chachere bhai." The man said extending his hand towards Karan.
After a brief handshake a continued.
"Aapke baare me bohot suno hai Sanju se. Aap yaha aaye ho, ab sab theek ho jayego." The man smiled.
"Kya matlab...?"
"Matlab je...ki Kundan achha aadmi na hai. Sanju humaaye saath badi hui hai, je ghar me chule chokhe se bohot aage nikalne ki kabiliyat hai usme. Use humse achha koi ni jaanta. Sanju je sab galat kar rahi hai, lekin sirf parivar ke kehna par kar rahi hai." he smiled sadly "Yahan aapko batere log academy ke borante batakar chod denge, lekin hum jaante hai ki Sanju aapki aur apni duty ki bateri izzat karti hai. Hum use rok to nahi sake, lekin hum use aapse milvaa sakte hai,"
Karan nodded. Faizi stepped forward.
"Abhi, yahan tum jaisi soch waalo ka hona kabile tareef hai." He smiled. Abhinav nodded and asked them to follow him. He led them to the house next door.
"Yahan se andar jaaye, fir pehle Maale pe teesra darwaaza. Mai yahan nazar rakhta hu."
After thanking him Karan, Faizi and Monami went on to follow his directions.
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In Sanjana's room
She was sitting silently when she heard the door being unlocked. She immediately wiped her face, and sat straight. If she had to do it, if she had to go down, she would go down proudly.
As soon as the door unlocked, it almost flew open, familiar voices murmuring something on the other side.
"Karan are you sure yahi door..."
Monami....
"Rani Sahiba...Abhinav sach bo... AAA"
Karan's words stopped midway as he saw her. Shocked she too stood up, Faizi almost jumped and Monami grabbed Karan's arm.
"Chilla kyu raha hai Karan...pagal hi gaya hai kya...Sanju...?" Faizi asked questioningly, still a little in shock.
"Sirji." She smiled a little awkwardly at them.
"Ye tu hai?"
"Ji...Sirji."
"Badi...alag lag rahi hai..." Karan said equally awkward.
"Uska matlab achhi waali..alag." Monami finished for him and smiled.
"Achha...tu vo sab chod. Darwaza babar se locked kyu tha?" Karan inquired, suspicion evident in his eyes.
"Ye kya hai..." Monami went forward immediately and took her arm, pointing to a small bruise that she got from her attempts to open the door.
"Monami je kuch--" Sanju internally cursed Monami's eye sight.
"Darwaza babar se band, tere haath pe nishaan." Faizi looked at her and then at Karan. "Ab Sanju Jhooth bolengi ki vo to darwaza todne ko koshish kar hi nahi rahi thi. 'Je much bhi nahi hai, choti motion chote to lagti hi rehti hai.' Yahi bolengi na tu, kyu Sanju?"
All three pairs of eyes were looking at her suspiciously.
"Baith."
She sat down on the bed. Karan pulled the stool from the dressing table and sat on it in front of her.
"Tumhe ye shaadi sach me karni hai?" Monami asked quietly.
She remained silent.
"Hum...kar lenge. Ek hi din ki to baat hai. Baaki ka... baad me dekhenge."
"Sanju, tujhe pata ki tujhe kya karna hai. Bas ek baat yaad rakh. Tu yeh apne liye nahi kar rahi hai. Aaj teri family ne tujhse shaadi maa li, kal bachhe maangenge, for aage kuch aur. Ye list kabhi khatam hi nahi hogi. Dekhne ke liye kuch bachega hi nahi baad me. Zindigi teri hai, kaatni tujhe hai. Unhe nahi. Kaat paayegi uss Kundan ke saath? Jee legi ghut ghut ke?" Faizi said, sitting beside her.
"Sanju, hum tujhe rokne nahi aaye hai, kyuki hum jaan te hai ki agar tujhe yaha rehna hai, to koi tujhe yahan se nahi le jaa sakta. Aur ye tu jaan le, ki agar tujhe yaha se jaana hai, to tujhe koi rok bhi nahi sakta."
Suddenly Abhinav entered the room hastily.
"Sirji....nikalne la time aagao..." he informed.
Karan nodded. After giving one last look to her, the three left. Karan smiled silently. The work was done.
Abhinav walked slowly over to Sanju.
"Tu katayi alag lag rahi hai." He chuckled. Sanju smiled. His smile vanished.
"Sanju...hum jaante hai tu ka karne waali hai. Bas....apna dhyaan rakhna." Saying so, he went over to her and whispered something in her ear. She nodded, eyeing the almirah in the corner.
Sanju thought over it. Did she really want to do this? Be stuck in a loveless, suffocating alliance for life? Well, no.
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A/N: Okay. So...I cannot believe that this story is about to come to a close so soon....don't worry you still have 1-2 chapters. So I want to take this moment to thank everyone who constantly checked wattpad waiting for this story to get updated, who read this since the very beginning. Thank you for motivating me, voting, commenting, getting me hyped up with your comments.Thank you so much y'all. And I think I need to apologise for the late updates. So...seeya. Keep watching ZDMN, only on Sony Sab, 2000 hours...Monday to Saturday...
