Wedding of Arylie

CHAPTER 2.2.2

We had took the pain killers and gone to sleep much earlier we ever had before. Around 12 a.m. midnight, I heard something, "Nahi" (No),and rubbed my temples with one of my hand. Who the heck is in my room? No this is not my room. Who is it? I again heard, "Nahi" (No). I opened my eyes and sat up. I saw Imlie was beside me, curling up at the end of the bed, saying, "Nahi, nahi...humka choro. Humka ehi se nahi jana he. Woh ko humare saath leke jana he. Barna, uuh akele pare jawat he. Hum kabhi uuh ka akela chorat nahi rahe he." (No, no...leave me. I don't want to go from here. I have to take him with me. If not, he will become lonely. I will never leave him alone).

What is all this Imlie saying? I don't think she is awake. That means, she is having a nightmare. I shook her and called out to her, "Imlie...Imlie...wake up, Imlie uutho, snap out of it" (Imlie...Imlie...wake up, Imlie wake up, snap out of it), he cupped his hands on her face pulled her head over my lap, she had already started hyperventilating, I was shocked at my own thoughts, No Imlie is not only trapped in a nightmare, but, she is also having an panic attack, inside the nightmare. No no no, anyway or the other she needs to wake up.

I heard her say again and throwing her right hand towards outside, like she wanted to free herself from someone and tears coming out of her closed eyes, "Humka choro, use chot laagi he. Use hum uss and here me nahi choreye. Hum ya uskesaath bahar aayiye, ya uske saath waha rahiye humesha. Uup kon ho, mere haath pakarke, usse hume dur karne wale." (Leave me, he has got hurt. I will not leave alone in that dark place. Either, I will come out together with him, or,I will stay there with him forever. You are who, to take my hand and take me away from him).

Seeing her cry and being uncomfortable in her sleep, tears started to fall down from my eyes, I desperately called out, "Imlie, mera Bewakoof Jungli, my wild cat, please.....please snap out." I started to rub my left hand over her forehead and through her hair to comfort her, and went near her ear and said while crying, "My wild cat, sab kuch thik he. Tumhe koi nahi leke jarah he mujhse. Wake up, dekho me tumhara haath kaaske pakar ke rakha hu. Dekho kisi ko bhi chot nahi laga, I am fine.....please please kuch bolo......please wake up" (My wildcat, everything is alright. No one is taking you away. Wake up, see I am holding your hand tightly. See no one is injured, I am fine.....please please say something......please wake up), and I hold her right hand tightly. Now, she started to breath properly, she said while sleeping, "ABP, tum thik ho? Hum tumka kabhi chor ke nahi jaungi." (ABP, you are alright? I will never go anywhere leaving you). I realizing what she was seeing and got a panic attack. I again whispered crying, "Mera Jungli, me thik hu. Mujhe kya hua he? Me toh tumhare paas hu, aur kiski itni himmat, tumhe mujhse churake le jayega. Bhulo maat, I am Aryan Singh Rathore. Now wake up." (My Jungli, I am okay. What has happened to me? I am with you, and who has the guts, to steal you away from me. Don't forget, I am Aryan Singh Rathore. Now wake up). I took my right hand, then, I gently tapped her face for twice and she slowly opened her eyes after a few minutes.

Imlie looked at me and kept staring for some seconds, which felt like years the way she looked at me. She bought her right hand over the ride side of my face and gently rubbed, I leaned towards her hand closing my eyes feeling her touch. She said in a tearful voice, "ABP, tum thik ho, toh humbhi thik he. Tumhe kuch ho jata toh, hum jite ji maar jate. Nahi hum khudko khatam..." (ABP, if you are alright, then I am alright. If anything had happened to you, I would die alive. No, I would have finished myself by...). I put my hands over her mouth to not let her speak that word. I said, "Me thik hu, dekho, aur tumhe mujhse koi cheen nahi sakta. Tum aur, nahi, hum dono hamesha ek saath rahenge, tumhne Pagdandiya se lautne ke samai dhaba me, wadah kiya he ki, puri zindagi tum mere liye wohi same daal banaugi. Aur, mujhe wo wadah rakhna he, tumhare saath jina he, tumse jhagra karna he, tumhari baak baak sunna he aur tumse...." (I am alright, see, and no one can take you away from me. You and, no, we both will always stay together, while returning from Pagdandiya in that dhaba, you promised, whole life you will make the same dal for me. And, I want to keep that promise, live with you, fight with you, listen to you always talking and with you....),I heavily breadth and kept on rubbing her head. She at my unfinished sentence asked, "Aur, humse ka? Yeh aaj udhar nahi rahe. Tum nahi bolo, par hum bol diye."(And, with me what? This will not stay a loan today. You don't say, but, I will say). My breathing got stuck, I rubbed my face on her raised face, and both of us together said, "Har roze aur zada ek dusre se payara karenge." (Will love each other more and more every passing day).

Imlie got up from my lap, and hugged me, "ABP, phir bhi daar lag raha he. Wadah karo, tum humesa bahar jane ke samai, ekele nahi jaoge, kisike saath rahoge. Aur, Aditya Kumar Tripathi ka kuch hum karte he. Use toh hum nahi choren. Use hum zinda zamin me gar diye." (ABP, then also I am scared. Promise me, you will never go out alone, you will always bring someone with you. And, I will take care of Aditya Kumar Tripathi. I will not leave him alone. I will bury him under the ground alive). I hugged her back and chuckled, "Daro maat.Aur me toh hamesa tumahare saath rahata hu, bahar ho ya ghar ho. Aur, Mr. Tripathi ke baare me tumhe sochna nahi parega, he has already called his destruction today. He is a gone man now, any moment. Now let's go back to sleep." (Don't be scared. And, I am always with you, be it work, or home. And, you don't need to think about Mr. Tripathi, he has already called his destruction today. He is a gone man now, any moment. Now let's go back to sleep). I gave her a light kiss, and cuddled her to sleep.

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Next morning, a car was already sent to us from Rathore Mansion, and we visited the hospital. Didi was already awake, and I left Imlie and Sunderji with Didi, and went to do the discharge procedures and have a talk with the doctor. When I came back after half-an-hour, I found Aditya Kumar Tripathi, holding her hands with force and trying to pull her towards him. I got angry looking at that, I rushed towards them, removed his hands from Imlie, separating them and then punching him, "What the heck? Aditya tum yaha kya kar rahe ho?" (What the heck? Aditya what are you doing here?) I pulled him by the collar, and throw him towards one of hospital wall said, "Tumhe saab ko kaalmarte hue bhejna kya kaafi nahi tha, ki tum yaha par bhi aah gaye. Aur Imlie sekya he, usse zabardasti kyu kar rahe ho?" (Was it not enough to send everyone dying yesterday, that you also came here too. And what is it you want from Imlie, why are you forcing her like that?)

Aditya started to smile silently, then said, "Aryan Singh Rathore, Rathore Group of Industries, ki one and only owner, tum toh Malini ketarah nikle. Tum, hume aur Imlie ko aalag karne ke liye, uske maan me humare liye doubts paida kiya he. Tumhe chaar sal pahale, Arvind Shikhawat ki maut kabadla, hume thahara kar, humse badla lena chahate ho. Tum Imlie ko sirf humare khilaf use kar rahe ho. Tum Imlie ki koi dost nahi ho." (Aryan Singh Rathore, Rathore Group of Industries, one and only owner, you turned out like Malini. You, created doubts to separate, Imlie and me. Arvind Shikawat's death, you hold me accountable for it, from 4 years ago, and want to take revenge from me. You are only using Imlie against me. You are not Imlie's friend). Aryan now laughing said, "You are so Goddamn pathetic Mr. Tripathi, jiske wajah se aap ka pura parivaar ka chaan ki saas tak le nahi sakte. Jo ek unnish saal ki laardki ka zindagi almost barbad kar chuka he, jo aur bohot innocent insaano ka zindigi barbad kar chuka he, woh mujhe dhokebaaz bol raha he?" (You so Goddamn pathetic Mr. Tripathi, because of you there is no peace in your family. The person who almost finished a 19 years old girls life, the person who destroyed many innocent people's life, is calling me a cheater?)

Aditya again laughed loudly, "Aab tum jo bhi bolo Imlie ko jhute hi laago ge. Dekho uske haath me kya he." (Now, whatever you say, everything will be a lie to Imlie. See what is in her hand).

I turned and looked at Imlie, she was holding the file, where I safely kept all the proves against Aditya Kumar Tripathi, I gasped at the sight. Aditya called, "Imlie, tumhe hum par aab biswas hua? Aryan Singh Rathore, koi aache insaan nahi he. Wo tumhe sirf use kar raha he. Mere paas aah jao uss file ko lekar." (Imlie, now do you believe me? Aryan Singh Rathore is nota good man. He is just using you. Come to me with that file). Imlie started to walk towards us, as I held my breathing. Aditya from behind said, "Mr. Rathore aap har gaye." (Mr. Rathore you lose). Imlie came to me and stopped, she looking at both of us said, "Hum janat nahi the, koi itna bara dhokebaaz howat sakat he?" (I didn't know, that someone can be such a big cheater?), and handed the file to me. Aditya said, "Yeh kya kar rahi ho Imlie? Usse file kyu de rahi ho?"(What are you doing Imlie? Why are you giving the file to him?)

We stood beside each other. Aditya now started walking towards us, both of us looking towards him, holding our breadth. He was almost at a hand distance from us, when I lifted one of my eye brows and gave an evil smile, and said, "Aditya, did you really ask Imlie what she thought about the matter? Did you ask her if she knew about it?" Aditya said, "Imlie jawab do jo Aryan ne pucha?" (Imlie answer the questions Aryan asked)? Imlie puts her righthand over the left end of my chest and I put my left hand on her back at her waist. Imlie now showed the same expression as me, and we looked at each other. Aditya in a high tone, "Nahi, yeh such nahi he." (No, this is not the truth).

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