Vodka on the rocks

Part - 1

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1. Keerti & Sunny elopement scene. The prospective groom's family has left after extending their jhola of tanaas to Raghav & Amma.

"Get out."

Before even Amma or Keerti could say anything Raghav's voice shut them up. Pallavi shuddered all of a sudden. This wasn't a voice she had ever heard before from him. His voice always carried some emotion. Mostly fury. But this time his tone was bland. There was no emotion in it at all. He hadn't even raised his volumn. And frankly that scared Pallavi immensely. Keerti snarled at him defiantly.

"Haan! Jaa rahe hain. Rehne keliye nhi aaye tha. Sirf main Amma ko batane aayi thi. I know unhe hurt hua hain but.."

"Get out."

Keerti shut up. Even she had sensed something wrong in him. She thought he might have burst a vein in anger seeing her outrageous rebellion but here he was stoic like an iceberge. His eyes were trained into the space. Like he was staring through her.

"Wah! Ye dekho Keerti.. ek tum ho jo Amma ka aashirvad lene aayi hon.. even after everything that everyone did here and ek ye janaab. Kicking you out the moment he didn't get his way. What a brother!"

Sunny, sensing his plan to stay in RR Mansion getting foiled jumped up immediately. Pallavi had a sudden desperate urge to bash his stupid head in. Raghav didn't react at all. Except he took a few measured steps in front which had Sunny scampering back like a coward. Keerti met his height head on defiant still. He raised his hand and Pallavi leapt towards him hoping to stop the slap landing on his sister's face evidently. But Raghav just put his hand on her head like he was blessing her. Keerti, Sunny and Amma all were taken aback.

Raghav smiled then. And anyone with half a brain could clearly see through that. The pain shimmering on his face made Pallavi's body ache physically. Raghav chuckled.

"You tricked Pallavi into letting you out. Didn't you?"

Pallavi looked at her husband in shock. Keerti was stunned. She could only stammer.

"I knew it. My wife is too naïve sometimes. I have to say chelli you are one smart a**. Pretty well done. You have successfully destroyed your own life. Atleast no one can blame me now that I didn't try."

He smoothed the hair off her face with a gentleness which was heart breaking to behold. After a decade, Keerti was reminded of the amount of love she had for her eldest sibling at a time. Raghav put his hands in his pocket and walked back turning away from them all, head bent as if contemplating something deeply.

"You know, once I had told my wife ki agar tumme aur usme se mereko kisiko chunna pade toh main hamesha tumhe chunnega."

He chuckled again as if mocking himself.

"Ek universal fact hain. Jo kisi aur ki galti se seekhe woh mahaan, khud galti karke seekhe toh insaan, lekin baar baar ek hi galti kare woh bewakoof hain. Aur mereko abhi realise hua ki duniya ka sabse bada bewakoof main khud ich hain! Baar baar, harbaar main tumhe protect karta chala gaya.. bina ye dekhe ki tum kis raaste pe chala hain.. shayad pyaar aisa ich hain. Logo ko andha, behra, bebaas, majboor, kamzor banake chod deta hain.

Tumne aajtak kya kuch nhi kara mereko hurt karne ko.. mera Pallavi ko hurt karne ko. Lekin maine socha.. behen hain.. chota hain.. but... buss.. buss bohot ho gaya. I'm done. Mera quota full hoke overflow ho gaya hain. I'm sorry Keerti.. par ab main aur tumhe protect nhi kar sakta... nhi karna chahta. I will probably never forgive myself if something happens to you but uss dard ke saath samjhauta karke jee lega main... iss dard ke saath aur nhi jee sakta. Tumne kar liya apni manmani.. ab iss gali ke kutte ko loh aur dafaa ho jao mere ghar se! Out!"