Flashback continues........
In Lakshmi's office,
Lakshmi's P.A is Priya and Lakshmi's college friend is Akash.
Priya: Madam....maine pata karne ki kosish ki thi ki Rishi kaha rehta hain lekin mujhe koi idea nahi hain.
Lakshmi: I don't want to hear any excuses......Akash kaha hain?
Akash: Main yaha hoon Lakshmi...mujhe pata chal gaya ki Rishi kaha rehta hain.
Lakshmi: Great....kaha rehta hain vo bhikari?
Akash: First of all don't address him like that as he is the owner of 2000 crore.
Lakshmi(angrily): No....I am the owner of that property. He just stole it from me. Batao kaha hain vo.....kaha rehta hain?
Akash: He lives in Bhutan 🇧🇹 Vo ek ashram mein pala bara hain. Due to some reason tumhare dad use waha chod kar aaye the. Vo jagah iss bahari duniya se totally juda hain. Waha aaj bhi ek bhi mobile phones ka upyog record nahi kiya gaya hain itne saalon mein. So..you can say ki Rishi ko bahari duniya ke technology ke baare mein kuch nahi pata hain...nothing at all.
Lakshmi(with a smirk): Fir toh yeh asaan hoga....kuch zyada hi asaan hoga usse saare documents par sign lena. Main aaj hi Bhutan jaaungi....abhi....just book the tickets.
Priya: Okay ma'am.
Priya left the cabin.
Akash: Lakshmi.....ho sakta hain ki usse baat karne mein dikkat aaye....so just take me along with you.
Lakshmi: Ofcourse...tum bhi chal rahe ho. Aakhir you are only my unpaid bodyguard.
Saying this Lakshmi smirked and Akash smiled.
Bhutan,
Lakshmi reached the ashram where Rishi was brought up.
A monk: Kisse milna hain aapko?
Lakshmi: Rishi se....vo yahi rehta hain na?
A monk: Theek hain....aap aaiye...baba se mil lijiye.....vo hi Rishi se aapko milaenge.
Lakshmi(frowning): Baba matlab?
A monk: Chaliye mere saath.....
Lakshmi, Akash and Priya followed the monk. Walking through many turns carved out of rock of the same ashram...Lakshmi and her two fellows were taken to a big room where a monk was sitting and reading a book which looked to be a religious book.
A monk: Baba....yeh sab Rishi se milne aaye hain.
The monk who was reading the book suddenly stopped reading it and looked at Lakshmi raising his head.
The monk: Theek hain...tum jaao.....
The other monk left.
The monk stood up and came to Lakshmi.
The monk: Tum.....Lakshmi ho na?
Lakshmi: Jii....aapko mera naam kaise pata?
The monk(with a smirk): Tumhara naam yaha par har kisi ko pata hain kyunki pichle 20 saalon se Rishi yeh naam leta aa raha hain. Yaha ki hawa aur paani.....sab tumhara naam jaante hain kyunki Rishi bachpan se yahi bolte aa raha hain ki ek din uski Lakshmi aayegi.
Lakshmi: Kaha hain aapka vo Rishi?
The monk: Vo aa raha hain......use bulaya hain maine.
Suddenly Lakshmi heard the sound of someone running and that sound was constantly increasing. When it stopped Lakshmi turned back and saw a boy panting yet smiling seeing Lakshmi.
The monk: Rishi......yeh.....
Rishi came towards Lakshmi and then spoke.
Rishi: Jaanta hoon....Lakshmi hain yeh...
Saying this Rishi hugged Lakshmi tightly due to happiness but Lakshmi broke the hug and pushed him.
Lakshmi(angrily): KYA KAR RAHE HO HAAN? SHARAM NAHI AATI? LADKI DEKHI NAHI KI FLIRT KARNA SHURU?! EK TOH CHORI UPAR SE SEENA JODI? HAAN?
Rishi started breathing heavily. The monk went to him and rubbed his back in order to calm him down.
The monk: Lakshmi....isne koi chori nahi ki hain. Aur gusse ki bhavna iske andar bilkul nayi hain. Tum isse aise baat mat karo...yeh darr jaaega....abhi baccha hain yeh.
Lakshmi(angrily): BACCHA? Kaha se baccha lag raha hain yeh aapko? Itna lamba hain bilkul khambe ki tarah.
The monk: Main maanta hoon ki yeh dikhne mein lamba chaura aur akarshit hain lekin yeh bahar ki duniya se.....matlab matlabi duniya se....gusse jaisi bhavnao se...bilkul agyat hain.
Lakshmi: Agyat matlab?
The monk: Matlab...isko unn sab bhavnao ke baare mein nahi pata. Yeh yahi pala bara hain...shaanti aur sundar mahol mein. Iska dil bohot nazuk hain....isko chot mat pohochana.
Lakshmi: Accha? Yeh bohot bhola hain? Toh fir meri jayedat kaise looti inse? One ya two crores nahi...poore two thousand crores loote hain isne mere. Mere dad ko isne aise uksaya ki unhone apni saari property iske naam kar di...aur aap kehte ho ki yeh......
The monk: Haan yeh baccha hain...bhola hain aur bohot hi shaant swabhav ka bhi. Isko paison ka mol nahi....sirf pyaar ka mol pata hain Lakshmi. Iss par aise illzaam mat lagao...aur shaanti se isse baat karo....yeh tumhare saare prashno ka uttar dega.
Akash(whispering): Lakshmi...yeh jab itna bol rahe hain toh do that....ho sakta hain ki isse humara kaam bann jaae.
Lakshmi agreed.
Lakshmi came to Rishi and held his hand.
Lakshmi(sweetly): Mujhe tumse baat karni hain....kahi aur chal kar kare?
Rishi(with a smile): Theek hain Lakshmi....chalo na......
Lakshmi and Rishi came to another room.
Rishi: Lakshmi.....bolo na...kya bolna hain tumhe.
Lakshmi(sweetly): Main yeh bolna chahti hoon ki mujhe meri property waapis chahiye. Tum mujhe doge?
Rishi: De doonga Lakshmi....lekin tum mujhse shaadi karogi?
Lakshmi(furious):SHAADI? AUR TUM(trying to calm down) se....haan...karungi na.....lekin uske liye tumhe mere saath chalna parega na. Chaloge?
Rishi: Haan chalunga na tumhare saath....lekin Baba se permission le kar...
Lakshmi(sweetly):Unse meri baat ho chuki hain Rishi......chalte hain na..please.
Rishi: Theek hain....lekin kisi ne dekh liya toh?
Lakshmi(sweetly): Toh koi aur raasta nahi hain?
Rishi: Hain na....mere peeche waale deewar se ek raasta hain jo ashram ke bahar ki taraf khulta hain...waha se chale?
Lakshmi: Haan....chalo.....
Rishi held Lakshmi's hand and then came towards the car. Lakshmi opened the car and made Rishi sit inside it. Lakshmi then drove the car and dropped a message to Akash to somehow escape from that place and reach the airport in 10 minutes.
Lakshmi's POV(in mind)
Iss Rishi ko toh main barbaad karke chodungi. Bada aaya mujhse shaadi karne waala. Ab dikhati hoon main ise ki Lakshmi kya cheez hain.
Lakshmi's POV ends.
Scene End.
