Nandini woke up to find Manik hovering above her. Gasping, Nandini sat up but Manik pinned her to the bed.
"Kaha chali Mrs Biwi?"
"Chodo mujhe!" Nandini struggled to get free. "Leave me you monster!"
"Kal raat ko maine kuch nahi bola....lekin main tumhe iss ghar mein rehne nahi de sakta." Manik growled. "Main tumhe itna pareshan karunga ke tum khud ghar chodke bhaag jaoge."
He then stormed out of the room and Nandini was left rubbing her wrists which were now red.
"Jerk..."
After changing into a kurti, Nandini came downstairs where Dhananjay was reading a newspaper and Sumitra set the table for breakfast. Seeing Nandini, Dhananjay just ignored her but Sumitra came forward with a small smile.
"Beta...aaj pagphere ki rasam hai."
"Woh...aunty mein ghar nahi jaa sakti." Nandini replied sadly as she remembered what her Dad said. "Mere....Papa ne mujhse rishta tod diya."
Sumitra felt so bad for Nandini and got emotional looking at her. She placed a hand gently on her head. "Koi baat nahi bacha...abhi gussa honge. Jab shant hoke shochenge toh sab thik ho jayega."
"Par....rasam?" Nandini asked.
"haar rasam nibhaya jaaye yeh zaroori toh nahi. Humare yahan itne strict nahi hai inn sab cheezon ko leke." Sumitra assured her. "Aaj ke liye tum araam karo...phir kal subha tumhari pehli rasoi hogi."
"Ji." Nandini nodded. She went upstairs while Dhananjay put his paper down and looked at his wife.
"Tum kuch zyada pyar nahi dikha rahi ho uss ladki ko?"
"Bahu hai woh humari.....aur iss sab mein uski kya galati?" Sumitra asked.
"Hmm...phir bhi. Woh uss Raichand ki beti hai." Dhananjay replied.
"Lekin uske Baap ne jo kiya uski sazza hum uss bechari ko nahi de sakte. Jo Manik ne kiya woh galat hai." Sumitra said. "Shaadi jaise pavitra rishte ke saath mazaak nahi kiya jaata."
"Sahi bol rahe ho tum...galat toh kiya hai Manik ne. Aur tumhi ne begaar rakha hai." Dhananjay said. "Par jo uss Raichand parivaar ne kiya hai...main nahi bhool sakta."
Meanwhile, Nandini was walking around when she heard crying from a room. She entered to see Pakhi sitting on the ground sobbing.
"Arre...kya hua?" Nandini knelt down in concern.
"Aap....aap meri bhabhi ho na?" Pakhi asked through tears.
"Yeh Manik ki behen hogi..." Nandini thought. "Haan...main Nandini hoon. Vaise, kya hua? Tum roh kyun rahe ho?"
"Main gir gayi!" Pakhi cried. "I have a boo boo."
"Oh poor baby, Idhar dikhao." Nandini looked at her knee which was bruised. "Ek minute...main baraf leke aati hoon."
"Ma'am...main leke aati hoon." One servant who was there said.
"Haan...jaldi se."
Nandini turned to Pakhi and thought to distract her.
"Wow...yeh tumhara room hai?"
Pakhi nodded.
"Its so nice! Pink meri favourite colour hai." Nandini said.
"Meri bhi!" Pakhi smiled. By then the servant returned with ice and Nandini applied it while chatting with her.
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"HOW DID SHE GET MY ADDRESS?" Manik shouted at his three assistants who were cowering in fear. "GHAR KE ANDAR KAISE AA GAYI WOH?"
"Manik!" Cabir stopped him. "Tu inn becharon pe kyun bharak raha hai? Aurat agar apni pe aa jaaye na....toh woh kuch bhi kar sakti hai. Maine pehle hi kaha tha tujhse that this is wrong."
"Shut up Cabir!" Manik yelled. "Maine kuch galat nahi kiya....she deserves it. Uski family yeh deserve karti hai......but still how did she get in? Mere address kahi media mein nahi hai. Not even our employees know where I live....aside from these 3 idiots."
He glared at his assistants.
"Uske Dad ke paas bhi connections hai...paata laga liya hoga." Cabir shrugged.
"Nahi.....Manish Raichand ne mere ankhon ke samne rishta tod diya usse. He wouldnt help her."
"Manik...tu bohot zyada soch raha hai aur galat cheez pe dhyan de raha hai. Ulta tujhe usse maafi mangi chahiye." Cabir said.
"Maafi? Aur Main? Never!" Manik scoffed.
"Whatever...tujhse toh baat karna hi bekaar hai." Cabir grumbled. He suddenly got a msg on his phone and walked out.
Getting in his car, Cabir drove to his radio station.
"You realize agar mere doston ne ya phir Manik ne hum dono ko saath dekh liya tph problem ho jayega." Cabir told a person, entering his small office.
"Mujhe meri dost ki tension ho rahi hai." The girl, who was none other than Navya turned and said.
"I know....samajhta hoon main. Lekin....Manik abhi paata lagane ki koshish kar raha hai ki Nandini ko uske address kaise paata...aur woh ghar ke andar kaise aayi. If he finds out I helped you guys.....Im dead."
"Kaisa dusht aadmi hai...doston ko bhi darra ke rakhta hai." Navya said.
"Im not scared of him...bas-"
"Rehne do...I dont really care. Mujhe bas Nandu ki fikar hai."
"Relax....wahan ghar wale bhi hai and Ill drop by there almost every day. Manik kuch nahi karega." Cabir assured her.
"Vaise...thank you." Navya said. "Tum humme jaante bhi nahi phir bhi madat kar rahe ho."
"Its nothing....even if I dont know you, jo Manik kar raha hai, it is wrong. Maine rokhne ki bohot koshish ki but he just doesnt listen. So when you guys came to me for help....maine socha main itna toh kar hi sakta hoon." Cabir smiled.
"Ok...main ab chalti hoon." Navya stood up to leave but tripped on the carpet. "Ohh!"
Cabir caught her as she fell forward and the two of them got lost in each others eyes.
"Sir...woh-" One employee entered and stopped seeing Cabir & Navya.
"Urvashi!" Cabir got startled and let go of Navya who fell to the ground with a thud.
"OWW!"
"Oh shit....Navya...."
"Warning toh de dete! Haye matarani...meri kamar toot gayi!" Navya scolded him and stormed out.
"SORRY!" Cabir called after her.
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Taming The Monster
Hayran Kurgu"Agar tumhe lagta hai you can break me, then you are sadly mistaken. Main nazuk...innocent type sirf ek hadh tak hoon par after that, main puri sherni ban jaati hoon" ~ ??????? ???????? "Kutte toh phir bhi tame ho sakte hai....but me? Im a Monster...
