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Chapter 24

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Preeta woke up hearing the sounds of someone talking but her eyelids seemed too heavy to open.. She could hear a woman wailing in the background.. She tried to open her eyes but bright rays of light pierced her eyes and she hissed..

Person : preeta tu thik hai bache ?!

She opened her eyes again and her mother's tear streaked face came into sight..

Preeta : maa what happened ?

She said in a slightly hoarse voice and tried to get up.. sameer, who was standing on the other side of her bed helped her to sit up..

She looked around the room.. she could hear voices from outside who were gathered around karan's body..

Then looked at herself.. white.. she clearly remembered that she was wearing the red saree which Karan specially brought for her before he left but probably her mother changed her clothes into a plain white saree..

As Now she was not a married woman.. she was a widow..

She begged to God that it was just a nightmare but it wasn't as everything started to come back to her..

Her husband.. Her everything.. the man who made her feel she could be happy again was dead..

Tears dropped from her eyes wetting her eyelashes, trailing her pale cheeks as her shoulders shook.. Her mother engulfed preeta in her warm embrace but she still didn't feel the warmth she used to feel in her husband's arms..

Sarla : ( crying ) yeh kya ho gaya mere bachii ke sath.. Yeh kya ho gaya.. Mere bacho ki khushi ko kiski nazar lag gayii..

Sameer turned his face away and was crying silently.. preeta pushed sarla away from her and touched her neck but it was empty..

Preeta : maa mera m..m..mangalsutra.. ka..kaha hai..

She asked her with a most broken voice that sarla had to hold back her sob seeing her like this..

Sarla : beta Karan.. Karan ab nhii rahaa.. pree-

But preeta shook her head violently and ran outside.. her steps halted as she saw the worst scenario in front of her..

People gathered around Karan's covered body.. rakhi was crying loudly, while mahesh and some other ladies were trying to console her.. a photo frame of karan was placed with a garland on it..

It was as if the sky had broken on her shoulder.. she couldn't fathom what was going on.. just a few days ago.. she had sent to solve his company's issue and now when he had returned he was not the same anymore..

Her feet felt heavy as she blindly took steps towards the lifeless man..  she fell to her knees right beside him.. her hands trembled as she reached out to touch the man now her deceased husband.. all the attention turned towards her..

Preeta ( in tears ) : karan please uthiye na.. aapki preeta.. aapki baby..babydoll roo rhi haii.. aapko pasand nhii na mere aashu..  mu..mujhe chup karao na.. m dar.. dar gyi hu.. yeh jhoot hai na.. aap abhi.. abhi mujhe hug kar lenge.. haina ? Utho naa Karan.. please..

She shook his body to get a response out of him but he was already dead.. preeta bursted into tears & started crying miserably..

Sarla ( in mind ) : meri bachii ko himmat de mata raani..

Sarla was about to moved towards her daughter but stopped seeing rakhii who wiped preeta's tears and smiled at her through her tears..

Rakhi : nhii preeta tu roo mat.. bache par bura asar padega.. tu pregnant haii beta.. isliye tu behosh hui thi na.. m..mere karan ka bacha tere andar pal raha haii.. tujhe apna pura dyaan rakhne hoga..

Preeta ( crying ) : nhii rakhi maa.. m..m pregnant nhii hu.. mere or Karan.. Karan ke beech aesa kuch nhii hua.. m maa nhi ban-

Before she could complete her sentence.. rakhi slapped her tightly.. her face turned to other face.. and preeta just accepted it and kept crying looking at karan's lifeless form..

Mahesh : Rakhi jiii!!

Rakhii : kya bol rhii haii tu.. haaa?! Mere bete ko patni hone ka sukh bhii nhii de paayii.. kaisi ladki haii tu.. khaa gyii mere bete ko yeh ladki.. manhus haii tu! Maar daala mere karan ko.. tu khud kyu nhii mar gyiii.. jaan leli mere bete ki tune!

Rakhi screamed at her in anger and agony , then again slapped at her.. preeta's skin slightly scratched but she didn't care..

Why didn't she die instead of him.. she was thinking of this too.. she deserved it.. All of her accusations.. but-

A pure selfless soul like him didn't deserve to die like this.. so painfully..

Sarla : aap yeh kya kar rhi haii.. meri beti ki koi galti nhii haii..

Kareena : sahi kaha bhabhi aapne.. manhus haii yeh.. ek kalank hai hamare Karan ki zindagi m.. akhir kar use maar kar hi maani.. nikal jaa yaha se.. tumhari koi jagah nhii hai idar.. na Karan ke paas.. na uske ghar m..

Preeta : nh..nhii m..m..m Karan se door kahii nhii jaugi..

But Kareena made her stand then started dragging her towards the exit by holding her hairs in a painful grip.. preeta was crying and begging to let her be with Karan..

No-one made an attempt to stop her except Mahesh and sarla but she already pushed her outside the door..

Preeta was about to fall down but two arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her in his embrace.. her head collide with his chest due to the sudden force..

Person : What the hell is happening here ?!!!

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Karan ? Or Someone else ? :) 

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