Track: Mahesh Luthra Accident
After the absurd happening in the morning, Aroras were chased out of the Luthra house because they find the words of a bozo more liable than the person who stayed with them in their highs and lows with selfless kindness and love. Sherlyn is now the daughter-in-law of the Luthra family, even when till yesterday they didn’t like her but now she is their family and should be trusted. Preeta Arora was never family she was just a friend- a disposable friend who was called in times of crisis and will be told to know her place when she cleans their mess. This is how she had been treated since she met the Luthras.
Preeta Arora who just waved at the death doors was again ready to save the Luthra family for God knows why but she was brutely shunned and in the process, her family was insulted very badly. The relationship broke just like that as Aroras were battered under the verbal abuses of ingrates and Luthras conveniently forgot all of her sacrifices. However, Mahesh Luthra finds something fishy, he stupidly confronts Sherlyn and went to meet Preeta. On his way back he met an accident and now he was under treatment. Kritika for no reason called Preeta over even when she knew how badly they treat her in the morning. Preeta went to see Elder Luther, her rationality didn’t seem to work and she listened to her unnecessary emotions.
The Luthras in despair wanted to blame someone for their misfortune. When circumstances are beyond our expectations, we need some excuses to justify the happenings, we want an easy target to blame for all our misfortunes. When Preeta joined them, everyone shoved her with whatever bad word they can come up with. Karan who had promised her hundreds of times that he would rather die than let anyone talk ill about her honor has joined the group to step all over her.
When she wiped her tears the haze of reality and delusion also cleaned up. The justifications she had been molly cajoling herself with shattered and the truth stood naked in front of her. She excused that anger is a very natural emotion, she was giving in to Karan because she thought it was completely natural, Karan was devastated and he needed time. But all of his words, his piercing gaze, and his hateful scorns cannot be ignored with the tag of anger. Slowly the misty emotions cleared and she got a hold of herself.
“Since you came into our lives, we haven’t lived a single peaceful day, you and the ominous…...”
“I never begged you it was the other way round” ……... Preeta interrupted Kareena’s hateful words. The hospital corridor became silent, so quiet that they could hear their heartbeats. For the last forty minutes, they had been abusing her and she finally broke the spell. She rationalized and broke the chains that trapped her. The chains of relations, friendship, and love. Preeta held her head high and gave them a scornful cold look as if they were inferior, so unworthy.
“You people are pathetically stupid…….” She said naturally. Karan took a step towards her and pointed his finger “Listen….” She pushed him back hard and said in the same spiteful tone “No, you listen to me…….”. He was speechless, Preeta was never like that, if you say something harsh to her, she will run away and cry and then come back. This is how they work but here she is talking back, she is fighting. He couldn’t digest this.
“You all of you listen to me and listen well. I am not your plaything nor I’m a freaking punching bag. If you want to destress, go and find a therapist. Don’t shove your faces at me. What the hell do you people think you are, your father is inside fighting for life and you want me to take the blame for all this bull crap. Let me tell you to dream on” ……. She said very patiently but her voice was strong that the Luthras stilled. She was supposed to take all the blame, then she would help them and they will flicker some drops of sorry and thanks, and she will come back to their lives. Why is she behaving out of the ordinary?
