SOLD & BOUGHT

2 -WHERE IS SHE? THERE SHE IS

"Uday ji ye kya majak lagake rakha hai apne?" Shravani roared at Uday fuming with anger and continued, "apko kya laga hume pata nhi chalega?" Everyone stood up and looked and Shravani with confusion.

(Mr. Uday what kind of joke is this?) (what did you think we would not know?)

Ram broke the silence by asking Shravani while putting his hand on her shoulder, "Kya hogya, ap aese.......". Shravani looked at him interrupting him, "inhe laga me apni Shivani ko nhi pehchan paungi toh kisi bhi aeri geri ladki ki shadi hamare bete se karwadete hain."

(What happened, why are you....) (they thought that I would not be able to recognize my Shivani, so they would get any poor girl married to our son)

Ram asked her still confused, "but how do you know Shivani?" " How can I not know my Shivani, our Shivani, she is our Rekha's daughter", she replied with tears welling up in her eyes. The hall was filled with nothing but Shravani's sobs. Dev looked at her mother's tears breaking his heart, he could not control his anger any longer.

(new character Rekha - Shivani's birthmother, and childhood friends of Shravani and ram)

DEV'S POV

I could not believe these people; how dare they play with us. I was already frustrated since maa told me that I have to getting married, and now these are people scamming us, who did they think were. I looked at my mother, her tears clenching my heart, until she spoke up again, " ram ask them, where is our Rekha's daughter, where is our Shivani?" I looked at my father, I have never seen him this angry, his voice blasted through the halls, even I was scared today, "WHERE IS SHE?"

Everyone was trembling seeing my father like this, but those scammers did not answer him, the audacity. I was about to pull out my gun, when I heard another voice of some crying. My gaze followed the voice and it was the girl who came to meet us pretending to be this, Shivani.

"I...I... told you Muma, you shouldn't do this with dii. but you did not listen to me", she spoke up with her voice breaking. Everybody looked at her and my father asked her softly stroking her head, "what happened beta, what did she do?" "Muma locked Shivani dii in her room so she couldn't meet you, and forcefully made me come in front of you, I told her that she should not do this, but Muma did not agree. Even bhai asked her to stop that she should not destroy dii's life," she replied with her sobbing voice and hugged her brother.

Something did not feel right here to me when all the colors stated fading from their faces. Ah, must be because now they are caught, but why am I thinking so much. Everything is going above my head now. My chain of thoughts broke when maa asked the Agarwal's to present Shivani in front of them. Really maa is it necessary, I mean they scammed us and you still want to meet this girl. Well, whatever, I mean we came all the way here, I would not mind seeing the girl.

"I'll get her", rajveer said and ran towards the stairs. After a while I could hear sounds of anklets filling my ears, I tell you how mesmerizing it was. My eyes followed the sound and met with the most beautiful big brown eyes. When entered the hall, she looked like a lost puppy, her gaze looked at everybody one by one. I was deep in thought, when she started giving somebody a death stare, I followed her gaze, and stopped on shanti aunty. If looks could kill, aunty would have been long gone by now.

(look at the picture on the top)

My eyes were busy flicking between her and aunty, then maa ran towards her and hugged her. "Aww, bacha, you look just like her, right ram?" she asked to papa. I looked at my father and tears were welling up in his eyes. He went towards them and stroked Shivani's head. Maa broke the hug and told her, "Beta, you may not know us, but we know you." "I know you", she replied smiling warmly. Oh god, even her voice is angelic, and that smile is to die for. Maa-baba looked at her confused. "I have a photo of both of you with maa", she answered there unsaid question.

"WHY DO WE STILL HAVE THAT WHORE PICTURE'S IN THIS HOUSE, DIDN'T I ASK YOU BURN THEM?" shanti aunty yelled gaining everybody attention. Everyone frowned at her comment. Maa was about to say something, but Shivani spoke up, "who are you tell me what I should or shouldn't do?" her red eyes shooting glares at aunty, she continued, "and don't you dare talk shit about my mother, or that tongue of yours would be in your hand instead of your mouth." Ohh nice she even knows how to speak.

Aunty left the hall stomping her feet after getting insulted. When maa spoke up caressing her head, "you even talk like her", earning a chuckle from baba. "Beta can we talk to you in private?" maa asked with a worried expression, she nodded and maa-baba left with her.

SHIVANI'S POV

Now what am I supposed to do, that women locked the door. . . . . . . . . . . 

I heard a commotion downstairs, sounds like somebody's shouting. A chuckle left my mouth thinking that Mr. and Mrs. Agarwal are going to get whipped today. I was reading peacefully, when I heard footsteps outside my door, I looked up and saw rajveer bhai opening the door. "Bhai what are doing here? what if somebody saw you? you know what they did last time....." I bombarded him with questions getting worried.

Then he hugged me, calming me down, "shhh bacha everybody is downstairs nothing's going to happen." "But what are you doing here?" I asked him still being restless. "I came to get you, the Rajput's are asking for you" he replied noticing me restlessness and continued, "they found out that Muma papa were trying to scam them, and apparently they know you, so they asked me to take you downstairs. Now go get ready".

We went downstairs after I got ready, as soon as stepped in the hall everyone was staring at me. Among those I found 2 familiar pair of eyes, they were best friends of maa, looking at me longingly. Suddenly I got this feeling that everything is going to be fine now. Nobody except bhai has ever look at me so much love, they make me forget every horrible thing that has ever happened.

While I busy scanning the room, I felt a pair of eyes burning holes through my skull, and you guessed it right, that was Mrs. Agarwal. Where I was busy playing stare battle with her, I felt somebody hug me.

To be continued . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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