Gajra:- A Love Tale

Chapter 32 (Rihaan)

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"MAAMA" A four year old boy called out
his mother's name while wiggling in a man's hold who called himself as his grandfather, he saw some men ripping her mothers gown from behind while she was pleading them to leave her. He was getting dragged to the car and there his mother was struggling to jerk off those men hold but wasn't able to. He was made forcefully settled in car and the car drove off and two names echoed
MAAMA/RIHAAN

Kaushal jerked off from his dream, sweats formed on his face and tears rolling down on his cheeks. It was not any dream but the harsh reality of his life. The reality which made him Kaushal from RIHAAN, her Maama's Rihaan. When he looks back in his past, he finds Kaushal and Rihaan are so different, so different from each other. Rihaan used to be a happy and jolly kid. but Kaushal, he doesn't know how to be happy or make someone happy until she comes in his dry life and became his water to survive. But maybe He is not God's favorite child that's why, he keeps on punishing him for the sins he never did.

His Maama, the first love of his life. Who says a boy can't fall for his mother like anything, he fell in love with his mother like anything and after his mother he loved her, His Gajra. Poonam means the world to him and his mother means home but sadly the poor kid lost his home when he was barely 4 and Now God wants to snatch his world from his as well but he won't let it happen ever.

Right now he's in his mother's house, where he lived best 4 years of his life. This house brings nostalgic feelings to him, this house feels like his mother's arms who's calling him everytime while opening it's hands.

It's been 5 days since that incident, Usha devi told Raj about Kaushal past. She said that one day his grandfather came home with a 4 year old boy who was crying and bawling for his mother but his grandfather locked him in a room forcefully. And came back to them and said that he is his(Raj) father's elder son and now he will live with them as Raj's eldest twin, Usha devi denied and tried alot to throw that boy out of her life but couldn't. And when  Raj came back to his house from his maternal grandma house, he was told that the new boy is his elder brother who was staying with his one of the aunts but recently they passed away, which made them bring Kaushal back there.

Whole younger generation was shocked beyond words on this new information. Raj who loved Kaushal like everything, was feeling nothing but worthless. He was hating everyone, his father, mother, grandfather, Kaushal and himself. Renu whose heart was breaking seeing her husband's condition, her husband was looking lifeless. Never in her worst dream, she thought that they'll witness this day.

Flashback.....

Raj felt so devastated by his mother's words, his heart was still in denial to believe those words his mother has uttered about his and Kaushal's relation. Only thing was running in his mind that how is this possible, they were twins till 1 hour ago and now his mother was telling him that they are half - brothers. Memories of his and Kaushal together was displaying in his mind, Kaushal was never a jolly boy but he only used to be free with him or their badi maa. He always used to thought that it's maybe his nature that's why he's so cold but today he can understand that why he was always odd one in their family.

Raj's heart was paining for him, for his brother. He knows that he should hate him but he can't stop his heart to love him more, his heart is making him realise that how much pain his brother must have been through. How much his brother would've miss him mother, after seeing him(Raj) and his mother together. But again the thought that he lived his whole life in a complete lie and his whole family are full of liars blocked his senses to think anything and he made decision to leave that house with his wife for forever, making Usha devi widens her eyes and beg him to not leave her but he tried to be selfish for once and left the house with his wife without a single penny as it belongs to the family, which made him live his life in dark, a deep shade of dark.
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But on other side, Kaushal and Poonam came to their room and Poonam started questioning him about truth but he denied and tried to leave.

"Aap aise nhi ja skte, aaj apko sach batana hoga" Poonam said while holding his left wrist and stopping him to leave.
(You can't leave like this, you have to tell me the truth)

"Kya batana hoga? Mein kuch nhi bta rha. Tu chup chap soja" Kaushal said while jerking her hand.
(What should I say? I'm not telling anything. And you, sleep quietly)

"Nahi, mujhe janana hai apke atit ke baare mein. Mujhe jawab chaiye, kon h apki maa?" Poonam asked making him snap his gaze to her and his jaw clenched in anger.
(No, I want to know about your past. I want answers, who's your mother?)

"Tu kon hoti hai mujhse yeh puchhne wali huh? Tune kabhi apne atit ke baare mein bataya mujhe, kabhi apne ashiq ke baare mein?" He asked while gripping her jaw making her hiss at the sudden pain in her jaw.
(Who are you to ask me this huh? Have yoh ever told me about your past, about your lover?)

"Biwi hu aapki" She replied back to him while looking straight in his eyes.
(I'm your wife)

"Pati tha mein bhi tera, jab tune jhooth bola tha" He scoffed and removed his hold from her jaw and again tried to walk away but her next words made him halt on his steps and breath stuck for a second.
(I was also your husband when you lied to me)

"Mera haq banta hai apke baare mein jaanne ka, mujhe janana hai apne pati ke atit ke baare mein. Mujhe janana h ki unki maa kon thi. Mujhe janana h ki ap kis aurat ke kukarmon ka natija haiiii" She shouted at him, her senses were blocked by the anger she was feeling at the moment, maybe because of her hormones but she couldn't resist herself and said those words, which she never wanted to. but regretted as soon those words left from her mouth.
(I've right to know about you, I want to know about my husband's past. I want to know that who is your mother. I want to know that whose sins fruit you are)

Kaushal turned around to face her. He never thought that she would ever taunt him like this, he is hearing this sentence since his childhood from his relatives but her words pained a lot. He never thought that she'll ever thought like that about him, about his mom. For the first time in his life he was regretting loving her, falling so hard for her that he wanted to kill himself for those words she had just uttered.

Poonam was about to apologize but he slapped her, his insecurities blocked his senses, his boiling blood made him do something which he never dreamt of doing. He slapped a woman which he had never done before, and most important thing that woman is no other than his world, his only source of survival. He so baldly wanted to hug her, who was just standing numb but before he could, his phone ringed and after seeing the name displayed on his screen, he left his room in hurry thinking that he'll talk to her when he'll come back but only if he knows that what this little action of his will cause them and their relationship.

Before bashing in comments, understand that this chapter was important to give a prelude to my next chapter, basically now the past will unfold. Mystery of Mahendra,Shelly, Rihaan, Poonam, Kaushal, Tanishq, Usha, Raj will unfold from next chapter and misunderstanding it'll be clear as well.