PHIR SE

Abused truth-2

Chapter 24

Abused truth-2

Khushi entered her room distraught with all the information that had been revealed to her today. She was utterly confused by what had happened today. She sat on her bed and stared the walls. She smoothed her sarree as if in a trance. She picked up her phone and texted Arnav.

Please come home early. I miss you. I am waiting for you.

Love,

Khushi.

Khushi sighed as she tapped the send button. Just then, Indrani entered her room in a hurry.

"Bitiya, I am so glad you are safe!" Indrani showed fake concern by smoothing Khushi's hair.

Khushi confusedly looked at Indrani. What happened all of a sudden that her behaviour had changed so?

"Maa ?" Khushi looked at her in confusion.

"Bitiya... Bitiya, divorce that man right away. He is not worthy of you, he is a psychopath!"

"Maa!" Khushi rose up and widened her eyes "He is my husband!"

"He wants to kill all of us, bitiya. He wants to destroy all of us!"

"Maa, he cleared all the debts of our family, saved Esha's marriage and our dignity. How can you even say so for such a good man?" Khushi made a disbelieving expression.

"Here, look at this! Remember the day you tripped into the river. That wasn't an accident! You tripped over his leg, he did that on purpose to make you fall!

Look at these videos I got from the cctv footage put up by the river lifeguards. You can clearly see him put his leg there on purpose."

Khushi gasped looking at the video but then thought he might have done that by mistake.

"See this footage of the temple on the day you burnt. He purposely put fire on your saree to burn you."

This footage was clear enough that he had made the attempt to burn her. Khushi looked at the video with tears in her eyes while Indrani smirked on.

"Moreover, see this! He himself got the gold statues stolen to defame us and made you lose your job. Then he got these statues returned and himself earned the trust and favour of the temple authority and government in the name of having found out the thieves! All of this was a white lie. He doesn't love you! He used you to destroy us all! "she said frantically.

"Yes maa, he doesn't love me! He hates me! He wants to kill me..." Khushi said with huge tears in her eyes.

Indrani smirked that she had successfully convinced Khushi against Arnav.

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" Hello! I had received an email and you had called me about..."

"Oh are you @happilyyours?"

"Yes, I am. My real name is Khushi Devi Upadhyay. I had previously asked you to keep my visa on hold. But now I request you to restart the procedure. I accept your proposal."

"Fine then, Ms. Khushi. We will arrange your accommodation and flight. You shall have to stay a few days in Delhi for your visa approval and then you have to come to Chicago headquarters. Is this fine with you?"

"Yes it is, thank you!" Khushi said in a broke voice.

"Then, Mills and Boons Creatives ltd. is more than happy to have you, ma'am."

Khushi kept down her phone and stared it ,
Somebody is happy to have me? she mocked to herself and started to cry again.

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Arnav entered the house in haste thinking to himself that he shall say to Khushi that he is to attend his board meetingat London and then just silently leave the next morning.

As he entered the haveli, he saw a distraught looking Khushi descending the stairs. She looked like she had cried for hours. Arnav wondered what had happened to her. Had Aman told her something?

"Khushi...you are crying? What happened?" he asked, unaware of the storm that had broke on her.

" Yes, she has been crying. She was crying on her mistake of marrying a man like you, untruthful bearing falsehoods. You played with her life! " Indrani scoffed . " After what you have done with Khushi's life in the name of love, god won't even give you place in hell!" she screamed on him.

Arnav looked at Indrani in shock. She had managed to manipulate Khushi again! He looked at Khushi's state. She is looking more devastated than a building which had suffered a bomb blast.

He thought about what he must do now but then he decided to let things go on. After all Khushi's heart was made to break. He heard Khushi's cold, broken yet soft voice spread through the room.

" What is his crime, Maa?"

"He played with your life, bitiya! He had no right to do so ..."Indrani held khushi and said .

"And you had those rights?" Khushi confronted Indrani.

"What?" Indrani looked at Khushi in shock. Arnav was surprised to see Khushi back answer the person she respected the most, her mother.

"You played with my life, Indrani Shashi Upadhyay. Not only my life, you played with dev and his family's lives and even my poor father's life!" Khushi screamed .

Indrani looked at Khushi. How did this puppet know?

"Khushi, what are you saying?" Indarni said. "He wanted to kill you, destroy your family!"

"He just wanted to, you did! You killed Dev, you killed his family and attempted to slow poison me all these years. I am truly dead, Maa! You killed me!" Khushi burst out.

Indrani stared Khushi in awe; she had never seen Khushi in this fo. Arnav was confused about what Khushi was saying .What was that Khushi knew and he didn't?

" Barbiturates ?" Khushi questioned Indrani leaving her shocked.

" What are you talking about Khushi? Barbiturates? They are hypnotic drugs,very dangerous! How are they related to you?" Arnav asked, holding Khushi's shoulders. She looked into his eyes and then moved away from him.

" Ask her, Arnav. She planned your doom at my hands! Turns out that all the things that my father had been blabbering all these years was the actual truth! I am the culprit, Arnav but that was not me! She had been controlling me like the witch she is."

"Khushi, watch your words!" Indrani shouted "I am your mother!"

"Step!" Khushi retaliated. "What a fool am I to forget that! Why? Why did you do so with me? What was my fault? What was his fault?" she cried.

Indrani gave out a wicked laugh at this . "Oh so this Raizada is that Dev, isnt he? I should have known. Your changed ways, new found confidence!Tsk tsk tsk ...poor Dev!" she scrolled her hand through Arnav's cheek. Arnav looked at her with bloodshot eyes.

"Yes, Khushi! This is the truth! I used you to execute my plans...to destroy this Dev's family's reign..."

Khushi and Arnav looked traumatized by the turn of events.