TJL#14# She Is The One

Strong

Goenka's House
2:00 PM

" Vaibhavi?" Someone called her. She turned and found her mother in law was calling her.

" Ji, maa g." (Yes, mom) she said.

" Diya kaha hai?" (Where is Diya?) She asked Vaibhavi.

" Divya aur Chhoti k sath thi kuch der pehle. Garden mai hai shayad. Kyun, maa g? Koyi kaam tha? Mujhe boliye na, main ker deti hoon." (She was with Divya and Chhoti a while back. May be they are in the garden now. Why, mom? Have you anything to do with her? Tell me, I will do that.) Vaibhavi asked her.

" Kaam to tha lekin Diya se nahi tumse aur Ravi se." (Had work but not with Diya but with you and Ravi.) She said.

" Kya kaam tha, maa g?" (What is that, mom?) Vaibhavi asked.

" Ravi ko phone karo aur bolo maine usko bulaya." (Call Ravi and tell him that I am calling you.) She said and walked towards her room.

" Ji." (Yes) Vaibhavi said and called Ravi.

" Hello, Ravi?" Vaibhavi said as soon as he picked the phone up.

" Hello. Haan bolo." (Yes.) he said.

" Aapko maa ji bula rahe hain." (Mom is calling you) she said to him.

" Kyun? Kya hua?" (Why? What happened?) He asked her.

" Nahi paata. Buss bola k humse kuch kaam hai." (I don't know. She just said she has to something to do with us.) She replied.

" Accha." (Alright) he said.

" Aap jaldi aiyee." (Come fast) she said.

" Thik hai." (Ok) he said and hung up.

Vaibhavi was waiting for her husband. She was very tensed and wanted to know what's wrong with her mother in law that suddenly she wanted to do something with them!!!

" Vaibhavi?" She heard Ravi.

" Kaha thay aap?" (Where were you?) She asked him.

" Main Bhai k sath tha. Unse kuch baat kerna tha to wohi ker raha tha." (I was with Bhai. I had something to discuss with him and was doing that.) He said.

" Oh. Thik hai." (Oh, ok) she said.

" Maa kaha hai?" (Where is mom?) He asked.

" Apne room mai gye." (She went to her room.) She said.

" Chalo, chaltay hai." (Come, let's go) he said and hold her hand. They walked towards Mrs. Goneka's room and knocked at the door when they reached there.

" Come in." Mrs. Goenka said. They went inside.

" Apne humen bulaya, maa?" (You called us, mom?) Ravi asked Mrs. Goenka. She was sitting on the couch.

" Haan, betho." (Yes. Sit down) she said them and gestured the both side of her.

" Boliye maa." (Tell us, mom.) Ravi said.

" Pichhle kuch dino se main tum dono ko yeh baatane ki koshis ker rahi hoo." (I am trying to tell you this from last few days.) Mrs. Goenka said.

" Kya hua, maa?" (What happened, mom?) He asked as he could feel the tension in her voice.

" Baat Diya ko leker hai. Mujhe lagta hai tum samajh gye ho main Kya bolne ki koshis ker rahi hoon." (This is about Diya. I think you got it already about what I wanted to talk.) Mrs. Goenka said.

" Kya aap Shweta ki baat ker rahe hain?" (Are you talking about Shweta?) He asked in a sad tone. She nodded trying to hold back her tears. He sighed closing his eyes trying to forget the pain that was trying to sank him.

" Humen unhe baatana hoga." (We have to tell them.) Mrs. Goenka said.

" Haan. Janti Hoon. Lekin main nahi batana chahta Hoon, maa." (Yes, I know. But I don't want to tell, Mom.) he said." Hum Diya ki khushiyo k saath nahi khel saktay." (We can't destroy Diya's happiness.) He said.

" Ager aaj hum yeh baat unse chhupaya phir koyi aur unko bol dia phir iski natejaa kia ho sakta hai tumhe bohot acchi tarah se paata hai." (If we hide it from them today then if someone else tell them then you know the consequences of that) Mrs. Goenka said.

" Haan, paata hai." (Yes, I know that.) He said. " Aur apko bhi yeh paata hai k ager yeh baat Khanna ko paata chala to Kya hoga. Apko Kya lagta hai humne uske beti ko itne din taak usse chhupake rakha yeh janne k baad woh shant rahega?" (And you too know that very well what will happen if Khanna comes to know this. What do you think that they will keep calm after knowing that we have been hiding his daughter from him all these years?) He asked his mother. Her face turned cold at once. She hated the name.

" Khanna ko koyi nahi bol rehe hai. Hum sirf Axton family ko bol rahe hai. Sirf Noel aur uske parents ko." (No one is telling Khanna. We are just saying this to Noel and his parents.) Mrs. Goenka said.

Vaibhavi wiped her tears listening that. She knew she was going to lose the right of being called Mom by Diya which was her biggest nightmare that Diya will come to know that she is not her mother, she didn't gave birth to her. She bite her lips to stop herself from sobbing.

" Mujhe..." (I...) Vaibhavi was saying but her voice was broken. They turned to her and found her crying. Mrs. Goenka immediately pulled her into a hug. She couldn't hold herself back. Just cried her heart out.

" Maa g thik bol rahe hain, Ravi. Hum yeh baat unse chhupa nahi saktay." (Mom is right, Ravi. We can't hide it from them.) Vaibhavi said. Ravi sighed.

" Thik hai. Kaal bolenge." (Ok, will tell them tomorrow.) He said.

" Woh kaal kabhi nahi ayega. Aaj hi bolo abhi." (That tomorrow will never come. Tell them today now.) Mrs. Goenka said holding back her tears.

" Aaj?" (Today?) He asked.

" Haan, aaj." (Yes, today) she said. Ravi sighed called his sons to tell them to take Noel and his parents at Dadi's room. Ravi was in deep thought. He wasn't able to think straight.

" Kya soch rahe hain?" (What are you thinking?) Vaibhavi asked.

" Shweta." He said and she nodded trying to stop crying. "Can't forget her screaming and begging. We all are responsible for her death. We all are." He said hiding his face on his palms.

" It already happened, Ravi." Vaibhavi said.

" Ager usdin hum uski baat maan lete to aaj woh yeha zinda hoti hamare saath hoti." (If that day we listened to her then she would be alive here with us.) Ravi said.

" Hum past ko change nahi ker saktay, Ravi." (We can't change the past, Ravi.) Mrs. Goenka said. Then someone knocked the door. The next moment Rudra entered the room with Noel. 

" Aapne jiju ko bulaya, Dadi?" (You called jiju, Dadi?) Rudra asked Mrs. Goenka.

" Haan, Chhotay. Aap jaiye dekhiye sangeet ki preparation thik se ho rahe hai ya nahi." (Yes, Chhotay. You go and see if the presentation for 'sangeet' is going alright or not.) Mrs. Goenka said.

" Thik hai, Dadi." (Ok, Dadi.) He said kissed on her forehead and walked out.

" Why have you called me grandma?" Noel asked smilingly sitting across Mrs. Goenka.

" Let your parents come and then start. Though I don't even know if I am strong enough to say that or not." Mrs. Goenka said and Noel looked at her weirdly.