'So you called her' he closed his lap finally confirming her tickets.
'shivay, I am still not sure.....'
'sure about what Anika..... I can't let my brother suffer.....' The business man, tough competitor in him never want to fail for his brothers....
'shivay..... I am just saying that.... Leave it... I am with you.... I too want om back to his life....' She lay down the bed indicating that the conversation is over.... She know the sleep is deprived for her until she meet her chutki again....
6 years is a long gap.....
6 years ago.....
'this marriage is not going to happened ' omkara Singh oberoi screamed his lungs out.....
'she is characterless ' he pointed towards the young lady standing the mandap all clad in her bridal dress....
Omkara looked at her expecting she will retreat back to him.... Clear herself..... But no this time she choose to stay silent....
'bua ma.... Mom.... I don't want this marriage..... She is not someone you all think.... I know her truth....'
He said all the furry in his eyes....
'she is just like Svetlana.version no 2....'
Before he say the next word, a tight slap landed on his face.....
'om ,just shut up your mouth..'
'shivay.....'
'enough of your bramblings..... I heard so much..... Not any more.....'
'shivay.... What I said is the truth....'
'no more words om..... If you don't want this marriage..... It's ok.... But not a word about her.....' He looked down not because of guilty but what just happened is not right....
'gauri..., I am very much sorry what my brother done.... Forgive him for me gauri....'
' and I think its over now..... Anyway this marriage is not going to happened..... But i thought to give you a marriage gift.... I don't want it to go waste....' She looked at him.she want to cry...but she is not, tears are long forgotten..... Still she don't know why? For what she want to be in this relation....
'anika...... This is your sister..... Your long lost sister..... Your chutki...' He said keeping her hand in anika's .the both sister looked at him surprisingly......
'shivay..... '
'truth can't be hidden for so long.... My personal detectives find out apparently.....' He said the matter of fact.....
They hugged each other.... Anika got her sister back.....
'i thought i lost you forever chutki....' She hugged her once more for herself make sure she was real....
'and gauri..... Pack your things you are leaving from here....' His ordeal voice make them apart.....
'shivay.... '
'anika.... Help her to pack.... We will talk later....'
'gauri.... I think it's better for you....' He looked at om.... Who standing there without knowing what is exactly happening there...
Gauri nodded her head and walked along with Anika..... Its time to walk away from him....
Within few minutes the sisters came back ....
Gauri walked up to om..... Before going she want to speak....
'omkara ji..... Forgive me..... I shouldn't come back to here when you called me..... It was my grave mistake to worship you...... You called me characterless..... You don't have any rights to judge me... You don't know me.... And you didn't stand in my shoes then how you judge me...... Bye..... '
She looked at Anika..... Her new relations.. Something she thought she never have.... She lost her god but gained so much better than that...
'gauri .... Just wipe out the sindooor.... You don't need that now.....'
'no bhayia...., this is my vishwas, my belief no one can change that..... Even the god himself....'
Her words cut into his heart like a sword.... And it starts to bleed. Om felt something wetting his eyes.... He didn't understand it was his tears until he wipe it...
She hugged her sister..... Said the last good byes to everyone..... All this while everyone is nice to her....
She walked down with her brother in law, the new found relation.... For a new journey......
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After that day no one speak about gauri.... That name is forbidden in OM.... Expect Anika and shivay.... For Anika she is not gauri its only chutki.... Her chutki..... She smiled at her thoughts.... How much she changed after that day... Yet she is same as before....
She is thankful to shivay.... Letting her continue her education..... She slowly closed her eyes praying for her sister.....
Shivay looked at his wife sleeping adorning a sweet smile on her lips.... He knows she is thinking about her sister.... Now his also.....
That day was horrible for all of us.... He remembered those days just like yesterday.....
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Flashback
'om..., I need to talk....' He sat down on the couch handing over his personal file to him....
'open it....' He ordered....
'what's this shivay..?' He looked at it confusedly....
'the truth about gauri....' Shivay said without any emotions....
'what more truth she have shivay.... ?'
'the truth that she is innocent about thakurian's death... The truth is not what you saw in her.... The truth is that gauri is trapped in a marriage not only to him but also to his brothers... The truth is that she disguised as chulbul only because for her mother.... That too a mother who didn't give birth to her... The truth is that her intentions was always pure just to make sure that you are safe.....' He take a breath to compose himself.... His brother is at fault..... He failed to see the truth....
'how you know? ' it was a mere whisper.....
'do you think I will let you marry some random girl.... I enquired about her through my personal connections... And that's how I came across the truth that she is chutki....'
He saw his little brother hide his face in his palms.... He can't blame his brother completely.... The circumstances never let him believe the truth....
'om....' He called....
' now I feel I done the right thing... Shivay..'
'what you mean...? ' he asked exasperated...
'calling off the wedding.... She deserves someone better than me....'
'om....' That was a mere whisper... His brother considering himself as unvalued....
'yes shivay... I kept her on the sane light where I kept Svetlana.... I threw her self respect into the mud.... Shivay am I a sadist...'
'Absolutely no... Om just forget about gauri.... She is not in your life om.... She didn't exist for you...' He patted om's back....
He nodded his head....
'i will pray for her even though I didn't believe in god.... It doesn't matter, anyway she believes.....'
' I slapped you...' He touched his cheeks...
'oh! I deserves it.... And really you are so strong....' He said smiling.... But shivay knows behind the smile there was guilt.... And he knows his brother is going to sink in that guilt....
'om don't you want to know where she is? ' he asked.. He don't know what he is expecting....
'no shivay.... Let her live peacefully....ask anika bhabhi to forgive me..... I hurt her sister' He said and walked back to his room.... The day before it was belongs to her also... Suddenly he felt empty.... There was something missing in his room.... His sculptures lost something that he can't point out....everywhere he felt an unknown silence.....
'this sindoor is my vishwas.... My belief.... No one can change that..... Even the god himself' her words echoed in his head....
He want to change their fate if he has the power.... He remembered the girls came into his life.....
Ridhima, ishana,Svetlana ,gauri...but gauri leaves her mark in his heart forever....
He desperately wants to know where is she now.. But he know..he don't deserve an answer.... This was the punishment he giving to himself.....
