Union With Love

Part 3

Toshiji did Ishita's gruhapravesh ritual.

Raman and Ishita went to their room and found it well-decorated for a suhagraat.

R: Yeh sab Simmi ka kiyadhara hain.

I: I can understand. Apne bhai ki shaadi ko leke kaafi excited thi bichari.

R: But, Ishita, kya humein abhi yeh sab...

I: Yeh sab matlab?

R: Suhagraat... karni chahiye?

I: (understanding his discomfort) Raman, I understand what you are feeling right now. Aur humein kya jaldi hain yeh sab karne ki?

R: Ishita, tum samajh nahi rahi ho. Main mentally ill hoon. I have had a memory loss. Mujhe ek ajeeb si feeling aa rahi hain iss sab se.

I: I know you had a memory loss. But, we will deal with it. Hum ne ek doosre ko humare saare virtues and viced ke saath accept kiya hain, pyaar kiya hain.
Aap ready nahi ho humare marriage mein iss step ke liye. Koi baat nahi. Pehle hum ek dosre ke best friends ban jaaye, tab yeh sab karenge.

R: Maybe you are right.

I: Raman, har cheez karne ka ek sahi waqt aur ek sahi state of mind hota hain. Jab hum woh achieve kar lenge, then everything will automatically fall in place.
Intezaar kiya hain na pehle bhi... toh iss baar bhi...

R: (cutting her) Pehle? Yeh kya bol rahi ho tum?

I: (regretting what she said) I mean... shaadi ke liye. Toh iss mamle mein bhi wait karte hain na. Jab sahi waqt aayega, tab sab kuchh sahi hoga. So, there's nothing to worry about. Relax.

R: (holding her hands) Thank you for understanding. I love you.

I: I love you too.

R: And kyunki yeh humari suhaagraat hain, and sadly we are not doing much about it, can we kiss?

I: (stunned and shy) Kiss?

R: We are married so, I guess we can.

I: (smiled at him)

R: Can I take it as a yes?

I: Hmmm.

R: What hmmm? I don't understand these hmmm's. Say it out loud.

I: Yes, we can kiss.

Raman and Ishita kissed each other. Both had beautiful memories. Though Raman's were hazy, he could feel the love and passion in them.

-THE NEXT MORNING

Raman asked everyone to gather in the living room.

I: Kya hua Raman? Koi problem hain kya?

S: Bhai, yeh sab ho kya raha hain?

R: Simmo, yeh aaj jo bhi hone jaa raha hain, tere liye hain. Tujhe kuchh dikhana chahta hoon main.

He switched on the TV and played some video from his pendrive.

S: Ananya ki death ke time ka video?

Ishita was shocked and scared as she knew everyone knowing the truth would mean a rocky road ahead for Pihu.

I: Raman, ise band kardo please. Maine kaha na just stop all this.

R: Ishita, my whole family thinks of you as a murderer. But, I trusted the feelings your eyes showed me. You are innocent and pure, Ishita. Toh inhe bhi toh pata chale ki tumne apne life ke 2 saal jail mein bitaane ka sacrifice kiske liye kiya hain.

S: Kaisa sacrifice? Aur yeh video aapko kahan se mila?

R: Humari society mein jagah-jagah CCTV cameras hain Simmo. Shayad Ananya ke death time, tum log yeh footage dekhna bhool gaye.

And he played the footage which showed that Pihu had by mistake pushed Ananya off the stairs. It was clear that it was just an accident.

R: Dekha sab ne? Pihu ne galati se, I repeat, accidentally pushed Ananya. Yeh hua tha uss din. Mujhe toh kuchh yaad nahi hain. Lekin, jo dikh raha hain usse yahin infer kar sakte hain, ki Ishita innocent hain, aur Pihu bhi.
It was just an unfortunate accident.

S: (crying) Yeh sab kya ho raha hain, mere toh ab bhi kuchh samajh mein nahi aa raha.

P: (faking concern) Simmo, sambhal khud ko. We had no idea about the truth.

R: Haan Simmo, sambhal khud ko, kyunki iske aage ka sach tujhe hila dega.
Sach yeh hain, ki tera yeh pati aur Ananya ka baap, yeh sach jaanta tha!

P: Raman, what are you saying?

R: (shouting) Jooth mat bolo Param. Yeh footage mujhse pehle tumhare paas tha. Watchman ne mujhe bataya ki tum Ananya ke maut ke 2 din baad hi woh footage le chuke the. Tab maine tumhare kamre ki chhan-bin ki. And you know what, you had the footage.
In fact, abhi jis pendrive se maine woh footage chalaya, woh bhi tumhara hi hain. Dekha nahi shayad tumne theek se.

Param knew his game was up and there was nothing he could do to save himself. And that's why he did the unthinkable.