Yaadein - Part 25

 

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Chapter 25



Shantivan


When Arnav entered Anjali’s room, she was sitting on the bed, watching something intensely. Arnav couldn’t see what had picked her attention so much that she didn’t even notice his presence? He closed the distance between the two and that’s when he saw the picture she was holding. It was her engagement picture with Shyam Jha. Arnav stiffened.

“Di” he intruded.

Anjali immediately hid the picture away and turned around wiping her tears.

“Chotte.?” She swallowed. “What… what are you doing here?”

She stood in embarrassment.

“When did you come here?” she stuttered.

Arnav clutched her arms and made her sit on the bed again. He then sat beside her.

“Di, what’s wrong? Khushi told me you are feeling sick today”

The embarrassment on her face turned into a frown. She withdrew her hands from his.

“So, she has started filling your ears against me now? What else did she tell you? Did she tell you I fought with her a while ago?”

“Khushi didn’t complain. She was worried for your health that’s why she asked me to check upon you”

“Oh” Anjali sighed. “I don’t need her sympathy. She has ruined my life enough”

Arnav didn’t shift his gaze from her. Anjali paused for some seconds and continued to vent out her anger.

“You know Chotte, if she hadnt been in our life, this day… today.. I too would have married Shyam and we would have had a baby almost Aarav’s age”

Tears poured out from her eyes.

“I would have a family of my own. I would be someone’s bahu… someone’s wife … someone’s mother” she swallowed painfully. “I so wish all this had happened.. I so wish Khushi had not spoiled my life”

“Di” Arnav interrupted her. “No one can control other’s fate. Khushi was just the medium. If it wasn’t her, somebody else or some other situation would have snatched Shyam from you. And.. one more thing… I have told you this even before.. Shyam didn’t trust you enough otherwise despite this allegation, he would have fought for you”

“He was influenced by his mother” Anjali argued.

“I agree. So, think about it this way. If Shanti Jha has already been controlling every decision of her son’s life, would you be happy with such a man?”

Anjali stood up.

“I don’t care of all that Chotte. At least that life would be better than the one I am living now. Do you know how much insulted I feel when my friends talk about their married life, their husbands and kids and I am the only one staring at each one of them blankly?”

“No one stopped you from marrying Di. After Shyam left, we have shown you so many other proposals. Why didn’t you choose one among them?”

“None of them were Shyam” she shouted. “None of them”

Arnav sighed.

“You can’t force a man to marry you Di. If he still wanted you back, he would have been here… he would have contacted you. We are still willing to accept him as your groom but it’s not in our hands anymore”

Anjali shut her eyes in dismay.

“He has moved on Di and so should you”

“He hasn’t moved on” she confidently replied. “Why didn’t he marry yet?”

Arnav sighed in disbelief. His sister though had a point would it matter? What if Shyam was dating someone or his professional commitments were not letting him marry? But only because Anjali wanted him still, Arnav decided to intervene and take the charge.

“Has he ever tried to contact you?” he asked.

“No” she sighed.

“And you? Have you tried to get in touch with him?”

“Never. I didn’t get a chance to speak to him before he left for Canada. His numbers changed and he is hardly on social media. I never contacted him Arnav.”

“Okay. I will speak to him again and find out if he is still interested in this alliance. I should have done this earlier but … better late than never. Dad and I didn’t want to force you into their family. Since the mother and son showed no willingness all these years, we gave up. But not anymore. I will set this right. If Shyam trusts you and wants you back in his life, I will bridge that gap between you and him. I promise”

Anjali’s smile was back. She hugged him tight.


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Shashi Gupta introduced the two Detectives to Khushi. She explained them the entire scenario and asked them to look for Manjith. Having no picture of this man made it difficult to proceed with the investigation but only because Khushi still had a vague idea of how he looked, based on the flashbacks she had seen, they called a sketch artist and within few hours the sketch was ready.

“That’s him” Khushi confirmed checking the sketch.

The detective took the sketch along and promised to find this man if he existed. Once they were gone, Khushi decided to leave.

“Aarav’s school is starting tomorrow and I am planning to take him out for some shopping” she mentioned.

“That’s great. Is he excited for school?”

“Not really. He wants to spend the whole time with me. In fact I want the same but school comes first. I have promised to drop him to school and pick him up every day.”

“Good thought” Shashi smiled. “How is it going with Arnav and you?” Shashi queried.

Her face glowed recalling the kiss they shared in his office cabin.

“If he is letting you wear the Sindoor again, I am sure he wants you back in his life Khushi” he added.

“It’s too early to say that Dad” she sighed. “I am very confused with his behavior. For once I feel he hates me.. the next moment he does something totally unpredictable. It’s hard to read his mind.. I wonder how will I reach his heart and read what it wants”


Shashi nodded. It was really hard for him as well to know if Arnav really wanted Khushi back in his life, permanently or not. If Arnav did, it would be the happiest moment of his life to see his daughter getting the family back which she deserved now. Khushi came back to Shantivan and soon the mother-son were ready to go for shopping.

“Where is this duo going?” Ayush enquired. He was just back from work and enjoying the tea and snacks prepared by Khushi which had become her usual routine now.

“Daadu.. Mom is taking me for shopping” Aarav happily declared.

“Yes Uncle. His school begins from tomorrow so I wanted to shop a few things for Aarav.” Khushi added.

“I see. But Arnav has strict instructions not to let you alone. You know what happened last time, don’t you?”

“I will take the driver and guard” Khushi replied curtly. She didn’t want to break Arnav’s conditions. He was worried for her safety and would do as he said to protect herself and Aarav from any kind of threat.

“That wont be necessary” came a reply straight from the man himself. Arnav reached he living room. He had changed into another grey suit, different from what he wore this morning for work. “I am going with them Dad”

Khushi’s jaw dropped. Arnav was coming along? When did he plan this? She never asked him to accompany her and Aarav for shopping as she thought he might have other important work to do.

“That’s great. If you are going along, I have no reasons to worry. What about dinner?” Ayush asked.

“We… we might have it out” Arnav answered.

Khushi hiccupped.

“Yehhh.. I want ice cream Dad … And pizza too” Aarav’s list of demands began.

“You will get it all” Arnav promised giving him a high five and then met Khushi’s amused gaze. “Chale?”

Khushi blankly shook her head and kept walking to the door. Aarav ran out while Arnav was walking next to her. Khushi kept throwing few glances at him which he didn’t fail to notice.

“What?” he asked.

“I hope you are not in the impression that I will run away with our son again? Is that why you are coming along?”

Arnav was speechless.

“Or is it that you think I cannot take care of Aarav alone outside?”

“Its neither” he said pinning her to the car door as they reach the vehicle. “I want Aarav to know whats it like spending time with both his mother and father together”

Khushi took a moment to absorb that statement.

“He has always gone out either with me and once or twice with you, separately. This would be his first date with his parents.. First shopping.. then dinner and a movie too if possible”


Khushi’s face lit with joy. And here she thought he wanted to spend time with her. But this reason whatever he gave was genuine and she would love to agree upon.

“Mom Dad.. lets go” Aarav shouted from the backseat.

Arnav opened the front passenger seat door for her. She settled inside and waited for Arnav to take the wheels. He was going to drive them to the shopping mall first and if she had known he was coming along, she would have impressed him even more wearing a better Saree than the plain pink one she had presently draped.


They reached the shopping mall and Khushi checked the list she had to buy for Aarav. Arnav was impressed seeing her efforts in detailing what Aarav needed for his school. They shopped some clothes for Aarav, then shoes, water bottle, bag, tiffin and even some water colors and paint brushes. Aarav was enjoying the shopping, walking around holding his parent’s hands. Khushi clicked a lot of pictures of hers with Aarav and a few of Arnav and Aarav too. She was creating new memories for herself.

“Mom look there.. I want that teddy bear” Aarav insisted. “My friend has a similar one”

Aarav ran to the toy shop and began checking the other toys too. Arnav and Khushi followed.

“I have never seen him so excited and happy” Arnav mentioned.

“That’s why they say a child needs both his parents” Khushi replied meeting his eyes. “And you and me are the best examples to know what it means to be raised by a single parent. We were both devoid of the love of a mother since childhood.”


Arnav gulped while Khushi admired Aarav as he played with the toys inside.

“I am glad to be back in my son’s life Arnav. And I won’t be going anywhere now.”


Arnav and Khushi stopped at a corner, looking at each other.

“I know you have your share of hatred for me… for never embracing my pregnancy and never being there for Aarav when he needed a mother the most. But you know Arnav.. every night I think the possibilities of why we had to make a contract like that in the past where I give you the baby and you give me my freedom.” She paused to swallow her tears. “I was immature… At that age.. I might have been scared to give birth to another life.. But in the process, I fell in love with my baby unknowingly. I might have consumed alcohol, partied bad and defied your instructions in keeping our baby safe, but.. you even said I apologized to him for all that looking in the mirror. Didn’t I?”


Arnav painfully looked away. Yes, she did.


“It meant I wanted him too as my delivery neared” she added wiping the lone drop of tear from her eye. “Then we watched that CCTV footage together.. where you see me walking away with Aarav in arms after someone tries to threaten me with something I don’t recall right now.. It proves my theory.. I was worried for Aarav’s safety. I had no other reason to run away from you.. Maybe I was coming to you… to tell you I was scared of someone.. to tell you I wanted you and Aarav both.. to tell you to tear off that damn contract… to tell you I loved…” she paused there.. Completing that phrase would simply complicate things right now which she couldn’t..

Arnav froze.

“You think only you thought all these possibilities? I didn’t?” he asked in a rough tone.

“I am sure you did” she nodded. “But maybe you didn’t trust me enough to believe those possibilities”

“Trust” he scoffed.

“Yes Arnav. Trust. If you had trusted me, you wouldn’t have shrugged me off from yours and Aarav’s life after that accident … after I had lost my memories.. I was your wife… your child’s mother and you still left me with Dad as if I meant nothing to you”

Now he was raged..

“Yea right. I didn’t trust you enough because I was scared” he admitted. “I left you with your father after that accident because I was afraid if you regain your memories, you might still choose to leave us. Apart from witnessing some soft corner for our unborn child, you never communicated what you really wanted Khushi. Till the day before the delivery, you were firm enough to leave for America. And after that accident, the Doctor had no idea when your memories would return.. one week… one month… one year or more.. If I had got you back to Shantivan without your memories, you might have lived with us.. but there always would have been an expiry date.. a date unknown to all of us.. I could still bear it but I didn’t want Aarav to suffer. Imagine what his condition would be if he got his mother’s love for 3 or 4 years and suddenly he comes to know his mother wants to leave him now because her memories were back? I couldn’t let my son live with that pain for his whole life. So, I decided to raise him alone. Yes, I didn’t trust you enough.. I just couldn’t..”

“Dad” Aarav shouted from the store. He had picked the toys he wanted. Arnav composed his mood and so did Khushi. None of them wanted to spoil their son’s time out. Khushi hurried to Aarav and Arnav followed her to settle the bill but before he could, Khushi removed her card and paid for the toys.



To be Continued.

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The moment he reached the gates of Raj Mahal, he was also totally drenched in the rain. He saw a girl whose face was hidden by her hair, lying unconscious on the wet land. Maakhan was about to touch that girl to get her inside, but before that Shravan himself kneeled on the ground, held the girls hand and pulled her on his lap.

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“What is wrong with you?” she snapped. “Why did you come here?” 

“Why not?” he shrugged.

She understood nothing.

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“Aww. Your family truly looks complete” he mumbled putting the phone back on the table, but leaving the screen unlocked for Neil to see. 

Neil’s gaze fell on the picture. It was his father’s social media profile where he usually updated his personal pictures with his wife and now since Esha was part of their family, his father posted a picture with both his wife at one side and Esha at the other. The caption was way too interesting than the picture. 

‘With my love and my son’s arranged love’ 

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“I should comment on it” Jatin snatched the phone from Neil who was still speechless. Words formed in his throat but he couldn’t articulate what he felt seeing that picture. He knew one thing for sure… this woman… Esha.. was not going to leave his side anytime soon. She was here to save her falling company, much to his dismay. But what shocked him was that his heart showed no signs of pushing her out either these days. As if it was slowly getting accustomed to this new entry in his life.

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