PART 13:
"Look...i don't care or give a damn about you believing it or not...when you jumped to the conclusion of the whole thing then why will i waste my time in explaining you..." she sighed , her voice had immense pain in it. The fact that she thinks that her childhood went blissfully and for the fact that she thinks that she slept with arnav. She was about to go from the kitchen when she turned back to khushi again. "I never thought that i would be accused of such a thing...by you atleast...though im acustomed of being accused for something or the other anyways...!!!!" she whispered as he own tears threatened t come out of her eyes. She went away quitely and khushi sank on the floor. Arnav came to the kitchen to have some water but he found khushi on the floor. "Mrs.Raizada...are you ok???" he asked. Without wasting much time , he picked her up gently in his arms and took her outside.
"Please...stop crying..." arnav whispered. And the next thing they heard , was a gun shot. It came from muskaan's room. Arnav left khushi in horror and jumped through the stairs.
As arnav climbed the stairs he met Sid and NK. The three of them , ran to muskaan's room followed by the whole raizada family. As they entered the room , they saw junior ASR trembling under the bed. Arnav was horrified. He quickly took the kid out and hugged him tightly. "A...SR...muskaan didi..." junior trembled again. "What...what happened to her?? where is she???" asked Sid. That's when he noticed a stain of blood on junior ASR's shirt. "Are you...ok???" sid asked. He nodded. "This is not my blood. This is didi's blood. A weird sort of a man entered the room , and was pointing a gun towards me...but muskaan didi pushed me aside and the bullet hit her shoulder. I was so scared that i went..." he couldn't speak anymore. He only clutched on to arnav , but this time he was not willing to let go.
"Where did she..." before sid could complete , they heard a series of gunshots coming from outside. Sid and Aditya ran outside only to find a bloodstained henchman , and injured muskaan who was trying to stand up on her feet but in vain. "Muskaan..." sid exclaimed as she swooned in his arms. Anjali called the doctor and she was immediately taken inside. The police took care of the rest.When muskaan opened her eyes , she saw that the whole raizada family was in her room and were taking care of her.
"Aaahh..." she winced in pain. She was shot at the shoulder. When she looked at the wound she saw that arnav was dressing her wound. She was horrified. She quickly removed his hand and looked dazed. "No..no..don't come near me..." she exclaimed. Arnav and sid were shocked. "What happened smiley???" arnav asked. "please..." she whispered and looked up at anjali. "Can you please pass the first-aid box...i can do it myself..." she huffed. As she started to dress her wound , she winced. Khushi came and dressed her wound. "Why are you doing this?? You should be angry with me remember??" muskaan smirked. Khushi didn't utter a word.
After everyone went away , she came up with her dinner in her room. "Kuch khaalo!!!" khushi whispered. "Why do you care...??" muskaan sighed and looked to the other side. "i...iam sorry...i know i shouldn't have said all those words to you...i am sorry for what i have said...and thanks for saving my son..." khushi cried. "no no...its ok khushi please don't cry...i understand your insecurity...but khushi...i am not the 'other women' in your life...no...please believe me..." muskaan whispered and wiped away khushi's tears. "Sid told me everything..." khushi whispered. "I know...i know that why you reacted so much...aahh" she winced again. "Khushi...can you just leave me alone for sometime...please..." muskaan sighed. She saw khushi nodding and heading towards the door. While going down , khushi bumped into arnav.
As soon as khushi went away , sid came in. "Were you out of your mind...you could killed him damnit..." he yelled. Muskaan was quite. "Muskaan...tell me what happened. Please , becoz you never shoot at a person directly like this , leave alone serial shots. The guy would died out there if..." "if you hadn't arrived...right???" muskaan whispered. "What happened outside there???" sid asked as he sat near her. Muskaan didn't say a word , but sid could see a lone tear escaping her eye. "Is it something about..." before he could finish , she started. "That man...that man worked for the person who..who.." she could feel a lump in her throat. 'Who what???" he asked. "Who took my virginity...". And the room was filled with silence.
"Mrs. Raizada , junior ASR is alright...no need to worry about him..." arnav smiled at her. "Mr. Rathore...do you know the feeling when your heart is broken...broken to such an extent that it can't take anymore...??" she asked him. Arnav could see the puffiness in khushi's eyes. "Mrs. Raizada , one should learn how to gather those pieces again and give life a second chance..." arnav sighed. He took khushi's hand in his and caressed them. "Your name is khushi. Not just becoz you make people around you happy , but becoz you yourself should be happy too...". Khushi was dazed. How could a man have so many shades. "Come , we will have our dinner together in the roof top today!!!" arnav exclaimed as he pulled khushi to the roof top.
"What..what do you mean muskaan???" sid stuttered. "I meant what i said...i am not a virgin...my dad sold me for some arms he needed for a serial bomblast in the metro cities in India...he didn't have enough money to buy them. One day the arms man saw me and called my dad to give me for a night and that night was..." she stopped and closed hers eyes. "It was your parent's wedding anniversary...which you planned for them..." sid whispered. "Ya...he was also the man who went after Asad bhai-jaan to finish him up..." she nodded and looked away. "That was the day...the day when i lost everything...every damn thing!!!" she spat. "How did you tackle it..." sid asked. Muskaan looked at him. "I ran away to US with ammu's help...but rashid bhai tracked me down so i had to leave for australia..." she sighed. After that , Sid knew the whole story.
"Wow...this is so beautiful..." khushi squealed. "You liked it???" arnav asked. "Ya...its awsome..." she whispered as she looked up at the sky , where she could clearly see the stars and the beautiful mistletoe. "You did this for me...???" khushi asked arnav. Arnav's expression change. Of course not. He did this for muskaan. It was a Saturday and they would always spend their time like this on every saturday. But he didn't know why he just couldn't see khushi upset. It pained him somewhere. In an unknown place of his heart. Arnav smiled. "Yes...i did this for you..." he didn't know why he was lying to to her , but to see her smile , he would say a lie again. "umm...are you ok? Mrs. Raizada...??" arnav asked.
Sid went away after sometime. He understood that she needed sometime alone. After 1 hour , NK entered the room. Muskaan had dozed off and was about to fall from the bed , when NK caught her on time. This broke her sleep. "Are you ok??" NK asked. "Hmm..." she replied and adjusted herself. NK had tears in his eyes. "Stop it...stop it Aleayah...stop hurting yourself so much..." NK cried on her lap. Muskaan couldn't take it anymore. She too started crying. "I can't believe that its been years since that day..." she cried. "Aleayah...i wish could...i wish i could do something that time...i was right there...i saw how mercilessly they drugged you and how were physically..." he cried. Muskaan's expression changed. She stiffened. "NK i can forgive you this point...becoz you were drugged , unconscious and beaten up like hell...just like me..." she bit her lip. "I am sorry...i wish i could take far from all this..." NK whispered. 'This is the biggest truth of my life NK...you can't take me away from ownself..." she sighed.
"Ya...i am fine Mr.Rathore!!!" she sighed. Arnav looked at khushi who was looking at the sky. Arnav looked back at the sky. "I wish i could erase the errors from their lives..." he wished as saw a shooting star crossing the sky. "I wonder how muskaan's doing...i wonder how she is?? I wish i could comfort her at this time...i wish she would stop hurting and let me in..." he thought. "mrs. Raizada...do you know how muskaan is???" he asked , oblivious to fact that khushi was a bit insecure about them. But still she managed to smile and said "She is tired...so she is sleeping..." "Oh!" was her answer. Arnav saw khushi smiling while watching the stars. As if she is talking to someone. "I like it when you smile like this...you justify your name so well like this..." arnav whispered. Khushi was overwhelmed to hear this. Her heart swelled with an unusual happiness and pain. They looked at each other. Arnav could see the pain in her eyes. "Why...why does this pain always stay there in her eyes no matter what!!!" he thought.
"Aleayah...i know you will never forgive me...but i am telling you...someone framed me and..." NK stopped when he felt that muskaan had gripped his hands tightly. "You inflicted your mark on me NK...forever..." she sighed. "What?!" he was confused. "Hmm...my left arm , is having a burn mark...which occured when you pushed me into the attic that day..." she hissed. Her general behavior with NK resumed. But NK too was stubborn. "i am sorry...i didn't know that your father had already..." he stopped when he saw Muskaan's deadly stares. 'Ya right...you didn't know..." she laughed sarcastically at him. NK took her face in his palms. "Aleayah...i would have never done anything to hurt you...please believe me..." . Their faces were inches apart. Muskaan could feel the genuineness in his eyes. NK looked at her lips. He couldn't resist and was slowly approaching her. She too didn't stop.
Arnav took Khushi's hand in his. "Everything's gonna be fine...trust me..." he smiled. Khushi was dazed. Arnav had changed so much. She smiled. A strand of hair was coming near her eyes , arnav quickly removed the distance between them. He moved away the strand of hair and tucked it behind her ear. He didn't know why his body would react like this towards khushi. What he didn't know that khushi was bubbling with hope and anxiety. They looked at each other. Their eyes talking to each other and their hearts , beating at a same pace. They shifted back uncomfortably. Arnav was confused , but khushi was happy. She knew that her husband was still out there somewhere , seeking for her. And she would do her best to reach out to him.
"No..." NK heard muskaan whisper. "I can't...i can't kiss you...i don't want to kiss you..." she said and pushed him away. NK's heart broke into pieces. "I love arnav...but that's where the line forms...i don't cross his life and he won't cross my life...but neither does that mean that i have forgiven you...nor that i adore you in any sense..." she exclaimed. "You very well know that you are lying to yourself...but i am happy that today...we had a civilized conversation..." he smiled sadly and went away. Muskaan watched him as he went out of the door. She didn't know that Sid had witnessed all this. "I guess...my love is just not enough to make you love me back...but that won't stop my heart from loving you muskaan...becoz i can't stop loving you...no matter what..." he thought and went away to his room.
Aditya was pacing in his room. Anjali came up to him. 'What happened...you look tensed!!!" anjali asked. "Of course i am...i mean...the girl's shot...and that man..i think i have seen him before somewhere...but where...!!!" he thought. He stressed on his memories but just couldn't recollect much. "By the way...how's the doctor girl doing...i heard she is very rough and tough...is she ok???" Aditya asked. Anjali smiled. "Ya...she is fine...though she didn't let anyone apply the medicines , i know arnav must have done it..." she sighed. But something was disturbing aditya a lot. "Who was that man...and why was he trying to kill the doctor...and who is she...why are they following her...???" he thought. His thoughts were interrupted when anjali pulled him and told him to go to sleep. " who is she???" aditya thought.
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