~Sohbat~

~ Chapter 18~

Abhishek on reaching near Vaidehi's room found it to be locked from inside, while Shreesh was standing near the door.
" Abhi bhai, di darwaza nahi khol rahi. Please aap kahiye na unse! "Shreesh said to Abhishek.
Abhishek signaled him to leave.
As Shreesh left from there, Abhishek knocked on the door, " Pehli aur aakhri baar kehenge! Darwaza kholo! ", his voice was loud filled with authority.
On getting no response, he again called out to Vaidehi.

After few seconds, he saw the door opening slowly. Vaidehi was standing on the other side, still in the bridal lehenga, but her hair was all a mess, and so was her face! All the efforts that the makeup artists had taken was gone in vail, but she cared less.

" Hume apse baat karni hai! Andar chaliye! " Abhishek said.
" Abhi bhi kuch bacha hai! " Vaidehi said, but her voice was completely drained of all energy. It was clear that she had given up infront of the situations.
Abhishek got himself inside Vaidehi's room, " Tumhari shaadi ho rahi hai! "
"Aap ab bhi usse humari shadi karwayenge? Unbelievable! "
" You don't get to question! Tum yeh shaadi chup chap kar rahi ho! Clear! "
" Humare liye na sahi! Atleast maa- baba ke liye jin shabdo ka upyog unhone kiye woh sunke bhi aapka khoon nahi khowla! Aap ab bhi usse rishta.. "
" Woh sirf humare maa- baba the! Aur mana Rutvendra ne waisa nahi kehna chahiye tha! Par you gave him the reason!
Aur ek baat...
Tumhari shaadi Rutvendra se nahi ho rahi. Rutvendra aur Aanisha ki shaadi ho rahi hai! "
" Huh? Toh phir..
" Par tumhari shaadi ho rahi hai! ", saying this he began moving out.
" Itni nafrat karte hai humse, hume apni zindagi se toh nikal chuke hai, ab Ranawat naam bhi humse lene ki itni jaldi hai ki kisi aanjaan aadmi se humari shadi..
" Ha!
Aur ha,huliya sawar lo apna! " Abhishek dotted emotionlessly and left.
This was it. The nail in the coffin. Vaidehi saw no way out now. Frankly, she didn't even knew what all was going on with her. But somehow this time she felt less scared,rather she felt a soothe to her aching heart unknowingly.. Maybe because, jo bura huwa hai uske bura toh aur ho nahi sakta! That's what Vaidehi thought.
But then sometimes the heart knows;)

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~In another room~

" Aap usse nahi bhula sakte! " Soumyawati said, her voice hd an authority but it showed an ounce of fear as well.
" Kyu! Aap aur apke pote ne koi upai choda hai humare samne! Uske alawa! "Rana Amrendra retorted.
" Aap yeh nahi kar sakte Ranasa!
Aap jante hai, woh iss shaadi ki keemat lagayega! Uski keemat kya hogi hum bhi jaante hai, aur ap bhi!
Agar apko yeh galatfahami hai ki aap uske kuch lagte hai, hum sab uske kuch lagte hai, iss wajah se woh apki baat maan lega, bina kuch kahe! Toh phir aap ya toh khud ko bewakoof bana rahe hai ya phir sach jante huwe bhi uske andekha kar rahe hai! "
"Aap..
" Nahi Ranasa! Humari baat puri nahi huyi! Uss insaan mei koi bhavnaye nahi bachi hai! Paathar hai woh! Khudke faide se aage na usne kabhi socha hai na kabhi sochega! Dekha nahi kaise pichli baar, apne.. Apne khud ke parivar ki madat karne ko aisaan ka naam diya tha usne! Kaise uss aisan ko chukane ke liye, chittor ke mahal mei rehne ki apni marzi jabardasti puri karwayi usne! Iss baar woh.. "
" Hum jaante hai aapka dar kya hai rani sahiba! Par..
" Hum par war kuch nahi jante! Aap apko jo chahiye woh kijiye, lekin ek baat yaad rahe! Agar baat Yaduvanshi ke takt ki ho toh woh already humare pote Rutvendra ka hai! Na woh kissi aur ka ho sakta hai, nahi hum hone denge!
Agar aapke iss zid ke chalte, aapke wade ke chalte takt tak aakar baat pochegi toh hum chup nahi rahege! " Soumyawati was raging. This was the authority that she had in the Yaduvanshi house, in Rana Amrendra's life.
"Aisa kuch nahi..
" Nahi! Woh takt hi mangega! Aab tak sachayi accept nahi hui hai usse ki Rutvendra is takt ha hakdar hai! Hum daave ke sath keh sakte hai, woh aaj bhi raja hone ke kwabh dekhta hai, woh iss shaadi ke baddle takt hi mangega,par....yeh takt uske asli varis ke paas hi rahega! Rutvendra ke pass hi rahega! " Soumyawati said firmly.

Rana Amrendra dreaded this version of her's.
He handed her a glass of water and asked her to calm down.
After few moments he spoke, " Hum apne waade se piche nahi hatenge Ranisa!
Par.. Hum aapse bhi ek waada karte hai! Yeh takt Rutvendra ke pass hi rahega! Woh iss shaadi ke badle kuch bhi mange, agar humari haisiyat mei hoga toh hum de denge! Lekin yeh takt nahi! Yeh humara waada hai aapse! "Rana Amrendra promised her.

After listening to his promise, Soumyawati felt at peace.

"Hum usse call karte hai! " Rana Amrendra spoke at last before dailing on to a number.

He dialled on to Raaghav, but the call was not picked up. This was irritating Rana Amrendra.
He tried ringing for the second time,
After few rings, the call was picked up, with a unknown voice on the other side.
" Hello, Raaghav! "
" Hello!",hearing an unknown voice spoke, which was of  Bhaskar,PA of Raaghav, irritated Rana Amrendra more, he wanted to reach out to Raaghav as soon as possible.
" Huh! Raaghav! ".
Bhaskar checked the contact, he was shocked to see who had called. It was seldom that his boss' s phone would get rings from some saved contacts.
He quickly rushed towards his boss's office, seeking permission he entered in.

Rana Amrendra on the other hand could hear few shuffling going on on the other side.

~ In Raaghav's office~

" Sir! ",Bhaskar called out.
" Hmm! "Raaghav just hummed without looking up as he had engrossed himself in a file.

" Sir! " He repeated
This time Raaghav looked up, giving him a sharp look.
"Sir, aapke.. Dadusa.. Ka phone hai! "Bhaskar said with difficulty.

For Bhaskar it was, to say ,difficult to work with Raaghav, but he had pulled it off for so many years! Most importantly he admired Raaghav a lot. And Raaghav to had him included in the list of his trusted men. But still there were some issues where he feared Raaghav more.

Raaghav without saying anything, gestured him to hand the phone over and signalled him to wait outside the office.
He did as he was told.

" Hello! "
" Hum chahte hai tum Ranawat Villa aayo! Abhi ke abhi! " Rana Amrendra spoke directly, there was no time for greetings, the muharat for the wedding was near.
"Huh? Ranawat villa! ", he had heard about that family, he knew his step brother was getting married to someone from that family, that's all. But he couldn't get it, about why he was called.
" Humne keh diya! Within the next fifteen- twenty minutes, I want you here! " Saying this Rana Amrendra waited for his respond.
" Ji! "With that the call went off.

Raaghav could sense the urgency in his grandfather's voice. He didn't waste any moment! He took Bhaskar, along with him, and sat into the car, driving towards the destination.
Little did he know, that this destination would change his life, forever! Or maybe he did knew!

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