In The Garden Of Virtue & Vice

Part-65

'Bas normal break up tha' bandana said.

'Sorry but I didn't ask you. Jisse question kiya hai wohi answer de' Rohit said sternly.'Toh sameeksha I want hear from you' rohit continued.

'Par aap uske baare mei pooch kyu rahe hai? Aur apko kaise pta ki mai uski hf thi & humara ghar ka address kaha se mila apko?' Sameeksha asked him.

'Sameeksha mai ek lawyer hu aur mujhe ek case study karne diya ja raha hai toh uski  teh tak jaana mere liye jaruri hota hai. Aur I am sure ki ab aap mujhse yeh sawaal nahi karengi ki mainr kaha se information mila.' Rohit said. Sameeksha nodded.

'Toh ab main jo bhi questions puchunga aapse mujhe sach sach uska answer dijiega' Rohit said. Sameeksha again nodded.

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At varun's place-

'Yaar...kuch bhi nahi mil raha hai. Kaha rakha hoga isne laptops mobiles' aarushi said checking some closets & drawers, but she was not able to find anything important. While keeping things inside the closet, an envelop fell from there. She picked it up & opened it. She found some photos.

'Yeh kya ajib ajib pose mei pics click karwata hai. Aur yeh kuch saal pehle ka lag raha hai. Abhi toh yeh danav se kam nahi lgta hai' aarushi said looking at varun's pics. She was about to keep photos when her eyes fell on a pic which was of sara.

'Varun ke pass sara ki pics kya kar rahi hai?' She thought and started checking photos again when her expressions again changed. This time she was shocked. It was pic of sara & varun together. Varun was holding sara in his arms, now every pics was of them only.

'How the heck can this happen!!' Aarushi exclaimed. And ever photo was so good. They looked happy together.

'I need to talk about this!! But abhi toh koi mujhse baat nahi karega. Ek baar sara se try karungi baat krne ka' she said & took one photo with her. She again started searching for clues. Time to time she was checking if varun was awake.

'Damn it!!! Sab chhupa kr rakha hai isne. Ab kaha dhundhu!!' She said & punched on the wall of varun's room. Its sound was something different, as if it was not made of bricks & cement. Aarushi knocked the door & she understood that something was there behind it, but before she could try to search for the way to go inside she heard some noise from the hall, she quickly went there. Varun was blabbering in his sleep.

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'Dusky!! Ek baar sun toh sahi!!' Sumedh said.

'I said na mujhe koi baat nahi karni hai!!' Sara said & turned to opp direction. Sumedh held her arm & made her face him.

'DUFFER!!! Its paining' Sara firstly yelled & then said in a low voice as she don't want to create a scene in the park.

'Chal ab tu sunne ke liye tayaar hai!!' Sumedh said. Sara sighed.

'Bol!!' Sara said.

'Dekh dusky maine yeh jo bhi kiya jaanbhuj ke nahi kiya hai. But haan ueh baat sach hai ki main aarushi se bohot pyaar karta hoon aur main use kisi aur ke sath nahi dekh sakta!! Woh baat alag hoti agar woh kisi aur se pyaar karti. But mujhe pata hai woh bhi mujhse pyaar karti hai aur uss varun se kabhi nahi kar sakti woh pyaar. I know this. Pakka koi baat hai jo woh chhupa rahi hai humse' Sumsdh said.

'Aarrghhhh!!! Mai kaise kich bhi soch sakti hi uske baare mei. Ek toh mujhe gussa aa raha hai uspe ki woh varun ke saath hai upar se yeh jaante huye ki dev tujhse pyaar krti hai. SHE DARED TO LOVE YOU' she said & both chuckled a bit. 'Chal iss baat ko toh ignore kar skte hai ki aarushi tujhse pyaar krti hai/thi whatever isilie usne aisa kiya but varun ke saath hona...ueh baat nahi pach rahi hai thodi bhi!!' Sara continued.

'Wohi toh!! Kuch toh hai jo woh chhupa rahi hai!!' Sumedh said. Sara hummed.

'Btw mujhe dev ke liye bohot bura lag raha hai. Woh bohot hurt hui hogi yaar.' Sumedh said.

'Haan woh hui hogi. Aaj toh nahi, kal mai jarur usse baat karungi!!' Sara said.

'Aur mere taraf se sorry bol dena' sumedh said. Sara made a poker face.

'Tu khud baat krega!!' Sara said. 'Tujhe kya lagta hai varun mere baate mei aarushi ko bata dega?' Sara questioned him.

'Pta nahi yaar!!' Sumedh said. 'Acha ab ghar chal..wahi baat krte hai. Maa bhi pareshaan ho rahi hogi' Sumedh said. Sara hummed & both left.

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Devaki went to her room & broke down. She was crying helplessly. Rohan came to her & started caressing her head.

'Rohan...mai bohot pyaar karti hu sumedh se..bohot jyaada...kya karungi main ab.' Devaki said & again started crying. He cupped her face & made her look at him.

'Tumhe pta hai main bhi aarushi se pyaar karta hu' Rohan said. Devaki stopped crying & looked at rohan woth amused expressions.

'Yeh kya bol rahe ho!! Agar aisa tha toh kyu nahi kaha tumne ussse?' Devaki asked.

'Himmat nahi ho rahi thi meri' Rohan said. 'Aur acha hi hua nahi bola maine toh...nahi toh aur hurt hota main uske rejection ke wajah se' He continued.

'Tum bohot brave ho rohan' devaki said.

'Nahi main nahi hu' rohan thought in his mind.

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Abhishek drove to sara's place again.

'Aaj toh mai jaan kar hi rahunga ki yeh varun naam ka kida kya chiz hai. Aur mujhe ache se pta hai ki uske baare sara aur sumedh sab kuch jaante hai uske baare mei!!' He murmured.

After few minutes he reached their place. He directly went to sara's place. They were in the room & seemed like they are indulged in some serious talks. Abhishek went inside the room.

'GUYSS!!!' Abhishek shouted. Both sara & sumedh looked at him.

'Kya hua? Itne gusse mei kyu hai?' Sara asked.

'Aaj tumlog mujhe sab sach sach bataoge!!' Abhishek said. Sara & sumedh looked at eachother.

'Tu kaise sach ki baat kar raha hai?' Sumedh asked.

'Varun.' Abhishek said. When abhishek took his name it gave sara goosebumps.

'Koi jhoot nahi chalega. Itna bhi bewkoof nahi hu mai!!' Abhishek said with anger clearly visible on his face.

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Varun was continuosly blabbering sara's name.

'Iska kuch toh connection hai. Kahi dono relation mei..pics dekh ke tig lag raha hai, baat toh karni pdegi. Aaj toh woh wall nahi dekh payi, kal phir se aana pdega mujhe kaise bhi karke' aarushi whispered to herself & left from there.