A Right Turn

4.

When the security guard brought her inside the house. A new drama stirred up. As Swara's phone was on, she reached there to control the situation. When Parvati did some drama of getting hurt due to Kavya, Shekhar slapped her and taunted her for being a fatherless child. This hurt Kavya very much and she ran away from there to find some solace. After she went away from there, the Maheswaris and Gadodias decided to fix the marriage, there itself.

 When till evening, Kavya did not reach home, and even when Shomi did not answer her phone, she called Swara. On hearing this, she and Sanskar also became worried and called all her friends. When Shomi reached home, Sobha dumped all her frustrations on her.

"Oh ho maa, riyas main hogi isiliye phone nahi utha rahi. Swara aapko thik hin bulati hai, dramebaaz." Shomi placated her.

"Woh, Shoru se yaad aaya ki maine an usse call karke sab bata dia." Shobha said guiltily.

"Kya? Maa aap bhi na, waha who dono bacche pareshan horahe honge." Shomi scolded her. "Rukiye main unhe abhi call karke batati hun ki aap bas drama kar rahi this aur bewajah tension na le. Aap bhi na, Sanskar koshta hoga woh din jab ussne is ghar main shaadi kari." Shomi said, trying both Swara and Sanskaar's phones. Sobha brought the vegetables that she had bought to the kitchen. "Unn dono ka phone busy aaraha hai. Main message kardeti hun. Aur aap, agli baar undono ese pareshan mat karna, waise bhi ghar se bahar rahte hai. Sau tension honge khudke jo woh hume nahi batate honge, aur humari pareshani ka tension bhi bekar main leke baith jainge."Shomi told her mother while texting her daughter. Just seconds after her message was delivered, Swara called.

"Lo Shona ka phone bhi aagaya, kitne tensed honge woh dono." Shomi again scolded her mother. "Hello."

"Maa, sab thik haina, Kavya mili?" Swara asked.

"Tum dono tension mat lo. Ye bas tumhari dida ka naya drama tha."

"Achcha Maa, aapko kaise pata ki main bhi tension le raha tha?" Sanskar asked.

"Ab tumhe itna toh main jan gayi hun. Duniya bhar main kuch bhi hojaye tumhe pure zen mode pe hote ho par jaha pariwar ki baat aajayi to Pura warrior monk ban jate ho." Shomi replied and all of them shared a laugh. Then, they heard some noise from the outside. They could not hear anything clearly as they were in the kitchen.

"Ye shor kaisa?" Swara asked.

"Woh Marwaran ne aapni poti ka marriage, ek rich family main fix kardia hai. Pura dopahar, chilla chilla ke paresan kar dia." Sobha replied haughtily.

"Koi baat nahi dida, aapka damad bhi kuch kam nahi hai." Swara replied.

"So toh hai." Shomi agreed and Sanskar chuckled from the other side after listening to his praises from both mother and daughter.

"Achcha toh, pura ghar sar pe uthane ka ye karan tha!" Sanskar remarked, teasingly. "Dida, aap na chinta mat karo. Aapke ghum mein, main aapke saath hun."Sanskar remarked while laughing.

"Chup, dusto," Sobha replied.

"Acha hua Maa, aapne abhi phone kar diya. Main aapko inform karna chahta hun ki hum chutti pe jaa rahe hain. So, will definitely be unplugging. Toh, kuch dino keliye unreachable rahenge toh aap log chinta maat karna. Chutti ke baad hum sidha Kolkata aayenge." Sanskar informed. It was news even for Swara but she chose to refrain from commenting in the call.

"Kya, shotti! Tumne toh mera din bana diya. Ab Marwaran ko jitna chillana hai chillane do." Shobha exclaimed.

"Dida aap bhi na. Thik hai ab hum call rakhte hain. Ab chutti pe jana hai toh sare kam bhi khatam karne honge."Swara said.

"Han, thik hai," Shomi replied and cut the call.

"Ab khush?" Shomi asked and Shobha nodded.

Later in the evening, Deendayal Gadodia, Ragini's Grandfather went to the Bose house to complain about Kavya. He warned them to control Kavya but was very vague about the reasons behind his accusations. This worried them and they tried to reach her. On the other side, Ragini was also trying to get to her. Kavya reached home at night in tears. As Shobha, opened the door she leaped towards Sharmistha and started crying hugging her. When they prodded her, she narrated the day's events. Both Shomi and Shobha were in shock and simmering in anger, more so in Shobha's case.