MY WOMAN

MY WOMAN (Part - 16)

Note : underlined words are spoken in priya's mother tongue i.e telugu

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Vivek and siddharth saw Anand and swapna entering along with priya.....
Vivek went towards them and pulled priya harshly in to the Hall before closing the main door.....
Anand rushed to priya and held her from falling down....
Vivek came and started shouting at priya....
Vivek (shouts) - what the hell is happening here priya ?? This wouldn't have happened if u stayed at home instead of choosing to work in Hyderabad.... I regret now for letting u work.....
Vivek is tensed and concerned for his sister and his anger as usual brought the worst out of him....
Priya - do u even know what u r saying ??  Y r u shouting at me for something which is not my fault....
Priya's back answer made Vivek angrier...
Vivek - yes it is ur fault, u r asking me if I know what I'm talking,  do u even know what mess u r in??  Sorry,  we are in because of u ?? The respect we all have till today will be lost, if at all this marriage happens,  it would the end of our family......
Priya got angry when her brother blamed her though she is not at fault.....
Priya(angry) - stop blaming me,  I am not at fault..... If again I heard u blame me I don't know what would I do....
Vivek (eyes red with anger) - yes,  I would blame u only.... U r the reason for all our sufferings.... What would u do ha??
Priya gave a very angry glare to Vivek which irked him more....
Vivek angrily moved towards Priya and raised his hand to slap her but Anand held him back and stopped him...
Anand - Vivek, where r ur ethics??  Is this what I taught u?? U r raising hand on ur sister,  what kind of a behaviour is this ??
Vivek - nanna, is this way she talks to me ?? Didn't u find it wrong ??I am 5 years elder to her for gods sake,  ask her to give some respect.....
Priya - when u blame me wrongly,  y should I give u talk to u properly ??
Swapna (angrily) - Priya shut ur mouth..... U cannot talk to ur brother in that tone what ever he say..... He is elder to u.... (To vivek) don't u dare raise ur hand at A girl again Vivek....
Vivek slowly nods in A yes....
Anand (softly) - papai,  I know Vivek is wrong in blaming u,  but u r also wrong,  u r not supposed to talk to ur elder brother like that....
Priya nods at Anand and sits in the sofa....
Siddharth - Vivek,  leave your anger and think about what needs to be done......
Vivek nods and sits followed by swapna,  Anand, siddharth and tejaswi.....
Tejaswi and siddharth sat beside Vivek to control his anger if needed,  Anand and swapna sat on either side of Priya.....
Anand - Priya,  I wanted to ask u something before deciding about how to stop this marriage.....
Priya - ask me nanna.....
Anand - do u want to marry Aditya ??  I mean do u like Aditya ??
All are shocked with anand's question, especially swapna and Vivek.....
Vivek - nanna.... What r u talking ??  This marriage is wrong and it shouldn't happen..... Y r u asking Priya like that as if u'll get her married to him if she says yes....
Swapna - exactly,  I agree with Vivek and moreover I know Priya doesn't like him nor does she wants to marry him.... I know my daughter very well,  she would never do something which makes us bow our heads in shame.....
Priya got happy listening her mother,  it's really a big thing if her mother said something good about her,  usually she doesn't,  Priya knew that swapna is very proud of her(Priya) and also loves her a lot but never openly expressed it.....
Anand - even I know how Priya is.... Swapna.... But I just wanted to confirm it from Priya.... And to ur question Vivek,  may be I would get her married to Aditya if she likes him,  though it's tough for us to do.... It's the right thing..... I can't ignore my daughter's feelings......
Everyone r in deep shock,  they never imagined Anand to talk like that,  it's a single for them to get our daughter married to a guy in other community,  all the relatives will disrespect them,  and they didn't expect Anand to say this being the man who gives his life for his respect.... Vivek is the first one to come out of the shock......
Vivek(angry) - what the hell r u talking nanna(dad/father/papa) ??
Priya(to Vivek) - ok now stop shouting on nanna,  because I myself am against this marriage.....(to Anand) thanks nanna for considering my opinion,  but my answer is no,  I don't like Aditya and I don't want to marry him......
Priya felt a little pain in her heart saying that but she ignored it.....
Anand and everyone smiled at her.....
Anand - u r the best daughter anyone could ever get..... Ok so now let's discuss about what should be done....
Vivek - I have something in my mind nanna and that should be done by u nanna..... Only u can do this.... As only u r going to have the conversation with him....  I heard that Aditya deewan stands on his words..... And he gave his word to u,  that if he is unable to convince u or answer ur questions,  he would leave Priya.... So we have a chance here..... There r many reasons that y shouldn't Priya marry Aditya,  and if we can be able to place all our concerns in front of him, there is a huge chance of him failing to answer at least one among them and Priya can be freed.....
Swapna - but it's not that easy Vivek,  He is a mastermind,  didn't u see the determination in his eyes.... He is fully confident that he can convince us,  and that's the reason he put this in front of us..... And moreover it's easy to convince ur father.....
Priya - but it's not easy to convince me amma....
Swapna(puzzled) - what do u mean??
Priya - Mr. Deewan gave me the same option as nanna.... If he is unable to convince me,  he would leave me.....
Vivek(smiles) - what ?? Amma,  this is a good news,  isn't it ??
Swapna (smirks) - it surely is....
Siddharth (whispers to tejaswi) - this atta (aunt/bua/swapna) and Vivek are acting like CID officers,  one is inspector abhijit and one is inspector daya......
Tejaswi, Anand and Priya who heard this chucked while Vivek and swapna are deeply engrossed in planning.....
Priya (whispers back) - exactly..... There r seriously behaving like CID officers, (imitating abhijit voice from CID) daya... There is something wrong in this.....
Siddharth, Anand and tejaswi smiles at her....
Siddharth - don't worry,  even u got a character here...... (To tejaswi) teja,  what's that character name,  the one who has no brain and does silly things ??
Tejaswi - inspector fredericks.....
Siddharth - ya... Exactly,  Priyu.... U r that,  inspector fredericks......
Priya(anger) - u moron,  stupid,  u mean i'm brainless.....
Priya shouts while till then they r whispering to each other..... And her shouts are heard by swapna and Vivek who got angry with her....
Vivek - have some shame Priya.... Here we r facing this serious issue and u r busy in talking non sense??
Anand - vivek,  leave it and u both continue.....by the way What have u decided ??
Anand diverted the topic to save Priya from more taunting by Vivek and swapna.....
Vivek - nanna,  amma and I feel that Aditya deewan is completely ready with his answers and not to forget,  he is one hell of an intelligent man,  he can easily guess about our concerns and will be ready with his answers......
Anand - so what should we do ??
Swapna(teary eyed) - this is tough to say but this is the only thing, we have only this chance to save Priya and ourselves, or we should let Priya go.....
Priya side hugs swapna to assure her that she is going no where.....
Vivek - nanna,  only u and priya can do this,  don't fall weak,  be strong,  remember one thing,  we can't let priya marry him, u may find Aditya sincere,  he may be really honest and sincere but still priya's marriage will be in danger if she marries him,  u say that a marriage is not about two persons but two families right ?? And our two families are completely different..... This marriage won't work..... Nanna,  u r very good at convincing people, please try ur level best to convince Aditya..... I hope u r getting me......
Anand nods....
Siddharth - we have one more disadvantage here,  i.e we can't state our every single concern to him,  some can be really embarrassing......
Swapna - exactly......(to anand) but u make sure that u convey everything to him.....
Anand - okay..... I'll do everything to protect my daughter.....
Vivek - priya.... U come with me.... I have something to talk to u.... I'll tell u some points,  talk to Aditya about them in the same way I say u... Okay ??
Priya - y didn't u tell this to Nanna ?? Even he is going to have a conversation with Mr. Deewan.....
Vivek - yes,  but the thing is Nanna knows how talk and what to talk, but u don't,  and by the way,  amma is there to guide him..... Now u come with me.... Siddhu, teja, even u both come with me....
Saying this Vivek leaves to his room leaving a cursing priya behind.....
After talking to Anand for sometime,  she leaves to vivek's room followed by siddharth and tejaswi.......
Vivek tells all the negative things in this marriage to priya and asks her to raise every single concern of hers.... He asks her not to feel shy or embarrassed to ask something as it's not only about her but the whole family.....
Vivek and swapna thought to go with Anand but that would be disrespectful towards Anand, and it seems as if they doesn't trust him,  it's not like Anand would think like that in fact Anand asked them to join him,  but they refused, they can't lessen anand's value in front of outsiders.....