37 Decision
Part 37 Decision
Khushi looked at the AC and said,
"AC, sir, leave her but Naveen"
She walked.
"Khushi, please forgive me, I love you, Khushi" Naveen shouted.
Khushi stopped and glared at him gritting her teeth.
"If you name it as love, I will kill you without any second thought." She sneered, taking a step forward.
Naveen moved back whereas Arnav was stunned.
"Because of you, she became selfish. Giving her gifts over gifts, you made her greedy for silly things. If you had not done that, she might be a nice woman at least, if not a nice mother" Khushi yelled wrathfully.
Naveen looked down.
"What do you think of me? Do you think I will live with you tolerating your nonsense? What will you do if I put a big stone on your head and kill you?"
Naveen looked at her jerking.
"Can't I mix poison with your food? Idiot... what do you think of women? Not all the women are the same in the next lock-up. many things in the world can't be bought with money. Forgiveness is also one among them. You will get to know that soon."
She took a step to leave.
"Khushi please leave me... I will not do anything again"
"You can't do anything for the next few years because you are going to be in jail"
"Khushi, please Khushi..."
Khushi walked not giving heed to his pleading. Arnav followed her.
"Arnav sir, please tell Khushi. You can marry her. I won't be the hindrance, sir... sir please sir..." Naveen shouted.
The AC looked at the constable. He tapped the bars of the lock-up with his lathi. Naveen moved back in the process of saving himself from the lathi.
"Shut up... she went. You have no choice other than being in the lock-up" the constable said.
"Khushi..." Arnav called her.
She stopped.
"Are you sure, Sapna should be released?"
She nodded.
Arnav looked at the AC.
"This is the kidnapping case. We can't free her as Naveen is also involved in it. if he states in front of the judge, we can do nothing. He will definitely bring her into the case."
"Then, drop the kidnapping case and file a harassment case on him..." Khushi said.
The AC raised his brows. Taking a paper, Khushi wrote a complaint against Naveen. She wrote how he tortured her from the beginning. She gave it to the AC. He read it and raised his brows.
"According to this statement, we can arrest him under the POCSO Act because he harassed her when she was a minor," the AC said.
Arnav looked at Khushi who said,
"Do it, sir"
The AC nodded.
Khushi was so angry with him that she didn't want him to come out of the prison at any cause. Arnav and the AC understood Khushi's anger and how much she hated Naveen.
Khushi walked out wiping her face. Arnav walked faster than her and opened the door for her. He stood, looking at her painful face painfully. He felt bad for her. Khushi sat in the car. Arnav started it towards AR. He glanced at her again and again. She was looking down and wiping her cheeks.
"Khushi, I'm sorry for whatever happened to you"
She was silent.
"I don't know how to console you"
She looked out saying nothing.
"Don't make a decision when you are disturbed" he said.
Khushi looked at him. She didn't know what decision he was talking about.
"But, I like what you said"
She stared at him without questioning.
"You don't have to be a STEP MOTHER. Just be Khushi Didi to the kids... be like a friend..."
Khushi raised her brows. What was he trying to hint through this?
"Actually, I asked Dadi to take the proposal forward," he said changing the gear.
"Proposal?"
"Our wedding proposal"
Khushi was silent.
"I think the simple wedding is enough with close relatives and friends"
Khushi rotated her wrist watch silently listening to him.
"I'm going to call Nani to RM"
"Think twice before taking the proposal forward, Sir," She said.
Arnav looked at her frowning.
"One more bad example is in front of your eyes..."
Arnav knew she was talking about Sapna.
"I don't know why stepmothers are so selfish. So, it's obvious if you think I will also be the same. It's not your fault. I can understand that. The design of the human nature is like that. This is not a matter of taking a PLEDGE that I will be a good mother to your children. I will not harm them in any way...! I don't know how to make you trust me"
"Khushi relax... I know what made you weak. Just because a woman used the mother's position selfishly, you don't have to feel broken. I always adored your guts. I'm so impressed by the humanitarian virtue of you. I had seen it when you advised Thara and made Monish accept Indar's sister. I don't know how you will handle the role of a mother, but, you have humanity more than anyone I have met..."
Khushi smiled at him. Arnav felt relieved and content, seeing her smiling.
"May I take an off today, sir?" She asked.
"Sure... I will drop you in RM"
"No, sir. I would like to spend my time with my friend"
"Preeto?"
She nodded yes.
"Ok, I will drop you in Laxmi Nagar"
"No, sir. Drop me here. I will take an auto"
"That's ok, Khushi..."
"No, sir, it's already late. You have a client meeting today. You
can go. I will manage..."
Arnav sighed and stopped the car at the side of the road.
Khushi removed her purse and phone from the bag. She switched her mobile on. She sighed in relief as it switched on.
"Is it working?" Arnav asked as it fell when Naveen kidnapped her.
"Yeah..." she got out of the car and waved at Arnav.
He nodded and waited until Khushi got into an auto.
AR
Arnav came to the office. Aman had finished the needed arrangements to welcome the client.
"Is everything ready?"
"Yes, ASR"
"Khushi is off today"
"But why? Is she alright?"
"No... she is not"
"What happened to her?"
"She is highly disturbed"
"What do you mean?"
Arnav told him about the kidnapping scenario. Aman sighed.
"Don't know why she is facing a tough time"
Arnav nodded.
"She wanted to meet her friend to relax herself. So, I let her go"
"Mmm..."
"Aman..."
"Mmm?"
"I decided to marry Khushi"
Aman looked at him wondering.
"Is it?" he was excited.
Arnav nodded yes. In no time, Aman hugged him tight, delightedly.
"Does Khushi know that?"
"I told her"
"Wow... really?"
"Yup... she is upset like hell with her mother's issue. So, I told her not want to delay"
"Oh... already started considering your would-be wife's happiness?"
Arnav smiled.
"Wow... you are smiling damn it..."
Arnav rolled his eyes smiling.
"I'm so glad about your damn decision ASR... I will call Khushi"
"Yeah, she is with her friend now. Call her later"
"Ok, ok"
"Let's concentrate on the client"
Arnav and Aman became busy in the client meeting. Arnav looked at his watch and dialled Khushi. he frowned as her phone was switched off. Her phone might have switched off not having charge, he supposed. He dialed Preeto. She attended the call as she saved Arnav's number.
"Hello, sir, how is Khushi?" She asked before he asked her
about Khushi.
"Didn't Khushi come to your house?"
"No, sir, was she supposed to come here?"
"Yeah..."
"I think she will come..."
"No, I dropped her in the morning itself. I saw her getting into an auto"
"Then why she has not come yet?"
"Let me check" he disconnected the call and dialled RM's number.
Dadi attended the call.
"Hello..."
"Dadi, did Khushi come home?"
"Khushi? No... is not she supposed to be with you?"
"She went to her friend's place. I thought she would have reached home by now"
"No... she has not come yet"
"Ok..."
Arnav disconnected the call. Where did she go? He didn't know what to do, or where to search her. It was almost two hours, he dropped her. Where did she go if she didn't go to Preeto's place?
Taking the car key, he walked out. When he crossed the reception, the landline rang. The receptionist was not there. Arnav looked here and there for her and attended the call.
"Hello,"
"Is this AR office?"
"Yeah..."
"Sir, can I get a detail about Khushi Gupta?"
"Khushi? What detail?"
"I'm a doctor from JL Hospital. I need to contact someone from Khushi Gupta's family"
"What happened to Khushi? You can tell me"
"Sorry sir, It's personal. I can talk only to her family members"
Arnav gulped down.
"I'm her husband," he said.
"Husband?"
"Yes..."
"Do you know where is she?"
"Where?"
"In JL hospital"
"Why is she there?"
"Being her husband, you don't even know why she came to the hospital?" the doctor's tone changed into rough.
"I don't know. Why is she there?"
"To remove her uterus" the doctor said making him horrified.
To be continued...
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