41 The Truth
Part 41 The Truth
Arnav looked at the drunken man frowning. Who was he? Before he asked anything, Swaraj asked,
"It seems your WIFE trained you well to do everything on your own?"
Arnav was shocked to hear the word WIFE again. He gulped down hard because he knew, the drunken man won't lie. Would he get some information about his past from this man?
Swaraj looked here and there.
"It seems she is not at home..."
"Whom you are talking about?"
"Who else? About your wife. she will pounce on me if she sees me here but she loves me a lot"
Does HIS wife love this man? Who was he to his wife? Arnav became thoughtful. He was gazing at him and said nothing, letting him talk.
"My mother is not giving me money... what can I do then? Where would I go? That's why I came to ask for her money. Where is she?" he entered without caring about Arnav.
"About whom you are talking?" Arnav asked.
"Yeah... you will ask like this.! What can I expect from a MENTAL like you?"
MENTAL? How dare he? Arnav fisted his fingers but his next stance made him shocked.
"Don't forget, we made her marry you only because you raped her... or else, we would not have gotten her married to you..." he said didn't even sense that there was no use in talking with a mentally ill patient.
"Raped?" Arnav asked with an extreme level of shock.
"Then what...? Why would I get my sister married to a mental like you then?"
"Sister?"
"Haan..."
Arnav clutched his caller, making Swaraj's eyes widen.
"Who is your sister?"
Swaraj looked at him fearfully.
"Tell me, damn it..." the trademark ASR style ROAR shook RM.
"K...K...Khushi..."
Arnav's clutch on his caller loosened.
"Khushi? Is Khushi my wife?"
"Haan... Why are you behaving wild? I think I should not have believed my friend's words"
"What did your friend say?"
"He said, he saw my sister with someone in the temple. I thought you got recovered from your mental illness"
"Your friend said SOMEONE then how do you think it must be me?"
"With whom other than her husband she goes to the temple?"
"Why didn't your friend know about your sister's husband?"
"Your family members didn't want anyone to know about your mental illness. They stopped us from inviting people to your wedding"
"Where did the wedding happen?"
"Here... at your house..."
"If I was mental, why did you get your sister married to me? Tell me everything clearly... or else I will kill you" Arnav gritted his teeth.
"It's because you raped her when she came here to get a book from your sister Lavanya. Then only your marriage happened... I just came here to get money from her... that's all. Leave me, I won't come again" he said stammering.
"Did I rape her?"
"Why are you asking me as if you know nothing?"
Arnav removed money from his pocket.
"Keep it... now, tell me..."
"When Khushi came here, you tried to rape your own sister who is Khushi's friend. Khushi tried to save her from you. In that, Khushi saved your sister but she failed to save herself from you. You trapped Khushi in the grill gated room"
Arnav was looking at him shockingly. Did he try to touch his sister?
"Is it true?" he choked.
"Promise... you can ask anyone in your family"
Arnav took his hands off his caller.
"How did she agree to marry a mental patient?" he gulped down hard.
"At first, Khushi was not ready to marry you. It was I and my mother who made her marry you. She was upset with us for doing that. I hope she would forgive us"
Arnav tightened his jaws.
"Why did you force her to marry a mental patient?"
"Because your sister gave us money"
"Which sister?" he frowned.
"Elder sister"
"Diiii..." Arnav gritted his teeth.
"Didn't you meet your sister after the marriage?"
"No... she didn't meet us after your marriage. She is still angry with us for getting her married to you I suppose"
Arnav swallowed hard.
"Where is your house?"
"Laxmi Nagar"
"Give me your phone number. Until I ask you to come here, you should not step in... ok?"
"Ok..."
After giving his phone number, Swaraj rushed out of RM could understand nothing. Arnav could not believe there were a lot of things that happened in his life in his short lifespan. He was not in a coma stage as he said. He had been a mentally ill patient. He tried to rape his own sister. What would have happened if something horrible had happened to Lavanya? She would have killed herself. His eyes tear up. He sat on the couch with a thud. What a terrible phase he had crossed! He was distraught. He didn't know how to take this. What should he do now?
Something kicked in his mind. KHUSHI... Khushi was his wife. Not just a wife but she saved him from the blame by saving Lavanya from him. But what about Khushi? Did he rape her? How big her sacrifice was...! Just to save Lavanya from him, did she sacrifice her life? But her brother said she was not ready to marry him at first... of course, who would like to marry a mental? It was clear that she was forced to marry him but how did she look cool now...? maybe, she would have made up herself for this life. Or... maybe, she would have smiled for Raizadas. Did she really like him? He wanted to know that.
Arnav closed his eyes. So, the Taj Mahal man was not lying. He would have gone to the Taj Mahal with Khushi. There, he would have said, he didn't want a mother but only Khushi. If he would have said that, Khushi had been indeed a good wife. Did she do everything to him wholeheartedly or out of sympathy? How did she get the guts to marry a mental patient? Seemingly she was fragile, she must be a courageous girl. She might have started loving him after their marriage. That was why she always looked at him like that. That was why she suffocated, whenever he suffered in pain? That was why she cried in the grill gate room that night.
What was the necessity for his Di to get her married to him who was a mental? Did anyone think of getting a mental patient married? Why did his sister do that blunder? How did she get the courage to spoil a girl's life? Fortunately, he got recovered... what if he had not recovered forever? What the hell was wrong with his sister?
After getting him married to Khushi, why didn't tell him about his marriage? Why? What was the reason they were hiding the truth from him? Of course, it was a bitter truth that he was a mentally ill patient. So what? However, he had to know that because it was a TRUTH. He sat on the couch thinking about it. Let it be anything, he got married. Khushi was his wife. That was what all mattered.
What was he going to do now? Would he question them about it? Nope... let's see, how long they were continuing this drama and for what. Of course, he was not going to be quiet. He will make them spit the truth. They themselves would tell him the truth.
Arnav heard door opening sound. He leaned on the couch and observed them. Raizadas came in and got stuck, seeing him. Arnav felt guilty to face Lavanya. Though Arnav didn't see Khushi directly his full concentration was only on her.
"Bhai... I have passed the exam" Lavanya ran towards him happily while shouting.
"Congratulations" Arnav smiled softly.
"Thank God I have passed..." Lavanya huffed.
"Your friend saved you... isn't it?" Arnav said in the double meaning, looking at Khushi.
Lavanya nodded yes.
"I'm sorry... because of me, you have faced tough time" he literally apologized.
Everyone looked at Arnav with confusion.
"I mean, if I had been with you, I would have helped you in your exams" he managed.
"You don't worry, Bhai... Khushi had done that on your behalf" Lavanya smiled at Khushi.
"Yeah... she did what I should have done" Arnav said looking at Khushi who was looking at him as she felt something different in him.
"Khushi is the first rank as expected" Lavanya said.
"Congratulations, Khushi" Arnav said.
"Thanks" she smiled.
"What do you want? Tell me" Arnav asked Lavanya.
"Leave my matter, Bhai. We have to give something to Khushi. What say?"
Arnav looked at Khushi who nodded NO.
"Ask ME something Khushi"
"No, Arnavji... Lavanya is my friend. I just helped her. I don't want anything"
"Saving someone's life is not a simple matter, Khushi" he said with a sharp gaze.
"Haan Khushi"
"Lavanya, please don't exaggerate it... is not it m duty?" she chided as she could not do it with Arnav.
"Will you consider EVERYTING as your duty?" Arnav asked.
Khushi got stuck. She didn't know in which means he asked so. she smiled at him said nothing.
"Chotte, why are you sitting here?" Anjali asked.
"I felt dizzy, Di..."
He saw Khushi's facial expression changed swiftly. She became panicked. As Arnav expected, all of them glanced at Khushi.
"Didn't you have anything?" Nani asked.
"I had..."
"Your BP might have lowered" Anjali said.
They kept on asking question but Khushi rushed to the kitchen. Arnav stood from the couch.
"I'm going to my room"
"Shall I come with you?" Shyam asked.
"No, Jeejaji... I will go on my own"
He headed to his room. Khushi came with salt lemon water and didn't find Arnav in the living room.
"Where is Arnavji?" she asked.
"He went to his room" Lavanya said.
She ran to his room.
To be continued...
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