Namaskaram 🙏

Date of Update: 30.03.2023

Happy Sri Rama Navami

Story starts from the day of Laksh and Swara's marriage.

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"Where is Swara Ma?" Laksh asked Sharmishta as nobody is answering about Swara's whereabouts even after asking so many times.

"She went to temple along with Ragini in the evening and didn't come back yet." Sharmishta spoke finally breaking the silence.

Ragini looked shocked.

"What? But Ragini is here. Ragini where is Swara?" Laksh asked.

Ragini immediately looked at Laksh.

"I... don't know Laksh. I didn't go to temple. Swara went alone." Ragini said.

"Lies. Ragini why are you lying? You said you will go along with her right?" Sharmishta asked.

"Yes ma I said I will go... But I didn't go." Ragini said with teary eyes.

"Why are you lying Ragini?" Sharmishta shouted angrily.

"She is not lying Sharmishta!" Shekhar spoke loud this time.

Ragini looked down crying silently.

"You don't support her Shekhar!" Sharmishta shouted back at him.

"I am not lying. I was the one who stopped her while they both were going. Swara told she will manage alone!" Shekhar argued back angrily.

There went an argument going on while Ragini slowly moved behind and ran into the house. She locked herself in the room crying badly on her bed. She did nothing. She is innocent. Her mother, whom she supported standing against her dadi ma and dada ji is accusing her for her missing sister. She cried a lot that suddenly she felt suffocating. She moved out of the room with difficulty as she needed air to breathe. She finally reached the corridor of the house. She tried her best to take deep breathes and get her breathe into control. She could still hear the arguments. After she felt she is feeling better she had realised that she needs to search for her sister. She was about to rush out of the house but stopped spotting Dadi and Sanskar, who is acting to be mad at a corner of the corridor. She frowned and took baby steps.

"Dost..." she heard Sanskar saying.

Dadi is stopping him.

"Dadi ma!" Ragini said.

"Laadoo... are you okay beta?" Dadi asked cupping her face.

Ragini's eyes turned teary.

"Dadi ma Swara... she is missing. I need to find her." Ragini said.

Dadi was about to say something but Ragini ran from there.

"Damn!" Dadi cursed.

"She will be fine. Don't worry Dadi!" Sanskar spoke normally.

Dadi looked at him.

"I had arranged my men to always stay around Ragini. After that huge accident and Laksh's acts I wanted her safety." Sanskar said.

Dadi nodded.

"And Swara?" Dadi asked.

"She wouldn't be able to come back till we succeed in our plan." Sanskar spoke smirking.

Dadi smirked along.

"Ragini where are you going beta?" Shekhar asked who observed her.

"Papa I am going to police station." Ragini said.

"No need Ragini. If you see this you will understand that Swara went herself." Laksh said passing the phone.

The whole argument kept going till now was because of the video. It had Swara saying that she is running away as she doesn't want to get married.

"But if Swara was recording this, why is she looking somewhere else but not the camera. Also doesn't it look that some thing is wrong... the way she was speaking is different." Ragini spoke thoughtfully.

"Oh please Ragini don't try to defend that betrayer's actions." Laksh spoke in anger.

"Sorry?" Ragini asked as if she heard him wrong.

Wasn't he the one who claimed to love her sister. And now he had no trust on her sister. She got angry.

"Yes! She betrayed everyone here. Everyone! Including her own parents and sister. She is the betrayer. Now I understand why my parents were against my love for her. It's good everything came out before marriage. Now I know what's good for me. You are the correct person for me Ragini. It was you my parents has chosen for me. Let's get married now in this same mandap and at this same muhurat." Laksh said holding Ragini's hand.

Ragini stared at him as if he had grown some horns. She pulled off her hand away from his grip.

"Look Laksh neither Me nor my sister are toys to play according to your wish. I have never seen someone who is as impulsive as you. You know what I am just wasting my time standing here and listening to your nonsense talks. I have to go search for my sister." Ragini screamed at him with teary eyes and was about to go but Laksh held her hand again.

"Don't you love me Ragini? You wanted to marry me right? But you sacrificed your love because your sister loves me too. Now that your sister clearly betrayed me, what's your problem to marry me? You are getting your love right?" Laksh asked.

Ragini pulled her hand forcefully looking at him even more angrily.

"Yes I Love You! But I don't take decisions impulsively. For me at this point of time my sister's life is important than my own life. You are the most selfish and impulsive person I have ever seen. Just don't stop me now." She tried to go but this time Shekhar stopped.

"Let me come with you beta." Shekhar said and they both went out to search for Swara.

"Plan successful!" Sanskar whispered to Dadi.

Dadi smirked.

"Now it's time you make Laksh understand that Ragini is the one for him." Dadi said.

Sanskar just left from there as he saw whole Maheshwari family are leaving from there. Sharmishta and Dida are worried for Swara. They didn't understood what had happened. Sharmishta still believes Ragini is behind everything.

"What the hell is this Laksh?" Dp screamed.

"What papa? You only wanted Ragini as your daughter in law... and when I got ready to marry her she only rejected not my fault. And please I am dying with head ache. I am leaving. I can't argue." Saying he went out of the house.

He drank angrily till he lost his senses. He is angry on Swara as well as Ragini. Swara betrayed him and Ragini rejected him. In anger on Swara he took decision of getting married to Ragini as he knows his father would blame him again for choosing Swara over Ragini. Once again his father will start calling him useless and what not.

Sanskar just stood at the railing of the stairs and is seeing everything silently. Everybody are retiring to their rooms and Sujatha moved towards Sanskar.

"Sanskar let's go to the room." Sujatha said.

He nodded and left with her to his room. He immediately threw the vase in the room angrily breaking it.

"What's wrong Sanskar?" Sujatha asked worried.

"Mom that Lucky... has he gone mad or what? Why does he act impulsive always?" Sanskar spoke angrily.

He sat on the bed holding his head.

"He had hurt her again! Againnn!" Sanskar gritted his teeth.

"Sanskar.... You love Ragini?" Sujatha asked from nowhere.

"Mom! Please! I Love none. I just want Lucky to get the one who is correct for him. Ragini is the best for him. She loves him unconditionally mom. Did you hear her? She still said she loves him even after what all he has done to her. That is why I had took Dadi's help to make them one. I got Swara kidnapped. I even drugged her. Swara is also not bad mom but she is not the one for Lucky. Both Lucky and Swara are impulsive. They both can't compromise in anything. They want what they want. That's all. They don't think anything and about anybody but Ragini she isn't like that. She is different. She can be the one who would be the best for Lucky. But that boy... Ahh! I never knew he is this dumb!" Sanskar spoke concerned for Laksh.

"Sanskar don't worry everything will be fine. I will talk to jiji. If she makes him understand he will easily give it a thought." Sujatha said.

Sanskar smiled sarcastically as he knows Laksh would listen to none. They already saw it and still his mother is in misunderstanding that Laksh will listen to his badi ma.

"Leave me!" they heard Laksh's voice.

They rushed out to see him in no senses. He is drunk beyond limits. Ap and Dp took him inside his room with difficulty. Sanskar sighed. Ap was teary eyed seeing Laksh while Dp is glaring at him.

After sometime Sanskar went to Laksh's room. He sat beside him and stared him for few moments.

"Lucky! Why have you become like this? What's wrong with you? Just understand my brother that it's Ragini who is best for you. That girl loves you unconditionally Lucky. Hope you understand this after what I have planned. Hope you understand her. Hope you both get the love you deserve." Sanskar spoke caressing Laksh's hair lovingly.

He sighed and left to his room pulling a comforter on Laksh properly.

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Things will slowly get revealed. It's a very short story. May be ten or less than ten parts.

Thank You for reading.

With Love
Dharani (Dhaరणि)