Next Day In The Morning...

Shehnaaz went to her parents room. Shehnaaz's father was getting ready for office and her mother was also busy in work.

"Mummy, Papa, mujhe aap dono se kuch kehna hai."

Pammi Ji looked at Shehnaaz and said, "Shehnaaz pehle tu baata, teri baat hui Sidharth se? Kaal ghar aane ke baad kisi se kuch baat nahi ki, seedha apne kamre mein chali gayi. Sab kuch thik toh hai nah?"

"Haan main apko wahi baatane aayi thi. Actually maine....maine shaadi t..tod di Sidharth se." Shehnaaz said hesitantly.

Her parents became shocked.

"Aur maine yeh bhi faisla kiya hai ki main Rohit se shaadi karungi." She added further.

Pammi Ji came near her and slapped her tightly.

Shehnaaz left stunned at her sudden action.

"Yeh kya kiya tumne?" Santosh Ji said.

"Bas. Aaj aap kuch nahi kahenge. Jo maine kiya yeh mujhe bohut pehle hi karna chahiye tha." Pammi Ji said angrily.

"Mummy..."

"Mujhe uss naam se mat pukar. Sharam aa rahi hai tujhe apni beti kehte hue. Mazak samajh ke rakha hai tune? Jab mann hua dulhan ban kar mandap mein baith gayi, jab mann hua shaadi tod di, ek baar pucha tak nahi humse. Aaj tak humesha hum tujhe support karte aaye hai. Sidharth ki shaadi mein jab sab log tere character ke upar bol rahe the, humne tujhe kuch nahi kaha. Kyu ki humein paata tha humari beti kabhi kuch galat nahi kar sakti. Lekin iss baar hum khaas kar ki main tujhe support nahi kar sakti." Pammi Ji said.

Pammi Ji paused for a while and again said, "Tune ek baar Sidharth ke baare mein nahi socha? Jis ladke ne tera itna saath diya, tere liye itna kuch kiya, tune uska hi dil tod diya? Agar yeh sab hi karna tha toh uss din Sidharth aur Sonia ki shaadi rokne ki kya zaroorat thi? Tab toh tune kaha tha ki tu uss se bohut pyaar karti hai. Pyaar karna asaan hota hai Shehnaaz lekin usse nibhana utna hi mushkil. Aur tu apna pyaar nibha nahi payi."

"Paata hai mujhe. Lekin main aur kya karti? Apne Rohit ki halat dekhi thi nah? Usse abhi meri zaroorat hai. Isliye nah chahte hue bhi main uss se shaadi kar rahi hoon." Shehnaaz said.

"Toh kar. Humesha se toh tune sirf khud ki hi kari hai. Iss baar bhi wahi hoga. Waise accha hai tune Sidharth ko chhod diya. Because you don't deserve him. Jitna pyaar woh tujhse karta hai, tu kabhi nahi kar sakti. Jaa, tujhe jis se shaadi karni hai kar. Hum kaun hote hai tujhe rokne wale?" Pammi Ji said and left from there angrily.

Shehnaaz sat on the bed and started crying. Santosh Ji sat beside her and started consoling her.

"Papa, kya main itni buri ho? I know maine Sidharth ke saath bohut galat kiya lekin main majboor thi. Main Rohit se sirf aur sirf isliye shaadi kar rahi hoon taa ki usse dukh na pohuche. Usne already bohut kuch saha hai life mein, isliye main usse sirf khushiyan dena chahti hoon. Kya mera yeh sochna galat hai?" Shehnaaz said while crying.

"Mujhe paata hai tu apni taraf se bilkool sahi hai. Lekin kabhi kabhi apne baare mein bhi soch liya kar. Kyu ki tu kya chahti hai woh sabse zyada matter karta hai. Agar tu khud khush nahi rahegi, toh kisi ko khush nahi rakh payegi." Santosh Ji said.

Shehnaaz looked at him with watery eyes and started thinking about what he said.

"Aur haan Mummy ki baaton ka bura mat maan. Sidharth humare bete jaisa ban chuka tha. Hum usse dukhi nahi dekh sakte. Isliye teri Mummy thodi naraz hai." Santosh Ji added further.

"But ek baat unhone sahi kahi. I don't deserve him. I really don't deserve him. Sabko even Sidharth ko bhi lagta hai ki maine kabhi uss se pyaar hi nahi kiya. Agar aisa hi hai toh mera uski zindagi se dur chale jaana hi thik hai." Shehnaaz said.

"Sab ki chhod. Tera dil jaanta hai nah ki tu uss se pyaar karti hai?"

Shehnaaz nodded and hugged her father.
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"Aise kaise shaadi tod sakti hai? Sab kuch already fixed hai yaar." Neeti said.

"Jaha tak main jaanti hoon Sana Bhabi kabhi apko chhod ke nahi jaa sakti. Aap jaa kar unhe samjhayenge toh woh zaroor samajh jayegi." Preeti said.

"Kya samjhau? Usne already sab kuch decide kar liya hai. Waise bhi main kaha uske liye important tha?" Sidharth said.

"Beta samajhne ki koshis kar. Sayad usne jaldbaazi mein yeh decision liya ho. Agar hum sab mil kar acche se usse samjhayenge toh woh zaroor maan jaayengi. Tu kahe toh hum sab mil kar uske ghar jaaye?" Rita Ji said.

"No Mom. Aap mein se koi uske ghar nahi jaayega. Pehle hi bohut bheekh maang chuka hoon. Now it's enough. Shehnaaz ke mann mein jo aaye woh kare. Aur aap log bhi please mujhe akela chhod do." Sidharth said.

"Lekin Beta..."

"Please Mom."

Rita Ji felt bad for her son. But she didn't blame Shehnaaz for it. Because she knew that Shehnaaz had her own reason for doing all these. To give him some space, everyone left from his room.

"Aap jo bhi kaho Bhaiya. Main aaj Sana ke ghar jaaungi. Main phir se apko aise dukhi nahi dekh sakti." Neeti said in her mind.

In the evening...

Neeti went to Shehnaaz's house. Shehnaaz opened the door and found her.

"Neeti tum yaaha?" Shehnaaz asked

"Kyu? Nahi aa sakti?" Neeti said

"Of course aa sakti ho. Andar aao."

Neeti entered the house.

"Baitho. Kya logi? Chai, coffee?"

"Main yaaha baithne nahi aayi hoon. Main yeh jaan ne aayi hoon ki tumne Bhaiya ke saath shaadi kyu tod di." Neeti said directly.

"Hum iss baare mein baad mein baat kare?"

"Sana mujhe abhi apne question ka answer chahiye. Listen Bhaiya loves you and you also love him. Then what's the problem?"

"Neeti tum acchi tarah se jaanti ho kya problem hai."

"Oh yeah. Woh Rohit? Uski toh adat hai galat jagah entry marne ki. Whatever tumne usse baataya Bhaiya ke baare mein?"

Shehnaaz nodded in no.

"Paata tha. Kaha hai woh? Tum nahi baata sakti toh kya hua? Main usse sab kuch baataungi."

Neeti was about to go but Shehnaaz tried to stop her.

"Nahi Neeti. Tum aisa kuch nahi karogi." Shehnaaz said.

"Of course karungi. Tum jaanti ho main apne Bhaiya ko kisi bhi haalat mein dukhi nahi dekh sakti. Isliye mujhe jo karna hoga main karungi."

"Neeti please. Agar tumne kabhi bhi mujhe apni behen maana hai toh tum yeh nahi karogi." Shehnaaz said.

Neeti stopped and looked at Shehnaaz.

"Behen toh maana hai. Isliye nahi chahti ki tum aur Bhaiya alag ho jao. Trust me Bhaiya tumse bohut pyaar karte hai. Woh tumhare bina jee nahi payenge." Neeti said with teary eyes.

"Sorry Neeti lekin ab main kuch nahi kar sakti. Main aur Rohit bohut zald court marriage kar rahe hai." Shehnaaz said.

Neeti became shocked.

"Court marriage? Wah Sana wah! Kitni selfish ho yaar tum. Itni zaldi shaadi ka faisla le liya. Bhaiya ke baare mein nahi socha, humare baare mein nahi socha. Sirf Rohit hi tumhare liye sab kuch hai? I can't believe this. Tumse zyada selfish insaan maine aaj tak nahi dekha."

"Excuse me! How can you call her selfish? Aap hoti kaun ho?"

They both turned behind and found Rohit. Shehnaaz was afraid because she thought Rohit had listened everything.

"Sana yeh kaun hai? Aur yeh aise kyu baat kar rahi hai tujhse?" Rohit asked.

"Rohit yeh Sidharth ki behen hai, Neeti." Shehnaaz said.

"Dekhiye main apko nahi jaanta. Lekin apka koi haq nahi banta ki aap Sana se aise baat kare." Rohit said.

Shehnaaz realised that Rohit only heard the last sentence.

"Aap bhale hi mujhe nahi jaante lekin main apko bohut acche se jaanti hoon. Aur rahi baat haq ki, Sana aur humari family ka rishta itna gehra hai ki humara haq hai ek dusre pe. But yeh aap nahi samjhenge." Neeti said.

"I didn't understand what you said."

"Rohit yeh humara personal matter hai. Please don't interfere." Shehnaaz said.

"Main chalti hoon. Tum ek baar phir se soch lo tum kya karne jaa rahi ho." Neeti said and left from there.

Rohit had many questions in his mind. So he followed Neeti.

"Wait. Neeti Ji." Rohit called her.

Neeti turned behind.

"Aap andar kya keh rehi thi? Mujhe kuch samajh nahi aaya. Kya aap dono mujhse kuch chupa rahi ho?" Rohit asked.

"Woh main apko kyu baatau?"

"Main Sana ka hone wala pati hoon. You can easily tell me."

"I hope main apko baata sakti. Lekin aap toh Sana se pyaar karte hai nah? Phir apko samajhni chahiye ki Sana ke dil mein kya hai." Neeti said and left from there.

"Samajh nahi paa raha kyu ki der saal main yaaha nahi tha. Aur issi bich kuch toh aisa hua hai jo sab mujhse chupa rahe hai. Aur jab se main aaya hoon Sana mujhe ek baar bhi khush nahi dikhi. Aur yeh Sidharth Shukla ki behen yaaha kyu aayi thi? Somehow yeh sab kuch Sidharth se related toh nahi?" Rohit said in his mind.
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