Sheesh Mahal

Arnav took heavy steps towards the big mansion, his eyes were dark adorned by his anger and anguish remembering what last night offered him, betrayal by his own family!. He clutched his fist as he could still now hear them sharing the plan to each other, laughing at him and their evil looks. His heart broke at each step he was taking towards Sheesh Mahal, because there was a day he happily took his family to this same mansion calling it as their "Home" and now he would feel suffocated to share the same Home with disgusting people like them whom he once called his Family, for whom he fought with his wife, his real family for them.

He took one step inside and looked around his mansion gulping the tears in his eyes. How can this even be possible? Raizadas meant life for him, he spent his childhood with them, he grew up with them, loving them, caring for them, respecting them, fighting for them, playing with them, following their steps, hearing their advices.. Living with them for years.. Years of what? Acting! All these years they have been acting to love him and he believed it blindly.. How could he not? They are his family, who will ever doubt on his family's intentions!

"Chote.." Nani descended the stairs with worried look to him.

He looked away disgusted. This was just acting and spent years of his life thinking that Nani cares the most for him!

"Where were you last night? You didn't sleep at home.. Is everything alright Chote?" Nani already reached him and cupped his face.

Arnav looked at her as his eyes moistened even more and a sarcastic smile took place on his lips, "Why?" he whispered.

"Why what Chote? Are you alright?" Nani frowned.

Arnav shoved her hands from him harshly as he shouted on top of his voice, "Why such a big betrayal? Why Nani?"

"Hello hi bye bye.. Is this way to talk with your Nani?" Mami stood up from the couch, patting her chest to calm herself after ASR's shout.

Nani looked at him confused, "What are you talking about Chote?"

"I'm talking about the plan you all thought I would never get to know about it.." Arnav smirked.

Nani widened her eyes in shock, and Mami dropped the magazine from her hands in shock.

"Which plan Chote? I'm not getting what are you saying.." Nani quickly composed herself remembering Akash's words of being careful and never let anyone get a hint of what they plan to do with Arnav.

"After we clear our matters then you can go surely to Bollywood and act.. because that's your hidden talent and it's time to show everyone that Devyani Singh Raizada can also act brilliantly.." Arnav said sarcastically glaring at her.

"Why are you talking like this with me Chote? What have I done?" Nani quickly brought tears in her eyes, noticing Aman standing behind Arnav she became angrily, "So he is the one instigating you against us.. Khushi's bhaiya, right? Chote see how that woman is cunning and you're falling in her traps again.. she send Aman to fill rubbish in your mind against us.."

"Nani don't utter a word against Khushi now because I swear I will forget I share a relationship with you. It's because of you all, I lost my wife and if you speak anything against her then you will face the worst of me.." Arnav said in warning tone with his husky yet scary voice.

Aman rolled his eyes at Nani's acting. She dared to act even though Arnav said that he knows about their plan. That's unbelievable!

"See she succeeded in making my Chote against me.." Nani looked away sobbing. Mami rushed to her and caressed her shoulder, "Sasuma don't cry.. he is your Chote only, so what if he is believing in that woman's word now? He will return to you only one day when he realizes how much his Nani was right and how much she thinks and cares about him.."

"I can't believe my own grandson accusing me because of Khushi.. What I have done? What did she say that made you be on her side now?" Nani looked at him.

Mama, who only kept quiet till now shook his head in disbelief. He knew the truth about his family and their plan to get Arnav's property and kick him out of Sheesh Mahal and the only reason he never told Arnav about this was because he was afraid he will break Arnav's heart and he didn't know what change this truth would bring in their life, he was scared of Arnav's reaction that's why he never spoke about this matter and preferred to stay away from his family and engage himself on his own works. But when he saw Khushi that day fighting for him, trying to make Arnav see the truth and save him from such evil family, he felt really bad for her. He started thinking about the grave consequences this matter could bring if kept hidden and letting his family win. He wanted to tell Arnav the truth now and everything that happens next would be in Arnav's hand only, but after seeing his distrust on Khushi's words, Mama knew that Arnav wouldn't believe in him too. So yesterday night, when Arnav returned from office, Mama silently went to Nani's room and opened it slightly so that Arnav overhears their conversation and gets to hear the truth himself.

"Wait.. I will show you how your plans will backfire on you all now.." Arnav said with evil smirk on his face as he went upstairs immediately.

"Tell him the truth Ma.. He knows the truth about your plan to get his property.. He knows everything now.." Mama said shaking Nani.

"Hello hi bye bye.. Shut up! Aman's here.." Mami glared at Mama for saying about their plans aloud.

"I'm sorry Mami.. But I already knew about you guys ugly truth so it doesn't matter whether you speak aloud or silently.." Aman shrugged making Mami frown at him, and gulp nervously wondering what's happening in this house and what will be their future.

"Yesterday night I made Arnav bitwa see how happily you three were celebrating his and Khushi's separation and he even heard your plans also and how Akash made a plan to falsely accuse Khushi of being a golddigger who is behind his money and property.. He knows everything now, so please at least now stop acting.." Mama said.

Nani stood numb for while, all these years she had been planning for the day she would be snatching everything from Arnav's hands and today her own son destroyed her plan, her dream!

Angrily she turned to him and wanted to slap him hard but by that time Arnav was coming towards them.

"What's happening? Why are you all standing on here?" Akash asked with confused smile on his face.

Aman signaled Arnav that he was the one who called Akash from office. Arnav blinked his eyes as if thanking Aman.

"Good that you're here too.." Arnav said.

"Bhai what happened?" Akash walked to him and patted Arnav's back, "Did that witch refused to sign on divorce papers?" he asked eying to the papers on Arnav's hand and then glanced towards Aman.

Arnav grabbed Akash's collar angrily, "Who did you call witch?"

"Oh, relax bhai.. It's only that Khushi.. I thought this name perfectly suits her right?" Akash asked smiling.

Nani and Mami shut their eyes tightly thinking Akash is just making things worse for them.

Arnav gave him a hard punch on his face, "If you dare to even take my wife's name with your mouth, next time you will be landing on hospital Akash Singh Raizada.."

Now Akash came on earth and looked at Arnav with big eyes.

"Yes.. MY WIFE.. No divorce is going to happen now.. She was, is and will always be mine!" Arnav nodded confirming Akash's doubt that could be seen on his eyes.

Akash gulped and looked at Nani and Mami who looked back at him with defeated expressions.

"Then what are these papers for?" Akash asked stammering.

"Well these papers.. I think you better know them.. they are the same property papers that you planted on Khushi's purse on our reception day.." Arnav said with narrowed eyes and serious tone.

"Bhai I did that because.." Akash tried to come up with an excuse, what he didn't have an idea is that Arnav knows about their whole plan, not just the part where he placed those papers on Khushi's purse.

"Don't need to explain me Akash.." Arnav said, "Because thanks to you, these papers are going to be very useful for me.."

"Matlab? (Means?)" Mami asked gulping.

"What does this papers state? That I, Arnav Singh Raizada am transferring all my property to my wife, MATLAB Khushi Kumari Gupta.." Arnav said taking a look at the papers and took out a pen from his coat, smirking he stared at the three, "I'm just going sign on this and make my wife owner of all my property.."

"What?" Akash, Nani, Mami, Aman, Mama and even HP gasped. Surely they didn't expect something like this to happen.

Arnav took support of the nearest table on the living room, and signed on those papers.

Akash held his head with his both hands frustrated, shocked and devastated, he was seeing his dream of becoming owner of this property breaking in front of his eyes. His eyes brimmed with tears, he shook his head and cried, "NO.."

"No?.. Yes.." Aman replied smiling to him.

Nani and Mami were in same state, they just couldn't believe that their game is over.. The plan that they wasted years in working on it and had the utmost care to not let anyone get a hint about it is being destroyed by a simple signature of ASR on the property papers that played an important role in their plan and helped them in eliminating Khushi from their way and now the same papers were being used against them and how!

"Everything belongs to Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada now.." Arnav said showing the papers to them with attitude on his face, "Aman keep this safe.." he said handling to Aman who nodded his head.

"So what do you have now Nani?" Arnav asked sarcastically, "Now Khushi is high class woman and you're a middle class one, right? Your position got swapped!"

"You will repent for doing this with us.." Nani glared at him with anger filled in her eyes.

Arnav stare into her eyes and could see this was much more than money. She was looking at him with some kind of pain, hatred and revengeful feeling.

"I don't know about me, but I will make sure you repent for what you did with me.." Arnav said crossing his arms, not breaking the eye contact with them.

"What will you do? Treat us like your slaves.." Nani asked sarcastically.

"I'm a Raizada, but definitely not like you.." Arnav said angrily, "I will do the same thing you make me do with Khushi.. Throw you all out of Sheesh Mahal.."

"You can't do that.." Nani looked at him with shocked wide eyes. What would be left about her reputation if everyone gets to know that her grandson kicked her out of their house. She wouldn't be able to look at anyone after this, it would be such an embarrassment for all her life.

"I'm your grandson Nani.. and if you can act to love me when actually you hate me.. then throwing you out of Sheesh Mahal is just a little thing no?" Arnav smiled a little.

Nani glared at him, "Today you proved you're Ratna's son only.."

Mami and Akash were still crying over their fate.

"And you're Ratna's son that's why I hate you.. I hate you.." Nani shouted.

Arnav looked at her confused, "What has Ma to do with all this?"

"Because your mother isn't my blood daughter.. my husband picked her up on streets.." Nani said giving Arnav biggest shock of his life.

"What?" he whispered taken aback.

"Yes.. Do you want to know why I did this? Then listen, my husband adopted your mother, Ratna and gave her place in our house and treated her with care and love more than our own son, Manohar. Everything was Ratna for him, he used to pamper his so called princess day and night and I had to accept it, had to watch your mother take my son's place and live with it because my husband could hate me if I said that I wasn't happy with his decision of adopting Ratna. Later, you mother got married and Manohar also got married to Manorama and both got their children, but your Nana still used to love you and Anjali more than Akash. He always used to buy gifts only and especially for you, he loved you a lot Arnav because his Chote is very intelligent boy and studies a lot so he deserves reward for his hard work and poor my boy Akash, never got such love from his Nana. After Nana passed away, it was then your father betrayed your mother and she committed suicide. I was not happy with the news, but somewhere I was happy because I could torture you peacefully now as no one was there to protect you now. I wanted to make Akash study further and build his own company along with Manohar, his father and wanted to make you and your sister our servants making you work day and night. But here too you snatched my dream, you suddenly started gaining fame and became rich, owner of AR, most richest man of India and everyone were talking about you and unfortunately we got recognized because of you. It was then I had to still act that I love you because you're the only one who gave us that status of being The Raizadas. You made my son (Manohar) and my grandson (Akash) work under you and that was unacceptable for me. So our first step was to make Anjali against you, we poisoned her mind against you and told her that you are better than her, you don't care for her and all you care is your money, she's nothing without you, then you presented Shyam who was good man to marry her, and we made her think that you're not good brother to her because you made her marry a poor man who cannot afford her demands, she also started fighting with Shyam because everyday we tell her something against him and made her believe that a poor man can never make her happy, they got divorced also and since it was you who advised Shyam to go for a divorce, we used this against you also and made Anjali hate you to such extent that she helps us to snatch the property from your hands and make you dance to our tunes. And then our plan was going on perfectly till that Khushi came in our lives and she spoiled everything, it's only because of her you got to know about our truth and our plan.." Nani said and looked away sobbing.

Arnav stayed in silence for sometime registering everything Nani just told to him. He was shocked to the core, this hate she's carrying all these years starts with his mother's story.

Mama just shook his head crying, "Why Ma? Just why.. I never felt jealous or angry about Ratna.. then why you felt like this? Why you took revenge from this boy (Arnav)? What had he done with you? He gave us everything and you back stabbed him only.."

"So it's okay if your son works under him as employee for all his life.. You don't care about me Papa.." Akash turned to Mama angrily.

"It's better than snatching Arnav's property and years of hard work.." Mama replied.

"Hello hi bye bye.. Sasuma and Akash did this for our better life and you're taunting them.." Mami glared at Mama.

"Just go away.. Go away from here because I don't wish to see your faces anymore.. Pack your bags and leave!" Arnav shut his eyes tightly letting tears fall from his eyes, he kept his hands on his hip sighing hard.

Nani, Mami, Akash and Mama turned to go upstairs to pack their bags looking down.

"Mama you can stay.." Arnav said looking at him following the three.

"Now what can we do.. bad or good, they're my family and I've to go with them.. and I also am so ashamed to look in your eyes bitwa.. I'm really ashamed of my mother's deeds.. I won't be able to stay here.." Mama said.

Arnav nodded understanding his point of view.

Aman and HP walked to Arnav and hugged him tightly. Arnav closed his eyes hugging them back.

"You got to be strong man!" Aman whispered.

"Everything will be fine bhaiya.." HP said smiling faintly, "We are here with you still.."

"Hmm.." Arnav nodded composing himself, "Now leave me because if Khushi see us hugging each other like this, she will really think I'm gay!"

HP and Aman broke the hug chuckling through their tears.

Raizadas came downstairs with their bags and walked towards the door without looking at Arnav. Only Mama blinked his eyes smiling a little and followed them.

While taking a step outside of Sheesh Mahal, Nani felt extremely humiliated and she looked back at Arnav glaring at him one last time.

"You said truth.." Arnav said taking steps towards her, "Khushi spoiled all your plans.. because she's an Angel Ma and Nana sent to my life to save me before you could succeed in your plans.."

"Sure.. she must be an angel that came to save you otherwise no one would have saved you from me" Nani said smirking and turned to leave with heavy heart.

"My Angel.." Arnav caressed his chest on his heart's side whispering, "Thank you my angel!"