Chapter No # 6

In Heritage Hospital
In Private Room
Unaware of the recent happenings in Natraj Studio and out on Road, here Mr & Mrs. Dixit are thinking, especially Mrs. Dixit that how to grab some money and for that She wouldn’t see what is right or wrong. For her and according to her everything is right. By now, She knew the person who had caused her beloved Son’s accident does belong from a rich class unaware the Person is Superstar, THE Superstar R.K. She was ready to let go of the case, but since Senior Inspector Ravi Pradhan offered had told Her, the guilty person is set to give her a huge sum of amount to let go off the case. After that She became greedy and is even ready to withdraw the Case but that Girl, Madhubala has came in between or else by now She would have danced on getting huge amount of money which She hadn’t seen in her whole life. She knew what Madhubala had said was nothing but true and being Mother of the Victim She should have fight tooth & nail to deserve justice but atlas. Anyways She is all set to scheme to get that amount or even better more than it. She was lost in Her thoughts that She saw Ravi Pradhan standing near the Door of the Private Room. Seeing him, Her Eyes shone . And what She heard from him next was like “Is She still on Earth or reached Heaven” because of listening to the Name of the person who caused the Accident. She knew to withdraw the case, She would demand any price She would get it, but after listening to the bigger picture from Pradhan, She smiled evilly. She will act in front of the camera, but the whole blame will fall upon Madhubala. 

Whereas on the other side Trishna Malik and Roma decided to meet Dixit at the Hospitals to withdraw the case. And if RK got to know the person who lodged the complaint against him is her sister, then Her dream of making a career in the film industry would be shattered before She can even react. That much Power The RK Superstar has in the film industry that he can mould the industry how he wishes and nothing can be done. So next moment Trishna and Roma visited the Hospital to talk with Dixits and if needed She would ask apology from them in return for withdrawing the Case but little did they know it wouldn’t be possible since even though Madhubala couldn’t become a Lawyer She knew all the tactics. And as soon as Trishna & Roma stepped in the hospital to meet Dixits, they couldn’t move an inch seeing the scene in front of their Eyes. Even though Mukund was healthy and is about to get discharged in a few days, Mukund’s mother, Mrs. Dixit announced with fake emotional & crying face & face which would tell how much has been suffering, she claimed in front of the Media that Her Son was brutally banged against the Car, Doctors aren’t hopeful that Her Son would make it up and his health is continuously deteriorating. Next She announced how much She is grateful for the Girl “Madhubala Malik” her Son’s accident only Eye-witness who brought her Son in the nick of time to hospital or else Her Son would have died on the Spot. Next She told how much She is grateful to the Girl who after being threatened by RK’s manager, is still willing to fight the case till the end. Atlast She pleaded for justice for Her Son in front of the media as well as security for them, or else RK wouldn’t leave them. Mrs. Dixit said all this in such a way that made everyone feel teary hearing Mother who is seeing Her Son in hospital with no hope of recovery. All this made Roma & Trishna shock and look at each other, and then Roma praised Mrs. Dixit that how well She pulled off and She knew this Acting of Mrs. Dixit wouldn’t bring Good News for them but bad news, and they better be ready for the outcome. Next They took back steps and left for the Chawl to talk with Madhubala as She is their last hope.

But little they knew, now their Glycerin wouldn’t listen to any of them but has already done something which perfectly suits Mrs. Dixit & Pradhan’s plan. And next Madhubala has called the AajTak News channel host through her phone. She at first apologized for not being present there to talk with Press openly. Next She openly told them, She is the only Eye-witness of this case and being a Lawyer She know all the tactics that’s why opposite side still buying the Dixits to withdraw the case but the case will not be withdrawn and next She told She was been threatened not once but twice if She somehow didn’t take the complaint back then something bad would occur to her but She still is not backing away as She has faith on her Country’s Judicial System. Next She openly challenged RK that she would make him pay for his crime. And next She pleaded, requested all the Police & Legal Authorities and said many more emotional yet daring words, ETC. Mrs. Dixit’s emotional words didn’t make press berserk, but Madhubala’s words did. Not even Press went berserk but also all the Police and Legal authorities came into action as they were getting pressurized to issue an Arrest warrant against RK as because of Madhubala’s voice created such an uproar that made huge parties to throw their Weapons.

In Radius Luxury Apartment
In RK Mansion
In Recreational Room
On RK’s hobbies, several recreation rooms were constructed, a painting room, a pottery room, and many more. Right now, RK is sitting on the Marble floor, and his hands are making pottery, but his Mind is lost somewhere. He was waiting for the information, then he would act according to it. And still he hasn’t received any information about that Eye-witness girl, that is why he is not doing anything yet and if that Eye-witness is the same Girl about whom he is thinking her to be, still He wouldn’t remain silent. He would absolutely punish that girl on his own way but wouldn’t leave her.

As RK was lost in his own World that He has no idea what is happening outside of RK Mansion and what is going to happen in the next few minutes. And Bittu Ji, on the other side he was busy doing his Assignment but when he heard about the latest developments, leaving everything in the middle Bittu Ji started driving towards RK Mansion and also calling Pradhan who isn’t taking his calls making him frustrated. Then Bittu Ji dialled a few more numbers, and some of them attended but refused to help him, and the rest of them, didn’t even bother to attend his call.

Some Minutes Later
In Radius Luxury Apartment
Outside of RK Mansion
Outside of RK Mansion, it was filled with a crowd of fans, press, and the Police Barricades. Then, one by one of the Reporters started broadcasting live, saying they are present live outside of RK Mansion, where just now the Chief of Police is here to arrest RK. Also told, Madhubala Malik was interviewed by Press through Call, and after that, everyone has gone berserk, and the Chief of Police who has closed Relations with RK, is forced to arrest him. And right now, they are waiting to show their viewers about RK’s Arrest.

In RK Mansion
Chief of Police, Sawant Shukla who has good & close relations with RK, is now forced to arrest him or else his duty will be in danger which he doesn’t want so here he comes to arrest him. Seeing him here, at that exact point, Bittu Ji also came there. And both started to have an argument, and slowly it reached to RK who came from the Pottery room after changing into his tracksuit as now it was his time for some workout. Seeing Sawant there, he gestured to Bittu Ji to say why he is here to which instead of Bittu Ji, Sawant replied he is here to arrest him which made RK obviously angry and he fisted his palms in anger. He started to argue with Sawant, but Sawant apologized to him that he couldn’t do anything except arresting him since the interview with Dixit and Audio interview with Miss Malik has created chaos. And due to the pressure from higher authorities, nothing can be done.

Feeling angry about everything , especially on Bittu Ji, he followed Sawant and told him he would see him later as well as everyone who is against him. Then he told him he won’t be wearing handcuffs if he planned to make him wear them. Next RK was arrested.

And was taken to Police Van when Bittu Ji requested Sawant to take Chief in his Car but was denied, and Bittu Ji followed the Police Van to Police Station, everything was showing Live on News channel and all this was making RK’s reputation shattered but in all this He vowed that he would make everyone pay for his insult and he won’t very leaving that Eye-witness Girl no matter who She is.

In Dada Sahab Phalke Nagar Chawl
In Malik’s Flat
While cutting the vegetables for Curry and also watching the News, and then suddenly there was breaking News flashed on the News channel. Showing, just now, RK was arrested from his home. Reporters also announced after the interview was done with Mrs. Dixit then interviewed Miss Malik through phone call, Her words created such chaos and made Press not only Berserk but everyone, including Higher Authorities, which forced RK to arrest right from his home. Seeing the news, Madhu was smiling, but her eyes didn’t show usual happiness. They didn’t shine, and why would they. It wasn’t easy for Her to go against him and her morals. For yet another time, She kept her morals aside.

At that moment Padmini walked there and saw the news and then saw her daughter smiling, She was shocked & upset. That She isn’t Her Madhu who would smile on someone’s helplessness if that is your enemy. She didn’t teach her daughter that, so why not She couldn’t understand & see she is her daughter. Before She could confront her, someone else came there and confronted her. Well it was not someone else but Trishna & Roma who had seen everything right from their Eyes. Even though Roma & Trishna decided it was better to talk to Madhu first but while going to chawl, they heard through Radio in Taxi about Miss. Malik being interviewed by call, and what all She said was a lie as they knew it can’t be true. They didn’t know why Glycerin is doing this and for what. As much as they know her, she can not stoop to this level. Then Roma immediately instructed Taxi driver to take them to AajTak News channel Studio. Understanding what Roma is doing, She blinked her eyes at her, giving her Assurance She is with her. What Roma intends to do was She want to openly declare that Madhu is being wrong. She can’t  put blame on RK when nobody has seen RK involved in an accident exactly. They want to say, RK was being framed by his rivals and gave Madhu wrong proofs. But before they could even make a confession, they were pushed out. Having no choice, they both took a taxi to RK Mansion, where they could see a large crowd gathered to see RK’s arrest. Seeing His arrest from their Eyes, they knew it’s now all over for Trishna as Her face was flashed as a Eye-witness next her Surname MALIK, next being related to Madhubala the real Eye-witness, would not only destroy her Career but might put her and/or their family in danger. Now, coming to Chawl, they saw Madhubala smiling, which brought angry tears in Trishna’s eyes. Walking closer to her, before Trishna could say anything, Madhu beat her to do it.

Madhubala: Bas bht ho gaya Didu. Bas mene bht sun liya is Case keh barema. Jisne bhi yeh gunaha kiya usey toh Saza milni hi thi phir chahe woh The Superstar RK ho phr ya koi aur.

[Madhubala: Enough Didu. I have heard enough of this case. Whoever has committed this crime, he deserves being punished, be it The Superstar RK or anyone.]

(Hearing her, Trishna let out Her angry eyes and voiced.)

Trishna: Wah Madhu wah. Aj woh Mukund zyada apna hogaya tere liye apni Didu se zyada.
Madhubala: Nahi Didu. Woh bas sirf ek Acha dost hai aur tum meri Didu ho lakin iska matlab yeh nahi keh mein apno keh liye galat ka saath doon.
Trishna: Galat? Galat toh Mere saath hua hai Madhu aur woh tumne kiya hai. Aur aj mein kya, Roma aur Maa bhi Jan gayi hain keh tumne kya galat bola. Galat toh tumne kiya hai Madhu, mere saath apne saath aur RK keh saath.
Madhubala: Mene?
Trishna: Haan tum. Kaise keh gayi tum itna galat? Galat ho ya sahi kya tumne ek bar bhi apni Didu keh barema nahi socha? Acha yeh churo yeh btaho Kya tumne Sach main RK ko accident karte hue dekha tha? Kya Sach main RK ne tumhe threat kiya tha? Nahi na. Toh tumne kyun kaha keh tumhe RK ne ek bar nahi do bar threat kiya? 

[Trishna: Hats off Madhu. Today that Mukund has became more dear to you than Your own Didu.
Madhubala; No Didu. He is just a good friend of mine and You are my Didu but it doesn’t mean for my dear ones I will support for the wrong thing.
Trishna: Wrong? It has been with me, I am suffering the wrong thing and it is you because of whom, I am the one suffering. And today not only me, but Roma & Maa has known what wrong you spoke. It is you who have wronged me, yourself as well as RK.
Madhubala: Me?
Trishna: Yes you. How were you able to say so many wrong things? Whether it was wrong or right, for once why didn’t you thought about your Didu? Okay leave that, tell me this, did you actually see RK doing this Accident? Did RK really threaten you? No right. Then why did you say that RK had threatened you not once but twice?]

(Hearing this Madhu turned thinking what will She say to Her Didu. RK didn’t actually threatened her, it was his name, taking his name Pradhan threatened her twice as it was clearly understandable by his way of speaking, that he was speaking on behalf of RK. Even though She doesn’t have any clear proof to show RK is the one to be blamed for the accident. Even if she had, it would have been nullified because of RK’s Press meet, where he clearly told he only DRIVE & RIDE SPORTS CAR & BIKE. She knew just by his simple yet twisting words wouldn’t make him punished so she used Twisted ways and after coming from Natraj Studio. She send Her Case papers to the Friend whose Dad is DSP and claimed She was being followed by RK’s goons because She is the only Eye-witness of the Accident and was threatened indirectly by Police Inspector Ravi Pradhan. And if She wouldn’t be alive so automatically the Case will be nullified. And next She was told by DSP, Her friend’s father to call AajTak News channel and say everything to News channel but don’t forget to mention She has been threatened by RK. So she acted the same as how DSP told her. Then from there She comes back to Chawl.

She heard once again, Trishna’s questions. Like as usual she became silent in this matter, RK’s matter.)

Madhubala: Didu tumhe jo bolna hai bol lo aur jo samjna hai samjlo. Lakin mein kuch nahi kehne wali.

[Madhubala: Didu whatever you wanted to say just say and whatever you want to understand so do it as you like it. But I won’t say anything.]

(Saying this Madhubala run away from the chawl making Padmini, Trishna & Roma shocked. As after many years they are seeing this side of Madhu who isn’t behaving her usual self. Padmini let herself fall on the chair and took her head in her hands.)

Roma: Yeh Glycerin pagal hogayi hai kya?

[Roma: Why is this Glycerin behaving like an Insane person?]

(Roma & Trishna were absolutely shocked as well as upset at Madhu that how can She do so much. And Padmini well She is more upset as well as worried for her younger Daughter. She can never forget the time, 5 years ago, some disastrous thing happened which Madhu has still concealed from her & them. She can never forget something that might have happened which changed her Daughter so much. Suddenly from an extremely sweet loving girl, She developed sudden bitterness. She has always saw her Younger Daughter standing for the right thing but today, now it’s beyond that. She had never seen her daughter being so much extremous like She is in this Case. Enough is enough, she decided, she would ask her to withdraw the Case immediately and let bygones be bygones. Its Dixits matter let them handle it. She won’t let her daughter to get more involved in this case then she already had.)

Away from Chawl

Running away from Chawl, Madhu didn’t see a time and just ran off from there. While running from there, She lowered her speed and reached to a hill and sat nearby a bench and thinking her Didu was right. She somehow had lied. Neither She knew nor let anyone knew it wasn’t for Mukund, it has just become more beyond than that after She saw his Press Meet, how in attitude he denied all the charges. She thought She wasn’t like this nor He was like this or maybe he was. They both are different from then and now, especially he. How many times, She tried to forget the Past, Her past with Rishab Kundra. She tried to move on from him but like always she failed even now too. She thought She had moved on from him but seeing him in today’s Press Meet, all her Memories once again flashed in front of her eyes.

She remembered their first meet and it wasn’t near to healthy meet. Before being Friends, they were worst Enemies to each other. Their Days were started with their ugly fights and without that, Their Day will not be completed. At every point, they challenged each other and surprised each other, none of them were winners or losers as both were each other’s perfect match to each other.

She can never forget Him no matter how much she tried. She was happy with him being Enemy to her and that didn’t hurt her because She didn’t develop any expectations from him nor she developed feelings for him so His hate didn’t matter to her. But what happened later, hurts her the most, his betrayal to Her. His friendship, his Care, his Pampering to her and each & everything was his betrayal to Her. When She heard him accepting that he betrayed her, she didn’t ask him WHY and left from his Life to never turn back like She never existed in his life. She didn’t ask him WHY, why he chose to betray her, what she committed to get such betrayal from him. Even though she never asked WHY, but this WHY has always been in Her Mind & Heart even now too. No matter how badly she wanted to know the reason from him but still She wouldn’t and will never ever ask him why.

She was crying on her fate, that why suddenly he was back in her Life to make her remember him once again. To make her remember that Her LOVE for him wasn’t completed. Or to make her remember his betrayal to Her. Why he is suddenly back in her Life? She wanted to ask so much but to whom She would ask, She didn’t know. She can’t ask herself, ask him or Almighty himself 

As She was complaining to her same destiny & fate, She thought to never let him back in her Life if even wanted to. She thought once this Case is fully & finally finished and making sure her family is Safe. She would leave Mumbai and go far away from him and this place so he may not see her. She isn’t scared to see him but she didn’t want her to make herself suffer more by seeing him or thinking about him or making him see her. She doesn’t know if She is still remembered by him? Yes or No. She thinks why would he even remember her, for him She was just a Bet, a Medium that’s it nothing else. And he was already COMMITTED to someone so why will he ever think of Her plus She wasn’t near to his Status. The same Status, which he earlier used to make fun of it when they both were each other’s worst enemies.

She was lost in her thoughts that She didn’t see Mukund approaching to Her. Once She sees him, She quickly wipes her tears and is shocked to see him. On the other hand, Mukund was shocked to see her this much broken as He had always seen her firm & Strong even in his Case. But then thought, was it because his mother said something to her? He asked her to which She clearly denied and said it was something personal, nothing else. Then asked what he is doing here. To which he made an excuse as to what He would say to Her, after getting discharged the first face he wanted to see was hers. After hearing his Excuse, Madhu started to take him to his house by supporting him and scolded him that he should rest. Smiling on her concern, he knew what he is doing is right is to slowly slowly approach her instead of propose her at this instant. For Mukund, She is more than perfect for her and he vows himself to win her heart then only he will approach her. Whereas Madhu, on the other hand, She only thinks of Mukund as her friend, nothing more, nothing less. Leaving Mukund aside, She can never Love anyone because She has already fallen in Love and still loves only one person. Strangely She loves the person, and at the same time She hates him. The time will only tell what will happen later, will Madhu be able to move on from that person and will understand Mukund , or will she continue to live in Past.

Guiding him and supporting him, She walked him towards His home, not caring soon its going to be dark.

Chapter Ends

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