Pulkit finds Sai angrily poking her sandwich occupied in her thoughts when he reaches the cafeteria after receiving her message.

"Kya hua Sai? All okay? Vo patient thik hai jiske baare main kal bata rahi thi?"

Sai looks up at him, her forehead crinkled with lines.

"Haan vo thik hai Jeeju... main to ghar ke drame se pareshan ho gai hun... kisiko bata bhi nahi sakti... ek aap hi ho jinse share kar sakti hun!!"

Sai replies and continues her assault on the sandwich.

"Main samajhta hun Sai... par ek baat batao... Virat kuch nahi bolta??"

Sai once again looks at Pulkit, hurt by how her words have been misconstrued.

"Are nahi Jeeju... vaisa nahi hai... vo to mere saath hi hai... par thik se baith ke baat karne ka mauka hi mil nahi raha hai...."

"Aise kaise Sai??? Time nikalo ek dusre ke liye"

"I know Jeeju... par aapse kahan kuch chupa hua hai.... mera schedule to aapko pata hai kitna busy hai... jab kabhi luckily hum ek saath ghar pe mil jaaye to alag hi kahaani hai... vo thak ke ghar aate hai aur Kaku unko chain se baithne bhi nahi deti... din bhar ki saari chije batane lagti hai... kuch kasar reh jaaye to Pakhi didi ki ajeeb si harkate shuru ho jaati hai...."

"Ab kya kiya usne??" Pulkit asks, his voice taking an angry tone, knowing full well the levels the woman in question can stoop to.

"Aaj...." Sai wonders whether to share this openly.... but overcome with her frustration...

"Aaj... pura solah singar karke daud ke aai aur Virat ke aate hi unko gale laga liya.... aur khud ko Mrs. Virat Chavan bolne lagi"

Sai replies, angrily slamming the spoon on the table... the sandwich completely decimated by now.

A shattering sound shifts their attention to the next table where an old man in a disheveled kurta and dhoti has accidently dropped the glass, breaking it.

Recovering from the momentary distraction, Pulkit gently asks Sai,

"Sai.. tum log use kisi Psychiatrist ko kyun nahi dikhate... vo Dr. Anjali se main baat karu phirse?"

"Are nahi Jeeju... koi fayda nahi hai... Kaku maanti hai ki vo depression main aisa kar rahi hai... us din bhi maine sedative dene ki koshish ki to mujhe mana kar diya... abhi ek hi mahina hua hai na Dada ko gaye hue... sabko lagta hai ki vo thode din main us dukh se bahar aa jayengi tab sab thik ho jaayega"

Her voice chokes on the last line and she quietly wipes the tears away, grieving the loss of the one person who was close to her heart. Composing herself, Sai mentions the latest behaviour to Pulkit.

"Parso bhi ajeeb si baat kar rahi thi... Virat ko keh rahi thi ki mujhe tum main Samrat dikhta hai"

"Sai... Virat kuch nahi karta???"

Sai looks down again, wishing to avoid the query... and replies,

"Karte hai Jeeju... but frankly he is in guilt... upar se sab log unko sunate rehte hai ki unhone mujhe bachane ke liye Dada ko vahaan bulaya aur ye sab ho gaya... mujhe to aadat ho gai hai ye sunne ki... par Virat ko apne Jeeva ke jaane ka bahot bada shock laga hai"

Pulkit sits silently, absorbing each and every word and feeling sad at Sai's predicament.

A few quiet moments later, Pulkit speaks again,

"Sai... ek baat bolu... Kya vo ye sab natak to nahi kar rahi hai? I mean .... hume to pata hai na ki vo kitni baar try kar chuki hai tumhe aur Virat ko alag karne ki... kahin vo is mauke ka fayda to nahi utha rahi?"

Startled by this theory, Sai looks at Pulkit stunned, unable to speak for few minutes, a thousand things running through her mind.

"Lekin Jeeju... ye bahot neech nahi hai... I mean vo itni bhi gir sakti hai kya? I don't want to imagine this!!" Sai puts her hands on her ears and shakes her head vigorously in denial.

"I know Sai... ye bahot hi ghatiya hai... par usne kam koshish nahi ki hai tumhare against... Think about it and maybe ask her something and see her reaction"

Sai still stunned, sits in silence when receiving an emergency ping, Pulkit leaves the cafeteria.

Back in Chavan Niwas, havoc ensues when an unmarked letter arrives for Pakhi.

Virat has just reached home with Sai when a hysteric Pakhi shows him the letter.

The letter just has few lines,

"Mujhe tumhari saari harkato ke baare main pata chal gaya hai ... aur vo din dur nahi jab tumhara asli chehra sabke saamne aayega... Patralekha... watch out"

But the moment Virat sees the letter, the colour drains out from his face. Neither Pakhi or anyone can make out his reaction and Sai is about to offer her hand to comfort him, when Pakhi aggressively shakes him and asks,

"Kya hua Virat? Aise kyun dikh rahe ho?"

Surprised, Virat looks at her and asks,

"Tumne nahi pehchaana??? Ye koi ganda majak kar raha hai hamare saath!!!"

"Kya nahi pehchana? Kaisa majak????"

Virat is doubly surprised seeing her blank face when he says,

"Ye Samrat ki handwriting hai Pakhi... how can you not recognize it?"

It is time for everyone else to turn their attention to Pakhi and question her ignorance when she faints.

Sai and Virat shift her to the couch and splash water on her face to wake her up. Sai checks her pulse and finds them to be normal. Sai is about to prod more when Pakhi starts blabbering holding Virat's hand and clinging to him...

"Samrat... dekho Virat ne mere saath kya kiya hai???"

A while later when she wakes up, everyone has assembled around Pakhi when Sonali asks,

"Patralekha... tum Samrat ki handwriting/hastakshar/likhan nahi pehchanti... Deva re Deva"

Taken aback, Pakhi glares at Sai and screams at her,

"Tum hi ne kiya hai na ye ganda majak??? Pehle tumhari vajah se mere Pati ki maut hui aur ab tum mujhe aur takleef de rahi ho??"

Before Sai can retort, Virat interjects having enough of her antics,

"Kuch bhi bakwas mat karo Pakhi... vo aisa kyun karegi???"

"Kyun nahi karegi??? Sab kuch to chinn liya isne mujhse... aur jab main Samrat ke saath khushi se rehne lagi thi to ab use ye bhi bardassht nahi hua"

Unable to bear the taunts but feeling helpless, Sai looks at Virat with a resigned face and quickly moves to their room putting a stop to the conversation.

This continues for a few days more with a new letter every few days addressed to Pakhi. All of them written in Samrat's handwriting. Virat who had initially assumed it to be a prank in extremely bad taste, then subjects all the letters for a forensic analysis.

The wait for the results is getting excruciatingly longer.

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