242Tarika pulled blanket over her head, momentarily forgetting all tensions. Her smile soon turned into frown when morning light hit her face. But someone blocked it. She smiled again, but all her memory about past night returned. She opened her eyes to see Abhijeet staring right at her. She was about to scream but Abhijeet put his hand on her mouth.
Abhijeet whispered: Kya hua? Aditi uth jayegi.
Tarika removed Abhijeet's hand from her face: Tum mere...mere room mein kya kar rahe ho?
Abhijeet gave his signature "Hain".
Tarika's face was ghostly pale: Kahi phirse toh nahi hum dono ne-
Abhijeet sighed then smirked: Hum dono ne kya Tarika jee?
Tarika huffed, and crossed her arms, light blush on her cheeks: Kuch nahi!
Abhijeet was about to retort but soon realised he might be crossing his boundaries.
Abhijeet: Chodo is baat ko. Raat kesi neend aayi?
Tarika understood that he wanted to change the topic: Achi aayi. Aditi toh so hi rahi hai abhi tak. She said as she glanced over Aditi's sleeping form.
Abhijeet gravely asked: Age kya krna hai. Kuch socha?
Tarika looked down and muttered: Nahi.
Abhijeet hummed.
After some time Tarika spoke: Mein ek baar ghr jakr dekhti hun.
Abhijeet immediately volunteered: Mein bhi chalunga!
Tarika denied: Arey tum kyun faltu mein pareshan ho rahe ho? Mein chali jayungi.
Abhijeet with little anger: Aise kese akele chali jaogi?
Tarika glared: Dudh peeti bachi nahi hun. Apna khayal khud rakh sakti hun. 6 sal se khud ka aur apni beti ko mein hi sambhala hai.
Abhijeet looked down, after gathering some courage, he spoke: Toh us din kyun gayi chodkr? Ek baar bhi rukne ka khayal nahi aaya? Itna sa bhi mujhe pr vishwas nahi tha?
Tarika locked her eyes into his: Agar vishwas naa hota toh aaj Aditi yahan nahi hoti.
Abhijeet said nothing. He was confused. He wanted to have Tarika and Aditi back but he didn't want to ruin a once happy family.
Abhijeet held Tarika's hand: Chaliye Tarika jee, apke ghr dekh kr aate hai. Aditi ko Daya k ghr drop kr denge. Thodi der k liye toh voh usko sambhal lega. Tarika nodded.
Abhijeet drove towards Tarika's home. He always found her in deep thoughts whenever he looked at her while driving. After few minutes they reached there. Tarika rang the bell but no one answered.
Abhijeet pushed the door: Door unlocked hai, Tarika.
They entered inside to see house in normal state except the same couch where she saw Abhinav with some other girl. There were few female underclothes lying, along with belt, two pillows, discarded pizza box, two glasses half filled with alcohol, and things which made both Abhijeet and Tarika embarrassed.
Abhijeet wiping sweat from his forehead: Kafi busy rahe honge yeh dono raat mein. Tarika shot daggers at him. Her gaze moved from things to things and finally fell on papers neatly stacked on table. She moved towards table and found a letter written with neat handwriting for her.
Tarika Darling-
Mujhe pata hai ki tum subah vapas jarur aaogi. Tumahri sari files and baki sab kuch toh yahi hai naa. Isliye yeh pyar bhara khat tumhe chod raha hun. Aur haan? Safai kr va dena. Ghr Kafi ganda ho gaya hai naa? Toh tumahri raat kesi rahi? Apne ashiq k sath khub aaiyashi ki hogi? Meri raat toh bahut suhani rahi, jesa ki tum dekh hi sakti ho. Kl adhi raat mein Mrs. Verma aayi thi. Tumhare bare mein puch rahi thi kyunki unki beti ki tabiyat kharab thi. Mein toh bol diya ki voh apni dost k ghr gayi hai. Agar Abhijeet k ghr ka bolta toh...toh meri insult hoti naa? Tumhara toh pata nahi lekin meri self respect hai.
Is letter k neeche divorce papers hai. Unpr sign kr dena. Mein ek aisi aurat k sath bilkul nahi reh sakta, joh apne pati ko akela chodkr auro k sath night stand karti hai.
Agar sab kuch acha raha toh mujhe tumahri aur tumhari beti ki shakal phir kabhi dekhne ko nahi milegi.
Bahut Khush hogi naa tum meri zindgi kharab krke?
- Abhinav
She stared at letter. She looked at Abhijeet who was curiously looking at her. She felt so insulted. Voh mere bare mein aisa soch bhi kese sakta hai. Itna kese gira diya mujhe? Khud Aditi ko Abhijeet k ghr bhejha tha, toh kya lene bhi nahi jayungi.
Tarika spoke to herself: Giri hui mein nahi tum ho.
Abhijeet: Letter meine kya likha hai?
Tarika wiped few tears which leaked from her eyes while reading letter: khud padlo. Abhijeet took letter from her hand and started reading it. Tarika sat on unused sofa and opened divorce papers.
Abhijeet fumed: Uski himmat kese hui yeh sab kehne ki?! Samajta kya hai voh apne aap ko? Apki is tarah se kese kar sakta hai insult! Aap chinta mat karo! Usko me-
Tarika cut him in between: Rehne do, Abhijeet.
Abhijeet glared and said harshly: Arey aise kese? Usne apki kitni insult ki!
Tarika looked at papers on her lap: Usko meri yaa Aditi ki jarurat nahi hai. In fact, hum dono ko uski koi jarurat nahi hai. Voh meri beti hai, usko mein apne app akele palungi (raise). Her eyes lacked usual charm, but they were filled with something Abhijeet never saw before. That was determination to prove him wrong! Abhijeet showed a small genuine smile after a long time.
She took a pen and signed divorce papers.
Tarika firmly: 6 months aur, phir tumhe meri shakal dekhne ki jarurat nahi hogi. Mein apni beti ko akele bhi pal sakti hun!
Abhijeet held her hand: Mein bhi hun apke sath.
Tarika looked at him: Huh?
Abhijeet continued: Yeh mat bhuliye ki Aditi meri bhi beti hai. Voh meri bhi jimmedari hai. Agar aap us raat jate nahi toh aaj yeh sab naa hota. Mein apko blame nahi kr raha hun.
Tarika stared at space, then said slowly after few seconds: Thank you. Abhijeet, thank you.
Abhijeet chuckled: Isme thanks ki kya baat?
Abhijeet pulled Tarika towards him and hugged her tightly. Tarika felt little awkward. She was thinking about Abhinav. She felt so selfish to destroy his life, even after this.
After 5 years-
A man made his way towards fridge to take out water. He took a bottle and sipped some from it. Suddenly his mobile beeped as the indication of arrival of message. He shook his head. He took some rabbit food from cabinet and went to feed a rabbit family his friend sent from Paris.
He opened notification panel and saw new email.
Papa, uh Abhinav Papa-
So, hi? Mein apse baat nahi karungi. Kahan chale gaye aap? Mummy se kuch bhi puchu toh guessa ho jati hain. Abhijeet papa se pucha hi nahi mein. Arey haan! Mummy ne Abhijeet Papa se shadi karli, kuch bada function toh nahi tha, Daya uncle ne bataya tha ki ise court marriage bolte hai. Apko pata hai Abhijeet Papa bahut ache hai, sabhi bahut ache hai. Meri sari wishes fulfil karte hai. Mujhe apki bilkul yaad nahi aati, ittu si bhi nahi...sun rahe ho naa. Mein aur mumma Abhijeet papa k sath hi rehte hai. Aur apko pata hai abhi voh dono hospital gaye hai, pata hai kyun? Mera chota bhai/behen hone wala hai. YAY!
Aur aap kese ho? Vahan sab sahi toh hai naa. Mumma ko mat batana ki mein unke account se message kiya hai. Bahut guessa karengi.
Acha chalo ab mein chalti hun. Bye~
-Aditi
A small smile appeared on Abhinav's face after reading this.
"Chalo meri itni mehnat safal rahi" Abhinav said as he fed one male rabbit.
A/N- *sighs* Finished it somehow. In my defense all I could say that typing on mobile is not easy.
Thank you guys for sticking with me! I mean it! Special thanks for Anjaana to give me this plot. Note to myself- Never ever make changes in plot given by someone lol.
Did someone get my rabbit hint? XD
-Tropicallight
