Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Khushi’s P.O.V.

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When Arhaan got out of the room, I rushed behind him but not giving me a second glance he left the house.

I was about to follow him out but got stopped as Vai spoke up from the living room, “Khushi, you come here. We need to talk.”

Arhaan got out of my sight and I got near Vai. Abbu was also sitting beside him. When I got there, Vai forwarded me some documents and spoke up, “You need to sign here.”

“What type of document is this, Vai?" I asked him normally.

“What do you want to do knowing that?” He uttered in his likewise tone to me.

I then turned to Abbu and spoke up, “Nothing like that. But my sign! I mean”

He seemed impatient as he spoke up, “Just sign it, Khushi. Don't think too much.”

“I am not thinking anything. I am just asking” I didn't get to utter anything after that as Vai got back to his normal form and all I got was a slap and his deadly look like always.

Without uttering anything, I just signed the documents and they left the house as well as vai completed his say, “Now get lost forever.”

I didn't bother to look up at them and sat on the floor while crying. As I kept shedding tears for some moments, my mind chided, “It's enough, Khushi. You have nothing to do here now. Neither with these people nor with Arhaan. It's time to be on your way"

I nodded at that and got up wiping my tears only to get startled as Arhaan was standing there near the staircase.

I didn't know whether he saw all these but his face was all blank. A tear rolled out of my right eye.

He kept standing there staring at me for a while and then got upstairs silently without uttering anything.

Being confused at that, I kept staring at his way until he got out of my sight.

I uttered under my breath, “It's better that he didn't see anything and even if he saw why would he care! He also wants me to go away."

While thinking like this, I kept standing there and after few minutes, Arhaan got there with the luggage, we brought over when we got here yesterday.

Getting near me, he spoke up, “Khushi, let's just leave this place and go home."

Being confused, I kept staring at him for some moments and then spoke up, “Home! I never had such a thing, Arhaan."

He got silent hearing me and I spoke up again, “Arhaan, I know you won't believe me but still I want to say. I am really sorry. Whatever had happened, I really didn't do anything of it intentionally. If I could, I would never let anything of that to happen. And I think it's better for us get separated now and be on our respective way. You get back your home, your family must be waiting for you. And if you can, just tell them that I am sorry. Sorry for everything."

Then I took steps ahead thinking of a place to go before I leave. Just remembering that my eyes got teary again and stopped midway as Arhaan spoke up, “Where are you going?"

I looked back at him and uttered blankly, “Why are you bothering to ask that and what will you even do knowing that!"

As I uttered these, tears again escaped my eyes but without wiping that, I got outside of the house and got into a taxi to go to the place for the last time perhaps.

When I reached there, it was past noon. Getting out of the taxi, I kept walking towards my destination with thousands of thoughts in my mind.

Staying outside of the graveyard, I kept staring at it for a while then uttered, “You know Ammi, today I again got slapped. Why did you leave me with them? Just why ammi? Why did you even save me? You should have just let me die or taken me with you? Then I wouldn't have to live like this. You should have taken me with you, Ammi. You should have.”

While saying this, I broke down in tears there.

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Arhaan's P.O.V.

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Hearing Khushi, I got silent and she got outside. After few minutes, I followed her outside and saw her getting into a taxi. Before I could say something, she was already in and the taxi started.

I was thinking what to do. Many thoughts were making their way to my mind. But ignoring all that, I got into my car and started following the taxi, Khushi was in.

I was being really confused where she was going as the taxi kept going for hours and finally when she got out, I also stopped my car.

I didn't know what happened but the taxi driver got out of the taxi and kept calling her, ”Maam? Maam?”

I got out of my car and got near him when he uttered, “Maam, my money?"

When I suddenly spoke up, “How much?", he got all startled and tried to explain, “Sir actually, that Ma'am didn't"

Interrupting him, I spoke up, “I know. Keep this."

As I forwarded some money towards him, he asked me being confused, “But sir, who are you and why are you paying in her place?”

I looked forward Khushi and spoke up, “I am her husband.”

Maybe he got more confused as he gave me a weird look. And then taking the money, he went away and I forwarded towards Khushi while looking around only to remember the place and got stopped there at some distance from her.

This was the very same place of that night when I found Khushi blankly walking on road. All the memory started flashing in front of my eyes.

My thought got broken when I saw her standing in front of a grave, I took steps ahead but got stopped when I heard her saying all that. After few minutes she fell on the ground and kept crying badly.

All the words that made me think bad of her from the very beginning started coming to my mind.

The phone call when she uttered,

"So what's the big deal, if your sister is sad? She is your sister just."

The first encounter of us when I saw her uttering to a man who was asking help for his sister,

"Stop this nonsense. There is nothing like brother and sister. Just get lost from here."

I could easily tell that something must had happened that day like today for her to walk thoughtlessly on road.

The teary look I found Khushi giving to Esha and Muhib Vai for few times when they were all happy together.

Like every word and act of Khushi was getting crystal clear to me why she said those after seeing her today with her so called brother and father. I just couldn't imagine this. How could they!

And here I was thinking that they were nice and Khushi herself was like that only.

Then my behaviour towards Khushi also came to my mind. I was also like the same with her.

I was feeling guilty too and making a decision of getting straight to her being the way I am, I got near her and sat in front of her and uttered, “Khushi?”

Khushi looked up at me confusingly and kept staring at me for few moments and then uttered, “Why are you here?"

When I uttered, “Khushi, I am..”Interrupting me, she spoke up, “Arhaan when I said let's get separated and be on our respective way, I really meant it."

I spoke up otherwise then, “Didn't you say you have something to talk to me?"

Wiping her tears, she stood up and uttered, “As we are getting separated, it's nothing important to talk to you nor do I have the desire to talk about that. You can think whatever you wish to think about me. But I have nothing to say now."

As I uttered, “But I have something to say now.", she gave me a confused look and I continued, “I am really sorry, Khushi. I was being a jerk to you but believe me, I was clueless and I never imagined something like this.”

Being the way I am, 'saying sorry' is just not my thing but whatever I just experienced with this girl get me to utter all these without any hesitation.

But I kept pondering what Khushi will say as she just kept staring at me blankly without uttering anything as I uttered all those....