Chapter 34

Tvfanatic85

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Chapter 34

Just then Prerna came back with the bottle and gave it to Mr Bajaj. He was feeding Sneha and she was just sitting there watching. 

“Kukki aur Sneha ko apne saath rakhne se use school na bhejne se kuch nahi hoga. I know you are hurt with what she told you today. I am too but woh samajh jayegi.” Prerna 

“I am sorry, I shouldn't have shouted at you like that. Aap aap sach main theek hain na.” Mr Bajaj

“Aap hain mere saath mujhe kya hoga? Hmm” Prerna

Once Sneha was asleep he took her and went to the room to get her to sleep. He found Kukki already asleep and positioned Sneha properly beside her surrounding her with pillows. He kissed Sneha and then was about to kiss Kukki but stopped and was about to leave when he heard kukki's voice. 

"I know now Sneha is your angel but I am also your buddy. Partiality kar rahi hain Mr Bajaj" Mr Bajaj stopped mid way and turned around and Kukki imitated her hands to come towards her.  

"I might not understand exactly what happened and why it happened but I am very very proud of you for Sneha and I am sorry for what Mr Bose is doing with you because of me" Kukki 

"Kuch jyada hi Mrs Bajaj ki tarah baatein nahin karne lagi hain. Aap Kukki Sharma BAJAJ hain. Remember that yeh sab aapko suit nahi karta. But thank you for saying that." Mr Bajaj kissed her forehead “ and I will handle Mr bose warna as you said if it is left to you pata nahi aap kya haal karengi” getting her to sleep. He stayed for some time until he was sure she was asleep, he made sure her comforter was ok and then left. He went straight to the study room as he needed a drink.

After sometime Prerna came in searching for him and She saw him standing near the window with a glass in hand. She went and sat in the armchair next to the window. 

“Aap soi nahin Aapko bhi rest ki zaroorat hain jake so jaiye” Mr bajaj

“Aapko sach main nahin pata chala, aap ka dhyan nahin gaya.” and pointed towards the scotch in his hand. “Aapke office ke cabinet se yahan shift karwa di maine. At least now I can control how much you drink.” Prerna and Mr Bajaj looked at her surprised and nodded. 

“I knew of course I knew” Mr Bajaj and Prerna looked directly at him tilting her head and as if asking really. She knew no matter what it would be too difficult for Mr Bajaj to show the hurt that he has received from Kukki today. 

“I just don't know ki main Kukki par proud feel karo ya sad about what she was telling me. How will I explain my choices to Kukki main use kaise samjhaonga ki maine kya kiya kyun kiya. I always thought she will understand. Aaj to aapne use samjha diya lekin agar aage jakar woh aur questions puchegi about Mr Basu and all to hum kya jawaab denge use.” Mr Bajaj

“Wahi jo sach hain Rishab. Maine Kukki ke samne koi story nahin sunai jo sach hain woh bataya. Jo hua usme aapki koi galti nahin hain. Aap sirf yeh dekh rahin hain ki she is angry about what happened  with me and Anurag kyunki use sirf itna hi malum tha. Basu’s ne aapke saath kya kya kiya aur aapne jo kiya woh kyun kiya, Jab use pata chalega you think she will let it go when she finds out what Mohini Basu did and what happened. Woh kukki hai woh aapse do kadam aage hain she doesn't forgive at all. Trust me” Prerna

“Kyun ho raha hain main Mr bose ko kuch naye rishte dene laya tha he is ready to put a question mark on each one of my relations. Kukki is hurt she thinks I am a... waha Mr Basu Sneha ko leke piche pade hain upar se Tushar Miss Sarkar ka future is a question mark aur Nitya ko lekar aapko misunderstanding mere har rishte par question mark kaise lag gaya Prerna.”

“Rishab koi question mark nahin laga hain app” but before she could finish the phone rang and it was Mr Mehra reminding them that tomorrow was the custody case and they need to be ready. 

“Lets get some rest ok you need it and we need to be strong tomorrow for this case. Aap sach main handle kar lengi na or do you u want me to get a next date, now we can since you are sick and all” Rishab

“Frankly I want to avoid not because of my health but Rishab all our personal lives will be sab kuch sabke samne” Prerna wanted to say but she knew that she cannot as Rishab is already upset and she needs to be strong for this  “no let's get this over with. I am fine” They went to the room and each one of them slept on one side of bed next to their daughters. Prerna being tired slept quickly but Mr Bajaj was not able to sleep and kept looking at all three of them.

“All I ever wanted was a family jiski liye maine itni mehnat ki aur jab mujhe unhe protect karna tha I couldnt. How did I not see this coming. Main aapko kaise batao Prerna ki Hum jitna avoid kar sakte the kar chuke hain. Agar MrBose ne sab kuch Miss Sarkar ke upar nahin dala hota to yeh sab nahin hota. Meri wajah se they are also suffering. I might find some evidence by tomorrow but that is not enough to stop the custody case. But I promise mai kukki aur aapo kuch nahin hone dunga. Kabhi bhi nahin“ Rishab thought for the first time in his life, concerned about what might tomorrow bring for them. 

It was the day of the custody case and Prerna and Mr Bajaj were at the court. The processing started with Mr Mehra presenting his case. He used every person on his list whether it was Kukki teacher or the student counsellor or Mr Rathod to show a very nice picture of the life that Kukki is living now on and Nitya was not able to contradict him much. Mr Mehra already knew what their plan was so he finished his turn and then Nitya started with hers.

"Your honour, Mr Mehra ne ek bahut hi perfect Image di hain ek fairy tale life ki jo  kukki lead kar rahi hain. But sirf uske present ke theek hone se kya hota hain aisa bahut kuch hain jo missing hain jo hum sabne nahin socha hain. Present ke alwa bache ka future bhi important hain woh future main kaise rahegi woh future main kya sekhegi uske values kaise honge. Achee sanskaar achi parvarish" Nitya

"Your honour I don't think ab tak jitne bhi witnesses humne dekhe hai kisi ne bhi Kukki ko as a spoilt child ya brat describe kiya hain she is a good child good friends respectable towards elders to Miss Tiwari kin so called values ki baat kar rahi hain" Mr Mehra

“Your honour values jo hume hamare parents dete hain about life about the importance of relationships. Ek bache ki life main personal and financial security both are important. And mujhe yeh dono cheezein kukki ke future main missing hai. She has parents that don't value relationships who have a very bad past of leaving people behind in a snap aur financial security ki baat kare to we have all seen the allegations on Me Bajaj” Nitya said looking directly at Mr Bajaj and he moved his head away shaking it.

“Objection your honour that is what they are allegations and nothing more and until  a person is proven guilty he is innocent.”

“The scam is an open and shut case and everyone knows it”

“That is what it is a case it is not a judgement not a ruling and until that it cannot be held against Mr Bajaj”

“Objection sustained.”

“Your honour I would like to call my first witness - Mrs Mohini Basu” 

Mohini Basu came to the stand and she was asked to take a promise. Unknowingly Mr Bajaj hand went and held Prerna hands surprising her and relaxing her because even without looking at her he knew that she was almost shaking. The personal life of all of them was about to be disclosed in front of the whole world and he almost cursed himself for not being able to stop it. Nitya started questioning Mrs Basu and she asked him some general questions like how she knew them and all.

"Mrs Basu Prerna ki shaadi aapke mo bole bhai Mr Naveen chattopadhyay se hone wali thina. Am I correct?” 

“Yes” 

“Age kya hain Mr chattopadhyay ki “

“40”

“To phir Mrs Bajaj ne is shaadi ke liye Haan kaise keh diya. I mean there is so much age difference.” 

“Ab sabka apna apna dekhne ka nazariya hain Naveen age main bada hua to kya hua he was well settled had a lot of money”

“Unke parents maan gaye?”

“Oh no not at all we had to do a lot of convincing but Prerna had decided and ultimately her parents agreed.”

“Apne parents ki bhi baat nahin suni unhone jinhone unhe paal posh kar bada kiya tha”  

“Ab uska life uske decisions”

“To phir shaadi kyun nahin hui”

“Naveen kuch illegal activities main involved tha in fact Anu mere bete ne sab pata kiya tha and we ourselves broke the marriage.”

“Wow you should be really proud of your son and if I am not mistaken Phir aapki bete Anurag ki shaadi mrs Bajaj se honewali thi to”

“Yes”

“woh kyun nahin hui”

“Prerna aur anu ek dusre se pyaar karte the at least they thought it was so but shaadi wale din prerna ne Mr Bajaj se shaadi karli. “

“What?” 

“Yes aur agar karni hi thi to she could have done properly not this way by jilting him at the altar. It was so insulting.You don't even know what we went through my son was completely lost hum jaante hain humne use kaise sambhala”

“If I am not wrong unki family unke baba aur Mr Basu dost the infact woh Mr Basu ko apna baba manti hain”

“Of course moloy ne hamesha unhe apna parivar hi mana” 

“To phir unhone use rokne ki koshish nahin ki.”

“Unhe pata hota tab na usne kisiko nahin bataya. In fact un logo ko bhi humne inform kiya.”

“Lekin aisa kyun kiya unhone”

“We can only guess. Naveen well settled tha usse shaadi kar li jab use nahin ho payi to Anurag well settled tha lekin phir Basu publications ki halat thodi kharab thi aur Mr Bajaj use take over karne wale the to unse shaadi karlie I guess the rest you can decide on your own.”

“Thank you Mrs Basu”

“Your honour ek lady jo apne decisions last moment pe badlti hain jisne aaj tak apne sare important relationships ko tak pe rakh kar hamesha woh kiya jo use theek laga na woh apne parents ko importance deti hain na in logo ko jisne use commit kiya hain friendship love or marraige not even normal gratitude or empathy towards the person who helped her kya guarantee hain ki woh hamesha kukki ke saath khadi rahegi that she will be there for her ki kalko uth kar unhe kukki ki maa banna sahi nahjn lagega and she will leave.Your witness.” Prerna was stunned at what she was listening to.

Mr mehra started his questioning.

“Mrs Basu app hi Naveen babu k rishta lekar gayi thi na Sharma family ke pass?”

“Yes”

“Aapne itne surety se kaha that Mrs Bajaj ne yeh rishta isliye kiya kyunki Mr Chattopadhaya well settled he was loaded in your language. How can you be so sure.I mean I know you are an intelligent person, a dignified woman you also have an amazing business sense then how could you not sense this fraud. Mrs Bajaj ne itne asani se aapko bewakoof bana liya she fooled you so easily”

“Oh please I already knew I knew them very well par woh mere bhai ko woh prerna paasand aa gayi warna main us prerna aur Sharma family ko muh na lagao”

“Wow you really hate them don't you” 

“Objection your honour.”

“Sustained”

“Ok Mrs Basu aapne kaha ki Mrs Bajaj aur aapke bete ki shaadi honewali thi but if I am not mistaken aapka beta to already married hain he was legally still mariied to komolika chaubey”

“Yes”

“To phir kya hua”

“Unki nahin bani aur uski wajah bhi woh prerna thi woh hamare ghar main ghus gayi anu ki first wife hone ka dawa karke. It was also all her fault”

“Nahin bani ya aap logo ne use dhake maar kar ghar se nikal diya kyunki she was found guilty on attempt to murder charges on Mr Moloy Basu your husband and  Mr Rajesh Sharma Mrs Bajaj ke father.Not only that she tried to bankrupt Basu industries by scams”

“Yeh yeh sab jhooth hain it was all” 

“Your honour this is a copy of the FIR that Mr Choubey MLA and father of miss komolika Choubey had filed himself citing the same charges.”

“It was a misunderstanding”

“Really Mrs Basu there was a recorded confession of Mrs Choubey and even that confession was fished out by Mrs Bajaj she was the one woh brought out the truth isliye unhone yeh sara first wife ka natak kiya without caring about herself without caring about the fact that people will say things about her. Isn't that true. Aap aur aapki family to kuch nahi kar payi.”

“Your honour jaise ki khud Mr mehra ne point out kiya tha thodi der pehle they were allegations. She was not proven guilty and until then she is innocent just like Mr bajaj”

“Miss Tiwari murder charges, attempt to murder charges made by her own father and  money scams main bahut fark hota hain” 

“Chaliye ok. Mrs basu 27th May ko kya hua tha” Prerna was surprised at the date she remembered the date like yesterday. It was the date that changed her fate. She held Rishab’s hand more tightly.

“Mujhe dates yaad nahin rehti hain” 

“Really kya yeh wahi date nahin hain jab aapne Mrs Bajaj ki maa par inzlam lagaya tha ki unhone aapke ghar main chori karne ki koshish ki isn't that true. Apni samdhan par”

“woh...“ 

“And not only that you insulted her in front of the whole world when you asked Mrs Bajaj to wear jewellery that was dipped in fish water yeh jante hue ki they are complete vegetarians and it was sacred to them.” Mohini Basu still didn't say anything but Mr Bajaj kept looking at Perna at the verge of tears.

“Kyunki woh puri ki puri family aise hai they are all like that and they are all bloody gold diggers”

“Mrs Basu aapke bete ki shaadi bhi to dobara ho chuki hain kaun hai. Who?”

“Komolika chaubey “

“What?”  Mr Mehra smirked

“Mrs Basu aapki choices thodi ajeeb nahin hain“ 

“Your honour yaha par point Mrs Bajaj ki choices ka hain na ki Mrs Basu ki”

“Yes your honour aur main wahin samjha raha hoon Mrs Bajaj ne apni parwah na karte hue Basu family ke lye itnd kuch kiya yeh na sochte hue ki unka kya hoga sirf isliye kyunki uske baba aur Mr Basu dost the aur aise ladki ke liye miss tiwari ka kehna hain ki woh relationship nahin samajhti. Naveen babu ke case main she made a mistake she was young at the time people learn and grow from their mistakes. Mr Basu ke case main unhone apne family ki self respect ko chuna unhe nazar raa raha tha ki unki relation may flaws hain and bar bar unki family ko insult kiya ja raha hain. unhone apni family ko nahin batya kyunki agar woh bata deti to unki family unko apne liye yeh nahin karne deti. Sharmas are a tight knit family and they are ready to do anything for another. Bas coincidence yeh hua that she decided to marry Mr bajaj who was about to take over Basu publications. Aur woh bhi aage jakar Mr bajaj ne take over nahin kiya. In choices ke liye Mrs bajaj wrong hain aur Mrs Mohini basu jinhone  apne husband ke attacker and a murderer ko accept kar liye just so that she can help that too financially yes”

“Objection Your honour”

“That is true and everyone knows it. Basu publications aj bhi dob raha hain and the only thing holding it is Miss Choubey and aise family aur lady ke facts ke basis pe hum Mrs Bajaj ka character certificate bana rahin hain gold digger Basus ki family hain ya Mrs bajaj.That will be all Your honour. Thank your Mrs Basu”

“The court is adjourned for lunch.” One by one all left the room.

“Prerna Prerna” Mr Bajaj

“Mrs bajaj do you want me to get another date. Next Mr Basu will be on the stand”

“Nahin Mr Mehra ho jane dijie aaj  yeh ho jane dijiye main dekhna chahta hoon ki Anurag court main kya bolne wala hain. And  thanks a lot Mr Mehra aapna to meri image itni clear kar di jitni yeh kabhi thi bhi nahin.”

“Mrs Bajaj kabhi kabhi galat ko sahi karne ke liye thoda galat karna padta hain. Apne jo kiya galat nahin tha maine sirf alag reason se use sahi sabit kiya. Mrs Bajaj things will take a much worse turn now you might be called to stand please tell me you can handle this.”

“Kyun handle nahin kar paongi Mr mehra itni achi baatein sunne mile rahin  hain apne bare main thoda aur sahi” smiling through tears.

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