Chapter 4
The next day they reached the Goayal and sons by 9:45 am. It was , arround 11:30 am when their meeting got over. Paridhi recived a call from her home. “ Hello maa!” She spoke into the phone moving away. “ Beta tu ghar nahi ayegi.” Her mother said from the other side. “Nahi maa, Kaal Bhi kaam hoga aur mere boss bhi mere sath hai.” She answered. “ Thik hai agar waqt mile to ana.” Her mother answered.
Rajat was waiting for her near the hired car. “So what do we do for the rest of the day.” Rajat asked “ My mom wanted me to come home.” Paridhi said. “ You can go after tommrow's meeting.” Rajat said “ Ive seem Delhi but I haven’t been to Agra. You have been there I suppose.” Rajat asked. “ No I never got a chance.” She said. “ Then lets go.” Rajat said “ We can have lunch there", Paridhi nodded. They started for Agra immediately and reached Agra by 2:15 pm “So, where do you want to go first.”Rajat asked “ Agre ka lal killa.” Paridhi said in a daze. “ Ok Lets go.” Rajat anwered .
They reached the Agra fort. Paridhi stopped in her track looking up at the door. She felt dazed. Rajat pulled her hand “Lets go, what are you waiting for.” He said. They approached the gate's ticket counter, bought their tickets and went in. They stopped at the second entrance where the guide started explaining. As they stood at the gate Paridhi looked arround, she had a sense of dejavu. Suddenly she had a flash, she saw herself standing at the first gate surrounded bu people in royal atire , she herself was wearing baby pink lehenga and choli. She was staring at someone next to he , when she turned her face to see who it was she, the image faded, there was music in the background rajeshani folk song Samhar, Samhar Pag Daro
Padharo mangal dware
O dulhin rani.....
Music stopped when someone touched her shoulder. She snapped out of her stupor and looked up to see Rajat giving her a questioning look. “ What is it? You seem to be lost.” “ Nothing I feel like I’ve bern here before.” Paridhi said. “ But you just said you have never been to Agra .” Rajat asked surprised. “ I really don’t know what is happening.” She said. “ Forget it lets go in.” Rajat said. They went in the whole fort was made of red sand stone and marble. They were at the diwan e khas she was clicking pictures, Paridhi looked out saw people all around her everyone enjoying when the guide led them out to an opening. Paridhi stopped she couldnot move. “ Hey whats the matter Y did you stop Pari.” Rajat asked. She kept starting at the open parapet. “ Hey!!!”Rajat touched her cheeks lightly “ What’s the matter you look scared, Come on lets go.” He said. “ No!”Paridhi said “ How can Shehenshah kill him like that. So cruel. So much blood , no I don’t want to see it.” She closed her eyes and turns away.
“ Kill whom Paridhi?” Rajat asks. “ Ji sahab ! Sehenshah Akbar ne yenhi se phek ke Adham Khan ko mara tha.” The guide stated. “ kaha jata hai ki Adham Khan ne Sehenshah ke atalik aur sabse khas Shamshuddin Atgah ko mara tha isiliye sehenshah ne unhe yeha se phenka aur tab tak penka jab tak woh mar nahi gaya.” The guide explained. Rajat was surprised “ Ok so why are you so scared. And how do you know this from before.” He asked Paridhi. “ I ...I don’t know.” She answered “ It feels like Ive seen it. There was so much blood on Sehenshah.” Then she turned to Rajat looked deep into his eyes and said “ Aap ne us din humin dara hi diyatha.” Rajat looks at her and gives her a weird look “ Humne.” He asks. Paridhi snaps out of her thought again. “Can we go to the angoori bag.” She says. They go down. They stand outside the angoori bag. Paridhi looks at the central platform. Suddenly she has flashes, She sees her self sitting there with some one there backs are turned to her. She runs in before the guide can stop her. She goes to the front. What she sees surprises her, she sees herself and rajat sitting there. “ kya hua aap to humse dher saari batein kaarna chaahten the, kuch bol nahi rahen.” She asks “ bolna to bahut kuch chaahten hai par kambakht yeh aankhen humein dhoka de rahi, yeh kah rahi hai ki hum aapko dekhte hi rahein kuch bolen na.” The man in mughal attir says. She closes her eyes then she hears voices “ aap itni khoobsoorat hai ki koi bhi rang aap se lag ke aur bhi khoobsoorat ho jata hai.” Paridhi starts to feel dizzy and blacks out, before she blacks out she here's Rajat calling out to her.
Rajat’s POV
She had been in a Strange mood since the time she entered the Agra fort. At first she said she had never been there. Then she said she felt like she had been here before. Then when they went in he felt strange tooo. As if he had been there. When they reached Diwan e khas his feet automatically carried him to the throne. But the guide stopped him saying they are not allowed to touch. He had felt an unnatural anger towards the guide for stopping him. He had wanted to punish him. But then he controlled his temper. The guide told them to move out. He was going out but he saw that Paridhi had stopped. He saw that she was white with fear. He asked her why but she said something about someone being killed and the emperor being unfair. Then the guide explained the history. He was surprised he asked her how did she know. She said something strange, she said “Aap ne us din humin dara hi diya tha.”. Then she said she wanted to go to the angoori bag. When we went their she went in without permission then she fainted. At the moment he was in her room the doctor had just left. He had suggested that we see a psychiatrist.
When Paridhi opened her eyes she saw that it was evening. She looked arround to see Rajat sitting on a chair in her room. She tried getting up, Rajat heard her and got up and came to sit next to her. He touched her cheeks lightly, then asked her “ How are you feeling?” He asked softly “ better.” Paridhi answered. “ what had happened?” Rajat asked. “I kept having flashes.” Paridhi answered. “ Flashes what kind of flashes" Rajat asked. “ Like when I was standing at the second entrance I saw myself standing at the first gate, surrounded by people in mughal attir, I was also in a rajvanshi dress. When I turned to see who I was staring at the image disappeared. Then at the Diwan e khas I felt an unnatural fear. I dont know why it was like I had seen it all happen in front of my eyes.” She said closing her eyes. “ what happened at angoori bag, did you faint.” Rajat asked. “ I saw someone sitting at the central platform. “ shesaid looking down “ who did you see.”Rajat asked. Paridhi looked up at him with tears shining in her eyes. “ I saw you and me.”
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