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CHAPTER 50
RAICHAND MANSION
Ishana’s Room
MaKar come and show the medicine bottle to her…
Ishu: (looks at the bottle and smiles at them) Good job, Karthika… (Karthika smiles) Was there any problem when you are buying this pills??
Karthika: Nothing, madam… As usual, the chemist look at me one kind… It’s ok… I’m used to it… (IshMa look each other in confused)
Madhu: What do you mean by as usual?? Have you bought this before??
Karthika: (realised what she said) No… I mean anyone will love to look at a pretty girl like me… So, I’m used to it… (Madhu gives a sarcastic look while Ishana chuckles looking at them)
Ishu: Fine… Madhu, is the milk ready??
Madhu: Yes… I already pour it in the glasses…
Ishu: Good… Now, you go and mix this pills in six glasses…
Madhu: (confused) Why 6?? Supposed to be 8 right??
Ishu: No need to mix for anna and anni… Anna will handle it… (Madhu nods her head understanding Ishana while Karthika gives a confusing look) Are they still here or already went to their room??
Madhu: No one at downstairs… All are in their rooms except jijus… They are with Ranveer bhaiya in his room…
Ishu: That’s ok… Both of you go and give these milk to them… Don’t make any mistake… Give the correct glass to them…
Madhu: Don’t worry, Ishu… I already separate the glasses for them like before…
Karthika: You already planned for this before executing it, right??
Madhu: Of course… How many times we had done this before… So, I still remember it…
Ishu: Ok… Don’t waste your time by talking now… Just go and execute our plan now… (MaKar leave from there)
Ranveer’s Room
RanRaDu tell Karan about the footage they watched at Oberoi Mansion…
Karan: So, that man is not Ashok??
Ranveer: I’m not saying that but his tattoo is disturbing me… I have seen it somewhere but don’t know where…
Raghav: It’s ok… We got the ring as an evidence… Maybe we can get to know about him… (All nod their heads agreeing with him… Their discussion is disturbed by knock on the door)
Dush: I’ll go and see… Maybe Karthik… (Dushyanth goes and opens the door… He sees Madhu smiling at him… Karthika is standing beside her) Madhu, you are here at this time with Karthika?? (Letting them to come inside)
Madhu: I just want to give these milk to you all…
Karan: Milk?? But, for what??
Madhu: (lies) Daadima ask to give you all… We already given to everyone… Only four of you are left… (RaDuKa take the glasses and the last glass taken by Ranveer according to Madhu’s plan… Karthika looks at her in surprise for lying to them… She just winks at her and Karthika smiles shaking her head…)
Ranveer: Have you drink the milk??
Madhu: Yes, bhaiya… I already have it and my medicines too… (RanRaDuKa finished their milk and give back the glasses to Madhu)
Ranveer: Good… Now, go and sleep…
Madhu: Good night, bhaiya and jijus…
All: Good night… (MaKar leave from there…)
Raghav: Why Karthik is going with her?? He knows right, that we are having discussion here??
Karan: Madhu will suspect him if he doesn’t go with her… Only we know that he is Karthik… For Madhu, he is Karthika… He will come later… (They continue with their discussion)
After a while, RaDuKa started to feel uncomfortable… Ranveer notices that…
Ranveer: What happened, guys?? Are you all ok??
Raghav: Ranveer, can we discuss tomorrow?? I’m feeling something…
Dush: Yeah, Ranveer… I too feel the same…
Karan: Me too…
Ranveer: Maybe you all are lack of rest after Ishu’s incident… No problem… We will discuss tomorrow… Go to your room… (RaDuKa leave to their room)
Ishana’s Room
Ishana is feeling bored lying on the bed… She is waiting for MaKar to come and tell her about their plan either it’s success or not… They come there that time…
Ishu: Why are you late?? Did you give them the milk??
MaKar: (smiles looking each other and show thumbs up to her) Success!! (Ishana smiles in happy)
Madhu: How come our plan will be failed?? That too it’s given to me… Of course it will success…
Karthika: Yeah, right… Only you are involved in this plan… I didn’t do anything…
Madhu: Fine… Take half of the credits for yourself…
Karthika: No need… Keep it with yourself..
Ishu: Enough!! Stop it, guys… Now, go and sleep…
Madhu: Ishu, I’ll sleep here with you…
Ishu: It’s ok, Madhu… You go and sleep with paatima… I’ll manage here alone…
Madhu: Are you mad?? How I will leave you alone here??
Ishu: Madhu, please… I’m not sleepy now… You have to sleep on time… If you stayed here, you won’t be able to sleep with the lights on…
Madhu: Ishu, you are forgetting that you need to sleep on time as well… Have you taken your medicines??
Ishu: Yes… Aththans gave me just now before their dinner… But, still I can’t sleep…
Madhu: Fine… You are not going to listen to me… Ok, I’ll sleep with daadima… Keep your mobile beside you… If you need anything, just call me…
Karthika: Madam, don’t call this girl… She will be sleeping like kumbhkaran due to her medicine… (Madhu stares her) You just call me… I’m available for 24 hours…
Ishu: (chuckles) Sure… Now, both of you go and sleep… Good night…
MaKar: Good night… (Leave from there…)
Later at night, Ishana is in deep sleep and she wakes up feeling uncomfortable… She tries to get up from the bed but she can’t… She feels hurt due to her wounds… She controls her pain and manage to get up from the bed… She holds the table beside her bed and tries to walk but her wounds are terribly paining… She can’t bear the pain and leaves her hand from the table… She almost fell down but a hand holds her from behind… She looks at the person and surprise to see Omkara…
Ishu: You!!??(Omkara makes her to sit on the bed) What are you doing here at this time??
Om: I thought to see you… That’s why… (Ishana smiles shyly) What were you trying to do just now?? You supposed to be sleeping now… What is the need for you to walk in this state?? And why are you sleeping alone?? Where is Madhu??
Ishu: Too many questions!! Madhu wanted to sleep here but I asked her to sleep with paatima… I can’t sleep just now and I don’t want to ruin her sleep as well… And I was sleeping only… But, I felt uncomfortable and I woke up from my sleep…
Om: Why?? What happened?? Do you need anything?? Tell me… I’ll help you…
Ishu: (looks down) No, thanks… I’ll manage myself…
Om: (pulls he chin up) You can tell me, Ishana… You don’t have to hesitate to tell me…
Ishu: It’s ok… I’ll call Madhu… (Takes her mobile… Omkara is hurt with her behaviour and turns to leave… Ishana realised that he is hurt with her… She keeps back her mobile on the bed…) I want to go to washroom… (Omkara turns towards her and understand why hesitated to tell him… She looks down feeling embarrassed…) That’s why I didn’t tell you… (Tears are filled in her eyes)
Omkara goes towards her and lifts her in his arms much to her surprise… She just looking at him… He places her down at the washroom carefully and makes her to hold the towel holder…
Om: Be careful… I’ll be waiting outside… And, don’t lock the door… Keep on holding something to balance yourself… (Ishana nods her head without looking at him… Omkara goes outside and close the door)
Omkara is waiting outside the washroom… After few minutes, Ishana knocks the door from inside… Omkara opens the door and again lifts her in his arms… He walks towards the bed and places her on the bed…
Ishu: (still not looking at him) Thank you…
Om: (pulls her chin up) You don’t have to feel embarrassed…
Ishu: (looks at him with tear filled eyes) I become burden for everyone… I can’t do anything myself… I have to depend on someone to do something… (Cries… Omkara feels bad for her and just hugs her) I don’t like to be like this… I can’t even go to washroom myself…
Om: (makes her to look at him and wipes her tears) Who said that you become burden for everyone?? No one think like that… Everyone care for you because they love you a lot… They too can’t see you like this and want you to recover soon… I know you don’t like to depend on anyone for anything… But, sometimes we need to depend on someone in certain situation like you are now… It’s not wrong, Ishana… Already they care a lot for you but now they are more caring towards you… Not only your family, in fact my family too love you a lot… No one feel that you are their burden… Don’t say like this anymore… They will feel bad… (Ishana nods her head and hugs him)
Ishu: (breaks the hug) How did you come inside?? I didn’t even hear the room door open …
Om: (looks here and there) Actually, I didn’t come through door… (Ishana looks at him confusingly) I came through window… (Ishana widen her eyes in shock… Then, she laughs looking at him) If you are laughing like this, I’ll leave from here… (Tries to get up)
Ishu: (stops him holding his hand) Ok… Ok… I won’t laugh… Don’t leave me… Please… (Omkara smiles and sits more closer to her… Ishana places her head on his shoulder…)
Omkara hugs her arm and feels something wet… He takes his hand from her and sees blood on his palm… He takes Ishana’s hand and sees her bandage is getting wet with her blood…
Om: Ishana, have you done dressing for your wounds??
Ishu: Haan… My sisters done the dressing for me just now…
Om: But, the bandages need to be changed again… It’s getting wet with your blood…
Ishu: But, how?? All must be sleeping now… We can’t disturb them… Nevermind, I’ll manage with this…
Om: I just said that your bandage need to be changed… I didn’t say that I’ll call anyone to change the bandage…
Ishu: Then??
Om: I’ll change it… (Ishana is shocked) Where are bandages and the medicines?? (Ishana points towards the table)
Omkara takes them and sits beside Ishana… He opens the bandage on her right hand and sees many deep cuts there… His heart hurts terribly looking at them… Unaware of him, his tears started to come out from his eyes… Ishana wipes his tears and smiles at him… He kisses her hand… Ishana smiles shyly… He cleans her blood and bandaged her hand with a new one after applied the medicine… He then changed the bandage on her neck and kisses her there as well… Ishana closed her eyes feeling his closeness… He goes towards her leg and moves her skirt above…
Ishu: (stops him) No… Please don’t…
Om: Trust me…
Ishu: I didn’t mean that… Actually, I don’t like anyone touch my leg… It’s like I’m disrespecting them…
Om: (laughs) Are you serious?? You felt like that??
Ishu: I’m not joking… I was like this since small… My biological father always tell that girls should be at men’s feet… And men cannot touch girls feet at any cost… If a man touch a girls feet, that means he is not a man… That’s why I don’t let anyone including woman to touch my legs… (Omkara feel very much anger for that man for thinking this much low of a woman… He just looks at the girl in front of him who is still strong even though she suffered a lot in her life…)
Om: (goes towards her and holds her face) Will you listen to me?? (Ishana nods) Do you think that I too think like him?? (Ishana shakes her head) He is not deserve to call as a man for thinking low about woman… Don’t give importance to that useless man’s word… He didn’t realised that he lost the most precious diamond by abandoning you…(Ishana just hugs him while he caresses her hair) So, can I bandage your leg??
Ishana agrees… Omkara lifts her leg and places it on his lap… He changed the bandage and places her leg back on the bed…
Ishu: Thanks…
Om: (smiles) But, I’m not done yet… One place is still left… (Ishana understand what he means… He holds her scarf which is covering her waist… She holds his hand shaking her head..) You are stopping me again?? But, sorry… I’m not going to listen to you… (Takes her hand from his)
He moves her scarf aside and cleans her wounds on her waist… Ishana winces when his fingers touched her waist… She doesn’t know because of her pain or his touch… Omkara recalls when he saw too many glass pieces are pierced on her waist and he removing it… That moment still fresh in his mind… He bandaged her wounds on her waist…
Om: It’s done… (Smiles looking at her)
Ishu: Thank you Dr Omkara… (Teasingly)
Om: (chuckles) You are most welcome… By the way, this half saree is looking nice on you… (Ishana smiles) Ok… I think you must sleep now… It’s already late…
Ishu: But, I’m not sleepy… It’s very hard for me to sleep again after I woke up…
Om: So, what should I do?? Should I sing lullaby for you??
Ishu: (smiles) Sure… No problem… Please sing for me…
Om: (surprised and stammers) Wh… What?? No… No… I was joking… I can’t sing…
Ishu: (pouts) Then, how I will sleep??
Omkara: (goes near her) I know how to make you sleep… Do you want to know??
Ishu: But, before that I want to ask you something…
Om: What do you want to ask??
Ishu: Why did you scold me that night?? I never seen you in that much of anger before this?? Your eyes always show care and concern towards me… But, that night I could feel some kind of hatred in those eyes… Why?? Did I do anything wrong?? Please tell me… (Omkara feels bad listening to her plead)
Om: (holds her face) I’m so sorry, Ishana… I was mad that time… That’s why I shouted at you… Till now I’m feeling guilty thinking about that… Please don’t ask anything about it… I don’t want to remember it… (Ishana feels bad to see him in guilt)
Ishu: I’m sorry… I never thought that you are feeling guilty because of that… I won’t ask you again… Just forget about it and I also will forget about it… (Omkara hugs her) Can you promise me one thing??
Om: About??
Ishu: That you won’t stop talking to me and ignore me… If I do any mistake, please scold me or hit me… But, please don’t avoid me… I can bear anything but not staying away from you… (Tears are flowing from her eyes)
Om: (breaks the hug and cups her face) Listen!! I won’t avoid you anymore… Even though this world is against you, I won’t leave you… No matter what happens, but I will be with you… It’s my promise… (Ishana cries and hugs him… He too hugs her back… They stay like that for a while… Ishana winces in pain… Omkara realised that and break the hug…) Are you ok??
Ishu: I’m fine…
Om: Ok… Sleep now… I’ll come tomorrow morning…
Ishu: (chuckles) Not tomorrow, Mr Zulfi… It’s today… (Omkara raises his eyebrows) Look at the time… It’s 2 a.m now…
Om: (look at the time) Owh!! It’s already very late… Faster sleep now… No more excuses… (Wipes her tears)
Ishu: But, I’m still not sleepy yet… You said that you know how to make me sleep… So, you make me sleep and go…
Om: (smirks and goes near her) Are you sure??
Ishu: Yes… Yes… Faster make me sleep… It’s getting late… You too need to go back…
She coughs and Omkara gives her a glass of water… She lifts herself slightly from her leaning position to thank him… At the same time, he too turns towards her after keeping the glass… He turns and shocked to see her close to him… Before they could realise, their lips meet each other… Both of them widen their eyes in shock but they still stay in the same position for a while… Suddenly, Ishana closed her eyes and collapsed on his shoulder… Omkara holds her and places her carefully on the bed… He covers her with the blanket and looks at her…
Om: (caresses her cheek and smiles) Strange… Everytime she is reacting like this… Crazy girl… (He is about to get up but he again looks at her who is sleeping peacefully… He brings his face close to her and pecks her lips slightly which she responds… He breaks the kiss and looks at her…) Good night, Ishana… I hope you won’t ignore me after this… (Leaves from there)
Someone opens a room’s door and entered the room… The person looks at Arjun who is in deep sleep… The person goes to the table and take a file… The person reads the file and capture some of the documents using mobile… The person keep the file back on the table and leaves from there…
Precap: The effect of the medicine towards RaDuKa and NiTiMi… The reason of Ashok’s leaving is revealed… What really happened??