The rising sun cast a rosy hue across the morning sky…. Golden fingers of sunlight lit up the scene. The just-risen shone softly on the city streets…
It was a beautiful morning indeed and the Mehras seemed to be extremely happy… Only if they knew what was awaiting them…
One daughter was happy, dreaming of the life with her prince charming, and the women were busy getting her dressed… The other daughter, suppressing her heart break , hiding her tears, pasting a fake smile on her lips, was busy with the marriage decoration- everyone was giving her one or the other work but none of the family members were with her…
Unknown to her, a pair of brown orbs kept staring at her… A confused pair of brown orbs… The owner of the brown orbs knew all the smile and happiness she is showing is just a facade… Ranbir…
How he wished that the world ended this moment or the earth cracked open and took him into it’s depth…
He had decided long before that of he have a life, it is with Prachi… If Prachi cannot be with him, then what is the use?
Pallavi came to him and removed the evil sight…
Soon, the pandit ji arrived…
The var-vadhu were brought to the mandap…
Rhea was busy admiring herself, Ranbir and trying to find sadness in Prachi’s face…
“Everyone close your eyes and pray for a successful marriage of the var- Vadhu…” said the priest…
Everyone closes their eyes, joining their hands and starts praying…
Rhea was the first one to open her eyes…
“NO…” shouted Rhea…
Her scream made everyone to open their eyes…
The sight they saw shocked them too…
Ranbir, the bridegroom was not with the bride, Rhea…
Where is he then?
Their questions were answered when their eyes saw that…
Ranbir was standing in front of Prachi… The index finger and thumb finger of his right hand had vermilion on it… And opposite him stood Prachi, dumbfounded, not able to understand what had happened just now… HER HAIRLINE WAS FILLED WITH VERMILION!!!
Everyone stood shocked, like a rock… They were not able to understand what had just happened..
“Ranbir… You were to marry Rhea, not Prachi,” Tanu spoke.
“No.. this cannot happen..” Saying this, Rhea broke down..
Pragya hugged her, Mithali, Aaliya and Tanu came near Rhea to console her…
Abhi came towards Ranbir and caught his collar…
“How dare you Ranbir….” he shouted, “How dare you make my daughter cry!!”
“Abhi.. leave my son..” shouted Pallavi…
Abhi didn’t move an inch… His hands were still clutching on Ranbir’s collar..
“Prachi snatched Ranbir from me… Like always… She snatched away my love, my happiness, my hope…” Rhea screamed…
Abhi leaves Ranbir’s collar and move towards Prachi..
Ranbir comes in between blocking his way..
“Chief… Don’t do anything… Prachi is not at fault… I can explain..”
Abhi didn’t bother even to let him speak… Giving death glares at Prachi, he pushed Ranbir away…
Vikram supports Ranbir from falling…
“Why? Why did you do this? Why did you come in between them?” Abhi asked…
Prachi couldn’t speak anything… Her brain was not yet able to digest what had happened now that everyone is blaming her!!
“Ranbir had to marry me… He was my would-be husband.. Prachi… Why are you snatching my happiness from me? First my mom, then my dad… Now my love…” Shouted Rhea..
Abhi caught Prachi’s wrist…
“I had never made her cry… From the time you came to our life.. everything has changed… At first I was proud about you… Later, when I came to know you more, I feel ashamed to say that you are my daughter…” Said Abhi..
“Prachi… What is this??” shouted Pragya…
The ground under Prachi’s feet slipped.. Even if the world turn against her, she believed that her mother will be with her… And now, her other is shouting against her??!!
“Is this hereditary that the women of your family snatch somebody else’s love of life?” mocked Tanu…
Words they were saying was exceeding the limit…
Finally Prachi spoke..
“What did I do that you all are scolding and shouting against me? Did I forcefully make him to apply sindoor on my forehead?”
“You trapped my son..” said Pallavi..
“You forced Ranbir to marry you..”Abhi stated..
Prachi’s eyes opened wide hearing such cheap accusations against her… Her eyes looked at Pragya for help… Pragya was giving her death glares and comforting Rhea…
This shattered Prachi.. completely…
Prachi stood there, closing her eyes… And they kept on taunting her…
“You are the reason Prachi… Why are you hell bent to destroy everyone’s happiness?” Aaliya said…
“ENOUGH…” Prachi shouted… Shocking everyone…
“ENOUGH… ENOUGH… ENOUGH…” Prachi kept on shouting while she threw the candles and flower vases kept for decoration…
“Somebody stop her… Has she gone mad?” said Tanu…
“Yes… I have gone mad… Whatever you people have to say, you have said… Now not even a single word more… Now I will speak and you all will hear… VOH BHI CHUP CHAP…” Prachi shouted at the top of her voice… Her eyes redder than the colour red… Anger and frustration lingering in her voice…
“What will you speak Prachi? After snatching everything from me, what are you going to tell?” asked Rhea..
“Snatched? Snatched?” shouted Prachi..
“I had been hearing this for a very long time now… Who snatched from whom? Ask yourself Rhea… You started snatching everything from me since your birth… I was born first, they became my parents first… I shared my parents with you when you were born… You snatched away my father, my family, everything.. And to remind you, you never considered ne as your sister, but always took advantage of the fact/truth that I am your sister…”
” So what? Why are you always hurting her?” asked Abhi..
“I hurt her?” Prachi asked and started laughing sarcastically…
” From the time we met two years ago, it was she who had always hurted me… That too, knowingly… She hid her necklace and accused me of theft and I was sent to jail, she poisoned the food, again I was sent to jail.. she planted drugs in my bags, framed me for drug peddling, again I was sent to jail.. She arranged a killer to kill me, made my fake MMS twice, planned my kidnapping… all these are not hurting right? Since it is done by her, it will be acts of love?? “
Pallavi (in mind): is she speaking the truth? Is Rhea really so devilish?
“She didn’t know that you are her sister then” pointed out Pragya…
Pallavi: They didn’t reject it… Which means… It is true .. is this the perfect bahu I selected??
“So what?? So what if she didn’t knew then that I was her sister?? Do you mean to say that she has the right to plot against and try to harm everyone she hates unless they are related to her?? How long will you try to hide her mistakes? How long will you cover her mistakes saying that she is a kid? You say that she is young… Is this what kids do?? Answer me…” pointed out Prachi.
“I was sent to jail”, said Rhea..
” Oh really!!?? You were sent to jail?? Why? Where you arrested for the crime that you didn’t do? Were you “framed”? No… You were punished for the mistake no crime sorry crime”s” you had committed… And.. you might forget the drama you had created that day… but I will never… you dragged me out of the house, said maa that you hate her, arranged paapaa’s marriage with Meera aunty… if you, who was arrested for the crime you had committed, can create such a drama and react in such a way, then I, who was “framed” not once or twice but again and again , what should be my reaction?? I should burn the whole house with you inside it…”
“Her mother was not with her… She grew up without a mother’s care…” Abi said..
“Oh please… how long will you say that she became a spoilt brat, with such a nasty character because maa was not with her?
Look… This is nothing but a fake justification… Take Shahana as an example… no one till date had any complain with her character… she never plotted against or tried to harm others… She neither has a mother nor a father, just a grandmother… Her grandmother raised her, single handedly… You had paapa, daadi, taiji, bua, chucks, Meera aunty, the whole Kholi family with you… Grown up without a mother is just a cover…”
“Love cannot be forced… it is above all… if he loved Rhea, no one in the world can stop them from becoming one, then who am I?”
This hit Abhi’s mind… “Why didn’t I think of it before?”
“For some extra details, let me tell you… Ranbir liked her at first… when he proposed her, Your dear daughter, had asked him to make me fall for him and then break my heart as a condition to accept his proposal… He fell for me… If someone came in between two lovers was she- Rhea…”
“And you Ranbir… Who gave you the right to marry me without my consent?” Prachi questioned Ranbir
“I love you Prachi..”
“If you love someone or don’t doesn’t matter… For marriage, the girl’s consent is as essential as the holy fire is… And your act… It cannot be romanticised at all… “
“But I married you Prachi… You are my wife now ..”
Prachi ignored his words…
You said you are ashamed of me?? The daughter whom you never cared for, the daughter whom you never looked after, the daughter whose existence that never mattered to you?? Mr. Abhishek Prem Mehra, you must be ashamed of her .. the daughter whom you raised… The daughter whom you spoilt… Leave the daughter… You must be ashamed of yourself… You failed as a son, a brother, a husband and now, as a father…
Who are you people to disown me? I am going away… I had lived 20 years of my life without the tag of being Abhishek Prem Mehra’s daughter… and I will leave the rest of my life without the tag… I don’t want anyone with me… It is better to live the life of an orphan than to live with a family like this..
Saying this, Prachi walked away.. Determined to stick on to her words…
Others, who got a reality check, had their heads bown down…
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You can break down a woman temporarily,
but a real woman will always pick up the pieces, rebuild herself, and come back stronger than ever…
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