Shravan had so many questions running in his mind and he hardly had any answers to them. He took the Photo which Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja had cross marked in his room and there he saw his beautiful wife resting . He walked to her and sat besides her on the bed. How he wished to ease all her pain which that brutal accident gave. He moved her hair locks and tucked them behind her ears only waking her up from her sleep. She smiled seeing him beside her and he hide the photo frame behind.
Preeti: Hey.!! Good Morning Shravan. You woke up early today.
Shravan nodded a Yes and then dialed the Kitchen's number
Shravan: Send my and Preeti's breakfast in our room.
Maid: Yes Sir.
He kept the call and then helped Preeti sit on the bed leaning her back on the pillows.
Preeti: What’s wrong with your Mood ? You look little Dull. Anything to worry?
Shravan: I couldnt sleep well last night. That Accident flashes haunted my mind .
Preeti (Touching his cheeks): Your wife survived that Accident Shravan. You should forget it now. And I did promise to be with you always right? Then why are you thinking all that and spoiling your mood? Let’s start this day with some smiles. Smile please. (She expected a smile from her husband and he did smile entwining his fingers with hers. )
Evening
The Mehndi was already in full swing and Raaghav and the other Guys were not allowed to attend this ladies function today. They all were just peeping across the corridor to see their respective Partners. Even Preeti was down but all the time she was just sitting at the Sofa beside Anjum and enjoying. Maasa was sitting opposite to her and for sure she was staring at Preeti from time to time. Shravan had his eyes on Maasa today. To see what she was feeling for Preeti. How she behaved with her before others. That’s when He got a call from his Manager.
Shravan: What??
Manager : Yes Sir. That driver has left his House. No one Knows where he is.
Shravan: That means I was right. He is the one who played with the Car Brakes.
Manager: The Police are still investigating on this accident and I think very soon we will come to know if the Brakes were cut purposely or not.
Shravan: No. I don’t have time to wait till the investigation is over. I need that Driver. Send some men and find him.
Manager: Okay Sir. Will do that.
Shravan cut the call and then tried to understand the situation. Preeti had told him that when she went out to ask the Driver to get the Mehndi from Market, he was talking to someone on phone. Whose call it can be? Was it possible that Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja paid him some money to remove the Car brakes? Was he talking to her? How can he find this out? It was so much important to stop Maasa's future plans now itself. If She already had tried such a nasty way to harm Preeti then she can try it again too. And if Raaghav by any chance was involved in this, then Shravan couldnt let his sister Radhika tie a knot with such a person. It would only spoil her life. So Shravan Singh Khurana had very less time to make things right and he was already on a mission now to find the truth.
Radhika came and showed her Mehndi to Preeti sitting beside her on the couch.
Radhika: Preeti. How is it??
Preeti: Beautiful. And see it’s getting darker now.
Radhika (Blushing): Which means Raaghav loves me a lot.!!
Preeti looked at Radhika and did smile nodding a Yes. Raaghav came there too as the function was over and now he wished to spend some time teasing his would be wife.
Raaghav: Talking about me?? (He too sat opposite to them and Radhika instantly showed him her Mehndi.)
Radhika: Raaghav. Find her Initial now.
Raaghav and Radhika looked busy now and Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja who was very much disturbed seeing Raaghav with Radhika, got up from there and left to her room. That’s when she met Shravan in between.
Maasa: Hello Shravan beta. You are looking worried . Is all Okay?
Shravan gritted his teeth seeing her asking him this. How can she act as if all was well??
Maasa: I understand your state of mind. Your love for your wife always worries you. Hai naa?
Shravan: (Fisting his fingers): My Love for Preeti was always like that . In all births . (He said stressing on the last sentence and Maasa was conscious now.)
Maasa: You believe in this Re-Birth theory??
Shravan : I never did before. But you made me believe it .
Maasa: (Confused): Me?? What did I do?? I mean how can I? (She was trying to read Shravan's face now. Was he saying that he was completely aware of his last birth?? Does he know what she is here for?
Shravan: I heard you can read face well. What can you read by my expressions??
Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja was surprised. How does he know she can read faces well?
Maasa: You are gathering a lot of information about me these days.
Shravan (Smirking): Have to. After all that little pieces of information also is so important sometimes to decide your fate.!!
Maasa (Confused): Fate?? I didn’t get you.!!
Shravan: Let me explain Mrs. Ahuja. But not here.
Saying that he gestured Maasa to walk with him which she did. They started walking to the Last floor of Raj Mahal and Maasa didn’t knew why but she felt as if there was something which Shravan was trying to prove at this point of time. He opened the door of the Yuvraj's room in the top floor and Maasa was little afraid to get in.
Shravan (Turning the lights On): What happened? Come inside.
Maasa: Why have you got me here Shravan??
Shravan: To remind you something.!!
Maasa: Remind me?? What will I remember coming here ? In this room??
Shravan: Our Connected Pasts.!!
Maasa gulped her feelings inside her and then finally stepped inside Yuvraj's room. Shravan instantly turned around to pick a Portrait of Yuvraj in a Black Kurta.
Shravan: You know him??
Maasa was understanding now what was happening. Shravan wanted her to reveal that she was aware of their connected pasts. But why? Does he know all now? Or is he finding answers through her??
Maasa : That’s you.
Shravan: Exactly. That’s me . In my Last birth.
Maasa smiled. Her intuitions were getting true now.
Shravan: Yuvraj Khurana. The Prince of Raj Mahal who devoted his life in serving his Father and his Step Mother. !! His life took a Major turn when he met his Love in this same palace. Chanchan. The daughter of Raj Mahal's maid .
Maasa: Don’t beat around the Bush Shravan.!! Just be clear what your intentions are for getting me here.!!
Shravan (Angrily keeping the Portrait aside and then looking dangerously in Maasa's eyes): I remember everything Maasa. !!! Every Damm thing you did with me and Chanchan.
Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja wanted to know this. So he finally remembers everything. So What?? That was for the last birth. And in this birth he has no reasons to point at her.
Maasa: So My last births Curse did work then. The moment you saw me, you started remembering Chanchan and things related to your past. Finally!!!
Shravan: It’s so Strange that things like this even exist. People like you exist who just knows One thing. Taking Revenge. !!! I know what made you come back here. You want to own this Place again. You want to rule this Palace again. You wish to separate me and Preeti again. Which I would never let happen. Never.!!!
Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja started laughing loudly hearing this. She was not sure how to react to this news. That Shravan Singh Khurana remembers his past fully. !!! Shravan kept on staring at her face while she laughed her heart out. The laugh surely made tears come from her eyes . Tears of contentment. Tears of the Joy that Now she was back to her Own Self. She need not had to fake her personality anymore.
Shravan took the Photo of his and Preeti's marriage out . The same one which Maasa had cross marked and showed it to her. She stopped laughing and looked at him.
Shravan: What was this Picture doing in your room???
Maasa was shocked .
By any chance did Shravan came to know what she did??
Maasa: You always knew how much I disliked her. I just cross marked her photo.
Shravan: And then planned to kill her. Didn’t you?
Maasa was tongue tied. He looked much prepared with all his questions this time. She instantly denied and he was fully angered. He held her hand and then dragged her down. She struggled asking him to leave her. After all this wasn’t an age to be dragged like this forcibly.
Maasa: Shravan. Leave my Hand. What is wrong with you?? Shravan.!! (She screamed but he didn’t stop)
Finally Shravan got Maasa to the Living room where everyone were sitting. Seeing this scene, they all got up .
Raaghav: (Angrily): Shravan. What is all this? Why are you hurting my Mother??
Shravan (Gesturing his hand to stop): Don’t you dare defend her this time.!!
Daadi: Shravan. What is all this??
Shravan: Just a minute Daadi. Everything will be cleared soon.
Saying that he dialed someone and asked the person to come in. Shravan's manager came inside with their Driver who had tried to elope.
Preeti was surprised seeing the Driver's condition. It looked like he was been beaten up to come here. Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja was scared now. Her first plan which she devised for killing Preeti was failed and on top of that Shravan was aware of it that She was the one who planned all this.
Shravan walked to the Driver and slapped him hard on his face and then held his collar.
Shravan: Now tell me everything Mohan. Did you purposely damaged the Brakes of Preeti's Car??
Driver held his cheek and then he looked at Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja feeling scared and Shravan did turn his face to make sure he doesn’t look anywhere else till he answers him.
Shravan: If you don’t tell me this, the Police will do their duty and they have "n" number of ways to get the truth out.
Driver: Haan Bhaiyaa. (he said bending on his feet). I damaged the brakes. I did it. I needed money and I did all this only for Money. I didn’t wish to hurt anyone. But I truly needed money Bhaiyaa. Just forgive me. Please. Please forgive me.!!!
Maasa closed her eyes in distress. The Driver confessing this wasn’t good for her.
Shravan pulled the Driver to stand straight and then once again questioned him.
Shravan: Who asked you to do this?? Who paid you to hurt my wife?? To hurt my family?? Answer me Dammit!! (He roared in anger and the Driver couldnt remain quiet. )
Driver: Khushboo Madam.!!
Shravan left him and his Manager did take him away. Shravan then turned behind only to see the faces of his family and not forgetting to see the expressions on Maasa's face too. After all she was the culprit. Raaghav was surprised. He couldnt believe his mother would do something like this. He had warned her, didn’t he. He instantly walked to his mother and shook her.
Raaghav: Maa. Tell me it’s a lie. Tell me you didn’t do this. You cannot do this Maa. You promised me that you are happy for me and Radhika. Then why would you still think of revenging this family?? Speak up Maa. Your silence is just proving you wrong.
Maasa though had ears on Raaghav's questions, her eyes were only on Shravan who was watching her from a distance angrily. She shrugged off Raaghav's hands from her and then screamed in anger.
Maasa: Yes . I did this. I tried to Kill Preeti. And just not her. In fact I tried to kill Both Shravan and Preeti this time. And I do not repent for this. I can never repent for this. They both ought to die. They both ought to get separate in every birth they take .!!
The entire family looked at Maasa in surprise. For Daadi , Nani, Suraj , Shravan, Preeti and Raaghav there was a reason why Maasa was saying this. Since they knew about the Last birth Story. But the other members of this family were Blank. They weren’t understanding what made Mrs. Khusboo Ahuja do something like this? What enmity did She share with their family that she wished to kill Shravan and Preeti?? They needed answers for their questions and it would only happen when Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja speaks up.
Part 41
Maasa: Yes . I did this. I tried to Kill Preeti. And just not her. In fact I tried to kill Both Shravan and Preeti this time. And I do not repent for this. I can never repent for this. They both ought to die. They both ought to get separate in every birth they take .!!
The entire family looked at Maasa in surprise. For Daadi , Nani, Suraj , Shravan, Preeti and Raaghav there was a reason why Maasa was saying this. Since they knew about the Last birth Story. But the other members of this family were Blank. They weren’t understanding what made Mrs. Khusboo Ahuja do something like this? What enmity did She share with their family that she wished to kill Shravan and Preeti?? They needed answers for their questions and it would only happen when Mrs. Khushboo Ahuja speaks up.
Anjum: Kya?? Aunty. What is wrong with you? What are you saying? Why would you wish to kill my Brother and his wife? What harm did they do to you?
Nani : Anjum bitiya. You don’t need to question her this at the moment. We will tell you all that later. First we just want to know how can a woman bend so low that she can even plan to kill a Married couple only because she cannot see them together?
Daadi: Haan Khushboo. Just speak up now. You cannot hide anything more from us. What was your evil plan?
Raaghav was Blank. After his mother had promised him some days back that she would now never come in between him and Radhika, he had thought she changed for her Son. But no. She didn’t . She still planned to kill Shravan and Preeti? Why?? Why did she have so much of hatred in her? Why?
Shravan: Yes Mrs. Ahuja. Better speak up before I find other ways to get that out from you.
Khushboo was still shameless. She smiled and then took her seat on the Couch. Her eyes were only watching Shravan with Anger and then also to Preeti at times.
Khushboo: Chanchan. Whom everybody thought to be a daughter of a Maid was a Princess in reality. (Her first sentence itself was a Strike to all the people of this family who knew about the past. Specially Shravan and Preeti. They looked at each other while Khushboo continued.). She was made to live a life of a Maids daughter since her birth. Her father Pratap was a King whose kingdom was been snatched from him when Chanchan was in her mother's womb. He died and his Queen came to me and Yuvraj's father for help. We gave her space in our kingdom secretly as her rival King was searching Chanchan's mother to kill her too, she wished to stay with us as a Maid so that no one would ever question about her identity . We agreed. She gave birth to Chanchan and in few years she died. So Chanchan never knew she was the Princess, for her she was always a Maid's daughter. She was of no benefit to me but my husband, he loved this little girl as his own daughter. She was always been kept close to him as she had a special place in his heart. I too had no problem for this since I came to know that she had some huge property on her name still which her mother had given her before she died. Her mother was like a sister to my husband. My husband promised her before dying that when Chanchan marries someone, all her property would be given to that Man.
Raaghav: What? Chanchan was a Princess? She wasn’t a Maids daughter?
Khushboo: No Raaghav. You knew it in our last birth about this through me. But in this birth, I never told you this.
Shravan: Now I get it why you wished she should marry Raaghav and not Yuvraj.
Khusboo: Exactly Shravan. That’s what I ever wished after knowing about Chanchan's property. In fact I was seeing my Son's attraction for this Girl Chanchan in our palace since the time you weren’t even back home.
Preeti: Yes. I remember this now. (She instantly replied.). Shravan. )She moved to Shravan and then held his hand). Didn’t I tell you I had negative Vibes seeing Raaghav here?? Those were only because in the last birth he always chased me everywhere I went. He always wished that he comes near me but I didn’t like him. I don’t know why.
Raaghav: I chased Chanchan because I liked her. And My intentions weren’t wrong. I wished to marry her. But she never allowed me to tell her this.
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Khushboo: Then the day came when Yuvraj, my husband's first wife's son came back to Raj Mahal after finishing his Gurukul. And I started hating him already after I heard from my husband that he wished Yuvraj to take the Throne after him.
Shravan: Yuvraj was the eldest Son. He did have a right on that Throne. Who were you to deny it then?
Khusboo: I was his second Wife. His Legal Wife Shravan. I had dreams for my Son Raaghav too. If you would get the Throne then what about him? Doesn’t he have a right to be the King? (She replied in anger)
Shravan: Yes he had that right for sure Mrs. Ahuja. But not the capability. If you remember he couldnt even handle a small problem of the Kingdom. The People in the Village were tired of his Cruel acts .
Khushboo: Yeah. But he could have changed after he would have married Chanchan. But even that looked impossible. Yuvraj and Chanchan already started feeling for each other. They already started having Love for each other and Yuvraj confessed that to me one night. I was shocked.
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