Playing the game

Processing what happened

Regina comes out of the sleep and slowly tries to open her eyes. Through her sleep addled brain, she can see she is in her room and tries to getup, but a weight on her stomach does not let her to  do so. She blinks her eyes sleepily and tries to see what is stopping her and is confused to see a muscular arm wrapped securely around her waist. Following the arm with still confused eyes she turned her head to the side to see Rocky sleeping beside her with him arm wrapped around her. She thought she was dreaming for a minute and tried to pinch her arm to wake herself.But an yelp from beside her made her look up.

Rocky : What is this chinna? Is this anyway to awake your husband? waise bhi, galati teri nahi hain. Iss se pehle experience nahi haina? It seems I only need to teach you how to wake up your spouse. (Talking he starts to lean forward while she leans back and tries to kiss her which startles her completely from her sleep addled brain and she pushes him back and stands up getting off the bed. 

Regina hyperventilates : What the hell? What are you doing in my bedroom? How? Guards?

Rocky : Ab tumhara pati hu toh apun tumhara saathi hi rahega na chinna? Aur kaha sotha main?(Now as I'm your husband, I'll stay with you only right darling? Where else will I sleep?)Regina : Stop sprouting non-sense and leave from here. If Garuda came to know.........

(she stopped mid sentence as everything from the night before started flashing through her mind. Her hand went to the mangalsuthra around her neck and tears started flowing though her eyes once again. Her brain is still processing that yes this is not a dream, Garuda is dead and she's now the wife of the murderer of Garuda. All of a sudden the playful atmosphere in the room vanished replaced with a thick tension. Rocky can see her eyes filled with tears accusing him of destroying her life. Asking him questions which he himself does not know the answers to. He closes his eyes tightly and takes long & rough breath and decides to move away from there before she really ask him any question which he'll never be able to ignore. He decided to give her some time to process this alone and will try to speak with her later. Thinking he asks her to take care and left the palace, not before strictly instructing the people to not let any of her guards meet her.

Meanwhile, in the room Regina fell down on her knees crying bitterly remembering whatever happened yesterday. Everything got ruined in just one night. Her personal maid Radhamma entered her room after sometime and tried to console her. After a while, she controls herself and sent Radhamma to call for Vishnu Vardhan. But Radhamma came back to inform her that Rocky forbade her to meet with any of her guards. This made her blood boiling. She strides to the entrance of the palace and tries to leave, but the guards ( which she's surprised to see the very people of KGF) stops her stating Rocky's rules without meeting her eyes. These are the very people for whom she did everything she can to help, but what did she get in the end? She looked at them in betrayal. She wants to ask them if they are also involved in the plan against her family, but she knew even she did not have the right to question them with the way Garuda treated them. She can escape if she really tried and her guards will come running to help her where ever they are, but she does not want any of them to suffer ( neither the people of KGF neither her team ), so she went back inside the house and reached for the phone to call Vishnu Vardhan which was also denied by Rocky apparently. That broke the final thread by which she's controlling her anger. . She reached her room and thrashed everything and broke down in tears. Everyone flinched at each & every sound that's coming out of her room. It's almost night by the time, she composed herself and went to sleep.

It is 10PM by the time Rocky reached the palace after addressing all the immediate concerns. All day, he can see one or other guard of Regina keeping an eye on things, mainly him. It'll take at least another 3 days for him to take care of the basic things here, then he'll think of the outer world. Vishnu vardhan approached him earlier to inquire about Regina and speak withher. He informed of her health but did not allow for a visit. He reached the palace and inquire about Regina.

Rocky : Did the Empress have her dinner?Radhamma (with a stoic face) : She refused to have anything since morning. She just fell asleep after crying continuously from morning.

He got to know from the Rguards what happened in the morning. He sighed and made his way to her room. Seeing the dried tears on her face pinched his heart. He swiftly left her room and went to his room (which he asked to be prepared in the morning), freshened up, refused when the maids asked for dinner and went to sleep. Contrary to yesterday, today he knew he's not going to get much sleep.