COME, BURN WITH ME!

41. FROM THE FIERY ORB OF LOVE~

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Eventually puja started... but as ks was about to sit beside hm... the bustling in the crowd started and haseena became restless and looked up at karishma... while Karishma was just silently standing still.

"Kya hua karishma beta... tum baith kyu nhi rhi?, loudly asked ammi coming to them through the crowd.

Karishma looked at haseena for once and then turned towards ammi and said fumbling, "a.. am...mi... wo... wo..."

"Wo kya karu beta?", affectionately asked ammi.

"...wo... sablog..."

Ammi didn't let karishma speak further and said, " tum baithe, ham dekhte h...", and she made her sit and asked pandit ji to start the puja.

Meanwhile the crowd silently became the spectator but still some of the faces were not so agreeing with the maliks and the singhs!

Ammi went to santu and asked her to start the projector. Santu excitedly played the video... and Aabid's voice echoed in the large surrounding... it were some of his videos that karishma has recorded... for a moment everyone's heart was at stake as they heard his voice after these many months... but soon they everyone calmed themselves. Everyone's eyes was welled up... but karishma tightly held haseena's hand and comforted despite her own condition was so much vulnerable after seeing Aabid after all these time!

Everyone noticed both of them!

Soon puja progressed... and everything was going smoothly when the voice from the speakers changed and it seemed like a conversation...

""aur... aur kya kash...u!"
"...mat rokiye na hame hasu...!"
"...ham to kab se khud ko aapko saup chuke h kashu...!"

And following a picture flashed on the screen in which karishma was placing the kissing haseena's forehead while in the next one they both were tightly hugging!

Within a drop of a hat, right in front of their eyes... they were stripped infront of whole world. They couldn't their eye's up. Haseena tightly knotted her fists in karishma's dress and gave her a helpless look while choking in between her sobs. While for karishma all that matters was her father's respect and haseena's wellness.

After breaking eyelock with haseena, Karishma's eyes first searched for her father, who was silently hearing the talks from the crowd. While ammi, pj and cheetosh were also there.

As the time was passing haseena's condition was getting worse.

Meanwhile someone from crowd came forward and loudly asked singh sahab, "ye kya banaya h aapne vishwa bhaiji apni beti ko itna padha likha kr? Ham gaon walo ne jab kaha tha beti ko gaon ki dehleej na paar krwao haath se nikal jayegi tab to aapne hamari na suni... aji ham sab kya gadhe the jo apni apni bitiya ka biyah atharah(18) pura hone pr krwa diya?"

Further thakur harendra said, "Tab to bade chaud mein aapne kaha tha... ki hamari beti padhegi aur hamara naam roshan kregi... ye to (pointing towards the screen) khoob naam uncha kiya h isne!"

Someone else added, "aur ye ladki... pahle hamare kaum ke ladke se nikah krke aai... phir use maar diya... aur ab uski jaydaad harap kr ye sab neech kaam kr rhi h!"

"Bade police wale hai dono... apni apni aiyashi ka jariya bana kr chorr diya h kotwali ko!"

Every one was silently listening to the allegations from the crowd... but santu couldn't take it more... she was about to shout on the crowd when ammi held her hand tightly and stopped her with her burning eyes. For a moment santu was scared seeing the rage in ammi's eyes.

"Pata nhi ab ka hone wala santu ji!", cheeta silently whishpered into santu's ear while santu didn't know what to say!

Meanwhile thakur harendra provoked the crowd even more by saying, "ye dono ladkiyo ne hamare samaj aur gaon ki izzat mitti mein mila di h... jiska pati abhi kuch mahino pahle mara ho... usi ke naam pe rkhi hui puja mein... apne aashiq ke saath baithne ki himmat h isme... aur aashiq bhi kaun to wo bhi ek ladki... wo bhi dusre dharm ki!"

"Noor bhabhi kya aapko gussa nhi aarha is karishma pe? Aur is kal ki aai hui ladki pe? Jisne aapke bete ke saath shadi ki thi aur aaj dekhiye apne aage ke moj ka pura intezaam krke baithi h!"

"Ye dono to mast sab ki nazro bach kr aise hi gulchhare udane wale... kya izzat reh gayi hamare samajh ki?"

Meanwhile santu and cheeta quietly went to the projector to shut down everything.

"Main to kehta hu bhaisahab abhi bhi koi der nhi hui h... hamare nazar mein karishma ke liye ek rishta h... aap kahe to aaj hi uski baat chalwa dete h ham... idhr haath peele udhr beti vida... krwa dijiye aap... sar se bojh khatm hoga aapke bhi... aur kisi ki beti kisi ke budhape ka sahara nhi ban skti h!

Aur aap noor bhabhi... is badchalan ladki ke kadam ko ghar ki dehleej mein baandh kr rkhne ki koshish kriye aap....!

Pahle hamare gaon ke bete Aabid ko kha gayi aur ab yaha ka mahaul ganda kr rhi h...!

Karishma was still patiently listening to all of his allegations until it was till her... but as soon as he crossed his limits karishma's anger was at peak... she looked up for the first time at him as if she'll eat him up alive... but then haseena pleaded her, "please", in the most broken voice and thus karishma stopped herself for the last time.

"Kya hua? Gussa aarha h? Aapni mehbooba ke naam ki taareef sun kr? Kya kregi tu karishma? Aurat h tu! Aurat hokr kya kr legi tu jyada se jyada?"

"Santu ji hamko kahe lag rha h ye bahut jaldi pitne wala h!", whishpered cheeta

"Mujhe to ye uncle samshan mein dikh rhe h cheete... tu pitne ki baat kr rha h!?", said santu while trying to close the tabs on the laptop.

"Santi ji waise hame ye sab dekh kr bura lag rha h dono maddam ke liye... nhi mtb pyaar krne ki itni badi saza kyu milti h?"

"Cheete... ye pyaar ki ladai h! Aur jo bhi pyaar krte h na... unke hisse mein unki ladai likhi hoti h... karishma maddam aur haseena maddam ke zindagi mein isi tarah milna aur pyaar krna likha tha... use koi nhi badal skta h...!"

"Sahi keh rhi h aap santu ji... pr ye samajh ke thekedar bhaisahab... ye kahi baat bigad na de... aur karishma maddam ke pitaji aur ammi koi aisa faisla na le le jisse inki kahani yahi khatm ho jaye!"

"Pata nhi cheete... ammi ka gussa dekh kr to mujhe bhi darr lag rha h... upar se na karishma maddam na haseena maddam kuch bol rhe h!"

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THAT IS IT FOR THIS PART GUYS. BYE 👋 MILTE H NEXT PART MEIN.