When Arnav reached home it was late. He had dropped Khushi home, though tonight he wanted her in his arms. He wanted to forget his Di's betrayal in her warm arms.
He could not sleep. His mind kept going back to the moment when he saw his Di and that scoundrel.
He needed to get it out of his chest. But he had to wait till the morning as his Di would be asleep.
He had a troubled sleep, as he tossed and turned remembering every single wound he had given Khushi for his Di. He kept murmuring in his sleep 'I am sorry Khushi. I am sorry. I love you. Someday I hope you forgive me.'
In the morning he headed straight for his Anjali's room.
She was awake and talking on the phone. The moment he knocked, he could heat his Di say 'I will talk to you later. Aap bhi na.' and he knew who she was talking to.
His fury was at bursting point now as he made his entry to her room after she asked him t come in,
He came straight to the point.
'Where were you yesterday night Di? I was looking for you,' he asked, hoping that at least now she would tell him the truth.
He watched as she guiltily looked away and lied' I had gone to a friend's house.'
'Really. Which friend/ As far as I know, you have only one friend, Shweta, and she is not even in India,' he continued.
'This is another friend I met at the temple,' she dodged. Then sensing Arnav was interrogating her, she asked defiantly, 'Why all these questions Chote?'
'Because I saw you Di, At Purple Orchid, with Shyam Manohar Jha,' he said with emphasis on the name of the man he hated the most.
Anjali was stunned and for some time she did not speak. As he expected, she started crying. But this time he was immune to those tears. He was beginning to realize, her tears were a means to escape and camouflage a host of things.
'Care to tell me Di, why you had gone to see him? The man who attempted to murder your brother?' he asked her.
'Because he is my husband and father of my unborn child. Because I still love him. And because I don't think what you think of him is true,' she said emphatically.
'So, you are saying Khushi lied,' he said, determined to make her see the truth even if it meant making her admit things she did not want to say.
'I never said that. I said it is one big misunderstanding,' Anjali said, sticking to her usual attitude that all is right with the world because she was blind to the reality.
Exactly which part is the misunderstanding Di?
That Shyam stayed as a PG in Khushi's house?
That Shyam got engaged to Khushi by treachery?
That Shyam kidnapped and tried to kill me?
