Chapter 30:
The laughter can be heard outside the Mehta house and the weather was windy the plants and trees were moving like they will fall right now indeed it was a stormy night and indicating a huge disaster is going to happen. Inside the Mehta house, both families were sitting in the dining area. Neil looks at Avni and finds her lost he frowns as he is observing her for a long time. Avni looks up and he signs what happened, Avni shook her head. Neil frowns she thinks.
Shweta: the weather is getting worse.
Neela maa: yaa, suddenly it changed. In the evening sky was clear.
Bebe: yes, that's why we came.
Ashish: I suggest you stay here till the storm calms.
Bebe: let's see but right now let's discuss the thing for we are gathered here. Let's discuss the functions of the wedding.
Prakash: yes so the decorations.
Avni: ab, my team will handle it.
Neil: and we will pay for that.
Avni: will you afford my services? Those are quite costly.
Neil looks at her she smiles. Neil gives her a look.
Avni: what? I am serious from haldi to Heena all functions must be approximately 25 to 30 crores and if you add reception then the lump sum amount must be 50 crores.
All smiles.
Neil: well If you asked me then I am against all these rituals so let's marry in a temple what say?
Avni looks at him, Neil smiles and Avni narrows her eyes.
Bebe: I think we should go from here.
Avni and Neil look at her.
Bebe: they, themselves are deciding everything so what we are doing here. Prakash, let's go.
Neil: sorry Bebe. I was just joking.
Avni: sorry.
They laugh.
Bebe: then who said, I am serious. I was also not serious I was kidding with you.
They smile. Then they discussed the functions.
Bebe: so, that is fine. Any issue?
All shook their head.
Nm: no.
Bebe: ok so done it.
All nods. Avneil looks at each other and passed a smile. But Avni was feeling restless.
Then, both families were set at the dining table where all were having dinner and the Khanna family decided to go after the storm calms. Neil looks at Avni who was lost in her thoughts. Neil thinks.
Prakash: food is awesome who cooked it?
Nm: Sonia.
They smile.
Shweta: Avni, you know cooking?
Avni recalled her first encounter of the kitchen where she messed the whole kitchen and added the ingredients by standing at a good distance. Neil was looking at her facial expression and understood everything.
Aman chokes. Avni looks at him and glared at him. Neil suppresses his lips.
Bebe: what happened?
Aman: di and cooking? Bebe, Di knows Karata but not making paratha. I am giving you one suggestion after their marriage, don't let Di enter the Kitchen else there will be a blast.
Arnav: Aman.
Aman: sorry.
Nm: Avni knows cooking but after her accident, she left cooking as she and Riya were used to do it together.
Avni looks down and Ashish clenched his fork to control his emotions.
Nm: but she was an awesome cook.
Avni: no, Riya was an awesome cook I just helped her. I am sorry but I am not an expert cook but I can cook some dishes.
Shweta: it's ok why you are saying sorry and no need to get sad. You know when I got married to Prakash Ji, I also didn't know cooking then Bebe thought me and see today I cook well.
Bebe hides her face.
Shweta: so don't worry, I am there I will teach you and that too if you want, if not then it's ok. No issue. I just asked.
Avni smiles.
Avni: I will love to learn cooking from you.
Bebe murmurs: but I didn't like it.
Shweta looks at her. Bebe passes a fake smile. They heard the phone ring and saw it is Ashish's phone as soon as Avni heard that she gets alert her heartbeat increased she was feeling strongly that something is going to happen.
Ashish: can I?
Prakash: yaa sure.
Ashish thought to cut it soon so he talked there.
Ashish: hello... what... how?
Avni and all were looking at him. Avneil looks at each other.
Ashish looks at Avni angrily.
Ashish: these youngsters, don't know what happened to them.
Avni frowns and now was sure that again he will attack her by his words she wanted to go but Khanna family was there so she dropped the idea.
Ashish: I will go there tomorrow.
He cuts the call.
Prakash: what happened? Is everything alright?
Ashish completely lost his sense as he recalled the past again.
Ashish: these youngsters, don't know what they think of themselves. It was my P.A's call he said that my friend's son had died in an accident.
All shocked.
Prakash: how?
Ashish: he was driving the car while he was drunk.
All shocked and Avni gaps.
Ashish: don't know what happened to this generation they drive the car in a drunken state what I say to others when my own daughter was a drug addict because of her we lost our Riya.
Neil looks at Avni. Avni clenched her fist and it was a limit for her no matter what the situation is, Ashish always drag that topic. Ok, he thought she did a mistake and regretting that but he is not in a mood to forgive her. Avni gets angry she gets up angrily and forgets about the Khanna family. She moves the chair in anger and it falls, Neil was shocked to see that and Avni walked out from there. Neil wanted to stop her but she left.
Nm: Avni.
They were looking at the door from where Avni went.
Nm: Ashish.
She shook her head in anger.
Shweta: where she went? The weather is not good.
Neil: let me see.
Neil gets up.
Bebe: be careful.
Neil nods and goes out he was about to get in the car.
Arnav: Neil.
Neil looks at him and closes the door.
Arnav: I am also coming.
Neil: no Bhai, I will handle you take care of here. Here the whole family needs you.
Arnav: ok, do inform us.
Neil: Sure.
Arnav: ok.
Neil in mind: today, you have to tell me the truth.
Neil looks at Arnav.
Neil: And please send me Avni's car number.
Arnav nods and takes out his phone.
Neil turns to the car he opens the door and gets in that.
On the other side, Avni was driving the car and getting the blur images of that accident. She wipes her tears.
Neil stopped the car he dialled a number.
Neil: hello dd. I need your help. I am sending you a number please tell me the location of that number if you can't trace that then track the car. Ok.
Dd: is everything alright?
Neil: I will tell you later. Right now please help me.
Dd: ok.
They cut the call. Neil sends the details which Arnav sends him. Soon, he gets the information about the location and reached to Avni's car the weather was not so good and it was a forest area. Neil smiles as he got relief.
Neil: Avni.
Neil gets down from the car and runs to the car but was shocked to see it empty.
Neil: Avni.
Neil looks around but no one was there.
Neil: where she went?
Neil catches his hair and was hell worried for Avni and was not getting any way where he finds her in that forest.