Haveli
Kishore was shown sitting on his armchair reading newspaper.... When a servant walks in..
Billu : sarpanch ji .... Do ldke aaye hn shehr se.... Keh rhe hn unhe aapse baat krni h....
Kishore : unse keh de billu... Mai is samay kisi se nhi milta... In shehri logon ko bhi samay ka koi andaza nhi rehta... Keh de chle jaayein..
Billu: maine kaha sarpanch ji... Pr unme se ek keh rha h woh bina mile nhi jaayega... Usee baat krni h zaruri... Zidd pr ada h...
Kishore (sighs) : thik h... Le aa un dono ko andr.... (billu nods nd leaves) zarur yeh wahi log hn jinhe zameen ke baare mein baat krni h...
Preeta and gauri came there...
Preeta : papa ji... Maa bula rhi hn... Khaana lg gya h... Aap aa jaiye muh haath dho kr....
Gauri : mama ji... Chliye na.. Baht bhukh lgi h... Mami ji mujhe chkhne tk nhi de rhi hn... Chliye jldi..
Kishore : gauri intezaar kr thoda.... Abhi koi aa rha h... Tum dono ldkiyan andr jaao... Chlo..
Gauri : ab kon aa rha h.....
"humse milene ko haan krne ke liye shukriyan sarpanch ji" gauri preeta wide their eyes looking at karan and rudra coming.... Rudra karan glances at them... Gauri shakes her head in no when karan was abt to speak... Rudra hold his hand nd nods in no...karan glance at gauri nd preeta who covered her head with dupatta...
Karan (mutters) : hypocrite (look at kishore... He sighs heavily) humse milne ke liye shukriya sarpanch ji...
Kishore nods signing them to sit...
Kishore : ldkiyon tum dono andr jaao... Billu humare shehr mehmaanon ke liye naashta paani ka inrezaam kr... Jaa...
Rudra : uski zarurat nhi h sarpanch ji... Hum bs yhan aapke dastakhat lene aayein hn.. Humare dad... Mr mahesh luthra se baat hui hogi aapki..
Kishore (glance at girls) : tum dono ab tk gyi nhi.... (preeta flinched)
Gauri : jaa rhe hn mama ji... Jaa rhe hn.. Chl preeta..... (hold her hand d drags her with her inside)
Billu placed snacks nd drinks on table
Rudra (slowly) : bhai... What is this environment haan?
Karan : no doubt that girl is scared nd grounded....
Kishore : kuch kaha aap logon ne...
Karan : ji sarpanch ji... Hum keh rhe the humari dad ki aap se baat hui hogi... Aapne unse koi zameen bechne ki baat ki thi... Mai usi zameen ke silsile mein aaya hun...
Kishore : maine aapke pita ko bta diya tha... Ab mujhe woh zameen nhi bechni.... Woh zameen meri beti ke naam kr di h maine... Toh aap dono nashta kijiye aur chlte bniye..
Karan : aapki beti ke naam woh zameen kr di... Usse muje koi lena dena nhi... Aapne commitment ki h sarpanch ji.... Mujhe us zameen mein interest h... I m sure gaon ke sarpanch ke paas aur zameen hogi... Aap woh apni beti k naam kr sakte hn....
Kishore : dekho ldke...
Karan : dekhiye aap sarpanch ji... Humare paas aapke signed documents hn... Advance payment kr chuki h humari company apko... Aap aise peeche nhi hatt sakte.... Bulaiye apni beti ko yhan sign krwaiye... Taki hum yhan se nikl sakein..
Kishore : tum aise zabardasti nhi kr sakte... Yhi sanskar diyein hn tumhare maa baap ne... Kisi ki ghr ki beti ko anjaan gaer mardon ke saamne bulane ka.... (karan was abt to speak)
Rudra : bhai rehne do aap.... Dekhiye sarpanch ji... Yeh land baht imp hn... Deal ho chuki thi... Ap aise peeche nhi hatt sakte... Hum pyaar se bol rhe hn aapse... Wrna hum police ko bhi laa sakte hn saath mein... (kishore tensed a lil bit) mai samjhta hun.. Sarpanch ke ghr police ka aana kitna sharamnaak ho sakta h....toh haath jod kr vinti kr rha hun... Aap apni beti ko bulaiye... Taki woh dastakhat kr dein... Hum chle jayenge yhan se..
Karan : yeh nhi bulayenge... Mai khud hi uske dastakhat le kr aata hun.....
Kishore : ruk ldke... (karan see him) yeh kagzaat de mujhe... Mai lekr aata hun uske dastakhat... Tu meri kudi ke paas nhi jaayega...
Karan : mujhe aap pr vishwas nhi... Bulaiye usee....
Rudra : bhai... Rehne do.. Hum subah aa kr le lenge signatures.... Thik rhega na sarpanch ji..
Kishore : subah aa jana tum dono.... Tb meri beti dastakhat kr degi...
Karan rudra sighs in disbelief looking at him....both stood nd leaves from there...
Both moves towards their jeep.... Rudra felt someone's gaze.... He turns around nd looked up gauri was standing there....she typed in her mobile... His phone beeped... He looked at her then takes out his mobile..
Gauri : is duniya mein yhi hota h rudra sir.... Maaf kriyega ki aapko is society ki aisi jhalak mili.... Mujhe us society ka ek hissa bnte dekhna pda...
Rudra typed something nd sign to look at it... Gauri looked in her mobile
Rudra : society ki is purani soch ka hissa tum nhi ho gauri.... Mere liye nhi... Jld se jld apna vacation khtm kr wapas chli aao... Yeh baht khrab samaaj h... Purush pradhan samaaj ki jhalak aaj maine dekhi.. Just get away from it... Back to city..jahan equality h... Auraton ka samman h...
Gauri smiles reading it nd nods... Rudra nods with smile...
Pehron pehar tainu takkdi jawaan
Tujh pe mar ke main jee jawaan
Teri judai yoon tadpave
Saans bharun to akh bhar aave
She looked at him with smile nd typed in her mobile... Rudra looked at his mobile as he recd the message...
Gauri : chinta mt kijiye sir.. Mai is environment mein baht baar shamil hui hun.. Mai infect nhi houngi...
Rudra smiles sighly... Nd shows 👍
Karan : rudra... Chlein...
Rudra : ji bhaiya...(rudra sit inside jeep... He glanced up once again nd gauri waves at him with smile)
Karan drove away... Gauri sighs sadly holding the phone close...
Ho tere bina nahio dil da guzara
Assan te tainu rabb manneya
Tu maane ya na maane dildara
Assan te tainu rabb manneya
Rudra karan came back to their guest house... Rudra still was lost in thoughts of what he witnessed... What he gets to knw abt the people's thinking.... Gauri's bubbliness flashes infront of him.. Then gauri who fearly left inside with preeta on Kishore's order
Rudra: bhai... Tune dekha tha.. Kaisa... Kaisa negative mahol h woh haveli ldkiyon ke liye...aisi society ke baare mein kisse kahaniyon mein suna h... How is gauri handling there....how... Office ki woh chulbuli ldki... Wahan... God... I just hate this type of people... Dum ghutta hoga ldkiyon ka yhan.... Kaise rehti hongi woh aise toxic samaaj mein... Bhai aap sun rhe ho na.. Bhai...
He looked at karan who was holding tabeez...the tabeez which was given to preeta by the fakir
Rudra : yeh kahan se mila tujhe...
Karan : pta nhi... Na jaane kahan se yeh mere paas aa gya.... Kiska tabeez ho sakta h yeh... Kiski prathna ka tohfa h yeh... Kiski raksha krne ke liye yeh tabeez usee sounpa hoga... Mele mein na jaane mai....
Karan stopped remembering the way preeta collided with him.... The way she hugged him from back... Her pleading eyes infront of him asking for help... The way she confronted him for not helping her..... Her scared face when her father asked her to go away...
Karan (close his eyes) : woh ldki mere khyaalon mein kyun aa rhi h.... (rudra see him) kya... Kya kr rhi h woh mere saath.... Nhi.. Nhi.... (looked at tabeez..clutching it in his fist) mai bahar jaa rha hun... Kuch der mein aa jaunga...
Rudra : aap preeta ke baare mein soch rhe ho na bhai...
Karan (snapped) : nhi.... Aur tu un ldkiyon ke baare mein sochna bnd kr.. Hum yhan kaam krne aaye hn... Kl woh hote hi... We will be gone... Dont attach too much..
Rudra : gauri is employee in our office bhai...
Karan : i meant that another girl... Woh yhan pali bdi h.... She can survive it.... Aur agar nhi krti h toh woh humara sar dard nhi h samjha... Mai aata hun...
Karan leave from there.... He was walking by fields of village.... When he caught a glimpse of girl sitting under tree reading something.... The lamp was hanging by the branch...
He walks closer to the tree nd saw her... Saw preeta......the soft breeze of making her tresses caress her face irritating her.... Karan smiles softly looking at her..
Dil ibadat kar raha hai
Dhadkanein meri sun
Tujhko main kar loon haasil
Lagi hai yahi dhun
Preeta was again nd again tucking her hair strands behind her ear... When she felt a hand caressing her hair away... She looked infront nd see karan...
Zindagi ki shaakh se loon
Kuchh haseen pal main chun
Tujhko main kar loon haasil
Lagi hai yahi dhun
Her eyes met his... Small smile crepting their lips.... Karan's finger lingers softly on her cheek..... His eyes flickered to her eyes then her lips.... Preeta smiles lightly pushing him away...
He stumbled breaking the twig nd come back to sense...
Preeta heard the sound... She looks around... Karan hid behind another tree..
Preeta : kon...kon h.... Kon h yhan.... (she hold the lantern nd look around) kon h.... Dek (someone covered her mouth from behind)
Preeta look behind nd found vinod smirking evilly at her..... Preeta look at him in horror... He dragged her backwards taking her with him.....
Karan came out from behind the tree nd look for preeta...
Karan : yeh achanak se kahan gayab ho gyi.... (he walks towards the tree preeta was sitting by... Her book was lying there only... Karan picked up the book) kahan gyi yeh book chor kr....
He looks around... But find her nowhere...
Karan : lgta h ghr chli gyi... (karan takes book with him nd start leaving)
Vinod was hiding behind bushes... Preeta looked at karan going... She nods in no struggling in vinod's arm.... She bit on his hand.
Preeta (shouts) : karan..... Kar (vinod again covered her mouth this tym surround his arm around her neck choking her)
Karan turns around nd look around...
Karan : preeta....
End with this chapter
Precap
Preeta missing