They both sat quietly for some time... he even gets much upset knowing the truth, tears keep rolling from his eyes too..... thinking : kitna dard saha hai Naina tumne, voh bhi meri jaan, mere Nanu ke liye, jinse tumhara koi rishta bhi nahin hai... yeh sirf tum hi kar sakti thi... itna saaf aur nek dil jo hai tumhara... aaj tumne mujhe ek aur wajah de di tumse zindagi bhar pyaar karne ke liye... kaash mein us waqt tumhare saath hota, tumhara haath thaam pata, tumhara dard thoda toh kam hota... par mein toh apne sapnon ki duniya mein khoya huya tha.... par shayad mere dil ko ehsaas ho gaya tha isiliye ussi din voh bura sapna aaya tha mujhe... par mein itna bewkoof ki kuchh samajh hi nahin paaya... kaash mein samajh pata aur yeh sab hone se rok pata... kaise mein itna laaparwaah ho sakta hun... sharam aa rahi hai aaj mujhe khud par... voh sapna nahin ek sanket tha aane wale khatre ka jo mere donon apno ke sar par mandra raha tha aur maine usse najar andaj kar diya.... shaayad isake liye khud ko zindagi bhar maaf nahin kar paunga...."
Naina wiped out his tears, "dekha mein isliye kuchh nahin bata rahi thi, tumhein bhi dukhi kar diya na".. he holds her hand and said, "mujhe batao usake baad kya hua... aur yeh sab tumne sabse yahaan tak apne ghar walon se bhi chhupaya, Preeti tak ko kuchh nahin pata... aisa kyun kiya tumne... kya hota agar unhein pata chal bhi jaata ki tumne Nanu ki jaan bachane ke liye apni jaan khatre mein daal di thi... yeh koi galat baat toh nahin thi na"...
Naina gets more tensed and shivered slightly "Sameer please yeh mat puchho.. bass ab chalo na yahaan se"... Sameer replied, "nahin Naina aaj nahin... aaj baat poori khatam karke hi hum yahaan se jayenge... please bataao na... I promise, agar tum chahti ho toh jo bhi tum mujhe bataogi voh mein kisi senahin kahunga.... bharosa karo mera..... agar tum nahin chahti toh Nanu se bhi nahin"
Naina give up on his adamancy and narrates further...
Flashback
Nanu took her to hospital and get her admitted in ICU..
Doctor : dekhiye, chot kaafi gehri hai, khoon bhi bahut bah chuka hai, humein jald se jald operation karna padega.. aap form bhar dijiye...
Nanu : Doctor, aap kisi baat ki chinta mat kijiye... shahar ke sabse best surgeon bula lijiye, par iss bachchi ko kuchh nahin hona chahiye" Doctor assures, "aap chinta mat kijiye... hum poori koshish karenge apni taraf se, koi kami nahin rahegi" after assuring Nanu, doctor took her into OT...
Munshiji also reached hospital and complete all formalities (as not known to her family, he fills all forms by his own name as guardian) Doctor starts the operation.. Nanu was sitting outside the operation theatre, praying for her when Munshiji came there...
Munshiji asked concernedly, "Bade maalik yeh sab kaise hua... aur kaun hai yeh bachchi... isake ghar walon ko bataya aapne"
Nanu back to senses: mujhe toh hosh hi nahin raha in sab ke baare mein... ek baar isse mere driver ne ghar chhoda tha toh aap gaadi lekar jaaiye aur iske ghar walon ko lekar jaldi se aa jaiye....
Munshiji left hospital and reached her house... only Rakesh and Taiji was there alone at home and waiting for Naina as she didn't return since morning...
Taiji : lagta hai hamari naak katwa kar hi manegi aaj yeh ladki... aane do isse, pata nahin kahaan gul chharre uda rahi hai...
Munshiji knock on the door and Rakesh opens it...
Munshiji : Ji yeh Mini ka hi ghar hai...
Rakesh rudely : Haan, kyun kya kaam hai aapko usase... Taiji also reached at door...
Munshiji : Ji voh darasal uska ek accident ho gaya hai truck se... is waqt voh City hospital mein hai aur uska operation chal raha hai... vaise aap log chinta mat kijiye, shahar ke sabse bade doctor uska ilaaj kar rahe hai... usse kuchh nahin hoga...
Taiji (in her mind) : O bai... itane bade hospital mein ilaaj, voh bhi us karamjali ka... ab Anand babu bhi yahaan nahin hai aur Rakesh babu to vaise bhi phakkad hai... aur jo yeh batane aaya hai isko dekh kar bhi nahin lagta ki isake paas jyada paise honge... agar hum dekhne gaye to saara kharcha humein hi bharna padega... achchha hai agar mar gayi toh humein usse chhutkara bhi mil jayega....
Rakesh (in his mind): yeh ladki zindagi bhar sirf dukh deti rahi hai... mera toh vaise bhi usase koi naata nahin hai, ab ilaaj ka kharcha bhi uska voh chacha hi uthaye jisne itne sar par chada rakha hai...
Rakesh replied rudely : dekhiye usake Chacha, Chachi baahar gaye huya hai... ek hafte mein aayenge... ab aap jaiye" saying this he shuts the door on his face...
Munshiji reached hospital and informed Nanu that her family is out of town...Nanu recalled that Naina also said the same in Mandir to him... Nanu "koi baat nahin, jab tak isake Chachaji nahin aate mein hi iski dekh bhaal karunga" (he was not aware of her father as she had never discuss about him with Nanu)
Operation goes for few hours and doctor tells that, "dekhiye operation toh humne kar diya par jab tak hosh nahin aata kuchh kah nahin sakte, chot bahut gehri thi... hum usse ward mein shift kar rahe hai... thodi der baad aap usse dekh sakte hai"
Nanu cares for her whole day but she didn't get conscious...
Munshiji : Bade Maalik aap ghar chale jaiye, mein yahaan ruk jata hun... vaise bhi aapka iss haalat mein raat bhar jaagna theek nahin hai... aapko apni tabiyat ka bhi toh dhyan rakhna padega...
Nanaji cried hard looking at her : Munshiji aaj meri wajah se yeh iss haal mein hai... har waqt chahakane wali aaj dekho kaise khamosh padi hai bistar par... bejaan si... har waqt mujhe hasati rehti thi aur aaj kitne dard mein yahaan padi hai...
Munshiji convinced him that he will take care of her and called him if required in night... Nanu left from hospital assuring to come back in early morning...
During mid night, Munshiji also slept outside her room in a couch lying at the corridor.... Naina came back in her senses slightly, the room was all in dark, but she heard some known voices, slowly talking...
Lady : yeh dekho yahaan itane mehange hospital mein padi hai...
Man : ab iska kharcha bhi kahin hamare sar na pad jaaye... maine toh socha tha ki agar kisi paise wale ki gaadi se takrayi hogi toh achchha khaasa muawja vasool kar lenge par yahaan ke records ke mutabiq toh ek mamuli sa munshi hai jisne isse yahaan daakhil kiya hai... usase kya milega humein...
Lady : haan toh theek hai na... ek kaam karte hai, hum log bhi kuchh roj ke liye kahin baahar chale jaate hai... yeh jaane aur isake sage waale jaane... humein koi lena dena nahin hai...
They left the room leaving poor soul in tears... more of emotional then the pains of her wounds... she understood it's her own elders of the house who disown her for money, they only wants to do negotiation with the person who is responsible for her condition but least bother for her whether she is alive or dead..
Next day, Nanu reached hospital and feels relieved to see her conscious...
Nanu's eyes got wet seeing her in so much pain "Kaisi hai tu ab... tujhe aise dekh kar meri toh jaan hi nikal gayi thi... iss budde ke liye tune apni jaan khatre mein kyun daali"
Naina tried to smile a bit, "aap mere Nanu ho na... koi paraye toh nahin" Nanu caressed her hair and kiss on her forehead.... Nurse came and asked him to meet doctor...
Doctor : dekhiye Mr Maheshwari, ab voh khatre se baahar hai, kaafi complicated operation tha kyunki usey multiple injuries thi... par Spinal injury ki wajah se voh apne left pair se chal nahin paayegi, bina sahara liye... is accident mein uska spinal cord injured hua hai... it's like partial paralysis...
Nanu breakdown in tears and his head spin, "doctor par aapne toh kaha na ki voh theek hai... phir yeh sab.. abhi bachchi hai voh... kaise sahegi voh yeh sab.. poori zindagi padi hai usake saamne... koshish toh kijiye, kuchh toh ilaaj hoga iska....
Doctor : dekhiye mein aapko koi jhuthi tasalli nahin dunga... abhi toh kuchh bhi mumkin nahin hai, pehle toh usse achchhe se recover hone mein hi kaafi waqt lagega... aage ke baare mein kuchh bhi kehna mushkil hai, ... dekhiye mein samajhta hun yeh sab aasaan nahin hoga usake liye, par lagta hai ki aap usake bahut kareeb hai, hosh mein aakar sabse pehle aapke baare mein hi puchh rahi thi, toh achchha hoga agar aap hi usse yeh sab bataye... voh physically hi nahin emotionally or mentally bhi bahut kamjor hai abhi.... shayad aapke bataane se usse himmat mile.. ab aapko hi usse sambhalna padega...
Nanu left the cabin and go to her ward ... she was sleeping but was in terrible pain which is evident on her face even in sleep.... Nanu cares her full day and night like his own daughter, own child...
Next day on doctor's suggestion, when she was slightly better, Nanu told her everything... she got numb and gets quiet in dazed..
Nanu cried : beta kuchh toh bol, dekh mein hun tere saath... sab theek kar dunga... please mujhe maaf karde ... yeh sab meri wajah se hi hua hai...
After some time, she gained her senses back... she holds his hand and said, "Nanu aapse kuchh maangu toh aap doge, please" Nanu caressed her head, "maang kya mangaana hai, tere liye to jaan bhi haajir hai beta"..
Naina looked at him and said, "Nanu aap promise karo ki aap kisi ko nahin bataoge ki yeh accident kaise huya aur aap ka mujhse kya naata hai... Jaise hi mere ghar se koi bhi aayega aap bina kisi se mile yahaan se chale jayenge... please promise kijiye" (in her mind: mein nahin chahti ki mauke ka faayda utha kar Tauji aapko koi nuksaan pahunchaye, ya aap par koi dawaab dale kisi bhi baat ka, iss accident ke liye aapko blackmain kare... voh ghar ke bade hai toh mein unhein rok bhi nahin paaungi, par mein aapko koi nuksaan nahin hone dungi.. pehli baar Chachaji, Chachiji ke alawa kisi bade ne itne pyaar se mere sar par haath rakha hai, yeh rishta bohot anmol hai mere liye)....
Nanu surprisingly, " Yeh kya baat hui beta... mein kuchh samjha nahin... mujhe tere pariwar se milna hai, unse maafi maangni hai.. yeh sab meri wajah se hi toh hua hai"
Naina, "nahin Nanu, aap aisa kuchh nahin karenge, bas aap waada kijiye, mujhe aur kuchh nahin chahiye aapse" Nanu promise her as she said but stayed with her for next two days as no one from her home came to meet her...
At Surat, Preeti keep calling her daily but no one pick up phone at home... Chachiji suggests that Naina might be at Taiji's place so better not to call her there otherwise Taiji will unnecessary taunt her only... after three days again when Preeti called, Rakesh picked up the phone and said roughly... mujhe nahin pata kahaan hai voh... and he disconnect the call...
Preeti informed to Anand and sensing something bad, they all left the marriage in between and returned to Ahmadabad...
Anand shouted : Kya matlab bhai sahab aapko nahin pata, ghar ki bachchi char din se ghar par nahin hai aur bhabhiji bhi achaanak kaise Baroda chali gayi apne bhai ke yahaan... hum unke bharose pehli baar Naina ko chhod kar gaye the... yehi jimmedari nibhayi aap logon ne...
Rakesh : mein uska naukar nahin hun jo uski dekh bhaal karta... mujhe kuchh nahin pata..." saying this he left from home... then only a neighbor entered and informed that few days back an old man visited here and was enquiring about Mini's house and later meet Rakesh and Taiji..... while going back he was looking very annoyed and was talking to his driver standing outside the society gate, " pata nahin kaise log hain, maana usake Chacha nahin hai abhi ghar mein, par yeh jo log usake ghar mein the, voh kuchh na kuchh toh lagte hi honge na usake, beti hospital mein hai, itna bada accident hua hai aur inhein koi chinta hi nahin... chalo bhaiya jaldi se vaapas city hospital hi le chalo... dekhta hai aage kya karna hai"
Chachaji got shocked on this revelation and run to hospital with Preeti and Chachiji... Nanu was went to bring her medicine when Chachaji reached there and saw her lying at bed with bandages on her forehead and leg, so many scratches, wounds on her hands and face also........
When Nanu came back he saw her family present there and taking care of her lovingly and very much concerned for her... as promised to her he left the room silently without meeting anyone, giving her medicine to nurse, but she saw him standing at gate and smiled back assuring she is fine and safe now.......
Flashback end
Kuchh din baad mujhe discharge mil gaya aur mein ghar aa gayi... bahut man hua ki sab bata dun par Chachaji pehle hi bhaut dukhi the... voh issi guilt mein the ki mujhe akele chhod kar gaye hi kyun, aise mein agar mein unhein yeh sab bata deti toh unke dil par kya beetati... Chachiji aur Preeti mera itna khyal rakhte the ki kya batau... Chachiji ka bas chalta toh ek pal ke liye bhi mujhe apni najaron se dur nahin jaane deti... maine final exams ki saari padai bhi ghar par hi kari kyunki complete bed rest par thi.... ek mahine baad dheere dheere maine chalna shuru kiya par jaise ki doctor ne kaha tha mujhe sahara lena padta tha.... dard bhi kam ho gaya tha.... phir kabhi kabhi Nanu se meri mulaqat mandir mein hoti thi.... unhein dukh na ho isiliye unase bhi kam hi milti thi ... uake baad sirf exams dene gayi thi 12th ke voh bhi Chachaji, Chachiji donon saath jaate the mere... aur aakhiri mein Preeti ki zid ki wajah se maine college mein admission liya .. voh pehla din tha jab mein ghar se baahar nikli thi college ke liye jab tumse.... She stops in between..
Naina, "ab tum hi batao Sameer, kya karti aur kisase kehti ki mere apne hi pita ne mujhe marne ke liye chhod diya tha, aur Tauji Taiji ke liye mein sirf paise kamane ka zariyaa ban gayi thi.... agar uss din mein mar bhi jati toh unhein koi farq nahin padta.... jab se mein paida huyi hun, Papa ne ek najar utha kar bhi meri taraf nahin dekha, yahaan tak ki mujhe anaath aashram bhi bhejna chahte the Maa ki kout ke baad, unhone hamesha nujhe meri Maa ki mout ka zimmedaar hi maana hai, par Chachaji ne aisa hone nahin diya.. voh sabse lade bhi mere liye, Chachiji ne toh ek pal ke liye bhi kabhi mujhme aur Preeti mein koi farq nahin kiya... par mein unka dukh aur nahin bada sakti thi unhein yeh sab bata kar aur Preeti ko toh tum jaante hi ho... usse pata chalta toh saare ghar mein toofan aa jaata aur shayad saare rishtey bhi toot jaate... din ba din yeh ehsaas mujhe andar hi andar tod raha tha .. kisi se kuchh nahin kah payi par dil toh dukhta hi tha..."
She smiled a bit and continued, "phir college mein tum sabse mili, tumne phir se jeena sikhaya, mujhe apne aap par bharosa karna sikhaya, dheere dheere zindagi aag badne lagi, mein apne dard se baahar aane lagi thi aur dekho aaj pehli baar maine apne dil mein chhupe har dard, har takleef, har ehsaas ko tumse baant liya....."
Tears flowing from both their eyes uncontrollable... none of them were in position to console other... after some time, Sameer hold himself and wipe out her tears and his also...