UE part 3

Completely Ignoring the deafening buzz around her Khushi marched through the crowds towards Anjali and holding her wrist as firmly as she could literally dragged her out of the chaos..amid frivolous protests by reporters around..

a male reporter moved to speak when khushi snapped at him..

"shame on you"

"excuse me? I am a reporter!This is my job!"

"really? Well guess what? I am one too. And this is not!

That was enough to silence him but a female voice broke the silence..

"and who else are you? Superwoman??"

Khushi rolled her eyes and turned to her..

"spare the 'super'..woman,will do.."

the sarcasm hit the mark as the colour rose on the woman's cheeks... Khushi turned and raised her brows to Anjali who pointed at a car by the road side. A chauffeur hopped out and literally ran towards them...

Khushi wondered whether her part had been played and moved to start untangling her hands from Anjali's but the grip tightened all the more..

"please..can you..i mean.." Anjali choked on her words..

"no problem" Khushi nodded her head assuredly at her and they walked towards the car together..

Khushi spared a moment to motion to the cab driver that his job was done and held her ears momentarily and cutely in a sorry gesture.. even he couldn't resist a smile as he drove away..the charms of Khushi Kumari Gupta..

Who knew what destiny had in plans for one? Khushi wondered as she spoke reassuring words to the woman sobbing bitterly beside her, reassuring a woman she didn't know, on an issue she had no idea of. 

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The car halted outside a lavish mansion like bungalow and Khushi went all wow inside..this lady's brother must be something! 

They got down from the car and Khushi walked alongside Anjali inside..

As soon as they got in there was almost a crowd which rushed towards them..

"Oh God..come inside..here...someone bring water! "

Khushi felt lost in the chaos around her..an elderly lady held Anjali's arm as she supported her upstairs. Servants rushed around carrying water, taking orders..

It had been quite some time now and she felt she'd better leave..someone touched her shoulder from behind and she spun around..it was the same elderly lady who had helped Anjali upstairs..

"You accompanied her here?"

Khushi nodded her head in approval..

"We are so indebted to you. By the way, I am her grandmother.."

Khushi folded her hands in respect as she gave her introduction..

"Khushi..I..I am a-"

"NANI!"

A shout from upstairs interrupted her..

"Oh I'll just be back.." the woman before her said as her brows furrowed in worry, and tears glistened in eyes and she again made her way upstairs..

Khushi felt one horrendously odd piece in the place...

better leave she wondered, when a voice interrupted her as she was moving for the door..

" 'scuse me mam...is it Sir you wish to meet?"

"huh?" Khushi asked confused..

"Mr Raizada ma'am, he's back home"

"WHO'S WHERE?" she exclaimed out loud.

the man looked quite confused..which wasn't really his fault..

"Mr Arnav Singh Raizada Ma'am! He's just returned this instant."

She still tried to take it in..

"excuse me but is this-"

"Raizada Mansion" he finished for her..

Any doubts of staying one more minute in the place were brushed aside that instant upon hearing the words..no way she'd make herself face that pile of cement once again..she was just moving for the door when she turned her head around and caught sight of him..

he was rushing up the stairs, two at a time, but this was not the man she had met yesterday.. he was in his shirt , sleeves rolled up, and his face had all the worry in the world on it...one trait which still belonged to him was that he was literally shouting, at every soul he was in conversation with...if he had for once glanced to his right he'd have caught sight of her..but his gaze was fixed upon the room upstairs..

Khushi suddenly started having coughing bouts once he left..water..she thought..but who could she ask? Everybody looked like they were participating in a horse race...she gave a call to one...

"excuse me! Can I have some water please?"

"ya Ma'am sure.."

her coughing was so severe that she decided to follow him to the kitchen to make it quick..

Arnav sat resting his head on the bed post , fighting fiercely with the lump in his throat as his sister sobbed bitterly, enveloped in his arms..

"I'll not leave him..I promise you di..I'll kill him- I'll kill that swine of a-"

nani gave him a look to stop..this was not the time..he grinded his teeth as his grip around his sister tightened some more..

"Excuse me sir!" some ne coughed at the door..

"what??"

"sir media is at the gates..we tried to-"

he was interrupted as Arnav broke the embrace with his sister and literally jumped towards him while the poor man staggered back...

"WHAT THE HELL AM I PAYING THESE IDIOTS FOR DAMMIT? WHAT SHOULD I DO? DANCE ON YOUR HEADS??OR SHOULD YOU CONTINUE DANCING ON MINE??"

the servant gulped looking down on the floor as Arnav stormed past him out of the door..he'd deal with these lunatics himself..

Anyone who saw him right then could vouch that Hitler was back from his grave.. or worse...those reporters were dead..

Aakash leapt towards the storming Arnav and with immense effort made him stop holding his shoulders..

"bhai look-"

"Aakash leave"

"bhai-"

"I SAID LEMME GO!"

"bhai of course i'd let you..but you need to control..seriously, they want you to come out, they want you to shout at them so that they capture it with their cameras and garner TRPs showing all kinds of rubbish on the news.Bhai, let me handle this"

Arnav stood staring at him..Aakash always played the water to his fire in such situations, and handled moments like these best..Arnav knew..he also knew that once again, his brother was right..if he couldn't go out to them with a pistol, it was better he didn't go there at all..else the next headline might not be very pleasant..

"fine. Get the sense out of those damn idiots! And if-"

"then I'll call you" Aakash completed it for him.. "please bhai.let me handle..."

Arnav slowly nodded and Aakash heaved a relieved sigh and made his exit out of the door..

 Arnav whirled around  swiftly and walked straight into the woman behind him who was walking speedily with her face turned back, carefully making sure he was no where in sight and who too jumped in surprise at the impact..

"OUCH!"

"WHAT THE!"

both exclaimed in complete unison..

and silence followed as Arnav Khushi stared with widened eyes at each other...

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