It was 8 o'clock at night, entire family was sitting in the living room and spending time. The whole room was echoing with laughter.
Everyone was having fun, forgetting their worries for a while.There were three more faces also there, who were ekaksh father, former king of rajasthan "Abhimanyu Singh Rathore", His dadi sa, soft yet strict one, known for her cordial and determined nature " Avantika Singh Rathore" and his dada sa who always maintain his calm demeanor until his family is harmed "Mahendra Singh Rathore" .
Suddenly, their conversation stopped as they looked at Ekaksh who had just arrived and was walking into the room without paying any attention to anyone.
"Bhai"Shivank interrupted from behind.
"Not now Shivank " he said and walked away without turning back.
Everyone just watched him go as if they were trying to understand what just happened.
"What happened to Bhai.Everything was fine in the office.Perhaps someone might have made my brother angry. Nowadays people don't love their soul" Shivank said in dramatic way with smirk in face.
A dimly lit room, where ekaksh was continuously punching a punching bag.His jaws were clenched, eyes were red, blood was flowing from his knuckles, his shirt was drenched with sweat as if he has no sense of himself right now. Looking at him, it seemed as if anyone came in front of him right now, he would take his life.
"Ekaksh"
His hands stopped as he heard his mother's voice. He slowly turned and looked at her mother with her red eyes while taking deep breaths.
His eyes were expressing pain, anger and restlessness.
looking into his eyes, Sumitra ji was slowly moving her steps towards him. At this moment Her face was blank, there were no emotion on her face.She came and stood in front of him.
Both mother-son duo were looking into each other's eyes. In that calm atmosphere, it seemed as if they knew what was going on in each other's minds.
While there was anger and pain in Ekaksh's eyes, looking at Sumitra ji it seemed as if she was aware of every aspect.
Sumitra ji heaved a sigh and said
"Beta ji ye kaise halat bna...."
"Kya app ye sab janti thi mom?" He cut her in middle and asked.
Sumitra ji looked into his eyes and replied " Yes" .
"Ekaksh, You know everyone in this world has two faces. One is the one who tries hard to snatch your smile with his fake smile and the other is the one who spreads that smile with his true smile."
As soon as she said this, Sumitra ji started looking at his face as if she was waiting for some reaction from him But He did not react, he kept his face blank.
Seeing this she smiled knowingly and started saying further " Misthi, you know ekaksh, When I met her for the first time, a smile appeared on my face as soon as I saw her. she was absolutely innocent child. She was always cheerful, smiling and chirping.She used to be happy on small things. She was happy in other's happiness and sad in others' sadness. She always thought about others before herself. Infact You know, when she saved me from an accident, she scolded me rightly and even in her scolding I felt her love and affection for me.She may have grown up but she was still a child at heart. Par sayad es duniya ko uska muskurata chehra pasand na tha."
As soon as she said this, tears welled up in her eyes And she turned towards Ekaksh and said in anger while gritting her teeth
" es so-called duniya ke logo ko kisi ki khushi jaldi raas kaha aati hai. Sab kuch chin liya us bacchi se. Uski wo masoomiyat , uski wo muskurahat, uska wo bachpana, uski izzat sab kuch. Itne se dil nahi bhara to uske maa baap ko beech chaurahe par itna pita ki unhone apni saasein hi chor di. Uske pass sirf bach gaye to bs logo ke taane.
Wo bas apne bhai ke liye es zindagi ko jee Rahi hai ekaksh. Agr wo na hota sayad ye usse bhi kab ka maar dalte."
After hearing all this, Ekaksh also started having tears in his eyes. His heart was breaking in piece by piece. It seemed as if he was able to feel that pain. He himself did not know why he was feeling like this. He closed his eyes only to see Mishti's crying face was coming in front of him. At that time, he just wanted to hide Mishti in his arms and take the pain away from her. He can't bear with her crying face.
He quickly opened his eyes and saw his mother who was looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Mom"
She interrupted him in middle
"I know ekaksh, you have a lot of questions in your mind and I have answers to those also. But this is not the right time to tell all this.
I have not taken this decision out of pity for her. I really think she would be a good life partner for you and I also have full faith in you that you will not disappoint my upbringing. I just want that happiness of that girl back."
After saying this she became silent and just started looking at Ekaksh as if she was going to understand his feelings by looking at his face.
But he did not respond and kept wandering in his thoughts.
Seeing this she became disappointed and started leaving.
"Tomorrow"
He suddenly said, Her steps stopped and She slowly turned back to look at her with a frown.
"Kal meri hone wali biwi apne hone wale pati ka chehra dekhengi" Ekaksh said with small smile his face.
On hearing this, Sumitra ji smiled because she understood what he meant. She nodded her head and asked him to fix his condition and went away.
A 20 yrs old girl was screaming, tears streaming down her face.
She was begging for her parents for leave them, but no one paid any attention to her, as if everyone had suddenly lost their hearing and suddenly there was a explosion.
Misthi eyes snapped open, her face glistening with sweat as she jolted awake. She glanced at clock , it's displaying early hour of 5 am.
She got up with a sigh and went to freshen up. Then as usual, she went to do her daily work. After some time she finished her work and came to woke up Akshu.
"Didu" akshu said with sigh.
"Hmm, bacha" She replied without paying attention as she was busy in placing things at right place.
"Mujhe kitabo ke liye kuch paise ki jarurat hai " akshu said in low voice with nervously fidgeting with his fingers.
Hearing this, Mishti's hands stopped and she looked at Akshu and asked " kitne paise chahiye ? "
"Ahm 4000rs, second hand book itne mai aa jayegi. Agar aapke pass nahi to rehne do mai abhi se maang kar padh lunga " He said with concern.
She stared him lovingly and said while caressing his hair " You don't need to compromise baccha. I am here for you. You just focus on studying. I will take care of all this. Hmm.?
He nodded understanding and give her a smile .
She also smiled back to him and said "Go get ready fast "
"Ok didu " He said and went to freshen up.
As soon as he left, Mishti's facial expression changed.An expression of distress appeared on her face.She started thinking that she has said yes but from where will she get the money?This month's salary has also ended and there is still time for next month's salary to arrive.
Then she thought something and got up, took something out of her purse and started looking at it.
"Philhal to yehi ek rasta hai mere pass " She said with lit of hope and put the thing back in her purse.
After some time, both the brother and sister got ready, had breakfast and came down.
"Ruko"As soon as they started leaving, they heard her taiji voice.
"Ho gaya mera din kharab. Matlab ek din bhi inko chain nahi aata n bhagwan. Kabhi Khali jagah dekh kar aap inhe apne pass kyu nahi bula lete ho. Dharti ka bojh Kam hoga. " He mummled which were also heard by misthi.
She glared him and signalled to keep quiet. Seeing his Didu's glare he immediately went quite.
Misthi slowly turned back and respond" ji Tai..Taiji."
"Tu Aaj kahi nahi jayegi " her taiji said while applying nail paint.
"Ji? Pa..r ky..kyu Tai..ji" She asked in shock and fear.
Hearing this , her taiji glared her and said "jitna kaha utna kar. Jada juban mat chala. Chal ja kamre mai.
Misthi nodded her head with disappointment. She b at akshu and singled him to go .
"Ab aayega maza" taiji said with evil grin.
After an hour, a distant bell rang at the door but nobody opened it for first time.
After few second, again bell rang.
"Aa rahi hu bhai. Kon hai jo subh subh ghanti bajaye ja raha hai shanti se baithne bhi nahi dete". Taiji said with irritation while walking towards the door.
As soon as she opened the door her eyes
got big and the only thing that came out of her mouth was
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