CHAPTER 94
"I was not the one you saw... He was my father, who looked exactly like me."
Sunaina, standing outside, is trying to remember everything very well after listening to Jagdish's confession.
He had told her many times how it is when he has to avoid any of his friends and spend time with Sunaina. In such a situation, he takes the help of his father, and his father helps him very comfortably because he did not know that he was not spending his time with any other friend but was asking for his help to spend time with his girlfriend. He often used to say that whatever difference there was on his face, his father used to cover it up with makeup easily because he still looked so young like his son, and a few gray strands could be easily covered by makeup.
And most importantly, she could not even tell Jagdish that she was pregnant, and as soon as she entered the house, the man who she thought was Jagdish constantly hit her in the stomach. Only Jagdish's father knew she was pregnant at that time; no one else.
Thinking of all these things, she starts feeling dizzy, and she falls, holding her head. Everyone turns and looks at her side. Mritunjay immediately runs towards her, picking up his mother and taking her in his arms, and Jagdish's eyes also go to Sunaina. On seeing her alive, he is very surprised because, many years ago, Sunaina died for him.
"Sunaina… Sunaina... she died, right. Sunaina..."
Mayil can understand his condition very well, but suddenly he is becoming so hyper that she immediately starts calling the doctor.
"Doctor…"
Mrityunjay turns and looks at Jagdish, knowing that there is no sense in hiding anything. So he picks up his mother in his arms from the floor and brings her inside.
The doctor immediately comes there and starts checking on Sunaina and Jagdish, but Jagdish is not able to calm down at all. He is constantly screaming about seeing Sunaina because he has seen her after so many years, and he cannot believe at all that she has been alive for so many years and that he could not meet her at all.
"Mahi, Sunaina was alive, but she could not meet me... Why did she do this to me? She should have met me. I can't forgive myself that she died because of me... Her family suffered because of our relationship..."
Mayil can understand her father's condition very well. That's why she holds his face, forcefully turns him towards herself, and says,.
"Papa, please relax, doctor."
The doctor immediately starts trying to convince him by giving him injections.
"Sir, please don't worry so much... You have recently had open heart surgery, and this type of anxiety is not good for you. Try to take care of yourself. Everything can be solved with great ease too."
"Sunaina… Listen, I didn't want to betray you."
But Sunaina is unconscious, and doctors are trying to handle him. So Mrityunjay immediately turns around, grabs his wheelchair, and tells him a bit angrily.
"She is not okay. Stop yelling... Let her rest. And if you want to tell everything and know everything, then keep yourself well too.... Just relax…."
Mayil is holding Jagdish's hand tightly. Jagdish becomes completely silent and starts looking only at Sunaina. The doctor checks Sunaina and tells Mrityunjay.
"She will get consciousness within 15 minutes, but try to maintain everything calmly, sir, because I think all are feeling some trouble here."
He nods, sits beside her, and looks at Jagdish. Mrityunjay does not want to say anything in front of Sunaina that will cause her a lot of pain. That's why he immediately wants to end things before she comes to her senses.
"When you refused to marry my aunt, she was pregnant... She wanted to tell you, but you didn't listen to her. That's why she called your father, and you are saying that your father has committed this heinous crime along with my whole family, so I want to know... If you came to know about your father's crime, then how did you not take any action?"
This is such a piece of information for Jagdish, which he was not aware of at all. He is shocked.
"She was pregnant.... That's why my father did this."
Mayil immediately sits in front of her father and starts telling him.
"Dad, please calm down; she suffered badly because of that accident and had a miscarriage."
"Damn..."
Jagdish holds his head because he realizes that he has made a bigger mistake by not listening to Sunaina completely during their last phone conversation. That's why he starts telling the whole story of his side now.
"I and Shweta have been told since childhood that we were made for each other, but we were very good friends... That's it… Apart from this, she did not think anything about me, nor did I think of her.... We are very happy to be friends with each other.... Our parents loved us very much. So we were sure that they would understand our feelings very easily and agree to marry us with our desired spouse.... My father loved Sweta more like his daughter, and Mohan's uncle considered me his son, so he almost stopped considering Sweta as his daughter and loved me as a son. Maybe he wanted a son that he used to see in me. Sunaina came into my life, and I was very happy with her.... One day, Shweta said that she liked my friend Shivam very much. I told Shivam all her feelings, but Shivam was very nervous. because she was the daughter of a rich father and his father was a small clerk, so I helped these two to come very close to each other. Shivam is more intelligent than any level. So by getting my dad sponsored, I took him with me for an MBA and also gave him a job in our company so that somehow he could come to a good position and talk to Mohan uncle for Shweta, and everything was fine. I was very happy with Sunaina. I loved her so much and wanted to marry her only... Shweta was also very clear that she would soon tell her father that she wanted to marry Shivam and not me."
Sunaina has regained consciousness; all eyes are turned on her, but she is looking at the sky outside the window while listening to Jagdish's words; she is not saying anything. That's why Jagdish continued his words.
"Shivam told me that he wants to go to his house as soon as possible because he has to bring his parents here to talk about marriage with Shweta. I was overjoyed, so I immediately gave him off, but he never came back. Meanwhile, Shweta told me that she was pregnant, and Shivam knew this.... I looked for Shivam everywhere, but he was nowhere to be found. I couldn't understand why he did this; he couldn't do it. But the truth was in front of me: he suddenly disappeared. Maybe he didn't want to bear the responsibility of the baby. And then I came to know that Shivam had embezzled a huge amount from the office. And I was not able to tell Sweta that Shivam had left her and ran away. Shweta was madly in love with Shivam. She was unable to bear everything, and her health was deteriorating regularly, due to which Mohan Uncle also came to know that she was pregnant."
Jagdish starts taking deep breaths, and Mayil gives him water. Mrityunjay is sitting beside his mother, holding her hand.
"I explained a lot to Sweta that she would not be able to take care of the child like this because I was looking for Shivam, but he had probably gone so far with the money that it was difficult to find him, so I was left with nothing but convincing Shweta, so I forced her to abort this child. But in any case, she was not ready to abort her child, and her condition is very bad because of Shivam. I was getting angry with myself. Why did I introduce her to Shivam? We had been looking for Shivam everywhere, just for her sake. But I know he has never come back. and he was nowhere to be found. But Sweta did not want to understand because she had full faith in his love. She was looking for him everywhere, like crazy. In such a situation, Mohan uncle forcibly took Shweta for an abortion. I was left with no option because if the child was forcibly aborted against Shweta's will, I knew very well that she would kill herself too; she already faced a big betrayal. At that time, to save a little life with Shweta, I only saw the way to marry her because, in such a situation, I could save both of them, and I did not want Sunaina to face any more problems because of me in the future. Wait for me, so I told her that I didn't want to marry her. I talked to her very badly so that she would never miss me in life, forget me, and marry some good person. My brain had completely stopped working, and if I had spoken to Sunaina even once, I might have lost everything on her only because I love her so much and might have been shaken by my decision again. That's why I stopped picking up her phone too.
Tears flow from Sunaina's eyes. She sees Jagdish right in front of her for the first time. Jagdish is looking toward her. He tells her with remorse in his eyes.
"I've only made mistakes... If I had talked to you, maybe I would have known that you are also pregnant. I would have come up with some solutions in such a situation, but nothing will happen to you and our baby. I am sorry; everything was ruined because of me."
Mayil forces her father to drink water, and Jagdish becomes completely silent. Mrityunjay, who was listening to everything silently, asks him.
"When you came to know about everything..."
"I came to know through the newspaper that the entire family of Mahendra Sisodia was burned to death... I knew Sunaina's brother; I couldn't believe everything was over, so I went to her house. I didn't know what to do or what not to do; I only knew that these people were cremated and didn't even get a chance, and they all ended up burning in this house. There I could see only Sunaina in the ashes, so I collected those ashes, brought them to the house in a small pot clinging to my chest, and kept them till today. Just consider them my love. I married Sweta because everything in my life was over. Only Sweta was left, whom I had to save by all means. For a long time after the birth of Mahi, I used to feel that she was only Shivam's betrayal, but gradually this child became my life, and I started loving her very much. But when my father had a serious heart attack, he was counting the last moments of his life. Then he told me that he killed Sunaina and her entire family. It was very difficult for me to think that the father whom I loved so much had committed such a heinous crime. That's why I never immersed my father's ashes because he has absolutely no right to attain salvation when he can commit such a big sin."
There is a big silence there. Mrityunjay and Mayil start seeing each other, but they never get to know that Shivam has embezzled a huge amount from the office. so he really runs away with the money.