Kukki went home and went straight to her room where Sneha was sleeping. She suddenly woke up by the noise and looked at Kukki.
"Kudi dada kaha pe?" Sneha
"Snehu aap uthe kyun. Aur mai Kukki di hoon Kudi nahin" Kukki
"Kudi Dada!!!!" Sneha
"Kukki di. Acha sirf Dada aur mumma aur main jo itni der se gayab hain woh kuch nahin" Kukki and Sneha was almost tearful.
"Snehu papa ko thoda kaam hain woh bahut jaldi wapis aayenge. Ok" Kukki
"Phone??" Sneha
"Snehu papa bahut important kaam mein busy hai. But he will talk to you very soon. Promise. Papa agar aapse baat karenge to papa ka kaam khatam nahin hoga aur papa jaldi se Snehu ke paas nahin aa payenge na. OK. Now sleep time" Kukki. Sneha finally agreed and went back to sleep.
Kukki took care of her blanket and made sure she was all ok. Once she was asleep she went back to the kitchen and heated a bowl of pasta for herself. She went to her dad's study. She took one bite of pasta but it had a lot of chilli in it but she didn't stop and kept on eating and after sometime she started having hiccups. Suddenly a glass of water came in front of her. She saw Tushar standing in front of her.
"Kukki have it" Tushar
"Bhai" Kukki and she hugged him tightly. "Woh mera papa hain woh mere papa hain. Unko kuch ho gaya to. Aur aapko pata hain kuch din pehle maine papa se kitni buri tarah baat ki unko kitna hurt kiya unko thief aur pata nahin kya kya bola. Woh Kitna hurt hue honge na. But I don't feel that way because he is the best papa in the whole wide world. He is the best." Kukki
"Kukki, it's ok. Rishabh uncle will be fine and he knows how much you love him. Itna mat socho."Tushar.
"This is all happening because of me. Woh Mr bose aaye aur yeh sab kuch gadbad ho gaya. Mumma woh apna dhyan bhi nahin de pa rahin rest bhi nahin kar pa rahin hain." Kukki
"Mr Bose kaun Mr Bose?" tushar and suddenly Kukki regretted what she was saying.
" Woh mere nana hain and he wants to take me away from mumma and papa." Kukki.
"To isme tumhari kya galti hain aisa nahin bolti aur meri fighter kudi aaj rone kaise lagi" Tushar
"Kukki di aur Main ro nahin rahin hoon, pasta main mirchi hain" Kukki
"Haan haan bilkul" Tushar laughing.
"I am sorry bhai aap bhi apni mumma ko bahut miss karte honge na. Woh aa jaengi wapis bahut jald. Mumma Mehra uncle all are trying their best. They wukk get her out. I just know it" Kukki and Tushar nodded.
"Chalo ab pasta do. Maine bhi nahin khaya tumhara wait kar raha tha" Tushar taking a spoon out from behind him.
"Mujhe pata tha mujhe pata tha aap isiliye aaye hain. Nahin nahin yeh mera plate hain aap aap apna lekar aao" Kukki and he started running around the study with the plate. Just then saba came in and started shouting at them to stop it. Followed by Saba's daughter vishaka.
"Vishaka di pakdo" Kukki forwarding the plate to Vishaka and then she started running around the room with the same. After sometime they all got tired and started laughing and started sharing the same plate and laughing.
"Kukki sir kaise hain?" Vishaka
"Vishaka di Saba maasi is supposed to call him sir aap kyun bulati hain" Kukki and Vishaka made a face.
"Ok he is good now. He will wake up soon" Kukki. Saba came and kissed her forehead and said "yes he will." and kissed her forehead."Aap log finish karke sab sone jao main sneha ko check karke aati hoon. Vishaka go get all your stuff once you eat and we will go home. Ok" Saba. Just then Chandu came in and searched for someone.
"Kya hua Chandu?" Saba
"Saba Mrs Sharma kaha hain?" Chandu
"Woh to kuch der ke liye apne ghar gayi hain. Thodi der main aa jayengi. Kyun?" Saba
"Mr Bose aaye hain" Chandu. Kukki stopped eating.
"It's ok. Unko bahar bethao main aati hoon. Woh mujhse milne aaye hain" Kukki and she got up.
"No. Mr Bose ko boliye ki baad main aaye abhi ghar pe koi nahin hain" Saba
"Maasi, it's ok. Chandu bhaiya aap chaliye main aati hoon" Kukki
"Kudi" Tushar and Vishaka said at the same time.
"Kukki di!!! And it's ok I will handle aap yahin pe ruko" Kukki.
"Kukki???"Saba.
Kukki bought Saba near her and said to her quietly, "Please Maasi, I don't want Tushar to meet him and I will get rid of him just get me ten minutes. '' Please" Kukki. Saba nodded.
"Mr Bose Hello apne to maine jitna socha tha usse jaldi kaam khatam kar diya and you are here. Luggage??" Kukki
"Mujhe luggage is zaroorat nahin hain, kyunki aaj jo hua hain uske baad mujhe tumhe kuch dekhane ki zaroorat nahin hain." Mr Bose
"Aisa kya ho gaya Mr Bose?" Kukki
"Mai gaya tha tumhari Prerna mumma ke paas. I asked her nicely and tried to get her to understand Maine bol ki maine custody case wapas le liya hain. Main scam bhi theek kar dunga I acknowledged that they were doing a good job. But you know what she all cared about Tushar and Miss Sarkar." Mr Bose
"Mr Bose aap kya bol rahin hain? "Kukki
"Wahin jo sach hain. She refused. She flat out refused saying that she will not let me in this house with Tushar being in the house. Socho use custody case ke bare main nahin sochna padta kuch nahin sochna padta kuch bhi nahin sochna padta tumhe khone ka koi dar nahn hota scam ka bhi koi dar nahin hota but she is thinking about Tushar. She wants me to get Tushar's mom out and only then she will agree to this." MrBose
"Don't lie to me Mr Bose mumma aur aap se bargain karengi." Kukki
"Main sach bol raha hoon. Unhone aisa hi kiya hain. Ab batao ab bhi wahin kahogi ki main galat bol raha hoon" Mr Bose. Kukki kept looking at him.
"But But I love you aur mai tumhari help karna chahta hoon isliye mai yeh baat bhi maane ko taiyaar hoon, agar mujhe tumhare saath time spend karne ka mauka milega than I will do it. Because you mean the world to me" Mr Bose and Kukki didn't say anything. Mr Bose hugged her after some time and then left from there.
"Kukki, kukki you know woh jhooth bol rahin the, Aise koi baat nahin hain. Mam ne kuch sochke kiya hoga yeh sab." Saba
"Main apne room main ja rahi hoon. Mujhe neend aa rahin hain. Good night Maasi '' Kukki went into the room.
"Kukki!!!" Saba.
Mr bose smiled to himself while sitting in the car. This was actually working out too much in his favour and he could do a lot more by staying in this house. Rishab and Prerna so called sweet little home. If that means he needs to get kalyani released on bail so be it. He will have to pull some strings with that idiot Choubey but it will be worthed. First he needs to take the custody case back and he calls Nitya.
There in the hospital Mr.Mehra informed Prerna that Miss Sarkar has been granted bail and Prerna breathed a sigh of relief. First good news she had heard since yesterday.
"Mam aapko chalna padega kuch papers sign karne hain" Mr Mehra
"Aap nahi handle kar sakte after everything goes ok, you can bring her here and then I can explain everything to her." Prerna
"Mam agar necessary nahin hota to main nahi bolta. Aap chalengi to jaldi jaldi ho jayega sab kuch" Mr Mehra. Just then Miss Veena Sharma walked in. Prerna was surprised seeing her here. "Maine bulaya tha as I know aapko jana padega. Mam please I will get it finished very soon." Mr Mehra
"Chali ja Priyu. Main hoon yahan par. Kalyani Ji ko sab kuch tu explain kar sakte hain achi tarike se." Veena Sharma. Prerna looked longingly at Mr bajaj and then nodded.
They reached the police station and Mr Mehra was working on the documents with the officer when Prerna went to meet Miss Sarkar. She went and hugged her and Kalyani almost had tears in her eyes.
"Bas kuch der aur sab theek ho jayega. Aap tushar ke paas hongi." Prerna. Miss Sakar nodded.
"Mujhe aapse kuch baat karni thi. Please meri baat dhyan se sunyega and try and understand" Prerna taking her hands in hers.
"Mrs bajaj aap itna kyun hesitate kar rahin hain. It's good news bail ho rahin hain. To phir. Tushar Tushar theek hain na?" Miss Sarkar
"Ji Tushar bilkul theek hain. Aap chinta mat kijiye. Woh bas baat aise hain ki" Prerna was not fumbling.
"Mrs Bajaj be frank I can take it" Miss Sarkar
"Aap to janti hain ki Mr Bose ne custody case file kiya tha isiliye Mr bajaj ne aapki help mangi thi." Prerna and Miss Sarkar nodded. "Uski aaj pehli hearing thi and it went ugly kuch cheezein hain mere past ko lekar and it came out and it caused a lot of trouble" Prerna
"Mrs Bajaj agar aap chahte hain ki main Tushar ki truth reveal karo court main to" Miss Sarkar
"Nahin bilkul nahin. Aap mujhe galat samajh rahin hain. Baat yeh ahin ki after the court case Mr bajaj went out and something happened. There was an accident" Prerna
"Mr bajaj theek hain?" Miss Sarkar
"He is out of danger now. The thing is maybe accident ki wajah se ya Mr bajaj ko aise dekh kar Mr Bose ke man main pata nahin kya aaya hain unhone custody case wapis le liya hain." Prerna
"What?" Miss Sarkar said, shocked.
"Yes in fact woh is scam ko bhi theek karne ko taiyar hain" Prerna
"Mr Bose free main kisi ke liye kuch nahin karte hain" Miss Sarkar
"I know. He wants to spend some time with Kukki in the Bajaj mansion. Kuch din unkse saath rehna chahte hain khelna chahte hain you know spend some quality time with her and then he has said that he will go away. Maine mana kar diya kyunki main nahin chahti thi ki Tushar unse aapki absence main mile and that is what I proposed ki agar woh?" Prerna. Miss Sarkar understood.
"Isliye meri bail suddenly overnight ho gayi. To isme aap itna dar kyun rahin hain. Prerna aapne aur Mr Bajaj ne already bahut kuch kiya hain mere liye. In cases main accused ke saath kya kya hota I know but I am in a much better position because of you. Mr Bose agar phir se aapse relation bana rahin hain sab theek kar rahin hain it is good at least he is correcting his mistakes. But Prerna mujhse nahin hoga main aur Tushar unke is so called redemption ka hissa nahin ho sakte and I am pretty sure ki unhone hame include bhi nahin kiya hoga. Aap fikar mat kijiye main aur Tushar we will take care of us. I am more than capable with the case gone. I mean I can return to London" Miss Sarkar. Prerna looked straight at her and Miss Sarkar understood.
"The case is not gone." Miss Sarkar.
"Mr Bose ne kaha he is trying to find Vaibhav but he is not able to. He is trying. Jab tak yeh khatam nahin hota you have to stay in India '' Prerna. Miss Sarkar was about to remove her hands.
"Please. Please don't get me wrong. Main jaanti hoon you will not be comfortable staying with him in the same house aur maine aapka hamare ek doosre ghar mian rehne ke arrangement kar diya hain. Mujhe pata hai you wouldn't want Tushar anywhere near him. But Mr bajaj ki jo halat hain and everything that is going on this is the best way. Aap Ki bail karwane ka is custody case ko delay karwane ka yahi tarika tha mere pass. Please Please try and understand." Prerna said keeping her hand over hers and stopping her. Miss Sarkar can see she was genuinely in a fix so she smiled.
"OK and please mujhe itne explanation mat dijiye. I understand and I couldn't thank you enough for everything." Miss Sarkar and they both hugged each other. Miss Sarkar was released and Prerna took her straight to the new bungalow. She promised she will bring Tushar soon once she gets everything settled and to get some rest.
At the hospital, Nitya had just come to meet Prerna as Mr Bose wanted some papers signed for the custody case and she didn't get why he was in such a hurry to take the case back. She wanted to avoid this as she knew she would not be ok with it. She went straight to his floor and asked at the nurses station for the room.
"Mr Bajaj" Nitya asked. The nurse was on the phone shouting as she didnt get any network. She hurriedly pointed towards the room and Nitya went in hoping that Mrs bajaj would be there. But when she went in and no one was there and she was shocked to the core to see Mr bajaj like that. With trembling legs she went near Mr bajaj and was almost tearful. She gently caressed his hands after much hesitance and then was about to touch his forehead when the nurse came in. She was a new nurse.
"Hello. Aap Kaun?" Nurse while continuing with work. Nitya didn't know what to reply.
"Station Nurse ne bola tha wife hain yahan par. Aap wife hain inki" Nurse.
"Main woh!!" Nitya. Nurse who was continuing with the work not listening properly.
"Ok aap please woh pillow theek kar dengi. Be careful head injury hain." Nurse. Nitya hesitantly went and smoothen the pillow and tried to put it in position. She was this close to his face and looked straight at Mr bajaj and for a moment she forgot everything and slightly caressed his face and tried to see the man she had fallen in love with once who was the father of her child. She almost had a tear when slowly Mr bajaj was trying to open his eyes.
"Prerna!!!!" Mr bajaj said faintly and Nitya quickly let go and moved away.
"Be careful. Maine kaha thana aapse head injury hain" Nurse
"Inhone kuch bola mujhe. I think he is awake" Nitya
"What!!! Hatiye please let me check" Nurse. She saw Mr bajaj making a slight motion and she pressed the station nurse button. The main Nurse came running and asked them to move away. She took out a torch and moved it over his eyes to check and it was responding and then she pressed her hands in his and he responded by sqeezing it a bit.
"Go and call the doctor immediately." Head Nurse. The other nurse ran.
"Aap aap kaun hain aur is room main kaise aai bina permission ke. Visitors card kaha hain. Yeh VIP lounge hain aap aai kaise. Bahar chaliye aap." head Nurse. Just then the other Nurse came in
"Doctor aa rahin ahin" Nurse
"Tum karti kya hoon din bhar. Aise koi bhi patient ke room main chala aata hain. Pata hain yeh kitni restricted area hain. " head Nurse
"Mam apne bola thi inki wife hongi to main socha. Aur inhone ne bhi kuch nahin bola" Nurse
"Maine bola tha!!!! yeh Mrs bajaj nahin hain aur agar management ko pata chala to dono ki naukri jayegi." Head Nurse
"Yeh Mrs Bajaj nahin hain" Nurse
"Main hoon Mrs bajaj. Nitya Hello!!!!" Prerna looking coldly at Nitya.
"Hi. I will wait outside woh Mr Bose ne kuch papers diye tha sign karwane ko. I will just" Nitya and she hurriedly left the room. The doctors came next and checked him and were happy that he was responding. He is out of danger. Prerna nodded and went near him. Her mother who just entered the room hearing all this commotion.
"Are Priyu kya hua? Sab theek hain na. Main bas ek call attend karne gayi thi. Network nahin tha yahan par. Sab heek hain na?" Miss Sharma
"Haan. Rishab is out of danger. Aap rukiye main abhi aayi." Prerna. She went out to search for Nitya who was sitting on a chair a bit shaken. She took a bottle of water and gave it to her.
"Thank you" Nitya. "Maine woh confusion ho gaya tha. I didn't do anything deliberately." Nitya and Prerna Smiled.
"Papers??" Prerna
"Yes Mr Bose custody case wapis le rahin hain to I just needed your signatures on the papers and there is your copy. " Nitya
"I need to have Mr Mehra look at it and then we will send them to you. Thank you" Prerna. Nitya nodded and was leaving when she turned around.
"Rishi he is okay right???" Nitya said awkwardly and not looking directly at Prerna. Prerna just nodded and Nitya left from there. Prerna however kept looking ar Nitya's retreating figure and for a moment was confused and scared of whether she was doing the right thing by letting Mr Bose in the house again or not.