LOT Part 19
Lack of Trust Part 19
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Author’s POV
His face turned in the other direction with a loud noise echoed in the room as he felt a sting on his cheek, his hand reached to his cheek to caress.
He didn’t believe for a few seconds that she had slapped him but the sharp pain on his cheek told him that it was real.
His eyes turned red in fury, his jaws clenched tightly as he shot murderous look at her who was glaring at him with same intensity.
“Next time before filling Chetan’s mind with bullshit about me, remember this slap, it will help you” Jyoti hissed angrily pointing her finger at him.She was hell of angry as whatever problem was there between her and Chetan, he was the cause of it
He was feeding Chetan lies about her so that he could create problems between them. She had warned him many times before not to do this but he was thick skinned so slap was the best option for him.
She turned around to leave but a strong grip on her arm stopped her
He spun around her, pulling her closer to him, he seethed in cold tone “How dare you slap me??”
“How dare you create problem between us” she scoffed with same fury looking into his eyes, she was not afraid of him. She was a strong girl.
“This slap will cost you a lot” he told her to which she chuckled mockingly jerking his hand away from her arm and spoke “I am not even fond of cheap things because I am not living at the mercy of other like you, so this is my last warning to you to stop playing this dirty game or else I will expose you in front of the Goenka family what kind of person you are. I am not as kind hearted as Chetan who cannot see how you are using him for your benefit. Stay away from me and him”
She dashed out of the room.
He was fuming in fury that how dare she threaten him
“You’ll pay for it and I’ll make sure it happens. You don’t know me what I can do” he muttered.
More than three decades had passed since this day but every word she said and every memory of her was still fresh in his mind like as if it happened yesterday
He glanced at her picture which was laying on the table infront of him and
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stwester smark formed on tus aps as the remembered what he did to her
He raised up his hand which bada glass of wine and he said pouring the wine on her picture slowly “You know that you are the only one responsible for what happened and what is happening. If you had not been stubborn and did not come in my way, none of what happened would have happened, you would be alive today and poor Khanak would have been leading a happy life with her husband but you chose this, so now don’t blame me for whatever happened to Khatak because she had nothing to do with me, she just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and became the scapegoat in my game. I hope that for you, even heaven will be worse than hell when you look down to see that despite being innocent, she is suffering the punishment of your crime.
He started laughing like manic
“Varun knocked on Digvijay’s d waited tapping his foot impatiently He was very nervous about how he should tell him about Khanak because if anyone truly hated her then it was Digvijay, he didn’t even like to hear her name. He had no idea how he will react after knowing about this.
Kamal, Digvijay’s caretaker opened the door and found Varun at the door, he smiled at him but Varun just gave a curt nod “leave us alone, I need to talk to dad”
Kamal nodded his head and walked away.
“Take a deep breath” Varun whispered to himself and took a deep breath to compose himself before entering inside
Digvijay was already looking at hum He was at a wheelchair near the window, holding a book in his hand that he was reading earlier
“Dad, I want to talk to you about something” Varun spoke
Digvijay signalled him to sit on the couch infront of him, placing the book on the table
Warun took the seat on the couch looking down at the floor. His heart was beating violently in anticipation of how the will take the news that he was about to reveal
He was nervous wreck about how he should tell him about Khanak and how The will react but he sighed heavily because he had to tell him, he couldn’t hide such a big thing from him
“Is there any problem??” Digvijay asked in serious tone when he saw sweat beads on his forehead
He took a deep breath before looking at him and asking “Do you know about Khanak??”
Digvijay’s eyes turned red as he clenched his jaws at her mention “why are you asking about her?? Has something happened?? has Danish done anything???” the first thought that came to his mind was of Danish because he was not unaware of the fact that she still owned his heart even after her cruel betrayal.
“Khanak has been released from jail two years ago” Varun’s words left him stunned, his eyes widened with shock.
Had he really heard that Khanak had been released from jail but how???
“But how can this happen, she was jailed for 10 years and still has 1 year left, so how can they release her 3 years earlier.” He hissed slamming his hands furiously on the handle of his
wheelchair, his eyes turning darker with fury
He didn’t want to believe that she had been released while Ratna was still suffering, she had been in a coma for nine years and Khanak was living her life freely
Varun gulped seeing his dark demeanour and spoke in low tone ” Because of her good behaviour in prison, 3 years of her sentence were waived off and she was released early ”
Digvijay couldn’t tolerate this when his family was suffering so how could he let her live her life peacefully Her punishment won’t end until Ratna came to her senses but before that he had to do something more important
“Where is she now??? And who told you about this?? Did you go to meet her?” he asked him with clenching jaws.
“No, I have not met her even once in the last 9 years.” Varun immediately denied this shaking his head as he didn’t want the wrath of his anger on himself.
“So how did you know about this??” his voice dangerously low
Varun told him everything about how he found out about this, after listening to which Digvijay asked him the question that concerned him the most right now “Does Danish know about this?”
“No bhai (bro) doesn’t know about this. I spoke to Nayan yesterday and he has declined all possibilities that he knows about this.” He replied without wasting a second.
Digvijay heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.
“Call Nayan, I want to talk to him” he asked him to which he nodded taking
Nayan’s number who answered the call in second ring.
“Hello” he heard his voice from the other side
“Dad wants to talk to you” saying this Varun passed the phone to Digvijay
He took it from his hand and spoke pressing the phone to his ear “Did you tell Danish about her??”
“No” he got his quick reply
Varun was staring at his father in tension as he had no idea what was going on in his mind and Digvijay was talking to Nayan who told him that he was in Jaipur which was good for him so he didn’t object to it
the atmosphere in the room was becoming more tense with each passing time
“I want you not to tell him about it otherwise we all know what he will do
and that’s my order ” He ordered him, his voice laced with dominance and power which even made Varun shudder
Digvijay Raghavan was not the man you mess with. He’s good as long as you didn’t get on his bad list.
“Yes sir” he cut the call getting his desired answer and gave back Varun his phone
“Call Kalindi and Rohit here. I want to talk to them and also Sneha and Riya.”
“Ok dad” he said getting from the couch.
He immediately called Rohit and informed him that Digvijay wanted to meet him and Kalindi and asked him to come there in 1 hour and cut the call.
“They are coming” he told him to which he just nodded and ordered him “Varun, put our source to find out
where she is.”
“Ok dad” Varun left
Digvijay started recalling the day when the decision about Khanak’s life was taken and he realized that Danish’s love for Khanak was deep like ocean which could never end and his being single in these nine years was proof of this. He tried to convince him to remarry but Danish didn’t budge from his decision not to marry “Dad, her memories are enough for me to live my life. It’s true that I can’t forgive her for what she did with mom but her love for me is as pure as mine is for her and I can’t betray her. She was the first woman in my life and will be the only one.”
“Ratna was right about you that you are a bad omen like your mother” He whispered to himself.
The memory of that day started
flashing in front of his eyes like a slideshow.
Flashback
“As Danish Raghavan has demanded a divorce from Khanak Kaushik, the court agrees to their divorce and declares that from today they are legally divorced and the decision of the second case which is going on against Khanak Kaushik is that” Her heart shattered into a million pieces that Danish was giving her such a huge punishment for a crime she didn’t even commit
Divorce
Without talking to her or giving her a chance to prove her innocence, he filed a divorce petition in the court and the judge sealed it.
How could he take away this right
from her to decide whether she wanted a divorce or not?
was everything so easy for him that their love and marriage couldn’t survive in front of a misunderstanding?
She looked at Danish who was sitting in first row with an emotionless face and his lifeless eyes were fixed on the judge as if he was a mere stranger who was here as an audience for the hearing of a normal case
Digvijay was sitting with him while her family and other members were not here.
Digvijay’s eyes were spitting fire at her which hurt her deeply because these same eyes once had love and softness for her but today, she could see nothing but hatred in them and the eyes in which she wanted to see love and trust were blank like there was no emotion in them, completely blank.
Danish whisper escaped her mouth as she clenched the handle tightly with her fists while shaking her head and as if he heard his eyes turned in her direction.
His heart clenched painfully and overwhelming emotions started flowing in his eyes when he saw her tear-stricken face. He clenched his hand in fists to control his over whelming emotions which were provoking him to reach her.
Her eyes were begging him to trust her, which he wanted to do very badly but couldn’t do, and even that when she broke his trust by trying to kill his mother, in which she succeeded to a great extent because his mother had slipped into a coma and there was no idea when she would regain consciousness.
“Please don’t divorce me, don’t do this to us. Please trust me, I didn’t try to kill her” she shouted without caring where she was. It doesn’t matter to her. She just wanted to prove that she was innocent
A lone tear slipped from the corner of his eye which he wiped immediately before anyone could see. He wanted to go to her, hold her in his arms and take her away from all this but he couldn’t bring himself to do so.
He couldn’t forgive her for what she had done to his mother but it was also true that he never wanted to divorce her, it was not his decision.
He still loved her no matter what she had done but they couldn’t be together
He still remembered well the conversation he had with Digvijay
He was alone in his room and crying silently looking at their wedding picture hanging on his bed, he looked devasted and broken. His face was
pale, he had dark circles under his eyes that indicate he was not sleeping properly, his dirty shirt was wrinkled with stains, his hair was in a mess and his eyes were red and swollen, tears were flowing continuously. He just looked like zombie
he was thinking about his broken life that as how his life full of happiness and peace got hit by a strong storm, a few days ago everything was so beautiful but now it had become a never-ending nightmare. He could still hear their laughter in their room.
he shut his eyes painfully but opened them immediately as he heard a knock at his door.
A maid came inside who informed him that Digvijay had called him to his room she gave him a pitiful look before leaving the room.
He composed himself and went to him.
Digvijay was sitting near the window and looking outside but he turned around as he felt his presence and what he demanded from Danish was something he had never imagined even in his wildest dreams.
“I know you love her a lot and love doesn’t work like a switch that you can turn off when you feel like it, so I won’t say anything to you in this matter but you have to make a choice between me, our family and her. I will not force you to choose us but if you choose her then you will be nothing but a mere stranger for us but if you choose me and your family then you will have to break your relationship with her, you will have to divorce her You are free to choose anyone but keep the consequences of your decision in your mind before deciding anything.”
These were Digvijay’s words which brought havoc in his already messed up life. He didn’t want to choose. he was already mentally and emotionally drained out. He couldn’t take any decision but he knew that Digvijay was a man of his words and he will not go back from his words, he will have to take a decision and no matter what he chose, defeat was certain for him.
In the end he chose his family because he couldn’t bring more pain to his family by choosing her. If he had listened to his mother and not married her, she would not have been in this situation today.
“The court finds Khanak Kaushik guilty in the case of attempt to murder of Ratna Raghavan as all the evidence and witnesses were against her and sentences her to 10 years’ imprisonment.” judge declared his judgment and broke his pen on the paper “No” Khanak screamed loudly and tried to go to Danish but two Lady constable stop her by holding her by her arm
She started struggling in their hold and doing every possible attempt to get out of their hold but they were too strong for her fragile body
“Danish, please listen to me at least once” she begged him with the hope that he will listen to her at least once but nothing happened.
She started screaming but no one listened to her. lady constables dragged her out.
He couldn’t tolerate treating her like this, he never let anyone hurt her but today he himself had pushed her to jail.
He had never thought that a day would come when she would be crying in front of him but he would not be able to do anything. He was feeling
defeated today.
“STOP” his voice boomed making everyone stopped in their track, even the lady constables who was dragging her too stopped.
He looked dangerous and his aura carried something that forced everyone to obey him.
He marched to Khanak who was crying historically looking at him.
He released her from their grips and pulled her into his arm by wrapping his arms around her and pushing her face into his chest. She started crying more loudly by hugging him. she was craving for him.
He felt the peace that he was missing, his one hand reached to her hair to stroke.
“D….Danish, p……………please don’t p… push me away” she stammered
against his chest, wetting his chest with her tears which piercing his heart brutally Once the thought crossed to his mind that he should forget everything and take her far away from here.
his eyes also filled with tears as they started rolling down and he didn’t care what anyone thought about him.
“Shhhh……. Don’t cry” He cooed in her ear softly while stroking her hairs as if she were a little girl.
Digvijay was watching all this. He was seething with anger at how he could hold her in his arms. he marched towards them
“Khani” he called her softly who rais
ed her head from his chest looking at him with teary eyes.
He left her and held her face in his hands and wiped her tears gently
“I love you” she spoke with hiccups to which he nodded his head leaning towards her.
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