Anokhi is handicapped.

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After some time of Shobha leaving, Anokhi got up and sat down.  She covered herself well with the blanket and stood up from the bed.

Her legs were still bandaged, but the pain in her legs seemed nothing to her compared to the fear, anxiety and pain she was feeling in her heart.

She came out of the room slowly.  Shobha who was waiting outside for her arrival saw her coming out of the room.

Anokhi was moving forward slowly with shaky steps, holding the blanket tightly with her head down.  Due to her head being down, her hair had fallen on her faceface ,  so Shobha was not able to saw her face.

Holding the blanket with one hand, Anokhi slowly came down the stairs, taking support of the railing with the other hand, and went towards her room.

Shobha was behind her all this way.  Whenever Anokhi was about to stumble and fall, Shobha would move forward to catch her, but Anokhi would balance herself every time before she could touch her.  As if she had the habit of living without anyone's support, of taking care of herself.

After coming into the room, Anokhi saw that clothes were kept for her on the bed, so she picked them up and went to the washroom.

Shobha was standing at the door of Anokhi's room watching her going to the washroom.

After some time, the sound of Anokhi crying started coming from the washroom, due to which Shobha closed her eyes and went straight towards the study room from there.

She opened the door of the study room with force and looked ahead.  Rishabh was standing near the glass window silently looking at the black sky.

At the sound of the door opening, he turned and saw his mother who was looking at him angrily.

Shobha came near him and without saying anything, slapped Rishabh hard on his cheek.

Due to Shobha's slap, Rishabh's cheek tilted to one side and his hands went to his cheek.  He was looking at his mom with surprise.  Today, for the first time, his mother had raised her hand on him.

Shobha held Rishabh's shirt and said, “I have given you these values.  How can you do this to a girl Rishabh.  What were you thinking about when you treated her like this?  Why did you do this to her, tell me Rishabh.”

Rishabh removed Shobha's hand from his collar and shouted, “Because I hate her, hate her. Alok Shergil forcefully sent her into my life and that girl will have to pay for it, in every way.  If you start feeling bad for her just because of this, then don't do it, because the worse things are going to happen to her in the future. ”

“Remember one thing Rishabh, if you hate her then hate her, but handle your hatred in a proper way, that too keeping in mind that she is a girl.  I don't know whether she is right or wrong, but I know that she is a girl, so if you do this to her again, remember that you will fall from my sight.  Because I know this much, I have not given such values ​​to my children that they should behave like animals with a girl.  " Saying this, Shobha left from there.

Whereas Rishabh was taking deep breaths out of anger.  He said, “Anokhi, today because of you my mom has raised her hand on me.  I will never forget this nor will I let you forget. ”

After some time, Shobha was standing in front of Anokhi's room with a glass of milk in her hands.

When she tried to open the door, she found it locked from inside.  She knocked the door two-three times, but Anokhi did not open, so Shobha got scared.

She quickly brought the duplicate key of the room and opened the door.

In front, Anokhi was sitting on the bed curled up with herself and this time she had completely hidden her face as well as her body in the blanket along with the veil.  Her body was still trembling with fear.

Shobha came inside the room.  She placed the glass of milk on the table next to the bed and came and sat near Anokhi.  Shobha called out to her, “Anokhi” but Anokhi did not answer.

This time Shobha lovingly placed her hand on his head with a motherly touch and Anokhi got scared for a moment, but this time she did not remove Shobha's hand from her head.  Perhaps at this time she needed the some love and affection.

Shobha caressed her head and said, “Anokhi, I know Rishabh did a lot of wrong.  But now he will not do this from now on.  I promise you this.  Remove this veil, let me see you Anokhi.  I am worried about you.  "

Saying this, Shobha tried to remove Anokhi's veil, but Anokhi stopped her by holding her hand and said with a deep throat, "No, you cannot remove it.Dai Ma says that after marriage, the girl's veil is removed only by her husband and no one else. ”

Hearing Anokhi's words, Shobha kept looking at her.  She told her, “ Anokhi, I know this is a ritual, but right now I want to see you. I want to see if you're okay or not.  Tell me has Rishabh raised his hand on you?  What did he do to you?  ”

Shobha had said it with some emphasis, so Anokhi told her everything while crying.

After listening to Anokhi, Shobha felt satisfied that at least Rishabh did not do anything wrong to her, but whatever he did is also unforgivable, so she promised Anokhi and said, “Anokhi, I  I promise you that Rishabh will never behave like this with you from today onwards. ”

Then after pausing for a few moments, Shobha asked her, “Anokhi, why did you do this marriage?  How do you know Alok and who are you? ”

Anokhi became completely quiet after hearing Shobha's question.  Seeing her not saying anything, Shobha took a deep breath and caressed her head and said, “No problem, I will not ask you. It is okay. you drink this milk and go to sleep and not worry about anything.  Rishabh will not come back again. ”

Shobha gave her milk glass and went away.

On the other side, Rishabh calmed down his anger and came back to his room and lay down on his bed.

As soon as he lay down on the bed, Anokhi's fragrance started coming from the bedsheet and pillow, feeling which Rishabh closed his eyes.

Unknowingly his hand moved towards the bed where Anokhi was lying and he started caressing that place slowly.

He started remembering everything from the wedding till now and when he remembered how he had behaved with Anokhi just moments ago, he quickly opened his eyes and got up from the bed.

He was feeling a strange restlessness in his heart which he had never felt.  He took off his shirt and took out a cigarette from the drawer and went to the balcony.

Rishabh was standing shirtless in the balcony and smoking a cigarette.  The cool night breeze was touching his body, but at this moment he was feeling a burning sensation in his chest which he was not able to calm down.

When he could not control his restlessness, he extinguished the cigarette and came back to the room.  Then his eyes fell on Anokhi's dupatta which had fallen on the floor.

He picked it up and came back to the balcony.  He was just silently looking at Anokhi's dupatta held in his hand.  Due to the wind, Anokhi's scarf would sometimes fly on his shoulders and sometimes rest on his face.

When Anokhi's dupatta flew on Rishabh's face, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath and started feeling the fragrance of Anokhi coming from the dupatta.

He stood there for a long time holding Anokhi's dupatta in his hands and kept feeling it on his face.  Just then his phone kept in the room rang.

Hearing the phone ringtone, Rishabh opened his eyes and removed the scarf from his face.  He took one look at the dupatta and then came inside the room.

When he looked at the phone, Shivaay's name was flashing on the screen.  He picked up the call and put it to his ear.

A boy's voice came from the front, “Rishabh you have to come here.  I need you. ”

Hearing the boy's voice, Rishabh said calmly, "Okay, I am coming."  Saying this he disconnected the phone.

Then his eyes again went to his hand, in which he was still holding Anokhi's dupatta.

Looking at him he said, “Live your life for a few months.  I am going away from you, but don't think that I will not keep my eyes on you.  You will not be able to do anything wrong, always remember this. ”

Then he went to lie down on the bed and tightly held the pillow which Anokhi had held.  After a few moments he didn't even realize when he fell asleep.

Next morning....

everyone was about to go to their work when Rishabh also got ready and came down and looking at Shobha said, “Mom, I am going to France for a few months.  " Saying this he started leaving.

Then Rishidhar ji stopped him and said, “Wait Rishabh, what is this, tell me why you going and why will it take you so many months? ”

“ Dada ji, there is some important work, after coming I will tell you what the work was and I don't know how much time it will take to complete it. ”

“If you do not know the time of your return, then complete the last ritual of your marriage before leaving.  ”, Shobha said to Rishabh without any emotion.

Hearing her words everyone started looking at her.  Shobha came in front of Rishabh and told him, “After marriage, the girl's veil has to be lifted by her husband, after that the rest of the people see her face, so you lift Anokhi's veil. ”

Rishabh took one look at Anokhi's closed room and then said to Shobha in his harsh voice, “When I do not consider her as my wife, then how will I complete this ritual of hers and anyway, I am giving peaceful life to that so-called bride of yours for a few months to live and this should be a big thing for her and as for lifting my veil, I am not going to do that.  She will remain in this veil for the rest of her life.” Saying this, Rishabh left from there without listening to Shobha anything further.

Shobha was just watching him go.  Rishidhar said to Shobha, “Daughter-in-law, come and meet me in the room, I want to talk to you about something.”

“Yes papa.  ”, Shobha said and went with Rishidhar towards his room.

Surekha said, “I swear on the diamond, I don't understand anything about this Rishabh.  But it is good that he will never accept this marriage and that girl will never become the daughter-in-law of this house. ”

“After listening to you last night, I thought that maybe you would think something good for Anokhi, but you are not going to improve, Surekha. ” , When Ajay said this, Surekha said making a face, “I felt bad for her last night, is that not enough? I swear on the diamond, should I keep feeling bad for her for the rest of my life? ” Saying this Surekha left from there.

When Rishabh came out from mension, Praveen was waiting for him near the car.  Rishabh told him, “Until I come, take care of the office and home and also that girl. See that she can't do anything wrong. ” Saying this he sat in the car and left from there.

Praveen also went to office in another car.

Rishidhar ji's room_

Grandfather was sitting on the sofa.  Shobha was standing in front of him with her head bowed.  Grandfather asked Shobha clearly, “What happened between you and Alok that day? ”

Shobha raised her eyes and looked at him and started thinking about that moment.

flashback_

Both Alok and Shobha came to the other side of the temple where no one was there.  Shobha asked Alok, “Now tell me Alok, who is that girl and why do you want to marry her to Rishabh?  What will you get from this?  ,

“It shouldn't matter to you all what I get or not, but yes, I will definitely answer some of your questions.  Her name is Anokhi and this girl is very important to me.  As important as Rishabh, Rohit and Riya.  So I request you, Shobha, to take care of this.  I know that no one in that house will accept her, especially Rishabh and maybe Rishabh will do many wrong things to her in anger, but I just want you to be with her.  Not as a daughter-in-law, not as a daughter, just consider her as a human being and take care of her. ”

Alok became silent after speaking and started looking at Shobha.  Shobha was looking at him with moist eyes.  She said with full throat, “So much care, so much worry, for an unknown girl.  Where did this care, this worry go when our son had tears in his eyes?  Where did these cares and concerns go when the entire family needed you and you turned your face away and today you are asking me to care, take care of the girl who will ruin my son's life in the future.”

“She will not do anything Shobha, she will not do anything.  If I ever did anything good for you, then believe me on that count, Shobha, that girl is not wrong nor is she at fault in all this.  Whatever she is doing, she is doing it on my instructions.  But please don't ask me right now why I am doing all this.  When the time comes, I will tell you everything about who Anokhi is and why I got her married to Rishabh?  Just take care of her.  " Saying this, Alok left from there.

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Shobha was telling all these things one by one to Rishidhar ji. And the Rishidhar ji was just looking at her silently and listening to her.

After Shobha finished speaking, Rishidhar ji asked, “Why do you trust Alok’s words Shobha?”

Hearing this question from Rishidhar ji, Shobha's eyes became moist.  Looking at the sky outside the window, she said, “I don't know, Papa, whether he tells the truth or lies, and I don't know why but whatever he says, my heart takes it as true.  How many years have passed since then, but still I always feel as if it was all a lie.  This is just an illusion, papa, but I wish my heart turns out to be right, I wish the words of my heart prove to be right and he come back to all of us. ”  Shobha choked up while saying this.

Rishidhar ji came to her and caressed her head and said, “How long will you live in this false hope, Shobha?  Because of this hope of yours, this illusion and because of Alok's deception, Rishabh lost faith in the bonds of love and marriage.  You could never forget Alok, you kept loving him even after his betrayal, you kept maintaining this relationship even after he went away and Rishabh became like this after seeing your mother walking alone on this path of destruction.  I don't believe in Alok's words, but I believe in you.  If you believe that Anokhi is not wrong, then I also have faith in her.  But Rishabh, he will never trust her, because she is engaged to Alok.  If we had brought someone else into his life, he would have accepted her as his own for once, but Alok brought Anokhi into his life.  I don't think he will be able to accept her, leave accepting her as his wife, he won't even give her the status of a human being. ”

Shobha wiped her tears and took a deep breath and said, “Now only God knows what is written in the fate of Rishabh and Anokhi, Papa. ”

Next day, Shobha called Shanaya to check Anokhi's feet.  When she and Shanaya reached Anokhi's room, Anokhi was walking towards the washroom with faltering steps.  Seeing her, Shobha went to her and started helping her to go to the washroom.

Shanaya standing at the door was looking at Anokhi very carefully.  Shobha left Anokhi in the washroom and came out and said to Shanaya, “When will her wound heal Shanaya?  She is still not able to walk properly due to pain. ”

But Shanaya did not answer her.  She was thinking of something else.

After some time Anokhi came back, Shanaya started checking her.  She looked at the wounds very carefully.  Anokhi's wounds had healed to a great extent.

While tying a bandage on Anokhi's feet, Shanaya asked, "Anokhi, is the pain in your feet better now, i mean does it hurt more when you walk?"  ,

“No, it doesn't hurt that much now.  ", Anokhi gave a short answer, then Shanaya, looking at her feet and again asked her , "If there is not so much pain, then why are you facing difficulty in walking? ”

This time Anokhi did not say anything.  Shanaya waited for her answer for some moments and then started examining her feet herself.  After examining her feet, Shanaya asked Anokhi in a calm voice, “Is this from childhood? ”

Anokhi remained silent for two moments, then just nodded her head.  Shanaya again asked, “Did this happen due to an accident?”  ”

So Anokhi shook her head in no.  Then Shanaya said, “It means it's from birth, right?  ” So Anokhi nodded her head.

Shobha standing behind was listening to Shanaya but she did not understand what Shanaya wanted to say.  But she think it's not a right time  to ask , so she remained silent.

Then Shanaya said smilingly, “Okay, no problem. I have changed your bandage, you take care of yourself and eat and drink well.  Your weakness is still there and as far as medicines are concerned, there is no need to take them.  Now if there is no pain, then it will be completely cured with time.  Just don't let it get wet and don't walk too much.  So I'm leaving now, we'll meet later.  " Saying this, Shanaya left from there. Shobha also took a look at Anokhi and she also followed Shanaya.

After leaving Anokhi's room, Shanaya came to the dining table to everyone.  While sitting on the chair, she said, “ So Chachi ji, what have you prepared for breakfast today?  To tell you the truth, when Shobha aunty called in the morning, I didn't even had my breakfast and left the house, because I want to have breakfast prepared by you.  ” Saying this, Shanaya straightened the plate kept in front of her.

Rishidhar ji, Ajay, Surekha, Rohit and Riya sitting at the dining table smiled at her, but there were no expressions on Praveen's face.

Then Shobha placed the upma in her plate and said, “Yes, who has stopped you from having breakfast, but first tell me what you were asking Anokhi?  I didn't understand anything, is it from childhood, the accident, what were you saying all this? ”

Hearing Shobha's words, everyone also started looking at Shanaya.  Shanaya look at everyone and then took a deep breath and said, “The reason why Anokhi is limping is not because of the injury on her leg, but because she is handicapped from her right leg.  She cannot walk normally. ”

Everyone was surprised to hear this.  Shobha stammered and said, “What do you mean, she is handicapped.  But how so, I mean we did not see it, none of us even knew. ”

“Because aunty you may not have noticed it or may be you didn't got a chance to see .  When I came earlier, her feet were covered with glass due to which she was limping.  I don't know how many times you guys saw her before, but today when I saw her staggering towards the washroom, I suspected that the reason behind her staggering was something else, because her wounds had almost healed.”

Then the moment from the first meeting with Anokhi till now came in everyone's mind.  They saw Anokhi for the first time in the temple who was already sitting in front of the Havan Kund with Rishabh, after that they came to the mansion without Anokhi.  When Anokhi came to the mansion, she had come through walked and was panting and everyone thought that she was staggering because of walking so far.  After that the glass pierced her feet.

Everyone was wandering in their own thoughts when Surekha's shrill voice brought everyone out of their thoughts.  Surekha placed her hand on her head and said, “Now this is what was missing, meaning the girl whom Rishabh married is lame.  I swear by the diamond, brother-in-law found this lame, handicapped girl for his only son and he forcefully married her. ”

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