She stood numb in the middle of Maheshwari mansion while everyone was busy in degrading her character. Questions were being raised on her upbringing. She was being accused for worst and none of the member stood for her.
Those people who were begging for forgiveness just few days back for not believing her, promising her that it won't be happening ever, they will be listening to her side of story first before concluding anything. They were now humiliating her forgetting everything.
She stood there like a statue.
She lifted her tearful eyes towards all the people who were now looking at her disgustingly.
She looked towards her badiMa who always have stood up for truth, pleading her to listen to her once.
"Nahi Swara mujhse tum koi umeed mat rakho. Jo harkat tumne ki hai uske baad to mujhe khudse nafrat ho rahi hai ki maine tumhe Sanskar ke saath apne rishte ko ek mauka deneke liye kaha. Tum itna girogi ye maine soacha nahi tha. chii," Anapoorna replied in a way that as if talking to Swara disgusted her.
"Ye chori hamare dono choro ko ghuma rahi hai jeeji, beshram kahiki... "
"Ek or Sanskar aur duji or Lakshya, ek saath dono ke saath ...chi chi mhare ko to bolne bhi sharam aave hai aur ye hai, besharmi ki hadde paar kar chuki hai...Aur ab yeha chupchap khadi hai..."
"Iski parvarish hi aise hai, Maine kaha nahi tha is bangali chori ko is ghar me mat lavo...Par koi meri suntan kaha hai...Ab dekhlo natija..." Sujata said in venom dripping tone.
Swara felt as if someone poured acid in her ears. Listening to the words of both the ladies who were showering her with motherly love sometime before, she asked herself how someone could change overnight?
Tears started flowing through her eyes. Those two woman whom she considered as mother figure, called them Ma were now crushing her beliefs of respecting someone, loving someone.
Parineeta said supporting two ladies, "Aadarsh ji ko ek waqt pe tumne sahi raasta dikhaya tha to aaj tum kaise galat raaste pe chali gayi Swara? Tumhe kya laga tumhari harkate chup jayengi?"
Her vision blurred with tears. She didn't know what she did and why everyone was saying those hurtful words to her. That's when Ragini stepped forward. Ragini raised her hand to slap Swara hard but her hand halted in mid air as someone grabbed it before she could hurt Swara.
"How dare you?" He asked, angrily jerking Ragini's hand away from his hold. "Why you are blaming her she has done nothing wrong?" He asked to everyone present there.
Laksh stood in front of Swara, shielding her. Swara felt nothing but the sheer disgust being protected by the one who had always been the reason of miseries in her life. Today also he was the one because of whom she was suffering.
"Laksh tum is mamle aur Swara dono se door raho. Akhir khoon to apna rang dikhayega...Jaisi Maa waisi beti," His mother said to him.
"Aap bilkul sahi keh rahi hai Maa. Kyo kar rahi ho Swara tum aisa? Humne tumse kaha tha na agar tum chahti ho to Lakshya ki jindagi me wapis aajao hum unse dur chale jaayenge. Tab tumne inkaar kar diya aur phir ye sab?" Ragini shouted, shedding her crocodile tears.
"Sanskar ne kya bigada hai tumhara Swara? Wo to hamesha tumhare saath khade rahe chahe wo rasta sahi ho ya galat, to tumse pyaar karne ki itni badi saja kyo de rahi ho? Kyo unke dil ke saath khel rahi ho. Bade bhai ki patni uske pith piche uske chote bhai se najdikiya bada rahi hai...log kya kahenge? Sanskar ko jab pata chalega to unhe kaisa lagega kabhi soacha hai tumne?"Ragini asked adding fuel to everyone's anger at Swara.
Swara felt like someone stabbed her heart when Ragini talked this.
Someone humiliating Sanskar because of her- the thought itself was paining her. Hurting the person who has been her armor, her only family after dida and Ma was unsettling her. She felt like killing herself. Her innocent, pure soul was in so much pain. Her fragile heart was broken by her so called family.
"No, no Sanskar ko koi kuch nahi kahega...Ye sab meri wajah se ho raha hai...Nahi mai uski takleef ki wajah nahi Banugi..." Swara mumbled to herself shaking her head.
In her trance she started walking backwards.
Her tears have started flowing with more intensity drenching her already tear stricken face.
The hurt, humiliation she received today- she didn't deserve that. No one was ready to believe her. They all declared her culprit when in reality she was the victim.
Swara felt someone holding her arms roughly. She looked towards the owner of hands. It was his Mom. Sujata who had been controlling her anger in order to not hurt Swara physically till now had stepped forward when she saw Swara backing away.
She gripped Swara's arms too roughly, her nails were digging in Swara's skin but Swara felt nothing. The mental pain she was going through was way much for her heart and mind to handle. She was shivering badly not because of the fury in Sujata's eyes but because of the Sanskar's take on whole event. She didn't wanted him to go though any pain because of her.
Sujata jerked her body roughly. "Ab chup kyo hai...Jawab de...Mhara chora to thare pyaar me pagal hai ...Uske saath pyaar ka na sahi par bharose ka rishta to nibhaya hota..."
Leaving her hold she slapped her hard across Swara's face. The force of that slap was so much that Swara's feet stumbled and she fell backwards unable to hold herself. Corner of her lip was bleeding and her cheek turned red showing imprints of finger on them.
She felt her head spinning. All the emotional and mental torment she went through drained her. She was left with no energy. Now this physical blow was the last attack on her control over her body. Her control slipped and her vision became blurry.
Last name of the person on her mind was Sanskar who was not there. One part of her was relieved that he didn't face any humiliation because of her and another one was craving for his presence. Craving for his support, his strength, his unconditional love. She always ran from his love but today this much of hatred left her with yearning of his love. She closed her eyes anticipating hard fall.
But before she could hit the hard floor someone held her lifeless body within his arms.
The one for whom her heart was calling seemed to have heard plea of her heart. He was there with her. Her Sanskar was there.
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