Sunil R P Sethi
Sonakshi turned out to be a beautiful , polite and soft spoken girl with very good manners . Sarita decided to ask Neelam for marriage of Krishna with Sonakshi , of course after asking Krishna and Bhushan. Neelam was reluctant because of financial disparities in two families but agreed as she had immense faith in Sarita and that Sonakshi will be happy with Sarita around . Marriage took place with pomp and show.
There was one problem between Krishna and Sonakshi. Krishna was pampered and very loud and whenever he used to raise voice Sonakshi became terrified and start crying . They were fighting on small and trivial issues but situation was getting from bad to worse .
When Neelam heard this, she was in total shock . How can Sonakshi be unhappy or maltreated in house of her Sarita . She and Satish went to Amritsar to mediate and get things settled. Unthinkable happened. In rage Krishna used abusing language against both Sonakshi and Neelam . When Satish scolded him of abusing Neelam who was like his mother, Bhushan interjected and said ” I know what type of a woman Neelam is . Don’t compel me to open my mouth “. To her own horror, Sarita was found taking side of her son and husband and asked Neelam and Satish to leave her house immediately . Satish took weeping and crying Sonakshi also with him and Sarita didn’t stop them and was staring like a stone.
There were efforts to patch up by relatives and Sonakshi came back two times but both times she went back . Sarita was more vocal with Sonakshi. It was last time, even when Neelam came alone to take Sonakshi back finally . She didn’t say anything but asked for one to one meeting with Sarita for sake of old times . They met in Sarita ‘s bedroom. Sitting on bed Sarita waited for Neelam’s outburst and blast and she was preparing herself to match her . But Neelam was not saying anything. Then Neelam took Sarita’s hand in her hands and said ” Khush rehana ” Sarita looked at her face . There was no anger or pain . It was totally emotionless and white as if all blood from her face had been taken out. That face haunted her for next one month, making her spend sleepless nights.
Sarita spent one month tormented on what had been done to Neelam and her family by her and her family . Life is not always fair but this type of life was not worth living . She reasoned with her son and husband to bring back Sonakshi after begging pardon from Neelam and her family but she was ridiculed for her weak approach . She was now to take decision what she wanted to do with herself and Sonakshi who she had come to know was pregnant . Even news of pregnancy had no effect on Krishna and Bhushan.
Sarita found herself at the door of Neelam with hands folded , head down with shame and tears in eyes. Hug between friends melted all evil feelings and complaints. All hurts fled in tears of two friends joined by Sonakshi who held both her mothers tightly. Sarita moved to her father’s house which was locked for years since death of her parents. Sonakshi moved there in few days and in five months they had Aryan with them , their bundle of joy . Both Sarita and Sonakshi are working and looking after business left behind by father of Sarita which has been re established by them . Krishna came once to meet her but Sarita refused to meet him unless he is pardoned by Sonakshi . She sleeps well with Aryan in between her and Sonakshi . She got much more than what she left .
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