Sunday, 16 September 2012

Chapter 37---missing


There was exactly one week left for the wedding, with all the functions starting, today was the sangeet, khushi was excited she dawned a purple color lengha which had a matching amethyst necklace too it, she had a good look at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but notice the natural blush that she had on her cheeks, she was thinking off when arnav will see her what will his reaction be, as shecame out of the bathroom, she saw anjili who was standing with a pooja ka thaal in her hand, anjili had a wonderful smile on her face as khushi approached her she said
Khushi: arrey di, you here
Anjili: khushi you look lovely, I think my brother will have a heart attack when he sees you
Khushi's blush increased and anjili noticed it, she laughed and giggled at her sister in law, then she took her  right hand index finger and with and placed it on the rim of her right eyes, she dabbed it a bit which left a black mark on the finger, then she placed the finger on khushi's right cheek and said
Anjili: nazar na lage … anyway khushi I am here to offer you some Prasad
Khushi extended her hand to take the Prasad and then touched to her forehead and shut her eyes and bowed down to the Prasad praying to it and then ate it
Meanwhile in arnav's room he was going through his perfect wardrobe which consisted of armi suits and shirts, oh how he wish he could just remove one and wear it for tonight's function, but unfortunately he couldn't, and all the credit went to his dear darling sister, his loving to be wife and his ever so adorable daughter, the three ladies black mailed him that they would never talk to him if he never wore a sherwani or Indian clothes for all the functions, at first arnav was quite cross and he obviously spat out a "what the" and followed by an "unbelievable"  he had no choice but to listen to the three of them, he never wanted to upset anybody especially not now
The party started with the usual meet and greets, and followed by drinks and cocktail snacks, the couple was congratulated by all, it was now time for the entertainment to begin, anjili, akash payal, nk and peter danced on all the hot bollywood numbers, to top the icing with cake little naina also danced, and the audience who was viewing her were so impressed they left out ahhs and ohhs ,while khushi was so overjoyed that naina had picked up her quality of dancing, arnav was immensely proud of the fact that he had such a talented daughter, as the dance finished, she came and hugged her parents and they showered her with all the love that they had,
It was around 5:30 in the morning, and most of the guests had left, only the close friends and family were left, little naina had gone to sleep early as she was too tired to stay awake for the whole thing so khushi made her sleep and then came back down…everyone retired back to their rooms, khushi was exhausted, she was on her way up to the room, as she entered she saw naina was cozy and was bundled up in a blanket, she smiled at her daughter, then she headed towards the dresser to remove her jewelry, as she was removing it, someone from behind came and stood behind her, she was so engrossed by it that she didn't realize it, when she removed the necklace she placed it on the dresser, and as she looked up she saw him, she was shocked to see him there like that, it a swift movement she turned around and looked angry
Khushi: what are you doing her
Voice: stop shouting
Khushi; arnav will kill you if he finds out about you coming here like this
She was about to go the door when he pulled her and turned her around, her back was towards him, in a swift second her placed a hanky on her face, causing her to wince a bit and then go absolutely unconscious, he made a phone call and said
Voice: get the car ready the package is with me
He disconnected the call and he carried her down the stairs like he owned the place and took her out of the house, there was no one around as everyone had a late night and went to sleep,
It was around 2:30 in the afternoon, all the sleepy faces woke up, they were all in the hall chatting about the mehendi function, while anjili payal and nani were discussing the arrangements, nk and akash were planning to gate crash the feminine function,  naina was around the place with mr frosty, arnav came down the stairs to see ever one seated, he came and sat down, anjili was glad to see him she said
Anjili: chotte good you woke up, do you want some coffee
Arnav: ya di
As he said that, he looked around the place, his eyes searched for her, where was she, he wondered, she should be here planning the function, so he decided to ask
Arnav: di where is khushi
Anjili: chottey, your missing her he teased
As they all giggled, he didn't bother he questioned again
Arnav: di just tell me (he raised his voice)
Anjili: ok, ok, don't get angry, I haven't seen her since morning
Arnav now a bit concerned yelled for the butler, he came running, as he came arnav asked for khushi and her whereabouts, and pat came the answered, he said he dint know where she was, he hadn't seen her since morning
Nani: chottey she may be in her room
Hearing this naina came forward and said in a bubbly voice to her father
Naina: daddy, mom's not in our room also, I never saw her when I got up
Now everyone a bit worried after hearing what naina said 
Akash: bhai, let me check maybe she has gone out, she must have taken one of the drivers right
Arnav gives him a nod, while he tries her phone which is switched off at that point
Anjili: what happened
Arnav: its saying its switched off
Akash also came back with a negative nod,
Payal: arnavji she will come back don't worry,
Anjili: ya chottey 
Arnav: di, she never goes without telling me , I think she has gone back to her old apartment, let me try peter
Saying this he tried peter, but there was no response, arnav was in a dilemma of where his love was, it was so strange, she was missing before the wedding, something was not right

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