Mahira stood to one side with her mother until she heard Rakhee say "Preeta..."

A sudden uneasiness engulfed her and she clutched her engagement ring. Karan was hers her mind screamed! Karan himself threw Preeta out of his life when he let her get arrested on the day of the engagement. Karan was hers so why was Rakhee aunty mentioning Preeta? What if this drama with Roo made Karan feel remorse at what he had done to Preeta? What if Karan decides to bring Preeta back? Her insecurities started to rise and her palms started to sweat. "No I won't let this happen! I have to do something before this gets out of hand" she said to herself. With this in mind she moved towards Karan.

"Rakhee Aunty yeh aap kya keh rahi hai. Roo ne kuch kaha bhi nahi our aap Karan ko dat rahi hai. Issme Karan ne kya kiya hai?"

"Mai aapne bete se bat kar rahi hoon Mahira tum se nahi" Rakhee's glares sent shivers down her spine. Romona moved forward to support her daughter but Rakhee held up her hand before she could say anything. Romona looked towards Kareena who nodded in reassurance and stepped in between Karan and Rakhee.

"Bhabhi aap ko kitni barr kahna parega ke uss middle class larki ka naam iss ghar mein koi nahi lega!" she raised her voice hoping for Rakhee to become intimidated as usual and back down. Kareena was about to continue but Rakhee cut her off,

"Agar aaj aap ki beti iss halat mein hamare same khari hoti tabbhi aap yehi kehti Kareena Di?"

Sameer and Kritika looked at Rakhee understanding the turmoil she was undergoing, seeing her daughter so broken. Yet somewhere they were happy that finally Rakhee aunty found her voice and was finally supporting Preeta. Kritika placed her hand on Rahkee's shoulder to console her but Rahkee kept her gaze locked with Kareena.

Romana and Mahira slowly moved closer to Kareena as the tension in the room increased. It seemed like the room was divided between those who supported Kareena and those who supported Rakhee.

"Bass" Dadi seeing the situation becoming volatile stepped in. "Yeh kya ho raha hai, yaha Roo ki kya halat hai or tum saab apas mein Jhagar rahe ho" this bought everyone's attention back to Roo who was still wrapped in Rishabh's protective embrace.

"Roo Bacha, tu baata kya hua hai?" she coxed Roo. Roo slowly looked at her family before letting out another sob "Dadi, Akaash... Woh... mein... mein usse pyaar karthi hoon... our woh bhi. Hum London mein mile the. Our ussne... ussne..." she looked down and sobbed again. "Ussne kaha ke woh mujse shadhi... shadhi karna chaatha hai kynke usske mum dad usski shadhi kisi our ke saath karareh hai. Humne sha...shadhi Karli par ussne mujhe raaste main car se utardiya..." she sobbed again "Ussne kaha ke usske mum dad mujhe kabhi accept nahi karrege..." she sobbed.

"Bhai mein maar jaugi, please Rishabh bhai aap usse leaiye, please bring him back.. Please" Roo sobbed again.

Karan looked at his mother and then back to his sister, bile rising to his throat at the thought of this being the result of his sins.