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Gauri blinked her eyes a few times trying to clear the blur. Even after gulping down two glasses of apple juice, she just couldn't get rid of the dry sensation in her throat but rather she could now feel her throat burning now and she was also finding it really difficult to keep herself steady on her feet.

As her steps kept becoming more unsteady, she tried to get to Omkara before the rest of her senses began failing her. For some reason, she had built an amount of trust and respect for Om after their trip. she herself was a little surprised when her gut instincts told her to get to Om rather to get out of there because she knew that Om would get her out of there and she wouldn't have to put in much effort

Om was standing next to some of his associates when Gauri got to him. He got worried seeing her forehead covered with beads of sweat and she was trying real hard to breathe

"Just excuse me for a minute please", he said before running to her help

"Yahaan se.. nikal.. yahaan se nikalna hai" she panted holding onto his hand for support.

Omkara just nodded before taking her out of there and driving out of the venue to their hotel room in Lonavla

"Ek baar Mr. Raheja ko phone karke bata deta hun ki hum nikal chuke hain" he said as his hand reached for his phone in the front pocket of his pants but before he could pull it out, Gauri held his hand

"Nahi!!!" she screamed. "Uss aadmi ko phone mat kariye" she said, her face mere centimeters away from his letting him to smell the smell of the liquor that she had accidentally had and hell was it strong!!!

Om switched on the radio, something that they usually did to fill the silence when only they were in the car but his fate wasn't all that good for the song he least wished for began playing

"Zara zara aa rahi
Mujhe teri baatein samajh mein
Baatein samajh mein
Rafa dafa ja rahi
Udi udi ra..." she croaked before they reached and he pulled her out of the car, into his arms and carried her upto their room

"Maine kaha na, uss aadmi se" Gauri said seeing Om pulling out his phone.
"Main nahi chaahti ke woh phir se hamaari zindagi mein aaye. Jitni tabaahi machaani thi, woh bacha chuka, ab aur nahi karne dungi main kuch bhi usko" she said, tears pooling up in her eyes.

Om who had only picked up his phone to call up Tej and Jhanvi to inform them that they'd got back kept it aside worried. He knew that she will not be able to digest the hard liquor that she'd had at the party but he hadn't expected her to say that Tej had spoilt their life!!!

"Dad ne kya kiya hai!?" he asked scandalized

"Abhimanyu Raheja insaan hone ke laayak hi nahi hai" she said bitterly surprising Om. How did she know Abhimanyu Raheja when he'd been in US for quite some time and had got back to India very recently

"Tum Abhimanyu Raheja ko kaise jaanti ho?" Om asked

"Woh aadmi, nahi woh aadmi ho hi nahi sakta. Usne meri ma ko jaan se maarne ki dhamki di!"

Om was beyond shocked. He just didn't know how to react to this. Though he didn't want to be very nosy, he asked her why the man threatened her mother because a man who could threaten Gauri's mother could also be a threat to her life

"Uss aadmi ne meri ma se shaadi ki thi! Mera baap hai woh!" she said as tears made way to her eyes thinking of all the times she had seen her mother suffering because of him which Om wiped off her cheeks

"I think humein iske baare mein kal baat karni chaahiye" he said making her lie down on the bed but today she decided she would tell Omkara everything. He deserved to know the truth for all the patience he'd shown so she held onto his hand as turned away to go to the washroom and try to digest all that Gauri had just said

"Mujhe aaj aapko sab batana hai" she said feeling a little more sober

"Tum abhi hosh mein nahi ho Gauri. Kal subah baat karenge na" he tried to reason

"Nahi main hosh mein hun aur aapse abhi ke abhi baat karni hai mujhe" she disagreed unyielding

She got up and staggered to the washroom with Om's help

She looked at herself in the mirror as she splashed cold water on her face. She had to do this. It can't wait any longer. Wiping the water droplets off her face she walked back to see Om sitting on the couch

"I need to talk to you" she said. She was feeling nervous, something that always happened to her when she had to talk to anyone about her past who was clueless about it but one thing she was certain about was that Om wouldn't judge her which was why she could muster up the courage to talk to him in the first place

"Gauri..." he sighed. "You don't have to do this to yourself. Aar tum comfortable nahi ho toh nahi zaroorat hai bataane ki". Gauri stared at the man with a blank expression. How could anyone be like this, so selfless!?

Overwhelmed by emotions, she wrapped her hands around his torso, her head against his chest. "Sach bataun... pehli baar zindagi mein kisi we yeh baat share karne mein darr nahi lag raha hai mujhe" Om felt his insides warm up. Though this wasn't a confession of love by any sort, it still meant a lot to him given the fact that he madly fallen in love with his wife in the last few months of their marriage and he still couldn't figure out when and how all of this happened

Gauri slumped onto the couch next to him and began narrating
"Abhimanyu Raheja mera baap hai. Mom aur uski shaadi me ek saal ke andar hi main paida ho gayi thi. Uski ma aur Dada hamare saath Chennai mein rehte the aur woh Singapore mein tha. schizophrenia tha uski ma ko. Roz kuch na kuch drama karti thi aur apne aap ko hospital mein admit karwa leti thi. Main 4 saal ki thi jab woh U.S. ko gaya aur woh dono bhi wahaan chale gaye. Waapis aaya woh jab main 7 ki thi par phir agle saal bhaag gaya woh kyunki mom ne uski ma ke liye kuch foul words use kiye which she rightly deserved for trying to whisk me away in her absence."
She looked at Om and he only responded with a silent, assuring nod and passed a steaming hot cup of coffee that he'd made for her. 

The warm beverage helped in easing up her nerves, giving her the much needed strength to open up

"Koi bhi bacha, saal mein ek hi din ka intezaar karta hai, woh din jab woh paida hua tha lekin..." she broke into sobs by just thinking about it. She buried her face in Om's chest and narrated how to she'd be called to the Principal's cabin on her birthday because he'd call them up to 'talk' to her. Even after she finished schooling he continued trying to torment her and her mother making Om's blood boil with rage, how she had to fight for a restraining order in the court, how he'd put her down by calling her a butterball as a kid, slippered her for the tiniest of her mistakes while her mom was away. Not only did Om's eyes hold fury but they also had a sheen of tears, patting her head as she finished."Lekin ek baat poochun...?"she said, her eyes looking droopy.

"Aap itne achche kyun hain? Shaadi hokar 4 maheene ho gaye aur phir bhi aapne mujhe apni space de rakhi hai. Mujhe kabhi pressurise nahi kiya. Aisa kyun? Lekin pata hai kya...that's what really like about you" she said hugging him, her head hidden in the croon of his neck

He felt really bad for her. He didn't understand how a father could be cruel to his own daughter and why Gauri's family was irked when they knew Gauri didn't want a penny of Abhimanyu Raheja's wealth. He was disgusted with both but he was more proud of how strong his wife was to hold on to so much grief in her heart but never whined about it ever. Though he didn't know her for all that long as much they did but he knew one thing for sure. A girl like Gauri definitely didn't deserve to be tortured, she deserved all the love on earth but unfortunately for her everyone other than her mother and deceased maternal grandparents had deprived her of it.

He placed a gentle peck on her forehead but the emotions it carried were really strong. Om switched off the lights and angled his head back against the bedframe, with his hands still wrapped around his wife securely.

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