Rishabh's Torture

Everyone was waiting for Shobha to

get down from the car but Shobha

remained sitting like that. Seeing this,

Riya shook her by the shoulder and

said, "Mom, we has come home."

Shobha's attention was broken by

Riya's voice. She came out of her

thoughts and got down from the

car and said to Surekha, "Surekha,

you take Anokhi and wait here, till

then I will go inside and do all the

preparation of Grahpravesh. "

“Anokhi, who is she? ", Surekha asked

her and everyone's questioning eyes

went towards shobha, then Shobha

said, The name of the girl with whom

Rishabh is married is Anokhi.

"Oh so madam ji's name is Anokhi.

Let's see further, what is unique in

her. By the way, didi, I will stop her

only when she is in the car. ", Surekha

said making a face and Shobha said

with surprise, "What does it mean to

be in the car? She is with us, isn't she? I

mean, she was with you in your car.

“No sister, she has not Come with us.

Rishabh has tell his bodyguard to

bring her in some other car. I swear

to diamond Didi, Rishabh has either

become very good for her or is going to

think something very bad for her. "

Shobha became even more upset after

hearing Surekha's entire statement.

The night was getting darker and the

rain had still not stopped, but with time

Shobha's worries were increasing.

She was sitting worried in the hall,

waiting for Anokhi and Rishabh to

arrive. Rishabh also did not return

ever since he left the temple.

Shobha called him several times but

he did not answer her calls. Shobha

also called the bodyguard who was

supposed to bring Anokhi, but his

phone was not reachable.

Rohit and Riya were seeing shobha

getting worried. Surekha said to

Shobha, "Hey didi, why are you so

worried? Rishabh is not coming till

late night like this for the first time.

How many times has he come in the

middle of the night or sometimes he

hasn't even come, so don't worry so

much about him. I have prepared the

food, so you all eat."

Shobha looked at the time on the clock,

it was 11:30 at night. She was thinking

about Anokhi again and again whether

something had happened to her or

whether Rishabh had really done

something very bad to her. Shobha

was getting nervous thinking about

this.

When Rishidhar ji saw her so nervous,

he consoled her and said, “Don't worry

SO much, daughter-in-law, she will

come. Come on, go eat something, you

haven't eaten anything properly since

yesterday.

Shobha did not feel like eating

anything but after being asked by

her father-in-law, she ate two bite of

food. While they were eating, a black

Mercedes stopped outside the mansion.

The driver quickly got down and

opened the back gate and Rishabh

came out with his cold attitude.

He was about to go towards the stairs to

go to his room without paying attention

to anyone when Shobha stopped him

and said, “Rishabh son, where were

you till now?

Hearing his mother's voice, Rishabh's

steps stopped there. He turned and

looked at them. As usual, there were

no expressions on his face nor in his

eyes.

He said in his cold voice,"There was

work in the office."

Then Shobha directly asked him about

Anokhi, “And where is Anokhi?"

At first Rishabh got a little confused

after hearing Anokhi's name, but when

he understood about whom his mother

was asking, his harsh eyes became

harsher and his voice became deeper.

He told Shobha, “She will come if she

is safe." " Saying this he went to his

room. Hearing his words, everyone's

eyes became wide with surprise.

Now it was 1:00 in the night. It had

been 3 hours since they returned from

the temple but Anokhi had not come

yet.

Shergill Mansion was in the Porsche

area of Mumbai, where there were

very few luxuries around and the

temple where Rishabh and Anokhi

got married was on the other side of

the city. Therefore, it tooka lot of time

to come from there and not many

vehicles used to come on that route.

Shobha was about to leave when she

Saw a shadow at the door.

Anokhi, dressed in red bridal attire,

completely drenched in rain, was

standing leaning against the door and

panting badly.

“Anokhi", Shobha came to her saying

Anokhi's name. Hearing the sound of

Shobha screaming, everyone came out

of their rooms.

Everyone saw that the new bride of

their house was completely wet. There

were blisters on her feet and water

was falling all over her lehenga, which

showed that she was coming drenched

in the rain. But but is she really

coming on foot?

Riya slowly asked Rohit, “Rohit Bhai,

has this girl come here from the temple

by walking?"

Rohit was also looking at Anokhi with

surprise. Then his eyes went up to the

second floor.

Rishabh was standing outside his room

looking downwards. He had both his

hands resting on the railing and his

eyes were fixed on Anokhi. Rishabh

was watching her and his mother very

carefully.

Shobha worriedly said to Anokhi,

“Anokhi, are you alright?"

Anokhi just shook her head slowly

in response. She didn't even have

the strength to utter words from her

mouth. She had come all the way by

walk, that too drenched in rain, hence

there was no energy left in her body.

Rishabh was standing there looking

at his mother's worried face. He knew

that his mother is like this, sweet for

everyone, but he is not like that.

Shobha was about to take Anokhi's

hand and bring her inside when

Rishabh's harsh words echoed in the

entire hall.

"Mom, are you going to bring your

daughter-in-law inside the house like

this? Will it not be her Griha Pravesh?"Saying this he came down.

Hearing Rishabh's harsh voice in

Anokhi ears again., Anokhi, who till

now was standing motionless due to

pain and tiredness, became straight.

She raised her wet eyelids and looked

at the man whom she had married

just a short while ago and who left her

alone in the middle of the night, that

too in such heavy rain.

She was looking at Rishabh's muscular

body and his handsome face from

behind the veil. At this time, Rishabh

was wearing a black shirt and black

colored pants, with both his hands in

his pockets, he came and stood near

everyone with great style.

The black color suited his fair body

very well. Seeing him in this form

would make any girl's heart skip a

beat.

The same family members were

looking at Rishabh with surprise.

Shobha said a little angrily, “Rishabh,

what did you do with her?Are you

responsible for her condition?"

But Rishabh did not answer his mother

and said to a maid standing nearby,

"Go and make all the preparations for

the house warming." Saying this, he

sat on the sofa like a king and started

reading the newspaper.

No one had the courage to say

anything to him. Even Shobha

herself could not ask her question to

him again. Because she knew that

whatever happened today was against

Rishabh's wishes and provoking him

at this time would mean opening the

third eye of Mahadev, which would

only lead to destruction.

The maid whom Rishabh had asked to

prepare for the housewarming did all

the preparations in the next 5 minutes.

After doing all this, the maid brought

the Aarti thali to Shobha. Shobha saw

Rishabh who was just looking at the

newspaper and took a deep breath

and started performing Aarti only for

Anokhi.

Although it is necessary for the groom

to be present along with the bride in

the house warming ceremony, but

Shobha knew that Rishabh would

never stand with Anokhi.

It was good that the alliance was saved

in time, otherwise perhaps the alliance

that binds the relationship would have

burnt down at that very moment.

After performing the Aarti, Shobha

said to Anokhi, “ Drop this Kalash with

your right foot and come inside by

placing your feet on the red colored

plate."

Anokhi slowly nodded her head and

with great difficulty raised her right leg

slightly. Because due to walking for so

long his leg had become swollen and

was giving her a lot of pain. So much

So that she was not able to bear the

pain, but still she gathered courage and

touched the pot with her foot.

But as soon as she touched it, a slight

sob came out of her mouth because it

was very hot.

Hearing the sob from her mouth,

Shobha asked, "What happened?"

So Anokhi quickly shook her head no,

closed her eyes tightly and mustered

up the courage to push the pot a little.

Then she placed both her feet in that

red plate and this time she could not

bear what happened to her and she

Screamed.

Due to pain, she was about to stumble

and fall but both Shobha and Riya held

her hand and held her back. Before

anyone could ask Anokhi anything,

Rishabh said to Anokhi, “Complete

your ritual and come inside."

Anokhi looked into Rishabh's eyes

with tearful eyes, who saw only hatred

for herself in him. Seeing this, Anokhi

broke down from inside.

She bit her lower lip tightly between

her teeth and started moving forward

and placing her feet on the white

colored clothes. As she was taking her

steps, she felt as if she would die from

the pain.

As soon as Anokhi took her last step on

the cloth, she fell on the ground with a

thud.

Shobha started going towards Anokhi

to pick her up when her eyes fell on

Anokhi's feet. She looked carefully at

Anokhi's soles and her eyes grew wide

with surprise.

She almost shouted at Rohit, “Rohit,

call the doctor right now."

To Be Continue...

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