Raghav, Kalpana and Manish reach the mill and see the villagers running helter skelter and collecting buckets of water and throwing it in order to control the fire.
Raghav makes a call to Sammy and Manish calls the
fire ambulance.
Kalpana says "Thank God no person was present in
the godown else it would be worse."
Raghav says "I had declared a holiday today and
for the next 3 days till the fashion show would get over. But...."
Kalpana asks "But what?"
Raghav holds his head and says "The final
dresses were in the godown."
Kalpana widens her eyes and says "What? You mean
all the designer outfits were..."
Vikram and Sunaina reach the place and the fire
ambulance arrives.
Vikram breaks down looking at the flames and his mill
in ruins. Raghav and Sunaina try to console him and take him to the backyard.
Raghav gets a call from Prem. "So, what's the
state of your mill? I hope the fire has destroyed the entire mill"
"So you did this? You bas****"
"Oh oh Raghav, control your emotions. There is a
lot more you will have to face now. This is just the start."
"You jerk. If you were a real man then you would
not try these cheap tricks. Your fight is with me and not my family."
"You are wrong Raghav. My wish is to destroy you
and your entire family. I just hate you all."
"I know that a heartless person like you cannot
love anyone except yourself."
"Haha! Good you know that. Now just wait and
watch what more I do." He disconnects the call...
******
Raghav leaves the place and goes to meet Prem.
Raghav walks into Prem's office. The receptionist
tries to stop him but he asks angrily without looking at her "Where is
Prem?"
The receptionist gets nervous and says "Sir is
in the conference room but you can't go inside."
She calls the guards to help and they all try to stop
Raghav as Prem had instructed them to stop him earlier. Raghav holds the hand
of one guard who stops him and he turns it saying "Don't dare to stop me
now."
Raghav goes to the conference room and kicks open the
door. The business men and Prem who is sitting at the head of the table gets a
shock to see Raghav there. They get up from the seat and Raghav storms towards
Prem, holds him by his collar saying "How dare you?" He boxes him on
his face and Prem falls on the table hitting the glass of water place don the
table. The business men leave from there thinking there is going to be a big
fight between the 2.
Prem calls for the guards and Raghav keeps hitting
his face and pushes him on the wall. He holds him by his neck saying "How
did you do this? You bloody..." Raghav notices the guards coming in to
save Prem and he holds his neck tight saying "If anyone tries to move a
step further, your boss will be breathing is last." They notice that
Raghav is holding the neck of Prem and they all step back.
Prem says in a chocking voice "You dumb people.
He is just one person and you are 5. You'll can't handle one man. For what am I
paying you all."
Raghav tightens his grip saying "One word and
you're gone. They know that if their boss is not alive, who will pay them
then."
Pramod walks inside and notices the chaos. He rushes
towards Raghav says "Leave my son. Please leave him. I beg of you Raghav
beta. I am like your dad. Please forgive him."
Raghav loosens his grip and leaves Prem. Prem starts
coughing and struggles for a breath and Raghav looks at Pramod saying
"Don't call me beta. I am not your son. You don't deserve any respect from
me but still I have respect left for you because you were my dad's friend. You
betrayed him and now you are asking me for forgiveness?"
Prem tries to box Raghav but Pramod holds his hand
saying "No control."
Pramod says "I din't do anything wrong. Whatever
happened because the village people ahd faith in me."
Raghav says "I don't want to argue on this and
we both know what's the truth. I am just come here to warn Prem that if he does
anything more to harm my family, I will kill him."
Prem shouts "Yeah yeah...Once a criminal, always
a criminal...You forgot the time you spent in jail...That time you only got a
month's imprisonment but now I will make sure you spend the rest of your life
in jail..."
Raghav looks back at him saying "I don't mind to
spend my whole life in jail but I will kill you and get arrested."
Prem is taken aback by his words and Pramod tries to
stop him from saying anything but still he continues saying "You cannot do
anything to me...I don't get scared of you." He adjusts his shirt saying
"If you step forward, I'll call the police."
Raghav laughs saying "You are saying you don't
get scared of me then why I can see the fright in your eyes."
Prem says "You forgot Raghav. Once you go to
jail, your family will be all alone. Your so called wife Kalpana and your bhabi
Sunaina. They both are women and Vikram who is an old man. Your family is too
weak and in minutes I can destroy them all. Don't dare to harm me."
Raghav comes near him and Pramod stops him. Raghav
says "Don't you dare to even take their name from your dirty mouth."
Prem says "Go and threaten somebody else Raghav.
Not me."
Pramod holds Raghav and tries to make him understand.
Raghav says "You just wait Prem and see what I do to you."
Prem laughs saying "Go go...I am here only. In
any case you are trying to protect people who don't have any respect. My
friends told me that your so called bhabi was seen luring a man in the
restaurant."
Raghav comes inside and throws a paper weight on Prem
but Prem moves and it hits the wall. "This time it hit the wall but next
time it will smash your face. You *****"
Raghav leaves from there and Pramod controls Prem
saying "Just control your anger Prem. We have to wise now and not be
foolish. Raghav wants you to lose your temper and make a mistake but now we
can't afford it. Today we succeeded in destroying the outfits but we need to
destroy the entire show. I have a plan..."
***********
After an hour, the fire ambulance finally manages to
extinguish the fire and all go inside the godown to check if anything is left.
Manish says "Raghav, the entire place is in
ruins. All the costumes, everything is just..."
Sammy comes in and notices the state of the place and
says "Raghav, why dint you call me up?"
Raghav goes near Sammy saying "The fashion show
is over Sammy. Everything is just in ruins..."
Sammy hugs Raghav saying "Don't get discouraged
so soon. We still have 3 days left."
Kalpana joins them saying "Yes Raghav. We have 3
days. We can do something and not give up so easily."
Sunaina and Vikram listen to them and Sammy says
"I got an idea. We have few samples still left in the office. You remember
the material which was left unused? We can make use of that and I will order
machines from the city and few designers who will help us to make the designer
outfits. Kalpana also is there to help us."
Kalpana says "Yes Sammy. I can get help form
Priya as well. She is also a designer and even other college students can help
me."
Raghav says "But in 3 days, how? Who will agree
to do this work? And Sammmy, the expense as well will increase."
Sammy says "Don't worry about the expense
Raghav. You're like my little brother and I can't even do so much for
you?"
Sunaina feels happy to know that Samar is so
supportive. Manish says "Samar is right Rags. I can too get few designer
outfits which I have spare. I can order them from Mumbai and they will reach
here by evening and we can get this work done in 3 days or less. Also, the
backup is in my laptop."
Sunaina and Kalpana say in unison "We are there
to help." Sunaina says "Raghav, I too can help you all. This is not
only a fashion show but the hope of all the villagers. We will not lose our
hope so easily." Raghav hugs Kalpana and Sunaina.
Vikram smiles looking at the hope and confidence they
have in themselves and they all begin to work. Sammy and Manish leave to get
the samples from the office and Manish orders the outfits from his Mumbai
office.
Kalpana, Sunaina and the village people start
cleaning the godown and save all the material and furniture that escaped in the
fire.
After 2 hours, Kalpana, Priya and the other students
start working on the materials and Sammy instructs the employees to place the
machines in the godown.
Kalpana stitches the dress and Raghav smiles at her
saying "Thanks Kalpi. I did not know that you are so strong to handle this
pressure."
Kalpana looks at him and smiles saying "And I
did not know that you were such a cry baby...In front of me, you show that you
are so strong and today what happened?"
Raghav holds her by the waist saying "Today, I
again saw my dad break down. I can bear anything Kalpi but not dad in this
state. He almost..."
Kalpana puts her finger on his lips saying "No
Raghav. Dad is very strong. I am sure he will be proud of you when the show
succeed and I am sure it will succeed. We all are there."
Raghav smiles and removes her hand noticing marks on
her palm. He caresses her palm and Kalpana feels the pain and removes her palm.
"What happened? How you got so much hurt?"
"Nothing Raghav. It's just the needle
marks."
"You got so much hurt and did not even tell
me." He goes towards the car and gets the first aid box.
He applies cream on Kalpana's hands and blows on her
palm. Kalpana smiles remembering the Diwali night when her hand got burned and
Raghav was beside her soothing her pain. That was the first day when she felt
something for him...
Sunaina, on the other hand, was trying to stitch the
dress material but she was not able to hold it without any support. Sammy sat
besides her and held the end of the material. She looks at him and he gives her
a smile saying "I never knew that you were so good at stitching." She
looks down and says "I have been watching Kalpana draw these designs since
childhood. I am just trying." "But still, it's really good." She
smirks saying "Thanks for helping us." "Please don't say thanks
Sunaina. You are like my family." She looks surprised and he says "I
mean that Raghav is like my family. Whatever I do for you'll is less." She
smiles and says "Raghav is fortunate to get a friend like you." He
says "I wish you too would become my friend." She looks down and says
"This dress is almost done. I will give this to Kalpana."
Kalpana tells Raghav "Look there...Bhabi and
Sammy are interacting with each other."
Precap: Raghav gets to know that a person from their
office is Prem's informer...
Disclaimer: The character names in the story are fictional characters and owned by the creators of the show “Ek Mutthi Asmaan” on ZEE TV.
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